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@DHSgov on X: Remember your Homeland’s Heritage. New Life in a New Land - Morgan Weistling [Painting of a family]

Nazi propaganda: "The Nazi Party secures the national community" [Painting of a German family]

On the left is a post today from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. On the right is literal Nazi propaganda from the 1930s.

Coming back to MPLS? I won't pretend we have good bagels, but a gluten-free bakery near Nokomis was recently replaced by a sourdough bagel shop (Asa's), so at least we've won a few battles.

Me: Honey, apparently they have annual subscriptions now to Gleeman and you could save...
My Twins Addict Husband: Haha, are you serious, I've already done that.

A great summer read, Sevigny's biography of river exploration by two botanists echoes themes of another classic of the genre, MacGreagh's "White Waters and Black", but in the southwest North America of 1938.

Charles Dudley Krenz, 72, died from complications of bile duct cancer on May 29 at his home in Winston, Oregon. Charles spent the majority of his life making poor use out of every opportunity and privilege awarded him and attempting to make everyone around him as miserable as he was. Bright but lacking curiosity, confident but devoid of empathy, Charles was given second, third, even fourth chances throughout his life, but squandered them with a predictable consistency that borders on deliberate. At the time of his death, he had alienated himself from almost all who cared for him. Those people will not be surprised that there was no deathbed change of heart here. Chaz remained unpleasant until the very end.

Charles is preceded in death by his partner Jacquelyn Sullivan, whose warmth and good graces provided a reason for others to tolerate him for 27 years until her death from ovarian cancer in 2017. He is survived by his two children, AC Sullivan and Hank Sullivan, who, in the years since their father stole a bunch of money from them and skipped town, have been both relieved and dismayed to learn that breaking generational curses only really takes a modicum of personal effort.

the Star Tribune just called me and told me they would not be publishing the obituary I wrote for my father as it is “unfair to him” and “in poor taste” so here it is and fuck the strib ✌🏻

Melissa Hortman still isn't sorry On April 3, 2017, Hortman criticized a handful of legislators who were off in a side room while several female legislators of color spoke.

Honor Melissa. Use your right to assemble and protest. Platform and uphold Black and Indigenous voices.

“I hate to break up the 100 percent white male card game in the retiring room,” Hortman said. “But I think this is an important debate.”

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No Kings protest at the Minnesota State Capitol

No Kings protest at the Minnesota State Capitol

No Kings protest at the Minnesota State Capitol

No Kings protest at the Minnesota State Capitol

Despite warnings from the law enforcement not to attend today’s No Kings rally after this mornings shooting of Minnesota lawmakers with the killer on the lose, the No Kings Rally is happening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.

Now the DOGE scumbags are coming for the Bird Banding Laboratory (part of USGS). They just lost two senior staff members and are going to be stretched extremely thin. Without their office, bird research does not happen.

"stop bombing hospitals" is not an antisemitic sign you absolute ghouls

Remember SignalGate?

(One of Trump's superpowers is being involved in so many scandals all the time that very few of them end up having staying power beyond a news cycle or two.)

Ominous New Report Just Lists Places To Hide

Ominous New Report Just Lists Places To Hide
theonion.com/ominous...

Folks yelling “do something” at Klobuchar at the state capitol.

“I can’t wait to see the look on woke liberals’ faces when my kids go hungry.” Rick Jasko, Heirloom Bestower

U.S. Food Banks Struggle Under Funding Cuts
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I guess it really is Liberation Day!

How it started // how it's going

Jadzia Dax and Kor hugging: "Curzon, my beloved old friend." "I'm Jadzia now." "Jadzia, my beloved old friend!"

It's also the day for my favorite meme!

If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.

New: Rubio confirmed he revoked the visa of the Tufts student and said he likely has revoked the visas of hundreds more. “We do it every day. Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take way their visas." The total # of revoked visas “might be more than 300 at this point"

A stunning assault on the First Amendment

Before Rubio's confirmation, senators and pundits acted as though he was a "sane," "rational," "normal," "moderate" nominee. He's constantly showing himself to be a right-wing extremist.

Thousands call for the release of Rumeysa Ozturk in Somerville, MA. The Tufts grad student was abducted by ICE last night after publishing an article that was critical of Israel.

Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

front page of the NY Times

Every so often I look at the paper of record to see if it is quickly communicating to readers that they are living through a constitutional crisis, and the answer consistently is "no."
They are covering the topics, but in the name of journalistic balance, not conveying the alarm.

Yeah, this is a big fear of mine.

DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION:

My reporter Brett Murphy obtained a remarkable directive to folks at USAID: Empty the safes with the classified and personnel records and then,

"Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break."

More of this please

Guess I'm going to Canada for my flu shot next year.

It's the Musk Effect. Someone who sounds like a genius until he starts talking about something you're knowledgeable about, and you realize he's saying the dumbest shit ever.

Pulitzer Feeling Increasingly Out Of Place In Washington Post Office

Pulitzer Feeling Increasingly Out Of Place In Washington Post Office

I don't know if the Post can keep the firewall that the Journal has been able to do between the insane editorial page and the very good reporters. For example, this is excellent reporting. How long more will it continue? bsky.app/profile/wash...

Think about this and please make sure to "repost" it so that everybody understands what's really going on.

Don't just "like" it -- "repost" it -- this is important!