Sonja Buckmeier

Mom of 4 | Organizer | MN District 30A (St. Michael, Albertville, Hanover, Otsego, Rockford Township). People Not Politics

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

For the last 57 years, 60 Minutes has displayed some of the most courageous investigative journalism on the air.

Now, with Trump’s billionaire crony David Ellison owning CBS, that tradition is being destroyed.

This is what happens with increased oligarch control over the media.

[j. patrick coolican @jpcoolican]

Max doin us proud!

[Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan]

It’s time to end Citizens United.

The first step is demonstrating we can win strong, grassroots campaigns without being beholden to corporate PACs.

[The Blue Torch @_TheBlueTorch]

Fucking gold 🔥

[Michael Brodkorb @mbrodkorb]

This is the most detailed and expansive "government reform" plan released to date.

[Sonja Buckmeier @Buckmeier4MN]

💯agree both @WalterHudson and @elliottengenMN should be held accountable. They left a committee hearing - THEIR JOB - to drink at a bar and then come back to their job for a floor session. Blatant disregard of their responsibilities as elected officials. RESIGN.

[Heartland Signal @HeartlandSignal]

Minnesota State Rep. Samantha Sencer-Mura (DFL-Minneapolis) and DFL House Floor Leader Jamie Long give their accounts of when Reps. Elliott Engen (R-White Bear Township) and Walter Hudson (R-Albertville) left in the middle of a committee hearing to have beers at a nearby bar.

SENCER-MURA: "We were also hearing a bill about student absenteeism, which we know is a huge issue right now in Minnesota. We need to make sure that our kids are in school. And instead of being models for showing up and doing the work, we had two members, Rep. Engen and Rep. Hudson, who decided to leave that committee and apparently were seen at a local bar drinking..."

LONG: "An ethics complaint is a very serious thing. I have never brought an ethics complaint before. I have never considered bringing one. I haven't seen one brought in my time here in the legislature ... But nor have I seen actions as blatant as this, where they are completely disregarding their duties as members of this body and disregarding their duties to their constituents."

[Minnesota House DFL @mnhouseDFL]

WATCH: Republicans desperately try (and fail) to shut down DFL Rep. Kelly Moller as she points out that if the GOP *really* cared about "protecting women and girls," then they'd care about all the ways that their favorite president has assaulted and abused women and girls.

[Sonja Buckmeier @Buckmeier4MN]

“Guns aren’t the problem. People are.”
@WalterHudson words. Carrying while intoxicated is against the law in MN. No charges. No accountability. He should surrender his permit to carry and be removed from committees overseeing public safety.
@DemuthforHouse
@mngop
@mnhousegop

[Sonja Buckmeier @Buckmeier4MN]

Rep. Walter Hudson won’t be charged for carrying a firearm while impaired https://t.co/zKI7mVj6tL

[Sonja Buckmeier @Buckmeier4MN]

@jpcoolican “Guns aren’t the problem. People are.” @WalterHudson words. Carrying while intoxicated is against the law in MN. No charges. No accountability. He should surrender his permit to carry and be removed from committees overseeing public safety. @DemuthforHouse @mngop @mnhousegop

[Sonja Buckmeier @Buckmeier4MN]

@AlphaNews Alcohol and firearms. Expired tabs, headlight out. Disgraceful. These 2 aren't lawmakers they are grifters in it for the political theater. @WalterHudson @elliottengenMN

[Steven Beschloss @StevenBeschloss]

A pedophile.
An adjudicated rapist.
A convicted felon.
A pathological liar.
A sociopath.
A malignant narcissist.
A sadist.
A racist.
A fascist.
A traitor.
An insurrectionist.
A war-monger.
A demagogue.
A despot.
An enemy of the Constitution.
An American nightmare.

[Major League Soccer @MLS]

This TIFO from @MNUFC ❤️

[Jerry_Saiyan @JerryWillResist]

Trump tries to add an Olympic Medal to his collection of stolen awards 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Van Jones @VanJones68]

When we’re arguing about I.C.E., we’re not actually arguing about immigration policy. We’re arguing about legitimacy. And we’re doing it while watching two completely different movies…

I spent the last week really listening to the voices on all sides of this conflict. ICE agents. Protesters. Conservatives. Progressives. Undocumented families. Police Officers. Gov’t officials. Here’s the uncomfortable truth:

Each side thinks it is the reasonable one. Each side thinks the other side is lying or insane. And each side—at SOME level—actually has a point.

Conservatives see law enforcement under attack. Progressives see unchecked federal power running roughshod over neighborhoods. Same events. Totally different data sets and frameworks.

This outcome isn’t by accident. Algorithms are feeding us different videos, headlines and emotional cues. Again: we are not watching the same movie!

From inside the conservative worldview: If enforcement fails, we lose the country. Blocking ICE looks like blocking firefighters.

From inside the progressive worldview: If ICE overreach isn’t resisted now, authoritarianism becomes normal. NOT protesting feels like surrendering democracy.

Neither side is pretending. Both are reacting to real fears. But both are missing critical parts of the picture. Here’s a test of good faith when discussing the I.C.E. issue: Can you name the other side’s deepest fear in a way they’d agree is fair? Drop your best shot in the comments below.

We can have constitutional enforcement and legitimate protest. Safety and freedom. But not if we keep letting social media trick us into believing the absolute worst about everyone who disagrees with us.

Read my full thoughts:
https://t.co/k3tgavWVvI

[Sonja Buckmeier @Buckmeier4MN]

We all love America 🇺🇸 freedom of the press is essential. What we have now are news echo chambers.

[Sonja Buckmeier @Buckmeier4MN]

Yes!💥🎙️

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

.@ezraklein: “What is, to you, the ‘rage economy’?”

@JamesTalarico: “The billionaires own the algorithms and the news networks. They have created for-profit platforms that divide us on an hourly basis — by party, by race, by gender, by religion. They elevate the most extreme voices very strategically to provoke our outrage, because that leads to more clicks, which leads to more money for them.

They are selling us conflict right into our bloodstream, and they’re calling it connection.

And I think it’s left people starving for actual community.”

[Sonja Buckmeier @Buckmeier4MN]

https://t.co/4Uj6aJq9Dk

[Sonja Buckmeier @Buckmeier4MN]

Spot on

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

When did pedophilia become a partisan issue?

The American people deserve to know the full truth about Jeffrey Epstein and every powerful person who enabled him. 

Every name. Every flight log. Every cover up. All of it.