Ed Kohler

This man was part of a coalition of Reagan-era apartheid apologists who opposed U.S. opening talks with the African National Congress which he called a terrorist org. He has been a right wing activist for decades. His son was part of the Jan 6th mob and was convicted (later pardoned by Trump). 1/

Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.

Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.

Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.

These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.

This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.

Every American should reject it.

dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience

Touched the flame again, this time for Minneapolis City Council endorsements: leaflet.pub/2a77ae3b-1e2...

Mamdani: "While it would be easy for us to say that this is not who we are as a city, we know the truth. This is who we have allowed ourselves to become."

While others debate who is most corrupt and/or the truest friend of the gays, allow me to introduce you to my friend the squeaky clean, down to earth, steady, experienced, normal guy pastor with a gay husband, DeWayne Davis.

Title Text: "Frey Ally & All of Mpls Board Alum Indicted by Federal Grand Jury" with sub, "Jonathan Weinhagen was indicted for crimes he appears to have committed just a year before Frey tried to push through a "free contract" with the City for Weinhagen." Over a photo of Weinhagen and Frey at an event.

Frey ally and former All of Mpls board member indicted by federal grand jury.

Earlier today, Jonathan Weinhagen was charged for theft of $200,000 in 2021.

In 2022, Mayor Frey was lobbying for the City to accept free “consulting” contracts from him. Luckily, Council said no.

my most lib opinion: so long as we have law enforcement officers, they should probably be able to pass an exam about what the law allows them to do without consulting notes

Takeaways from the @startribune.com CEO Steve Grove interview at the Westminster Town Hall Forum tonight.

I'm on a see something say something side of this, interacting with a stop talking about it crowd.

They're not racist. They're just not bothered by racist behavior from their favorite candidate. This makes sense to them.

Nextdoor comment. Jason I'm not arguing that caucuses are a perfect system. But, they so correlate fairly well with results in November. I'd say that they skew older, whiter, and more towards homeowners than renters in Minneapolis. They don't determine who's on the ballot. They determine who political parties endorse. For example, Becka Thompson ran for the DFL endorsement, made racist comments about the current city councilmember, and was overwhelmingly rejected by the Ward 12 DFL, yet is still on the ballot.

Becka Thompson's supporters bulk-reported this comment. I wonder why.

Giving White House staff mesothelioma to own the libs.

Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the few places in the world without the insects

Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country.
Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the few places in the world without the insects.
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Guys, there's no evidence ICE is buying guided warheads. The contract in question is for normal distraction devices, the kind they've been using for years.

U.S. funding cuts could result in nearly 9 million child tuberculosis cases, 1.5 million child deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health A new Harvard Chan School and BUSPH study projects that U.S. funding cuts to global health aid will have a catastrophic effect on pediatric TB.

hsph.harvard.edu/news/u-s-fun...

Holy fuck

Another TPUSA x Nazi connection

"I voted early at Weisman." Sticker

Limited edition early voting stickers are available starting at 10am.

Once it occurred to me that the DSA has become the L in DFL, local political divisions started to make more sense.

A neighboring family had Becka Thompson signs on their corner lot, but my kid noticed that they've replaced them with Aurin Chowdhury signs. My assumption is that they knew Thompson through Minnehaha Academy and hadn't previously heard about her racist behavior and unhinged frivolous lawsuit.

Twitter list of people Rick Kupchella has recently followed.

Rick Kupchella's recent twitter follows are going off the deep end.

Screen showing that my comment describing Beck Thompson's history of racism has been hidden.

And, of course, Becka Thompson's supporters bulk reported my comment.

Screenshot from Nextdoor. @Beck Becka Thompson is the candidate who's made racist remarks about two city councilmembers of color during her campaign, argued that we should embrace MAGA in Minneapolis, frivolously sued citizen journalists, and uses a twitter handle similar to the president's. She would be a liability to the city if elected. But, she won't be. She will lose, but not by as much as she should lose by. We should not endorse racism at the ballot box.

The best thing Becka Thompson has going for her is people don't know about her toxic behavior. Obviously, there are people who do know and don't care, but there are definitely those who'll reject her once they know more about her.

Screenshot from People Magazine article about the Balloon Boy hoax: "Falcon's parents were pardoned in 2020, though they maintain their innocence and insist that the balloon incident wasn't a hoax."

Happy Balloon Boy Day to those who celebrate. I thought pardons involved an admission of guilt?
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News headline from Valley News Live. Fargo city commissioner Michelle turnberg has just a Charlie Kirk elementary as the name for a new Fargo elementary School.

The school it's replacing honors slavery abolitionist and public school champion, Horace Mann.

Not enough writers with national reach are traveling around getting flash banged and shot at by various police imo.

World share of capacity Percentage share Solar wind Hydro Bioenergy Other renewables Nuclear Gas Coal Other fossil Data: Ember Electricity Data Explorer, ember-energy.org EMB=R

When the Paris Accord was signed in 2016, less than 5% of the installed global electricity production capacity was solar. Coal was 31% and methane was 26%.

In 2024, solar was almost 20% of installed capacity and coal was down to 23% and methane was down to less than 22%!

Unsure how many times I have to repeat it, but health care shouldn’t be for-profit.