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Rally in Minneapolis with Elizabeth Warren & Peggy Flanagan · Peggy Flanagan for Minnesota Join Senator Elizabeth Warren and Lt. Governor & U.S. Senate Candidate Peggy Flanagan for a rally in Minneapolis! Doors open at 5pm. Rally begins at 6pm. Please allow time to move through security c...

I'm attending Peggy Flanagan for Minnesota's event, “Rally in Minneapolis with Elizabeth Warren & Peggy Flanagan” - sign up now @peggyflanagan.bsky.social @ltgovflanagan.mn.gov @warren.senate.gov www.mobilize.us/peggyflanaga...

27 Twin Cities restaurants have new items on the menu for the Vegan Chef Challenge Diners can check out the new creations and vote for their favorite.

27 Twin Cities restaurants have new items on the menu for the Vegan Chef Challenge

Almost open!
#Photography #Flowers
#Gardens #Wildflowers
#Minnesota

First it’s fake job reports, now it's fake polls.

According to this administration, anything that makes Trump look bad must be fake.

And you thought 1984 was fiction.

I mean come on!

“This is Trump’s famine”: How the US is complicit in Gaza’s suffering An American-funded food distribution network provided Israel cover as starvation spread.

“This is Trump’s famine”: How the US is complicit in Gaza’s suffering

Yuen: Need a dog toy, tampon or poem? Check out these 9 Little Free Library spinoffs. The curbside book-sharing movement has spawned creative alternatives, including dog libraries and a poetry hut.

The curbside book-sharing movement has spawned creative alternatives, including dog libraries and a poetry hut.

Nebraska's Mike Flood got an earful from voters. He's still standing by Trump's agenda After his town hall this week wrapping with chants of "Vote him out!" Nebraska Rep. Mike Flood told Morning Edition he understands it is "cathartic" for constituents to voice their opinions.

After his town hall this week wrapping with chants of "Vote him out!" Nebraska Rep. Mike Flood told Morning Edition he understands it is "cathartic" for constituents to voice their opinions.

Why congressional redistricting is blowing up across the US this summer • Minnesota Reformer WASHINGTON — Fueled by President Donald Trump’s aims to bolster the U.S. House’s razor-thin GOP majority in the 2026 midterm elections, a rare mid-decade redistricting fight in Texas grew increasingly...

At Trump's urging, Texas Republicans are proposing a new district map in order to gain 5 more House seats. It's starting to give other states ideas. minnesotareformer.com/2025/08/06/r...

Fake online investigations claim famous women were born male Public female figures, such as former US First Lady Michelle Obama and New Zealand's former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, have also been accused of assigned male at birth. Researchers say these fake theories are fuelled by "transvestigations".

Fake online investigations claim famous women were born male

#EuroVerify

History shows why FEMA is essential in disasters, and how losing independent agency status hurt its ability to function States used to be on their own when a disaster hit. Then the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 and the Dust Bowl showed why federal coordination was essential.

Trump is cutting #FEMA jobs and floating plans to dismantle the agency.

That could leave states unprepared, even as weather disasters grow more frequent and costly. The head of the Hazards Vulnerability & Resilience Institute explains just why this is a bad idea: buff.ly/AkF5ABa 🌎#climatesky

Thank you. 💙🦋

Buckeye butterfly trying to chase off a male Monarch. 🧡

(Lucky shot)

#Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋

Black and white cat on the formerly forbidden table in front of a fireplace.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFire #WhiskerWednesday #cats #catsofbluesky

Humankind has not woven the web of life.
We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
All things are bound together.
All things connect.
-Chief Seattle

The idea of America that has captivated the world for centuries is of a democracy by the people, of the people, and for the people. Let's keep marching to realize it.

Well this resonates today.
In case it does for you too...
(post below)

We can do hard things.
May the force be with us.
And be gentle ✨️
You/we've got this. ♡

Wow what a wicked lions gate chart leading the full moon.

Some of u might be feeling it already…stomach aches headaches & achy bones.

Be careful thru the wkend

Yes feeling all of the above, thankfully not all at once. We're going through some things. 🦁🔮🌕

Thank you for speaking the truth. We in MN know that what was done here just a little over a month ago was a test of their plan and as you say more are out there. 🙏 Spirit please protect all keepers of the light.

Ty JB. You know there’s domestic terror assassins being paid to stalk them. Sick of this shite

YouTube video by MSNBC Maddow: How far will the American public allow Trump to go?

Because she's so succinctly clear,
and we all so succinctly need to be clear together too and on the same page & vision.

I needed to hear someone clearly say it. Truth and clarity is power.

youtube.com/shorts/6HRnp...

Some people wanna know why I took a little break. This is a place where in real time we know what 47 is doing- so much stress can affect a person’s health. If it could happen to me it could happen to you.
Your health comes first! Democracy needs us. Every one of us.💙

Just like Patriot front

Penske rental trucks in the assist?

LEAKED: A New List Reveals Top Websites Meta Is Scraping of Copyrighted Content to Train Its AI The tech giant is sidestepping guardrails that websites use to prevent being scraped, data show, in a move whistleblowers say is unethical and potentially illegal.

“Meta has scraped data from the most-trafficked domains on the internet —including news organizations, education platforms, niche forums, personal blogs, and even revenge porn sites—to train its artificial intelligence models.” www.dropsitenews.com/p/meta-faceb...

Children of Melissa and Mark Hortman pay musical tribute to slain parents • Minnesota Reformer Colin and Sophie Hortman on Wednesday paid tribute to their late parents on the alternative music station The Current, sharing memories of how the music-loving duo intertwined melodies into their live...

Colin and Sophie Hortman on Wednesday paid tribute to their late parents on the alternative music station The Current, sharing memories of how the music-loving duo intertwined melodies into their lives alongside public service.

A pair of magenta, five petaled flowers with a yellow throat rise above a mass of pleated, lancoelate foliage. In the background are some giant granite boulders.

Look at this huge, stunning monkeyflower I found growing next to a stream today! It also had a rare western bumblebee (Bombus occidentalis) pollinating it!

#nativeplants #invert 🌿🌱

Close-up of orange and black butterfly sunning on a dry branch.

Satyr Comma at #PtReyes last July for #ButterflyWeek.💚

#Butterflies #NaturePhotos #iNat #NationalParks #WildlifeWednesday 📷🦋

A dense, green tree with gnarled branches hangs over a still body of water, creating a perfect, clear reflection of the foliage and sky. The image has a vignette effect, darkening the edges and drawing focus to the central reflection.

Nature's Mirror. #naturephotography #reflectionphotography #forestlake #serenity #woodland #stillwater #naturelover #treesreflection #greenery #peacefulplace #naturegram #outdoorphotography #smartphonephotography #photography

#photography #sun #sunbeams #trees #clouds