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Many of them old enough to remember Bush v Gore. That was the foreshadowing of the federalist society endgame.

'Washington Post' editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.

3 times in the past 2 weeks, a WashPost editorial "has taken on matters in which Bezos has a financial or corporate interest without noting his stake. In each case, the Post's editorial line landed in sync with its owner's interests"

Via @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social

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“There’s almost been a great forgetting that’s happened across agencies,” former FTC head Lina Khan tells me, noting that Dems should better deploy power. Trump officials have no qualms about using federal power to their own nefarious ends, she says:

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I’m pretty in sure that in your pathological desire to support Trump’s nominees, you voted for this.

I've talked before about power struggles within hardening authoritarianism. Usually, regime supporters fight over using rule-of-law in crackdowns (with massive abuses, of course) vs. completely embracing extrajudicial methods. Here, we see the latter dominating. Which is very bad news going forward.

Rain is just west of the Twin Cities this evening, as expected. The metro could get a rogue raindrop or two.

The overall trend tomorrow continues to be west. It could end up where the west metro has rain most of the day, and the east metro gets very little.

I’m gonna need a beer after leg day.

There are so many bad things coming down the pike from an already-conservative Charter commission, but backed by a conservative City Council, they will likely approve at-large Council seats simply to raise the cost of entry to Shaffer heights … and the $250k Shaffer raised might be small potatoes.

He’s been Barried. Good for him.

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The oligarchs who own all the media sure love brutal authoritarianism. Fuck you all.

Wild 🧵 about Frey faction’s fundraising … the bad news is progressives are being blitzed … Shaffer raising a quarter-million in 1 ward is likely a city record … Millard’s $170k in poorer W10 is insane … and doesn’t count FreyPAC $. Good news is progressives have raised solid amounts to do the job.

ICE Still Won't Answer Questions About Prosecutor with White Supremacist X Account Congressman Marc Veasey arrived at an ICE facility Monday in his latest attempt to follow up on the Observer's reporting.

From @stevanzetti.bsky.social: In February, the Texas Observer confirmed that James “Jim” Joseph Rodden—an ICE assistant chief counsel in Dallas—operates a white supremacist X account. Now, ICE refuses to tell us, or members of Congress, if he's still employed.

Her ads are on a loop on MSNBC.

Elizabeth Shaffer has more than doubled the fundraising of Katie Cashman in Ward 7. $248k to $119k.

Analysis: The lesson conservative lakes area DFLers learned from the Scott Graham debacle wasn't to find a better council candidate, it was to dump more money on it.

Minneapolis deserves a mayor who doesn’t mislead us about policing. My heart still aches for Amir Locke & his family. Four years ago, Jacob Frey claimed to have ended no-knock warrants. He didn’t. And an innocent man then lost his life during the execution of a no-knock warrant.

Minneapolis needs a mayor capable of developing strong working relationships with other elected officials serving the city. Especially in these uncertain times. After 8 years in office, Jacob Frey has no endorsements from the Mpls legislative delegation or county commissioners serving the city.

the new loring greenway playground has been installed! the fence was supposed to come down yesterday but is still up, hopefully it comes down soon. thank you @katiecashman.bsky.social for making this happen, AND faster & cheaper than the city thought would be done!

Abundance! Just cutting through the red tape.

My Xfinity package is up at the end of this month. It’s disgusting to think Comcast gave my money to Trump to destroy the white house. Why are they bribing him for?

Rapid Response protest, whipple building, 1 federal drive, minneapolis mn 55417. 4pm until 6pm, 10/24/2025

Noem's in town to ramp up ICE in MN. Rapid response rally at Whipple today at 4pm.

PLEASE boost Shoyu, she is such a good girl and has grown so much but needs a very special person to love her the way she wants to be loved! She is located near Elkton, MD/Newark, DE and her adoption fee is waived! Apply at crits4cats.petfinder.com

We need new representation who takes this seriously. @klobuchar.senate.gov is still supporting and condoning Trump by voting for his judges and other nominees. Bipartisanship with fascists is more important to her than our survival.

He’s got the momentum and popularity of Cuomo. Emanuel looked and Cuomo’s campaign and saw his future.
Hopefully he’s smart enough to do an Isaac Chotiner interview.

Bone dry: Oklahoma Alliance for Animals pet food pantry empty A designated pet food pantry in south Tulsa usually stores hundreds of pounds of pet food for any owner on hard times, but finds itself on hard times from a lack of donations and skyrocketing demand.

Tulsa Pet Pantry Has NO Food
Asking for monetary and Amazon food donations.
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"I mean, some people get on a bus or three different buses to get here to get food," Lavender said. "So you know they love their pet and they're trying to do right by their pets."

Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania's Supreme Court - Bolts The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.

Now just 12 days before the election where the GOP is trying to end Dems’ majority on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

And yes, Alex Burness has still written the best thing you’ll read about the races and their real bizareness: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

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Paul Ryan on the weight bench cringy. Clearly the photographers disliked their subjects. Ha.

There’s nothing @klobuchar.senate.gov loves more than voting for Trump judges.

This is going to be very important in the coming months. We shouldn’t have to do the federal government’s work but it looks like it will fall to us to take care of each other.

So grateful to be part of the Labor-endorsed slate for park board! Thanks @liunamnnd.bsky.social!