#Tim Pawlenty

[politicaldilfs]

Minnesota Governor DILFs

Tim Walz, Arne Carlson, Al Quie, Mark Dayton, Elmer L. Andersen, Harold LeVander, Jesse Ventura, Karl Rolvaag, Luther Youngdahl, Tim Pawlenty, Edward J. Thye, Rudy Perpich, Orville Freeman, Wendell R. Anderson

[saywhat-politics]

Jan. 16, 2025, 10:12 AM MST

By David M. Perry, journalist and historian

In the 2006 Minnesota general election, Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty defeated Democratic Attorney General Mike Hatch, 46.6%- 45.7%, with third parties taking the rest of the vote. The Minnesota GOP hasn’t won a statewide race since, even in otherwise bad years for Democrats. Still, by the numbers, Minnesota is purple rather than dark blue: A competent and slightly more moderate GOP could find itself competitive. But that would require belief in democracy. Alternatively, Minnesota Republicans could stage a coup. Though the state voted for an evenly split Minnesota House, GOP legislators have unilaterally decided that for now, they run the state Legislature’s lower chamber.

The word “coup” might seem like hyperbole. But I use it because we need to perceive the connections among violations of democracy around the country. Just in North Carolina, for example, unaccountable judges are considering tossing out election results they don’t like and lame duck legislators used a supermajority to pre-emptively strip powers from their successors. And of course, we are only a few years removed from the incitement of a mob to attack the U.S. Capitol. It’s all part of the same pattern.

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how would you rate Minnesota as a state?

ah, minnesota. the land of 10,000 lakes. a state mostly known for... uh... tim walz? what do most people know minnesota for? i don't actually know

(SORRY FOR THIS BEING SO LATE I HAVE SO MUCH TO WRITE YOUR STATE IS SO COOL)

but that's not gonna stop me from rating it! once again, we have five categories: political, culture, nature, urban, and transit:

political rating: 7/10. minnesota hasn't voted for a republican at a statewide level since tim pawlenty was reelected as governor in 2006 (i actually had to look that up!), but it very, very nearly elected a republican to the senate in 2008: al franken won in 2008 by a mere 300 votes. in fact that election was so hotly contested that franken was not certified as having won the election until nearly july 2009.

but that's history. nowadays, minnesota only has one thing that makes it politically interesting nowadays, and that is its upper and lower chambers, which are both much swingier than the state is at every level. but because the governorship is unlikely to swing red anytime soon, that hopefully won't result in republicans being able to pass a serious conservative agenda.

which is great! when democrats took the minnesota senate in 2022, they passed an enormous amount of really cool laws, including trans rights protections and a free school lunch program.

fortunately, or unfortunately from the perspective of this rating, it also means the state can be kinda boring from a political standpoint. every since tim walz and rick nolan left the house, and ever since colin peterson got his butt kicked, minnesota hasn't had a competitive federal race. so, minnesota has great policies, but otherwise, it isn't very politically interesting.

culture rating: 9/10 i think most people who know minnesota would say that you can pretty easily divide minnesota into two places: the twin cities area, and the rest of the state. but i think that's an oversimiplification. to me, we can actually divide minnesota cleanly into 3 sections.

we can start by looking at rural southern and western minnesota. these are more traditionally midwestern farming communities, which i assume come with all of the charms of traditional midwestern culture. while i'm sure they have their own minnesota-specific traditions... so does the rest of the midwest. this isn't a dig at rural minnesota - far from it, i'm sure it's great! i just don't know much about it aside from "midwestern"

then there's northeastern minnesota, which is vastly different from what you might expect of the rest of the midwest. it's the home of the iron range - a massive swath of land primarily used for mining metals.

it also contains duluth, one of the world's furthest inland port cities, which is insane, because it's kinda located smack in the middle of the continent. but it serves as the end of the saint lawrence seaway, which means a lot of the surrounding area - including the iron range mines - use it for shipping.

and best of all? the area is heavily unionized! most of those port workers and miners in northeastern minnesota are part of collective bargain units! isn't that awesome? 10/10 culture for northeast minnesota.

and last but not least is the twin cities of minneapolis and saint paul - the state's largest city and capital, respectively. despite minnesota having a reputation of being white and midwestern, the twin cities area is very diverse. it has the largest hmong community in the entire united states. it's also home to one of the largest somali communities in the US, and is represented in congress by a somali american, ilhan omar. all this diversity adds a humongous amount to the culture of the area.

so yeah. minnesota culture is awesome.

nature rating: 4/10 okay this one might sound kinda controversial, and maybe it's just because i've never been to minnesota before, but from what i can gather, minnesota's nature primarily consists of lakes, rivers, and more lakes. and there's nothing wrong with that - they have really cool ecosystems. plus, the mississippi river starts in minnesota, as does the saint lawrence seaway.

but... what else does minnesota have? yes, the lakes and rivers and stuff are cool. the source of the mississippi is neat, as is voyageurs national park and the entire grand portage. but... it doesn't strike me as anything amazing. there isn't very much nature in minnesota that you can't find elsewhere in the country.

and this feels wrong, because minnesota, from what i can tell, is known as a very outdoorsy, natural state. but i think that more speaks to the success of their urban areas, which i will get to now:

urban rating: 8/10 minneapolis is hands down one of the best cities in the united states from a zoning and layout perspective. it has a lot of nature integrated into it, with lots of bike paths encouraging people to exercise and take non-invasive forms of transit, and lots of parks around the city - which i imagine is why people perceive of minnesota as a very nature-y, outdoorsy state.

it also has perhaps the best zoning laws in the country. it was the first city in the country to abolist single family housing, which has lead to it being one of the only growing cities in which rents fell, due to the influx of housing. minneapolis is awesome.

but. minneapolis is not the entire state.

i don't know much about duluth, but it doesn't seem to be as good as minneapolis. it has a massive freeway separating nearly the entire city from its lakeshore, with the notable exception of park point - a 7-mile-long beach-lined peninsula jutting out of the city into the lake, ending with an old growth forest. aside from that, though, duluth doesn't seem to be particularly interesting from an urban perspective.

i know literally nothing about rochester. lemme check maps.

back. it seems pretty cool - no downtown highways and lots of parks. gonna assume it's pretty good.

anyway, these two cities bump up minnesota's urban score to be quite high. duluth is meh so it's not perfect.

i will ignore saint paul. for all intents and purposes, it's just minneapolis. sorry, saint paul.

transit score: 3/10. minnesota is quite possibly the king of what is referred to as BRT creep - bus lines that do not qualify as bus rapid transit claiming to be bus rapid transit. look, i'm sure they're more frequent than regular bus lines (15 minute headways???? that's good but philly and new york have bus lines that are more frequent than that and don't claim to be "BRT"), but if you can't even have bus lanes, you're not a high-quality bus line.

oh yeah, and then there's the northstar commuter rail line. it runs 4 TIMES A DAY IN EITHER DIRECTION. that's HALF the frequency of VRE, and VRE isn't very good either. plus, northstar is one line, and VRE is 2

it's not all bad. minneapolis has two decent light rail lines, and they're building more. the bus system, despite not having anything resembling real BRT (aside from sheltered stations, which is fine, but also the bare minimum), is not altogether bad.

minnesota's amtrak service also used to be terrible, but it just got a whole lot better with the introduction of the borealis train, making one daily round trip between saint paul and chicago. there's also plans to make another daily amtrak line between minneapolis and duluth, which would be super cool.

plus, the bike lines around the city are quite good, and that's got to count for something.

unfortunately, minneapolis and saint paul are not the only cites in the state. duluth and rochester have no passenger train service whatsoever, which is a huge point against the state. sorry, minnesota.

overall rating: 6.2/10 this state has bizarre contradictions. it's got fantastic urbanism, and fairly bad transit (they're working on it!) it's fairly outdoorsy, and yet it lacks significantly distinctive natural features. it has a very fun political history, and some of the best laws in the country, but it's also not a very interesting state to watch on election day.

i'm gonna be honest, i expected this rating to be a lot more positive when i went in, given the wealth of culture this state has that many states lack. maybe that should count for more, idk. but 6.2/10 isn't that bad, either.

what do you guys think? did i disparage a wonderful state?

[gentlyorbiting]

an agatha christie novel in which we figure out where tim pawlenty went

[gettothedancing]

[B]acking Trump lent Republican voters a sense that they were in the fight. After Mitt Romney’s destruction at the hands of Barack Obama in 2012 — after the Democrats turned the cleanest politician of the modern era into a gay-bashing, dog-hating sexist who wanted to put black people “back in chains” — Republicans were fully on board with the Sean Connery line from The Untouchables: “They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That’s the Chicago way.” Trump was the knife, and the morgue, and all the consequences wrapped up into one giant bag of id, topped with a puzzling hairdo.

And, like Sean Connery, much of the Republican base began asking its politicians a simple question: “What are you prepared to do?” What are you prepared to do to defeat the Left? Are you prepared to defend a man on tape bragging about grabbing p*****s? Are you prepared to back him when he says some “very good people” marched at Charlottesville? Are you prepared to cheer when he kisses up to Vladimir Putin? What are you prepared to do?

It isn’t just the Lord who hates a coward — it’s the Republican base. And the Republican base perceives cowardice in anyone who won’t back Trump down the line. In fact, the worse the black mark on Trump’s record, the more the base judges politicians who won’t back him — every sin becomes a referendum on the courage of politicians. Trump is the man who stopped Hillary Clinton and who stands between the country and Hell, in this view — those who mouth niceties about tape of the n-word or holding meetings with Russian lawyers are simply providing aid and comfort to the other side. In this view, Republicans weren’t even willing to smack around Democrats for violating basic rights, but they’re more than willing to earn “strange new respect” by attacking Trump. This makes Trump the only important figure in the Republican Party, and the standard upon which all Republican politicians are judged.

Pre-Trump Republicans erred on the side of leaving too many political norms in place; Trump errs on the side of eviscerating all political norms in the name of victory. And because Trump won, and continues to win, the Republican base largely believes in the evisceration.

The truth is that Republicans must go up against the Left with the same alacrity with which they attacked Trump in October 2016. They didn’t. Trump did, because he attacks all of his enemies with that alacrity. If Republicans who wish to push back against Trump’s lack of character truly wish to emerge with a conservative movement intact, they must combine Trump’s fighting spirit with the principles Trump lacks. And that means showing the base that they are willing to fight Left tooth and nail — not once, but over and over and over again. (emphasis added)

[littleturtle99]

Farmers in MN rely on migrant workers to help on non-corporate owned farms. A huge portion of these migrant workers are immigrants, and some are undocumented. Farmers often work with the same migrant workers each year and (duh) they typically become very close. Even conservative MN farmers are worried about GOP immigration policy hurting if not migrant workers (who by the way, are super important in the preservation of family-owned farms in MN), then at the very least hurting their farms. Farmers have literally been organizing rallies in MN in response to the Trump administration’s immigration policy.

Sure, suburbanites and small town conservatives might fall for your bullshit, Pawlenty, but MN family farmers ain’t jumping into to your turd pile of racist scare tactics.

Minnesotans:

Tim Pawlenty’s racist ads are him using a new excuse to take govt healthcare programming away from folks with pre-existing conditions, because people in MN actually don’t want to take healthcare away from people with pre-existing conditions.

[rapeculturerealities]

Minnesota, seen as abortion haven, still funds ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ | MPR News

Since 2005, Minnesota has given over $3 million in taxpayer money every grant cycle to 25 of these centers under the “positive alternatives grant,” a program created by former Gov. Tim Pawlenty to discourage abortion.

Now with a DFL hold on the state, Walz says he’s ready to end the program, citing misinformation.

“I think that there’s a lot of misinformation that came out of that … I think women deserve better than that, I think they deserve to have the whole picture,” he told MPR News in January.

This comes after Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison issued a consumer alert in August against “crisis pregnancy centers” based on a 2021 study of nine states including Minnesota. He defined them as “private organizations that seek to prevent people from accessing abortion care as well as contraceptives.”

“CPC is a term used to refer to certain facilities that represent themselves as legitimate reproductive health care clinics providing care for pregnant people but actually aim to dissuade people from accessing certain types of reproductive health care, including abortion care and even contraceptive options,” the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says.

[qotznet]

The people and the mindset that killed 3,000 of our fellow citizens on September 11 2001, would have killed not 3,000, but 300,000 if they could have or 3 million or 30 million. We need to do everything we can within our value systems and legal structures to make sure that doesn't happen.

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[politicaldilfs]

Tim Pawlenty has aged into a handsome silver daddy, holy shit.

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[maryturck]

Immigration News: January 11, 2022

Immigration News: January 11, 2022

Twenty years ago, then-Governor Tim Pawlenty ordered no more driver’s licenses for undocumented Minnesotans. Republicans in the legislature eventually passed legislation to make sure his order could not be reversed by a future governor. Legislation to restore driver’s licenses for all Minnesotans who pass the necessary tests has died because of Republican opposition ever since. Now, with…

[bobcatmoran]

I am side-eying HARD all those think-pieces that are like, “Oh no, Tim Pawlenty lost his primary race for Minnesota Governor, there must not be a place for moderate Republicans who don’t wholeheartedly support Trump now.”

Or…it could be because he’s always run as what he called a “Sam’s Club Republican,” very blue collar, one of the guys, sit down and have a beer with ya…and then he went and spent the last six years working as a lobbyist for the financial service industry. 

And then Minnesotans looked at that and went, “Well, you’re just fulla it then, aren’cha.” And they didn’t vote for him. 

[go-redgirl]

Acting attorney general has questioned Mueller investigation

OWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The man who will serve at least temporarily as the nation’s top law enforcement official is a relatively inexperienced Republican Party loyalist from Iowa who has called for limiting special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.

Matthew G. Whitaker, 49, will become the nation’s acting attorney general following the forced resignation of Jeff Sessions. President Donald Trump announced the appointment Wednesday, saying on Twitter that Whitaker “will serve our Country well” and that a permanent attorney general will be nominated later.

The former federal prosecutor served as Sessions’ chief of staff for one year.

The bulk of Whitaker’s relevant experience came when he served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Iowa from 2004 until 2009, a position for which he was recommended by Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, now chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. In that role, the telegenic former college football player managed attorneys who prosecuted federal crimes and represented the government in civil matters in half of Iowa.

Recent acting and permanent attorneys general have been longtime government lawyers or high-ranking politicians with more experience navigating Washington than Whitaker.

Critics worry that Whitaker may be unlikely or unwilling to defend the Department of Justice’s independence against political interference by the White House, given his history of partisanship and loyalty to Trump. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Whitaker should recuse himself from overseeing the Mueller investigation given his previous public comments that appeared to exhibit hostility toward the inquiry.

During a brief stint last year as a conservative legal commentator on CNN, Whitaker often appeared as a Trump defender, saying he saw no evidence the president colluded with Russians during the 2016 campaign or obstructed justice. He wrote last year on CNN.com that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein should limit the scope of Mueller’s investigation to stop him from delving into Trump’s finances.

“If he doesn’t, then Mueller’s investigation will eventually start to look like a political fishing expedition. This would not only be out of character for a respected figure like Mueller, but also could be damaging to the President of the United States and his family — and by extension, to the country,” he wrote.

He also said on CNN last year that he could see a scenario in which Sessions’ replacement doesn’t fire Mueller but “just reduces his budget to so low that his investigation grinds to almost a halt.”

Asked whether Whitaker would assume control over Mueller’s investigation, Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Flores said Whitaker would be “in charge of all matters under the purview of the Department of Justice.” The agency did not announce a departure for Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller and has closely overseen his work.

Des Moines attorney Guy Cook, a Democrat who has known Whitaker for years, called him a clear thinker and a “no-nonsense guy who is not to be underestimated.”

“But I think most importantly, from the president’s perspective, he’s loyal,” Cook said. He said that reasonable people can agree with Whitaker’s perspective on the Mueller investigation, but “I’m sure that’s something that got the president’s attention.”

Grassley said Whitaker “will work hard and make us proud,” saying that the department would be in good hands during the transition.

Most of Whitaker’s career has been spent in private practice, including at a Des Moines law firm he founded with other Republican Party activists in 2009. He has twice failed in bids for statewide elected office, most recently losing the 2014 GOP primary for the U.S. Senate to now-Sen. Joni Ernst.

After that campaign, Whitaker helped start and served for three years as executive director for the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, a self-described “ethics watchdog” that often targets Democratic officials and groups with misconduct investigations and complaints. He has said that Hillary Clinton should have been prosecuted for her email scandal as secretary of state and that Trump made the right call in firing FBI Director James Comey. He earned $402,000 in 2016, the group’s tax filing shows.

Whitaker has also cultivated close relationships with Republican leaders and activists during the Iowa caucuses, the first-in-the-nation presidential nominating contests that occur every four years. He served as state chairman during the 2012 election cycle for former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s campaign. After Pawlenty’s bid fizzled, he served in the 2012 and 2016 presidential campaigns of Rick Perry, the former Texas governor who is now energy secretary.

Whitaker grew up in the Des Moines suburb of Ankeny. He attended the University of Iowa on a football scholarship, playing tight end under the legendary coach Hayden Fry and catching a pass for the Hawkeyes in the 1991 Rose Bowl. He majored in communications studies as an undergraduate and was interested in broadcasting and film production. He later earned an MBA and a law degree from the school.

After starting his career in private practice, Whitaker first ran for office in 2002, losing a race for state treasurer to longtime Democratic incumbent Michael Fitzgerald. President George W. Bush appointed him as the U.S. attorney based in Des Moines in 2004.

During his tenure, his office was accused of having political motivations in bringing an extortion charge against then-Democratic state Sen. Matt McCoy, which stemmed from a dispute McCoy had with a business partner. Whitaker denied that accusation, and McCoy was acquitted at a 2007 trial.

[sageofthestage]

Universynthesizer!

Yay!

Amen!

Jonathan Lee

The Essence of Life

Elves in Life

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H0iS2bKehow

Elves in life

Lyrics and Music Li Zongsheng

You are the elf in my life

You know all my mood

You wake me up from my dream

Once again 　 open my heart again

The road to love 　 we have all walked

A song about love 　 we have listened to too much

About us 　 They all guessed wrong

About the words in the heart　The words in the heart

Just to you 　 alone

The focus of all my eyes

Two arcs on your forehead

It's faintly it's looming

Set off you 　 set off your shy face

Shēngmìng zhòng de jīnglíng

cíqǔ lǐzōngshèng

nǐ shì wǒ shēngmìng zhòng de jīnglíng

nǐ zhīdào wǒ suǒyǒu de xīnqíng

shì nǐ jiāng wǒ cóng mèngzhōng jiào xǐng

zài yīcì zài yīcì gěi wǒ kāif��ng de xīnlíng

guānyú àiqíng de lù a wǒmen dōu céngjīng zǒuguò

guānyú àiqíng de gē a wǒmen yǐ tīng de tài duō

guānyú wǒmen de shì a tāmen tǒngtǒng dōu cāi cuò

guānyú xīnzhōng dehuà xīnzhōng dehuà

zhǐ duì nǐ yīgèrén shuō

wǒ suǒyǒu mùguāng de jiāodiǎn

zài nǐ étóu de liǎng dào húxiàn

tā yǐnyǐn yuē yuē tā ruòyǐnruòxiàn

chèntuō nǐ chèntuō nǐ miǎn tiǎn de róngyán

生命中的精靈

詞曲 李宗盛

你是我生命中的精靈

你知道我所有的心情

是你將我從夢中叫醒

再一次　再一次給我開放的心靈

關於愛情的路啊　我們都曾經走過

關於愛情的歌啊　我們已聽���太多

關於我們的事啊　他們統統都猜錯

關於心中的話　心中的話

只對你　一個人說

我所有目光的焦點

在你額頭的兩道弧線

它隱隱約約它若隱若現

襯托你　襯托你靦腆的容顏

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Charlie Weaver - Executive Director - Minnesota Business Partnership

Charles R. Weaver, Junior

In 2007, Governor Tim Pawlenty appointed Peter Bell the Council Chair and Tom Weaver the Regional Administrator

Because world is round it turns me on

Because the world is round, ah

Because the wind is high it blows my mind

Because the wind is high, ah

Love is old, love is new

Love is all, love is you

Because the sky is blue

It makes me cry

Because the sky is blue, ah

Ah!

Aleph אלף Thousand

Face in clouds with eyes peering out

Day Dreaming

Daydream Daydreamer Daydreamy Daydreaming

Day Dreaming

Day dreamin’ and I’m thinkin’ of you

Day dreamin’ and I’m thinkin’ of you

Day dreamin’ and I’m thinkin’ of you

Day dreamin’ and I’m thinkin’ of you

(he’s the kind of guy…)

🛌🛌🛌

(person sleeping on a bed)

😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️

Aretha Franklin

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T-fz6TAipqo

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D7peQKJxsjo

Call Me (the Moment You Get There)

Aretha Franklin

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-GQSLe4OmIY

Jump to It

About who just drop kicked who (or whom)

(winking)

Talk Talk

group song video

(winking)

Russian popular song video

(exercising by winking alternative eyes)

We have an attitude of gratitude that stands the test of time!

Jesus is a WONDERFUL COUNSELOR!

Glory!

Glory, Hallelujah!

Glory, Hallelujah to the Newborn King!

Amen!

You’ve got a lot to live; and Pepsi’s got a lot to give Department

Hall and Oates

You’ve got a lot to learn

“Adult Education”

It’s a Laugh

lyrics

You must be thinkin’ something

But you ain’t sayin’ nothing

You remember me

I used to be your boyfriend

There ain’t no point in reason

It only gets defensive

Why should we ruin the purity of the moment

It’s a laugh, what a laugh

It’s so stupid I gotta laugh

And the funny thing is everyone thought

We were forever

It’s a laugh, what a laugh

It’s so stupid that I gotta laugh

And the other thing is I really thought

That we were special

Maybe I should feel guilty

Is that the American way

But I just look at myself

As if I were above me

You must be thinkin’ something

But you ain’t saying nothing

You remember me, I have been here always

It’s a laugh, what a laugh

It’s so stupid I gotta laugh

And the funny thing is everyone thought

We were forever

It’s a laugh, what a laugh

It’s so stupid I gotta laugh

And the other thing is I really thought

We were special, we were forever

It’s a laugh, what a laugh

It’s so stupid I gotta laugh

And the funny thing is everyone thought

We were forever

It’s a laugh, what a laugh

It’s so stupid I gotta laugh

And the other thing is I really thought

That we were special

So strange but it’s a laugh, what a laugh

It’s so stupid I gotta laugh

And the other thing is everyone thought

We were forever

1 note

Actress Credentials

Martha Hyer

American actress

Janis Paige (born Donna Mae Tjaden)

A Love Bizarre

About

Artist: Sheila E.

Album: Romance 1600

Released: 1985

[staypuftmarshmallowqueen]

Also this is an example of why you need to use your critical thinking skills and not believe everyone who starts screaming about 'Biden wants the bridges to collapse'.

(You who DID fuck around with infrastructure and got 13-some people killed? Tim Pawlenty. But somehow him vetoing numerous attempts at raising infrastructure money wasn't worthy of discussion at the time! Fuck him, and fuck the Republican Party.)

sorry sorry wait can you repeat that second one