Todd Graham

Todd Graham

@metrogram.bsky.social

Economic demographer & govt stats. Living my best life in Mpls St Paul. Disclaimers: Views found here are my own & NOT representing my employer. Same handle on other apps.

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Replying to @marisakabas.bsky.social

A serial rapist was elected twice as President, a fact we don't reckon with nearly enough. Now one of two major political parties has been molded in his image, run for and by violent sexual abusers who hate women.

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This is about public safety. It's about holding powerful corporations accountable when their choices put us in danger. That's why I'm suing Glock for their negligence. If you can't be bothered to understand the case Ron, you have no business dismissing it as "political" and no business being AG.

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Replying to @jessehawken.bsky.social

Rightwing conspiracists are always ranting about "CHILD SEX PREDATORS." But when the perpetrators are revealed &named - actual cases - they say "oh no, not HIM, he's our guy." When the victims are identified... they're even worse. All cruelty.

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Replying to @chrisgdaniel.bsky.social

This belief of abuse and hierarchy is such a big driver for Republican voters and we really shouldn't pull punches on it. It's not just his racism that they like. They want to dominate and hurt people, and Trump promises he'll do that and that he'll enable them to do that.

2 of the surprises (to me) moving from Mpls to the suburb: 1) The hard water is REALLY hard. It is no joke. 2) Contracted waste hauling is abject extortion. My latest bill from @republicservices might be > comparable svc from City Mpls.

WHY is my bill from @republicservices.bsky.social so chaotic, unpredictable? I called, asked: "what's this fuel recovery surcharge?" Them: "It's just a % add on. And it can vary." Me: "It's 60%! added on to the contracted price?! Wth?" 🥴 Them: "Yes. But maybe it'll be lower next time." 🎲 🎲

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"a major destination for reporters looking for trump voters in diners" what a farce of a society

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social

Remarkable: Dems are growing optimistic about flipping Mahoning County in Ohio, a major destination for reporters looking for voters in Trump Diners. Dem internal polling shows Trump at minus 11 points in the region, which is a stunning collapse. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/2167...

🥬🥬🥬 Ima be honest. Latest bimbo "press secretary" was one the only things in news this week that brought me cheer or entertainment. She really stood out as egregiously incompetent and self-humiliating - even in a WH where inept clownitude is par for course.

apropos of nothing, this 👉 is an @USCensusBureau publicity photo/stock photo from the 2010 Census. One of the more artistic items in their portfolio that year.

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I think Greg is right but I also think Talarico’s program is much bigger. The Rs justify their goals thru the lens of a strain of Christianity that allows you to choose evil as long as you have a “personal relationship with Jesus.” Talarico calls that an abomination. That threatens everything.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social

Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...

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I really wish the news coverage was MORE concerned with #JackSmith 's documented finding that Trump COMMITS CRIMES... And less concerned that GOP Senators are clowns and failed PerryMason wannabes. Which they ARE! It just seems less relevant. PS #goHawks 🏀

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Trump’s second biggest problems is thar he hasn’t been in a room with anyone who can correct him or tell him anything honestly in more than half a decade. And biggest problem is that he doesn’t want to be.

darth™️@darthbluesky.bsky.social

do people still actually brag about their IQ in the year 2026 is this some common public discourse today that i have just been blithely unaware of like that texas song

I really wish the news coverage was MORE concerned with #JackSmith 's documented finding that Trump COMMITS CRIMES... And less concerned that GOP Senators are clowns and failed PerryMason wannabes. Which they ARE! It just seems less relevant. PS #goHawks 🏀

Been looking @ yesterday's news. What I get from it is that Sen. Schmitt totally FAILS in his weak effort to out-Columbo Smith. Also, extra credit to @klobuchar.senate.gov with the quick pickoff. Yep, she does know team name of neighboring state's 🏀 team. #goHawks

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social

Maybe I'm missing something, but I still don't get this. Schmitt was saying Smith went to a Hawks game. His evidence was texts that mention "Jack" but not from Smith (and the Hawks does not have a 109 row). Yes, Smith went to a Hawkeyes game, but Schmitt did not present any evidence of that.

That study found: the discouragement provoked by citizenship topic could diminish voluntary response by > 6,000,000. ... I would think this a low estimate, bc the published analysis was in context of Trump 1st term, before the 2025+ effort by ICE to actively persecute, round up, deport millions.

"In the end, we all die anyway. So it doesn't matter" [that the US govt. follows Israel's orders] -Donald Trump, 2026

Jack Hopkins-The Original@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social

"In the end, we all die anyway, so it doesn't matter." Reportedly said by the President of the United States, days before a war. www.jackhopkinsnow.com

I'm usually a fan of #roundabouts #trafficcircles. Really. But MY GOD just south @ Hwy55, Plymouth this wk opened the new County 73 with a figure8 roundabout - and THIS is terrible to drive around! WHAT T H ARE WE DOING HERE?? #steerright #steerleft #steerright #steerleft 🥴

For whatevr the advertising algos have decided i need to buy or hire... overgrowth clearcutting and land clearing service. Some these cos. price it by the acre. Nice!

For most of my career - before 2017 - career in government stats was NOT a very political thing. It wasn't! It was "just the facts." But now, the current regime has made it all political with their malicious attacks on expertise, on research, on evidence... (1/4)

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Which is worse: The credulous idea we’ve attained a postracial society so there’s No Need to ask ANY question about race? Or maybe Trmp Administration's insertion of the citizenship and green-card question… because they say if you don't have one or the other, then you'll not be counted? (3/4)

For most of my career - before 2017 - career in government stats was NOT a very political thing. It wasn't! It was "just the facts." But now, the current regime has made it all political with their malicious attacks on expertise, on research, on evidence... (1/4)

Reading this, we should all assume malicious intent on the part of Trmp Administration. And this WILL cause chaos in planning uses and demographic study uses of #censusdata. So... bottom line... Not Good 😕

Census State Data Centers@censussdc.bsky.social

via @FedRegister Public Inspection: Proposed Rule: Decennial Census of the Population of Americans; Proposed Residence Criteria and Proposed Regulations for Demographic Questions... Proposed Rule by the Census Bureau on 09/10/2026 www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...