In light of the recent threat to our campaign HQ and a steady escalation of death threats, we're increasing safety measures to protect Omar Fateh, his family, & our campaign. We need to raise $10,000 more than we'd planned to cover critical security needs. secure.actblue.com/donate/fateh...

🗣️ Two dates, one goal: Elect a pro-labor park board! 💚 Our endorsed slate is READY to build a pro-worker, pro-youth, pro-climate justice future for Minneapolis. JOIN US on October 12 or November 1 — and bring a friend! 👉 Sign up at bit.ly/proparks

Alycat, a beloved member of our Minneapolis trans & organizing community, is celebrating her 50th birthday & needs some mutual aid support for rent & living expenses goal: $1,000 she shows up for us, lets show up for her ✊❤️

also skipped: answering sahan journal on whether or not the city should contract with jerry mcafee for violence prevention work

updated patriotic symbol

I’ve never seen any of the Back to the Future movies.

The answer to a question in the headline is always ‘no,’ but Tolkkinen finds it hard to argue against cheap labor.

People... are allowed to come up with mean names for inanimate objects. If you compare this practice to racial slurs, I'm going to think you believe people of other races hold the same concrete significance and value as inanimate objects. This is one of those slips that does not look good on anyone.

it's pretty wild to be doing "stop being racist to my computer friend" discourse when the forces of Actual Racism are totally ascendant in government and inventing new ways to arrest people for their skin color every day

Are yall ever just sitting around and out of the blue you remember — again — that all of this is because of ONE Black President?!! Just the one!!

Being passionate about Taylor Swift is like being passionate about Bed, Bath & Beyond. There's nothing there. Just marketing and brand identity and hollow, acquisitive greed.

Election day is 1 month from today! This year, we have a historic opportunity to re-elect our progressive majority on City Council and elect a new mayor who can help them deliver the change residents have been demanding for eight years!

also, in his testimony about the credentials committee ousting the 80+ robin wonsley supporting delegates at the ward 2 convention, john wall said he couldn’t recall how he voted there 🙃

i would like to see strib cover brian strahan lying about his residence too, which we’ve been covering since BEFORE the convention, where he lied onstage, but even if they do, it’s way too late to begin to look into this stuff and cover it when early voting has already begun.

shelley madore admits to the strib to renting a ward 2 apartment in january just to run for office alternate headline: strib finally covers residency issues in ward 2, doesn’t mention john wall faking his address to influence the convention www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...

Strib has its issues but it still has Andy Mannix who details Kegseth’s continued ineptitude. One of Miller’s dudes for good measure. They’re vile fascists but also clowns. www.startribune.com/trump-offici...

200 images! Snapped ”in a crowded, public location where there would be no reasonable expectation of privacy.“ These fuckers are evil & inept! www.startribune.com/editors-note...

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Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

"Our nation is incredibly divided right now, and the last thing we need is someone standing up and further dividing us with statements based on facts."

In both the Payne and Moriarty cases, they campaigned on radical change and were elected by a majority of people who presumably wanted them to do what they said they’d do. Now that they are doing what they said they’d do, the people pushing against it are generally not their constituents 🤷‍♀️

Something is wrong in the "moderate" DFL universe when the new norm is taking money from Trump megadonors, running a coalition of candidates propped up by millions from PACs, and participating in this Minneapolis-bashing propaganda doc to be aired on Hubbard-owned KSTP.

The only "AI" I'm interested in is "AY I...'m walkin here!!!"

Cool low carbon commutes for he, infinite fields of anti-unhoused rubble and fences for thee.

Avery Brooks is 77 today

Anti-Frey folks @mplsforthemany.com with a well-designed & sourced oppo dump on former suburban legislator Shelly Madore, running against @ward2.minneapolismn.gov in Ward 2. The McDonald’s thing is weird but “defunding Minneapolis roads” is chef’s kiss. www.shelleymadore.com

Shutdown rules aren’t neutral. They favor agencies aligned with GOP priorities, while those aligned with Democratic priorities bear the brunt of furloughs. Furlough Rates: EPA: 89% Dept. of Education: 86% Dept. of Labor: ~75% DHS / ICE / CBP: ~0% Bad incentives → biased outcomes.

Psst, ask the booksellers for the signs, they're behind the desk.

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

Every time I’ve been to a hospital I’ve noticed incredibly passionate and professional immigrants at every level of care, from janitorial staff to nurses to midwives to MDs. I *quite literally* want my taxes to pay for people to be cared for and not die.

Food Safety (USA): Check your fridge! Wholesale Produce Supply of Minneapolis, MN, is recalling fresh cut/processed cantaloupe & mixed fruit products, after tests showed contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. Over 25 products are subject to the recall. FDA's list: www.fda.gov/safety/recal...

The rumors are true: Boneshaker is headed to a new location! We need your help to dig up our bones and move on over to 26th and Lyndale. We're hoping to raise $15,000 total, $6k of that by 10/17. Learn more at bit.ly/boneshakermove and thank you for helping Boneshaker thrive!

Sept. 30 // Oct. 1

Melt all the guns and turn them into a vast army of little cat figurines

Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance. Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn. We have been sent here to fight for people.

A good time to re-read this Lucille Clifton poem, always a good time.

Pulled together some MPLS election 2025 resources for friends who aren't super tuned into local politics: endorsements, voter guides, etc. Thumbnail is the "rank all 3" sign via @mplsforthemany.com. Those friends maybe aren't on bsky, but feel free to share this on FB or LinkedIn(??) or whatever:

Today it is Truth and Reconciliation Day. It’s a great day for land back! It’s a great day for Jacob Frey to give @epni-urbanfarm.bsky.social the Roof Depot.

The revolution won’t be televised but the treason sure is

It's Flytrap Tuesday! co-founder @sesmith.lol writes about gun violence, the continued insistence that mass shootings are about mental illness, and how that supports eugenics approaches to neurodivergent and mentally ill people: the-flytrap.ghost.io/mental-illne...

I fully understand how difficult it is to remain focused on any one particular atrocity but this really ought to be a serious scandal and people need to pay heavy prices for this

lmfao I just realized that this is 1) an hour long, total 2) during dinner time 3) during the week. Family-friendly event my ass.

The state DFL overturning the Fateh endorsement and the state DFL tolerating the transphobia in the Feminist Caucus are two examples of the same problem - party leadership is by and large out of touch with the values and principles of everyday DFL voters.

we need a dfl party ready to meet the moment we're with a big tent rooted in our values people want a party and candidates they can vote for not just a boogeyman to vote against unfortunately I'm not seeing a dfl party to vote for let's change that. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

“Unity, not uniformity, must be our aim. We attain unity only through variety. Differences must be integrated, not annihilated, not absorbed.” - Mary Parker Follett Stop calling for unity when you really want uniformity.

The Minnesota DFL is hosting a Listening Tour in areas across the state. They're coming to Minneapolis on November 13 at 6:30 PM, at the Minneapolis Central Library. www.mobilize.us/dfl/event/83...

anyway life would be a lot better if people in positions of power took a good long hard look at themselves and asked "am i in this for the right reasons or do i just enjoy palling around with people much more powerful than me?" Would solve a lot of problems if people were honest about that.

update on jason garcia - they are out of the hospital now and at home, but medical appointments continue, and they will likely require another surgery in 2026. please contribute if you can and share among your networks! we are at 94% to goal! www.gofundme.com/f/support-ja...

We need a bigger tent, that’s why we must betray and expel the following types of people: