Kinda funny the Dems did the shutdown largely as a show for the base and now people are madder than before lol

CD5 Congressional Candidate Latonya Reeves seems to want to organize to make @demsocialists.bsky.social a political party here in Minnesota

Interesting statement from a DFL State Party Officer on @taylr.bsky.social’s status as a journalist.

It is not the “Democrat Party”. It is the Democratic Party

This is an often used talking point, but actually the left candidates are more diverse than the moderates: Mayor: White Frey vs 4 diverse candidates W1: Payne vs Strahan W2: Wonsley vs Madore W3: Rodriquez vs Rainville W4 and W5: diversity on both sides W6: Osman vs no one I could go on and on....

CD5 Candidate doesn’t believe in a big tent party

After Curt Gunsbury sent an email explaining his holding of signs, CD5 Congressional Candidate Latonya Reeves responded by thanking him for volunteering.

As a huge @kamalaharris.com fan myself, I was disappointed to read that Latonya Reeves didn’t think Harris could win the election.

Remember when CD5 Congressional Candidate Reeves started “this new creative journey in professional mode!” With this picture?

CD5 Congressional Candidate Latonya Reeves doesn’t understand that most college students don’t live in the dorms over the summer.

From CD5 Candidate Latonya Reeves: “ @angiecraigmn.bsky.social made a huge mistake in my opinion. Democrats in the 2nd I am talking to don't want to support her.”

On July 7th 2024, Latonya Reeves (who is now running for congress) defended Biden, stating that “I don't know if Harris can win nationally. I'm talking to folks, democrats, who do not like her.”

Weird for a candidate for public office to be attacking the press. Seems a bit too Trumpy.

noted, documented transphobe Latonya Reeves knows you can't win here if you abandon trans folks. her behavior at the annual meeting for the DFL Feminist Caucus is fully incompatible with this section of her website Ilhan Omar has always stood up for trans folks in CD5, and she'll continue to do so

I personally love the "LGBTQ+ and transgender people" phrasing.

so funny coming from the person who refused to use the correct pronouns for multiple of my friends

this is so goddamn funny. Caucuses are february 3rd

The vague platitudes we have come to expect from Latonya. Doesn’t even say how she’d be different from Ilhan.

I’m fed up.

Today, LaTonya Reeves is announcing that she is primarying Ilhan Omar, my current representative. When asked what LaTonay's pronouns are, LaTonya replies "Black/Queen" because Queen believes that being non-binary is a white thing. This is a big part of why I'm working to unfuck the DFL.

Well, how could Latonya possibly know that the caucuses are actually on February 3rd? It’s not like she sits on the CBRC which wrote the Official Call.

Glad to see Scott supporting DSA candidates.

DSA-aligned Scott Graham

I also love how prior to this post, his only two other Bluesky posts were saying: -DSA candidates shouldn’t be allowed to run for the DFL Endorsement -He’s “proud to support Zohran Mamdani in the NYC Mayoral race.”

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.

This is embarrassing move by a campaign manager for the new 5th Ward council member, and the 5th CD Chair. You owe the hard working election volunteers an apology.

fascinating to claim to be polite _literally while_ calling someone an asshole

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

“if i’m polite, they’ll let me break the rules” is an incredible thing for a white man to admit to believing. rules are rules, asshole. me, i went and took pics of precinct results, but i waited in the lobby to be told the results were ready like an actual polite person would.

Yup. Elections staff basically said turnout isn’t to be known except through them. I used to tweet it out but they set the no-social rule & I follow that!

Interesting response from the @dfl.org CD5 Chair

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

This is why I ranked Davis/Fateh/Hampton, even though I liked Fateh’s policies the best. Davis had the best chance at winning the middle I think.

First choice determines if you move on to another round; it doesn’t establish their ceiling. Someone could get 49.99% of 1st choice votes, but if they can’t get another vote form anyone else in future rounds, they still don’t have a high enough ceiling to win.

The problem is the order of the ranking. If all the progressive orgs and unions and whatnot are ranking Fateh one and telling other people to do so, they end up clustering support around a candidate that is structurally least likely to be able to build a majority.

“Hillary in 16. Biden in 20. Kamala in 24.” Yes, those were the party’s presidential *nominees*. In Minneapolis, we don’t have party nominees. Anyone who pays the $500 fee gets to have their name on the general election ballot. So totally different concept. There was no nominee to rally around.

I don’t have an interest in explaining, yet again, why if people had switched their 1st choice from Fateh to Davis, he would have had a better chance at beating Frey than Fateh ever had. Please grow a brain that actually understands electoral politics and strategy.

I think it’s reasonable to feel resentful about it! At the same time, if we truly believe that Jacob is a threat to our communities (and is responsible for the deaths of our unhoused neighbors), then I’m going to say building a winning coalition matters more than our feelings of resentment.

This is why I ranked Davis/Fateh/Hampton, even though I liked Fateh’s policies the best. Davis had the best chance at winning the middle I think.

If you look at our electorate in off-cycle years, we don't have a normal distribution. Instead of most voters clustering in the middle, our two biggest blocks are at the ends of our distribution. Neither end of the distribution has a majority on its own. Read the alt-text about building a majority.

The shape of the electorate produces the worst possible outcome (Jacob) because if the voters on the far left vote sincerely for their first choice candidate, they have enough numbers to eliminate the center left and center right candidates.

I realize I brought this up, but for those just tuning in: we have a list of folks permitted in the voting area. Campaign managers are not on it (see below). Scott came on pretty strong & I had to react to that because he was right in the doorway where voters exited.

Interesting how Scott was the campaign manager, despite being the Chair of a higher level DFL unit, since the Ward 5 Convention ended in a No Endorsement decision

Interesting response from the @dfl.org CD5 Chair

It’s late, I had my first couple beers in 6 months to celebrate the Mpls election being over, so 2 polling place stories (North Side Ward 5 Precinct 1). First, we turned away a handful of voters who desperately wanted to vote for Frey. Problem was, they lived in Brooklyn Park or Brooklyn Center.

CBRC. Focus. There is a fascist in the White House. Collect yourself and focus on fighting the fascist.

Two candidates who each received about a half percent of the vote for mayor (Brenda Short & Laverne Turner) are casting doubt on results by falsely claiming the city clerk's office is under the direction of Mayor Frey. Press conference Monday about "discrepancies."

The effort to remove Dan as Secretary of the CBRC is expected to continue at the November 22nd meeting. Glad to see the DFL is focused on the important things!

Perhaps the best part of this is that the motion for “Dismissal for cause” will be made by Feminist Caucus Vice-Chair and noted vehicle driver Cyndy Martin

The effort to remove Dan as Secretary of the CBRC is expected to continue at the November 22nd meeting. Glad to see the DFL is focused on the important things!