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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

MAGA out-of-towners now review-bombing Dreamstate Cafe because they were providing food and drink to protestors after ICE killed Alex Pretti.

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

It is bad, but your post is incorrect. You need to delete and repost

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Not quite true. There was one non-ICE homicide

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

A lot of wishful thinking from MAGA folks on prediction markets right now.

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Edit: through the first 18 days of 2026, ICE responsible for 2 of the 4 shooting victims in Minneapolis, and 1 of the 2 homicides.

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Ah.. I thought I had read that 2 people were shot in the incident with the Venezuelan immigrant being chased. I’ll re-post.

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Ward 11 was very wise to not elect this person.

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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 08/01/2026

Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Even the previous statement by her is a lie. Minneapolis homicides were down 16% in 2025. MN homicides as a whole were also down significantly.

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Backs up to create space then goes around him. No “flail” seen in video. He is clear before first shot occurs. That’s is all that matters. Zero reasonable fear for his safety at that point. Say one more false thing and I’m blocking you.

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Here’s the moment of the first shot. Her wheel is clearly turned away from him. He is not in danger, and has no justification for shooting. That’s murder and will be prosecuted as such.

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

You should learn the difference between “toward” and “past”. ICE agent has to lean forward and fully extend to shoot her from the side of her vehicle as she went past. If you haven’t actually watched the clear video, you should.

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Average for the previous 3 years is 4 shooting victims by Jan 6th.

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

ICE is responsible for the *only* shooting and homicide in Minneapolis so far in 2026.

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

💯. I’m hoping that this new park board will work better with other government partners!

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

My take: the new design could have been done with the $1m in County funding *if* the MPRB board had advocated for this compromise design. Instead, they voted down any change, their hand was forced by soil contamination, MPRB has to pay for it all, and we get a path multiple years late.

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

The big issue is how to have abundant public restrooms that don’t get totally destroyed by the 0.01% of people who use them improperly. The “high tech” is how to stop those people from using them once they misbehave, in a non-creepy way. You can read about Throne Labs’ approach.

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Congrats to the newly-elected board of @eastbankmpls.bsky.social, which represents far more residents than any other neighborhood org. After staying on board to help with the merger of neighborhood orgs, I’m grateful to these wonderful volunteers — the org is in (many) good hands!!

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Thank you, I love the results!

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Awesome!! What rough area of town, if you’re willing to share?

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

If it was East African kids from out of town bringing guns to Dinkytown and being part of a shooting homicide, are you arguing it’s wrong to say so publicly? Or is it the “not the poor kids who live in Minneapolis” part of his comments?

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Closest park to Dinkytown. Also a small park, so “dinky” fits.

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

The park formerly known as Marcy is now officially Dinky Park! Thanks to neighbors who picked the new name, thanks to @eastbankmpls.bsky.social for leading the charge, and thanks to MPRB for approving the change.

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Btw, working full-time at minimum wage in Minneapolis gets you >$30k/year. My apartment costs $10k/year. So at least in Minneapolis, that number doesn’t really make any sense unless the person is unemployed or retired, or maybe the sole provider for larger family that needs much more space?

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Sorry, I didn’t mean to get away from my main point, that recent Minneapolis development helped keep housing costs down here. NYC hasn’t had that. Most of the US hasn’t had that. They should! I know that healthcare and childcare and transportation costs are super high. Extremely important to address

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

That’s a misuse of the word recession then: “a business cycle contraction that occurs when there is a broad decline in economic activity”. There has been no such decline, consumer spending is up since 2022. Re Trump, ppl were mad about some prices up, even though their incomes were up even more.

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Enabling the building of thousands of new units of student housing much closer to campus directly impacted demand for the units in my apartment complex. Are you really arguing that we’ve been in a recession of the last 3 years? That’s undeniably false.

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Cool! I feel like that’s exactly how it should work. People who want brand new nice apartments pay a premium, while budget options are available to those who want that instead. In cities/areas where they don’t build new housing, more people have to compete for the old units, driving up those rents

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Not many! 425? But the layout is ideal for a small studio. I have room for a queen bed, a large standing desk, my e-bike, a loveseat, 500+ vinyl records, a large closet, etc.

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I just haven’t seen evidence that Minneapolis renter demand now is lower than it was in 2022. An incredible amount of housing has come online in the Dinkytown since then, so there’s probably less student demand for these older units 10-15 minutes farther (by bus) from campus.

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Just got a rent renewal offer in Marcy-Holmes with zero increase in rent through Aug 2026. Adjusted for inflation, my rent will have *gone down* 8-10% in real terms vs 2022 when I moved in. $795 in 2022 vs $825 in 2026. Grateful to everyone who has worked on housing abundance here over the years!

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I was thinking about this as well!

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Ward 3 changed quite a bit, even in addition to new construction. Dinkytown moved to Ward 2. In any case, the results of many elections (council, park board, mayor, county attorney, US house) are fairly consistent, and far more relevant than 2017 results.

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Don’t forget about major redistricting after census though. Not valid to do Ward comparisons between 2017 and 2025

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Ok but your previous post was 100% about candidates for this + next election — I think groups should aim to actually win elections! Pick candidates that are appropriate for the Ward. The most first-choice votes Fateh got in any Ward 11 precinct was 24%. Whiting new hire to run to win there.

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Constituencies of those wards are far more conservative/moderate. You can’t really run a DSA/progressive organizer there and win

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Most of the rest of Killian’s thread seems reasonable.

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I don’t see evidence to support this. Cashman/Burnett losses the biggest counterpoints. Progressive pickup in W8 would have happened regardless. Council already swung left w/o a mayoral race in 2023, now Park Board got their turn. 2021 had backlash to skyrocketing crime amidst Defund Police

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

But Mills also ran in 2023. He doesn’t really score any significant endorsements, even from groups who have strong reason to support a challenger to Rainville

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Maybe! There were only 9 wards where I felt it was reasonable to do this comparison, and 4/9 of those moderate council candidates underperformed Frey’s first-choice %

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Why mention Scott Graham at all if he lives blocks away?

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Oops, sorry no mostly my fault. I think you got 21 of 25 possible points Mayor 0/1 Council 12/13 (Cashman) Parks 8/9 (Musich) BET 1/2 (Fine)

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

If Rainville has a strong challenger like Cashman, then he could have lost. That +24 is mostly about the weakness of Mills as an opponent. Haven’t looked, but possible that lots of voters simply left the council race blank

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Only fact checking because you’re claiming the highest score so far, but I only see 19 correct, not 22?

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

19, so I likely won’t be Top 3. My turnout guess was 133k

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Are you truly surprised by this?

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

54.3% of Ward 7 voters picked Frey as their first choice — Frey’s best Ward outside of Ward 13 — so while Katie Cashman did slightly outperform the Fateh/Davis/Hampton trio, it wasn’t enough.

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Moderate-vs-Left council races that diverged the most from first-choice mayor votes in same ward: W3 (Rainville +24 over Frey) W4 (Vetaw +15 over Frey) W10 (Millard +11 over Frey) W1 (Strahan -9 compared to Frey) W12 (Thompson -8 compared to Frey) W8 (Bassais +6 over Frey) W2 (Madore +5 over Frey)

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

This was at 7:14am. Nice to see Ted Tucker ahead of me!

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Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Voter #14 at 3-08 in Minneapolis. Beautiful morning to rank my favorites!

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