Rob Sand, a Democrat running for governor in Iowa, starts his town halls by having Republicans, Democrats and independents sing America the Beautiful together before anyone argues about politics.
It's hard to believe this is real when you first watch it.
Rob Sand is doing something very different in Iowa right now. It's working https://t.co/5EEXkTwJK9
(video credit: @LauraRBelin)
@mgraves35794 @vincempls@tpt Pretty sure I ate taco salad multiple times as a kid that prominently featured some kind of thousand island based sauce. I reckon that’d qualify as a “Norwegian Taco Salad” or at least a MN taco salad eh?
@lydiakauppi That’s so cool! I am a shoddy genealogy nerd but I do discover that my family has “Forest Finn” heritage which is generally very unknown; it’s been cool to learn a little. The Wikipedia page gives a pretty good overview. I always had felt a kinship with Finnish folks
Take a moment to look at the inhumanity captured in this extraordinary photo running on the front page of tonight's Minneapolis @StarTribune. It shows federal immigration agents immobilizing a protester on the ground and spraying chemical irritant directly into his face. The scene reminds me of the brutality used against civil rights protesters in the 1960s. We look back at those old photos and wonder how the authorities could have behaved so savagely; many years from now, young Americans will look at these photos from 2026 and wonder how anyone could have justified shooting a woman in the head as she tried to drive away, arresting 5-year-old schoolchildren on the street, or holding a man down and spaying chemicals into his face. Thanks to the Star Tribune reporters and photographers for documenting this work; they create accountability, they make democracy work, and they make all of us in journalism proud.
Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley: "The last 2 weeks we as a law enforcement community have been receiving endless complaints about civil rights violations in our streets from US citizens. What we're hearing is they're being stopped in traffic stops or on the street with no cause and being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they are here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints as they fell victim to this while off duty. Every one of these individuals is a person of color ... it has to stop"
Pep rally; town starts chanting “we want Jimmy”; the kid who, for now, refuses to play. Gene Hackman’s character realizes he needs to interrupt and gives a speech about supporting “who we are not who we aren’t” then points to the six kids behind him and says “THIS IS YOUR TEAM”!
Ok so Gene Hackman is driving across the state of Indiana as the opening credits roll. The scenery and music are fantastic. It’s early morning; kids on remote farms are already shooting hoops.