Ari Zeren
@arizeren.bsky.social
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Twin Cities DSA 🌹 Macalester YDSA 🐮 Groundwork 🪴. Trying to do socialist electoralism in between classes and otherwise fight facism (he/him).
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arizeren.bsky.social
Democratic establishment types will rant and rave about the left "distracting" from the fight against republicans and then spend millions of dollars in primaries attempting to squash charismatic candidates running on popular platforms.
blimpjuice.bsky.social
What if
they spent that money against Republicans
premthakker.bsky.social
🚨 The DSCC — led by Kirsten Gillibrand, Mark Kelly, Adam Schiff, and Lisa Blunt Rochester — has formed a joint fundraising committee with Janet Mills.

Mills, running against Graham Platner in the Maine Democratic Senate primary, would become the oldest freshman (79) ever elected, to a 6-year term.
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groundworkdsa.com
"We can show up on the streets and declare that to fight fascism, we must build socialism."

Groundwork member Marianne from Maine DSA wrote about the importance of DSA members showing up to No Kings rallies on the 18th. Read the article on our website: www.groundworkdsa.com/building-up
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ilhanmn.bsky.social
Minneapolis deserves a champion for working people.

This is our opportunity to build a city where every single resident can thrive. I can’t wait to cast my ballot for my friend and colleague, Omar Fateh, as my first choice for mayor by November 4th, and I hope you will join me.
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omarfatehmn.com
I’m so excited to have my Congresswoman and friend, @ilhanmn.bsky.social, on board with my candidacy for Mayor! She fights hard for the working people of Minneapolis. As Mayor, I’ll partner with leaders like her to build an affordable city that's accountable to us. secure.actblue.com/donate/fateh...
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robin4mpls.bsky.social
“Opposing the DSA agenda and all that it entails is vital to the future of our city,” All of Mpls Chair Karin Birkeland wrote in a recent newsletter. Frey aligned PACs plan to spend millions because they hate progressives have disrupted business as usual at City Hall.
arizeren.bsky.social
Is this graph % of money or % of donors?
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dansuitor.bsky.social
I was honored to represent Robin Wonsley and Michael Wilson. I admire them for their commitment to the hard, necessary work ahead of us and required of us. I got fired from a good job for taking this case, and yet I wouldn't change a thing. Thank you, Robin and Michael, for fighting for Minneapolis.
robin4mpls.bsky.social
We won!

Following three weeks of legal proceedings and over five hours in court, the judge found Wayzata-based Minneapolis landlord John Wall in violation of the law on three counts, resulting in a $1,450 fine.
arizeren.bsky.social
They're conservatives!
wedge.live
I know i ask this a lot, but when are we allowed to stop calling them moderates??? I want to be politically correct, call people by the labels they've chosen for themselves, but it just feels misleading to talk about them that way.
arizeren.bsky.social
Thanks for the press! If you're mad about conservative fear mongering and rich people trying to buy our elections, come knock doors with me and @twincitiesdsa.org. actionnetwork.org/forms/twin-c...
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omarfatehmn.com
The goal is to have no encampments. But until the city funds housing-first solutions, they're inevitable. Frey's encampment sweeps don't work. He isn't solving homelessness, he's wasting valuable resources. Everyone deserves a dignified path to housing, not a fenced off sidewalk.
arizeren.bsky.social
check out the things on offer for donating! Great incentives to donate to a great cause!
arizeren.bsky.social
Jacob Frey stop being a collaborator challenge level impossible
taylordahlin.com
"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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sorenwithward8.bsky.social
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
taylordahlin.com
"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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mplsnightmayor.bsky.social
It is pretty crazy the extent to which the landlord class, when not protected by a PR and legal team, will just come out and say that they believe themselves to be our social betters and shouldn't be held accountable.
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wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
I am proud to be running alongside leaders like Michelle Wu, Zohran Mamdani, Omar Fateh, and others across the country who share a vision for affordability, reliable public transit, and affordable, abundant housing. Together, we can show the path forward for our country. Join our campaign today!
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angeladenker.bsky.social
An Update:

I received an email canceling my contract as a columnist at @startribune.com after sharing this story publicly.

(I had written columns past the one-year contract already + been asked to continue on in July).
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twincitiesdsa.org
"Municipal socialism is an increasingly popular idea, and not only in NYC, where Zohran Mamdani is favored to become mayor in Nov. New polling in the Mpls race for mayor shows democratic socialist challenger @omarfatehmn.com gaining on the incumbent, Jacob Frey, a centrist Democrat.”
Text reading “Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh on His Run for Mayor by Liza Featherstone” with a picture of Omar Fateh Text reading: “The son of Somali immigrants, Fateh says he grew up hearing his father talk about the US Civil Rights Movement. But like many of his generation, Fateh wasn’t engaged in politics until he was inspired by Bernie Sanders’s 2016 bid for the presidency. He remembers hearing the socialist senator and former mayor of Burlington, Vermont, speak for the first time, and “not knowing what democratic socialism was, but saying, hey, I identify with everything that he’s talking about.”
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juke-box85.bsky.social
"That could mean pairing vouchers with a small-donor match to reward candidates with broad community support, or extending public financing beyond state races to city elections in Mpls & St. Paul, where outside money often drowns out the voices of residents."

minnesotareformer.com/2025/09/22/m...
Minnesota once led on campaign finance. We can do so again. • Minnesota Reformer
With the right reforms, we will open the door to new voices, reduce candidates’ dependence on corporate money and big donors, and help restore trust in our democracy.
minnesotareformer.com
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juke-box85.bsky.social
"With the right reforms, we will open the door to new voices, reduce candidates’ dependence on corporate money and big donors, and help restore trust in our democracy."

Looking forward to spending time after Nov 4 fixing the mess that is Minneapolis PAC spending.
arizeren.bsky.social
smh trying so hard to pay my Ramsey country street cleaning parking ticket but the countys in such rough shape that theyre payment portal is always down.