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anders folk is telling minneapolis residents that he is a democrat, but the message he sends suburban residents doesn’t mention any political affiliation the part about ICE is also removed which seems like a misstep. operation metro surge hit the whole state, why not tell all of hennepin county?

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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This the American Way: Deliberately make transit confusing and difficult to use, then the powers that be can say “see, people don’t take transit.” Minneapolis is playing this exact game with the Nicollet Mall, so it can become a permanent corporate events space tailored to suburban tastes.

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Robin for Ward 2 @robin4mpls.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

📣 TOMORROW: Show up for Minneapolis workers! Amazon Labor Union co-founder and former president Chris Smalls has a message for Minneapolis: show up and support the 10,000 rideshare workers whose livelihoods are at risk as Big Tech brings autonomous vehicles into Minneapolis.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 27/09/2026

technofascism community panel on the rise of mass surveillance and AI in the twin cities on october 19 in st paul, co-hosted by st paul city council member hwajeong kim and minneapolis city council robin wonsley and featuring state rep athena hollins, and other local experts

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 24/09/2026

COMMENTARY: "We've always done so well adapting our streets to the next step in the evolution of more driving, plus tech companies haven't really steered us wrong lately, so I'm not sure why people are standing in the way of this."

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Michelle S. Phelps @michellesphelps.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is such depressing news. Canopy Roots' BCR was one of the few big innovations in public safety after 2020 that Minneapolis continued. I am skeptical that bringing in a new org from AZ is the right move.

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Twin Cities DSA 🌹 @twincitiesdsa.org · 20/09/2026

This Wed. the 23rd @ 6pm, we're having a Fight Back Against Data Centers panel and discussion at Minneapolis Central Library in Pohlad Hall. The panel will include elected officials, community organizers, and lawyers who are working to protect us against data centers. RSVP: buff.ly/iZigB6Y

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 20/09/2026

aurin chowdhury says christin crabtree is stepping up to run for minneapolis school board at a time when working in local government is harder than ever, and that she already has experience working with different levels of government through her work advocating at the legislature

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EHB on BET @ehbforbet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This morning, myself, BET President Brandt, MPRB President Olsen sent a letter to Mayor Frey, Council President Payne, and CM Chughtai outlining our concerns about unaccountable spending by MPD, and its impact on our city's long-term fiscal outlook. 1/

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 15/09/2026

Council President Payne: "we've politicized this conversation to the point that now it has become toxic to provide fiscal oversight of this department, as though you are some unhinged person detached from reality for daring to question how much money is spent on policing."

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Safe Homes Saint Paul @safehomessaintpaul.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Beautiful afternoon yesterday to kick off our door knocking campaign for Renter Right to Repair! Renter or homeowner, when St. Paul residents see something that needs fixing, we want the tools to get it done. Sign up for an upcoming door knock with us: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-s...

Group photo of door knock volunteers holding signs that say Safe Home Saint Paul

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 13/09/2026

DSA forces have taken the southside battletrain’s dinosaur at cedarfest @juke-box85.bsky.social

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If people would rather live outside than in the shelter you're offering, consider the possibility that the shelter you're offering is worse than living outside.

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Luke Mielke @juke-box85.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We didn't fight to protect our immigrant neighbors from ICE this winter just to let tech billionaires destroy 10,000 heavily immigrant jobs while making traffic safety even worse. It's government's responsibility to regulate automation so everyone can afford to make rent and put food on the table.

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Shannon for School Board @shannon-for-d3.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Our current school board just voted to re-up our superintendent’s contract with no discussion. Regardless of how we feel about our superintendent, our community deserves real questions and public discussion, not a rubber stamp.

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Safe Homes Saint Paul @safehomessaintpaul.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Mayor Kaohly Her and her city attorney are attempting for a third time to toss Renter Right to Repair off the November 3rd ballot. Right to Repair is on the ballot for November 3rd. The ballots are printed and mail ballots are being sent out September 18. www.myvillager.com/news/general...

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City renews appeal to keep tenants’ right-to-repair referendum off the ballot

The legal battle over a proposed referendum on a tenant’s right-to-repair in Saint Paul continues. The Saint Paul City Attorney’s office has appealed an earlier court decision that approved the

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Luke Mielke @juke-box85.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

What a world to live in where Republican Gil Gutknecht is praising a campaign by @twincitiesdsa.org while DFLers like Mayor Her are trying to toss it off the ballot at behest of her landlord donors. The DFL needs renters to show up at vote on Nov 3. Blocking Right to Repair makes that much harder.

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Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General @keithellison.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Minnesotans shouldn’t have to pay more so a utility can boost its profits. That’s why I’m challenging Xcel’s rate increase and fighting to make sure Minnesotans—not corporate shareholders—come first. www.startribune.com/ellison-chal...

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Ellison challenges Xcel rate increase as customer frustration surges

The new rates raise electricity costs by an estimated 5.8% compared with 2024. More than 8,600 public comments poured into the case.

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Cedrick Frazier @cedrickfrazier.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Numbers don’t lie. We have a working class countywide coalition. They have a donor class country club coalition.

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The "centrist" think tank Third Way is looking to pay someone between $140,000 and $150,000 to spend their days trying to dig up dirt on DSA members. They're trying to sell this gig as "anti-extremism" work, which I find completely disgusting.

from job listing:

As the Director of Anti-Extremism, a typical day might include…

Assembling and updating a database of the DSA’s most extreme ideas and statements and a repository of voting records, affiliations, and issue positions to make available to allies and partners;
Leading public opinion research to identify and test the contrasts that move base voters away from these extreme candidates;
Overseeing the development of memos, talking points, rapid response materials, and other products that make the case against these extreme forces in American politics;
Promoting and marketing our research and materials to ensure they reach decisionmakers quickly, repeatedly, and at scale through a coordinated distribution infrastructure;
Recruiting and arming a group of young, diverse spokespeople to fight the DSA from a center-left perspective and assembling a broad coalition of organizational partners to make the case against extremism;
Running an earned media program to create a drumbeat of our message in op-eds, television appearances, podcasts, and traditional and digital media engagement.

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Anders @derzquist.net · 13/08/2026

Love that MN AFL-CIO is on this list of domestic insurgent organizations and also has a building at the State Fair where you can play union bingo and win a tote bag

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Thank you, CD5 ❤️

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Twin Cities DSA 🌹 @twincitiesdsa.org · 11/08/2026

Today is the August 11th Minnesota primary election! Make a plan to vote for our two Twin Cities DSA-endorsed candidates on the ballot today: - @omarfatehmn.com for re-election to Senate District 62 - @christin-with-mpls.bsky.social for Minneapolis School Board At-Large

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Minnesota: Get out and vote. Polls close at 8pm. Find your polling place: pollfinder.sos.mn.gov

Vote graphic that says polls are open from
7am to 8pm.

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 11/08/2026

Don’t hesitate to come to the polls; DOJ monitors will be outside the 100-foot zone, you don’t have to talk, you also don’t have to freak out, if you see them talking to anyone before they vote (they can only do so after) or engaging otherwise, tell the precinct head judge. We’re trained to help.

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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 10/08/2026

Safe Home Saint Paul beat the City of St. Paul. A judge of the Ramsey County District Court has ordered that the petition for a Right to Repair ordinance be placed on the ballot for voters

ORDER
1. Pursuant to § 8.05 of the Saint Paul City Charter, Respondents shall place the Initiative
on the November 3, 2026 General Election Ballot by the statutory deadline.
2. Failure to obey this Order is contempt of court and may result in sanctions.
3. The attached memorandum is incorporated herein by reference.
UPON SEEING NO REASON FOR DELAY
LET JUDGMENT BE ENTERED ACCORDINGLY
BY THE COURT:

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Luke Mielke @juke-box85.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

That feeling when its GOTV and the landlords have to hand over rings of keys so I can talk to their renters about how we need to elect candidates to rein in predatory landlords like them. Anyways go vote for @ilhanmn.bsky.social, @omarfatehmn.com and @cedrickfrazier.bsky.social by tomorrow.

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Lynette Dumalag @lynettedumalag.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The #DFLprimary election is tomorrow! Can you help get out the vote?! Take a couple minutes right now and send a text to 10 friends who live in #SD46 (Hopkins, St. Louis Park, and the NW portion of Edina). Remind them to vote and share why you’re supporting Lynette for Minnesota Senate. #mnleg

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Team Ilhan @teamilhan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

On Tuesday, our neighbors in Wisconsin have a chance to elect @francescahongwi.bsky.social! Francesca is a true champion for working families—from universal childcare and free school meals to a data center moratorium and Medicare for All. That’s why @ilhanmn.bsky.social is proud to support her.

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Garrett Petersen @gpetersen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

A huge part of Democratic Party angst can be traced to the fact that Millennials are the single largest part of the electorate and even more so in the Democratic Party and we have been shit on our entire lives and are simply done with this shit and are activating.

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 09/08/2026

August 11 primary is almost here. Don't sleep on county races on the back of your ballot. I feel very strongly about these candidates in Hennepin County. Hennepin County Attorney -Cedrick Frazier Hennepin County Commissioner -Marion Greene -Irene Fernando -Angela Conley

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Cedrick Frazier @cedrickfrazier.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Coming soon to a door near you… your 2026 DFL-endorsed candidates!

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Luke Mielke @juke-box85.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Mayor Her's scandals, encampment evictions without no where for our unhoused neighbors to go, lawsuit payouts for policy aides and now an attempt by Mayor Her to undermine democracy in St. Paul. Trying to keep ballot measures off the ballot is what red states do to block abortion rights.

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Kendal Killian @kedrickillian.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

At it’s best that is what the DFL is all abou, and what the endorsement ticket forges. As the candidates work together to get elected they build cooperative relationships with one another. Speaker Hortman led the same culture in her House DFL. Latz has never been on team DFL.

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Brad Tabke @bradtabke.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Lynnette was also instrumental in getting the Shakopee Detention Center stopped - didn’t ask for any credit for it. Just did the work, helped out, and was an incredible resource. And I’ve never met her in person.

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Team Ilhan @teamilhan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

People across the district have been working hard to send @ilhanmn.bsky.social back to DC, so we’re celebrating after the polls close on Tuesday night. Make your plan to vote and then RSVP for our Election Night Celebration: www.mobilize.us/ilhanomar/ev...

Text: Ilhan Election Night Party; Tuesday, August 15th 8-11 PM RSVP for Location" above a photo of Ilhan hugging a constituent.

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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 07/08/2026

Fred Melo of the Pioneer Press, @frederickmelo.bsky.social, got the memo and posted it on Twitter. Here's what he posted. My opinion? It's pure hackery. Anyone who relied on this memo got snowed or was looking for permission to kill this version Right to Repair.

BACKGROUND

On July 20, 2026, residents submitted a citizen-led proposed-ordinance to the City
Clerk, which was accepted. The proposed-ordinance is what’s known as a right-to-repair
law—meaning, it would let tenants fix parts of their apartments without landlord approval or
oversight. But this proposed-ordinance goes even further than typical right-to-repair laws
and imposes harsh penalties on landlords if those tenant-repairs are not inspected in time—
even if the landlord pulls every possible lever to meet that deadline.

After review, the Saint Paul City Attorney’s Office concludes that the current version
of this proposed right-to-repair ordinance is unlawful. Specifically, the proposed-ordinance
conflicts with state law, violates the Minnesota and United States constitutions’ due-process
clauses, and is unconstitutionally void-for-vagueness. This Memo will discuss these issues in
more depth.

LEGAL ANALYSIS

A municipal ordinance will be upheld unless it is inconsistent with the Federal or
State Constitution or state statute. 57. Paul Citizens for Human Rights v. City Council, 289
N.W.2d. 402, 405 (Minn. 1979). This is because municipalities have no inherent powers and
can enact regulations only as expressly conferred by statute or implied as necessary in aid of
those powers which have expressly been conferred. State r. Kubiman, 729 N.W.2d. 577, 580
(Minn. 2007); Mangold Midwest Co. v. Willage of Richfield, 143 N.W.2d. 813, 820 (Minn 1966). In
other words, state law may limit the power of a city to act in a particular area. City of Morris r.
Sax Invs., Inc, 749 N.W'.2d. 1, 6 (Minn. 2008).

Placing an unlawful or unconstitutional amendment on the ballot is a futile gesture
that we do not require. Housing ¢» Redevelopment Auth. WV. City of Minneapolis, 198 N.W.2d. 531,
536 (Minn. 1972) (holding that a district court properly enjoined an election on a proposed

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amendment to a city charter rather than permit the administration and the voters of
Minneapolis…

amendment to a city charter rather than permit the administration and the voters of
Minneapolis to experience the frustration and expense of setting up election machinery and
going to the polls in a process which was ultimately destined to be futile).

The Court will turn to conflict preemption, because a municipality cannot enact a
local regulation that conflicts with state law or enact a regulation when state law fully
occupies a particular field of legislation. Bicking vr. City of Minneapolis, 891 N.WX’.2d. 304, 313
(Minn. 2017). A conflict exists between state law and a municipal regulation when the law
and the regulation “contain express or implied terms that are irreconcilable with each other,
when the ordinance permits what the statue forbids, or when the ordinance forbids with the
statute expressly permits. Id. (citing Mangold Midwest Co., 143 N.W’.2d. at 816; City of Duluth r.
Cerveny, 16 N.W.2d. 779, 785 (Minn. 1944).

In the recent case of I “assear v. City of Minneapolis, a group filed a petition with the City
of Minneapolis to create a city-wide minimum wage in the City Charter. 887 N.W’.2d. 467,
468 (Minn. 2016). After the petition was certified by the Minneapolis City Council as having
sufficient signatures, the Minneapolis City Attorney issued an opinion to the City Council
that the initiative was illegal because Minneapolis does not have a procedure in its charter to
allow ballot initiatives for legislanve ordinances. Id. The Council did not certify the question
for a ballot and the petitoner brought a temporary restraining order requiring the City to
place the initiative on the ballot. Jd. While the district court granted the petitioner’s motion,
the matter was appealed immediately to the Minnesota Supreme Court, which ruled that the
matter should not appear on the ballot because the city charter does not permit legislative
ordinances to be incorporated into the charter. Id.

Similarly, in Bicking v. City of Minneapolis, a petitioner submitted a ba…

In the present case, there are several provisions in the ordinance that potentially
conflict with the law or are irreconcilable with the law and Consutution. First, under Section
34A.03(a) of the ordinance, the tenant is given authority to make a required repair after a 14-
day opportunity for the landlord to complete the repair. However, the tenant lacks authority
to obtain a permit to perform many of the required repairs allowed in the proposed
ordinance. For instance, under the State Building Code,

an owner or authorized agent who intends to construct,

enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish, or change the occupancy

of a building or structure, or to erect, install, enlarge, alter,

repair, remove, convert, or replace any gas, mechanical,

electrical, plumbing system, or other equipment, the installation

of which is regulated by the code; or cause any such work to be

done, shall first make application to the building official and

obtain the required permit.
Minn. R. 1300.0120, subp. 1 (emphasis added). But the proposed right-to-repair ordinance
flouts this state-level requirement by allowing tenants to unilaterally make these changes
without these permits. This tension strikes at the heart of the rule Minnesota’s appellate
courts constantly reiterate in preemption cases, namely, that that cities cannot pass
ordinances that “‘require building code provisions regulating components or systems of any
structure that are different from any provision of the State Building Code.” Builders 155'n of
Minnesota v. City of St. Paul, 819 N.W.2d 172, 181 (Minn. App. 2012). In fact, state law
explicitly forbids cities from enacting ordinances “that are different from any provision of
the State Building Code.” Minn. Stat. § 326B.121, subd. 2(c) (2026). And the Minnesota
Supreme Court has interpreted this statute to mean that even a local ordinance “that is
merely additional and complementary to a provision in the State Building Code is
prohibited.” City of Morris r. Sax Inves…

ordinance, the repair for the code-violation must only be scheduled within 14 days, so the
ordinance both allows serious major repairs to take longer to repair, than the Building
Official deems reasonable, and may also require general maintenance to be completed in a
time that is quicker than what is reasonable, because the repair does not pose any immediate
safety hazard. The proposed ordinance is simultaneously stricter and more lenient than the
existing Building Code, which is likely an unlawful conflict between the proposed-ordinance
and state law.

Also, the 30-day time-limit for the City Building Official to conduct an inspection
under the proposed-ordinance may also violate the landlord’s due-process rights under the
State and Federal Constitution. The City has only one Building Official with many existing
duties under State Law. Given the very high number of renters living in Saint Paul, there
could potentially be thousands of annual requests for inspections under the proposed
ordinance. Under Section 34A.05(c), if the City is unable to make the inspection within 30
days, the tenant is automatically given the right to repair and withhold rent. If the Building
Official is unable to meet this arbitrary 30-day deadline, then the landlord will be deprived of
its right to collect rent, through no fault of its own. Additionally, Section 34A.09(b) of the
proposed-ordinance allows the City authority to punish a landlord with up to 90 days in jail
for a violation of the proposed-ordinance, under Saint Paul Legislative Code, Section 1.05.
As the proposed-ordinance is currently written, a landlord could be deprived of their right to
liberty, simply because the Building Official was too busy to perform an inspection within 30
days. This is another potential deprivation of freedom that could occur without the due
process of law, as required by the State and Federal Constitution.

The proposed ordinance also conflicts with another area of state law because
pursuant to Sec…

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 05/08/2026

anders folk took money from brian fitterer, landlord who contributed $500k to donald trump's victory fund in 2020, whose tenants had to form IPG tenants' union due to poor living conditions elizabeth shaffer returned her contribution from him! no need for folk to accept it with nearly $330k on hand

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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 05/08/2026

I think it's good and cool, actually, that Anders Folk is running to be the guy in charge of prosecuting ICE agents while taking money from the lawyer defending ICE agents.

A screenshot of Anders Folk's campaign finance report showing a donation from Christopher Madel of Madel P.A.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 05/08/2026

new PAC in hennepin county attorney race: safe and just hennepin registered on friday and will be working to elect anders folk. due to timing, only large pre-election contributions are being reported. majority are coming from california haven't seen a launch yet taylordahlin.com/f/who-is-fun...

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Who is funding Safe and Just Hennepin PAC to elect Anders Folk?

A new PAC has been registered called Safe and Just Hennepin to elect Anders Folk for Hennepin County Attorney. Due to the timing, having registered on July 31, there are only large pre-election contri...

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Lynette Dumalag @lynettedumalag.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Last month, @mprnews.org tagged along on a door knock and got to see what this campaign is about. Read or listen for a snapshot of how we’re putting in the work – and miles – to reach voters, listen, and grow a movement around the needs of our community and the future we want to build together.

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‘There’s a choice’: 11 Minnesota lawmakers face primary challenges

State legislators from both major political parties face primary contests next week. The results likely won’t reset the political balance in St. Paul, but they could shift the perspective within their...

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Liam Davis Temple @liam2manynames.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Over $60 million in superpac spending couldn’t buy the election for Haley Stevens. Unlimited spending can’t cover up the liability of being against abolishing ICE and voting to thank them. Next Tuesday Minnesota can send the same message by voting against Laken Riley Act supporter Angie Craig.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

the lesson of tonight is that everyone needs to lock the fuck in for @peggyflanagan.bsky.social

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 04/08/2026

anders folk is using footage from lake & bloomington raid in his ads featuring people who actually showed up to the scene to defend their neighbors who do NOT support his campaign folk obvs has no footage of himself there and his campaign shouldn’t be bolstered by these brave minneapolis residents

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Kai Shelley @transthem.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

My photo is being used in a campaign ad for Anders Folk. It will come as a surprise to literally no one who has ever met me - I am not supporting his bid Hennepin County Attorney. I've asked that my photo be removed from all materials, & reported the ad. If you see the video, please report it, thx!

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Safe Homes Saint Paul @safehomessaintpaul.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The St. Paul City Council is voting on sending Right to Repair go to the ballot. Email your council member to vote yes! Everyone deserves the right to timely and quality repairs in their homes. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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