Steve Bonek

TY to everyone who sent me tips, info, and statements for this one — www.portlandmercury.com/sports/thorn...

Kansas Dem Sen. nominee Adam Hamilton on trans rights: “I don’t think we should take a small group of people and bully them, pick on them, and hurt them. I understand one thing really clearly when it comes to transgender people, and that is Jesus told me I was to love my neighbor as I love myself”

Flanagan: "I don't own a yacht. I don't have a mansion in Florida. And I have never been more proud to call Minnesota my home."

standing ovation for Peggy Flanagan when she endorses "ripping ICE apart"

No choice but to reskeet this

They are now being escorted out to a game of thrones esque “Shame” chant

Some hateful folks in the North End have their messaging blocked by flags and lead to a “Trans Lives Matter” chant

AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

Seen this story all day today. Every headline says "27 year old Minnesota man..." I have yet to see one with the headline that the man was Somalian. The most maligned and denigrated group in Minnesota www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/2...

Eric Pratt, the republican running for Angie Craig's open seat in MN-02, left the AI restating his prompt on his website. "The President is not popular, so all messaging should be focused on local politics and needs." amazing

The man who asked the question is a literal white nationalist operative who is suggesting El-Sayed is a terrorist and these fucking twerps are like “He came off a little smug”

the second el-sayed chose to treat tommy as an equal and not a nuisance, tommy was cooked

I know people will vote based on gas prices or fraud charges or a thousand other things. As a Minnesotan, there is only this issue. Tafoya says this. Flanagan wants to abolish ICE and build a system that is lawful and humane. Peggy is a Minnesotan. Michele is not.

Flanagan: "My opponent went on a podcast the day Renee Good was killed and basically blamed her for her own death. We can absolutely do better, and Michele Tafoya is not it."

In recent election questionnaires, House Speaker Lisa Demuth said she voted to cap the price of insulin for Minnesotans. But in both 2019 and 2023, Demuth, alongside nearly every other Minnesota Republican, voted against measures that would reduce insulin prices.

This Spirit Day, we stand against bullying and in support of LGBTQ+ youth in our community and beyond, because Soccer is for Everyone ❤️

some deranged lunatic is going to storm an elementary school with an ar15 looking for the schools surgical center and the media is going to pretend we have no idea where they got that idea from

Talked to The Hollywood Reporter about why we did the Kelly Clarkson episode: www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig... And to buy the other bird automaton for charity... ptfo.betterworld.org/auctions/kyr...

So... no last-minute rescue for HourCar and Evie, it seems, though I gather there's still hope for it or something like it in the future. Even so, the loss of it now hurts, and I'm very sad about it. My life, and the lives of many others, is going to be harder now. I'll cope— I have no choice—but...

Give Klobuchar a DFL House and Senate, and there will be plenty of positive policy and budget movement. Give DeMuth a DFL House and Senate, and we'll be lucky to have a state budget next year. Primary is the time for protest voting. General is to vote for the least-bad viable candidate.

you quite simply love to see it

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.

#austinfc

At the last Austin FC home game, an Austin FC supporter was tossed from the stadium for wearing an Abolish ICE shirt, days after ICE shot a man in Austin a couple miles from the stadium. Supporter groups have tried to have a dialogue with the FO, but are unsatisfied. So tonight…

This is a direct violation of Virginia law; and needless damage to vulnerable youth and families when litigation (that VA is party to) is actively in process. Arizona may have the legal grounds to do this but it is no less damaging. A deep betrayal of youth, families, and provider.

Arizona and Virginia, both of which are governed by Democrats, are ending Medicaid coverage of care for trans youth, Transitics has learned. The bans, which go into effect on October 13th, mark the most significant Democratic capitulation to Trump's anti-trans demands yet. Cowards.

Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social

Join the Aurora team as our new VP of Marketing and Community Relations. mnaurora.com/vice-preside...

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

If folks in the Democratic party cannot find it within themselves to be absolute staunch supporters of trans people's rights because trans people are people who have inherent worth, then they should at least do it because if we give up on trans people, then we're literally giving up on democracy.

@aoc.bsky.social just put out a great statement on AI. Refreshing to see a major politician on the left nail this. "Silicon Valley billionaires want us to believe that Al robots will destroy humanity. But the biggest threat to humanity are the tech oligarchs themselves." 🎯

She’s so good at this

Video of Nirvana playing Smells Like Teen Spirit in a tiny club only 2 days after Nevermind came out. "There's a freight train bearing down on those boys and they don't even know it." [kottke.org]

she's here on @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social and she has no business still running, a functional state party would have cut her off years ago. she has been in office longer than a majority of her constituents have been alive. she sucks!

ICE has been tearing through our nation, devastating our neighborhoods, our cities, and our businesses. Our communities deserve accountability. My Make ICE Pay Act will redirect ICE's $140 billion budget to the communities they've hurt the most.

Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time.  I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker. 

NFL owners, led by Robert Kraft, banded together to blackball Macklemore over a “Free Palestine’ chant. Meanwhile, raging antisemite and Hitler lover Kanye West is touring the same stadiums. This was never about antisemitism www.sportspolitika.news/p/macklemore...

a reminder 🪄 #illustration

The Irish musicians, Beoga, who play alongside Ed Sheeran, have withdrawn from Sheeran’s tour. This is the statement they published on Instagram:

LFG! If you've been meaning to make one of these this summer but haven't yet, now's the time! Thanks to @panikadoc.bsky.social for the fantastic design.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them.

minnesota: we’re the first in the nation to early vote, let’s show the rest of the country that this is another way we show up and stop the onslaught of violence against our neighbors. let’s get these fascists out of power. join people this friday, 10AM at the hennepin county government center.

Arch Manning, room full of dipshits, snicker about AI video of Steve Sarkisian slapping Holly Rowe: defector.com/arch-manning...