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Todd Graham

@metrogram

Economic demographer & govt stats. Living my best life in Mpls St Paul. Disclaimers: Views found here are my own & NOT representing my employer. Same handle on other apps.

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WirtshausschlΓ€gerei, by Jan Miense Molenaer, 1650, πŸ“Έ by @andrewrittphoto

07.03.2026 19:19 πŸ‘ 784 πŸ” 120 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 11

Trump multiple times just today has said the country is at war. War can only be declared by Congress, and Iran posed no imminent threat. What Trump is doing there is a textbook illegal war and impeachable offense β€” if we still had a Congress.

07.03.2026 22:03 πŸ‘ 8536 πŸ” 2201 πŸ’¬ 261 πŸ“Œ 77

I filled up my PHEV 10 days ago. No long road trips. Im good til April.

07.03.2026 23:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fffffft. Yep. Formerly serious planners here in MN got roped into starting one of these studies. Laughable. I don't know that study was never completed. No EAW ever came by my desk.

07.03.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think mine's gotten sloppier with age πŸ€¦β€β™€οΈ

07.03.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#TourneyTime Moorhead wins the trophy, beats Edina, 3-1.
Edina players melt down, start brawl.
The FB comments: "No cake for a week" πŸ˜†πŸ˜…πŸ˜†

07.03.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Should i be buying a house in this economy? Well, gonna find out.

07.03.2026 20:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

YELL AT THEM, LOUDLY AND SLOWLY, IN ENG-LISH. that's the vibe.

07.03.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is like a Halloween grossout food/art project assembled by a 4th grader.
Not meant for human consumption.

07.03.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dr. Prasad was extremely mistreated, yes

07.03.2026 18:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

News bros will burn you.
And sure sure sure there are some πŸ™„ good ones. But there're also some who πŸ‘are πŸ‘not πŸ‘your πŸ‘friends.

07.03.2026 17:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh no.

07.03.2026 01:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Uhhhhh. idk bout that πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«

07.03.2026 00:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I cannot see Talarico without thinking of Richie Cunningham.
And this foamingatthemouth hot take by the neolib apologists persuades me *Zero* - take the L, MattWalsh.l βœ‹οΈ

06.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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three men are sitting in a red car smiling ALT: three men are sitting in a red car smiling

I cannot see Talarico without thinking of Richie Cunningham.
And this foamingatthemouth hot take by the neolib apologists persuades me *Zero* - take the L, MattWalsh.l βœ‹οΈ

06.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Whaaaat? Me worry?" πŸ€“

More target corp live-in-a-safe-bubble happy talk

06.03.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just EVERYONE has nothing but contempt for corrupt, murderous poser Kristi Noem.
And people are DONE holding back.

06.03.2026 04:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh god no, you're ruining tropical-flavor dip for me

06.03.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

epcot Germanyℒ️ mostly bier hall. 🍺 as it should be.

06.03.2026 04:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just EVERYONE has nothing but contempt for corrupt, murderous poser Kristi Noem.
And people are DONE holding back.

06.03.2026 04:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This sounds like a job for [ba-bum] the DOJ Fraud Gazpacho

06.03.2026 00:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's special that he thinks of himself as a "little kid"

05.03.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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unsightly waste of metal.

photo credit: Josh Rincon (so 50/50 odds this is ai slop)

01.03.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

05.03.2026 07:15 πŸ‘ 17125 πŸ” 5973 πŸ’¬ 514 πŸ“Œ 493

So many people among the past generations had crazy, that can't-be-real life histories. But here it is:
One grandfather was an entrepreneur in import-export markets.
Other grandfather was career US Army. The first half of that: cavalry. Yep, USA πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ had a cavalry, with horses, right up to 1940.

05.03.2026 01:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I tell you, 16 years of living in North Minneapolis you just learned to accept that MPD will not do anything to keep you safe.

05.03.2026 01:01 πŸ‘ 90 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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fry from futurama is holding a bunch of money and the words shut up and take are below him ALT: fry from futurama is holding a bunch of money and the words shut up and take are below him

Mayor Fry at police contract negotiations...

04.03.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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fry from futurama is holding a bunch of money and the words shut up and take are below him ALT: fry from futurama is holding a bunch of money and the words shut up and take are below him

Mayor Fry at police contract negotiations...

04.03.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Im the cold-water guy in my office who always says "This'll be more complicated than you think You're asking a really complicated question There's a reason no one's done this already."

04.03.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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[Screaming] [while smoking a cig] "ACKSHULLY, you're RENTING THE SPACE from DOWNTOWN'S
SH!TTY LANDLORDS"

04.03.2026 15:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0