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Here’s another favorite here in Minnesota - Trillium cernuum (Nodding Trillium). This one has been making a comeback as habitat has been restored. The flower is often hidden beneath the large leaves. Always fun to find. #nativeplants #Minnesota

vivek's hairstyle kind of looks like dessert at the cheesecake factory

Increasingly Healthy Pope Asserts He Will Soon Be Strong Enough To Battle God https://theonion.com/increasingly-healthy-pope-asserts-he-will-soon-be-strong-enough-to-battle-god/

Catchy tune! Thanks, @thekiffness.bsky.social. 😂🎶🎸🎵🎤

Barack Obama just delivered a blistering rebuke of Trump's actions against Ilhan Omar. This is worth reading in full.

Trump's brain is busted: "You couldn't vote. They wouldn't let you vote. And they grabbed her and they said 'you'll vote over here,' and they took her to a Democrat area. She voted. She came back. You couldn't vote. They came back late in the night."

Three weeks until Election Day, and Lisa Demuth still doesn’t have a health care plan. All we do know is that she backed Trump’s health care cuts, voted against capping insulin costs, and helped Big Pharma block a bill to lower prescription drug costs.

Ex-Fox News producer says network is afraid to cover the Kimberly Guilfoyle scandal

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

Tom Homan, the man leading Trump’s authoritarian “investigation” of Rep. Ilhan Omar right before the midterm, was caught by the FBI accepting a bribe of $50,000 in cash in a paper bag. Trump’s DOJ simply dropped the case and covered it up. The most corrupt presidential administration in history.

That is Big Pharma and tobacco lobbyist Ben Golnik, who is also one of Lisa Demuth’s top advisors. He's running her operation, from her press conferences to her convention operation. Just like Demuth, he has spent his career fighting on the side of Big Pharma to keep prescription drug costs high.

We went from sanctioning Russian oil to buying it in three weeks. Instead of ending his disastrous war in Iran, Trump is now funding Russia's war in Ukraine. We used to hold dictators and autocrats accountable. Now our president negotiated a deal to fund Putin's unjust war.

An ambitious narcissist megalomaniacal right-wing Christian nationalist fanatic with a drinking problem and a history of erratic and reckless behavior who hates rules of engagement in charge of the most powerful military in the history of the world. What could go wrong? bsky.app/profile/atru...

1. On Tuesday morning, Trump unveiled America dot gov, which he described as “the ultimate product.” Right now, it is basically a chatbot that draws data from official government websites. As a result it is brutally efficient at debunking Trump’s lies.

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.

Here's the video that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tried so hard to hide of him vacationing with his mistress in London that he allegedly lunged at an American tourist who recorded it. Share!

Two con artists in one—a marriage made in Hell.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I can love Israel AND hate Netanyahu I can love the United States AND hate Trump You?

Still amazed by this. Jared is a slam-dunk symbol of everything wrong with the Trump administration: the mediocrity, nepotism, greed, arrogance, and deadly incompetence. Kushner should be a Dem punchline and punching bag. It’s insane that @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social would choose to legitimize him.

I just had to block a Musk glazing account. I hope this isn’t the start of bot and bs here.

NEW: Flock has said for years that its cameras "cannot track individuals." We found the code for its new AI tool. It's preloaded w/ prompts like "Find me witness" & "find relatives." One tracks visitors of multiple hotels, another if you visit banks after midnight. www.wired.com/story/flock-...

“But I never thought the leopards would eat MY face!” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u...

Anyone remember the SCANDAL when Bill Clinton ran into AG Loretta Lynch at an airport?

Of extreme local Minnesota interest: We spent our FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS so that Federal Agents could camp out by the Modern Art Museum, and run license plates of people protesting on the half-bridge-half-sculpture thing by the Spoon Bridge and Cherry. Our weak coward mewling baby federal agents.

Totally not ominous. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/u...

Minnesota Senate nominee Michele Tayofa on the Iran war: "Maybe you take one less trip to Starbucks and so that gas goes a little further. Until this thing is over and these gas prices come back down again, let's just try to be patriots about this."

If you’re in the Twin Cities, come and see my band play the Harriet Bandshell this Friday, August 14th at 7:30PM. It’ll be a hoot!

This new one from me has been a long time coming: Pete Hegseth’s spiritual advisor wants an America dominated by “biblical masculinity.” I went over to his house for brunch. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Of course Trump is bullish and doesn’t give an f about anyone else’s concerns. As long he’s getting his the rest of you can gtfo. He’s a selfish narcissist and his biggest con was convincing people he cared about them. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/b...

A Shanghai-raised businessman connected to shady practices handed Trump’s crypto firm $100 million. Where did this money come from? It looks like he was fronting for someone. This ought to be investigated by Dems if they win the House. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/u...

A lot of people are still pretending Jan 6 was some kind of setup. It wasn’t. Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders got convicted of seditious conspiracy for a reason.

The endangered Rusty-patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis) on pollinator favorite Pycnanthemum virginianum (Virginia Mountain Mint). I manage to find these every year with help from a friend. My gardens are magnets for these things. #nativeflowers #natives #insects #bugs #bumblebees #rusty-patched

This is actually an awesome looking fly called Physocephala tibialis. So cool looking. We need more airplanes like this. Feeding on pollinator favorite Pycnanthemum virginianum (Virginia Mountain Mint). #nativeflowers #natives #insects #bugs

The pollinators are going crazy in the gardens right now. Phyciodes cocyta (Northern Crescent Butterfly) on Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed). #nativeflowers #natives #insects #butterflies

The pollinators are going crazy in the gardens right now. Papilio glaucous (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail) on Silphium perfoliatum (Cup Plant). #nativeflowers #natives #insects #butterflies #minnesota #insects

Hibiscus laevis (Swamp Rose Mallow). The Japanese beetles have been going bonkers on these this year so it was nice to see one in good condition.

Wait, what’s going on with Emmer?

If you show up to Bluesky without following anyone, you'll be treated to a series of posts about art, music, and dogs. If you show up to X without following anyone, you'll be bombarded with right-wing conspiracies and white supremacist slop. It's weird which one is seen as a "political bubble"

Australian broadcaster on hot mic after Trump crashes Spain’s World Cup trophy presentation: “They’re gonna edit him out of that”

Always love Blanket Flower (Gaillardia aristata) #nativeplants #nativeflowers #Minneaota

“Lindsey Graham taught me that it was okay to be dead.” - Mitch McConnell

I feel bad at how hard I laughed at this.

I spoke with Mitch McConnell for about twenty minutes about the new Minnesota State Fair foods. He was very excited and told me everything he was looking forward to trying. #McConnell #Minnesota #TotallyNotDead