Jake Nelson

Technically a millennial. Former MN DFL and YDA party officer. Generalist. Ex-CS/Econ student. Fan of RPGs, linguistics, tokusatsu, cats. they/them or he/him

[one dozen rats at a keyboard @PanasonicDX4500]

You can actually see the exact moment at the 32 second mark where his brain catches up with him and he realizes he said that out loud, it’s incredible

[Attorney General Keith Ellison @AGEllison]

Good news, Minnesotans! Starting this Thursday, July 31, the Consumer Data Privacy Act (MCDPA) goes into effect to help safeguard your data and right to privacy.

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[taylr @taylr]

rep ilhan omar has just announced a slate of endorsements from minnesota leaders from gov tim walz, attorney general keith ellison, and senators tina smith and amy klobuchar 🧵

[Jake Nelson @JakeNelsonMN]

Pretty long moment, IMO, most of my life. Though I agree there is some kind of upswing lately

[The Minnesota Star Tribune @StarTribune]

Yuen: From bubble tea to blind boxes, Asian pop culture is having a moment in Minnesota https://t.co/2OgrLj62co

[Chai Dingari @chaidingari]

“I work in medicaid”

[Hunter📈🌈📊 @StatisticUrban]

We fixed air pollution and now people think the sun turned evil lol

[Jim Antle @jimantle]

I once attempted to publish a breaking news story and found out that I had sent it live without including the body of the article.

It was posted to social media, people argued for and against the headline, not a single person noticed there was no actual story.

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

Overall U.S. imports at -64% has got to be one of the most insane numbers in economic history.

I don't think people quite comprehend how disruptive that's going to be.

[𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖊 🕯 @atlanticesque]

What would be the funniest thing to put this on

I’m thinking a copy of Mein Kampf

[𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖊 🕯 @atlanticesque]

We’ve actually lived in a Boomerocracy since the 50s, because there’s *so many Baby Boomers.* They’re a freakishly large cohort which warps everything around them.

When they were teenagers, youth issues dominated, when they were young adults, etc. and now elder issues dominate.

[Friday Night Funk 'n Wagnalls @sreddi_515]

the breathlessness of this post combined with what follows is hilarious

[Jessica Riedl 🧀 🇺🇦 @JessicaBRiedl]

Great thread. The lawmaker two-step is:
First, make your tax cut temporary so that it requires offset only up to the expiration date.

Next, cancel the expiration date - with no offsets of the extended cost - because "extending current policies doesn't count as a new tax cut."

[Maddie @maddiewhittle]

Somebody needs to gather all the nepo babies in a room and explain to them that nobody’s claiming they landed a particular role “just because” they’re whoever’s kid, we’re saying they *got the audition in the first place* because they’re whoever’s kid

[Jake Nelson @JakeNelsonMN]

I like Angie quite a bit personally but she's not really suited to the moment. Peggy is one of our best.

[Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 @PollTracker2024]

PPP poll

Minnesota Senate 2026 Democratic primary

Peggy Flanagan 52%
Angie Craig 22%
Not sure 27%

2/14-2/15 LV

[Elai @elaifresh]

Surely it’s not this stupid, right?

Right?

[Dan Pfeiffer @danpfeiffer]

In every budget battle of the last 30 years, proposing cuts to cancer research and food safety was the moment Republicans lost

[Hutch @hutchinson]

Trump says, "Who the hell signed these deals? They're so bad," about the USMCA trade deal.

Trump is the one who signed the deal.

[DAP/ADOS TRIBE🇺🇸 @Black_Action]

This you? 🥴