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@LisaDemuthMN @RyanDWilsonMN Focus on election integrity, elimination of property taxes, real education excellence, and 2A support. You will win.

We've been in this race for just five short months. My running mate, @RyanDWilsonMN, and I have met with many Minnesotans across our state who are energized to see real change at the top. It's clear there is a groundswell of Minnesotans who know Amy Klobuchar would be nothing more than a Walz Third Term. That's why we continue the work. Because we see a stronger, better Minnesota in our future.

@Electroversenet Whoa. Not good numbers for green energy arguments.

Since April 2020, the United States has spent $1.5 trillion on wind and solar. All that money for just 17% of the nation's energy mix. For the same cost, America could have built around 40 nuclear power plants. They'd run for 80 years, not 15 or 20 like wind and solar, and would generate at least three times more power each year. That's the real cost of believing the climate fantasy - enormous waste, destabilized grids, and spiraling energy costs.

@KristaForHouse @MNSteveSimon Sadly, I worry how true this is.

Debunking @MNSteveSimon’s claim that our high voter turnout is due to, “…good laws and a good pro-voter culture…”. #election2026 #PassTheSAVEAmericaAct

Three different Democrats, one a President and two were vying to be. All said exactly the same thing, making the exact same pledges about taking lethal force against Iran on the nuclear issue. One even stated that they would ensure the President who succeeded them would have everything necessary to be able to do the same thing. Then all of a sudden, in comes Trump, and the entire Democrat party turns on him for doing exactly what their own promised and threatened to do. It simply highlights the deceit and dishonesty of the Democrats. They are two faced charlatans who don’t care about America and actually care about America’s enemies if it allows them to shit on the Republican President. Trump is right in what he’s done, and the Democrats own words prove it

@MichaelARothman Oh yeah

𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐆𝐎𝐓 𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄—𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐔𝐙 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐀 𝐁𝐋𝐔𝐅𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 “𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘬𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦.” The United States sailed two destroyers straight through the Strait of Hormuz under 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞. Iran’s big threat? A bluff. Their “toll collection” operation? 𝐀 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭—no banking, no internet, no comms. But it gets bigger. The US is now 𝐬𝐞𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝’𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬—Panama, Hormuz, Malacca—and just locked in a 99-year AI manufacturing deal with the Philippines: 4,000 acres designed to China-proof America’s supply chain. Meanwhile, the peace dividend is rolling in: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒&𝐏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐀𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐐 𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥-𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐬, the Dow is about to crack 50,000, and oil futures are in the low 80s. 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐝. 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬. 𝘝𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 @𝘌𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘓𝘋𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩

@GuntherEagleman Oiy, that is scary.

This is what BATSHlT CRAZY looks like.

@GrageDustin That’s the Minnesota I remember.

Minnesotans want their money back.

@amramleifer Exactly

That the United States should win a war with Iran is not exactly a surprise, whatever the funny wishful thinking of the commentariat might have been in the first weeks. (Think of, say, a "war" between a T-Rex and a mouse). The really fun part is that this specific victory doesn't seem to lend itself to criticism from any of the usual angles: - The enemy is not going to bounce back later: it has lost its global nuisance capacity forever, and just rebuilding its civilian infrastructure will cost hundreds of billions that it doesn't have. - The enemy will agree with exactly all the conditions imposed on it. The current economic stranglehold imposed on it will see to that. - The amount of pooor ciiviiliaan caasualtiies is ridiculously low. - There has been no massive economic crisis as a consequence of the war - just a modest, temporary spike in oil prices, which never even reached their nominal level of May-June 2022. - The U.S. did not engage any ground troops whatsoever, so no "quagmire" can be claimed. - The effect of the war is not temporary, but structural. The Persian Gulf is now, and will remain for decades, an American lake. In short, absolutely none of the tired talking points against the previous wars can even remotely be credibly applied here. This is the purest, most perfect American triumph since 1945.

@GOPMajorityWhip @RepPeteStauber Stay strong Tom. MN needs you now more than ever.

Yesterday, the Senate passed @RepPeteStauber's bill pushing back on Biden’s last-ditch effort to withdraw over 200,000 mineral-rich acres from development and put Minnesota’s economic security and our national security at risk. The days of the radical left stifling our state's mining industry are OVER.

@FollowBack2026 @thricesk Um, yep

Les États-Unis restructurent les flux énergétiques mondiaux afin de maximiser simultanément l’effet de levier américain sur tous les principaux partenaires commerciaux. Pas seulement un pays. Tout le monde : Le Canada perd son levier pétrolier dans l’ACEUM parce que le brut lourd vénézuélien et l’approvisionnement redirigé du Golfe réduisent la dépendance à l’égard des barils de l’Alberta. La Chine perd sa sécurité énergétique parce que la marine américaine contrôle désormais Ormuz et peut décider qui recevra ou non le pétrole du Golfe. Chaque baril que la Chine importe via le détroit circule désormais à la discrétion des États-Unis. L’Europe devient de plus en plus dépendante du GNL américain et de la protection navale américaine pour les routes de transit de l’énergie. Cet effet de levier alimente directement les demandes de dépenses et les négociations commerciales de l’OTAN. Les États du Golfe deviennent plus dépendants de la protection militaire américaine qu’ils ne l’étaient avant la guerre. Le pipeline saoudien ne fonctionne que parce que les États-Unis le tolèrent. Le contournement des Émirats arabes unis ne fonctionne que parce que la marine maintient les voies maritimes ouvertes. Le marché implicite est devenu plus explicite. L'Iran perd tout. Force militaire détruite. Chefs morts. L’économie étranglée. Détroit pris. La suite des choses pour Téhéran se fera selon les conditions américaines. La Russie perd son influence énergétique sur l’Europe parce que la guerre a réorienté les chaînes d’approvisionnement mondiales de manière à réduire la dépendance à l’égard du gaz et du pétrole russes. La même infrastructure qui contourne Ormuz crée des routes alternatives qui contournent l’influence russe. Le pouvoir de fixation des prix de l’OPEP est structurellement affaibli parce que les États-Unis viennent de démontrer qu’ils peuvent réorienter les flux énergétiques mondiaux grâce à la force militaire et à l’activation des infrastructures en quelques semaines, et non en quelques années. Tout cela s’est produit en environ six semaines. La guerre contre l’Iran n’a jamais concerné uniquement l’Iran. Le blocus n’a jamais concerné seulement Ormuz. L’opération au Venezuela n’a jamais concerné uniquement Maduro. Chacun d’eux était un nœud dans un réseau de mouvements qui restructuraient collectivement qui contrôle l’énergie mondiale et à quelles conditions. Les États-Unis viennent de prendre plus de contrôle sur l’énergie mondiale qu’aucun autre pays n’en a détenu depuis que l’Empire britannique dirigeait les mers.

Completely missed the humor and sarcasm, did you? Those were not my words. Those are paraphrased quotes from critics of Trump. Which is what makes it so funny. The total irony. And you missed it?! Um, that says more about than me. Not sure I can help you. Should we try throwing some grace and assuming English is not your first language? Yeah, let’s go with that. Gives you an out. Cuz the alternatives get really embarrassing, for you, I’m guessing. Go in peace.

@kentlarson7 @Knesix " The brown people" FU racist!

So let me get this straight Today, Donald Trump posted that the Strait of Hormuz is completely open for business. At the exact same hour, Keir Starmer flew to Paris to co-host a forty-nation virtual summit with Emmanuel Macron about how to, and I am not kidding, reopen the Strait of Hormuz. AND they did not invite the US Navy. The Navy that cleared the mines, turned back the tankers, and actually reopened the strait. Forty flags. Zero destroyers. Zero mines cleared. One (1) excellent buffet, probably. This is forty guys showing up to a house fire three hours late with a PowerPoint titled "Fire Response Coordination Initiative," while the homeowner is already back inside watching TV. Meanwhile, Iran's foreign minister fully capitulated on camera today. Oil crashed 11% in minutes. Iran has reportedly agreed to suspend its nuclear program indefinitely and will not receive any frozen funds. Trump says the deal is mostly done. And the S&P 500 is at an all-time high. That is the market, which has no feelings and no podcast, looking at all of this and saying: yeah, this is working. Where are all the Panicans now? None of this is really about Iran, though. It is about Xi. Panama is out of Belt and Road. Venezuela is cut off from Chinese oil. Indonesia just signed a defense deal with the US. The Philippines is in. Iran just folded. That is Hormuz, Malacca, and the Luzon Strait. Roughly 80% of China's seaborne oil, all within one phone call of being squeezed. When Trump sits down with Xi, there is no real negotiation left. Xi is already picking which hand to lose first

@Knesix Brilliant!!

How Trump HUMILIATED Europe and TRAPPED Xi Jinping

@DCLaurie89 @JuanMan57493258 @Knesix I think TIME is now considered a parody account.

@Knesix And Time just published the list of Top Global Leaders. Trump isn’t on it. Pope Leo is #1 and Mark Carney is #2. You can’t make this up. 😂

@SarahSaysWhatev @daviss How so? I have no insight or experience as to what you are calling out.

@kentlarson7 @daviss Ask the taconite miners about the damage they caused! Taconite polluted lake superior & to this day the damage is still there. The north shore is finally recovering after decades of cleanup.

This doofus sold out Minnesota to a foreign polluter to rip up the forest and mine 2 miles from this. Don’t ever forget it. South Kawishiwi River, near Ely Minnesota

@MichaelARothman Well, it was a meeting. I bet they had the good coffee. And croissants. Yeah they had croissants. So, a good day all in all for them.

“𝐈𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐔𝐒 𝐈𝐒𝐍’𝐓 𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐕𝐄𝐃, 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘?” “𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳—𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰?” GB News’ Olivia Utley reporting from Paris, where Macron and Starmer are 𝐜𝐨-𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐳—a Strait that Trump already reopened without them. The guest list tells you everything: Macron, Starmer, Germany’s Friedrich Merz, and Italy’s Giorgia Meloni in person, with about 30 other leaders joining virtually. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 by Macron—though Starmer and Merz said America was welcome. Trump ignored them entirely. Germany offered to send minesweepers—but admitted 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝. The UK’s contribution? Unclear. Utley notes both Starmer and Macron are 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 and are hoping a diplomatic photo-op distracts from their domestic failures. 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥. 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭. 𝘝𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 @𝘎𝘉𝘕𝘌𝘞𝘚

@BskiMike22802 @RepJayapal Ooh ooh ooh! I have been waiting for this one. I need popcorn. Mike (captain america) and jayapal (thanos). I know, I know, I too have already seen the movie so I know the avengers prevail, but it is still going to be good. Bring it!!

The top 1% pays approximately 40% of ALL federal income taxes. The top 10% pays roughly 70%. The bottom 50% pays about 3%. @RepJayapal says that is not their "fair share." I am genuinely asking: what number would satisfy you? Give me a specific percentage. COMMENT below with your answer. SHARE this so she has to answer it publicly. Thread 👇

@grok @gailwync @RepPeteStauber Thanks @grok

Her claim is partially accurate but overstated. Stauber introduced H.J. Res. 140 (passed House Jan 2026, Senate 50-49 yesterday), overturning Biden's 20-year ban on new mineral leases across 225k acres in Superior National Forest near (not inside) the Boundary Waters. It lets Twin Metals (Chilean-owned) reapply for permits on a proposed copper-nickel mine—but doesn't approve the mine, hand over land, or weaken environmental rules. Permitting, science-based reviews, and state/federal standards still apply. The "mine lasting only 20 years" confuses the ban's duration (mine life isn't specified as that). Sulfide mining pollution risks (acid drainage) are real per opponents and could require long-term monitoring, but supporters note U.S. standards are strict and the watershed flows north, not directly to Lake Superior. Not "forever endangered" or automatic approval.

America has the best labor and environmental standards in the world. We do it better here than ANYWHERE. I'm thankful that my resolution to end Biden's illegal mining ban in Minnesota passed the Senate and is on its way to President Trump's desk. Never again will a politically-motivated Democrat administration be able to wave away our way of life at the stroke of a pen. Learn more: stauber.house.gov/contact/newsle…

@gailwync @RepPeteStauber @grok how accurate is her claim?

@RepPeteStauber Stauber authored the bill that just passed taking away protected status of the Boundary Waters to turn it over to a foreign owned heavy metal mine lasting only 20 years that will need to be monitored for pollution indefinitely-endangering Lake Superior forever. Vote him out now!

@BigWpup @RepPeteStauber Name calling. A time tested technique able to change people’s minds (add a touch of sarcasm). Run with that. We’ll watch.