Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 14hthe Cornell case should make us question prosecutors and police all the time: the same DA offices discounting college students’ sexual assault cases (the lacking investigations, the disbelief) are happy to jail countless women for far less, day in and day out, when most people aren’t watching 11056231
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21hrobert kraft screaming, crying, throwing up 393796379
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Eight years ago today the Saudi government murdered WaPo columnist Jamaal Khashoggi. Today they own 49.5% of the biggest media/news company in America. 17591310
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Luke Braun @lukebraunnfl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026the nfl is basically a constant exercise in coginitive dissonance and i think a lot of people could just kinda not think about it and try to have fun, but last night they drew specific attention to an effort to rehabilitate deshaun watson and it ruins the shared little agreement we all have 4666
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻AIPAC Tracker @trackaipac.com · 01/10/2026Google Maps released their first updated pictures of Gaza since 2023. You can see the destruction here: destruction.trackaipac.com 04431
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Aurin Chowdhury MPLS City Council Member W12 @aurinmpls.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Some of my colleagues on the council are saying that the Minneapolis Police Department should be allowed to overspend their budget so 9 people can travel to accept an award. We are trying to convince them they should only spend within their gifted amount of $16,000 so no taxpayer dollars are used. 7647
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Audrey Dutton @audreydutton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Emma Joyce was sick and vomiting for days when she died. The next summer, Ava Joan got sick: wouldn't eat or drink, rapid breathing, and her vomit was black. It was untreated diabetes. The girls' toddler brother was next to die. Years later, another brother. www.propublica.org/article/idah...propublica.orgFour Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr... 50606289
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Mara 👻 aBOOlish I.C.E. @mauratwit.bsky.social · 09/09/2026“Bringing this facility online, adding 1,600 beds is really taking Minnesota’s current detention capacity and multiplying it by a factor of seven or eight” ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ Dfl silence on this is deeply disturbing.sahanjournal.comAs hiring begins for Appleton ICE facility, CoreCivic offers to pay city and county more than $1.5M a year for lost tax dollarsCoreCivic has offered the Appleton and Swift County more than $1.5M million per year to cover tax revenue they would lose following the sale of the shuttered Prairie Correctional Facility. 22516
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026BREAKING: Israel snatched an American teen from his West Bank home in the middle of the night — just days before his birthday and during his critical national exams. He's now been held for 3 months, with no charges. Netanyahu just came to the US for the *eighth* time since Trump took office.zeteo.comFirst Draft: Israel Has Kidnapped Another American TeenagerAbdalkareem Issa Ahmed Safi has Texas roots but languishes in a notorious jail, one more victim of Benjamin Netanyahu’s cruel impunity. Donald Trump, meanwhile, is losing some of his most ardent fans. 8762378
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻frank @panndder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026it's not a mess, it's fraud. and Peterson was a precinct inspector while this all went down 0103
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Ethan Pants (he/him) @ethanpants.northsky.social · 29/09/2026You 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!kare11.comContact Us | kare11.comContact KARE 11 99868
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻ms. maas @msmaas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Seriously. Living for the day Frey is held accountable for . . . literally anything 26713
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻🏳️⚧️To-FANG-a BRAIN-GLOWS 🌈 @topangarainbows.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Perry can has asthma meds??? Paypal, venmo, cashapp: TopangaRainbows 12214
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Irene Fernando @hennepind2.com · 28/09/2026Light rail drives development like nothing else. In 2026 alone, this new development is generating $35.7 million in property tax revenue that isn't falling to existing property owners, including $7.7 million for the City of Minneapolis and $4 million for Minneapolis Public Schools. 1247
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Metro Transit (Official) @metrotransitmn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We are excited to welcome you onboard the extension of the METRO Green Line beginning June 12, 2027! To learn more visit www.metrotransit.org/green-line 27219
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Doron Clark @doronclark.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Vote yes! Passing the MN constitutional amendment on this year’s ballot will increase funding to all public schools including about $1,000,000 per year to Minneapolis Public Schools. Don’t skip it - leaving this question blank is the same as voting no. (PS - Edison scored!) 312749
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻5 Eyewitness News @kstptv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Minneapolis leaders are under pressure after a letter said police spending oversight has failed and called the department’s costs unsustainable.kstp.comMinneapolis Board of Taxation flags MPD overspending as 'predominant pressure' on property tax growthMinneapolis leaders are under pressure after a letter said police spending oversight has failed and called the department’s costs unsustainable. 283
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Eric @ericandredion.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Do “civic minded philanthropists” ask for public money for a new arena? 1195
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Robert Haider @roberthaider.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If the left must answer for affiliation with that streamer guy, regardless of any actual connection, I think it’s reasonable for the judgment of the mayor and some council members that ran on an actual slate with this person to be called into question. 0225
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻taylr @taylordahlin.com · 23/09/2026kare 11 implying that brian o'hara actually answered the city council's questions about the budget in may by saying he "addressed" it... no, he got up there and refused to answer any questions about MPD budget overspends, and that seems to be what has kicked this all off 24510
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Aaron Blackshear @aaronblackshear.bsky.social · 23/09/2026When are we going to hear about the investigation into O'Hara's driver for intimidating his victims, and O'Hara hiding his timesheets when he got caught double-dipping? Or do they think we'll all forget about that since he resigned? 082
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Star Tribune is frantically burying any news that could make the Republicans look bad, including their commitment to Trump and their promise to welcome ICE back into the state to attack us again. 1104
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Moth @walkingminnesota.com · 23/09/2026Who could have predicted this pivot www.startribune.com/timberwolves... 56216
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Negin Owliaei @neginowl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The legal system that the Trump administration has been weaponizing against immigrants and the left is not something of its own creation. They inherited this legal machinery from the war on terror, and until we dismantle it, all of us are at risk. Please, please read this. 19256
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Sahat English @sahatenglish.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Days after the NFL fined him for wearing Hind Rajab’s name, Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair returned to the field with another Palestinian child on his eye black: 8-year-old Wafaa Akila. Wafaa was killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza on September 6 — her first day of school. 81344325
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If executive branch creates a system so that people under government control can be located and then just stops listing some people in that system — despite their still being under government control — that should be a five-alarm fire for the other branches, the states, and the public. 141285545
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 21/09/2026THREAD. Did you know that Minneapolis police deployed 101 personnel to a 7-person vigil held one morning at Renee Good's memorial? The cops generated $1.92 million in overtime cash for themselves. 101425519
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Spoooooky Pants 🧛♂️ @farnaby.xyz · 21/09/2026It's becoming clear to everyone, not just the left, that frey has zero control over the police or their budget. But he can't admit that openly because he is a Strong Boy™ And that they are defunding the parts on Minneapolis that do work or that are good. 2317
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻taylr @taylordahlin.com · 21/09/2026pointing out once again that the minneapolis police department have yet to answer these questions on line-by-line budget overspending from 3 months ago. brian o'hara tried getting out of showing up that day, gave no answers. he's gone now, MPD refuse to answer, and frey wants EVEN MORE power 310640
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Tom Olsen @olsenforparks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026My argument is simple; our parks are worth it. In the last few years our park levy has been consistently under what we need to fully function. This led to rec center cuts. We are facing cuts again, while the city has been far less fiscally prudent. Gift link: www.startribune.com/mpls-green-s...startribune.comPark Board president: Minneapolis parks are among the best in the nation. Fund them accordingly.The Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation must vote to fully fund the park board’s levy request of 5.86%, which is far below what the city is asking for itself, Park and Recreation Board presiden... 28122
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Mira @thefreeradical.org · 21/09/2026yall, ICE shot *someone else* in austin, TX today. the guy in question is still alive but has serious wounds do not let this go silent or ignored. people already stopped talking about lorenzo araujo's murder, do not forget what ICE is doing as it murders and assaults innocent peopleapnews.comICE agent shoots and wounds man in Austin, Texas, officials sayLocal authorities say a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer has shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas, where anti-ICE protesters gathered at the scene. 5609246
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 20/09/2026An ICE agent shot and wounded a person Sunday in North Austin, according to three state and local officials.bit.lyICE agent shoots and wounds person in North Austin, officials sayAn ICE agent shot and wounded a person Sunday in North Austin, according to three state and local officials. 18565289
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026never forget that our universities fired and expelled people for opposing this 202821976
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Robin for Ward 2 @robin4mpls.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Be so for real. MPD is consistently wasting their funding on unnecessary resources and taxpayers are funding their settlements for illegal actions. But the Star Tribune chooses to publish a story on saving MPD’s horses that are not making our city safer. 23610
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Tom Olsen @olsenforparks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Funding for our parks and the very financial foundation of Minneapolis are jeopardized because police spending is out of control. To avoid a reduction in our credit rating and future park service reductions the Mayor and City Council must take action to rein in spending. Please read and share. 511644
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026There was a federal report about how irredeemable this department is, and liberal politicians and their voters simply decided to pretend the department was something else 15318
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Katelyn Oldham *Abolish ICE. Defund DHS.* @katelynstarrpdx.bsky.social · 17/09/2026NAACP and AFLCIO are opposed to this antitrust exemption for the NCAA. Just such crap from democrats-including one of my senators, Wyden. This is a huge multibillion $ business & players deserve a fair share and a say in their working conditions & help if disabled later in life (think CTE!, etc) 2416
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Eric Hauge @erichauge.bsky.social · 17/09/2026On Tuesday 9/15, the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (MPHA) and their affiliated entities (CHR, FHR, Elliots LP) filed a combined 42 evictions. MPHA is a funder of this project, developed by Lupe Development (Steve Minn) & Wall Companies (John Wall). More about them: bsky.app/profile/tayl... 1256
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Correct. Anybody else raising a question of privilege like this puts it on a two-day countdown. The minority leader has the perk that he can force the vote immediately, if he wants. 121067244
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"I represented Israel at the World Baseball Classic…times change…those of you that equate belief in a government to Judaism, you're not going to like what comes out of my mouth…Netanyahu is a war criminal…I have a very big problem when Jews specifically try to use Judaism to justify oppression." 011324
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻AIPAC Tracker @trackaipac.com · 16/09/2026“United Airlines is set to resume the shipment of military hardware to Israel aboard passenger flights, according to shipping data reviewed by The Intercept.” theintercept.com/2026/09/09/u...theintercept.comUnited Airlines Ships War Materiel to Israel Aboard Passenger FlightsUnfriendly skies: On United, checked bags might ride next to tank parts bound for Israel. Direct flights to Israel are set to resume tonight. 35545
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Nothing happens among NFL owners without…Robert Kraft." "Kraft is very good friends with Benjamin Netanyahu…I'm Jewish, hi, played for Israel — Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal…The most Jewish thing you can be is pro-Palestine." From "The Regulars" sports podcast: 13504146
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Eric Hauge @erichauge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Yet again it appears like the northside is hit harder than elsewhere. FAIR is a partner school to Camden. We do not have to accept this bullshit myth of scarcity in one of the wealthiest states in the wealthiest country in the world. If we can subsidize stadiums for billionaires, we can solve this. 0133
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻The Intercept @theintercept.com · 16/09/2026Ed Sheeran’s entire tour quitting in solidarity with Palestine and Macklemore proves the logic of BDS.theintercept.comEd Sheeran’s Craven “Neutrality” Is a Watershed Moment for Mainstreaming Palestine SolidarityEd Sheeran’s entire tour quitting in solidarity with Palestine and Macklemore proves the logic of BDS. 1128781
Reposted by Spooky Tom 🎃🍁 👻Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 16/09/2026So much work by my colleagues went into this. (To be clear I did absolutely none of that work, but saying "so much work by my colleagues went into this" is an old trick that makes people think you must have been really helpful. Keep that one in mind for when you need it)nytimes.comDoes your college football roster cost $8M or $50M? Here's our report on 68 teams (Gift Article)The best teams are, on average, the ones paying players the most, but there's a wide disparity between the schools at the top and the bottom of major conferences. 1735754