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“i want to thank dewayne davis for allowing me to wear the same outfit,” says jazz hampton at david brauer’s mayorpalooza

@jazzformayor.bsky.social @dewayneforminneapolis.com @dbrauer.net

A folding table with two coolers of ice cream

A list of ice cream flavors available at Mayorpalooza

A picture of the Mayorpalooza location before gates open

Behind the scenes at #mayorpalooza where I have been given the neutral job of ice cream scooper.

Minnesota Softball Has A Title IX Problem | Defector On May 11, 2023, Ellerie Ulfers was pitching for Washburn High School against district rival Southwest in a varsity softball game in Minneapolis, Minn. The start time had been moved back 15 minutes, t...

It was posted late last week, but Defector has a deep and sad look at how Minneapolis' softball programs fall short. Really well reported.

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Breezing through the weekly COA drop is my Monday morning "I survived a weekend of parenting" relaxation activity.

I'm glad someone on here with criminal experience is talking about the week's COA opinions because, while I like to try to educate on civil cases, I'm basically a lawyer dog with criminal stuff. Thank you 🙏

speaking from personal experience, Redneck gab is high level shit

I don't think it helps that the Plaintiff is one of the state's most notorious and prolific pro se litigators.

I can't endorse most of the rhetoric, but "You can't tie your fuckin' shoes" is bars

During this interaction, Miller made the following statements to Chief Maier: The best day of my life was when they exterminated two of you f---ers a week ago. . . . Arrest me, arrest me, arrest me. C’mon! Arrest me! Arrest me! . . . Suck my dick. Suck my dick again. . . . I hope they exterminate you. . . . 1 Take that badge off and come out in the woods. . . . I’d whoop your ass so bad you wouldn’t wake up. . . . Let’s do it. . . . You don’t know nothing’ about your f---ing job. . . . Suck my dick again. . . . Touch me. Touch me. . . . You can’t tie your f---in’ shoes, you f---in, moron. . . . You’re the poster child for abortion. . . . Put your hands in your f---in’ pockets you queer mother f---er and play with yourself. After two minutes and 43 seconds of interaction, Chief Maier told Miller that he was under arrest. Miller immediately placed his hands behind his back, and Chief Maier handcuffed him.

Minnesota Appellate Court Watch: the Court of Appeals reverses the decision of a Crow Wing County jury convicting someone of disorderly conduct for the following crude, homophobic diatribe directed at the Crosslake Police Chief. COA ruled it protected by the 1st Amendment. State v. Miller, A24-1585.

STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS A24-1249 State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Jayshawn Jarmell Jones, Appellant. Filed August 4, 2025 Affirmed Wheelock, Judge Ramsey County District Court File No. 62-CR-23-1458 Keith Ellison, Attorney General, St. Paul, Minnesota; and John J. Choi, Ramsey County Attorney, Anna R. Light, Assistant County Attorney, St. Paul, Minnesota (for respondent) Cathryn Middlebrook, Chief Appellate Public Defender, Greg Scanlan, Assistant Public Defender, St. Paul, Minnesota (for appellant) Considered and decided by Ross, Presiding Judge; Wheelock, Judge; and Jesson, Judge. * SYLLABUS Minnesota Statutes section 609.667(3) (2022), which prohibits the possession of a firearm without a serial number, does not violate the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution as applied to appellant’s possession of a privately made firearm without a serial number.

ANALYSIS Minnesota Statutes section 609.667 (2022) includes three clauses. The first clause prohibits a person from obliterating, removing, changing, or altering the serial number on a firearm; the second clause prohibits a person from possessing such a firearm; and the third prohibits a person from possessing “a firearm that is not identified by a serial number.” Minn. Stat. § 609.667. Jones argues that the third clause violated the Second Amendment because the statute criminalizes the possession of a privately made firearm and there is no historical analogue for requiring serial numbers on privately made firearms

To reach that conclusion, we begin by identifying the scope of the Second Amendment right at issue, which is understood by looking at the text and history of the United States Constitution “to help delineate the contours of the right.” Rahimi, 602 U.S. at 691. The challenged statute cannot burden the Second Amendment right beyond what was understood by the people at the time of the nation’s founding, requiring courts to apply “faithfully the balance struck by the founding generation to modern circumstances.” Id. at 692 (quotation omitted). However, the test is “not meant to suggest a law trapped in amber.” Id. at 691. Rather, a court must ascertain whether the challenged statute is “relevantly similar” to those contemporaneous sources. Id. at 692 (quotation omitted). The challenged statute need not be a precise match for the contemporaneous law but must be “analogous enough to pass constitutional muster.” Id. (quotation omitted). This is referred to as a “historical analogue.” Bruen, 597 U.S. at 30 (quotation omitted). If there is a law from the time of founding that imposed “similar restrictions,” then that law is “a strong indicator” that the challenged law or regulation is “within a permissible category of regulations.” Rahimi, 602 U.S. at 692.

The state identified historical analogues in its brief, and we are persuaded by those in addition to the historical analogues discussed in Gaal, each of which is relevant to this inquiry: (1) an 1805 law that “required newly manufactured firearm barrels to be inspected and permanently marked by an inspector” and (2) an 1830 law that required “newly manufactured firearm barrels be tested, marked, numbered, and certified.” 21 N.W.3d at 270-71. The state also identifies George Washington’s requirement that his army’s firearms be marked and laws from the British colonies in America and the first states in the nascent United States that required a recording or census of all firearms in the area to easily identify who owned firearms. United States v. Bradley, No. 2:22-CR-00098, 2023 WL 2621352, at *4 n.4, *5 (S.D. W. Va. Mar. 23, 2023)

Minnesota Appellate Court Watch: in a precedential opinion, the Court of Appeals finds that Minnesota's law prohibiting possession of a firearm without a serial number is constitutional as it applies to a "homemade" (kit-made) gun. Interesting analysis under Bruen. State v. Jones, A24-1249.

"Purple Haze" rules enough on it's own, but can you imagine coming into the game with the entire crowd chanting the "oohs" and "ahhs"? I would be able to throw a ball THROUGH the batter.

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Vinny from "My Cousin Vinny" in Ace Attorney style. Dialog reads "Everything that guy said is bullshit"

The Judge from "My Cousin Vinny" in Ace Attorney style. Dialog reads: "Are you on drugs?"

Mr. Tipton from "My Cousin Vinny" in Ace Attorney style. Dialog reads: "I don't know, I'm a fast cook, I guess."

Mona Lisa from "My Cousin Vinny" in Ace Attorney style. Dialog reads: "A little? You've been thrown in jail twice!"

My Cousin Vinny: Ace Attorney

Had to finally release this from my head

If generative AI is going to eliminate ANY jobs at all, it will be the $130k positions for new 23-year-old new grads to copy-paste from Wikipedia into a PowerPoint deck and add a slide that says "Prevent union" and "Fire people"

show us ur DFL - Labor endorsed signs ✊💙

Like other 501(c)(4) orgs, they organize people, make endorsements, throw support behind candidates who align with their values, and lobby elected for their policy positions. Pretty routine stuff.

It's a 501(c)(4) "social welfare organization," a common status for lobbying and political advocacy groups. Other 501(c)(4) orgs include the AARP, ACLU, Sierra Club, League of Women Voters chapters, etc. Doesn't seem weird that they're not a political party.

No? DSA isn't a party and it's not intended to be. They're not hiding at all. In fact, they try quite strenuously to promote themselves and their values. Why would they make public endorsements if they were trying to do anything secretly? And DSA-endorsed Democrats ARE Democrats.

just found a 2017 article where trevor anonsen, owner of 1-800 Radiator & A/C of minnesota, claims a $15 minimum wage in minneapolis might drive him out of business. it passed that year, and 8 years later, anonsen's business is still in minneapolis

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because we need to move past “don’t rank frey” and 2021 messaging, artist brain____________________heart has designed these posters that name dewayne davis, omar fateh, and jazz hampton in various ranking combinations! they are available here for download drive.google.com/drive/mobile...

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Is he a hot dirtbag in Scott Pilgrim? Or a hot sleazeball?

yeah, that's my 2023 lawn sign. been waiting to fire this bad boy up for a loooooong time brother

⚒️ Ward 8 on November 5th ⚒️

it's officially yard sign szn 😎

Ragebait variant: DFL Adulting Caucus. Every endorsement email starts with "So, we did a thing..."

gotta start the DFL Midlife Caucus for folks like us who are too old for Yung DFL and too young for DFL Senior Caucus

Declaring victory over homelessness based on data from Dec. to March, when service providers open more temp beds during the winter, after a summer/fall of brutal City enforcement that forced folks to adapt to their draconian methods... That's the intellectual rigor I expect from our Big Strong Mayor

going to install a fine HOMOTEK door stop

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kind of a tough beat for me specifically and personally that I saw two movies back-to-back in theaters where the blonde mom dies, one of them related to cancer. but that is what made the final act of 28 Years Later so deeply affecting for me