A current high school aged kid was between ages 5 and 9 when Obama left office in Jan 2017. Try explaining to them there was a time when the country was mostly hopeful about the future and the White House was a source of inspiration on most topics.
Why?
The MN state official non-partisan budget forecast now includes an AI-impact section related to state productivity and GDP. Nothing in the revenue losses section for the destruction of human payroll (yet)
And there is the 2026 Plan, laid clear in broad daylight.
You've probably been following the story about fraud in MN. I wrote about the people who provide services who are being driven into bankruptcy, thanks to the Walz' administration decision to hire Optum AI to screen all payments. It's a disaster.
Next November and December might be better. Or worse!
What exactly is Santa’s visa status these days? I’m not seeing an H1B category for toy delivery plus his livestock registrations and employment records are super shady.
This reminds me of the drug dealer who came to talk to my 9th grade class about how dangerous it was being a drug dealer
Or actually talking about it caused a 10-point swing to the D’s with local excitement
lol… total disaster for GOP if he wins by anything less than 12 pts. A +10 swing to the D’s
JAMA study: NIH grant terminations disrupted 3.5% of active clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 patients and resulting in a $1.81 billion funding loss. More than 115 active cancer trials were disrupted. www.ajmc.com/view/nih-gra...
Wut? That’s a measure of a healthy risk pool
How does this compare to his Oct 2017 numbers? Would be interesting to compare
Cuts to the federal Emergency Food Assistance Program have meant less selection at Minnesota food shelves.
How about mandatory drug and alcohol testing for the cabinet
Two KFF findings Republicans might want to consider when deciding how much they care about the looming 100+% premium spike:
More than 1/4 of farmers and ranchers are marketplace enrollees.
Almost 1/2 of enrollees are small business owners or work for them.
Gov. Walz issued an executive order directing the Minnesota departments of Health and Commerce to protect vaccine access and coverage, regardless of rollbacks and rapid changes from RFK Jr's HHS. minnesotareformer.com/2025/09/09/w...
I’m glad Gov Walz is taking steps to ensure Minnesotans will continue to have access to the COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccines save lives and Minnesotans deserve to be able to go to their health care provider when it’s convenient for them and get a shot.
Started/Going in Louisiana
368 cases of whooping cough
63 hospitalized, of whom
75% vaccines not up to date, and
41 were infants
Lots of people died from COVID in the U.S. as vaccines became politicized.
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Fire RFK Jr. now.
This image is every parent’s worst nightmare.
Maybe we could do something about gun violence in addition to all those thoughts and prayers.
Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.
“OBBBA” is a perfect name. It’s the sound most voters will make while clutching their mouth, when they find out how much these federal budget cuts are going add to their health insurance premiums.
Help remind people that we will now need to rely on national physician groups to get accurate vaccination schedule information via @startribune.com www.startribune.com/u-led-vaccin...
Fantastic event from Eastside Salvation Army in St Paul today, giving out 1200+ donated backpacks to families in need ahead of the school year
The CBO’s final dynamic score:
“.. Because the bill’s red ink is not offset by more spending cuts or new revenue, CBO found, the legislation will drive up interest rates.”
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