Gotta have a Mississippi Masala watch party now

If Mamdani is elected mayor, I would like to publicly demand a third season of How to Make It in America to celebrate New York City’s cultural renaissance.

One of my mid bits of happiness tonight is I might get a break from (a few, but enough) progressives saying RCV disadvantages progressives. (It doesn’t, it’s neutral ideologically.)

Is ward 7 the Staten Island of Minneapolis?

The best distillation of Frey’s ethos

Back in 2011 or so I was on a sidewalk in Chicago and a homeless man experiencing a severe mental illness episode came up to me and told me that Joe Biden had a body double and he wasn’t really the VP. Fast forward 14 years and now the president does the same thing.

Dozens of federal agents rolling in with an armored truck, masked and outfitted for combat... on a hunt for boxes of evidence. This could've been done with FBI agents in windbreakers. The intent was to instigate and terrorize. It should be the mayor's first instinct to stand up against it.

I saw a lot of this at Ward conventions across Minneapolis this year

A thing of beauty 🚌

Can my daughters have 30 dolls if they're a gift from Qatar?

YouTube video by Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth Warren Endorses Peggy Flanagan for Senate

I am beyond honored to have @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social's endorsement.

Elizabeth is a pragmatic leader who has spent decades fighting for working families.

We don't get what we don’t fight for - and I’m ready to join her in this fight in the U.S. Senate.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RawL...

in addition to him repeating insane racist conspiracy theories, it occurs to me that the reason he has time to hold long press conferences everyday is that he doesn’t actually do anything

So this is what it’s like living in a once powerful, but now collapsing empire.

I’d love to see the city slightly reduce the tax rate and expand the boundaries to include the north loop.

The cover of the book All Fours, by Miranda July.

I know I’m late to the party on this, but I read this whole book today, and holy shit.

I have to do this all the time 😆

The reason Wedge LIVE has been described as "the best public affairs interview podcast where the participants ride bikes," is because we talk about misconceptions about government structure while surrounded by lake dancers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUzy...

Minneapolis Voters: Don't Re-elect or Promote Union Busters Councilmember Katie Cashman walked our picket line, helped pass a resolution calling for a fair offer to end the strike, and supported Mayor Frey’s offer to mediate contract negotiations. Elizabeth Sh...

LIUNA says don’t support union busting elizabeth shaffer for ward 7. support our CM katie cashman who supported the striking park board workers last year!!

liunaminnesota.org/en/news/lange

Sam Diaz, SEIU Local 26 SEIU Minnesota State Council Building Political Power for Minnesota's Working Families Dear Delegate, As we come together to shape the future of Ward 7 and the broader Minneapolis community, union members in our city urge you to support Council Member Katie Cashman-the only candidate in this race with a proven record standing up for workers and the leadership experience to deliver meaningful, lasting solutions as we face this current political crisis. As we face chaos at the national level, Katie has remained focused on who city government is meant to serve: working families, renters, small business owners, and everyday residents. • Experienced & Effective: Katie already has a track record on the Council of standing up to powerful special interests by listening, collaborating, and getting things done for our city. She's led on housing affordability, community safety, and climate action-not just with ideas, but with policies that make a difference. • Standing with Workers: We saw Katie fight for working people in her strong support of a Labor Standards Board proposal—a critical step toward giving workers a real voice in shaping city policy. Amid corporate-funded misinformation and deceptive scare tactics meant to divide us, Katie led through the noise, stayed grounded in her values, and worked to find compromise without sacrificing principle. She has consistently stood with workers over divisive corporate lobbyists and special interests.

Rooted in Ward 7: Katie shows up—not just at City Hall, but in our neighborhoods, ready to roll up her sleeves and solve problems with us, not for us. We know outside political groups want to decide who represents our city, but they don’t get to decide. We do. Lucky for us, we have the opportunity to endorse a leader who is progressive in values, unifying in approach, and unwavering in her commitment to the people in our Ward. Let’s move Minneapolis forward in the right direction—with a steady hand and a strong voice to stand up the corporate special interests at the table. Support Katie Cashman for DFL endorsement. In solidarity, Ward 7 DFL Supporter This is an independent expenditure prepared and paid for by SEIU Minn State Council Political Fund, seiumn.org, and SEIU COPE, seiu.org. It is not authorized by, coordinated with or approved by any candidate nor is any candidate responsible for it.

just got an email from sam diaz at SEIU in support of katie cashman for DFL endorsement ahead of the ward 7 convention on saturday. she is our only labor endorsed candidate!! @katiecashman.bsky.social

A photo of the Nimbus sculpture outside of the Hennepin Central Library without fencing surrounding the seating area.

A sight for sore eyes!

The defensive fencing around the Nimbus sculpture has disappeared (I think quite literally this morning)!

In addition to the old Panera space (unfenced since Holidazzle) it's great to see some of Nicollet's casual public spaces open again.

A photo of the "Before" condition of the Hennepin-Loring connection, with the dirt smoothed but no concrete poured and no GSI planted.

A photo of the "After" condition of the Hennepin-Loring connection, with the concrete trail poured and GSI planted.

A prominent missed connection in the Minneapolis bikeway network is filled!

Just a few more cosmetic details left on the connection between the Hennepin Ave protected lanes and the trail through Loring Park, but the concrete is set and rideable!

Minnesota cities to legislators: Don’t tell us how to fix the housing shortage For a second year, opposition from Minnesota cities appears to have helped kill bipartisan legislation that sought to reform city zoning and remove barriers to building homes.

"Minnesota cities to legislators: Don’t tell us how to fix the housing shortage"

Don't worry. The people who've been fucking it up on purpose for forever have got this under control.

www.startribune.com/yes-homes-mn...

Magers & Quinn is a very very good book store

Divided Park Board rejects greening plan for Uptown Mall Park and keeps parking After neighbors complained about loss of parking, commissioners suspended work on the Mall’s long-range plan.

Good Strib story on Park Board’s decision to waste taxpayer $ & kill its own plans favoring parking over parks with a phony fire safety pretext. This fall you can vote Ira Jourdain over Cathy Abene in Distrct 6 (SW) & Dan Engelhart over Billy Menz in D1 (NE/SE) www.startribune.com/divided-park...

Katie Cashman and other LIUNA endorsed candidates

Katie Cashman and a dog pose with LIUNA signs on the picket line

Providing the core city services we depend on in our neighborhoods — water, sewer, streets, bridges, traffic signs, parking ramps, parks and the urban forest — don’t just magically happen. They happen thanks to the hard work of union laborers like LIUNA Local 363, a.k.a. (1/5)

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Many argue we should do away with caucuses and conventions because they can be an endless, inaccessible mess. But without them we'd lose an important early signal to Mayor Frey's mega donors that they're flushing piles of money down the toilet on some clunker council candidates.

Liberal Bruce Fanjoy topples Pierre Poilievre in Carleton | CBC News Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is projected to lose his longtime rural Ottawa seat to Liberal Bruce Fanjoy.

holy shit. lmao www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

That especially long siren is for "you've got to be kidding me awareness," a day when we bring attention to all the DSA resentment at DFL caucuses from people wearing shirts bought for them by We Heart Minneapolis, a PAC run by a Republican donor.

the basic problem facing american democracy is that one party has decided it wants a king and will hand over as much authority as is necessary to make that happen