i am in zoom court for DFL CD8 chair cynthia "cyndy" martin's plea hearing for her charge of criminal vehicular homicide for the death of carter haithcock

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it’s not mean to state facts. it is a fact that cyndy martin hit and killed a teenager with her car and it is a fact that she is now facing criminal charges for what she did the DFL needs to stop protecting her. now people are advocating against transparency to protect her?!?

it’s all very minnesotan to talk around the problem and pretend that accurately describing facts is “toxic” and “outrageous” but no one says anything about the woman facing criminal charges for killing a teenager with her car i think keeping someone like that in leadership is toxic and outrageous

I am a citizen and so are majority of Somalis in America. Good luck celebrating a policy change that really doesn’t have much impact on the Somalis you love to hate. We are here to stay 💁🏽‍♀️

Trump has no more power to cut off Somali TPS (whether in one state or nationwide) before its March 17, 2026, expiration date than he has to spell our governor's name correctly. But we should also understand that only 705 Somalis are approved for TPS nationwide, presumably fewer in Minnesota.

Defend our local striking Sbux workers!

I have a harder and harder time justifying having lefty queer people in general engage with a party that is so hostile to them. I hope we can find a way to bring them in to not just Stonewall, but the party as a whole. It’s not too late, but we don’t have a lot of time left either. It’s now or never

I said initially I wouldn’t really make public comment on what’s unfolded from COC tonight, but I’ve changed my mind. I’ve talked with Chair Carlbom and DFL staff about my fears of the Feminist Caucus impacting how much queer people engage with the party.

Decorum is a bigger deal than killing someone with your car. At least according to DFL leadership. 🤡🤡🤡

What's very funny is that, since being convicted of a traffic offense that resulted in a crash that killed someone, that Cory guy has had three more speeding convictions and a cellphone conviction!

“How can anyone believe in the ethics of the DFL when someone like this can remain in multiple party leadership positions, especially one determining appropriate conduct in the party?” taylordahlin.com/f/the-dfls-c...

People should be allowed to have a THC seltzer if they want to

"I hear what you say, but I trust what you do.” - @elitalksmpls.bsky.social

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We asked Richard to show up and listen and what we got was a corporate presentation about branding followed by evasive answers that absolutely did not meet the moment. When I met Richard for the first time two months ago, I told him this party was a ticking bomb and it's already starting to blow.

It's #TransgenderAwarenessWeek! Now more than ever, our union remains committed to protecting the rights of our trans students and educators so they can be their authentic selves and pursue their dreams.

The entire party is shielding her from any and all accountability. But I’m the villain cause I keep bringing it up. Why can’t I just be quiet and “go along to get along”. I’m the problem for speaking out. So leadership hates me. The DFL has an ethics & integrity problem and I’m not gonna shut up.

DFL Chair Richard Carlbom needs to adjust his approach to leading the party, or else he risks the possibility of a republican winning a statewide race in MN for the first time in twenty years

you don’t need due process to ask someone to resign from a powerful party post!! completely unrelated shit!!

Due process is to figure out how long she goes to jail for. It has nothing to do with keeping leadership positions in a political party. She clearly has poor judgment. There has to be someone better on CD8 to lead. I refuse to believe she’s the only person who can run a zoom meeting.

richard carlbom was asked about cyndy martin remaining on the CRBC and basically said “due process exists in this country.” i don’t think there is any dispute cyndy martin hit and killed that teenager with her car and didn’t call 911 until the next morning, regardless of the criminal trial

I really have the best Senator and I am bummed she is stepping down. Please remember to vote to keep this Senate seat PROGRESSIVE!

It’s important in negotiations to give up your leverage. This way, you are guaranteed to lose.

caucus night, famously on a friday lmao off to a great start

If I had a nickel for every time Scott got kicked out of a convention/election this year….

Hi Minnesotan Bluesky: The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party. Join me: abetterdfl.org.

LOVE that the DFL CD5 chair openly admits that he flaunts election law. Fuck you, Scott.

this is CD5 DFL chair Scott Graham. who called a Jewish man a Nazi at the Minneapolis DFL convention, used minivan to look up Sam Doten’s address, destroyed a woman’s career w/ false allegations of cheating, and referred to a room of Black delegates as “u ppl”. is this what “polite” looks like?

a lot of minnesotans have this mistaken impression that they can break rules as long as they are "polite" and "nice" about it, not even realizing that the very act of trying to break rules is in fact inherently rude, boundary pushing behavior

Ah, I'm glad you weren't the recipient of that, but still unacceptable nonetheless! It is embarrassing and politically problematic that a DFL CD chair just admitted online to illegally skulking around every voting precinct in the ward.

did u know that CD5 DFL chair, Scott Graham, was not only Perall Warren’s campaign manager, he *also* chaired the shit show that was ward 5 DFL convention. Scott Graham was also one of the main challengers to the Mpls DFL convention, led the platform to kick DSA out of the DFL & stalked Sam Doten.

My CD Chair got kicked out of a polling place yesterday. Embarrassing.

I did not have “Mighty Ducks actor calls out Frey staffer for using a Ducks movie gif, rejects Frey, and cheers on Omar“ on my bingo card. Danny Tamberelli is a legend.

Rules don’t really matter but if a progressive breaks them we will not only enforce them but run to the newspaper and flood them with negative coverage

Don't forget to join me and Congresswoman @ilhanmn.bsky.social to early vote tomorrow at 980 E Hennepin Ave at 12pm! We can't wait to see you there: www.mobilize.us/omarfatehfor...

Minneapolis is fired up and ready to elect a new mayor on Tuesday

And yet, if we retweet an endorsed candidate's post, and don't notice a tiny image of Sen. Fateh on a piece of lit on someone's hand, the state DFL immediately sends a tantrum email to demand the post be removed.

Sometimes I think people forget that, in 2021 Rent Control got more votes than Jacob Frey did.

Don't forget to join me, @ilhanmn.bsky.social and Jewish Voice for Peace Action to rally, and doorknock tomorrow at 12pm! Bring an item to donate to our neighbors experiencing food insecurity and organize for a more affordable and accountable city! Sign up here: www.mobilize.us/omarfatehfor...

Conservatives talking about how poor people shouldn’t be able to buy junk food on food stamps.. Well, I don’t think billionaires should be able to buy 14-year-olds on private islands. And yet…

"I worry that three candidates forming a voting bloc for RCV...will be a form of cheating...forming a voting bloc to give yourself an unfair advantage feels like dishonesty" Frey allies adopting the Trump playbook and priming the pump to claim fraud if he loses. www.startribune.com/mpls-stp-ele...

Why are veils the worst! They all look like bug netting and they are also so ugly and I don’t understand how I’m supposed to find one that actually looks cute . Who started this ridiculous tradition! I hate them all!

Why did Jacob Frey delete his electronic communications from the day that MPD collaborated with an ICE action on Lake St in Minneapolis? What did he say? What did he learn? What did he direct? Our public officials should not be destroying the official records of their actions.

After all of this completely bat shit insane discourse, when the next national election comes around and you all are begging Taylor to endorse again… 🙄 We have a huge ally but the chronically online would rather pretend she’s problematic and drag her so they can feel morally superior. It’s idiotic.

Has AI done anything positive? Because all I see is it taking away creativity from people so we have more time to toil in the mines. Why isn’t AI doing cool medical advancements? Why are we having it steal/rearrange shitty scripts?

If a Republican could win in Minneapolis, then this is what their donor base would look like.

We won! Following three weeks of legal proceedings and over five hours in court, the judge found Wayzata-based Minneapolis landlord John Wall in violation of the law on three counts, resulting in a $1,450 fine.

The millennial mantra