Kelly

HOLY SHIT

Rajan Narang@rdnarang.bsky.social

A good morning to all from NYT/Siena, who has: #MNSEN Flanagan up 54-40 #SCSen Andrews down 48-48 (rounded) #FLSen Nixon down 50-44 Writeups to come

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Republicans whenever there is terrorism: "where are all the moderate Muslims to denounce this?" *A moderate Muslism senate candidate appears and denounces terrorism* Republicans:

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on El-Sayed: "I call him Muhammed. He goes by Abdul. Abdul Ramadan ... we can't have these people in the United States. With the guy up in Michigan, we're gonna have to do the metal detector test before he's allowed to sit every day."

Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social

Peggy Flanagan's campaign shares some "facts from the ground" today: *540,347 Minnesotans have already voted, breaking records for early voting engagement in a midterm election. *That’s up from 358,648 at the same point in 2022. *Voters in Dem strongholds are turning out at record-high numbers.

I am determined to not turn on the heat until November and nothing can push me to do it

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Again, I'd believe the "the polls are off" story more if all of the special elections in 2025-26 hadn't swung to the Ds by an average of 13 points.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Mike Johnson: "When I'm in these big arenas, I ask for hands -- 'Show me your hand if you've answered a poll in the last six months.' There will be like three hands among 300 people. I'm telling you, these polls are off. All of them."

Tell me you've never taked an Uber/lyft in the Twin cities...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Somalia -- 98% of the people here now from Somalia don't work. They don't have to work because they steal so much. They all have a Mercedes Benz. Low IQ and they live better than you do."

Used to love Yglesias, his "you should move to Minneapolis" posts circa 2012 were a major reason why I wanted to move to the cities.

Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

A helpfully clear exchange here Hasan: "So your argument is that [Minnesota ICE protesters] should stay at home because immigration is a salient issue for Donald Trump. Opposing ICE is only going to help Trump. Wait until we win the election in 2028." Yglesias: "Yes that is what I would have said"

I'd bet my bottom dollar a certain Minnesota based "journalism" outlet is already hard at work trying to debunk the bus story as staged

We know. Thanks Chris.

Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social

Twin Cities airport MSP a top-five American airport. Great vibes.

S tier subtweet here

Peggy Flanagan@peggyflanagan.bsky.social

Is anyone interested in learning how many personal pan pizzas I earned through the Pizza Hut BOOK IT! Program in second grade?

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I used to be a regular here when it was Sporty's and still go once every couple of weeks. Their burgers are unbeatable

Racket@racketmn.com

$7!!!

These guys just love each other

I dont know how much "You can see everything" content Emily has consumed but I'm guessing its at least an order of magnitude longer than the actual movie is itself which is saying something because that movie is like 4 hours long

Could have gone better. Got a little tongue tied at first and struggled with a question but got thru it. Will know by next week...

Kelly@leftleaningloon.bsky.social

I have an interview for a supervisor position today at 2:30. Wish me luck.

ChampionSHIP league this week FTFY

Black Hart of Saint Paul@blackhartstp.com

Champions league this week

I have an interview for a supervisor position today at 2:30. Wish me luck.

I'd lend some credence to the theory that maybe the polls are wrong if the special elections hadn't been all D+13

jamelle@jamellebouie.net

reminder, this is what patrick ruffini was saying about the midterms earlier this year

Cleaning out a desk yesterday and I found this guy in a drawer...probably some of the best times of my life at those 4am games...

My radical half baked idea is to replace nearly all taxes with inheritance taxes, primarily because you can jack them all the way up to confiscatory levels without much economic distortion

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

UNITED CEO Scott Kirby: “.. Wealth inequality has become a danger to our society, .. We should have a national wealth tax ..” @nytimes.com $UAL www.nytimes.com/2026/10/18/b...

While I think the economy is actually a bit better than most people do, its definitely not "one of the strongest" and is clearly getting worse and the tone deafness on this front is why they are going to get shellacked in 2 weeks

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

KERNEN: You have never seen Americans so sour on the economy HASSETT: The thing about the sour -- when you look at surveys, Dems think we're in the Great Depression. Republicans think things are fine. So surveys have lost their value. It's a very very strong economy, one of the strongest we've seen

So the arrows worked?!?

Proud to have helped paint this one

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STL just tearing up the MNUFC defense with that ball thru the middle

Just had to jump my car, so my day's off to a great start

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This owns so hard ✊️

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g...

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Protecting my mental health tonight by going to bed early and skipping the Loons game

This is, um, quite false

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "They want to cut your children. It's unbelievable what they do. Your son leaves as Jimmy and comes home in three days as Janet, and they don't even ask you. They can take your child out of school and do whatever the hell they want. Minnesota is one of those states."

Their new spot has a big jumbotron on a wall showing a slideshow and right in the middle it just says "VOTE OUT THE FASCISTS". I fucking love this place

Kelly@leftleaningloon.bsky.social

Your fun Aunt and Uncle are headed to Owamni to celebrate 8 years of being hitched!

Your fun Aunt and Uncle are headed to Owamni to celebrate 8 years of being hitched!

apnews.comFederal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources sayFederal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter.

Whatever theyre cooking up will likely fall apart in the legal process just like it did with James Comey, Leticia James, Lisa Cook, Davey Hearn, etc

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social

I do not think an exec branch led by a man who thinks he is entitled to treat federal agents as an arm of his firm, refers to Somali Americans as “garbage” and has said racist things specifically about Omar is capable of neutrally applying the law to her, to put it mildly apnews.com/article/ilha...

kare11.comMinnesota Poll: Flanagan with narrow lead over Tafoya in U.S. Senate raceWith less than a month to the election, DFL Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan holds a narrow lead over Republican former sports broadcaster Michele Tafoya in the Senate race.

4 points is not a narrow lead. It is substantially more likely that peggy is actually ahead if she's ahead by 4 than otherwise. But journalism gonna journalism

KARE 11@kare11.bsky.social

With less than a month to the election, DFL Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan holds a narrow lead over Republican former sports broadcaster Michele Tafoya in the Senate race.

I'm not going to do it. I am not going to do it. I am NOT going to do it.

Kelly@leftleaningloon.bsky.social

Every year about this time I'll think to myself "maybe this is the year I get into the Vikings" but every year I don't because we all know how this is going to end

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MNUFC playoff hopes like

Kelly reposted

3 MN senate polls in one day?!? Its like Christmas!

FWIW, this pollster absolutely nailed the primary

Kelly@leftleaningloon.bsky.social

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Last time the current occupant fanned the flames of anti somali hatred it ended with 2 people murdered in broad daylight and an entire population brutalized and traumatized so I'm not looking forward to round 2

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump tries to start a race war: "The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants ... The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back!"

I bet if you added up all the GDPs of the countries he's done "deals" with you'd get about 21 trillion.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

wow -- Fox Business is now treating Trump's completely made up economic boasts as though they are factual. Note the citation here -- "The White House" Reminder that the entire US economy is about $32t. If we really had $21t flowing in, you'd notice it Fox thinks their viewers are really dumb

9 months. A full term pregnancy, and still no charges for Jonathan Ross for the murder of Renee Good.

twincities.comEx-Loons goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair sounds off on exit from MinnesotaThe Canadian shared the “sour taste” he had over contract negotiations last winter.

If I make my reality TV loving wife read this she might actually get into soccer

Andy Greder@andygreder.bsky.social

DAYNE SOUNDS OFF. Story: After Dayne St. Clair heard the boos while playing for Canada at Allianz Field on Tuesday, the ex-#MNUFC goalie shared his own "sour taste" from the initial "lowball" contract offer from Khaled El-Ahmad last winter. DSC doesn't stop there. www.twincities.com/2026/10/06/e...

Kelly reposted

Sure, the high today might be *79* degrees, but eventually you WILL need a hoodie. And ours is pretty dang rad. Order by Oct 18!

Every year about this time I'll think to myself "maybe this is the year I get into the Vikings" but every year I don't because we all know how this is going to end

Verity is a total mind fuck

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If you're looking to spend some of that pay day Friday cash on some good garb, we've got you covered! Should be ready in time for the last few matches on the season, great for those late October nights watching loons away on the Black Hart patio!