Jim Meyer
@strongmeyer.bsky.social
Minneapolis resident into local political affairs, and now a council candidate in Ward 11. Not much to see here, yet. Maybe. Former local-music reviewer, magazine editor. Current nightshift LPN.
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“The reason we haven’t fully vaporized Iran is because we were being nice and think they’re good dudes who deserve a break, but we could change our minds” - this is the literal American negotiating strategy for six months because the president has an oatmeal brain comparable to a fifth-grader
September 1, 2026 at 6:17 PM
“The reason we haven’t fully vaporized Iran is because we were being nice and think they’re good dudes who deserve a break, but we could change our minds” - this is the literal American negotiating strategy for six months because the president has an oatmeal brain comparable to a fifth-grader
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Oof. Gonna be a heavy read; 14 pages (or 75 minutes) detailing what ICE did to Minneapolis and how we resisted. Thank you, @newyorker.com and Emily Witt
What Happened in Minneapolis
Living through Operation Metro Surge, and what came after.
www.newyorker.com
September 1, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Oof. Gonna be a heavy read; 14 pages (or 75 minutes) detailing what ICE did to Minneapolis and how we resisted. Thank you, @newyorker.com and Emily Witt
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There's no forgiving this. No living it down. It's a stain on our humanity. When all this is over, the monsters who did this should be pariahs. And the soulless thugs who cheered it on while dehumanizing Haitian immigrants should be reminded of what they did every day of their lives.
The situation in Haiti is terrifying. On Sunday, 150 gunmen swept down on a town to kill, rape, loot, and burn. 22 people were executed in a churchyard. 52 were taken hostage.
Stephen Miller mockingly says Haiti is safe and ICE just sent its second deportation flight this month; with kids on board.
Stephen Miller mockingly says Haiti is safe and ICE just sent its second deportation flight this month; with kids on board.
August 28, 2026 at 9:46 PM
There's no forgiving this. No living it down. It's a stain on our humanity. When all this is over, the monsters who did this should be pariahs. And the soulless thugs who cheered it on while dehumanizing Haitian immigrants should be reminded of what they did every day of their lives.
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The Democratic Party has let a consulting industry exploit elderly donors in its name, wreck its reputation and finances in the process, and walk away rich whether the party wins or loses. When a mirror is held up, the instinct is to break the glass rather than look.
On why the press looks away:
On why the press looks away:
The Bulwark Killed an Investigation into Political Fundraising Spam After Its Publisher Took the Consultants’ Side
This is a story about the Democratic Party captured by its consultants, and about what happens when the pro-democracy press is asked to say so.
data4democracy.substack.com
August 26, 2026 at 9:04 PM
The Democratic Party has let a consulting industry exploit elderly donors in its name, wreck its reputation and finances in the process, and walk away rich whether the party wins or loses. When a mirror is held up, the instinct is to break the glass rather than look.
On why the press looks away:
On why the press looks away:
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US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on a trade war with Canada: "There's no possible way it can really affect US well-being"
August 24, 2026 at 4:20 PM
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on a trade war with Canada: "There's no possible way it can really affect US well-being"
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My latest is a tale of two clerical errors involving noncitizens registered to vote. Texas got a pass. New Jersey got a conspiracy theory.
Don't believe the lies Trump is telling. Don't buy into the right wing smears. newsletters.democracydocket.com/-a-tale-of-t...
Don't believe the lies Trump is telling. Don't buy into the right wing smears. newsletters.democracydocket.com/-a-tale-of-t...
A tale of two clerical errors: Texas got a pass. New Jersey got a conspiracy theory.
newsletters.democracydocket.com
July 24, 2026 at 1:06 AM
My latest is a tale of two clerical errors involving noncitizens registered to vote. Texas got a pass. New Jersey got a conspiracy theory.
Don't believe the lies Trump is telling. Don't buy into the right wing smears. newsletters.democracydocket.com/-a-tale-of-t...
Don't believe the lies Trump is telling. Don't buy into the right wing smears. newsletters.democracydocket.com/-a-tale-of-t...
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Alan really gets at it here:
May 14, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Alan really gets at it here:
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The Roberts Court, the Trump White House, and the national GOP are acting like this is their one big shot. Either they secure the lasting end of US Constitutional democracy, or they’re in very serious trouble from the backlash. And they’ve already gone so far that there’s no other possibility.
all this sweaty calvinball horseshit feels like hysterical panic from the court
May 11, 2026 at 10:40 PM
The Roberts Court, the Trump White House, and the national GOP are acting like this is their one big shot. Either they secure the lasting end of US Constitutional democracy, or they’re in very serious trouble from the backlash. And they’ve already gone so far that there’s no other possibility.
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One reason FDR's court-packing plan failed to catch on is that the Supreme Court was perceived by many Americans as apolitical and therefore a victim of unwarranted aggression from the president.
This court, however, is nakedly partisan. And any Democrat in power should be saying so early and often
This court, however, is nakedly partisan. And any Democrat in power should be saying so early and often
The Roberts Court, the Trump White House, and the national GOP are acting like this is their one big shot. Either they secure the lasting end of US Constitutional democracy, or they’re in very serious trouble from the backlash. And they’ve already gone so far that there’s no other possibility.
all this sweaty calvinball horseshit feels like hysterical panic from the court
May 11, 2026 at 11:34 PM
One reason FDR's court-packing plan failed to catch on is that the Supreme Court was perceived by many Americans as apolitical and therefore a victim of unwarranted aggression from the president.
This court, however, is nakedly partisan. And any Democrat in power should be saying so early and often
This court, however, is nakedly partisan. And any Democrat in power should be saying so early and often
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Five questions with Peter Jesperson. (Mostly about the new Slim Dunlap release.)
Five Questions With Peter Jesperson - Magnet Magazine
A new archival release devoted to Bob “Slim” Dunlap feels less like a catalog tidy-up and more like a rescue mission. Best known for replacing Bob Stinson in the Replacements and helping guide the leg...
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April 17, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Five questions with Peter Jesperson. (Mostly about the new Slim Dunlap release.)
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Minneapolis elected leaders: "We're gonna build a walkable, bikable, transit-oriented urban environment! Yay!"
Also Minneapolis elected leaders: "Haha the businesses you would have walked to are all closing? Oh well!"
Also Minneapolis elected leaders: "Haha the businesses you would have walked to are all closing? Oh well!"
April 14, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Minneapolis elected leaders: "We're gonna build a walkable, bikable, transit-oriented urban environment! Yay!"
Also Minneapolis elected leaders: "Haha the businesses you would have walked to are all closing? Oh well!"
Also Minneapolis elected leaders: "Haha the businesses you would have walked to are all closing? Oh well!"
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Excited to use multimodal transit to leave my dense urban neighborhood and go to the burbs, where I can actually eat something or buy something
April 14, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Excited to use multimodal transit to leave my dense urban neighborhood and go to the burbs, where I can actually eat something or buy something
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All they have is the oil, the land above it, the waterway down which it must float, a country full of people who hate the U.S. for all the times we have done exactly what we're doing now, and an opponent who is among the dumbest people ever to walk the earth.
Trump: "I predict they come back and give us everything we want. And I told my people, 'I want everything. I don't want 90%, I don't 95%.' I told them, 'I want everything.' They have no cards."
April 13, 2026 at 12:39 AM
All they have is the oil, the land above it, the waterway down which it must float, a country full of people who hate the U.S. for all the times we have done exactly what we're doing now, and an opponent who is among the dumbest people ever to walk the earth.
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Here, the expert negotiator acts uninterested in a deal, thereby making* his adversary compromise towards his position
*Technique may not apply in situations where adversary has demonstrated military control of a global economic choke point you need opened and knows that means time is on their side
*Technique may not apply in situations where adversary has demonstrated military control of a global economic choke point you need opened and knows that means time is on their side
Trump: “Whether we make a deal or not makes no difference to me because we’ve won”
April 11, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Here, the expert negotiator acts uninterested in a deal, thereby making* his adversary compromise towards his position
*Technique may not apply in situations where adversary has demonstrated military control of a global economic choke point you need opened and knows that means time is on their side
*Technique may not apply in situations where adversary has demonstrated military control of a global economic choke point you need opened and knows that means time is on their side
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Even if you somehow don’t object to the insane way this war was started, how can anyone see Trump’s frenzies, temper tantrums, threats to commit war crimes, threats to allies, claims of victory, claims of diplomatic breakthroughs, wild escalations, and profane mockery and think “This is good”?
April 5, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Even if you somehow don’t object to the insane way this war was started, how can anyone see Trump’s frenzies, temper tantrums, threats to commit war crimes, threats to allies, claims of victory, claims of diplomatic breakthroughs, wild escalations, and profane mockery and think “This is good”?
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This Reddit post is formatted like a joke but it’s actually a very dry recitation - at times, direct quotes - of America’s public war strategy over the last month. This can’t go on. This is deranged. Impeach and imprison.
April 5, 2026 at 4:41 PM
This Reddit post is formatted like a joke but it’s actually a very dry recitation - at times, direct quotes - of America’s public war strategy over the last month. This can’t go on. This is deranged. Impeach and imprison.
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The president hasn't been seen in public in days, while his social media account is issuing insane unhinged threats.
Seems like we should get some confirmation that he's, you know, still alive and it's not Stephen Miller tapping out the rants
Seems like we should get some confirmation that he's, you know, still alive and it's not Stephen Miller tapping out the rants
April 5, 2026 at 4:52 PM
The president hasn't been seen in public in days, while his social media account is issuing insane unhinged threats.
Seems like we should get some confirmation that he's, you know, still alive and it's not Stephen Miller tapping out the rants
Seems like we should get some confirmation that he's, you know, still alive and it's not Stephen Miller tapping out the rants
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The Last Republican | Inside Adam Kinzinger’s Break With Trump (Full Documentary) @adamkinzinger.substack.com
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March 8, 2026 at 1:24 AM
The Last Republican | Inside Adam Kinzinger’s Break With Trump (Full Documentary) @adamkinzinger.substack.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmL_...
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I recently interviewed Ann (Meyer) Petrovic. At 97 years young, she is the only surviving member of the Minneapolis Millerettes.
#WomensHistoryMonth
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#WomensHistoryMonth
#internationalwomensday
#InternationalWomensDay2026
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Site Menu - Millerettes
The Minneapolis Millerettes
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March 8, 2026 at 10:58 PM
I recently interviewed Ann (Meyer) Petrovic. At 97 years young, she is the only surviving member of the Minneapolis Millerettes.
#WomensHistoryMonth
#internationalwomensday
#InternationalWomensDay2026
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#WomensHistoryMonth
#internationalwomensday
#InternationalWomensDay2026
www.whenesota.com/when-esota/w...
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This excellent front-line account of ICE's "automated authoritarianism" by Minneapolis resident Irna Landrum carefully lays out other building blocks of this machine:
Private data like LexisNexis, DOGE's stolen data, Medicare and Medicaid, and state-level data like DMV records
Private data like LexisNexis, DOGE's stolen data, Medicare and Medicaid, and state-level data like DMV records
How ICE Uses AI to Automate Authoritarianism
From the frontlines of ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis, Kairos Fellows senior campaigner Irna Landrum considers the use of AI in the immigration crackdown.
www.techpolicy.press
March 8, 2026 at 10:35 PM
This excellent front-line account of ICE's "automated authoritarianism" by Minneapolis resident Irna Landrum carefully lays out other building blocks of this machine:
Private data like LexisNexis, DOGE's stolen data, Medicare and Medicaid, and state-level data like DMV records
Private data like LexisNexis, DOGE's stolen data, Medicare and Medicaid, and state-level data like DMV records
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AOC: The Pentagon has not passed an audit, and they are out here trying to kick people with disabilities off of Medicaid. It is corruption that is stealing from the public coffers — and that is the actual waste, fraud, and abuse.
March 9, 2026 at 12:20 AM
AOC: The Pentagon has not passed an audit, and they are out here trying to kick people with disabilities off of Medicaid. It is corruption that is stealing from the public coffers — and that is the actual waste, fraud, and abuse.
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Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...
Fuzzy memories and hard facts: An SC accuser's claims against Epstein, Trump examined
An alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein gave FBI agents true accounts of her time growing up in SC. Claims she made about Donald Trump remain unsubstantiated.
www.postandcourier.com
March 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...
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The last time more people moved to the Midwest than left may have been in the 1950s. What explains the flip in domestic migration? econ.st/4rQfYxD
Photo: Getty Images
Photo: Getty Images
February 26, 2026 at 11:00 PM
The last time more people moved to the Midwest than left may have been in the 1950s. What explains the flip in domestic migration? econ.st/4rQfYxD
Photo: Getty Images
Photo: Getty Images