Napheesa Collier's full statement at the beginning of her exit interview. She directly quotes conversations with Cathy Englebert that legitimately call into question how the WNBA is being led. (Part 1/2) #WNBASky

It's been a while since Minneapolis Bluesky has ragged on Sysco, so here you go. Parked in the bus/turn lane, pointed toward incoming traffic, right in front of the bus stop at Lyndale and Lake on a busy afternoon. The bus driver is pissed.

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.

I love this Lynx team. They have had so much fight this year. We have a great core. Ride for 5 in 26.

Find someone who will fight for you as hard as Cheryl fights for Phee

Join @aishaforward10.com, Ethrophic Burnett, and me on October 1st at 6PM at Queermunity for a fundraiser for a pro-choice future, sponsored by Women Winning.

Excited to see some of our littlest residents next Sunday at our Playdate with Omar event. Get in on the fun on October 5th at Painter Park! RSVP here: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

I spoke too soon. We Love Minneapolis's July and September campaign finance reports are now up. They were posted well after all the others, perhaps because the July one needed to be loaded into the system?

That leaves We Love Minneapolis PAC. The last time we heard from the Frey PAC that made a splash at the DFL caucuses, they had raised almost $281K and spend $309K. How did they spend more than they raised? Apparently, by stiffing their staff, who were still owed in May for work performed in March.

Alright; today's the day when we get another little window into how PACs and other third-party actors are spending money to influence local elections in Minneapolis — with one notable exception. 🧵

Genuinely don't think there's been another technology industry in history that has simultaneously claimed such massive economic importance while also blaming users for all of its flaws

The Becka Thompson residency dispute, and the other ones like it, show that the centrists and their donor class hold Minneapolis in total contempt. Rules are for suckers, community means nothing, you don't deserve better, shut up and vote how we tell you or the communists will let you get crimed.

it’s the first day of early voting in minneapolis. i hope you will be ranking omar fateh, dewayne davis, and jazz hampton for mayor. it’s time for new leadership @omarfatehmn.com @dewayneforminneapolis.com @jazzformayor.bsky.social

How badly is Minneapolis failing under Jacob Frey's leadership? After a shooting on Lake Street on Sunday at Lake and 15th, there was a mass shooting at a de facto homeless encampment just off Lake St. on Monday morning. Trauma unleashes more trauma, so more shooting was obviously likely...

wait, do we need "affordable housing" or do we need public housing? They convinced yall to excise public housing from your brain (the power of anti-Blackness in the American politic) even though public housing exists and is successful, often beautiful, ALL OVER THE WORLD.

After almost 8 years at what point are we able to say we tried it the Frey way and it's not working? Or we have to keep on pretending he's the scrappy challenger waiting for his chance to fix someone else's mess?

FOX news host suggests we euthanize the homeless, someone goes into two encampments and starts shooting. 13 people shot and Jacob Frey and the media are just talking about it as the new best reason to clear the encampments

This is the sharpness and tone I have been waiting to hear from others. Jacob has been a failure, we need someone new. Rank DeWayne, Omar, and Jazz for Minneapolis. "We also strongly suggest you step down from your bid for re-election next year. Your leadership has not been steady or thoughtful."

If Minnesota instituted free, universal childcare it would be the single greatest investment in any state's economy in decades. An order of magnitude more effective than any suite of tax credits or sweetheart financing deal. Companies very often go where their workers are. This is just free money.

My annoyance with reading about Dinner du Nord's unncessary takeover of Nicollet Mall this week led me down a rabbit hole of looking at vtg photos of the mall and trying to figure out what exactly feels different about it. Join me on this journey.

This letter is now live and ready for signatories! We are asking cisgender allies in Minnesota who consider themselves members of the DFL to sign on to show support for trans people here.

I just want people who say "Looks much better with no buses!" to literally take 5 minutes and think about the people who _ride_ those buses. At the bare minimum, do that. Jesus christ.

We’ve tried “playground downtown” for at least three decades. It‘s built on the whims of suburbanites who get spooked every time the downtown establishment shit-talks downtown to get more cops. Again, no pushback because of the bended-knee format. bsky.app/profile/stre...

mayor frey walks in front of a bus stop on nicollet mall closed for dinner du nord, in front of the tables set up in the street, the downtown council’s latest stunt to “activate” nicollet mall and remove transit and thus poor transit users for more events like this

election year means grifting season and people who don’t do the work of paying attention to local politics otherwise are paying attention, and paid mainstream media is happily and cynically taking the unpaid work of people who do this work just because we care and using it for themselves to profit

🧵 As much as I love the Strib covering Frey guy shittery like yesterday’s landlords campaign violations story, it brings up a huge problem: campaign coverage has been almost completely scandal-driven. Early voting starts in 10 days & there’s been almost no reporting/contrast of candidates on issues.

I’m genuinely confused by folks like Jim who say they’ve “never seen the city so sick” and then pour tens of thousands of dollars into the campaign of…. the person who’s been Mayor for 8 years.

This morning's absurd, seemingly impossible challenge brought to me by 3/5 of what we used to call FAANG: forcing Alexa to make Apple Music play the non-deluxe version of the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack. God I fucking hate the 2020s.

Some people really think electing Omar Fateh is going to lead to endless property tax hikes and to those people I would like to say that property taxes have increased 30% over Jacob Frey’s tenure. What we can’t afford is another 4 years of Frey.

As someone who tested “high IQ” as a kid, for the love of everything please stop using IQ as an indicator of literally anything and as an insult. It’s a racist and outdated as hell test that has literally become more difficult over the years and is mainly about pattern recognition.

Gary Shelley

Don't get sloppy about how you talk about government structure: The strong mayor amendment of 2021 didn't give the Minneapolis mayor full authority over MPD—because the mayor has always had full authority over MPD! 21 charter change gave him full control over all the other depts.

Using a photo already in your phone, what's Trump's announcement today at 2 pm?

Also, my feeling on the fair food is that there are some delicious food and drink but I mostly use it for fuel. And people only posting about the food are really underselling the fair. Least interesting thing, tbh.

Mayor Frey said some nice words that reflected our grief and looked like leadership this week, but please look to his actual record on gun violence. He has not been a leader on it.

Went to law school. Can confirm.

Let’s dig into pro-Frey PAC All of Mpls’s mayor poll. AoM sees Frey up by 12 points DESPITE sinking favorables (-2 to -10 in past yr); Fateh has higher favs! But as AoM’s pollster notes “Republicans will vote for [Frey].” With an unpopular candidate, AoM must go negative w/Fateh “corruption” message

I will never call soda "pop," but I will put in 10 1/2 hours at the fair with a 7-year-old, a 5-year-old, and my late-70s parents and then gear up to go back twice.

Standing in the Stadium Village bus line this morning, we saw a half dozen groups give up and summon an Uber. I had to restrain myself from shouting at them that Uber can't use the Transitway and was probably going to drop them off a long walk from the entrance.

Elections 101: If you lose big in an endorsement contest that will not determine the election, you should remind people constantly of your loss with baseless accusations of fraud, have your power broker pals overturn the result, then announce "See, I'm not a loser. All the donors tell me so."

It is inexcusable to overturn the DFL endorsement from Omar Fateh. A small group, a majority living outside Minneapolis, met privately to overturn the will of Minneapolis delegates who volunteered, organized, and participated in a months-long DFL process. Unacceptable www.axios.com/local/twin-c...

What a deeply cynical move by the state DFL. 1. provide no support to the local party 2. overwhelm volunteers trying to provide a fair process 3. if you don't like the results, overturn them based on the flaws you guaranteed would exist

Hi there! We're neighbors in Minneapolis who are so excited to rank Omar Fateh, DeWayne Davis & Jazz Hampton for mayor that we made a zine about it! Inside, you'll find information about ranked choice voting, the candidates, & why it's time for change. Download, read & print: bio.link/mpls2025

TIL that apparently there are people (and not just total newbies, I assume?) who are in the habit of driving to the Minnesota State Fair and finding a place to park there. I'm sorry, but why the hell would anyone do that?

Frey ran on a "reform the police" campaign - so why were Chauvin or Kroll, or their fascist pals anywhere near the police force a year and a half after he was elected? Why were they completely unprepared for Chauvin killing George Floyd and for the public response? What rock did they live under?/...

I just want to offer some insight for libs as a survivor of many battles in the War of Police the Trains Discourse. Leftists are not "denying the problem exists" when we disagree with your carceral solutions. We are not lying about or minimizing the issues when we suggest humane, proven solutions.

Update: Becka Thompson has finally filed her campaign finance report, 13 days late. The report makes it clear that donors have largely abandoned her (except Brian Rice, who appears to have exceeded the maximum contribution limit by giving her a total of $800 in 2025 to date).

we have a real chance this year to capitalize on this city's potential by electing someone like @omarfatehmn.com or @dewayneforminneapolis.com as mayor with a progressive city council, BET, and park board! we can make this city an even better place to live! we have a chance!

Ahead of his 2026 budget release later today, Mayor Frey is in full spin mode. The Strib published propaganda from Frey yesterday saying he is proposing to stop paying MPD officers double for overtime next year. But double OT has always been set to expire at the end of 2025.

you don’t need to move transit off nicollet mall in order to activate it. every event they do like the street art festival takes up the street and leaves the huge sidewalks empty. tents can be on the sidewalks and still have transit -