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Carly

@carlyrenae.bsky.social

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labor, cats, abolition, drinks; not necessarily in that order. literal champagne socialist. 🥂✊❤️ fighting end-stage capitalism in so-called minneapolis.

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Carly @carlyrenae.bsky.social · May 30

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a man wearing a fur coat is talking to a woman

Alt: A scene from the sitcom "Seinfeld." Jerry Seinfeld, standing in front of a brick building, is dressed in a fur coat and speaking with Elaine, whose back is to the camera. Kramer stands nervously behind him as he tells Elaine, "I'm a fancy boy!"

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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 8h

After the Mayor vetoed the Labor Standards Board, he had a letter read out loud in our council chambers where he said he would bring a proposal forward together in January 2025 with a unified vision and that the work “doesn’t end here."

It’s October. He didn’t. He lied again.

Omar Fateh @omarfatehmn.com · 9h

Minneapolis is a union town! Workers deserve a living wage and an affordable home. Mayor Frey turned his back on workers when he vetoed the Labor Standards Board and proposed gutting co-enforcement. As Mayor, I'll champion workers, and ensure our workforce can stay in Minneapolis.

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An Okie @ashirley.bsky.social · 1d

The Onion can re-run this today with D’Angelo swapped in for Prince

RIP a(nother) legend

@theonion.com @bencollins.bsky.social

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Carly @carlyrenae.bsky.social · 19h

Banana Bloc 💛🍌

Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 2d

Reporting to you live from War Ravaged Portland

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 3d

I hope @dewayneforminneapolis.com doesn't mind me retelling a story he told me when we first met last winter. I kept it to myself because he wasn’t telling it publicly but he mentioned it yesterday. It’s one of the things that’s leading me to rank him first. A hope-its-ok-and-I-get-right 🧵:

Soren Stevenson @sorenwithward8.bsky.social · 3d

Yesterday, I hosted an incredible event, "Ward 8 for a New Mayor." We talked about why we need a new mayor and then @jazzformayor.bsky.social , @omarfatehmn.com , and @dewayneforminneapolis.com laid out why they should be our next mayor. I came away excited about all of them and will rank all three!

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 7d

"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tired—actually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage."

I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.

White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion

Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.

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Hex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 7d

"the best rent control is a thirty year mortgage" is a hell of a thing to say in a ward that's majority renter.

if i could buy a house, i wouldn't need rent stabilization, LYDIA.

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Carly @carlyrenae.bsky.social · 7d

Jfc, LYDIA.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 27d

I don't think pointing out the fascists' 'hypocrisy' is a good use of time. It's not hypocrisy, it's hierarchy. They actually do believe that they have the right and obligation to dominate you because they are superior to you. They are using their power not being hypocritical.

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WhiteRoseAFA @whiteroseafa.bsky.social · 12d

Just play this on loop for like 5 fucking minutes so it gets ingrained in your head.

Late Night Anti-Fascists @latenightafa.bsky.social · 12d

TGI(stfu)F. Learn the script.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 12d

be careful what information you put out here because vultures are everywhere. i can't share information here anymore, i'll have to wait until i can blog it. otherwise how it goes is you notice something, you collect info, you put pieces together, you share it all for free, and paid media swoops in

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Carly @carlyrenae.bsky.social · 15d

Dessert wine should be sweeter than your dessert, otherwise you won’t be able to taste it.

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Hex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 15d

the minnesota DFL SEC:

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 15d

We need a bigger tent, that’s why we must betray and expel the following types of people:

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Soren Stevenson @sorenwithward8.bsky.social · 16d

Entirely unacceptable! We need a new mayor who is going to lead this city towards a better future, not enable Trump! Vote @omarfatehmn.com @dewayneforminneapolis.com @jazzformayor.bsky.social

taylr @taylordahlin.com · 16d

"I cannot tell you how impressed my staff were
as you stepped up and personally escorted that tactical vehicle through the crowd." - Homeland Security Investigations (HSI is a division of ICE) Special Agent in Charge Jamie Holt to Brian O'Hara on the night of 6/3, revealed by @mplsforthemany.com

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Carly @carlyrenae.bsky.social · 16d

As a former English and Sociology major, I can’t even fathom the impact this will have on the social sciences, literature, etc. It’s awful.

Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 16d

“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” one professor told the New York Times.
www.jezebel.com/texas-univer...

Texas University System Bans Talking About Trans & Nonbinary Identities

“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” one professor told the New York Times.

www.jezebel.com

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 17d

Ta-Nehisi Coates with the key question for just about everyone

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...

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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 16d

Multiple mascots at the Yuruverse event in Sumida Park yesterday.

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 16d

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

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Carly @carlyrenae.bsky.social · 16d

Frey lies.

Omar Fateh @omarfatehmn.com · 17d

For 7 years, Mayor Frey has lied. He lied about no-knock warrants and Amir Locke died. He lied and said there were only 27 unhoused people in the city—facts prove him wrong. He even vetoed the Uber/Lyft wage bill after vowing to support it. Minneapolis needs a leader, not a liar.

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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 16d

Dear neighbor,

It breaks my heart to hear the anti-immigrant bigotry being lobbed at street vendors on top of community members threatening ICE on them.

This behavior is abhorrent and has no place in Minneapolis. 1/

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Carly @carlyrenae.bsky.social · 18d

CTUL is worker-led and the members have endorsed Fateh, Davis, and Hampton in that order and will be working to unseat Frey. The fact that some of our donors don’t agree doesn’t change our endorsement.

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Carly @carlyrenae.bsky.social · 20d

Appreciate this thread by David Brauer which touches on a very difficult dilemma facing organizations like CTUL.

David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 20d

IRL local politics 🧵. Went to a nice Linden Hills fundraiser for CTUL, the awesome immigrant-led workers-rights group. Attendees were what you’d expect: earnest, mostly white-haired DFLers happy to help. What was fascinating/distressing was how disconnected their politics were from the cause!

Carly @carlyrenae.bsky.social · 20d

Good lord.

Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshksi.bsky.social · 22d

when the interview goes well: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

Screenshot from New Yorker interview by Isaac Chotiner with Cass Sunstein

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 20d

Watching some Democrats continue to smear trans people at the very moment the right is trying to exterminate them is one of the most shameful things I can remember witnessing. Wrote about it for @thenation.com today. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

The Right Wants to Exterminate Trans People. Liberals Are Helping.

After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the conservative movement has accelerated its war against trans people. And too many centrist Democrats have kept up their trans bashing.

www.thenation.com

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