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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 🧵

the mariah samuels story is finally out at the strib by liz sawyer, this is an important read: www.startribune.com/mariah-samue...

Election mailers for the Minneapolis citywide elections.

I might be missing 1 or two mailers, but I can confidently say this is the most election mail I’ve received in a citywide election year(or possibly ever??). Certainly the most mail I’ve received from Rainville, who is likely to be re-elected-elected & I will never be convinced to vote for him!!

I'm exhausted. This is our third very intense city election in four years. A week from today we will make decisions that we can't undo until 2029. So remember to only vote for good candidates, never the bad ones.

20% of the people on SNAP are 60 and older. 40% are children under the age of 18. 40% are adults ages 18-59. Additionally, 10% of those on SNAP have a disability, which means they cannot work. AND the majority of those who can work are working.

2. Defunding the city auditor's office so they don't have the capacity to review MPD actions.
3. Have rich friends flood the zone with PACs to buy him a city council that will immediately go to sleep after being sworn in.

I hope @dewayneforminneapolis.com doesn't mind me retelling a story he told me when we first met last winter. I kept it to myself because he wasn’t telling it publicly but he mentioned it yesterday. It’s one of the things that’s leading me to rank him first. A hope-its-ok-and-I-get-right 🧵:

It doesn’t look like I can send you a DM, but I think you should be able to send me a message maybe?

I would love to get looped into this group as a fellow NE neighbor and know a few others that would like to join as well. Thank you for being a leader that shows up to protect your neighbors!

I keep a diary.
It’s called The Long War. Letters to the Living.

Today I wrote:

The muscovites launched 465 drones and 32 missiles.
Many were shot down –
405 drones and 15 missiles.
The rest landed on our lives.

I made it about 12 minutes in and had to stop because I felt like I was actively losing brain cells. John did a great job as interviewer as always, but my god what a terrible candidate???

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Pioneer cycle up in Blaine carries at least 1 model. I think they used to carry a few more, but it’s been a while since I’ve been in their shop. Definitely a little bit of a trek from Minneapolis!

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Republicans control every branch of federal government. They chose to shut it down .

It’s as simple as this: Republicans are in control and they chose to shut down the federal government.

After 8 years of failed promises on everything from police reform to homelessness Minneapolis cannot afford a third term of Jacob Frey.

Luckily, we don’t have to!

Check out what your neighbors are saying in our new mayoral video.

You know what they say about broken clocks and far-right Catholics, loud 24 times a day.

THIS. THIS THIS THIS. This is why people my age don’t want to engage with the DFL.

an image with the MFE59 logo and text: MFE59 ranked-choice mayoral endorsement: Pictures of candidates in our ranked order: 1 Omar Fateh 2 DeWayne Davis 3 Jazz Hampton

it’s a historic day for my union — Minneapolis Federation of Educators Local 59 — we have our very first mayoral endorsements & we have ranked the candidates!

Rank # 1: @omarfatehmn.com
Rank #2: @dewayneforminneapolis.com
Rank #3: Jazz Hampton

A very happy You Can Vote in Minneapolis Day if You‘re Eligible. Right now, in-person is only at the Early Voting Center, 980 E Hennepin. More locations in October: vote.minneapolismn.gov/voters/vote-... Mail-in instructions: vote.minneapolismn.gov/voters/vote-...

Election 2025: Minneapolis Mayoral Race (the four contenders) There are fifteen people running for Minneapolis mayor. You only have to worry about four of them, and this post will talk about those four. If you want to know more about all the others, that is i…

Election 2025: Minneapolis Mayor Race (the four contenders).

My ranking:
(1) DeWayne Davis (2) Omar Fateh (3) Jazz Hampton

naomikritzer.com/2025/09/18/e...

City needs a new approach, new mayor When Jacob Frey ran for Minneapolis mayor in 2017, a major claim of his campaign was that he would end homelessness in Minneapolis within five years. While he cannot be blamed for the effects of the COVID pandemic, it is fair to say he has failed miserably at this goal ("City begins clearing Minneapolis landlord's homeless encampment hours after another mass shooting," StarTribune.com, Sept. 16). The response to this week's mass shooting at an encampment highlights the lack of empathy, imagination and leadership that mark Frey's tenure. His administration seems to only know how to pull two levers: eviction and fencing. It is reasonable to expect another four years to look like the last eight. The police will continue to play Whac-A-Mole chasing encampments around the city, destroying the possessions, legal documents and medications of our most vulnerable residents. Meanwhile more and more open public and private spaces will be fenced off or filled with concrete rubble, a concession of helplessness that makes our city uglier and less accessible. Frey has failed, and it is time for an aggressive, housing-first approach that treats the unhoused as clients and a symptom of bigger problems, rather than as the problem themselves. FRED BEUKEMA, Minneapolis

“The response to this week's mass shooting at an encampment highlights the lack of empathy, imagination and leadership that mark Frey's tenure. His administration seems to only know how to pull two levers: eviction and fencing.”

Shoutout to @beukema.bsky.social for his letter in today’s Strib

Elizabeth Shaffer: killed a playground in Uptown
Katie Cashman: saved a playground on the Loring Greenway
… the lit writes itself

Photo text from recovery bikes Instagram caption: Quincy St NE is the unique brick lined avenue that hosts Indeed, Centro, MN Nice Cream, Earl Giles, and a slew of artist studios, apartments, and other businesses. Literal neglect has made Quincy lousy for driving. The slowed traffic and lack of sidewalks has actually activated the street making it safe for walkers, artists, and revelers and has helped foster the thriving, walkable artist and commercial district that becomes the heart of Art-a-Whirl every year. And the city plans to strip it all clean. Quincy is badly in need of updates, especially when it comes to accessibility and the sewer systems beneath the street. But the Mpls' planning standard calls for a cheap sheet of asphalt so that cars can move at 30-40 mph and clean new sidewalks to keep pedestrians out of the street. Quincy's 100 year old bricks will be harvested for use in the North Loop. This rare walkable commercial district will lose much of its charm and the draw that supports some of Northeast's signature businesses and one of the biggest art events in the country. Quincy's bricks should stay in Northeast. Pedestrians should keep their access to the street. Traffic should be slow and safe. Quincy's quirks should be preserved to protect the thriving commercial and artist community that lives there. There is nothing else like Quincy in the whole of Minneapolis. And once it's gone, there's no getting it back. Come to Wednesday's community meeting and tell our city planners not to strip Quincy. Save the Quirk. Save Quincy.

Supposedly the city wanted to take the bricks from Quincy street and move them to the North Loop?

Save the Bricks Save the bricks, save Northeast Minneapolis. But kill the curbs.

There are some very rough brick streets in NE around Indeed & the Northrup King Building. The streets are being redesigned and there was quite a bit of community efforts last fall to keep the bricks because they keep drivers from driving too fast through the area!

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I know someone else got the answer quicker than me, but I highly recommend following Matthew Cortland on here and Patreon! They’ve been a great resource over the past few years on vaccine availability and navigating around access issues!

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when you say "nobody" cared about melissa and mark hortman being assassinated, i get what you mean, but please say "nobody on the right"

not trump. not the mn GOP. not conservative podcast bigots.

a lot of us cared. a lot of people in minnesota still feel broken.

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

Elections 2025: Minneapolis City Council, Ward 12 The tl;dr here is to vote for Aurin Chowdhury; I door-knocked for her in 2023 and I have had no regrets about my support. On the ballot: Aurin ChowdhuryBecka ThompsonEdward Bear Stops Edward Bear S…

Elections 2025: Minneapolis City Council, Ward 12. Obviously you should vote for Aurin. Becka is my pick for Actual Worst Person Currently Holding Elective Office (In Minneapolis).

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Honestly, disqualifying decisions by Rep Craig. If being all in on Crypto isn't enough but then going and opening for Eric Trump?

No way.

I'm all in for Peggy.

I have silverware, an 8 inch and 10 inch frying pans, and a small blender that I would be happy to pass along if someone else hasn’t already offered those items!

An image from the aftermath of the shooting at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis. In the foreground is a woman running in the middle is a street. She is running away from the camera, towards a school in the background. She has her wallet in her hands, and also her shoes, which she presumably took off so she could run faster. You can see the bottom of one of her feet, and dirt is visible (again, presumably from running barefoot).

Of all the photos posted by the Strib related to the shooting at Annunciation Church, this was the one that got me the most. Maybe because we cant see the (presumably) mom’s face, so it seems more universal? arc.stimg.co/startribunem...?