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Bill Emory (he/him)

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Dad. Politico. PhD in DIY. Carbon Mitigation Mgr @ Hennepin County MN. Interested in: Social Change, Political Activism, Economic Democracy, Social Media, Good Food, Naps, and Books. Skeets represent YOUR emerging viewpoints, not my employer. WNY—> MSP

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amityf @amityf.bsky.social · 4h
Some of the best people I know use @metrotransitmn.bsky.social to get around! Good to see CMs @jchavezmpls.bsky.social, @aurinmpls.bsky.social and @sorenwithward8.bsky.social (and to hear their #busride stories, really!)
group of people standing around the MetroTransit mascot, Skip Traffic
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Bill Emory (he/him) @oldmanemory.bsky.social · 5h
A great read from an excellent writer.
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Josh Martin @joshmartinmpls.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I really appreciate everyone’s passion over city politics, but Frey being removed or resigning over disagreement regarding the management of MPD is a theory that simply is not grounded in reality. (This is, for some reason, a theory that I have seen floating around.)
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 24/09/2026
in july, sahan journal reported that shingle creek neighbors' complaints led to owens corning shingle factory being fined by the EPA by air pollution violations after an inspection 2 months later, they hired jackie cherryhomes to lobby for them isn't that timely?
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Bill Emory (he/him) @oldmanemory.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I got my flu shot and my COVID booster on Friday. When are you planning to get yours?
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Bill Emory (he/him) @oldmanemory.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
MPD still can’t answer questions about where all the money went. And now, Frey is directing them not to testify before the Council. What are they covering up? What don’t they want the public to know?
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Bill Emory (he/him) @oldmanemory.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Huh! Will you look at that?
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Nenookaasi Ozhige @nenookaasi.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
URGENT SURVIVAL ASSISTANGE NEEDED! A grandmother needs support covering rent/electric & food for her +5 grandbabies she is presently caring for. Any amount helps! Goal: $700
URGENT SURVIVAL ASSISTANGE NEEDED!
a grandma needs help covering rent/electric & food for her +5 grandbabies. Any amount helps!
Cashapp: south012
Venmo: Nenookaasi612

Goal $700
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Stonewall DFL @stonewalldfl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is something all Democratic candidates and elected officials should be saying right now. It’s really that simple!
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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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Bill Emory (he/him) @oldmanemory.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I will always stand with my trans siblings. I don’t care if it’s “strategic”, my values are not subordinate to tactics. If you wish there was less dialogue about trans people and their rights, you are always free to *not speak* on the topic, and be the change you want to see in the world.
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Abolish the DFL Code of Conduct Committee @bundleofsticks7.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
As a non-binary person who grew up closeted in the high-control Baptist Church, I can assure you that online trans discourse doesn’t even begin to approach cult behavior.
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 10/09/2026
congrats to dewayne davis, new political director for SEIU healthcare MN & IA! saw him at keith ellison’s labor day bbq and he said he wasn’t sure if he wanted to join a church and decided that the fight is in politics now. he used to be a confessional staffer in DC working on issues like healthcare
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 09/09/2026
and if there aren't good answers to every one of those questions, then your city/county/whatever hasn't even started to get serious about addressing homelessness
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 09/09/2026
"Was the shelter in-late/out-early with no services on the other side of town? Does the shelter org force religion on people? Is your shelter LGBTQ2S+ friendly? Is it REALLY tho? Did you give people money without means testing it? Did you provide a way for people to keep and secure their property?"
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 09/09/2026
Every time we hear "The homeless people didn't use the resources we offered," the next questions should be "What specific resources did you offer? Were they actually meant to be helpful to people you claim to want to help? Did you offer actual shelter? Did it accommodate couples? Pets? Wet or dry?"
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Bill Emory (he/him) @oldmanemory.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
RANDY TRAVIS ARE YOU PREGNANT
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Dex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 03/09/2026
If you need more reason to avoid Substack (and their transphobia and platforming of Nazis wasn't enough): Vance Boelter, the man who murdered Melissa and Mark Hortman and shot the Hoffmans, is posting rants on Substack about Democrats and fraud and is clearly attempting to taint the jury pool.
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Ethan Kleinbaum @eikleinbaum.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Hennepin County is looking for feedback on the proposed concepts for intersections of Cedar Ave at 34th and 40th.
beheardhennepin.org
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🌸ayana🌸 @ayanajsk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
At least three dead including the shooter according to an update from Councilmember Chowdhury. My heart goes out to the loved ones of the deceased. What a senseless tragedy.
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Bill Emory (he/him) @oldmanemory.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Lotta talk about aliens on the D-Line this morning. Some provocative and original theories. Gave me a lot to think about.
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Coyle "Barricade Material" Boron @fack.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
would be kinda neat to mandate shade trees be planted at all bus stops where feasible.
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Bill Emory (he/him) @oldmanemory.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Speechless.
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 25/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:
BOYCOTT STARBUCKS is written inside a zig-zaggy speech bubble against crumbled paper. Beside it are the Starbucks Workers United logo and an image of a coffee cup being poured out.We, the 12,000 and growing members of Starbucks Workers United, call on everyone who stands with working people to boycott Starbucks until they finalize a contract with union baristas and stop union-busting.
What we’re fighting for is simple: a minimum $17/hr wage, enough hours to live on, better staffing in our stores, and basic workplace protections. Every year, our living costs rise but our wages don’t keep up – a growing pressure many American workers are feeling as corporate greed accelerates unchecked in our country. 
Starbucks is banking on customers' blind loyalty to the integrity and values this company once stood for in order to keep squeezing them for profits. At a time when working-class people across the country are struggling in a challenging economy, it is no longer possible to be both a Starbucks customer and in support of workers; choosing to spend money at Starbucks is choosing a law breaking corporation over the baristas who make your coffee everyday exactly as you ask for it.
Starbucks has violated U.S. labor law more than any other company in modern history–the NLRB and its judges have found that Starbucks committed hundreds of labor violations and there are currently more than 550 unresolved unfair labor practice charges still pending against the company. Instead of finalizing a fair and reasonable union contract, Starbucks has repeatedly demonstrated a lack of care for the workers who fuel the company’s profits by wasting millions of dollars on AI and technology that doesn’t work, launching countless gimmicky drinks designed to distract from real problems, and inventing pointless policies that do nothing but make our jobs harder. 
This ongoing, irrational behavior by Starbucks and its refusal to settle a fair union contract with workers leaves us with no other choice than to call for a boycott. We know when working people stand up together, we win. 
No Contract? No Coffee.
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Bill Emory (he/him) @oldmanemory.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
What’s the long German word for the feeling you get when your local police officers (that almost 40% of your tax dollars pay for) safely escort white nationalists and racists through your city while his private security uses chemical irritants on everyone in sight?
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Akhilesh @akhileshmenawat.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Don’t read Frazier's 35.95% as a sign that Hennepin voters don’t want a progressive attorney. The data says the opposite. To start: Frazier finished first in 227 of 394 precincts. Folk: 1st in 74, 2nd in 115, and 3rd-5th in 206 (more than half the precincts in Hennepin County).
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
They like Trump. They want to help him rule us like a king
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Akhilesh @akhileshmenawat.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
In 2018 Irene won a five-way open primary with 33.2%. 8 years later, she earned 55.3% and added 6,923 votes to her Primary total. I’ve been on Irene’s team since the beginning and am so proud of the governing work we’ve done and the coalition we’ve built.
Stat card titled "Eight years of fighting for District 2," comparing Irene Fernando's Hennepin County District 2 primary results. 2018: open seat, five-way race, 33.2%, 9,577 votes, won a plurality (1st place, less than 50%). Arrow marked +6,923 votes and +22.1 points. 2026: incumbent, four-way race, 55.3%, 16,500 votes, won a majority (1st place, more than 50%).
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Akhilesh @akhileshmenawat.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Irene won 55% in D2’s Minneapolis precincts and 56% in suburban ones. She’s the only candidate on the ballot with no significant city-suburb gap. In fact she has no strong geographic correlations with any top of ticket DFLers, meaning Irene has an independent base electorally.
Lollipop chart titled "Irene Fernando is the only candidate without a city-suburb gap," comparing six District 2 campaigns on the difference between their Minneapolis and suburban vote share, with correlation to the city line at right. Flanagan, U.S. Senate: +22.6 points, r = +0.89. Frazier, County Attorney: +21.6, r = +0.91. Klobuchar, Governor: −12.3, r = −0.86. Omar, Congress CD5: +10.0, r = +0.67. Ellison, Attorney General: +5.3, r = +0.76. Fernando, County Commissioner, highlighted in teal: −1.6 points, r = −0.23, not statistically significant. Footer: every other campaign on the ballot sorted along the Minneapolis-suburb line; Fernando's didn't.
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Akhilesh @akhileshmenawat.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Irene won 52 out of 56 precincts, and the 4 she lost was by a combined 51 votes out of the 29,837 cast in the D2 Commissioner race. In 38 of 56 precincts, Irene won over 50% against three opponents; and in 36 precincts she won by a 2:1 margin.
Map titled "How decisively Irene Fernando won," showing all 56 Hennepin County District 2 precincts in the four-way 2026 primary, color-coded by her margin over the runner-up. Dark navy, won 2-to-1 or better: 36 precincts. Teal, won a majority (1st place, more than 50%): 2 precincts. Light teal, won a plurality (1st place, less than 50%): 14 precincts. Orange, lost: 4 precincts, by 51 votes in total. Navy dominates the map; the four losses cluster in Minneapolis Wards 4 and 5.
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Akhilesh @akhileshmenawat.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Irene Fernando won a mandate — 55.3% in a four-way race. And the more I dig into the math, the stronger her win is. To start, she won every city in the district: all four Minneapolis wards, Plymouth, Golden Valley, St. Anthony, and Medicine Lake. 🧵
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Abolish the DFL Code of Conduct Committee @bundleofsticks7.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Very weird @womenwinning.bsky.social!
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Lindsay @lindsaympls.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Feels sus to me that @womenwinning.bsky.social didn’t endorse Irene Fernando when they have one of her primary opponents on their board. Since that opponent isn’t moving past the primary, unclear why they haven’t endorsed Irene who’s done SO MUCH for our community. Surely WW isn’t this transactional
Results of August 11 Primary Election for Hennepin County Commissioner Dist 2, showing Irene Fernando with 55.3% of the vote and Makeda Zulu with less than 8.4%
Women Winning board page identifying Vice Chair Makeda Zulu
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Briana Rose Lee @brianaroselee.swifties.social · 30/07/2026
Just when you think @angiecraigmn.bsky.social can’t get any lower… she is using that image of Liam without permission in an ad to vilify her opponent. Reminder that Angie voted for Laken-Riley, Angie voted to bring ICE into our community and then she voted to THANK ICE. Liam deserves better
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Cedrick Frazier @cedrickfrazier.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
That’s Cedrick Baker, who serves as Deputy Mayor under Kaohly Her. I’m Cedrick Frazier, State Representative and the DFL-endorsed candidate for Hennepin County Attorney! Kaohly Her endorsed another candidate in this race.
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 28/07/2026
i can't get over "this swipe" like grow the fuck up. leave your house. do some work beyond looking at pixels on a screen and thinking that's covering politics, LOL, it's not
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 28/07/2026
onsite public media admitted to me they stole my entire blog and actually asked if they could KEEP IT UP and just give credit, which, no, of course not, what an offensive suggestion. never ask for forgiveness if you skipped asking for permission. that’s even worse
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 28/07/2026
onsite public media stole one of my stories and put it in infographics on their IG, asking for donations to support “their work.” low integrity. it was founded by toussaint morrison, whose company reel house just made $25k doing ads for hennepin county safety & justice for all, the hao nguyen PAC
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Bill Emory (he/him) @oldmanemory.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Every part of the DFL should be focused on winning majorities, not defending unpopular incumbents in deep-blue seats. Disappointing.
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Bill Emory (he/him) @oldmanemory.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
When people call Mike Lindell the “Lumpy Pillow Guy”, are they calling the pillows lumpy, the man lumpy, or both? Because I’m not here for the body shaming but I’m 100% on board with pillow-shaming.
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ash 🏳️‍⚧️ @rollingfor20.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
update from yvette hoffman, senator hoffman’s wife, on threads today:
From Yvette Hoffman: “We have certainly learned who true friends are and who are liars. I am so sad that David Wellston [sic] lied. I was present on both occasions when he came via Angie Craig to ask my husband for an endorsement once when he was in ICU and once when he had barely been home. I found it to be classic gaslighting that Angie Craig said we were questioning her integrity, but she’s definitely saying we have none by claiming we’re lying and why would we all John was doing? [sic] Was making a speech and talking about what happened. She’s the one who’s blown this up.”
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 27/07/2026
angie craig would not say israel is committing genocide in gaza on MPR debate just now. she called that language "unhelpful" cowardly. now she's talking about "palestinians who died in the war on gaza." who killed them, angie?
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ash 🏳️‍⚧️ @rollingfor20.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
senator hoffman has released a new statement regarding angie craig’s actions towards him, released via EMQ’s Facebook: she is so cooked
From Senator Erin Maye Quade on Facebook:

“Statement from Senator John Hoffman:

Congresswoman Craig went on FOX 9 this morning and declared that what I said was “emphatically” untrue. Her campaign has also characterized my account as “categorically false.”

Let me be equally clear: I told the truth about what Yvette and I experienced.

The screenshots released by her campaign show direct text messages from Congresswoman Craig. They do not address the substance of what I said: that a dear and trusted friend approached us twice on her behalf regarding an endorsement, once while I was in the ICU and again while I was recovering at home.

That friend confirmed that the endorsement requests came from Congresswoman Craig. Yvette was also present for these conversations. I did not invent them, and I will not allow our family’s experience to be dismissed simply because it is politically uncomfortable.”“I acknowledge that Congresswoman Craig sent a message expressing sympathy after the shooting. My remarks addressed the endorsement requests that followed and the painful impression those requests left on our family while we were trying to survive and recover. It is dishonest to give condolences and then immediately ask for endorsement like her text showed.

Peggy Flanagan’s repeated contacts with our family were different. Peggy reached out simply to ask whether Yvette, Hope, and I were okay. She sought nothing in return.

My remarks were about that contrast, and I remain accountable for every word I said. Congresswoman Craig may disagree with my endorsement. She may defend her campaign’s conduct. But she does not get to rewrite what my family experienced or publicly attack my honesty. 

After everything Yvette, Hope, and I have endured, we deserve better than having our trauma turned against us for political damage control. 
 
Senator John Hoffman
Chair of Human Services Policy and Finance

Serving the cities of Brooklyn Park, Champlin, Coon Rapids, Dayton and Rogers and the Counties of Anoka, Hennepin and Wright.
www.johnhoffmanmn.com”
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Abolish the DFL Code of Conduct Committee @bundleofsticks7.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Evergreen
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Dex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 25/07/2026
If you were wondering if the story about Angie Craig asking Senator Hoffman for his endorsement while he was in the ICU is true, @erinmayequade.bsky.social has video.
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Sami Schalk @drsamischalk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Police murdered a Black man in the street in Madison WI today. Shot point blank in the head while on the ground, tased, and surrounded by four cops. It looks like an execution. Multiple videos circulating online. Things are about to get very bad here.
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charlie @charliestdennis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Friends, 3 members of our Highland Park community were senselessly killed in a tragic shooting. One of the victims was Dena Silcox, the mom of a HP classmate. Please give or share if you can. 💕 gofund.me/4f0053d7c
gofund.me
Donate to Support Dena’s Children After Tragic Loss, organized by Madeline McCabe
Our hearts are heavy as we navigate the loss of Dena Silcox. Her vibrant spi… Madeline McCabe needs your support for Support Dena’s Children After Tragic Loss
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I don’t know who these people are —or who this person is — and I don’t care (as in please don’t explain to me who it is, I don’t care) but absolutely unconscionable to compare my colleague Senator Fateh to Platner. You can dislike people and their politics, but this is beyond the pale.
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Bill Emory (he/him) @oldmanemory.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
In Soviet Minneapolis, THE POLICE defund YOU.
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Jeanelle Austin for the People (MN-SD62) @jeanellefortheppl.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Statement from Jeanelle Austin regarding All of Mpls's smear on Sen Omar Fateh:
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