We need a matriarchy run by lesbians with clipboards and earpieces who do not take any shit.

KEY POINT: the Dilley Detention Center would most certainly close if airlines refused to fly people there (as they've done before).

Painting of a vibrant, bright yellow sunflower head and the top part of its stalk against a gray background.

I painted this sunflower.

I will have this and other paintings and prints for sale at Art-a-Whirl this year. May 15-17 - come and see me!

8x10
Oil on canvas

Yeah, she'll show up at these events here and there, but they're not events where her constituents can speak to her. She doesn't have town halls, she doesn't reply to emails/calls to her office and she closed her Mpls office. Literally no way to speak to her unless I drive to her office in Moorhead

I've given up hope of Amy Klobuchar ever actually meeting with her biggest constituency (Minneapolis/St. Paul), but you know if she ever does, it's going be via an online town hall with limited participation, so she doesn't have to face any hard questions from the constituents she hates (non-rural)

I've been saying!

Amy's been ignoring her biggest constituency for YEARS. I am so sick of her.

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I'm seeing James Marsden in everything lately and I'm okay with it. I kind of love every character he plays, though tbh they're all pretty similar to each other. Jon Hamm will need to get used to not always being the most charming guy in the scene #YourFriendsandNeighbors

Dear Strib: Tired of Minneapolis City Hall Drama? Focus on Something Else. - Racket The Star Tribune's obsession with a supposedly dysfunctional Minneapolis City Council overplays minor issues, lets the mayor oft the hook, and obscures what the city has accomplished.

Dear Strib: Tired of Minneapolis City Hall Drama? Focus on Something Else. By, well, me. racketmn.com/dear-strib-t...

It’s probably too soon to have data on it but I feel like late elementary school kids are the first cohort whose parents/teachers/schools internalized the lessons of loneliness and screens and as a result the kids are doing better.

Protect the Boundary Waters from sulfide-ore copper mining.

Currently listening to Senators Smith and Klobuchar go to bat for the Boundary Waters. I appreciate their late night effort, but am near tears as I listen to them talk about its importance and the major threat against it.

Hasn't our state suffered enough?

www.savetheboundarywaters.org

A painting of the head of a Grant's gazelle, looking straight on into the camera.

I painted a gazelle!

15x30, oil on canvas

y’all want a heartwarming feel-good story?
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Hey terrible news! Mn Sen. Ann Rest has cut the HCMC-saving sales tax plan from 1% to .25%, hiked the Twins’ skim (from $7m to $9m, way above current $1.1m). The sales tax will fall far short of what HCMC needs, so will do more to save the Pohlads than the hospital. assets.senate.mn/committees/2...

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It sure would be nice if Amy ever visited and spoke with her own constituents right here in the Twin Cities, but she takes our votes for granted so would rather spend her time in the redder parts of the state, where she fits in better.

That’s one hell of a cover…..

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@cher The Rant is over ! I'm Calmer ! WellI I'm not Calm but I Got so upset i tired myself out !

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a digital illustration in the style of a relief print depicting a black cat in a defensive pose holding a torn and tattered transgender pride flag in its mouth as it looks directly towards the viewer. the background is purple with some specks of blue and pink showing through, and behind the cat is a black midground resembling grass or flames. the top right corner features a box with a caption reading "T.D.O.V."

DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN 🏳️‍⚧️

#art #tdov #transart

An Amazon screenshot of an 80s glass bubble ashtray, which is being called "Original bubble candle dish"

I love that they've repurposed these, but everyone knows they're ashtrays, right?

Yes this

A fortune cookie message in the grass that says "Be outdoors this weekend"

Fortune cookie message spotted in Silverwood Park on this warm and gorgeous day today 🌞

💗

🥹 it’s actually really cool and ok to have a gentle heart

(Also, "nothing matters until it does" makes me think of gay marriage. Remember how it seemed so bleak for years, and then all of a sudden, the tide just...turned. Pretty fast too! And we got Obergefell v Hodges! ❤️)

Hey, GREAT pod this week, @kateriga.bsky.social and @joshtpm.bsky.social. Would love to hear more (written or pocast) about what Kate was saying at the end about similar moments in history that ushered in progressive eras.

If we ever get to consequences for all the lawlessness we're seeing with the Trump admin, I really, really hope we don't forget about the inside traders.

HOWLING

Well, JB PRITZKER For Possible President, Then........