With seven in favor and six against, the motion did not pass. Residents from Lake Elmo were especially surprised when their Republican representative, Rep. Wayne Johnson, left the meeting before the vote. "He told us he was supporting the bill until the day of, and then he walked out of the session and refused to vote," said Brey Mafi, who lives in Cimarron Park in Lake Elmo. When asked why he left, Johnson responded with a single word: "politics." "This isn't politics to us. This is our homes, this is our lives, this our families," said Mafi.

Why did you walk out before the vote after telling constituents you supported it?
“Politics.”

Yikes…

Private equity is buying up manufactured home parks &squeezing every last dime out of people in what is supposed to be an affordable means of housing.

It passed with 1 GOP vote, but it stalled in the House after a GOP Rep supporting it literally walked out of committee: www.fox9.com/news/minneso...

My 3y/o on April 19 when she woke up to snow on the ground:
“DID SANTA BRING PRESENTS?!?”

This tweet made me sit up and look out the window, and groan I did. Ughhhh.

And, “this threat isn’t specific/concrete enough” so it’s not actionable. What do you want, their business plan? Do we need a notarized letter?

A photo of a print NYT headline saying the strait is open next to an IPhone NYT headline saying it’s closed

Schrödinger’s Strait of Hormuz

That’s a real risk, Greg!

I was watching something on Peacock and when it ended it auto played The Miniature Wife. I would like the record to reflect that I did not watch that show.

Black parents are not 'safety stories.' We deserve real change - MinnPost If we want to lower the maternal death rate for Black parents in Minnesota, we need more than apologies and 'safety stories.' We need policy.

During Black Maternal Health Week, Senator Clare Oumou Verbeten shares her firsthand experience of a traumatic and dangerous birth. She calls for more than apologies and safety stories, but action and policy change.

Read her full op-ed in @MinnPost here: www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
#bmhw26

screencap of a tweet with a photo at the bottom of JD Vance giving a talk, gesturing smugly with his hands Eric Daugherty • @EricLDaugh • 1h • JD VANCE RESPONDS TO POPE LEO: "When the Pope says that God is never on the side of those who wield the sword - there is more than a THOUSAND year tradition of Just war Theory." "In the same way that it's important for the vice president of the United States to be careful when I talk about matters of public policy, I think it's very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology." "And I think that one of these issues here is that there has been - if you're going to opine on matters of theology, you've got to be careful, you've got to make sure it's anchored in the truth, and that's one of the things that I try to do, and it's certainly something I would expect from the clergy, whether they're Catholic or Protestant."

I’ve given this a great deal of thought, trying to come up with the perfect joke for this moment, and this is what I have so far -

POPE LEO: our religion teaches that this war is bad

VANCE: wow, who died and made YOU head of the Catholic Church??

POPE LEO: well, you should know, you were there

As a Stillwater resident, I apparently need to find a pack to scare them out of here too.

one of the funniest things about Trump is his absolute disloyalty to everyone, no matter how much they have debased themselves to curry his favor. it doesn't matter what they do for him. he's perpetually 30 seconds away from tossing them under a bus and giving them a bitchy nickname on the news

82% of new homes sold are under an HOA! It’s madness.

My rule 4 is confirming a lot of questions raised by Rules 1-3.

I hope they have a designated person at the Vatican for this job, and it’s like a quiet cardinal who has a shockingly good Trump impression.

It’s gonna great week for the classic “is the Pope Catholic?”

A series of posts from journalist Mark Chadbourn reporting on the acceptance speech of Péter Magyar after Hungarian elections: Péter Magyar: "Our country wants to live again. It wants to be a European country again." Mark Chadbourn• @chadbourn.bsky.social • 24m Magyar's speech is powered. From a contact in the audience: "He's basically just asked all the puppets, all the supreme justices, all the heads of media, all the heads of the ministries to leave their jobs tomorrow and not wait to be fired." •.. Mark Chadbourn• @chadbourn.bsky.social • 22m He's announced that Hungary will join the European Prosecution Office so anyone in the country can be charged. Mark Chadbourn• @chadbourn.bsky.social • 21m Magyar: "No mercy, they will need to take responsibility for all their actions." ... Mark Chadbourn• @chadbourn.bsky.social • 20m Magyar says he's starting work with the EU and NATO immediately. "The EU doesn't have to worry anymore."

From new Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar's acceptance speech tonight. This is the absolute BARE MINIMUM platform for any Democrat running for President in 2028.

I’ve been waiting 1 to 2 days for this opportunity!

Andy, I listened to an entire podcast about it this week, OK?? I have thoughts!

This is my current understanding from the Craig campaign:

CD chairs: 👍🏻

Delegates: 👎🏻

Mine is a bunch of conservative influencers too all of a sudden too. I don’t know what Notts County is though, lol.

Italian Atheist! Ours seem related, maybe cousins?

I don't know how to explain to the people who pop up when creatives complain about "AI" to say there are legit uses for it just how much they sound like someone saying "Well actually fire is used to make bread" when people are talking about an organized arson ring burning down their fucking houses

This pope sometimes makes me consider becoming an un-lapsed Catholic, but then I see Catholic organizations in MN vehemently fighting against coverage for IVF and I snap back to reality.

"Conversion therapy" isn't therapy at all, it's a dangerous and destructive pseudoscience. We must protect all Minnesotans from this harmful practice, and we're committed to standing up for the LGBTQ community. 💙🏳️‍🌈

We have a bill moving right now for the private right of action! Another to prohibit state funded plans from covering it as healthcare

Maybe the Streisand Effect can be renamed the Streisand-Melania Effect.

Oh man, and if her foot becomes uncovered (because she was kicking it), game over.

Some morning sassiness from my 3 year old on the drive to daycare:

3y: My hands are cold.
Me: Do you want this blanket?
3y, indignant: Not my knees are cold!!

I'm a bit of a broken record on this, but usurping the power of the purse isn't just one constitutional violation among all the many others. It is, uniquely and singularly, the death of constitutional government altogether. Game over, end of story, you now live in an autocracy.