{"id":81529,"date":"2022-04-13T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=81529"},"modified":"2022-04-12T10:01:33","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T15:01:33","slug":"the-party-of-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=81529","title":{"rendered":"The Party Of #Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So over the weekend, DFL representative Kelly Morrison, and other DFLers, ran a loooong series of tweets from her district (SD45, the far west &#8216;burbs) endorsing convention on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looks like a typical bunch of urban DFLers; masked up like bank robbers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will forever be grateful to be in the company of such rockstar women as the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Morrison4MN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Morrison4MN<\/a> campaign managers of past and present\u2728<br><br>And a huge congrats to Kelly and her team for securing the SD45 DFL endorsement! \ud83d\udc99 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ForAHealthyThrivingMinnesota?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ForAHealthyThrivingMinnesota<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YLkrLEeBng\">pic.twitter.com\/YLkrLEeBng<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Michaela Hendrix (@Michaela_Muza12) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Michaela_Muza12\/status\/1513633153302380548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I mean, their healthcare decision, their business. I don&#8217;t tell them what to do, and they don&#8217;t tell me&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;oh,  Right.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But then we move on.  Her staff was certainly with the program&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shout out and so much gratitude to my incredible campaign manager <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rainasthoughts?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rainasthoughts<\/a> ! She is one of the smartest, kindest &amp; hardest working people I know. We did it &#8211; thanks to you! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MorrisonForSenate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MorrisonForSenate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SD45?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SD45<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fBDLoNZkk7\">pic.twitter.com\/fBDLoNZkk7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kelly Morrison (@Morrison4MN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Morrison4MN\/status\/1513352462333272064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;as was her (presumably) husband or significant other&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/Morrison4MN\/status\/1513491871900782595\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(I mean, I have no idea who he is, or about Ms. Morrison&#8217;s personal life). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But wait &#8211; apparently you go to the other corner of the building, and &#8211; apparently, the Russians have invaded, because Covid has vanished &#8211; or at least, the masks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So excited to have my family here by my side and grateful for their support through this whole process!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SD45Convention?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SD45Convention<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MorrisonforSenate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MorrisonforSenate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ForAHealthyThrivingMinnesota?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ForAHealthyThrivingMinnesota<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sS4TcuzOiI\">pic.twitter.com\/sS4TcuzOiI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kelly Morrison (@Morrison4MN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Morrison4MN\/status\/1513265474385158150?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And then &#8211; people with masks shunted to the back of the shot?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So grateful to my <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mnhouseDFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mnhouseDFL<\/a> colleagues for coming out to support <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PattyAcomb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PattyAcomb<\/a> and me at our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SD45?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SD45<\/a> convention! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KcJcO16frn\">pic.twitter.com\/KcJcO16frn<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kelly Morrison (@Morrison4MN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Morrison4MN\/status\/1513525311211769856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And then, posing cheek-to-cheek with Congressman Phillips, with their masks scientifically dangling from the ears &#8211; perhaps waiting for word of Russian invasion?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Proud of my friend, Kelly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Morrison4MN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Morrison4MN<\/a> &#8211; DFL endorsed and our next Senator for SD45! Congrats to all the newly endorsed candidates in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MN03?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MN03<\/a>. I look forward to working closely with all of you on the road to November. Let\u2019s get ready! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lG96PDHq4D\">pic.twitter.com\/lG96PDHq4D<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dean Phillips (@deanbphillips) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deanbphillips\/status\/1513356679303372805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Good thing the #science is so settled&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So over the weekend, DFL representative Kelly Morrison, and other DFLers, ran a loooong series of tweets from her district (SD45, the far west &#8216;burbs) endorsing convention on Saturday. Looks like a typical bunch of urban DFLers; masked up like bank robbers: I mean, their healthcare decision, their business. I don&#8217;t tell them what to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[416,320,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid19","category-mndfl","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81530,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81529\/revisions\/81530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}