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Photo of Rashida Tlaib sharing a quote about her reasons for voting for Omar Fateh.

I'm proud to be endorsed by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. She knows that this election is a critical moment for working people. With a hostile federal government, and the cost of living soaring, she knows that, “Minneapolis deserves a leader who will protect them" -Rashida Tlaib

re: jacob frey’s new ad taking credit for safe homes stable schools, he vetoed the budget that would’ve increased its funding

Friendly reminder: you don’t need to have a hot take, and multiple things can be true at the same time.

I have some thoughts on this and will thread once I have eaten some food.

Wolfgang Wasow Fishing Haiku

I am catching fish
After fish, and you have not
Caught a single one

@jwenst.bsky.social #lakemendota #fishing #panfish #wasow #madison #wisconsin #haikusforreallife #haiku #badpoetryohnoetry #sunfish

At a Melissa Etheridge / Indigo Girls concert tonight singing Closer to Fine with Tim Walz. As one does in MN.

Melissa Etheridge has so much grit, emotion and so many overtones in her voice, no recording equipment can possibly capture it. If you have a chance to see her live, take it. Transcendent. I was moved to tears and totally enraptured. @melissaetheridge.bsky.social #mnstatefair #melissaetheridge

Kim Davis going from "my religious beliefs demand that I don't facilitate a same-sex marriages" to "my religious beliefs demand that there are NO same-sex marriages anywhere" *should* make Democrats realize there is no "sincere" compromise with bigots on trans issues.

I’ve noticed that in the recent past (wild guess but thinking from me too-2024 election-ish) many retailers had curvy models on their website, so you could see how clothes looked on a variety of body types. Now I only see the clothes on size 0-2 models. It’s a bummer that this is going away.

The Emperor Has No Clothes Haiku

You can’t fire someone
For publishing statistics
You don’t agree with.

#nokings #statistics #youreconomyisfailing #ourpresidentisacoward #theemperorhasnoclothes #badpoetryohnoetry #haiku #haikusforrreallife

Running late haiku

I’m already late
I might as well make myself
Another latte

#haiku #haikuforreallife #delonghi #athomeespresso #oatmilklatte #alwayslate

Sci-fi writers imagining the future:
What if computers became sentient?

The actual horrible future:
What if autocorrect was fascist?

Another example of organized people beating organized money! Omar has inspired so many people with his clear vision for Minneapolis and his history of leadership and collaborative legislating in the State Senate. I'm so lucky to have played a tiny part in this campaign! Let's win this in November!

I love all animals except bed bugs, centipedes and scorpions. It isn’t rational. Bed bugs also infest and are very difficult to kill. Mice you can just live-trap and relocate.

Mouse poop is a million times less disturbing to me than bed bugs.

We are in the middle of it.

American Disaster Haiku

No money for the
Weather service but plenty
For the gestapo

#fundtheweatherservice #fuckice #abolishice #peopleoverprofits #climatechangeisreal #climatejusticenow #nokings #haiku #haikusforreallife #badpoetryohnoetry #politicalpoems

Big Bigoted and Barbaric Bill Haiku

You take our health care
To fund concentration camps
And concentrate wealth

#medicaidforall #minnesota #billionairesshouldnotexist #nokings #resist #disabilityjustice #haiku #badpoetryohnoetry

‘I’m fine, everything’s fine’ Haiku

I’m in my ‘I can’t
Remember if I took my
Meds or not’ Era

Senate Republicans just voted to kick 20 million Americans off their health care.

JD Vance thinks that is "minutiae."

Ernst doesn't care because "we're all gonna die."

McConnell says people will "get over it."

Don't EVER let Republicans live this down.

Ok, so Republicans just introduced a 900 page bill none of them have read. But my team is going through it line by line and on this 🧵you can see the hidden provisions we found. Will update all day.

1/ NEW Medicaid cuts, so now 17 million - instead of 16M - lose health care.

10 week old kitten with striped legs and a spotted belly sleeping on her back with her arms stretched over her head on a white shaggy blanket.

Caption this photo.

#catsofbluesky #minneapolis #bittykittybrigade #tabbycat #bigstretch

Policy-based evidence-making Haiku

JFK Jr’s
MAHA is Policy-Based
Evidence Making

#fuckmaha #mahakills #vaccinescience #believescience #publichealthissexy #haiku #badpoetryohnoetry #haikusforreallife #vaccinateyourkids

Resist Injustice Haiku

It’s when injustice
Becomes law that resistance
Becomes our duty

Inspired by the words of MN Senator Omar Fateh

@omarfatehmn.com

#omarfatehformayor #minneapolis #resist #nokings #mamdani #peopleoverprofits #haiku #haikusforreallife #badpoetryohnoetry

Organize Haiku

The only answer
To organized money is
Organized people

Inspired by the words of Zohran Mamdani

#mamdani #dflpartyreform #campaignfinancereform #getmoneyoutofpolitics #grassroots #nokings #organize #powertothepeople

Jesus, I see what you’ve done for other people, and I want that for me.

All of Minneapolis Bluesky right now like

Disappointing Summer Haiku

I wish this summer
Was more Barbie and a lot
Less Oppenheimer

The public was 100% ready for trans rights just a few years ago.

What we’re seeing now is a massive shift in public opinion after a coordinated and expensive propaganda blitz, one that Dems happily ignored.

Trans rights aren’t new. We had them for years and everything was cool.

The President's disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers. He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations. It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.

AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”