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Josh Martin @joshmartinmpls.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
This year more than ever it’s clear people have this backwards - MPD is defunding the city.
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 14/10/2026
None of these budget bullies are tough enough to admit that after MPD staged its wildcat strike post-GFS, the city made a devil’s deal to buy them off with huge raises, making this budget crisis inevitable (if delayed by Biden’s COVID dough). And we haven’t even hit charter minimum MPD staffing.
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The real story is that progressives on the council pushed for fiscal oversight and against overspending. We got called out for it, but taxpayers didn't foot the bill and the trip is still happening. Honestly shocked to hear CMs who want to make big cuts to the budget advocate for overspending.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) says Trump's raid of Rep. Ilhan Omar's home is a reminder that he's a "coward" who lashes out at Black women who challenge him www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
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Congresswoman On Ilhan Omar Home Raid: Trump Is A ‘Coward’ Who Targets Black Women
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Robert Haider @roberthaider.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Put another way: the City could cover the full funding gap with nine days worth of MPD overtime pay.
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
As the founding executive director of HOURCAR, let me say that it is imperative someone steps forward to rescue car sharing AND bike sharing in the Twin Cities. HOURCAR, Evie and Nice Ride--all community-led nonprofits--were beautiful systems that allowed so many of us to live nearly car free.
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News — HOURCAR & Evie
Stay updated with the latest news, updates, and stories from HOURCAR and Evie carshare services in Minnesota and the Twin Cities.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026
The government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term.
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Nick Benson @ottergoose.net · 07/10/2026
Twenty people were flown out of Minneapolis by ICE today. If you may have had a loved on board, full footage can be seen here: youtube.com/watch?v=xYA0I6s7fKw
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 06/10/2026
ICE has detained more than 500 U.S. citizens.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Dan Marshall @danmarstp.marshallwords.com · 02/10/2026
Well, Wes, this sent me down a bizarre astroturf rabbit hole. Let's see who the super creeps behind this are! WakeUpSaintPaul.org is a generic site with some bogus survey likely designed to collect names. It says its a "project of the Domestic Policy Caucus".
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Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 02/10/2026
This was in the context of why I voted in support of Workers Drive Minneapolis, our autonomous vehicles regulations ordinance. We can’t just keep rolling over for Big Tech and not learn from what’s happened with rideshare, social media, & AI. Read more ⬇️ content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd...
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Ward 1 City Council Updates - October 2, 2026
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is part of the regime's attempt to crush organized labor and replace unionized TSA workers with contractors. They tried to eliminate workers bargaining rights last year, then forced them to work through the shutdown w/o pay for more than a month, and now this.
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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 01/10/2026
My concern with driverless taxis is we always fail at dealing w the next evolution in more driving, more car infrastructure, more traffic. We'd better take ownership of city streets now or one day realize these companies own us. We know how hard it is to regulate after the fact.
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geri katz @gerikatz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank G-d he survived. I hope he gets some kind of justice.
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Mpls. educator files claim alleging attack by Border Patrol agents
Roosevelt High special ed assistant Quentin Williams has filed a claim against the federal government over a Jan. 7 incident where he was pinned down by Border Patrol agents on school property.
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Ethan Pants (he/him) @ethanpants.northsky.social · 29/09/2026
You can write to Kare11 here to complain about the transphobic language: www.kare11.com/contact-us Hey cis allies! This is where you can ally!
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EHB on BET @ehbforbet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Many people who were critical of MPD cost overruns were denounced as alarmist or anti-police. Now MPD has admitted to the abuse of overtime hours. I am grateful current leadership is cracking down but deeply frustrated by this betrayal of the public trust and the time it took to get answers.
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Critical reporting by @theguardian.com: The SS goes stealth. Their quiet crimes are all around us. Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever
After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere
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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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The Palestine Project @palestineproject.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Israel has shut occupied West Bank crossings for a week, further restricting Palestinian movement and holy site access. Palestinians already face severe restrictions on their movement due to hundreds of Israeli checkpoints and barriers across the occupied territory.
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Mapping Israel’s 300 checkpoints: Where they are and how they work
Israel has shut occupied West Bank crossings for a week, further restricting Palestinian movement and holy site access.
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Liam Davis Temple @liam2manynames.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This article lays out so many self-inflicted wounds from MPS again. If this backlog isn’t cleared by 10/1 it’s more money left on the table. Clean up all the issues of mismanagement within the Davis Center before hugely consequential plans that close schools. sahanjournal.com/education/mi...
sahanjournal.com
Minneapolis Schools has backlog of 700 students waiting to enroll
Minneapolis Public Schools officials confirmed on Friday that they are working through an enrollment backlog of 700 students — just as the district has unveiled a plan to close up to 16 schools.
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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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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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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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Tom Olsen @olsenforparks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
His points around needing public commitments on police oversight/reform are valid. Part of why the parks were facing cuts at all was because the city is facing police led cost overruns. Next week we need to fully fund parks (which the BET showed support for) and keep police accountable.
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Tom Olsen @olsenforparks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This city deserves only the best after all we've been through!
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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 23/09/2026
Brandt: Reasonable requests to reign in MPD spending have gotten "no response." You can't ignore those who control the purse strings without consequences.
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Adam @wyseapple.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If this strategy of closing schools worked, we’d see successful examples cited. But we aren’t hearing about any of that, are we? It’s because this doesn’t work. Wherever it’s been implemented, enrollment dropped. Often, it accelerated.
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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Anyways. Would $500k in neighborhood projects made Minneapolis a better place to live than $20 million in MPD overtime? I guess opinions differ!
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Will and the Loons @wmrine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“These are schools that were the very reason why so many families even live in Minneapolis.”
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Shannon for School Board @shannon-for-d3.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Christin With Minneapolis @christin-with-mpls.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hello! I did not have a vote (I am a 1st time candidate) but my family was impacted by the CDD. The CDD led to an 18% decrease in enrollment & increased the number of racially segregated schools. While I share the district’s stated value of equity, I had concerns about impact & would have voted no.
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Christin With Minneapolis @christin-with-mpls.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A rushed and reckless plan to close 17 schools is the last thing our district needs right now. Our children are our everything, and they deserve a district that takes its time, engages with families, and builds a plan actually rooted in the needs of our community: not this.
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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So, like, if the key to doing school closures well is making parents feel good enough abt the change that they stay in the district, it seems extremely unlikely that *our* district, in partic, can pull that off (& not only bc being the birthplace of charters & having open enrollment create options)
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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Very interesting (and relevant to Minneapolis). Anyone know what district’s saying re staffing? (&: Very minor point, but absolutely wild to me that they did an entire article about an asst prof’s new study, got another expert in the field to weigh in, & couldn’t reach the study author for comment)
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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"Hennepin County is ready for a new direction"?! Prior to Mary Moriarty, Mike Freeman held this office for nearly three decades, from 1991–99 and 2007–2023, with Amy Klobuchar (see: Myon Burrell, Marvin Haynes) in between. Moriarty IS the new direction, and we should keep going in that direction.
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Minneapolis has a long history of racist police. Activists want to kick out the county attorney who protected them.
There's a recall campaign against Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman after George Floyd's murder.
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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 10/09/2026
Steve Brandt addressing Heritage Park residents: as someone who wrote articles about conditions in the old projects, "I can't tell you how angry I am to see the same issues repeated a generation later."
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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.myatproto.social · 07/09/2026
The Central Labor Union, which organized the first Labor Day celebration, also co-founded the United Labor Party (ULP). In 1886 ULP ran Henry George for mayor. He didn't win but got more votes than Teddy Roosevelt. Today's NYC Left can run primaries mostly without labor—but can't govern without it.
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 07/09/2026
On Labor Day, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a new executive order to create the new Office of Worker Power, which will help workers connect with union organizers and educational resources to learn about their rights and, if they choose, to organize their workplaces.
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Can This Former Longshoreman Help Zohran Mamdani Unionize New York?
The newly-created Office of Worker Power is inspired by a similar effort by the Democratic Socialists of America and the United Electrical Workers that has helped thousands across the country…
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Apartments designated as affordable are sitting empty as the poorest of the poor in the U.S. cannot afford them
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The poorest in the U.S. can’t find housing even as low-income units sit empty
“I just keep trying to swim uphill,” says Mathew Davis, 49, of the few hundred dollars he earns a month.
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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, Frey said, 'Everybody wanted a safety response that did not involve an officer with a gun.'" Frey was against this, to be clear. It's not true that everybody wanted those safety responses; it's just true that enough of us did that he couldn't ignore us.
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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It's always interesting that Frey doesn't demand the same results from MPD that he does from things like violence interruption.
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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 04/09/2026
It takes you 20 paragraphs to get to the part of the article where they admit that Mamdani isn't paying the influencers and the reason they are posting videos of the stuff Mamdani is doing is because people are interested in watching it.
The mayor’s office says that it does not pay the influencers. Still, their proximity and access to a figure as popular as Mr. Mamdani can help increase their own social media following and, by extension, potentially put them in a position to attract paid content sponsorships from commercial brands. Some influencers said that when they feature Mr. Mamdani, the videos get more likes and viewers watch longer.
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Minnesota 50501 @mn50501.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
ICE Air flight coming to MSP, Fri Sep 4, estimated arrival: 3:10 PM. Shackled detainees will board the plane at Signature Aviation. Since January 1, MN50501 has tracked 131 ICE Air flights through MSP, carrying 4,458 people. 📑 ottergoose.net/ice-flights-msp/data 📡 adsb.lol/?icao=a82a75
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
ICE Air Flight
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
Touchdown Time: 3:10 PM
SIGNATURE AVIATION'S
PRIVATE JET FACILITY
BETWEEN TERMINAL 1 & 2
AT MSP. OBSERVE FROM TERMINAL 1 GOLD 7 OR RED 8 PARKING RAMPS.
131 ICE AIR FLIGHTS
4,458 DETAINEES LEAVING MN
Observed or estimated since Jan 1, 2026
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🏳️‍⚧️ UNBAN LINK @biancamack.co · 30/08/2026
Love a direct, to the point queen. Say it plainly and leave no space for bad-faith bullshit.
Asked why the WNBA continues to experience these heightened distractions, Cloud said, "Men."
"The men now that are like 'Oh, we need to protect the WNBA,’ y'all were the same ones saying we shouldn't be paid," Cloud continued. "Y'all were the same ones saying we shouldn't have been invested in, saying we're a joke, the same ones that don't respect Black women. So, if you're going to protect women, that means all women. That includes Black women, trans women and the list goes on."
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I talked to a man who got stuck in an elevator, a wheelchair user who had to go on his balcony and shout to ask for food, a woman who had to sleep in her chair because she couldn't use her COPD machine. The crisis in Gary is the product of structural neglect and racism, but also climate change.
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Gary, Indiana, Is America’s Latest Climate Victim - The American Prospect
This community has already faced structural racism and disinvestment. A two-week blackout unleashed a humanitarian disaster.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
40% of disabled cancer patients die during the wait period to enroll in medicare — and the rate is rising
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Leah Temple for MN Senate @voteleahtemple.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Thank you @dbrauer.net for sharing, and thank you for being a fellow voice for democracy! SD30 is growing & changing and we're here for it 💙 The time is now!!
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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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