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"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country." ~Fmr. President Theodore Roosevelt, 1918. Roosevelt was born OTD in 1858. Image: NPS/Sagamore Hill collection.

Czech President Petr Pavel says a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine was “quite close” – until Donald Trump lifted sanctions on Russian diesel. 🔗 vist.ly/5pjp8

The time to determine whether Dan J. Sullivan Jr. could appear on the Alaska ballot for U.S. Senate was months ago, and Alaska courts did so. What's additionally batshit about this is that the candidates' names are printed on the ballot in a way which makes abundantly clear who's who.

⚡️️What Russia's doing to Ukraine is 'fine,' Trump says. "Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much," Trump said, hours after a Russian drone strike in a public park killed six people, including two children.

zelenskyy reports russia struck 10+ energy facilities in attacks overnight according to trump, it’s z who ‘doesn’t want to end the war’ deeply orwellian

It's almost like we shouldn't let a small group of the most venal people on earth control the internet

no kings includes billionaires who think they’re kings

1,000 years from now, teachers will struggle to explain to their students how at this time in history, we found literally the most despicable human being in America and made him the most powerful person in the world

@profgalloway.com Your new theme music. New York is red hot! music.apple.com/us/album/pac...

The Trump admin is removing references to slavery at museums and bringing back conferedate statues at Arlington. You can see why people think they’re racists, right? www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/p...

Amazing. 💕

A majority of Minnesotans, including in the northern half of the state, oppose new mines near the Boundary Waters, according to results from the latest Minnesota Poll.

The “Saturday Night Live” writer and “Weekend Update” anchor talked to MPR News about his new Netflix special, “Michael Che: Shot in Minnesota,” which was filmed over four shows in August at First Avenue in Minneapolis.

This how the Republican Party wants to be represented. Unchecked power and no shame.

I've been thinking and talking and writing about the death penalty for my whole adult life and the past week+ has been truly surreal and exhausting, not only because of the onslaught of horrors but because there seems to be so little historical memory of what this system is and always has been.

Marathon pacers run with a flag, a watch and a group of strangers counting on them to get the timing right. For some, it becomes more than just helping others on the 26.2-mile run.

Amtrak’s Borealis recently hit another milestone in its young life, recording its 500,000th passenger in just over 28 months of the train service.

One man allegedly saw Andrea Lee’s suffering and drove away. In the final half-mile of the Berlin Marathon, two runners saw it and stayed.

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As a Gopher fan, I know the difference between the Hawks and the Hawkeyes.

It's a good day to google "Foxconn," "Wisconsin," "Trump," "2018," "13,000 jobs" and "didn't happen, didn't even come close"

At the League of Women Voters Candidate Forum in Robbinsdale for Ward 3 & 4. Lots of great questions and answers! Thanks to LWV of New Hope Area, the candidates, and CCX.

Incredible Facebook slop ad I just got

Today's numbers show inflation remains objectively worse than it was when Republicans took over. This is a direct result of Trump and the GOP's decisions - the Iran War, the tariffs, the corporate tax giveaways. Time for a change.

🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.

At the MN State Fair, weirdos switched out their red hats for mini old state flags. Probably bc gas prices are at record highs, groceries are expensive, we’re stuck in a war no one wants to

Marjorie Johnson, who made everything in her Robbinsdale home, won thousands of State Fair ribbons and appeared on ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ more than 20 times.

All time dumbest timeline

Rochester! Get Finstad out of there!

As of June 29, GOP members of Congress had held just 39 in-person town halls this year, according to LegiStorm, marking the lowest first-half-of-the-year number since the Capitol Hill-focused platform began tracking that data. Dems, in contrast, had hosted 451 town halls during same period.

Before an MPR News and APM Reports investigation uncovered a Liberian government official was operating group homes in Minnesota, the city of New Hope was already working to stop some of the businesses linked to the man at the center of the report.

“The autonomy of the Office of the Attorney General is paramount, and I will defend it against any act, statute, ordinance, or even basic common-law principle,” said Todd Blanche

Michele Tafoya plays duck duck goose

You think your city is cool. But is it Minneapolis cool?

We honestly don't witness very many situations in 2026 where the good guys don't just win, but they windmill dunk on evil and make it very funny at the same time.

I remember when @profgalloway.com would talk about how the bond market would be the adult in the room. Yield on the 10 year t note is 4.7 and it doesn’t even make a ripple

Can we please be done with letting Republicans accuse Fauci of destroying faith in our institutions? They want Americans to hate the government, and when they succeed they don’t take credit, they blame everyone else.

Blanche was confirmed as AG. Just a reminder: The last time a president appointed an attorney he had personal ties to, was when Nixon appointed his law partner and campaign manager John Mitchell. Mitchell ended up disbarred and spent 2 yrs in prison for his role as AG protecting Nixon.

The Summer 2026 issue of LCD, WFMU's magazine/program guide, is out! If you donated $75 or more during our fundraiser or are a Swag for Life member living in the US you will automatically receive a copy. Everyone else: You can order a copy at iwantmylcd.com. Questions? Email lcd@wfmu.org.

Grift and corruption all the way down. Shameful

This administration is just a bunch of weirdo liars

The statement: a hold and 3 dissents—Hammack, Kashkari, and Logan wanted a hike now. That was the only info. No rationale for the hold, no hint at what a hike would take. Not one word of the data discussion changed after six weeks of inflation and jobs surprises. None, zip, nada. Never seen that.

A side benefit of the fuss over the Odyssey movie is that people have been interviewing Homer translator Emily Wilson, who is unfailingly interesting on these matters. Her new talk with @dkthomp.bsky.social, who has the wit (all too rare among interviewers) to stay out of the way, is terrific.

@profgalloway.com what happened to the bond market being the adult in the room? Yield on the 10 year T note is at 4.7 and no one seems to care

@kevinroose.com Prediction market ads with your breakfast cereal, you mean Kalshi with your Kashi?

@caseynewton.bsky.social feeling like a missed opportunity in this week’s episode. @kevinroose.com was talking about the way the AI companies are adversaries. I do not like this, I do not like that, I do not like so and so. I feel like the door was wide open for a, “I do not like him, Sam Altman.”

The documents Trump cited don't even make his case - and actually refute much of it. But that didn'tg matter. No foreign regime, no spies, no saboteurs have yet matched the damage that America’s own president just did tonight to faith in U.S. elections. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The Charley Crockett/Satanist thing is so funny to me, in part because it informed Jack White of the existence of a band that is likely extremely his shit. Streisand Effect 101 right here variety.com/2026/music/n...