{"id":89135,"date":"2025-01-24T08:39:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T14:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=89135"},"modified":"2025-01-24T08:41:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T14:41:28","slug":"almost-like-they-never-left-or-started-or-did-much-of-anything-useful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=89135","title":{"rendered":"Almost Like They Never Left.  Or Started.  Or Did Much Of Anything Useful."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hey, look!\u00a0 Governor Walz is back to playing governor!<\/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\">Our 2025 Infrastructure Plan invests in: \u00a0<br><br>&#8211; Clean drinking water <br>&#8211; Modern infrastructure <br>&#8211; Public safety <br>&#8211; Safe and affordable housing <br>\u00a0<br>It\u2019s a plan that will make Minnesota the best state to live and work. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RG9ykuui4c\">pic.twitter.com\/RG9ykuui4c<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovTimWalz\/status\/1882583586097992098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, hey, look who showed up!  The guy who\u2019s been governor for six years!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The guy who squandered an $18 billion surplus.<\/p>\n<p>The governor under whom our water is dirtier and more expensive, our infrastructure is more aged, public is less safe and housing is less affordable (except for the occasional market valuation crash, which goes back to the &#8220;less safe&#8221; thing) than it was in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>What did national voters know that Minnesota voters don\u2019t?<\/p>\n<p>But hey &#8211; at least the Governor is getting back to something akin to his actual job.\u00a0 My &#8220;representative&#8221;, Samakab Hussein [1], tweeted yesterday:<\/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\">I met with Rep. Dave Pinto, co-chair of the House Committee on Labor, Workforce, and Economic Development, to discuss my top priorities for this session.<br><br>I\u2019m especially excited to work alongside Representative Dave Pinto, who has been a mentor to me over the last two years.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6rzTvOpCir\">pic.twitter.com\/6rzTvOpCir<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rep. Samakab Hussein \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@samakabforhouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/samakabforhouse\/status\/1882493331902431269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Uh, that&#8217;d be <em>former co-chair Pinto<\/em>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unless we&#8217;re making up new titles for each other now.\u00a0 If that&#8217;s the case, I&#8217;ll take &#8220;First Sea Lord&#8221; and maybe &#8220;Anna Kendrick&#8217;s boyfriend&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deal?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, uh, &#8220;work&#8221;?\u00a0 He did a zoomer with another DFL that&#8217;s playing hooky.\u00a0 Even <em>if <\/em>they talked the business of their fictional committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[1] Say what you will, Hussein is a better rep than his predecessor, Rena Moran.  It&#8217;s a low bar indeed, but never let it be said I won&#8217;t tell the truth. <\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, look!\u00a0 Governor Walz is back to playing governor! Well, hey, look who showed up! The guy who\u2019s been governor for six years! The guy who squandered an $18 billion surplus. 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