John B

Educator, political scientist, and dreamer. @stolaf alum, current @stcloudstate grad student. The views expressed here are solely my own.

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@sdho Mary Supple was on the Education Minnesota Legislative Action Committee with me, she’s fantastic!

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@cmduffy @Delta Oh no! Chris, I’m so sorry. I had lots of fun memories in Sarasota and Ft Myers as a kid. Not nearly as fun, but some sort of staycation? Go to the Como Park Conservatory, a water park, & Nickelodeon Universe? This dang TSA situation & the weather are ruining travel right now. 😕

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@sdho You look sharp, Sean!

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@natehoodstp I remember this! I also had the handheld version.

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@PeterMeijer Peter, stop trying to impress President Trump. He’s never going to let you back into Republican politics after your impeachment vote. Ever. Don’t make it worse by groveling.

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@bmcclung Love it! Thanks for sharing, Brian.

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@nagy_minaj I feel like we need some context, Keith.

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@kpottermn 🤮🤮🤮 That blowhard can get out of our state with the rest of the Trumpies.

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@RepFinstad Fine way to honor Law Enforcement: pretend the Capitol Police officers who died on January 6th were anything but heroes, and pretend that shooting an innocent woman in Minneapolis in cold blood was somehow enforcing the law. Can we please get a congressional rep with some guts?

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@RepFinstad Oh boy, just what we need in Minnesota, more involvement from the Trump Admin. Are you a congressman representing the First Congressional District of Minnesota, or a Republican lapdog for President Trump? This White House is the most corrupt and fraud-laden in history! Wake up!

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@RepFinstad Congressman, you have blood on your hands if you just accept the administration's soundbyte and, despite having the oversight and duty to do so, do nothing to hold the murderer and ICE accountable. What these thugs are doing to your own district is cruel and evil. Shame!

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@jimabeler It's painful for the Hortman Family & to all who knew her, and it's a vile lie about Gov. Walz. As Sen. Gazelka said, there was no conspiracy; Spkr. Hortman voted yes as a compromise to keep the gov't open, and the Guv signed the bill. Time to find a new obsession, folks.

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@Vikings Harrison Smith and CJ Ham have been amazing, for the Vikings, for the fans, and for the NFL. Whatever the future brings, thank you for the great football @harrismith22 and @cjham28! #skolvikings

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@nacholeber Loved this game and watching them go in a blaze of glory. My nephew was pumped!

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Dear Lord, Marjorie has somehow seen the light?!

[Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 @FmrRepMTG]

I’ve served on the Homeland Security Committee for the past three years. I’m 100% for strong safe secure borders and stopping narco terrorists and cartels from trafficking deadly drugs and human trafficking into America.

Fentanyl is responsible for over 70% of U.S. drug overdose deaths and fentanyl comes from Mexican cartels made with chemical precursors from China and trafficked across the U.S. Mexico border.

Mexican cartels are primarily and overwhelmingly responsible for killing Americans with deadly drugs.

If U.S. military action and regime change in Venezuela was really about saving American lives from deadly drugs then why hasn’t the Trump admin taken action against Mexican cartels?

And if prosecuting narco terrorists is a high priority then why did President Trump pardon the former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez who was convicted and sentenced for 45 years for trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine into America? Ironically cocaine is the same drug that Venezuela primarily traffics into the U.S.

The next obvious observation is that by removing Maduro this is a clear move for control over Venezuelan oil supplies that will ensure stability for the next obvious regime change war in Iran.

And of course why is it ok for America to militarily invade, bomb, and arrest a foreign leader but Russia is evil for invading Ukraine and China is bad for aggression against Taiwan? Is it only ok if we do it? (I’m not endorsing Russia or China)

Regime change, funding foreign wars, and American’s tax dollars being consistently funneled to foreign causes, foreigners both home and abroad, and foreign governments while Americans are consistently facing increasing cost of living, housing, healthcare, and learn about scams and fraud of their tax dollars is what has most Americans enraged. Especially the younger generations. Boomers and half of Gen X will cheer on neocon wars and talking points, but the other half of Gen X and majority on down see through it and hate it.

Americans disgust with our own government’s never ending military aggression and support of foreign wars is justified because we are forced to pay for it and both parties, Republicans and Democrats, always keep the Washington military machine funded and going.

This is what many in MAGA thought they voted to end.

Boy were we wrong.

As the baby boomers slip away both in votes and power, the electoral future will be decided for candidates that focus on American economic populism and promising prosperity for Americans only.

As of right now, neither party is offering the solution.

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@ItsMattsLaw A renaissance fair in January?!

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@paulgazelka Thanks Senator. I mean, this is a common sense statement folks. I'm pleased the former senate majority leader said it, but the fact that this is somehow controversial is plain weird.

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@nacholeber Merry Christmas Ben & Family!

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@natehoodstp Agreed Nate. Learned in college during my Principles of Economics course about the damage that rent control does to cities. I get that it sounds good, and that people are hurting for affordable housing. But rent control just doesn't work.

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@GovTimWalz Scout's gotten big!