“Democrats should no longer fear the trans fight. Engage with voters, learn what they care about and design your messaging around that.”

What I love most about Jason Chavez’ campaign is how they worked—and succeeded!—at increasing turnout. They also spent resources on not just election literature, but on ensuring residents are armed w/info to protect ourselves and our neighbors in this terrifying era. One example of campaign lit:

Huge thank you to @omarfatehmn.com for all the kindness and support! The progressive movement in Minneapolis is alive and strong- let’s bring positive, people-centered change to the mayor’s office and the park board!

Whether it’s problems with vacant properties, problem businesses, negligent landlords, or any other issues it’s often impossible to get staff to take action and help residents because they only report to the Mayor and don’t feel like they need to respond to Council offices or residents.

Unfortunately, the Mayor has instilled a culture where staff often are not responsive to the public and where city staff often don’t even reply when you raise issues you’re hearing from residents.

But because we exist in a strong mayor system, all of the staff that we try to get to take action on people’s problems report to the Mayor.

The Mayor also leads a City where staff are not equipped or empowered to help residents. In my job we hear from residents everyday about problems that are happening, and then try to help people solve them.

I’m asking everyone to vote for a new Mayor by Tuesday and rank all 3 of Omar Fateh, Dewayne Davis, and Jazz Hampton in whichever order you prefer. I’ve worked at City Hall for the last 4 years and from my personal experiences I believe the City desperately needs a new mayor. Long thread 🧵

“This Republican alliance that conservative DFLers have been flirting with for the Minneapolis elections is short-sighted, and dangerous for the DFL” 💯

“We need the mayor to counter Trump” say donors who do not want to counter Trump

the jacob frey aligned PAC all of mpls is using a photo of him with sen tina smith on this mailer. tina smith did not endorse frey, and did not give permission for this photo with her in it to be used

the state DFL are holding a listening tour with chair richard carlbom next month and their only minneapolis stop, at the downtown central library, is already at capacity why aren't we using an MPS school for this like we do our conventions? they have big auditoriums and free parking too

"inadequate leadership rooted in personal ambition, in moral blindness, in ideological purity" That sums up my problems with Frey quite well.

If you can’t attend, the forum will be livestreamed at lwvmpls.org and a recording will be available after. Thank you all for all your support!

Community! I’ll be making my first appearance for a candidate forum tomorrow at the Minneapolis Central Library, for a forum hosted by LWV Minneapolis! Candidates from Districts 2, 4, and 6 will be on stage together at 3pm with At-Large and Districts 1, 3, and 5 to follow.

"all three other people in the race-who vary in their ideologies- have all agreed that i am a bad mayor. this is why you should support me"

It’s mostly that, with ancillary effect of raising cost of running. btw in the south all at-large was a common way to maintain white majority power — they’d get 100% of seats — until it wasn’t.

There are so many bad things coming down the pike from an already-conservative Charter commission, but backed by a conservative City Council, they will likely approve at-large Council seats simply to raise the cost of entry to Shaffer heights … and the $250k Shaffer raised might be small potatoes.

tonight: the league of women voters hosts a board of estimate and taxation forum at the downtown library, 6pm. candidates steve brandt, eric harris bernstein and bob fine are all invited to participate, with a meet and greet afterwards

it doesn't count that strib fixed it only after people complained. they should've known better in the first place, and plus, did this already go to print with "haters"? bsky.app/profile/mpls...

"you want to hold a politician accountable for making a promise to end homelessness in 5 years that he failed to do? HATER! you want to hold a politician accountable for saying no knock warrants were banned when they weren't and a man was killed? HATER!"

critics of the mayor are not "haters." this strib framing minimizes issues and concerns people have about him, and using slang terms like "haters" is frey-friendly language because this is what his supporters say in response to people bringing up valid issues "you're just a hater"

Palmisano effectively avoided answering the question meaningfully, just like the city avoids responding to the problem meaningfully. She said the city is partnering better with the county; I’m curious what commissioners Fernando or Conley would say about that take www.hennepind2.com/statements/2...

This is an odd response in light of the thank you email mpd chief O’Hara received from federal agents drive.google.com/file/d/1wzYe...

finally updated my all of mpls blog with the september 2025 finance report to include every donor this year. a lot more big contributions than the june report! i'll highlight some notable ones in a thread here - taylordahlin.com/f/who-is-fun...

I hope we all keep in mind that the Frey dehumanization era of homelessness policy in Mpls disproportionately harms Native people and POC. The core is racism. The policies and actions are racist.

Wow. For so many people, this is one of the key moments in "I hate the Mayor" lore and the way they were activated. His total about-face on homelessness is one of the clearest narratives on how Frey is driven by grievance. Incredible work by Taylor actually digging up the video after all these years

When they view neighborhoods as drive in destinations for suburbanites; losing essential services for communities that live there is a secondary concern. Entertainment becomes the measuring stick. They see that income as the only way to “sustain” poorer areas. Instead of addressing root causes.

If you were out in the streets today, thanks. If you left feeling inspired, please seek out local ways that you can keep organizing with others.

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents. I did it because the government isn’t. This is what I found.

Yes! Our collective shrug at survivors puts all the “tough on crime” rhetoric right into the bin. If we don’t materially and instrumentally support people who have survived violence then all that’s left is punishment for punishment’s sake (and/or, perhaps: feeding our own turbulent imaginations)

irene fernando's email to jacob frey re: mariah samuels. october is domestic violence awareness month, fernando wants to know what city will do "If I am unable to receive engagement directly from you as a fellow elected official, then how can I trust that you are responsive to my neighbors?"

hennepin county commissioner irene fernando sent an email to mayor frey about a letter she sent him back on 9/17, days after mariah samuels was murdered by her partner. this letter was partially seeking information from him such as the timeline from the city's and MPD's perspective

At the Ward 8 for a New Mayor rally last Saturday, Commissioner Angela Conley said the county's been trying to work with the mayor on homelessness for seven years and he's shut them out.

at the mpls for the many press conference both mayor frey's campaign spokesperson and all of mpls staffer were there, handing out pieces of paper to the media with i presume their talking points. and they aren't supposed to be coordinating, but they can do this right in front of the media

This is valuable for media/communicators & consumers for media literacy in these times.

It’s hard to overstate how incredible @jchavezmpls.bsky.social was at the Ward 9 forum on Monday night. Besides being a gifted public speaker, he demonstrated over and over that he views unhoused people and people who use drugs as fully human and fully worthy of housing and health and life.

Why are clearance rates important? The person is caught. High clearance rates, not long punishment, is the best deterrent to crime. And we sometimes see multiple incidents of gun violence which could have been prevented had the person been caught the first time.

“The breast cancer incidence rate in women under 50 has been rising faster than in women over 50. Women with early onset breast cancer are more likely to have an aggressive form of cancer, more likely to die, and have poorer survival rates.” lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/Fil...

How can media & organizers push back against criminalizing narratives? A discussion of how to advance narratives that undermine authoritarianism & increase solidarity geared to media, journos & movement communicators; open to all Wed. Oct 15 2-3PM www.interruptingcriminalization.com/events/all/f...

another issue with john wall is caucusing and being on credentials committee that ousted robin wonsley delegates in ward 2 despite a primary residence in the suburbs, which i have exclusively reported here after sitting through the entire 5 hour hearing taylordahlin.com/f/john-walls...

So fucking grim and also a very normal indifference to human life from cops and jails

A single mom in the Duluth area is in need of community care. She is navigating challenging times & was laid off from her job. She needs funds to maintain her housing & to cover basic needs. Please consider contributing or reposting. I will update progress and share screenshots for accountability.🌻

I was honored to represent Robin Wonsley and Michael Wilson. I admire them for their commitment to the hard, necessary work ahead of us and required of us. I got fired from a good job for taking this case, and yet I wouldn't change a thing. Thank you, Robin and Michael, for fighting for Minneapolis.

ladies love looking into PACs and campaign finance i talked to kelly rogers for her piece too! please read this! @kellyrogers.bsky.social racketmn.com/meet-the-big...

Apply this language to higher levels of government in this country and see how it sounds: "the executive is having his allies push to change the constitution so that he can hire whoever he wants to lead vital executive departments, with no confirmation vote from the legislative branch."

Important letter urging the Hill & Lake Press to stop being the Hill & Lake Press.

counter-counterpoint: jacob frey is not minneapolis, much as he tries to pretend he is with "TEAM MPLS" campaign shirts, and they can't gaslight us into thinking he as an elected is intrinsically tied to the success of the city. they really want us thinking he's holding the barbarians at the gates

Happy to be supporting @efornorth.bsky.social - her answer follows Warren’s answer

ward 7 neighbors in bryn mawr have launched a community letter to the hill and lake press, a free community newspaper serving the lakes area, regarding their bias and preference shown towards elizabeth shaffer in violation of journalistic ethics docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...