Alex Schieferdecker
@alexschief.bsky.social
Mpls Ped/Bike Coordinator. Cold weather apologist. Sports appreciator. Cookie enthusiast. State capacity booster. Opinions do not represent those of the City.
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They don't want traditional masculine virtues, which is something they give; they want traditional masculine rents, which is something they get.
December 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
They don't want traditional masculine virtues, which is something they give; they want traditional masculine rents, which is something they get.
METRO system
2015 vs 2025
2015 vs 2025
December 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
METRO system
2015 vs 2025
2015 vs 2025
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117,000 people live within half a mile of the E line, opening for service today. It marks the 8th BRT line in the region and the third new BRT line that Metro Transit has opened this year. Transit is getting better every single day in MN.
December 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
117,000 people live within half a mile of the E line, opening for service today. It marks the 8th BRT line in the region and the third new BRT line that Metro Transit has opened this year. Transit is getting better every single day in MN.
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And we’re off! The first-ever METRO E Line trips departed a little before 4:30 a.m. this morning! No fares are required to ride the E Line today until 10 p.m. thanks to our sponsor, @minneapoliscollege.bsky.social. Check the schedule and plan your trip here: www.metrotransit.org/route/eline
December 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
And we’re off! The first-ever METRO E Line trips departed a little before 4:30 a.m. this morning! No fares are required to ride the E Line today until 10 p.m. thanks to our sponsor, @minneapoliscollege.bsky.social. Check the schedule and plan your trip here: www.metrotransit.org/route/eline
Happy E Line launch day!
Stop by and say hi at the Public Works tent in Dinkytown!
Stop by and say hi at the Public Works tent in Dinkytown!
December 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Happy E Line launch day!
Stop by and say hi at the Public Works tent in Dinkytown!
Stop by and say hi at the Public Works tent in Dinkytown!
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“Just come legally and do things the right way and you’ll be fine” they say. They lie.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
“Just come legally and do things the right way and you’ll be fine” they say. They lie.
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"It is difficult to find people knowledgeable about the relevant body of law and not working for Mr. Trump who think the United States is really in an armed conflict."
Second Strike Scrutiny Obscures Larger Question About Trump’s Boat Attacks
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
"It is difficult to find people knowledgeable about the relevant body of law and not working for Mr. Trump who think the United States is really in an armed conflict."
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The Twin Cities' newest bus rapid transit line launches this weekend, with the E Line running between Southdale Center in Edina and the University of Minnesota.
It's the third BRT line Metro Transit has launched this year.
It's the third BRT line Metro Transit has launched this year.
So long, Metro Transit Route 6; Hello, E Line, Metro Transit's new rapid bus line
The E Line will be the agency’s third such line to open this year.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The Twin Cities' newest bus rapid transit line launches this weekend, with the E Line running between Southdale Center in Edina and the University of Minnesota.
It's the third BRT line Metro Transit has launched this year.
It's the third BRT line Metro Transit has launched this year.
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Last night at our Council meeting, we swore in Robin Hutcheson, our new Met Council Chair.
Chair Hutcheson is a respected leader in transportation and infrastructure, previously serving in senior leadership in the US Department of Transportation. Welcome Chair Hutcheson!
Chair Hutcheson is a respected leader in transportation and infrastructure, previously serving in senior leadership in the US Department of Transportation. Welcome Chair Hutcheson!
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Last night at our Council meeting, we swore in Robin Hutcheson, our new Met Council Chair.
Chair Hutcheson is a respected leader in transportation and infrastructure, previously serving in senior leadership in the US Department of Transportation. Welcome Chair Hutcheson!
Chair Hutcheson is a respected leader in transportation and infrastructure, previously serving in senior leadership in the US Department of Transportation. Welcome Chair Hutcheson!
And a shoutout as always to our great Public Works staff for keeping the bikeways plowed!
“No one bikes in the winter.”
Minneapolis protected bikelane at 4pm after 1-2” fell in the middle of the day:
Look at all of these bike tracks made outside of the popular commute times. 😍
Minneapolis protected bikelane at 4pm after 1-2” fell in the middle of the day:
Look at all of these bike tracks made outside of the popular commute times. 😍
December 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
And a shoutout as always to our great Public Works staff for keeping the bikeways plowed!
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One thing you can say about Trump, he’s undeniably useful for exposing the moral rot and patronage that sustains elite cosmopolitan society.
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
One thing you can say about Trump, he’s undeniably useful for exposing the moral rot and patronage that sustains elite cosmopolitan society.
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Great Moments in Immigration Enforcement
"I asked them if they had a judicial warrant. They said they didn't need one. I said yes you do."
Employees then captured video of agents leaving and turning the wrong way on a one way street.
youtu.be/C9t9HE9vmX0?...
"I asked them if they had a judicial warrant. They said they didn't need one. I said yes you do."
Employees then captured video of agents leaving and turning the wrong way on a one way street.
youtu.be/C9t9HE9vmX0?...
South Minneapolis restaurant says ICE entered without warrant, staff push back
ICE's presence is keeping many on edge, including one Minneapolis restaurant, which says it had its first ICE encounter since opening more than a decade ago.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Great Moments in Immigration Enforcement
"I asked them if they had a judicial warrant. They said they didn't need one. I said yes you do."
Employees then captured video of agents leaving and turning the wrong way on a one way street.
youtu.be/C9t9HE9vmX0?...
"I asked them if they had a judicial warrant. They said they didn't need one. I said yes you do."
Employees then captured video of agents leaving and turning the wrong way on a one way street.
youtu.be/C9t9HE9vmX0?...
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“Charles Norman Shay, who as a 19-year-old medic on D-Day repeatedly saved soldiers from drowning off Omaha Beach, turning them on their backs, dragging them ashore and binding their wounds, died on Wednesday at his home in Thue et Mue, France, near the site of the Normandy invasion. He was 101.”
Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
“Charles Norman Shay, who as a 19-year-old medic on D-Day repeatedly saved soldiers from drowning off Omaha Beach, turning them on their backs, dragging them ashore and binding their wounds, died on Wednesday at his home in Thue et Mue, France, near the site of the Normandy invasion. He was 101.”
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Yep. Murder.
I mean, this is an execution
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Yep. Murder.
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Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
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Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
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i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
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these are bad, racist, disgusting people and no matter how much the powers that be attempt to normalize this kind of shit it is unacceptable
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
these are bad, racist, disgusting people and no matter how much the powers that be attempt to normalize this kind of shit it is unacceptable
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NYT: Is the President tired?
Ms. Leavitt: Would a weary President be able to deliver a racist rant like that one?
Ms. Leavitt: Would a weary President be able to deliver a racist rant like that one?
December 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
NYT: Is the President tired?
Ms. Leavitt: Would a weary President be able to deliver a racist rant like that one?
Ms. Leavitt: Would a weary President be able to deliver a racist rant like that one?
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related: claremont doesn't ever think "hey if this is how we treat allies who fought for us, how does this shape future american engagements?"
americanmind.org/salvo/settli...
americanmind.org/salvo/settli...
December 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
related: claremont doesn't ever think "hey if this is how we treat allies who fought for us, how does this shape future american engagements?"
americanmind.org/salvo/settli...
americanmind.org/salvo/settli...
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The fog of what now? When did the United States Congress declare war on Venezuelan fishermen?
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The fog of what now? When did the United States Congress declare war on Venezuelan fishermen?
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Donald Trump’s disgraceful attacks on Minnesota’s Somali community are injecting more of his poisonous racism into our beloved home state. Hearing him single out our people based solely on their race and country of origin is downright disgusting.
December 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Donald Trump’s disgraceful attacks on Minnesota’s Somali community are injecting more of his poisonous racism into our beloved home state. Hearing him single out our people based solely on their race and country of origin is downright disgusting.
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Minneapolis is proud to be home to the largest Somali community in the country. They are our neighbors, our friends, and our family — and they are welcome in our city. Nothing Donald Trump does will ever change that.
Mayor Frey, Chief O'Hara and Council Member Osman will hold a 1 p.m. press conference in response to the Trump administration's threat to target Somali immigrants. Watch the livestream of the press conference: https://youtube.com/live/jFdRnc80h2c
December 2, 2025 Minneapolis officials repond to Trump administration targeting Somali immigrants
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December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Minneapolis is proud to be home to the largest Somali community in the country. They are our neighbors, our friends, and our family — and they are welcome in our city. Nothing Donald Trump does will ever change that.
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It’s just going to be wide open, unapologetic bigotry from here on out.
Trump on Minnesota's Somali community: "They contribute nothing. I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you."
December 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It’s just going to be wide open, unapologetic bigotry from here on out.
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trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties