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Alpetersoa

@alpetersoa.bsky.social
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Retired physician, resident of rural northern Minnesota, member of Indivisible, against autocracy.

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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A new steel mill in Iowa? Big rush to sign the deal, but some Iowans are uncomfortable. My friend Ralph Rosenberg wants a month to get written guarantees on water, air quality, utility rate protection, and clawbacks; find out who the investors are and what risks they are taking.
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Self-centered people like me react to news about ebola with fear of it spreading to the US. Silly me! We can rest assured that RFK Jr. and Trump will protect us!🤞
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Geoeconomics, Part I: Ranking Economic Superpowers open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... Unsure how comic-Hitler fits with Paul Krugman’s topic, but his post is, as usual, good, applicable to current geopolitics, and well-written so that people with no training in economics, like me, can understand it.
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Geoeconomics, Part I: Ranking Economic Superpowers
We’re #1! Or maybe #2. Or maybe …
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
substack.com/@lincolnsqua... Congressman Jared Huffman (D-CA) gives his fellow (Republican) members of the House Natural Resources Committee a stern warning on the corrupt, incompetent President to whom they have pledged their allegiance.
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Lincoln Square (@lincolnsquare)
Rep. Jared Huffman of California completely eviscerates his Republican colleagues on the House Committee for Natural Resources
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Filling an Empty Jar open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe... Examples like this one from a red district in California are valuable. They show Democratic resistance springing up everywhere. If interested in more examples, read Jess Piper’s and Art Cullen’s Substacks. From rural MO and IA, respectively.
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Labor Omnia Vincit on The View from Rural Missouri by Jess Piper
Some of us wander the red roads of the Sacramento River Valley (and the San Joaquin to see relatives and friends). I did it for 20 years as a union agent/organizer. On the other side of those low hill...
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
The Worst and the Dumbest open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... A good idea from a commenter on Paul Krugman’s Subsdtack Article titled “The worst and the Dumbest.” His advice is “Don’t Spend!” to further cripple Trump’s terrible economy.
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The Peaceful Solution-Plan B on Paul Krugman
The surest way to get Democrats elected in November? Defer spending until after the election. If the economy is suffering between now and November, Democrats will be ensured victory. The real star ...
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Cloquet” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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NO KINGS Cloquet · No Kings
**We have the power and are claiming it together. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.** What began in 2025 as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading fr...
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Today, President Trump said Iran was sending him a very nice “present” which is worth a lot of money. He gave no details. White House spokespeople said they were baffled. People living in the real world announced they were, too. I think he’s severely mentally ill and should be impeached.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/03/2026
BREAKING: Democrat Emily Gregory wins Florida House District 87 special election, defeating Republican Jon Maples and flipping the seat from red to blue. This is the Mar-a-Lago district — Trump won it by 11 points in 2024 and heavily promoted Maples.
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Sent a $15 donation to “5 Calls” because it simplifies contacting key political figures, including state senators and representatives. I’ve been meaning to use it for at least six months, but I haven’t yet. I hope if you decide to use it, you’ll do better than me.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/02/2026
“my ‘we’re not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process’ shirt is raising a lot of questions that are answered by the shirt”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Donald Trump said his deportation machine would only go after the “worst of the worst.” He lied — and DHS’s own data proves it.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/02/2026
what
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
We now have data from Trump's first full year in office. Let's review the performance of Trump and the two parties since 1989 and a new age of globalization began. However you cut the data Trump continues to have worst jobs record of last six Presidents. 1/
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triggeredbytrump.bsky.social @triggeredbytrump.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Looking for the worst of the worst ? They can be found among those pardoned by trump again and again. Another child sexual abuser in the Jan 6 insurrectionists who trump pardoned.
theguardian.com
Man pardoned by Trump for attacking US Capitol found guilty of child abuse
Andrew Paul Johnson was found guilty of five counts including molesting a child under 12 and another under 16
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Butter Emails @butteremails2.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Bondi is a flat out disgrace. An example of a failed human being. Together with Miller, trump, norm and hegseth. The worst of the worst
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David Andrew @davidsirbasku.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
The entire trump administration is not only incompetent - but they are corrupt I think it’s the worst administration we have ever seen - But it does reflect the corruption of our rapist in chief
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
bsky.app/profile/bobr... Many thanks to @bobriensan.bsky.social for sharing this info! The more we help spread it, the better. It is no surprise that ICE, President Trump, and Kristi Noem all lie about the killings of innocent Americans by ICE. Everyone should be informed about it.
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bobriensan @bobriensan.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
the worst of the worst is who is in and around the trump administration "Border patrol chief praised federal agent who shot US citizen in Chicago" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Border patrol chief praised federal agent who shot US citizen in Chicago
New evidence shows Gregory Bovino hailed agent who fired at Marimar Martinez five times in her car
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Minnesota (MN) on January 17, 2026, witnessed the detention of a U.S. citizen wearing a hijab, who was born and raised in the state. This incident has become increasingly common.
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
open.substack.com/pub/ezralevi... We the People Indivisible- Cloquet demonstrated by holding a vigil for Renee Good on Friday night at the busy intersection of Highway 33 and Doddridge Ave. One "middle finger salute" from one driver and lots of car horn honks in support.
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1,200 protests all over the country with one demand: Ice Out for Good
Indivisible's weekly newsletter with analysis and action
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
I think Trump's immigration policies are inhumanly brutal and un-American. I don't understand how we tolerate it. substack.com/@naomiwriter...
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Naomi Drew (@naomiwriter1)
Finally freed after nine months of hell: Karim Daoud, tax-payer, family man, law-abider, working in the US for over 20 years. Known in his community of Flemington, NJ, as the embodiment of kindness. I...
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
At the “No Kings” rally in Cloquet. The sun’s out, bit of a breeze, the mood is good, joyful, positive and the chance of violence is lower than any other place on earth. There’s nobody here who hates America except the rare MAGA driving by yelling some BS or other.
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
I have no special knowledge about why Mayo is closing these rural clinics, but I'm suspicious it's connected to the Republican's One Big Beautiful budget reconciliation Bill, specifically its drastic cuts to Medicaid/Medicare. Expect much more damage to health care. www.kaaltv.com/news/mayo-cl...
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Mayo Clinic Health System announces it will close six clinics
Mayo Clinic Health System has announced it will be closing six clinics in the state of Minnesota.
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C.V. Danes @cv-danes.com · 25/08/2025
I'm stuck. But when it comes to the people who voted for Trump, I don't want to get unstuck. I don't want to get over the anger and betrayal. I don't want to make peace with it. They deserve nothing but abject disdain and disgust for the rest of their miserable lives. /8
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
President Liar lies about giving Maryland Gov. Wes Moore for repair of Baltimore’s Key Bridge. Thanks @blue-resistance.bsky.social for posting what Orwell said about these times of deceit. Trump poisons every issue that attracts his attention, but telling the truth is Resistance.
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
100,000 applicants and 5,000 spots: Record number of Houstonians need help paying their utility bills” - Houston Chronicle Trump earlier this year “fired everyone at the [heat assistance] program’s federal office. His proposed budget for 2026 entirely eliminates the program as “unnecessary.”
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Tellingly, pbump.net shows that states contributing National Guard troops to Washington DC have higher crime rates than DC. That’s insane. However, David Frum says in another context, that our constitution and laws do not give us any sure means to limit the behavior of a corrupt president.
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The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History
Podcast Episode · The David Frum Show · 05/07/2025 · 1h 1m
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
This is insane. “…there are now 64 cities that had higher rates of violent crime in 2024 than did D.C. in states whose governors are sending the National Guard to Washington to “combat crime.” www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...
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More people in Ohio need protection from violent crime than there are people in D.C.
Governors of three states — Ohio, South Carolina and West Virginia — are sending members of their state National Guards to D.C. to … well, theoretically to combat crime but, if the past week is any in...
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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Nature is crazy.
Some frogs live in
and defend beehives,
and in return the
bees allow the frog
to eat unlimited honey.
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
This is an ominous development. Our home-grown, vulnerable, hypersensitive, mentally impaired dictator is preparing to take away (at the point of a gun) our right to “petition the Government for a redress of grievances”
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
HCR details Trump’s cognitive decline after his incoherent press conference to announce he is sending the National Guard after the people of Washington DC. Then compares him to mad King George
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
A warning from Rick Stengel, former Undersecretary of State. Posted on HCR Substack after Trump announces he’ll send the National Guard to Washington DC.
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
chatgpt.com/s/t_68966bcc... Here’s a ChatGPT summary of lithium and Alzheimer’s including the latest research published by a team at Harvard. One member of the team said that Trump’s cuts will have a negative effect on ongoing research.
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Lithium and Alzheimer's research
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
I had ta laugh 😄.
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
I didn't expect this number to be so low. How did Trump win in November, 2024?
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Tatiana Trifan #FBLC @tatianatrifan.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
"Tens of thousands defy Orban's ban in Budapest Pride march Budapest Pride began under heavy police surveillance and international scrutiny, as organizers expect a record turnout of over 35,000 despite a ban imposed by Orban's nationalist government." www.lemonde.fr/en/hungary/a...
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Tens of thousands defy Orban's ban in Budapest Pride march
Budapest Pride began under heavy police surveillance and international scrutiny, as organizers expect a record turnout of over 35,000 despite a ban imposed by Orban's nationalist government.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
The Trump lawyer on Jeffrey Epstein’s list who was accused of raping kids, is arguing again that it should be legal to have sex with kids. And Republicans want to ban Pride flags to “protect kids” instead of locking up their pedophiles.
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
“JD Vance claims US is at war with Iran’s nuclear program, not Iran.” That’s just dumb.
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
ICE detained a young Norwegian tourist and sent him back to Norway because he had this hilarious meme on his phone. Them tough ICE thugs have very thin skins.
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
But, Trump ignores our laws and focuses only on what’s going on in his head and whatever idea the last Right Wing leader he spoke with planted there. 🤯😱
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Alpetersoa @alpetersoa.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
“Sleepy Don” at his own parade!
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Rep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 16/06/2025
📈 Members of Congress trading stocks off economic chaos 💵 Private memecoin dinners with the President for the highest bidders ✂️ Inspectors General purged from the government Time to #CleanItUp for all Americans who expect public officials to serve them, not special interests or stock portfolios.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/06/2025
Raskin on Trump's corruption: "Whatever kind of varnish they had from the first administration is completely off now. They're not even pretending to do anything else ... it's a gangster state."
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Karen Langsam @langsam-karen.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
🧵A lawsuit must be filed ASAP! How would they even know?? ⬇️
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Brian Manning📎 @boxdonkey17.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
MAGA has & will continue to give birth to political domestic terrorists. 47 & this administration can deny it all they want , but their constant rhetoric has fueled radicalization of people like Vance Boelter. The blood of these Democrats lays on Donald Trump hands.
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