Awwwoooooooo (election edition).

Ward 13: We can write-in a favorite neighbor/dog/cheese or just “Not Linea.” Go vote!

“I refuse to have my last words to my children before they walk into that school building be a goodbye.” - Grace Peck, a Wyoming @momsdemand.bsky.social volunteer bit.ly/3X1xwJ4

My fellow Minneapolis born and raised people: don’t do this. Soren is one of the best community builders in our city, and he wants to keep making Minneapolis even better. Vote for him!

If this mid-demo scope revision happened to a normal real estate project, the project manager, the PR dept, or both would be fired.

Because we can’t afford a third term of Jacob Frey. Get the facts about Jacob Frey before you vote: buff.ly/ok2vH4D

Mayor Frey refuses to strengthen the city’s separation ordinance, using the assassination of Melissa Hortman to justify it. If the Mayors office insists on revisiting 6/14, ok. Let’s talk about MPD’s completely incompetent response and failure to protect legislators. Zero of whom support him.

I'm blown away by all the people who showed up to the No Kings Rally today. We can make our democracy work again, and I want to be your mayor to do just that.

This rally had everything: Small children. Organized Anarchists. Dogs dressed as people. People dressed as dogs. So many frogs.

As a violence prevention advocate, I wish more LE & government used the lens of Mary Moriarty & the Hennepin Cty Atty’s Office: center victims; take action upstream to stop violence before it happens again. If MPD’s approach is the only one we’re using, we’ll never stop intimate partner violence.

I generally don't do long threads on here, but if you'll all allow it, a longer thought: A CALL FOR MORE ANTI-ICE POETRY, MUSIC, VISUAL ART, AND BEYOND

We’re pushing @governorwalz.mn.gov & MN leaders for an assault weapons ban because that’s what the Annunciation parents and community want. Doing anything less is, well, stupid.

This could only be true if Frey's critics somehow tricked him into lying about banning no-knock warrants, issuing more vetoes of council majority votes than any mayor, appointing political patronage failures in important city staff positions, alienating civil servants,

In the vast majority of states, guns that came from other states and were recovered from crime scenes mostly came from red states. www.pbump.net/o/the-red-st...

It’s soup season!

"Nationally, research indicates the laws have also prevented an estimated 2,500 suicides in the past six years, when the vast majority of all petitions were filed." - Jeffrey Meitrodt www.startribune.com/red-flag-gun...

For 7 years, Mayor Frey has lied. He lied about no-knock warrants and Amir Locke died. He lied and said there were only 27 unhoused people in the city—facts prove him wrong. He even vetoed the Uber/Lyft wage bill after vowing to support it. Minneapolis needs a leader, not a liar.

@momsdemand.bsky.social MN asked DeWayne Davis (the faith leader) to address their rally calling on the Minn Legislature to pass #guncontrol legislation in a special session. Hear his call to action, know that change is possible, and we don't have to live like this. @dewayneforminneapolis.com

There’s a broad coalition of new faces and young families with @momsdemand.bsky.social rallying for a special session. @governorwalz.mn.gov Minnesotans demand an assault weapons ban!

Thank you, @governorwalz.mn.gov - Minnesotans deserve to be safe from assault weapons!!!

We cannot solve the problem of gun violence without addressing the prevalence, accessibility and lethality of the firearms themselves. While we need to find ways to reduce individuals' ability and desire to commit violent acts, we must also address the instruments of that violence: guns themselves.

About 100 Minneapolis students walked from their schools to the memorial at Annunciation School, and that’s what made me cry today. They deserve better.

Yesterday it was our neighborhood. Today, it might be yours. Ban assault weapons. Universal background checks. Extreme risk protection orders. Strengthen ATF enforcement. Enough is enough. @momsdemand.bsky.social @everytown.bsky.social

School shootings feel different when it’s in your own neighborhood. It’s okay to not be okay, fellow Minneapolis residents. Community vigil tonight at 8:00pm in Lynnhurst Park.

It’s been a deadly 24 hours in south Minneapolis, and I’m thinking of the many victims and our community. We don’t have to live this way. Join me at www.momsdemandaction.org to be part of the solution with @everytown.bsky.social

“Get in, loser: We're doing our own research on vaccines and potentially catastrophic parasites popping up in states near you!” Gift link: defector.com/make-america...

One of the most offensive and tone deaf statements ever from the DFL party chair. He talks about broadening the coalition when he just kicked so many of us out of it by caving to the donors and insiders who have been pressuring him over the people who actually show up. dfl.org/cbrc_decision/

MPD does NOT need your $. As of March 2025, since Frey took office in 2018, the city had paid out $73.4 MILLION in claims & lawsuits. Those figures only cover his first 6.5 years in office. Odds are they'll top $75M this year.

Awwwwwwwoooo

Mpls councilmembers like @jchavezmpls.bsky.social @aurinmpls.bsky.social and @aishaforward10.com are the leadership we need in this moment. CM Palmisiano, stop calling them liars & start taking notes.

The oldest actor in Death! The Musical, a charming way to spend 70 minutes, is starting high school this month. It poses 2 questions: what happens after death, and did you squander your middle school years?

Didn’t have the radicalization of the r/handbag community on my bingo board, but here we are. My fellow basic b*£€#es are ready to revolt at this news, and it’s not good for anyone else, either.

Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.

Congress must pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act—an important step forward in holding law enforcement accountable. This bill would require officers to intervene in cases of excessive force and empower states to investigate patterns of misconduct.

Materials Science 101, aka “Rocks for Jocks”. It was my single required science class (psych and org sci didn’t count!) and surprisingly relevant to being a PM in real estate today.

Dear Purple Unicorn Sweatshirt, size 5T, I still miss your soft silken interior and the lavender shade that only looks good on brunettes. I miss not knowing about the intractable passage of time more. Those tears when my mom said you were “too small” or I was “too big” weren’t about my own vanity.

This week has highlighted that Mayor Frey continues to be unable or unwilling to take action on his promises of police reform and assumes residents aren’t paying attention to see through the lies. (1/5)

Powerful breakfast meeting with fellow twin mom and real-life superhero Angela Ferrell-Zabala, executive director of Moms Demand Action. We’re all stronger together! @momsdemand.bsky.social

Eat cake, fight fascism.

Spending my cabin weekend with a different set of twins and as many Amish country stores as I can find.

is this populism? cutting social services and replacing immigrant labor with robots, the elderly, and people with disabilities?

Excited to attend my first Anti-Fascist Craft Night this weekend. (Frederick Douglas won’t be there.) www.antifascistcraftivists.org

It was great to join @swaempls.bsky.social at their recent event, The Mayor’s Record. Community members heard directly from current and former city staff, as well as community leaders, about how the Mayor has failed to build an equitable city for all residents over his eight-year tenure.

🚨 ACTION ALERT: In order to line the pockets of gun industry allies, Senate Republicans tucked a measure into the budget bill to repeal federal taxes on gun silencers, short-barreled shotguns and rifles, and other deadly weapons. Today, the bill passed through the Senate and now heads to the House.

This year, as we celebrate Pride, we can look back on ten years of marriage equality. Pride has long been a joyful day in Minneapolis, but for all the progress we’ve made in Minnesota and across the country, we’ve seen a dangerous backlash, particularly targeting the trans community.

The federal consent decree over the City of Mpls has been dismissed. This means hundreds of police reforms that the City was supposed to be required to implement are now no longer legally binding. This is another detrimental impact of the Trump administration on our community.

Date night at the SWAE gathering on The Mayor’s Record. Remembering Amir Locke and other innocent victims of Mayor Frey’s MPD.

The news cycle is terrible because I read some horrific headline about what’s going on in the world, and then remember that while that’s happening, Republicans are ALSO taking health care and food stamps away from millions of Americans who need it.

Most people will never come close to having one million dollars. 1 Million seconds is ~12 days. 1 Billion seconds is ~32 years. Billionaires should not exist. It is a failure of society that they do. You can still be hella rich and not have a billion dollars.

An eleven year old child was shot and killed in North Minneapolis Folwell Park this afternooon.