JOSH MARTIN IS THE NEW CHAIR OF CD5!!!

delegates protesting to scott graham

Scott Graham had a long statement earlier about party unity and about respecting differences of opinion. When centrists say things like that, they often mean respecting centrist opinions rather than differences like this

Happy May Day! Thanks to our Twin Ports neighbors showing up to DFL precinct caucuses, we now have the distinction of sending a bunch of Socialists off to the Minnesota State DFL Convention! Now it's time to pass the hat and help our delegates make it down there. actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...

I don't say this lightly: Representative Emmer is a bully. I have watched him dehumanize and degrade our immigrant friends and neighbors, our Somali community, our LGBTQ+ community, I have watched him put literal children at risk because for little more than social media clout. It's shameful.

Jesus Christ, Ken!

As Chair and Vice Chair of the Minneapolis DFL, Eli Sherman and I, in order to put words into action, requested three things from the State DFL following the DFL Code of Conduct (CoC) Committee dismissing complaints of transphobia during a DFL Community Caucus meeting. 🧵

Jacob Frey promoted himself through gay signaling, leveraging the Big Gay Race and marriage equality with two wives and short short jorts in the Pride parade. He also always supported drug decriminalization. Now he’s selling out the LGBTQ community & setting the city back decades on public health.

Let's summarize acceptable and unacceptable conduct in the DFL: Killing people 🆗 Transphobic behavior 🆒 Fabricating evidence 👍 Expressing concern about people who have done those things ⛔🚫❌

The DFL suspended two party leafers for supposedly calling someone "transphobic bigot" and another "murderer." The problem is, they NEVER said those words. The COC Committee made up out of whole cloth these words. They were never said. Never written. Not online, not in a meeting. A total lie.

Also I should note that they are attempting to quash discussion of these matters by appending a note on their emails that reads: "This email and any attached documentation is not public information and must remain confidential as per the DFL Code of Conduct." The CoC says no such thing.

No one against whom a code of conduct complaint was made was allowed to see the evidence raised against us. All I received was a copy of the complaint. Others were given copies but none of the supporting documentation that was examined. This is a farce.

If you’re going to the CD5 convention, vote for Dex for CBRC

The Minnesota DFL has not one but TWO star chambers. So cool.

Today, I watched much of that work and progress go up in smoke. As Chair of Stonewall, I call on @dfl.org leadership to do the right thing and put this rogue, unaccountable, and harmful committee into the dustbin of history where it belongs.

It’s also a very clearly a deeply transphobic part of this party. I have been happy to work with DFL leadership and staff on making this party more accessible to and inclusive of trans, non-binary and intersex people since my re-election as Chair of Stonewall DFL.

It’s clear that the Code of Conduct Committee is a rogue committee that feels it can do whatever it would like without any consequence. It is a poisonous cabal slowly leeching any energy this party has to organize and creating division in our ranks that is not necessary.

A brief story: This morning a child went missing on the way to school in my neighborhood. Law enforcement and search and rescue were called, and also the networks we built for ICE Rapid Response. 1/2

last night the drama club from our North Minneapolis feeder middle school came to see 9 to 5. those children were in awe of their peers & couldn’t wait to be members of Camden Drama Club and be on our stage. this cut is truly devastating at so many levels. the community divestment is criminal.

Absolutely incredible. NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone. Watch with sound on.

Results are out and the left wing of the Michigan Democrats had a near total sweep today in Detroit. Out of 8 endorsements by the People’s Coalition, for instance, all but one won the party’s endorsement today. A victory like this for leftists & progressives was hard to imagine just a few years ago.

Today is 222 days since I filed my code of conduct complaint against the Feminist Caucus leadership with the code of conduct committee. It has been 213 days since a complaint was filed against me from the same meeting. I still have no resolution to either. We are well into convention season.

dave tilsen perhaps pleading his case to josh martin

Our ears are burning. As the newest conservative redbaiting project launches, we will continue our effective organizing, alongside everyone who wants to resist the rise of fascism and build a better world. And yes, absolutely we're in favor of abolishing ICE.

it’s always a tell when a group’s About Us page contains zero about who‘s running this. thehumphreyproject.com/about

An important gloss on this for outside-of-staters: this is the DFL faction that stood by and did nothing when our cities were occupied. They are attacking the politicians who risked their safety daily to protect my neighbors and expanded our imaginations about what elected leaders could do to help.

Council Member Shaffer was pretty unequivocal last month that Commissioner Barnette told her this was not happening.

Still in awe of how she more or less told our convention to rethink being so blue as if she thinks being... a DFLer is a liability. I get lefties can be obnoxious, but if she's not getting support in this frankly banal process, that's a Craig problem. She knows what a winning moderate looks like!

we have a problem with stalkers not being treated with the gravity this dangerous issue requires. sam sencer mura spoke of struggling to decide to run again after melissa hortman’s murder, this will drive away good public servants taylordahlin.com/f/emily-kosk... taylordahlin.com/f/jamison-wh...

This is an example of how our system is set up reactively not proactively. Police won't do shit until this man actively hurts someone, so until then, our electeds and volunteers get to deal with intense harassment in their daily lives. He never targets Frey though, so I guess no one will care.

This is yet another consequence both of Republican extreme lying ("DFL burned Minneapolis") and the utter failure of Traditional Media to call out Republicans for their systematic and strategic lying that fuels nutcakes like this

Does anyone want a ticket for the MN Frost hockey game TODAY? Puck drop at NOON at Grand Casino Arena, downtown St Paul. Name your price (including free), I just can't go and don't want the ticket to go to waste.

If you don't understand that everything that's happening to Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank is connected to what we're experiencing now, I honestly don't know what to tell you. It's precisely why it was important to stand up and do everything possible to oppose genocide.

Vote for Ayana!

Don't taco Tuesday this shit. Millions of people spent the day wondering if they would get vaporized, and no one in our government stood up to him. Nothing cutesy about it.

aaliyah is a teen activist in minnesota and she needs our support in a difficult personal time - her sister died, and her father was deported learn more about activism work: www.mprnews.org/story/2023/0... give if you can & please share! givebutter.com/support-aali...

Reminder that MNDoT is subsiding a $50M interchange at Hwy 36 and Lake Elmo Ave in Grant/ Lake Elmo with no zoning reforms while the inner metro governments squabbled for $93M for transit, roads, and bridges and face a $40M transit funding cut.

The House DFL Caucus held strong and didn't give one vote to the transphobic mess that the House GOP threw out today. Stonewall DFL will work to continue to ensure that our House and Senate DFL Caucus hold the line on trans rights here in Minnesota.

Stonewall DFL condemns the move on the floor from the House GOP Caucus that attempted to declare an urgency and pass the extremely bigoted and transphobic HF2685, which would force trans athletes to play on teams based on their "biological sex at birth" instead of their gender identity.

I think it's bad for the President to threaten to annihilate an entire culture and i do not think you are being alarmist if you take his threats seriously and literally.

You've already heard me talk about the importance of HCMC--to me, personally, to thousands of people who go there every year, to rural communities whose doctors & nurses & med staff have trained at HCMC. If this is important to you--sign on to the petition. Tell your story about why.

HCMC is too important to close. Sign our petition now and call on Minnesota lawmakers to create a dedicated revenue source to Save HCMC! www.careforhcmc.com

If your pastor is an agent of the government, you aren’t worshipping Jesus Christ, you are worshipping Empire. Happy Easter

Visiting birds today include cardinals, downy woodpeckers, and red winged blackbirds. #birds #birdfeeder

🎨Ryo Takemasa

The Biden administration really screwed up the federal student loan program by forcibly transferring borrowers into the SAVE repayment plan without consent. Then they killed off the REPAYE plan. SAVE was struck down by courts, putting millions (including me) into forbearance, unable to get out.

Because I see these as related. Most people don't think political parties care about them unless there is an election coming up. How do we show up in a different way that authentically supports community? Especially in non-election years? To me that answer lies in mutual aid!

Minneapolis Convention will be here before we know it. The caucus and conventions process is a beautiful demonstration of democracy. I am looking forward to gathering and engaging community! I will also be looking for your support. As I am running to be the next Vice Chair of the Minneapolis DFL!🧵

The Supreme Court did not strike down conversion therapy bans today. Not nationwide. Not in Colorado. Not anywhere. Here's what actually happened in Chiles v. Salazar—and why the coverage you're seeing serves the conservative legal movement more than it serves you.