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@skewedcharles.bsky.social
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Making independent original performance since the 1990s as part of Skewed Visions (skewedvisions.org). Minneapolis. I don't know anything.

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Winston @skewedcharles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1970s heavy sarcasm. Or maybe a living artifact of the American public’s enduring willful naivety about awful leaders.
An early 70s Doonesbury cartoon where BD, the rightwing football-playing recruit tells another recruit “The President’s a lot smarter than you think!” Heavy sarcasm.
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Winston @skewedcharles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yeah baby. I got mine @liberalcurrents.com
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We’ve now reached the point of “black site” hearings – secret, illegal hearings as part of Trump & Stephen Miller’s wretched crusade to detain & deport our immigrant neighbors. Quite literally: hidden tribunals that disappear people.
thecityreporter.nyc
DHS Opens ‘Black Site Docket’ for Immigrants Without Lawyers at 26 Federal Plaza
A reporter from The City Reporter was threatened with arrest while attempting to observe comings and goings from the new courtrooms, which have left advocates mystified and fearing the worst.
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Win these mittens! To enter you can do any of these 1. Donate any amount to any candidate named on @yallvote. Every $5 donated is an entry 2. Participate in any get out the vote or voter registration effort. Every event is 20 entries.
Mitten in rainbow yarn and white. Pattern shows a middle finger Same rainbow and white yarn. Text on the mitten reads we the people
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump is raging at news orgs for refusing to cover his reception of Xi after he banned three from the White House. The real lesson here: When institutions join together to resist his abuses of power it actually works, sending him into a helpless fury. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2158...
newrepublic.com
Trump’s Angry Tirade Over Failing Press Ban Reveals His Achilles’ Heel
Trump is furious that news organizations are fighting back against his vile efforts to punish their colleagues—because collective resistance to his authoritarianism actually works.
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Facebook really doesn't want you to see the new documentary exposing Elon Musk Neither do TikTok or Google or the eX social media site. Since they won't accept paid advertising, let's do some free advertising. Go see Musk in theaters October 9 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
hollywoodreporter.com
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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🎃 Happy Hallow-Jean 🎃 @njean99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Takes just a minute to write a comment in support of MN bike infrastructure! Check out Scenario 3.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef…
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming
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Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General @keithellison.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Minnesota, it's time to vote. mnvotes.gov
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Minnesota DFL Party @dfl.org · 18/09/2026
‼️ You can now vote in the 2026 midterm elections ‼️ Learn about your options: iwillvote.com
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Team Ilhan @teamilhan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Early voting begins today! Make a plan to vote for @ilhanmn.bsky.social and DFLers up and down the ballot by November 3rd. ilhanomar.com/vote
Text: "Early Voting Begins Today" above a photo of Ilhan waving to the camera on a crowded street, above the text, "Vote in-person between now and November 3rd. Find your polling place at ilhanomar.com/vote.
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Jamie Schwesnedl @schwesbomb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I’m reading the newest missive from @mollypeonies.bsky.social and flames are shooting out of my ears. www.thisisbydesign.com/how-mpd-buil...
MPD records reveal a coordinated system of drones, city cameras, command-post intelligence, body-worn and helmet cameras, person and vehicle checks, and evidence preservation around the memorial site — part of an operation that generated $1.92 million in overtime in just four days. At least 101 MPD personnel were assigned to the memorial deployment, where records identified only seven people holding vigil.
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EHB on BET @ehbforbet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This morning, myself, BET President Brandt, MPRB President Olsen sent a letter to Mayor Frey, Council President Payne, and CM Chughtai outlining our concerns about unaccountable spending by MPD, and its impact on our city's long-term fiscal outlook. 1/
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
promise kept
thehandbasket.co
Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 16/09/2026
Autonomous vehicles are a direct threat to thousands of residents who drive to support their families. Use your voice and support protections of vulnerable communities from extractive billionaire tech corporations like Waymo. Make a plan to testify or send an email to decision-makers.
actionnetwork.org
Workers Drive Minneapolis
Tell Mayor Jacob Frey and the Minneapolis City Council to Pass Workers Drive Minneapolis Ordinance Commercial autonomous vehicle (AV) companies are beginning to map and test in our city, with plans ...
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This was the message that prompted ICE to warn of potential prosecution.
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Martin J. Beaverton @martinjbeaverton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
electionlawblog.org/2026/fearmon...
electionlawblog.org
Fearmongering about stealing Congress on January 3, 2027 #ELB
Fellow blogger Justin Levitt wrote an excellent piece in 2024 about the scourge of “electoral-process porn.” Variations of these stories crop up with varying degrees of interest, then dissipate when t...
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
underrated part of El-Sayed’s messaging strategy seems to be shaming journalists who ask dumb questions that play into right-wing frames. you can’t answer these in a way that satisfies them, but you can make it embarrassing enough that you impose a toll on asking.
Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
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Valerie A. Traina @v3ndettaval.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
SAN DIEGO activists at Otay Mesa Concentration Camp‼️
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We should punish the illegal & arbitrary exercise of executive power that violates domestic law & all of our international treaty commitments & turns us into a personalist authoritarian regime
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Why is this important? It's important because if you're not trans and you look at these dynamics - which can absolutely be annoying and unpleasant - and think "cult" you're not responding to the actual dynamics of the group, you are responding to prejudice against trans people in your head.
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rulpeterson.bsky.social @rulpeterson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Worthwhile thread.
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Karlee Weinmann @karleeweinmann.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
CenterPoint Energy just notified the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission that it charged customers an extra fee on card payments *663,452 times* after it agreed to stop. That's ~$1.3 million overpaid. No one at the utility noticed for almost a year? efiling.web.commerce.state.mn.us/documents/%7...
Prior to implementation of this settlement provision, the third-party vendor collected from customers
both the payment amount and the $1.95 service fee. Beginning September 1, 2025, when final rates
became effective, the third-party vendor was expected to collect the customer payment and bill
CenterPoint Energy directly for the $1.95 service fee.
On August 14, 2026, the Commission’s Consumer Affairs Office received a customer complaint
regarding the continued assessment of the service fee. Following review, the Company determined
that the third-party vendor had not implemented the billing charge as intended on September 1, 2025.
Upon identifying the issue, CenterPoint Energy promptly contacted the vendor and directed it to
discontinue charging the service fee to customers. The vendor completed that change on September
7, 2026.
The total number of card transactions charged to customers between September 1, 2025, and
September 7, 2026, was 663,452. Although the Company does not believe this matter constitutes a
utility billing error, customers incurred fees that CenterPoint Energy had agreed to waive under the
Settlement. Accordingly, the Company will provide affected current customers with a bill credit for the amount of the service fee charged, plus applicable interest, consistent with the remedial approach
set forth in Minnesota Administrative Rules Section 7820.4000, subpart 2. In addition, any affected
former customer who is owed more than $2 will be mailed, to the customer’s last known address, a
refund check or given notice explaining how to request a refund of the service fee, plus applicable
interest.
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cursedthing @cursedthing.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
They’re already in office. If they wanted to give you $5K, they would have already done it.
static.klipy.com
Biff Tricks McFly: Your Shoe's Untied!
Alt: Biff Tricks McFly: Your Shoe's Untied!
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Winston @skewedcharles.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
@naomikritzer.bsky.social is a treasure and a hero and I know so many people who are indebted to her research and writing. Here’s one small example
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every usps @everylot-usps.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
DIAMOND LAKE: 5500 NICOLLET AVE, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55419-1930
Street View image of post office
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/09/2026
ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote:
Handwritten notecard. Prompt at the top asks: What object was most devastating for you to lose, and how have you been coping? Answer below: Dentures. Were thrown away and coping isn't somthing I can do. It’s made me feel ugly, unworthy, can’t go get a job with no teeth. So how can get off the streets until another pair can be made?
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Winston @skewedcharles.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Corruption. I would love to see a graphic comparing both the amount of money scammed and the number of corrupt acts between this current regime and previous administrations. I think a visual representation can go a long way to showing the depths we are living in
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Friendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Friday morning, I was gardening when I checked my phone. A request had gone out for help. For 25+ hours, ICE had been laying siege to a quiet neighborhood in Frederick, MD. Community members were afraid, some didn’t want to leave their homes. ICE vehicles seemed to be lurking on every corner.
ICE vehicle - black Nissan Maxima with plate cover - posted up in a spot that also serves as an elementary school bus stop. Another ICE vehicle, black Dodge Durango, lurking around the community. Two more ICE vehicles - black Dodge Durango and a white SUV, unclear on make, model - on a quiet residential street, being quietly creepy. Note that the white SUV has its plate covered. Yet another ICE vehicle. Black Nissan Pathfinder. They were all over the neighborhood.
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bowie deschanel @raisingonebrow.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Apparently, the Appleton concentration camp is opening in a few weeks I wish Emily Bright on MPR didn’t announce it with such a sunny tone
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Simon W Davis @woodforbrains.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Ho-LEE fuck democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...
democrats-appropriations.house.gov
Defense Officials Attempt to Raid NIH Funds to Cover Department of Defense Activities
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) has learned that officials at the Department of Defense (DoD) are working to divert billions of dollars from the National Institute...
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Winston @skewedcharles.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“Intersectionality as institutional design””
liberalcurrents.com
The World That Woke 2.0 Seeks to Build
We can learn from the Civil Rights Movement, but we can also learn from its opposition.
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City of Minneapolis @minneapolismn.gov · 02/09/2026
Please avoid the area from 12th street to Franklin, Hennepin to 3rd Ave S.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously.
Protecting against "inappropriate influence" is no longer a "hallmark" of scientific integrity

The Commerce Department updated its policy for promoting a "culture of scientific integrity" in January 2025, days before Trump's second inauguration.

A new Trump administration order bans the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis from using statistical “noise,” or data for fuzzing survey results, to protect people’s privacy in their statistics.

The 2025 version included bans on attempts to shape or interfere in data collection, statistical analysis and other scientific activities "against well-accepted scientific methods and theories or without scientific justification."

The department's policy, the 2025 version said, involves ensuring scientific findings at its agencies "are not suppressed, delayed, or altered for political purposes and are not subjected to inappropriate influence," as well as making sure there's "independent review of facilities, methodologies, and other scientific activities as appropriate to ensure scientific integrity."

That language is missing, however, in the Trump administration's revision of the policy, according to an NPR analysis of text posted on the Commerce Department's website.

And while the revision adopts a definition for "scientific integrity" that is similar to the previous version, it no longer says that "protection from inappropriate influence" is among the "hallmarks of scientific integrity."
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Bugs, Yaoist @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
yea this was kind of inevitably where all of those videos of the dog robots dancing was gonna lead
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 28/08/2026
Minnesota voters should have an early-voting strategy this year, and to help I made this FAQ. Feedback/questions encouraged. It’s aimed at Democracy Defense trainers who are informing/organizing voters, but we want everyone to do this work & uphold voting rights! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com
Nov 3 2026 voting FAQ
This Frequently Asked Questions document is for Democracy Defense facilitators to better understand how early in-person and mail voting works as of August 28, 2026 for the 2026 general election in Min...
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Winston @skewedcharles.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Vote as early as you can friends. The clear intention of these people is to make democracy harder for people they don’t like.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 23/08/2026
I love Minneapolis
Jake Lang, a Nazi asshole, getting his ass picturesquely whooped in downtown Minneapolis by a person dressed as Spider-Man

I cannot overstate how much this photo looks like a comic book cover

Photo credit Chris Juhn Photography
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The regime is paying local law enforcement 5 figure bounties to kidnap kids from our communities. Kids whose parents or caregivers they already abducted. They're building these concentration camps - that's the term for sites holding civilians without due process - to torture then traffic kids.
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Robin Wonsley - Minneapolis Ward 2 @ward2.minneapolismn.gov · 20/08/2026
The Frey admin shared a proposal to make significant portions of our city eligible for data centers. If you want to stop data centers in neighborhood, now is the time to organize and make your voice heard. Read more➡️ content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/g…
flyer for data center public inputFrey admin's propsal for data centersPost with Frey admin's proposal for data centers
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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“It’s meant to destroy trust among activists, who must now constantly worry about whether HSI has infiltrated them. It’s meant to drive out of public life anyone the administration disfavors. It’s meant to enshrine violence as a tool of the state, one which you cannot fight back against.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/08/2026
New in PN: DHS's abuse of power in Minnesota was even worse than we knew "When the Department of Justice indicted 15 Minnesotans earlier this summer, it was painfully clear that this was a cobbled-together mess, a transparent attempt to criminalize dissent. But boy, we didn’t know the half of it."
publicnotice.co
DHS's abuse of power in Minnesota was even worse than we knew
It's the stuff of East Germany.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/08/2026
lol. Republican US Senate candidate for … [checks notes] … Minnesota
As a native Californian who moved to Minnesota in 1994, I know.  Fleeing soon. x.com/dilldear47954/…
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The Daily Beans Podcast @dailybeanspod.com · 15/08/2026
"This is a fascist government. We are not yet a fascist country because we are still pushing back against that. But they have no intention of restoring democracy. And and we need to call that out" - @hcrichardson.bsky.social FULL VIDEO: youtu.be/2kiTHwW563Q
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
we're at the "they're arming unaccountable masked men with electric torture gloves" stage of fascism
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Winston @skewedcharles.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Vital info & perspective "Neofascism can be beaten. Its advance relies on our acquiescence. And our acquiescence comes from not having taken its measure. From willfully ignoring the very obvious enemy we are faced with. From assuming they cannot possibly really believe it. But they do."
liberalcurrents.com
Fascists Really Believe It
Millions could die because of ideas intellectually and morally equivalent to the ‘lizard people’ conspiracy theory.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The agents also found repeatedly that groups they visited like the Sunrise Movement were peaceful. But after the meeting ended, an undercover agent told an organizer he worked construction and would like to build items to assist with direct action protests and didn't mind being jailed. (3)
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
One of the first things you notice reading the exhibits is how widespread these operations were. Agents infiltrated meetings at churches, labor spaces, schools and parks. They used plates to find names of protesters then compiled dossiers on them that the agency maintains. (2)
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Legal documents released today show federal law enforcement officials extensively surveilled public meetings and activists during the ICE surge, and created dossiers on political enemies. I've been busy, but will post some takeaways on this thread soon: (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
mprnews.org
Attorney: Homeland Security spied on Minnesotans who spoke out against ICE
Defense attorney Kevin Riach alleges that just four days after Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents, that Homeland Security Investigations launched Operation Puppet Master. The agency cou...
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