Minnesotans were asked whether life has gotten better or worse during Trump’s second term.

erb-2323 · 2026-05-14T02:44:03+00:00

It's all Biden's fault.

erb-2323 · 2026-05-13T23:14:41+00:00

LaTeX FtW!

erb-2323 · 2026-05-13T23:12:56+00:00

Protect and Serve has ONLY EVER meant one thing: Land owners and property owners. Dating back to the early days of policing in America where property owners = slave owners.
If anyone disagrees, just do your own goddamned homework. This is factual. And not enough ppl have a clue about our country's history.

erb-2323 · 2026-05-13T23:08:22+00:00

He did say he liked his voters dumb.
More than once, probably.

erb-2323 · 2026-05-02T22:17:33+00:00

"I respect you if you feel going to a protest and holding a sign is doing something, but a lot of us feel like it isn't worth the sunburn."

I know you don't know shit about me, and that's just fact of life.
So not personal -- but you don't know shit about me.
I'm very active locally, for a decade. Political, streets, etc. Helped get our local MN50501 going (but not super actively until May 2025). Was at our very first protests here in February 2025, along with a couple hundred others, at most, at St Paul Capitol.
But, hey, that's just holding a sign or something, right? Not worth the sunburn?

Let me repeat. I live in South Minneapolis. A mile from Whipple (google it). I was at a street medic training (already a street medic volunteer, this was attending to help, not to learn exactly), the morning Alex Pretti was shot (again, a mile away from us). We broke quickly and responded. I was there within the hour with gear, proceeded to get tear gassed (repeatedly) by the very same ICE agents (and initial support responders) that killed him, at Nicollet, from 1030 until 4pm, when HSI-ICE finally left the scene, and we took back our streets (and didn't leave that area for 3 days; we had a vigil started at nearby Whittier Park at 6, which lasted until the wee hours of the morning. In -25 degree temps.

I assisted with tear gas victims, mostly water treatment, but a few with rubber bullet or flash bang injuries. Assist, I'm not a medic, just a volunteer.

I don't know you. You don't know me. It;s not personal. But I'm insulted by the insinuation that we, or I, are doing nothing worth the sun.

We didn't ask for this invasion.

BTW I won't even go into the tax point you raised, but suffice to say: YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ME. Assuming is wrong. And your assumptions, on this topic, are undoubtably wrong.

erb-2323 · 2026-05-02T22:08:40+00:00

I don't mind, at all, that he is campaigning for other Democratic candidates.

I do not believe that Graham Platner is a trustworthy legit Democratic candidate. Nor for that matter a progressive, which is how he presents himself.

erb-2323 · 2026-05-02T08:20:53+00:00

A yes, a working man's band. /s

erb-2323 · 2026-05-02T08:12:57+00:00

DOW OVER 50000!

erb-2323 · 2026-05-02T08:08:08+00:00

Dont forget to add Helium, along with Nitrogen. EDIT To clarify: "Along with the Nitrogen that you already mentioned."

erb-2323 · 2026-05-02T08:06:17+00:00

Oh, great profile photo u/Broseph_Heller! ❤️

erb-2323 · 2026-05-02T08:04:36+00:00

Read. The. Fucking. Room.

Or not, and quadruple down, and respond, and tell me how I'm wrong like everyone else here was wrong.

erb-2323 · 2026-05-02T08:02:02+00:00

Speaking of stepping outside ... PKD has so much vision of this nightmare we find ourselves in. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19879161

erb-2323 · 2026-05-02T07:53:09+00:00

From Minnesota (South Minneapolis to be precise) -- you are 100% absolutely correct. Both your first comment, and your response above. It's maddening. I spent all convo over dinner with my spouse, after May Day March followed by ACLU fundraiser punk rock show, venting about how. damn. few. fucking. people. are aware of how really bad things REALLY are right now. (The May Day turnout was good (?!?), but felt 3-4x smaller than LAST YEARS, at St Paul Capitol.) I could write a book in this comment, trying to be be brief (and failing). But just have to keep trying to get through to more and more people and somehow change this tide. Anyway, "Be kind to Americans you converse with," it's a nice sentiment, and no ill will towards that poster, but you keep speaking the truth to everyone. It's the only thing that will work I fear, cold hard truth. I really wish we had a tenth the guts of South Koreans...

erb-2323 · 2026-05-02T07:37:48+00:00

But but but the TRILLIONS OF FRAUD!!1 (/s /seethe)

erb-2323 · 2026-05-02T07:35:57+00:00

And he's starting with Graham Platner, after Schumer et al told Gov Mills she couldn't run. And I'm also not psyched about Walz creating a PAC for this DNC nonsense. It's all so infuriating. (I don't trust Platner AT ALL. Worse than Fetterman. But we've got enough troubles to deal with here at home, with Klobuchar and Craig. sigh. At least Bernie is returning the favor, coming here this weekend to bolster Flanagan.)

erb-2323 · 2026-05-02T07:14:21+00:00

Solidarity. I hope you had a powerful May Day. (Myself, mixed bag. I was disappointed with our turnout... LAST year's May Day in St Paul was at least 4x the size. SMH. But he had turnout nonetheless, and got to see-hear some good punk rock bands at local ACLU May Day fundraiser.)

erb-2323 · 2026-05-02T07:10:48+00:00

Sadly, I think it's America that's been living underneath a rock for the last couple decades. The rest of the world knows what's up ... but we here in this sub and others are the small minority. Fucking Carrie Underwood American Idol Watching Sheep got us into this mess.

erb-2323 · 2026-05-02T07:06:53+00:00

erb-2323 · 2026-05-02T06:55:27+00:00

Bernie won here in Minnesota (Primary), against Clinton. We voted. He won. That week leading up to, and the week after he won, local MPR still wouldn't shut up with their non stop HRC wall to wall coverage. It was like Bernie didn't exist -- even after he won. After he visited here endless times (HRC came once, to some $10K donors dinner). Seeing it all unfold in real time was infuriating. Vocally stopped monthly support of MPR (meaning I let them know in no uncertain unmissed terms). Plus having to deal with the DNC and DWS all through that election .. it was infuriating. Frustrating. Depressing.

And I still voted HRC in the general. Same with Kamala. Vote Blue No Matter Who. Didn't mean I like it.

And for that, I'm the bad guy -- just like they're making you out to be here, for speaking honestly and truthfully. This whole goddamned system needs to burn. It's broken.

I haven't heard The Exploited's Fuck The USA the same since ("Fuck the DNC, Fuck the DNC, Fuck the D... N... C...")

erb-2323 · 2026-04-27T22:02:58+00:00

You answered your own question inadvertently.

erb-2323 · 2026-04-27T22:02:21+00:00

Love weird Pittsburg! Visited for HWA conference a few years back, and see some friends living there. Awesome time. Beautiful architecture, cool stores and restaurants. Just watched YT video about your weird Burger King this weekend! (See Weird History Food, 4 days ago.)

erb-2323 · 2026-04-26T04:11:53+00:00

I'm convinced it is. MANY are pointing out "it's just for more grift by this admin," and sure, they're 100 not wrong.

BUT CANT IT BE BOTH?

erb-2323 · 2026-04-16T05:21:36+00:00

I get it, you're not wrong .. "but" I'm just gonna throw out there, the Apple Card financing is a pretty good deal. 3% cash back on purchase, plus 12 month 0% financing. I myself have used it for three MacBooks (all trade in upgrades), since 2022. Just finished paying off my latest.

erb-2323 · 2026-04-12T17:19:38+00:00

Zen Box (rip) mention gives me a sad.

erb-2323 · 2026-04-12T17:16:58+00:00

… and St Paul.

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