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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 30/09/2026
U.S. Attorney for MN Daniel Rosen is now speaking. He's saying a "tolerance for fraud has infected state government." Rosen is saying that Minnesota has encouraged noncitizens to vote. Says we have a "culture of fraud." Says the guy who spent most of Metro Surge in Florida.
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OJ @solidarityowen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I don't know that it is possible to comprehensively teach or learn Administrative Law in a single semester, especially in the year of our lord 2026 (Loper Bright, Jarkesy, WV v EPA (MQD), Slaughter/Cook, etc.)
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Until the Reagan years, the SEC considered stock buybacks to be illegal stock manipulation. Now, NVIDIA has announced the largest buyback in American history — fueled by the data center boom. It's time to make buybacks illegal again.
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Stock Buybacks, Explained | Robert Reich
Robert Reich explains that Trump's corporate tax is going to stock buybacks, leaving most workers behind.Watch More: Tru
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can’t do student loan relief. Can’t mandate vaccines. Can’t help home owners. Can commit human rights abuses.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is a human rights abuse worthy of prosecution under intentional law. Minimally, they should be impeached and removed for this alone.
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OJ @solidarityowen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
And you can thank John Robert's Supreme Court for giving him not just that belief, but an assurance: Trump v. United States, 144 S. Ct. 2312 (2024).
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If an internationally-wanted war criminal (whose forces have killed Americans) comes to US soil, attacks Americans (including the mayor of the largest city), and then says "Remember the beepers" in reference to a terrorist attack he committed — how can that be taken as anything other than a threat?
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.
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OJ @solidarityowen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Butter Pecan, I wasn't familiar with your game. *tips hat*
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Balls & Strikes @ballsandstrikes.org · 15/09/2026
If you are a newspaper columnist it is so important to incorporate information from the last 20 years into your work
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John Roberts Is Not an “Institutionalist”
Based on recent history, if Roberts is the “only person” who can preserve the Smithsonian’s independence, the Smithsonian’s independence should be dead by the end of June.
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OJ @solidarityowen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Our representatives have sold us out to a for-profit healthcare mafia. It is our moral duty not to support a single candidate that will allow profit to be made off of the sick and injured.
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OJ @solidarityowen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
There are many qualified candidates, but WV v EPA carved its spot in the top five worst SCOTUS opinions of the 21st century. Pure drivel.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 13/09/2026
One time, and I promise this is true, Bush gave a flip remark about violence while playing golf and it became a defining moment for his legacy. This president shrugging about a war he started while overseas at a golf tournament that is lining his own pockets won’t be remembered in two weeks.
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
not the struggle zoom out 😭
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
An in-kind political broadcast for Cruz's NIL bill, which would give the NCAA an antitrust exemption
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OJ @solidarityowen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My local theatre is showing The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie this evening. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. I will be sporting my best shirt and bowtie (for lack of pirate costume ownership).
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OJ @solidarityowen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Carry the flame
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OJ @solidarityowen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I'm just a kid from rural MN who fell for the labor movement and decided legal advocacy was his way to practice solidarity. I never thought I'd get the opportunities to accomplish as much as I have already with a year of school remaining. Hard to describe the feeling. Pure fulfillment.
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Jeffrey Rousseau @jrpotential.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Pierre Damas Bel:
“I came to this country to pursue my education. I didn’t come here to commit a crime or hurt anyone,” he wrote on Instagram in late July. “Yet now I’m walking through the streets of the United States with a GPS monitor on my leg, carrying a feeling of shame and humiliation that I never imagined I would experience.” Pierre Damas Bel
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The Trump administration is closing research projects that help fight cyclospora, the foodborne parasite giving thousands of Americans diarrhea and pain this summer. Three out of the three government projects that help combat the parasite are effectively shutting down.
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USDA cyclospora research projects shelved amid funding cuts and relocations
The shuttering of three projects is expected to hinder vital research at a time when consumers are increasingly worried about the safety of the food supply.
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Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Live report from the Minnesota State Fair, located in the heart of American democracy, where there’s an ICE Out adaptation of Picasso’s Guernica made entirely from crops
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OJ @solidarityowen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Utterly unfounded claims of antisemitism against a muslim nominee is genuinely islamophobic.
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What Are Jewish Voters Supposed to Do?
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on why she is skipping the Michigan Democratic Party’s convention, the rise of anti-Semitism within her party, and the conundrum Jewish Democrat voters face. Plus...
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OJ @solidarityowen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Analyzing the cause of violence is not per se justifying it. Acknowledging the dynamic that U.S. empire and militarism begets violence at home (blowback) is necessary, not problematic.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The city of Tempe, Arizona, says it is ending its Flock program
Tempe, AZ - The City of Tempe has turned off its Flock automated license plate reader (ALPR) system and will end its contract with the company. The cameras are no longer collecting license plate data and will be removed by Flock. The City will not seek another company to replace the system.
While the cameras have been a useful tool for Tempe Police, helping officers solve crimes, recent cases involving the misuse of automated license plate reader systems in Arizona and nationwide have raised concerns about the risks that come with the technology.Tempe Police has found no misuse of its own Flock system. The department audits its searches each month, and no improper use has been identified.
"These cameras have helped our police officers do their jobs, and we don't discount that," said Tempe Mayor Corey Woods. "But the risk of misuse is too great. We have to be able to provide public safety in a way that maintains the trust of our community. For Tempe, that means taking these cameras down."
"Any law enforcement tool used by the City must not pose a risk of infringing on residents' civil liberties," said Tempe Councilmember Bobby Nichols. "We have a responsibility to ensure that these technolo- gies are only employed if they present a narrowly tailored solution to a compelling government interest. I'm grateful to the City staff for this quick action and responsiveness to constituents' concerns."Residents may continue to see Flock cameras in Tempe until the company removes its equipment. Data previously collected by the system is stored for 30 days and then automatically deleted unless it is connected to an ongoing case or investigation. In those cases, the data may be retained as needed for the investigation. No new license plate data is being collected now that the system has been turned off.
Ending the use of the Flock system will change how Tempe Police approaches some investigations. Officers will continue to use other investigative tools and law enforcement partnerships to prevent crime, solve cases and respond when the community needs
them.The decision follows steps Tempe took earlier this month in response to community concerns. On Aug. 10, the City stopped sharing its Flock data with other law enforcement agencies. Tempe Police also launched a public Transparency Portal so residents could see how the system was being used. The portal will be discontinued now that the Flock system has been turned off.
The City of Tempe remains fully committed to both community safety and transparency. Residents can continue to track Tempe's public safety performance through the City's Strategic Management Performance Measures.
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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It is extremely embarrassing that West Point thinks cadets can’t handle learning about climate change www.stripes.com/branches/arm...
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West Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit says
Adam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says.
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OJ @solidarityowen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Enjoying my [history] reading this morning.
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OJ @solidarityowen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
American Federation of Musicians Statement on Dolly Parton: She "ensur[ed] that bands, singers, and studio musicians working alongside her received the benefit of union membership.”
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OJ @solidarityowen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I wish the leadership of the Democratic party had a mere percentage of the smoke for ANY member of the fascist Trump regime as they do for Hasan Piker.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I’ve made a deliberate attempt to stop responding to these pieces of deportation propaganda, in part because their entire point is trolling and they WANT the angry responses. But the same time, we cannot make this stuff normal. It’s deeply wrong; a perversion of good things for fascist purposes.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 24/08/2026
When blocking laws that make it easier for people to vote, the Supreme Court has repeatedly emphasized that courts can't interfere with voting rules close to elections. Weirdly, now that Trump is trying to take over mail-in voting 10 weeks before the midterms, the Court has forgotten all about it.
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OJ @solidarityowen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Very last first day of school
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Adventure Ready Kid with Backpack and Goggles
ALT: Adventure Ready Kid with Backpack and Goggles
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OJ @solidarityowen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
32 hour work week. $20/hr (~$2,600/mon; 33,280/yr) minimum wage.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 22/08/2026
Gary, Indiana is without power for the 11th straight day after storms. This is climate injustice.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 21/08/2026
Wage theft is theft. Tenant harassment is illegal. Those who defraud vulnerable New Yorkers will be held accountable. We are working with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to share real-time information and crack down on crimes that target workers and consumers.
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Workers' rights at the heart of new NYC initiative, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg says
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection commissioner are partnering up to combat wage theft, tenant harassment and fraud targeting immigrants.
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LSM @slukemorgan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
genuinely what is the law of preliminary relief. someone tell me. I'm supposed to teach it in a couple of weeks.
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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
While I'm shouting into the void: The ABA's Legal Education Council repealed Standard 206 in the hope that doing so would improve the ABA's standing with red state governments & the Trump admin. Look how well that worked.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Natalie Harp is a year older than Martin Luther King Jr. was when he gave his I Have a Dream speech. She has agency and is running the propaganda operation that serves to put people in concentration camps. She does not get a pass because she looks like a dipshit teenager.
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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I endorse Prof Hartzog’s observation in this article that collective bargaining is probably the best way for workers to get protections/procedures for dealing with these creeps
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Avoiding AI is about to be a superpower.
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max nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Amy Klobuchar avoids saying explicitly if she supports Walz’s executive order, which if elected governor, she would decide whether to continue or not
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
no amnesty
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Abbott’s office initially sent me a “no comment.” They just followed up with this:
Reporter: Governor, could you comment on the pending lawsuit from Attorney General Keith Ellison concerning the extradition of Christian Castro?
 
Governor Abbott: Well, first of all, I don't trust Tim Walz on anything, let alone something like this. Well, listen. While they're making demands, I got a demand of my own, and that is, it's time for Minnesota to step up and repay the United States of America and Americans for all the fraud that they have committed in their state under federal programs. I will not respond to them at all until they step up and do what's right, and they acknowledge their fault in the fraud that took place, and they fully repay the United States of America for the fraud they committed.
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Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
It's 105°f out in Dallas. Why isn't anyone swimming?
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UAW @uaw.org · 13/08/2026
"Previous research has shown that shifting the United States to a Medicare for All system could save roughly 68,000 lives and $650 billion per year, but a new study by experts at Yale University suggests the savings would likely be even greater on both fronts." 📰 ow.ly/pMNK50ZziQ6
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Yale Study: Medicare for All Would Save Over 114,000 Lives and $1 Trillion a Year | Common Dreams
"Do not tell me we cannot afford Medicare for All," the senator said. "What we cannot afford is a broken healthcare system based on greed."
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Minnesota DFL Party @dfl.org · 12/08/2026
Last night we saw the highest number of votes cast in a single party's primary in Minnesota history. Minnesotans are unified and ready for change.
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OJ @solidarityowen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This is the exact frustration I have with voters who find a candidate best represents their interests, but won’t support them for electability concerns. Their unwillingness to engage with their community and make the case for the candidate has a direct causal relationship with electability.
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OJ @solidarityowen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Reading autopsies of the Hong campaign are making it clear that large portions of the left have taken the extraordinary level of charisma and rhetorical skill of candidates like Mamdani and El-Sayed for granted.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 12/08/2026
final primary thoughts: * the polls didn’t miss on Hong so much as they missed on Crowley consolidating * Hong should have run TV ads * Crowley will be Fine, he’s going to be limited by the legislature regardless * Flanagan winning in a blowout is a much more important result for progressives
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
im a small government conservative and i want the presidents secret police force to have lightning gloves
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OJ @solidarityowen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Good morning to Thanksgiving fans
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