Freelance journo/Russian-speaking Jew. Associate Editor @TCJewfolk and @cincyjewfolk. Русский военный корабль, иди нахуй! @MinnPost, @eJPhil, more. Rtwt = O.o
Hey Jews/Jwitter. Between the vindictive, personally motivated banning of journalists and the effort to lock down Twitter and make it unusable with the rest of the internet, no jokes anymore, we really need to migrate to a different platform.
For the last time, this guy was far, far from being a liberal Democratic operative. He was a pretty far-right Christian nationalist type who homeschooled his kids and opposed abortion. Read on: https://t.co/kLuuknkhUT
Minnesota's Campaign Finance & Public Disclosure Board has removed "street address for candidates, treasurers, and chars of candidate committees, political committees, and party units" from its site in response to requests from #mnleg members, exec director confirms to Axios.
New photo leading Strib live blog. "Loved ones, who declined to give their names, of Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark embraced after hanging a sign with pictures of the couple and their dog Gilbert at a memorial outside the House Chambers"
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A political “assassination”: Minnesota House Democratic floor leader and former speaker @melissahortman and her husband were killed in armed early-morning attack
State Sen. John Hoffman (DFL-Champlin) and his wife were also shot in their home https://t.co/uNiIan5sCp
Out of an abundance of caution, the No Kings event in NE MLPS has been canceled. Our hearts are with the elected officials targeted in last night’s shooting, their families and everyone impacted by this tragedy. Check with local No Kings organizers for info on other events.
Minnesota State Patrol is asking protesters not to rally today in light of this morning’s fatal shootings of a DFL lawmaker and her husband. These folks are here at St. Paul College anyway despite overcast skies. Festive atmosphere overall with music on the loudspeakers.
Hard not to see this as anything other than the horrifyingly natural end result of the last two decades of political discourse - amplified by social media and unlimited spending - that casually calls its political opponents not just wrong, but evil.
These were political assassinations carried out by a man dressed in a police uniform with police equipment, badge & SUV with manufacturer installed police emergency lights. The man fled Melissa Hortman’s home after exchanging gunfire with police. Hortman & husband dead; Hoffman…
The shooting is believed to have been targetted. One of the victims, Rep. Melissa Hortman, is the DFL leader in the Minnesota House of Representatives and a former House Speaker.
gonna caution everyone about national accounts covering the news in MN - stick to locals. already seeing lots of misinformation coming from people who do not live here
“Be careful [in your dealings] with the ruling authorities for they do not befriend a person except for their own needs; they seem like friends when it is to their own interest, but they do not stand by a man in the hour of his distress.”
Ethics of our Fathers 2:3
The silver lining to this s***show administration may be a Jewish establishment reckoning about what is “good for the Jews.” It’s not rhetorical posturing about Israel. It’s not reflexively deferring to the Israeli leadership. It’s not looking away from domestic threats.
For the Jews who think the attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion won’t impact them — make no mistake, they will.
It’s not accidental that Holocaust Remembrance Day is included here.
As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
St. Louis Park, Edina and Minnetonka are at various phases of discussing potentially big revisions to code.
Cities make comp plans every 10 years and these cities have found their comp plan goals and zoning at odds when it comes to building housing.
https://t.co/BGp04yoRDQ
🚨Iraqi foreign minister Fuad Hussein told me in Davos that Princeton researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov who has been held hostage by an Iraqi militia is alive and stressed Prime Minister Sudani is working for her release