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LibsMpls

@libsmpls.bsky.social
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Hyper-local political nerd in Minneapolis, unapologetic progressive, reluctant runner, gun violence prevention & community advocate. Photos of Lake Harriet.

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D.A. Bullock @bullycreative.bsky.social · 23h
Huh, u don’t say? I wonder where we’ve heard this before, years before? many times before? Minneapolis needs a true reckoning with itself the residents as well as the politics, particularly the comfortable residents
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Josh Martin @joshmartinmpls.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just last night I remembered another reason why you all need to make sure you get out to vote this year. In 2024, Wisconsin beat us in voter turnout and that is *unacceptable*. We can't let that happen again. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
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Wisconsin squeaks past Minnesota for the top spot in voter turnout
The Minnesota Secretary of State confirms Wisconsin narrowly surpassed Minnesota with voter turnout in the 2024 election.
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mollypeonies @mollypeonies.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
NEW! How MPD Built a Police Surveillance Operation Around Renee Good’s Memorial — and What It Cost the Community MPD dedicated 101 personnel to a memorial deployment where just seven people were holding vigil. It was part of a four-day MPD operation that generated $1.92 million in overtime.
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How MPD Built a Police Surveillance Operation Around Renee Good’s Memorial — and What It Cost the Community
Records reveal a coordinated system of drones, city cameras, command-post intelligence, body-worn and helmet cameras, person and vehicle checks, and evidence preservation around the memorial site as p...
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LibsMpls @libsmpls.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You can capture the emotional ring cycle of late-stage capitalism in the five minutes immediately following a “you’ve received a merit-based salary increase, effective immediately” phishing test.
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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"City leaders have estimated the operation delivered a $700 million blow to the local economy. Some businesses already have shuttered and cultural corridors are quieter now that Latino immigrants have left the Twin Cities in droves." www.bizjournals.com/twincities/n...
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Latino exodus reshapes Twin Cities business landscape months after federal operation ends - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
Operation Metro Surge emptied out some of the Twin Cities' most vibrant cultural corridors. Businesses are wondering if they'll ever recover.
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LibsMpls @libsmpls.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Glad to see the entire state is out at the #MNStateFair today.
Absolutely too many Minnesotans at the intersection of Underwood & Pan Patch at the MN State Fair.
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Nick Benson @ottergoose.net · 12/08/2026
26 people loaded onto yesterday's ICE Air flight at MSP. Our team here in Minnesota started estimating passenger loads on these flights in early November, 2025. We'll likely note the 5,000 person being flown into indefinite detention on Friday. Stats: ottergoose.net/ice-flights-msp/data/
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LibsMpls @libsmpls.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Did the bankrupt pillow guy have to crowdfund his campaign bus/mobile home? Would rather he use a Walmart parking lot than downtown Mpls.
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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 07/08/2026
Budget is set in June they said at an August press conference where the mayor said he couldn't speak to the budget because they're still working on it.
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LibsMpls @libsmpls.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Aaawwwwwoooo
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LibsMpls @libsmpls.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Some people’s children…..should not be Minnesota’s next senator.
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SWAE Mpls @swaempls.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Coming up this Thursday, 6:30pm, in the Kingfield neighborhood! Come learn about the Minneapolis budget with us and @ehbinmn.bsky.social RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/do-you-kno...
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Do you know what your money is buying? Minneapolis public safety spending
A Teach In about the Minneapolis City Budget & Public Safety Spending, organized by WEAVE, a group of Minneapolis neighbors in Ward 11.
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 16/07/2026
linea palmisano says drones can bring NARCAN to people having an overdose i think if minneapolis wants drones to help, we should give them to the fire department, not the cops
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mspwhistles.bsky.social @mspwhistles.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Minnesotans stand in solidarity with our comrades in Houston. We know ICE lies. This is exactly the script they used when they murdered Renee Good.
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LibsMpls @libsmpls.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Now and always.
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LibsMpls @libsmpls.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Expand the court already. I’m tired of watching my rights evaporate every June.
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Ms. K tweets @whatmsksaid.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
when communities impacted by violence, esp gun violence, are given cops w/ guns or cliques w/ guns as their only safety options, the cycle of violence only continues. over-policing does not stop violence. violence does not stop violence. we need safety that goes beyond policing.
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Nick Benson @ottergoose.net · 13/06/2026
37 shackled detainees were loaded onto yesterday's ICE Air flight at MSP, and flown to detention centers in Louisiana and Texas. ICE hasn't stopped in Minnesota, neither have our volunteer observers. A few stats, figures, and thoughts below. 👇🧵
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
As your Senator, I'm going to hold MAGA Republicans like Tom Emmer accountable, not hug them.
Congresswoman Angie Craig smiles and hugs GOP Majority Whip Tom Emmer on June 10th, 2026
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LibsMpls @libsmpls.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
In @elliottpayne.org we trust.
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shiftedshaped - emily mae @shiftedshaped.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
"And this session sent one of the clearest signals in recent Minnesota history: We will mourn gun violence, but we will not confront it... Remembrance matters. But remembrance is hollow when it arrives absent the courage to change." -Shelisa Dumuth
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LibsMpls @libsmpls.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
This bill included every GOP request on school safety and mental health. The MN GOP is led by gun-happy extremists who will not compromise. Not for a grieving, traumatized community. Not for our kids or even their own kids.
Voting roll call image with “every single Republican in Minnesota voted against an assault weapons ban.”
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LibsMpls @libsmpls.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Hold the vote, GOP leadership.
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LibsMpls @libsmpls.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
There’s less than 2 days left to hold the vote, Speaker Demuth. Minnesotans deserve to know which representatives support our kids’ safety more than their guns.
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Petition demands Speaker Demuth take up gun bill
YouTube video by KARE 11
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Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan @ltgovflanagan.mn.gov · 14/05/2026
Minnesotans have said enough is enough. We are demanding action to protect our kids. House Republicans need to show some courage and tell Minnesotans where they stand.
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Racket @racketmn.com · 09/05/2026
Incredulous 'Wine Mom' discourse during Operation Metro Surge belittled the powerful—and historically constant—work of women. racketmn.com/this-mothers...
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This Mother’s Day, Let’s See and Celebrate the Organizing Power of Moms  - Racket
Incredulous 'Wine Mom' discourse during Operation Metro Surge belittled the powerful—and historically constant—work of women.
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Hot take: We shouldn’t tear gas kids. The trauma is unfathomable. Justice for the children of Minnesota.
Screenshot: Trump’s Deportation Campaign Has Harmed Scores of Kids With Tear Gas, Pepper Spray

In several cities, judges have chastised federal officers, saying they used excessive force. One former DHS leader called ProPublica’s findings a “bright red flag.”
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Aurin Chowdhury MPLS City Council Member W12 @aurinmpls.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Proud to introduce Minneapolis' local gun safety legislative package — the S.A.F.E. Ordinance (Sensitive Areas, Assault Weapons, Facsimile Firearms, and Enforcement) — which passed unanimously at Committee of the Whole. Final vote at Full Council: May 7. 🧵
The safe firearms regulation passes committee of the whole unanimously! Minneapolis City Council Patrck uncontrolled legislative package to keep community safe – that will go into effect with state action. The city council urge of the state House to Take Action. Final vote on May 7 at the Minneapolis city Council meeting photo of council members sitting at the council dais.
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LibsMpls @libsmpls.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Still thinking of the gun violence survivors and Annunciation parents who also testified in favor of the Minneapolis gun ordinance today. Everyone - from the dais to the overflow room - has a story. This is a uniquely American 🇺🇸 crisis, and we need to bring back the assault weapons ban.
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LibsMpls @libsmpls.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
It’s a good day for Mayor Frey and the Mpls City Council to pass a gun ordinance for public safety - so many cities already have! I’ll be at City Hall, rm 308, at 1:30. Join me!
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
This has been an extremely hard year for Minneapolis and Saint Paul and we absolutely deserve the joy and renewal of the Mayday Parade and Festival. If you've never come, you are missing out. I love the parade, the pageant, the celebration, and the artists who make it happen.
Stilters dressed as monarch butterflies. Taken in 2014.
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 03/05/2026
$30,000 in city of minneapolis small biz recovery funds from ICE occupation are going to edina. the 50th & france business association is in edina, the plaza they will activate is in edina, and most restaurants in this business district are in edina what a waste taylordahlin.com/f/minneapoli...
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Minneapolis Small Biz Recovery Grant Funding Edina Activation
The 50th & France Business Association is among the 34 community-based organizations that received grants from the City of Minneapolis meant to help "revitalize neighborhood business districts and sup...
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prim @primordial.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
They shot Alex Pretti ten times while he was face down in the street.
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 27/04/2026
As long as gun lobby-backed lawmakers refuse to take action and strengthen our gun laws, gun violence will continue to seep into every facet of American life. No one is immune — not children in their classrooms, nor politicians.
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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
If you were horrified watching elected leaders run & scramble because of gun violence, just imagine how my daughter Jaime felt in school running from an active shooter before she was killed. Now, become a part of the solution & only vote for people determined to address gun violence in America.
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LibsMpls @libsmpls.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
SWAE has gathered another sublime group of community organizers, helpers, and leaders tonight at Meraki in SW. Grateful for the power, action, and love in this room - and our city. ❤️❤️
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The families of Davis Moturi and Allison Lussier deserve more than a report. They deserve accountability, and they deserve change. 12/
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SWAE Mpls @swaempls.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
We hope to see you this Thursday ♥️
Our second event on metro surge, highlighting stories of sorrow, courage, and solidarity. April 23 at 7pm at 100 W 46th St.
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LibsMpls @libsmpls.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Tonight’s bedtime story was an age-appropriate telling of the Sandy Hook shooting, the families who fought back against a bully, and the “silly guy who owns the Onion” @bencollins.bsky.social who wouldn’t give up. My first grader is asleep and safe in his bed. I’m crying. ❤️ I believe we will win.
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
This is unserious and hypocritical. In my first term (2022-2023), we had council leadership that was absent, didn’t communicate with many members of the council, and didn’t collaborate across politics spectrums. It’s interesting to hear a change of tune now. 1/
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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Remember Pete Stauber is behind this.
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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
When listing Target Corp‘s many failures over the last 2 years, please don’t forget that here in Minnesota, home to their effin’ HQ, they allowed 🧊 to hunt their own employees in their stores and stage their terror attacks on the surrounding neighborhoods from Target parking lots.😡
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LibsMpls @libsmpls.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
On DoorDash Grandma, the Doctor-in-Chief, and living through the end days of absurdity. (gift link)
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President, Extremely Normal Brain-Wise: Pope Weak On Crime, Also I'm Dr. Jesus Christ | Defector
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, is a deranged old pervert whose brain, long since sodden and pitted from a lifetime of indulgence and Diet Coke, is foaming out of his ears. Over the ...
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kd @katalogued.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The amount of good women run out of office, out of civic engagement, out of media careers, etc. and we are just told over and over “there’s nothing we can do.” Every woman I know, practically.
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LibsMpls @libsmpls.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Parents are “asked to do more for their children while getting less and less help.” It’s not surprising the U.S. birth rate is dropping - our government is willing to spend on silly wars while shortchanging our future.
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Robin for Ward 2 @robin4mpls.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Minneapolis saw eviction filings increase by 60% from the same time last year. @homelinemn.org correctly attributes the low eviction numbers prior to March to massive mutual aid efforts. Neighbors raised millions for rental assistance during Operation Metro Surge. buff.ly/sKBXfgs
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Eviction Filings Update: Quarter 1, 2026 — HOME Line
Eviction filings across Minnesota remain alarmingly high in early 2026, with 6,402 cases filed statewide in Quarter 1 (Q1), a 0.5% increase over 2025, the highest filing year on record, and nearly…
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LibsMpls @libsmpls.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Knock doors, make phone calls & show up for our MN progressive legislators this summer and fall. We’ll need a progressive Trifecta to pass real change over a Klobuchar veto.
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LibsMpls @libsmpls.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Local @metrotransitmn.bsky.social news: someone tried to park on the blue line tracks tonight - just south of 38th St. Metro Transit PD & engineers are on site.
Maroon sedan parked on light rail tracks south of 38th St, patrol cars with flashing lights blocking tracks in Mpls. Car is intact and driver/passengers likely walked away.
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LibsMpls @libsmpls.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Turns out the best part of @bsky.app is the Mpls-St Paul feed. I’m confident @lookitup.baby will fix this corner of the internet.
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Walter Hudson should voluntarily surrender his permit to carry for breaking the law. More on the official consequences Hudson and Engen should face for misconduct on the job.
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