Reposted by Viltchamberlainemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Renee Good's family filed two lawsuits today. The first, against, USG, is a standard wrongful death. The second is a Klan Act lawsuit against Jonathan Ross, AND STEPHEN MILLER and Greg Bovino. It names Nick Shirley and Christopher Rufo as non-party co-conspirators for their racist propaganda. 473127845
Reposted by ViltchamberlainMatt Keliher @mattkeliher.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Obviously I think there are many reasons to vote DFL in the midterms, but near the top of that list should be the successful implementation of the state's new paid leave program - one of the largest expansions of social insurance in the state's history. 1266
Reposted by ViltchamberlainDaniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 01/10/2026Complaints have limited legal value outside their case, but the one suing for the murder of Renee Good is an important cultural document. It tracks a grand opera of horror and hate that culminated in the death of a woman at the hands of her government. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 316956
Reposted by ViltchamberlainMinnesota Senate DFL @senatedfl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026After Trump's Medicaid cuts, our rural hospitals are in dire need of support. Yet Republican leaders came to the negotiating table with $0 for rural hospitals because they refuse to stand up to Trump even when he's harming Minnesotans and your access to affordable healthcare. #Minnesota #healthcare 003
Reposted by ViltchamberlainRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026When are people in the sports world going to stand up and say “we would prefer the openly evil 28% approval rating president not attend our game in-person because it is a massive inconvenience for our in-person fans, a strain on local law enforcement, and harms the television product” 942312382
Reposted by Viltchamberlainsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“Beyond two parking tickets for not moving his vehicle during snowstorms, Abdullah has no criminal record in Minnesota and was working legally as a mechanic while his asylum application was pending. He arrived in the United States in early 2023.” 19789323
Reposted by ViltchamberlainAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026a president planning military operations based entirely on election cycles is actually a giant scandal 412451577
Reposted by ViltchamberlainScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026She was an FBI agent. She started an investigation of the murder of Renee Good. Trump forced her to reclassify it as an ICE agent assault. She was then forced to resign. Her evidence confirms that a cover-up of the homicide has been undertaken, directed from the highest levels.cnn.comFBI agent who initially investigated fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis has resigned | CNN PoliticsThe FBI agent who initially began working with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to investigate the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, two sources familiar with... 281557899
Reposted by ViltchamberlainDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Normally it would need to be a story about a police shooting to see the New York Times stoop to this level level of euphemism and downplaying what happened. 1535362
Reposted by ViltchamberlainKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“Republicans are the cause of your problems not the solution” is a winning message every election but they’re bringing literal receipts now 293693877
Viltchamberlain @skyler-vilt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This years panel of top thought leaders just naming former Twins players 200
Reposted by ViltchamberlainRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 27574933149
Reposted by ViltchamberlainDaniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24/09/2026I don't have time to write more, but ICE is working to remove people to third countries in violation of D.V.D. v. DHS. I've been up since 5:20 A.M. working with two other attorneys to prevent our client from being shipped out. If you rep someone at risk of third country removal, check on them NOW 2722961005
Reposted by Viltchamberlainceej @ceej.online · 24/09/2026impeach them all. fuck em. why should they get to fly around on our dime and hurt people? “they’ll never actually removed from office” who gives a shit? I want them miserable every day for the rest of the term. I hope they have nightmares. air their dirty laundry. make em sweat 9678401313
Reposted by ViltchamberlainNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Minnesota is a shit hole that I’m embarrassed to live in. Here’s why Minnesotans should make me their next senator. by Michele Tafoya 211013145
Reposted by ViltchamberlainDavid Brauer @dbrauer.net · 23/09/2026National media continues to do the work Mn media hasn’t yet demonstrated in the Senate general election 37921
Reposted by ViltchamberlainAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 22/09/2026Economist Jose Pacas of CoLab welcoming attendees to the conference 1564
Reposted by ViltchamberlainVisit Lake Street @visitlakestreet.com · 19/09/2026🗺️Grab your Taco Tour map (download & print it) www.lakestreettacotour.com Stamp the map 🏆Enter to win 20 stamps - entry to win a $100 gift card (5 winners) 10 - 19 stamps - entry to win a $50 gift card (5 winners) 1-9 stamps - entry to win a $25 gift card (10 winners) #TacoTouronLakeStreet2026 022
Reposted by Viltchamberlainjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026i am genuinely bewildered by people who say that the rise of white nationalism in the republican party is a response to the "woke left." like, did the woke left cause pat buchanan's 1992 presidential campaign? is the woke left why steve king had a long career in congress? 430103771920
Reposted by ViltchamberlainMichelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/o... 251396531
Reposted by ViltchamberlainAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026Michele Tafoya defended January 6 insurrectionists in a 2025 episode of her podcast: "There were so many people wrapped up into that day, and this massive fishnet thrown out there to catch all of them, that a lot of really good people got caught up in the shuffle" 12444490
Reposted by ViltchamberlainBrandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026After Pretti was killed, Savageford, who is Asian-American, said she was taken to a warehouse near the Whipple detention center where immigrants were being detained. She was strip-searched, including by male agents who Cook told HuffPost on Friday were “touching her privates.” 271662905
Reposted by ViltchamberlainBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We started a trade war with these people because the president, who has some sort of degenerative brain disease with visible bruises on his hand's injection site that the press doesn't talk about, was bored. 201110702284
Reposted by ViltchamberlainBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 10/09/2026We've got a Muslim man running the most multicultural city in the world and making space for all the people in it. That's what cultural victory over fundamentalism looks like, it's a shame that there's a part of the population that couldn't identify a cultural victory if it slapped them in the face. 72679385
Reposted by ViltchamberlainRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Here's a gift link to my 9/11 essay in the NYT. Civil libertarians long warned that before giving government new powers, we should consider how an administration with authoritarian ambition might abuse them. We were told that America was too exceptional to elect such a person. Well here we are.nytimes.comOpinion | Civil Libertarians Knew This Would Happen. We Should Have Listened. (Gift Article)The civil libertarians’ warnings have come true. 571924741
Reposted by ViltchamberlainRep. Kelly Morrison @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The call is coming from inside the house. AI researchers themselves are warning of an existential threat to humanity. Congress can’t wait. Mike Johnson needs to cancel recess so we can get to work immediately – hearings, investigations, and comprehensive regulation. 01713
Reposted by ViltchamberlainScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The Trump administration is now refusing payouts for US soldiers who died in the US-Israeli war against Iran "because it isn't a war." Libby Klinner, widow of 33-year-old Maj Alex Klinner, says the US Air Force deemed her ineligible for additional benefits following her husband's death because 62690338
Reposted by ViltchamberlainThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/09/2026"Iran has imposed a strategic defeat on America without a single Iranian soldier firing a rifle. Hegseth obsessing over soldiers’ physical fitness in 2026 is like a European general fixating on his troops’ horsemanship in 1940."lnk.thebulwark.comPete Hegseth 💩 the Bed AgainThe secretary of WAR is obsessed with doing pushups in the age of drone warfare. America will pay for his stupidity. 551763375
Reposted by ViltchamberlainAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 04/09/2026a nazi pedophile that loves data centers is fully funding the republican partys midterm efforts 562407481
Reposted by ViltchamberlainG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 04/09/2026New at FiftyPlusOne: Americans rate Trump and billionaires/CEOs as the most corrupt people in the country blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/the-us-isn... 14491159
Reposted by ViltchamberlainAaron Gleeman @aarongleeman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Pablo Torre can obviously fight his own battles, but I can't get over how many prominent people in media downplayed, refuted, and even mocked his Clippers reporting and are now just silent on the whole thing. Massive outlets ran cover for the Clippers and now just ... move on. 1004033614
Reposted by ViltchamberlainProPublica @propublica.org · 03/09/2026NEW: Over the “strongest possible” objections of a federal prosecutor handling the case, Trump DOJ officials quashed plans to bring civil rights charges against an ICE agent accused of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant and then lying about it.propublica.orgTrump’s DOJ Blocked Serious ICE Shooting Charge Over Federal Prosecutor’s “Strongest Possible” ObjectionsA prosecutor planned to file civil rights charges — similar to those brought against the officers who killed George Floyd — against an ICE agent. In an email we exclusively obtained, he reveals that T... 561691933
Reposted by ViltchamberlainBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Pastor Carl Ruby, of Springfield's Central Christian Church, can state the issue more clearly than 98% of people working in politics today. 5827271050
Reposted by Viltchamberlaintaylr @taylordahlin.com · 01/09/2026MINNESOTAN RENTERS: if you rented from a large property mgmt company between 2018-2025, you may be able to get money from a recent settlement as they were colluding to drive up rents i found the brentwood apartments in loring park on there! www.realpagerentalsettlement.com/property-loo...realpagerentalsettlement.comProperty Lookup - In re RealPage, Inc., Rental Software Antitrust Litigation (No. II)In re RealPage, Inc., Rental Software Antitrust Litigation (No. II) 511788
Reposted by ViltchamberlainWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The correct Democratic position on every issue is “I will undo everything Donald Trump has done, I will destroy everything he has built, and I will impose consequences on him and everyone who helped him do it.” No negotiation. Rip it all down. 331383297
Reposted by Viltchamberlainjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 31/08/2026feels like "can the president unilaterally demolish the white house and build whatever he wants in its place" is a "major question" given the cultural and political significance of the building but, again, the president *is* a special birthday boy 382479312
Reposted by ViltchamberlainGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 31/08/2026NEW FROM ME: On a hellish third-country removal flight last month, passengers say ICE-contracted guards got drunk, teased and beat them, tied them up, refused to let them use the lavatory. One says he witnessed an ICE agent admit to illegal chain refoulement. prospect.org/2026/08/31/w...prospect.org‘What America Did to Me Is Wrong’: Inside One of the Largest Third-Country Removal Flights So Far - The American ProspectOn July 31, an estimated 71 detainees were expelled to various countries on a hellish flight to Africa. Many were then illegally returned to their home countries. 2220001176
Reposted by ViltchamberlainRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026It’s mind-blowing that we have literal white nationalists in the White House carrying out unfathomably cruel, abusive, white nationalist policies, and the punditariat has spent the last two weeks debating if some people were too intemperate after a Black man was murdered by cops six years ago. 153109042685
Reposted by ViltchamberlainG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 29/08/2026This is a great podcast in that it shows how analysis of politics that is grounded in data and empiricism (Bouie) has an uphill battle in DC/NY against ideology and pure uncut reactionary ignorance (Cottle) www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Right Is Rethinking MAGA. The Left Is Rethinking ‘Woke.’As primary results trickle in, both parties are wrestling with what they stand for — and where they’re headed. 25553112
Reposted by ViltchamberlainMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Republicans don’t need to distance themselves from the neo-Nazi who owns a child porn machine, was in the government and spends millions on elections. Democrats need to distance themselves from the streamer who sometimes endorses Democrats. Makes sense! 11512136
Reposted by ViltchamberlainDavid Brauer @dbrauer.net · 28/08/2026Minnesota 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.comNov 3 2026 voting FAQThis 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... 611058
Reposted by ViltchamberlainWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 28/08/2026As a society none of Trump’s insanity is impossible to parse or react to. The problem is that our feckless elites are scared of humiliating themselves by expressing an appropriate amount of alarm, which dumps the burden on to the rest of us, where it becomes unmanageable 1352361
Reposted by ViltchamberlainJamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 27/08/2026your nephew is hooked on opioids because cops took the drug prevention money and spent it on flock cameras to stalk their ex wives 2440531289
Reposted by ViltchamberlainWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The US president declaring himself the greatest in history, above Lincoln and Washington, would have been considered a secular form of blasphemy as little as two years ago - and a sign of profound mental instability besides. Today it’s nothing. We’re supposed to take it in stride. 491094171
Reposted by ViltchamberlainAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026"My piece was inspired by Picasso's Guernica...The patterns near Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s mouths are actually their last words in Morse code: ‘I’m not mad at you,’ and ‘Are you okay?’” -Jennifer Nelson (quoted in the linked booklet, alongside other extraordinary pieces) 6546228
