Rep. Andy Smith

Don't listen to the GOP.
DFL is building a state that WORKS.

Over 300 ISAIAH leaders sit in chairs at Mayo High School and look toward speaker at front of room

Over 300 ISAIAH leaders sit in chairs at Mayo High School and look toward speaker at front of room

🧵 Last weekend, 300 neighbors in greater Rochester came together for the YES to Our Future Summit! Together, we presented our local issue agenda — shaped by small group meetings with 500 community members this summer and fall.

💪 We are stronger when we stand together!

60 votes to pass with the filibuster rule, but Republicans can change that rule at any time by majority vote.

If they want the 60 votes with the filibuster rule, than come to the table and negotiate about ACA tax deductions.

Do one or the other. They are choosing instead to cut SNAP.

Some basic facts about the Trump federal shutdown and defunding of #Snap .

#rochmn #politics #mn #foodinsecurity

I joined a coalition of Minnesota DFL legislators in sending a letter to President Donald Trump and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, strongly encouraging the Administration to release available funds so that SNAP benefits are not interrupted come November.

yes

How am I using my legislative power to help with federal cuts to #SNAP benefits? #mn #politics #mnleg #organizing

[looks around for jake tapper] hey man, do you, uh, want to write about this?

Screenshot with image of Leigh Finke and text reading “2025 Tammy Baldwin Breakthrough Award Nominee”

It’s the last day to vote for the @victoryinstitute.bsky.social's Tammy Baldwin Breakthrough Award. I'm nominated and I'd love to have your vote! vote until midnight, and let your friends know!

(Had to delete and repost cuz the link was broken)

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No Kings rallies across Minnesota!

Next line: "If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing. In the act before me there seems to be a wide and unnecessary departure from these just principles."

"There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses."

-Andrew Jackson.

Maybe Trump should listen more to his favorite president.

Screenshot of text, reading: “STATEMENT Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution. The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.”

Freedom of the Press.

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

"In unison."

Amen.

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This is the real 40 Under 40 list I hope to make one day…

ICE isn’t making our cities safer.

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Who are the Minnesotans who will lose #healthinsurance because of #Trump and republicans? #politics #healthcare

Democrats are fighting so 140,000 Minnesotans and millions of Americans in other states don’t lose access to healthcare.

For so many, the effort to end gun violence is not just political; it's personal.

We're collecting stories from across the state about how gun violence has impacted Minnesotans and their communities.

Please take 3 minutes to fill out our community survey here: tinyurl.com/housedflsurvey

#Trump cancels energy grants for #Minnesota. Another example of authoritarianism hurting everyone, regardless of how you vote. #mn #politics

We spent the morning at Kilimo Farms with @mwfarmersofcolor.bsky.social during our @farmaid.org 40-legislator delegation and left with full hearts, fresh veggies, and a deeper understanding of what farming for justice really looks like.

A few 📸 from the visit:

Legislators came ready to listen and learn, and heard loud and clear that land access remains the #1 barrier for new and BIPOC farmers.

We’re proud to support leaders and lawmakers who are showing up in the field, not just at the Capitol.

You have now passed me on my own read-along 😂

Can’t build a bigger tent by pushing people out of it.

One more thought on the Ta-Nehisi Coates/Ezra Klein conversation.

3 takeaways from the #EzraKlein and Ta-Nehisi Coates interview.

Many of us politicians are struggling with a new reality that our friends and colleagues and families are in physical danger of political violence, and the longer we serve the more likely that we will loose some of them (or more than we already have).

Don’t ever lose to your mom in fantasy football.