AOC on possibly running for the Senate or President: They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, elected officials come and go, single payer healthcare is forever.

Bumpouts in progress.

TOMORROW, Saturday May 9th, at 11:00 am, come stop by the future West Lake Station to help celebrate the re-opened Cedar Lake and Kenilworth Trail loop! There will be activities throughout the corridor all day, but especially from 10-2. More details: www.metrotransit.org/open-trails

Three out of four of us at this Minneapolis fast food restaurant are unaccompanied young children (they are chatting and 4th and 5th grade, after school). 'It takes a village' and living in denser cities helps educate more independent youth.

here we go again, the new york times calling an increase of 115k jobs under Trump "solid" while it called similar or considerably bigger gains under Biden "disappointing" or "weak"

Minneapolis violence prevention nonprofit We Push for Peace is accused of misspending $6.5 million on luxury cars, Vegas trips and child support.

American families have now paid $25 billion *more* for gas since Trump’s war with Iran started. It’s not because the gas is better, or because you’re getting more. It’s because Trump got us into a war and has no plan to get us out.

The world has run out of VISA card numbers and we are recycling them now. I had this 2570 debit card many years ago, and Square saved that card number in my profile so I received automatic receipts. But now some other fella has their new debit card with my old card number. My checking not charged.

Our little Beefsteak Tomato 🍅 sprouts are looking good! Join your neighbors for the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board Community Plant Swap on Saturday, May 30! @jason4parks.bsky.social

BREAKING: A Key West couple was threatened with fines after painting their home's white fence pickets in rainbow colors to protest the removal of the city’s rainbow crosswalks. Today, we filed a federal lawsuit to protect their First Amendment rights.

Last week, @democrats.org were on the ground in East Las Vegas, co-hosting a bilingual Know Your Rights event with community partners and leaders. Our staff brought together folks to learn about voter protection resources and opportunities to lead ahead of the midterms.

My parents let me walk to McDonald’s, the baseball field, video rental store, and bagel shop around age 12. Biggest friction was lack of walkable neighborhood, both low density and traffic safety.

Armed ICE agents at polling places is voter intimidation. Full stop. This is Trump's promised 'Day of Retribution' in action.

I grew up on food stamps. I know unexpected expenses can mean painful choices, like gas to get to work or heat at night. Trump doesn’t get this. He raises your costs and acts proud.

NEW: 404 Media’s experimentation with Haotian AI marks the first time a journalist has managed to test this deepfake software to see how it really works. What did we learn? Haotian AI demonstrates its tool as a way to impersonate at least one US police department. And it's extremely effective.

New from 404 Media: we've obtained a copy of the Chinese-language realtime deepfake software powering scams around the world. For weeks I spoke to these scammers, sent them photos of my face to build a deepfake. We reveal how it works. Impacts WhatsApp, Teams, Zoom www.404media.co/hello-boss-i...

I joined NY’s Cutest on the Bergen Bike Bus that they ride to school every Wednesday, rain or shine. We’re adding bike boulevards and more pedestrian space on Bergen and Dean Street, from Court Street to East New York Ave. It was a wonderful kind of day.

At the Minneapolis DFL Convention on April 18, our delegates endorsed a "no" vote on this proposal by the Charter Commission to eliminate certain council confirmations. By a one vote margin, this proposal was denied. Thank you to everyone who engaged in this process. Onward!

If only every elected loved and respected children like this and fought to protect them.

I lobbied on this bill and am thankful to leadership that the final fines language exempts categories like safety and property damage, as well as repeat violations. For example, cleaning the pool after a broken glass violation is thousands of dollars.

Both the House and Senate have passed a bill establishing new limits on HOAs, including caps on fines (with exceptions). It now heads to the governor’s desk for final approval.

In this house, we believe every worker has the right to a 20% discount on labor, Marxism, and political science books in the month of May. This is an annual sale!

Come with me to help our local Daisy Scouts get their government badge in Queens! 🍪 (🎥✨ Trying out vlogging for the first time - let me know your thoughts/tips/tricks!)

The federal government has turned over evidence from the shooting death of Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross to a magistrate judge in U.S. District Court for Minnesota, according to an attorney involved in a case tangential to Ross. www.startribune.com/federal-gove...

Proud to introduce Minneapolis' local gun safety legislative package — the S.A.F.E. Ordinance (Sensitive Areas, Assault Weapons, Facsimile Firearms, and Enforcement) — which passed unanimously at Committee of the Whole. Final vote at Full Council: May 7. 🧵

Andrea Pedro-Francisco, who has been in ICE detention since February while suffering intense pain from a tennis ball-sized ovarian cyst, has been denied humanitarian parole. minnesotareformer.com/briefs/ice-d...

For context, here is @maxnesterak.bsky.social 's initial reporting on her situation. She was arrested by ICE just a week before she was supposed to have surgery to remove the cyst. minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/16/i...

I feel left out of my family. I did not receive the spearphishing email when my aunt’s email account was hacked recently. Just learning about this now.

“Working in the U.S., we always know how many people have died,” Dean's Medalist Elizabeth Wrigley-Field (UMN Sociology) shares. “But we don’t always know the characteristics of people who have died — or what their loss represents.” 🔗: https://ow.ly/ulxo50YTsmR

Rode the Bergen Bike Bus today to make a big announcement: We’re redesigning Bergen Street and Dean Street, from Court Street to East New York Ave — adding new bike boulevards and more pedestrian space. Safer rides to school for New York City kids coming soon.

what a coalition! having progressives and centrists in agreement demonstrates exactly why this proposal is such a bad move not surprised to see elizabeth shaffer did not sign on, she seems to see her role as a rubber stamp to the mayor's appointees

Sherman Associates is seeking exclusive development rights for the ‘Guthrie Liner Parcel’ at 800 Washington Avenue South, at the corner with Chicago Avenue. This lot is used as a City of Minneapolis parking lot for the Mill City Farmers Market on market days. conradzbikowski.org/updates/new-...

For autistics, "Too much noise & clutter & stimulation can be exhausting, painful & impossible." It is better to "be able to spend some time in an environment where we can control our sensory input, and not have to filter anything for a while." @oolong.co.uk: thinkingautismguide.com/2019/02/star...

The Zepbound television advertisement has a product warning about do not reuse needles. That’s fucking dark when you think about what’s going on.

Mentioned this 4 months ago, I believe the appointee’s term would run through January 2029, meaning the appointee would run in the regular 2028 election cycle.

DOJ is going to start putting out those help wanted flyers on telephone poles with the little cut out tabs u can tear off with the phone number on them

Can't help but laugh at RFK telling me all the things I already know about SSRIs like this is some secret the medical establishment doesn't want me to know. Yeah buddy, it has side effects. It also has the effect of keeping me alive and able to leave my house. I've done the math.

I attended public schools throughout K12 in the north metro. I feel like I reached my apogee with calculus in senior year of high school. I flunked the first semester of Calculus 2, and skipped the second semester because my graduation requirement was already met. www.chalkbeat.org/2026/05/05/u...

Car dependency is a modern California birthright. Read my travel dispatch from Orange County, originally written in March and delayed publication because more timely news needed to come first. Thank you to my editor and fellow writers! streets.mn/2026/05/05/t...

The thing is OMS is not over. In one breath, government counsel says that OMS is over, really, believe us. In the next declaration, they share there are still 300 surged ICE agents that are more than before December last year. It's not over until ICE is abolished and people can live in peace.

So many young candidates and young elected officials are discounted in the opinions of the media and voting public while this 79-year-old racist goon can have everybody chuckle at how near death he is.

For decades we’ve had school shootings and seen government do nothing. I’m proud that today we passed my bill to ban assault weapons for the first time in MN history. We can never bring back Harper & Fletcher, but today we can say we did all we could to make sure no family endures this ever again.

Gas prices aren't high enough yet, considering how many people I see idling in their cars all over the place, and how frequently I still hear people drag racing.

My former teacher Mike Hazard and I had lunch today on East Bank and he shared the final collection of Wellstone documentary DVDs. If you would like a hard copy disc, email me at [email protected]. I uploaded a high-fidelity YouTube video as well. Original documentary from 2005. youtu.be/a3WekC7iUDI

Trump suggests he'll do a third term: When I get out of office in, let's say, 8 or 9 years from now...

Democrats are overperforming and WINNING in races up and down the ballot all over the country. November is coming.

Thank you @mauratwit.bsky.social and also, thank you Southside. As Mara pointed out, I uploaded all my images from May Day yesterday to the “Community Events” section of my website. They are all available for folks to use how they would like for non-commercial purposes.

Trump Ratchets Up Rhetoric Against Snoopy https://theonion.com/trump-ratchets-up-rhetoric-against-snoopy/

ICE staff have injured dozens of detainees since Trump entered office, causing fractures, broken arms, seizures, head injuries, and dislocated shoulders.