The Ol’ TwoPutter

The Ol’ TwoPutter

@twoputt.bsky.social

Veteran, US Army - Airborne. Blogger in a former life. Should go without saying - Tweets mine; ReTweets theirs. From the Great State of Minnesota - gosh, sure, you betcha! Gotta ask- does the #Spelczecher work here?

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Chris Murphy
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They are building a Propaganda State. They are cooking the books on job creation. Now they are rigging death numbers so no one knows how many people die because of their attacks on vaccines and science.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg@sherylnyt.bsky.social

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

The Ol’ TwoPutter
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“The messages suggest that the once-extraordinary step of sending military troops into an American city has been normalized within the administration” #TFG, normalizing the abnormal. #Military #Veterans #MnLeg www.startribune.com/trump-offici...

startribune.comTrump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages showA high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.
The Ol’ TwoPutter
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“This game is ultimately measured by results, and over the past two seasons we did not reach the goals we set,” (Twins President) Falvey said in a statement. “I take personal responsibility for that.” And how did he do that? By firing Baldelli. Cannot make that up. #Twins #Baseball

The Ol’ TwoPutter
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Today’s Republican Party, Ladies and Gentlemen - totally today’s Republican Party. #MnLeg

KARE 11@kare11.bsky.social

The decision comes two and a half months after President Donald Trump signed legislation sharply reducing food aid to the poor.

kare11.comAfter cuts to food stamps, Trump administration ends government's annual report on hunger in AmericaThe decision comes two and a half months after President Donald Trump signed legislation sharply reducing food aid to the poor.
The Ol’ TwoPutter
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“The situation underscores the whiplash being felt by many organizations, from food banks to child care providers, that have had crucial federal funding withheld since the inauguration of President Donald Trump.” Proving, again, #GOP cannot be trusted. #MnLeg minnesotareformer.com/2025/09/19/h...

minnesotareformer.comHUD cancels funding for Twin Cities supportive housing developments • Minnesota ReformerA federal housing program for people exiting homelessness awarded $5.2 million to a nonprofit Twin Cities housing developer for two projects, but the money never came through.  Instead, the U.S. Depar...
The Ol’ TwoPutter
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If she gets Covid and wants to drink horse piss, bully for her - “drink up!” I say. But I do not want her anywhere near health policy, and certainly not in the #MnGOV office. #MnLeg

Steve Timmer 📷🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇱🇧@stevetimmer.bsky.social

With RFK, Jr. as HHS Secretary, and his antipathy toward vaccines, the prospect of another pandemic looms. We can ill afford a governor who is a public health scofflaw. left.mn/2025/09/she-...

left.mn"She seems nice" part 3 - LeftMNFor a Typhoid Mary
The Ol’ TwoPutter
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“I mean, crikey, not even Wally Hudson signed on to this clunker.” Ha! Every GOPer currently running for #MnGOV will again prove the ol’ adage for statewide #MnGOP candidates: anyone endorsable is not electable; anyone electable is not endorsable. Robbins *is* endorseable. #MnLeg

Steve Timmer 📷🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇱🇧@stevetimmer.bsky.social

Let's not elect Pollyanna Robbins governor. left.mn/2025/09/she-...

left.mn"She seems nice" part 2 - LeftMNFor a denier of economic reality
The Ol’ TwoPutter
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Cannot make this up. A “little fight.” Really? What’s that - One bruise? One black eye? One broken rib? And Republicans are just fine with it. #SMH. #MnLeg

Mother Jones@motherjones.com

While speaking at the Museum of the Bible, Trump claimed that domestic violence is inflating DC's crime stats. Dawn Dalton, director of the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence, told us: “We don’t agree with what the president is saying.”

motherjones.comThe one crime Trump doesn't seem to have a problem with? Domestic violence."If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime, see? So now I can't claim 100 percent [reduction in crime]," the president said Monday.
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The Ol’ TwoPutter
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Until an applicant has completed a comprehensive firearm safety curriculum *and* passed a thorough background check, it should be illegal to own and/or possess a firearm. ANY firearm. “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State…” Yeah - that part. #MnLeg

The Ol’ TwoPutter
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Along with their Three Point Plan to solve every problem that ails society - smaller gov’t, lower taxes, fewer regulations - Republican dogma asserts their right to weapons of war trumps your right to be safer in society. Well, to be fair - your family, friends and neighbors right, too. #MnLeg

The Ol’ TwoPutter
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Just another MAGA (hatchet) job by Tom Emmer! #Mn06 must be so proud - funding tax cuts to Elon, Zuck, et al by, among other things, whacking schools! Check out Republican cuts to your school district in the post below! Here’s the hit to St Cloud schools… #MnLeg

Minnesota Reformer@minnesotareformer.com

This story includes an excellent district-by-district search tool that you can use to see exactly how much money is being withheld from your family or community's budget.

The Ol’ TwoPutter
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“But just as in the 1850s, we are now, once again, facing a rebellion against our founding principle as a few people seek to reshape America into a nation in which certain people are better than others.” Read 👇 #MnLeg #Mn01 #Mn02 #Mn03 #Mn04 #Mn05 #Mn06 #Mn07 #Mn08 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

open.substack.comJuly 3, 2025And on July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, declaring: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed...
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#MnLeg

Rep. Jamie Raskin@raskin.house.gov

Masked agents in unmarked cars disappearing people from the street and shipping them to a dictator’s prison. Executive branch officials blowing off federal court orders, wrestling members of Congress to the ground and handcuffing them for asking a question. Smells like fascism.

The Ol’ TwoPutter
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“..: because nothing says “warrior ethos” like getting triggered by a gay guy’s name on a boat.” Can I get an #Amen on that? #Military #Veterans #MnLeg #HegsethIsATotalAsshole counterpoint.substack.com/p/pride-mont...

counterpoint.substack.com🌈"DIE DEI" EditionIn a bold move to protect America from the grave threat of representation, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is reportedly renaming the USNS Harvey Milk, because nothing says “warrior ethos” like getting...

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mainstreetmn.bsky.social
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#Vets traveled to DC to beg @SpeakerJohnson to allow a vote on #HR2102 #MajorRichardStarAct (sponsored by 274 Members; AWOL are #MN06 #TomEmmer and #MN07 #RepFischbach) File #ConcurrentReceipt #DisabledVeterans Copy @twoputt.bsky.social @olevetusaf.bsky.social www.moaa.org/content/publ...

moaa.orgMOAA Joins Renewed Push to Support More Than 50,000 Combat-Injured VeteransThe Major Richard Star Act “can be the difference between suffering and stability.” Add your voice to the cause today.
The Ol’ TwoPutter
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“It says something about the Trump administration that the German government is lecturing the U.S. government about the dangers of right-wing extremism.” #True. I never thought I’d see the day when Milhous Nixon wasn’t the worst. President. EVER. Yet here we are.

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social

May 2, 2025:

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comMay 2, 2025Yesterday I identified incorrectly the messaging app newly fired national security advisor Michael Waltz was using at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday as the unsecure Signal app.
The Ol’ TwoPutter
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“The FEC is the latest federal agency to lose its policymaking powers in recent months as Trump seeks more control over independent arms of the government.” America - It was fun while it lasted… www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/p...

cnn.comElection watchdog loses its enforcement powers as Trump seeks to exert more control over its decisions | CNN PoliticsThe agency charged with policing federal campaign finance laws is losing its enforcement and policy-making powers with the resignation of a Republican commissioner.

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Three sins and you're FIRED First sin : Bemoaning male dominance in Congress Second : Saying “our diversity is our strength” and emphasizing the empowerment of women in the #military. Third : Refusing to hang #Trump #Hegseth portraits mustreadalaska.com/navy-vice-ad...

mustreadalaska.comNavy vice admiral fired for insubordination, after refusing to display portrait of president and secretary of defense at NATO headquartersNavy Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield, the US military representative to the NATO Military Committee, was relieved of her duties over the weekend following reports that she refused to hang portraits of...
The Ol’ TwoPutter
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Republicans: providing help to #Military #Veterans who need help is bad for taxpayers. Also Republicans: providing bigger tax breaks to billionaires like Elon Musk that don’t need help is good for taxpayers. It’s who they are and what they believe. #MnLeg www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...

militarytimes.comVA leaders to halt mortgage rescue program launched last yearThe Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase program aimed to help financially strapped veterans get lower interest rates and avoid eviction from their homes.