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4 years

@jzembik As a former driver for a Senator who went home every night to Baltimore, I admire your fortitude and thank you for sharing this story. So excited to vote for @JoeBiden in November! #JoeBiden2020

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@RavMABAY @BillyDStarchild @davequast but mostly the twitter account. gotta focus on what really matters.

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Didn’t realize how powerful the web content is for The MNGOP has better game than I realized.

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4 years

@webster I also have complaints about the Second Amendment.

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@jpkolb Do you honestly think he was trying to claim his dog was a different dog? I mean... really?

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@jpkolb dude, c'mon.

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4 years

@Stowydad @marceelias I'll be filing a lawsuit today to try to overturn the results of the 2018 NFC Championship game. I think it's got at least a good of a chance of success as this GOP lawsuit to overturn the will of Minnesota voters.

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4 years

@DaveOrrick That's @sppdmn practicing deescalation tactics. Imagine if you came on this scene as a member of SPPD and saw a destroyed cruiser and your reaction was to let protesters take pictures, introduce yourself, and empathize. We do need police, and we need them to act like this.

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4 years

I don’t know who is in charge of public relations for the City of Minneapolis, but here’s a piece of free advice. Stop putting your people on national cable tv while the backdrop is our city actively burning.

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2 years

Watching the debate with my 9-year-old and she asks, “why doesn’t that Jensen guy ever say what he’s gonna do? He just is mean to Tim Walz.” #nailedit

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2 years

I was pretty turned off by Jim Schultz’s approach to the debate. But what’s really clear to me is that Schultz wants to bring his religion into the law. I am not a “child of God,“ I’m a child of my parents. I don’t want God anywhere near the court room.

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4 years

@kpottermn Also, can we just take a moment to have a little laugh that he can't even get upgraded? I mean... a little laugh?

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@Tokesq

4 years

Wherein the Chair of @mngop openly admits that she does not live in the district that her husband represents in Congress.

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2 years

@petersagal @Acyn Yep. Because it's not a thing.

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4 years

This is illegal and these people should be arrested so that the Republicans election monitors who were appointed by the MI GOP can do their jobs inside the counting rooms. They have people in there already, in even numbers with the Democrats.

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4 years

@JohnCroman Weird because I was actually offended when election fraud conspiracies promoted by elected officials led to fatalities at the US Capitol.

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4 years

@paulgazelka You have been laughing at and harassing people trying to keep Minnesotans safe from covid since March. And you're right, it's really offensive.

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@Tokesq

5 years

Some personal news: I am excited to announce that I'll be starting a new job later this month as Director of Issues & Crisis Management for @Medtronic - you'll be able to find me there after August 19. (1/2)

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3 months

There’s a lot of coverage of left-wing antisemitism, some of it fair. But I’ll tell ya, this demand Mike Lee makes of the Jewish Second Gentleman to go tell the French that the US is a Christian nation… I don’t think I’ve ever been so offended.

Mike Lee

@SenMikeLee

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As the Olympics draw to a close, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff fails to defend American Christians or respond to the insults of the opening ceremonies as a leader of the Presidential Delegation. The Harris-Biden administration stands for little besides itself.

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4 years

I know Minnesotans think they are the best at everything. But a lot of people in New York are getting vaccinated and Citi Field (nee Shea Stadium) is open 24/7 for vaccination appointments and they don't close for lunch. So maybe Minnesota could do better. I dunno.

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2 years

@rshwaidy @AshaRangappa_ Need to be able to show Magistrate they have sufficient reason to believe evidence is there now. Probably based on recent testimony from a cooperator.

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6 months

@NortonMpls @swaempls @MaryMoriarty Counterpoint: Linden Hills residents are not the people suffering from her approach to prosecuting (or not) crime.

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4 years

@toreyvanoot She should be removed immediately from any leadership role. How can the @mnsrc expect anybody to believe they care about addressing systemic racism if this is a leader of their caucus and a committee chair?

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2 years

@atrupar And falsifies business records, also known as a "scheme to defraud" to hide it from voters and the IRS and investors, etc.

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11 months

@AirlineFlyer Sometimes I take the red eye from SFO to MSP, and let me tell you, it’s one of the dumbest travel decisions I have made repeatedly.

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2 years

@BirkMatt 1 John 3:17 But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?

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2 years

Voting for Keith Ellison is an existential question for Jews in MN. Keith believes in religious freedom and civil liberties. His opponent thinks all Jews must die in the apocalypse so that he can live in eternal glory. This is not a hard choice, fellow Jews. Vote for Keith!

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4 years

@jkcarnah Please (cough American Carnage) stop. Just stop.

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@Tokesq

3 months

@NortonMpls I think that’s more “history” than “revisionist history,” but all I remember from that time is an email from Frey’s office telling me to pack a “go bag” and that police and fire resources wouldn’t help me in an emergency so I should check my property for incendiary devices.

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2 years

It kind of confirms that it was one of the Justices, doesn’t it?

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4 years

@markknoller "Irritating echo" is not a nice thing to call the Press Secretary, even if true.

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4 years

@ASDem @chrislhayes I can't tell if I am relieved to feel joy or if I am joyful to feel relieved.

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2 years

It’s actually a really beautiful thing that Matt Birk has adopted children. Truly. But what’s ugly is that he is trying to weaponize his family’s choice to adopt as some sort of evidence that other families should be prohibited from making their own choices.

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@BirkMatt

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Adoption changed my life

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2 years

@mngop Nope. Schultz got it wrong. Joe is an AUSA leading the FOF investigation. You guys failed to do basic research. Shocking.

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2 years

@PatGarofalo You do understand that each of the people responsible for bringing these criminals to justice is a member of the DFL, right?

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4 years

@HoarseWisperer @PunditCatGeorge they spent that *thinking about* pencils.

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2 years

The GOP candidate for MN Gov is literally arguing that Minnesota's response to COVID was the same as the Nazis response to... Jews. I guess we can assume his "closing argument" will depict George Soros playing Walz like a puppet... or no, that was a different GOPer. My bad.

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3 months

@NortonMpls First of all, that is not the campaign. Secondly, why should voters in the district be denied a meaningful choice in representation just because they are GOPers living in a predominantly Democratic city? Gross argument, tbh.

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5 years

@RavMABAY Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University is the best I’ve seen. Daily situational updates via email and they made a great dashboard.

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4 years

@RoshiniR @molly_c_cronin @rljourno As a Jew, I gotta say that it’s pretty awful that you didn’t push back on claim about George Soros. Yes, you’re a talk show host and not a journalist. But now you’re a talk show host who allowed a friend to bring virulent anti-Semitic conspiracy theories into your air.

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2 years

@BirkMatt Deuteronomy 15:7 “If one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother, but you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be.

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4 years

@stribrooks Do university athletic coaches next.

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4 years

@isaiah_kb I love when you make declarative statements of opinion and conclude that your opinion is fact. I find it maddeningly endearing. Hope you’re doing good!

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3 months

@paulgazelka Oh no. The horror.

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@Tokesq

2 years

@DeRushaJ I have strong feelings about the FOF fraud case but still couldn’t vote for Schultz because he will weaponize the office to deprive Minnesotans of rights if we are not of his religion or aligned with his political ideology. He has clearly said that this is his plan.

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4 months

@NortonMpls What if people are totally fine with restaurants having a union but aren't into elected officials pressuring business owners about how they run their businesses?

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2 years

The suggestion that Keith Ellison is responsible for there not being enough cops in Minneapolis only underscores how deeply unqualified Schultz is for the job of AG.

Jim Schultz

@JimForMN

2 years

Last night all non-priority 911 calls in Minneapolis were held. Police were not be able to respond unless you were bleeding or dying. The law enforcement shortage is very real. This has been a result of Ellison’s failed leadership and hostility to cops. He has to go!

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@Tokesq

3 years

Volunteering at a vaccination clinic today for kids and we’ve vaccinated almost 1000 so far and it feels really good.

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2 years

@paulgazelka If only there was another holiday where we celebrate the many good things America's founders did. If only.

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2 years

@ryangrim You know that it’s possible to enjoy Phish shows sober and on the lawn, right? Like a responsible parent? Do you have kids?

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2 years

@RaisingOneBrow Edinx

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4 years

Why are people being all fake upset about a statue coming down? When was the last time this crowd voted to fund public art?

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@Tokesq

5 years

It’s Saturday night so I showered and put on my fancy sweatpants for dinner.

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@Tokesq

2 years

@AlphaNewsMN Scott Jensen also scaring Minnesotans into believing their reproductive rights are at risk:

Darwin Forsyth

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2 years

@drscottjensen We’ve got the receipts. You: “We're going to get something done when we're governor — we're going to ban abortions. That's really not news.”

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4 years

If Twitter was a baker and Trump was gay, these same people would have no problem with Twitter not baking him a cake.

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2 months

@NortonMpls There was a huge storm with high winds overnight. Should they be using their profits to make a big dome over the Twin Cities so the weather doesn't impact power lines? And to keep out the spider pigs?

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4 years

@carliewaibel @jbuoen So that part of the tweet is technically accurate - US Senators don't prosecute local crime. Also, she was never Minnesota's Chief Prosecutor (which is not an actual thing).

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@Tokesq

4 years

The thing is, the Chair of the MNGOP already endorsed Pillow Guy for Governor. So if the GOP elects her their chair again, they are explicitly endorsing Lindell, too.

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@Tokesq

2 years

@marlon_humphrey One group pic with the whole restaurant and then let the man eat.

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@Tokesq

2 years

@mrotzie @steelworkers @Tim_Walz @peggyflanagan Maybe they actually do give everyone a koozie.

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@Tokesq

6 years

@javimorillo @ErikWemple @Ange_Amene @AP can't everyone's facts just be true? and while we're on this topic, what about her emails?

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@Tokesq

4 years

@jkcarnah It's time to stop. #CountryOverParty

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@Tokesq

6 years

BREAKING: As of 0730 today, 117,363 absentee ballots have been received by election officials across Minnesota. TOTAL primary turnout in 2016 was 294,797 and in 2014 was 401,878. If you need info on where to vote today or tomorrow, check out #beavoter

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6 months

@BrianaRoseLee True. But also they are calling for the murder of Jews and nobody seems to be interested in explaining why that’s… bad.

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@Tokesq

6 years

Minnesota’s election center is busy this morning - we have a line out the door on day one of the filing period of folks filing to run for office in 2018 #mnleg #mngov #vote #Elections2018

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@Tokesq

4 years

Why isn't @GovTimWalz on every damn media channel in the state today to open up the next phase of vaccination and claim credit for a successful strategy that got 70% of seniors vaccinated weeks ahead of schedule?

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2 years

@Stowydad It’s weird they would make the largest ad buy ever in MN when all GOP candidates claim they would leave Minnesota’s abortion laws untouched. I wonder why all the GOP candidates are lying to voters.

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@Tokesq

2 years

Why are Republicans blocking Gov Walz from giving Minnesotans our tax dollars back?

John Croman

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2 years

Governor Walz launches new effort to return half of the surplus to Minnesotans as direct checks. $2,000 for joint filers, $1,000 for single filers. He calls on Republican Senate leaders to get on board.

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3 years

Delta canceled a bunch of flights, including ours for tomorrow morning, and that sucks. But what doesn’t suck is that they rebooked us on a flight tonight and now my kids get to wake up in their grandparents’ house on Christmas morning. But we’re Jewish, so we call it Saturday.

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@CheyCab These guys really hate women and I just want to know who hurt them.

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@bloisolson @wccoradio @ChadHartmanShow @keithellison @MaryMoriarty We all know that Bob is the go-to source for Keith's political plans.

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2 years

They’re a 1 but they inadvertently signed off on a law to legalize edibles in Minnesota.

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4 years

@javimorillo @AOC @IlhanMN The irony of the claim that Ilhan delivered MN is that the people who did deliver MN for Biden are moderates like Klobuchar and Walz. So... exactly the point she is attempting to refute.

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2 years

I'm not running for the US Senate or anything, but I just want to say that I have zero secret children.

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@Tokesq

4 years

@toreyvanoot @mnsrc I wonder if Black Minnesotans really feel like Mary Kiffmeyer is here for them? Don't hesitate to contact Paul Gazelka's office to demand Kiffmeyer be removed from leadership immediately. Paul Gazelka: 651-296-4875

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@NortonMpls @cashmanforward7 This is wildly inappropriate and coercive. To demonstrate why, consider if a councilmember called a business owner and "suggested" they do something that you don't agree with.

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2 years

First one-miler on family Saturday at the ⁦ @tcmarathon ⁩ #tcmarathon #prouddad

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@Tokesq

4 years

All the vaccination locations in rural Minnesota are closed today because it’s Sunday. The parochial attitudes about what activities are allowed on Sundays (and after 5pm weekdays) continues to be one of the dumber things about Minnesota.

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@Tokesq

2 years

My Great Uncle Mickey lived in a French forest for years as part of the WW2 underground resistance. He liberated Jews from camps. He killed Nazis. He survived. Scott Jensen thinks they are the same because Jensen was asked (and refused) to wear a mask for a few months.

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@Tokesq

4 years

@Stowydad @RepFischbach Shocked that this seditionist who used her first vote in Congress to attempt to throw out the legitimate electors from Arizona would oppose impeaching the man who demanded her fealty in doing so. Really shocked.

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@Tokesq

4 years

We have a municipal shoveling program. It’s called do it yourself and help your neighbor if they can’t. Please don’t spend my money on this when we have real problems to tackle. Tl;dr - do populism better.

Aisha Chughtai

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What if... we had a municipal shoveling program?

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@Tokesq

2 years

Three people standing on a highway overpass on a day that is obviously not today is BIG. HUGE, even.

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Something BIG is happening here in Minnesota!!

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2 years

Republicans made a thing about something called “walkaway” where people who used to be dems decided to vote for gopers. But when gopers vote dems she assumes they are being bribed. You really think she is going to respect the outcome of an election her party loses?

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@RepMaryFranson Have we nailed down which Democratic funds flow to Brodkorb & other fake Republicans?

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@CheyCab I did better. We went to MX through Delta Vacations and when we called to add a day at the front end to escape before the weather in MN, the new flight was so much cheaper that we got our extra hotel night plus $1,000 refund. And they upgraded us on the flight. #delta4life

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2 years

@jkfecke It's not like his opponent is a Turkish citizen who lives in New Jersey and killed 300 puppies or something.

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@Tokesq

5 years

@JustinPerpich @MikeBloomberg Why is it so hard to believe that a moderate Dem like myself would like a moderate Dem like Bloomberg? He rebuilt NYC after 9/11, led by relying on experts and isn’t beholden to any political faction. He is a social liberal and fiscal moderate. And he can compete with Trump.

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@Tokesq

6 years

If your hydrant hasn’t been shoveled yet, blame this guy. He’s at @BlackHartSTP instead of out there serving our communities.

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@Tokesq

4 years

@chrismorinville @paulgazelka @GovTimWalz You should frame this tweet and give it to the firefighters next time they leave the station. Let them know that their government fire truck has no business in America. #maga

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@Tokesq

6 years

@heather_edelson Is it still 1956 in Edina??

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@Tokesq

4 years

@jessvanb @Stowydad Can we stop calling them the MN Voters Alliance and start calling them an extremist group that supports radical rightwing causes without regard for democratic norms or the safety of Minnesotans? Maybe that's not catchy enough?

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@Tokesq

5 years

Tomorrow is just another day. The calendar is merely a social construct. Also, my 2020 resolution is to be less cynical. #happynewyear2020

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@Tokesq

6 years

@Stowydad @mnhousegop If this were the dems and I was a really clever GOP operative, I would tweet the following gif:

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@Tokesq

6 years

Our 2nd annual #Christmas tradition of delivering homemade cookies to the hard working men and women of ⁦ @MinneapolisFire ⁩ Engine 28. Thanks for the tour and for keeping us safe during the holidays and all year long.

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@Tokesq

2 years

@DavidCornDC This is not their first rodeo and they have done a very good job managing large crowds in the past. Better to be prepared than not. See: J6.

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2 years

@mrotzie They genuinely want it to be 1957 again or some weird faux nostalgia. It’s weird.

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@NortonMpls Mike, he’s still fucking up on public safety.

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4 years

Just wanted to note for the record that @gcountryman is awesome. We may disagree on some policy things, but she's a good egg. I hope this doesn't ruin her career in GOP politics.

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@Tokesq

2 years

People always suggest Election Day should be a holiday from work (bad policy idea) but I propose the day after Election Day should be a holiday from work and probably lots of you are feeling that right about now.

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4 months

@RepAishaGomez @IlhanMN It’s not Islamophobia when a member of congress repeats Hamas propaganda and is subsequently called out for repeating Hamas propaganda. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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