Grand juries made up of ordinary citizens may be the ones who will save us.
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Grand juries made up of ordinary citizens may be the ones who will save us.
Absolutely.
Another successful cabinet meeting with Dear Leader
My greatest hope is that the video of this entire cabinet meeting will be used as evidence when each person in the room is the defendant in a courtroom.
Everyone sitting at that table is now desperately trying to think of a more powerful statement for publicly kissing Trump's ass.
Pot ... kettle ... something ....
I see the calls not to take out our anger on the National Guard. Those are probably the same voices that said not to spit on members of the SS (Schutzstaffel). This was an act of disdain; not an act of violence.
Trump's order to imprison people for burning the flag is in direct conflict with the First Amendment and was specifically ruled legal by SCOTUS, including Scalia: “If it were up to me, I would put in jail every sandal-wearing, scruffy-bearded weirdo who burns the American flag. But I am not king.”
Every scrap that reminds the country that this pathetic old man was president will be destroyed. Or maybe it will be displayed in the Smithsonian, warning future generations of people like this.
Someone can tell me what was on Cheryl Reeve's shirt tonight, right? A fish?
There will not be a nickel of that funding that will be used for "established" vaccine technologies. It will be cut. Why in God's name are we taking any direction from RFK Jr? There is absolutely nothing in his education or life history that makes him qualified for his position. Nothing. At all.
$500 million is about half of Barda's budget. BARDA's core mission involves developing and procuring medical countermeasures for public health and medical consequences of CBRN incidents, pandemic flu, and emerging infectious diseases ... the kinds of things where mRNA vaccines are likely needed.
The projects were funded by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, the part of HHS that works with the pharmaceutical industry to develop vaccines and other countermeasures for public health emergencies. BARDA is not dedicated solely to COVID or influenza mRNA vaccines.
I think the advantage of the mRNA vaccines was that they were able to be developed much faster than traditional vaccines. In the event of another pandemic of some sort, which is eventually inevitable, it is good to have ongoing research.
Here is the link ... constitution.congress.gov/constitution/
Yes or No? Did the rapid development of COVID mRNA vaccines save millions of lives worldwide?
A smart cop would say, "Can you show me the sandwich?" as the first question. And when the guy holds it up, the cop apologizes and moves on.
Of course, ICE agents can now have their student loans forgiven.
🤬I imagine that the prosecutors who put her in jail have quite a different version of her "victimhood".
Except cars, because now the tariff on a BMW or Mercedes has dropped from 27.5% to 15%. But if you are buying most other things, yep, the price is going up.
🤣🤣🤣He always leaves me ... stunned.
But those are bigly numbers. Really bigly.
Walz believed that Uber and Lyft were serious when they said that they would leave town if the legislation was passed. That would have left the drivers without employers and customers who could not use cabs without any service. Was it the correct call? I have no idea.
I'll tip 30% for absolutely excellent service and a great attitude. I'll usually tip 20%. I tip whatever coins I get in change for getting something at a counter ... unless I have an unusual request.
Notice that this is a bill that he signed. You are probably referring to his veto of the 2023 bill. This bill from last year was the result of a compromise. Compromise means that no one gets exactly what they want.
Come in the summer. It is WAY nicer than Florida in the summer :-)
In May 2024, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed legislation that kept Uber and Lyft operating in the state while also raising driver pay. This followed a period of negotiation and compromise between lawmakers, rideshare companies, and drivers.
It was Minnesota's Republican Members of Congress who wrote a letter to Canada scolding them for ruining our summer.
They continuously lie with impunity.
Either (a) Lutnick is incredibly stupid, or (b) he is quite willing to lie, in service to Trump, to the American people.
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Helping NPR is really, really important, but don't forget to *also* help fund your community radio stations. Here is a list from Minnesota. ampers.org
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Hey, all you smart people ... I need a new kitchen sink. Far too many choices ... ceramic, stone, stainless, and more. I want low maintenance, good looking, and long-lasting.
“We must do what they fear – tell the truth, spread the truth. This is the most powerful weapon against this regime of liars, thieves, and hypocrites. Everyone has this weapon. So make use of it.” (Alexei Navalny in "Patriot')
You can’t say one thing and then do another. #MN08
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Even the three visible vests and badges do not match up.
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Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. (via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
This administration to going to drag us all back into the Dark Ages.
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood ... well, if I had neighbors ...
Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
More than it needs money, science needs scientists. It is worrying that in the first quarter of 2025 the number of applications for overseas jobs from American scientists rose by a third from the same period last year; the number of foreign researchers applying to come to America fell by a quarter
American science is facing unprecedented challenges. The Trump administration has cancelled thousands of research grants and withheld billions of dollars from scientists, and now has battered Harvard’s finances by trying to ban it from taking foreign students … 2/3
From Simon Long, Editor-at-large at The Economist At the beginning of the 20th century there was no branch of science in which America led the world. At the end there was none in which it did not … 1/3
It's a beautiful day here in Northern Minnesota.
“We need indie presses and literary magazines for a thriving literary ecosystem.” @maris.bsky.social wants to know what can be done in the face of Trump’s devastating NEA cuts.
Another unusual summer-like evening.
‘Kennedy told reporters that there were "many, many good ways to treat measles and doctors need to know that and to know those methods.’ One problem; there is no treatment for measles. Signed, a doctor who’s been forced to deal with measles because of this stupid fraud.
*IF* there are new plants being built, they will be so completely automated that they will create jobs for *zero* middle-class American workers.
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I wish. This is not my district, but has some overlap with my county (Cass County). Her husband is a state representative, so she is hoping for name confusion to help. And this county went to tRump in 2024. We have a great candidate in Denise Slipy (slipy4senate.com), so I am hopeful!
In Zumbrota, MN, I stood with Beth Benike. She's a U.S. Army veteran, a mom, and an award-winning entrepreneur. She’s working tirelessly to grow and expand her small business. But despite all her success, Trump’s exorbitant and reckless tariff wars are posing an existential threat to her business.
The Trump Admin can take away these tariffs on small businesses just as quickly as they were implemented.
The highest price I ever saw was $7.99, but I'm in a rural area & I don't shop in fancy stores. If prices were down 87%, I should be able to find eggs for $1.04. Nope. Nothing like that. At all. Even if we started at $10 eggs, then I should be able to find them for $1.30. Why do people believe him?
In what universe is Pete Hegseth the absolutely best candidate in all of the United States for the position of Secretary of Defense. This puts the lie to any claim that this administration is a meritocracy. Other examples include Gabbard, Noem, RFK Jr, and McMahon. None would even rank in the top 10
The cruelty is the point.
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Please explain to me how the president's Easter message was ... in any way ... appropriate.
He just makes up shit as he goes along. There is not even some kind of cover story to hide the lies. I imagine by next week he will tell us that gasoline is down to $1.25 in a couple states.
You are insulting doorknobs everywhere.
That's really too f*g bad.
The White House Correspondents’ Association said it fired host Amber Ruffin so it can instead focus the dinner on celebrating the First Amendment. Which apparently can be done best by preventing a gay black woman from speaking.
"The way I was taught is, if your family were immigrants to this country and came for a better life, the price you pay for that is you can never say that 'no one else is welcome.' That is what America was built on," said the Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey.
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My first car was a 1959 Ford Fairlane 500 Galaxie. Not a convertible, though.
So much winning ...
Pass it on. #StandWithUkraine
No more work-from-home, government workers, except for Kash Patel, who will run the FBI from Las Vegas www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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So they announce "Mission-critical positions are exempt from the reductions, which will enable VA to redirect over $98 million annually to health care, benefits and services for VA beneficiaries." EXCEPT!!! the administration is already counting these as reductions in the Federal budget.
The only surprise is that it is not much, much more.
At least we have even more proof that the whole idea that Trump's government wants a meritocracy is a large pile of horses*t.
#resist #poliart
So if your business provides an equal opportunity for advancement to every applicant or employee, you are violating Federal law? Or if there is an inclusive lunchroom that is welcoming to all employees, that is also a violation? The folks writing these might need to rethink the wording.
A non-government business that contracts with the federal government received notice today that in order to do business with the government they must certify that they don’t participate in DEI. So it’s not just the feds, it’s any private biz that contracts with the feds. Here’s the message they got:
20% of the nation is rural. The Democrats cannot simply cede those votes to the Party of Trump, but we need money to move forward. sign.moveon.org/petitions/te...
It's about time for some of Trump's pals in Congress, like Pete Stauber, to have some ... grit.
