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🎃🎃 cheese dismemberment 🎃🎃 @cheesedepartment.bsky.social · 5h

God same. Taking it on vacation next week.

🎃🎃 cheese dismemberment 🎃🎃 @cheesedepartment.bsky.social · 5h

We are made safer from federal overreach because of elected leaders like Elliott Payne. He is meeting the urgency of this moment, and I'm so glad he's our council rep. Very good insight into his values and priorities in this voter guide.

Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 7h

Every election I’m proud to participate in voter guides so that voters have a chance to see where I stand on issues facing the City. Check out this Sahan Journal voter guide to see Ward 1 candidates responses to these important questions.

sahanjournal.com/democracy-po...

2025 Minneapolis City Council election: See where the candidates stand on homelessness, immigration and more

Meet some of the candidates running for the Minneapolis City Council. All 13 wards are up for election. Three council members aren’t running for reelection.

sahanjournal.com

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 8h

at the mpls for the many press conference both mayor frey's campaign spokesperson and all of mpls staffer were there, handing out pieces of paper to the media with i presume their talking points. and they aren't supposed to be coordinating, but they can do this right in front of the media

Robert Haider @roberthaider.bsky.social · 17h

The way that Taylor has been out-reporting the Strib is both a massive credit to Taylor and an embarrassment to the state’s largest media outlet. The levels of completeness and factuality in Taylor’s reporting is truly impressive.

It would be nice if the editors at the Strib were paying attention.

taylr @taylordahlin.com · 20h

mid september was not the first time they campaigned together. they’ve been doing this for months at public events as a unified front saying rank all 3 of us bsky.app/profile/tayl...

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🎃🎃 cheese dismemberment 🎃🎃 @cheesedepartment.bsky.social · 7h

Thanks for inspiring my new “breakfast meal prep” 😈

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 16h

The 15 y/o detained by CBP today in the East Side neighborhood has been released per a statement from his attorneys.

Story tk in the morning.

CHICAGO (October 14, 2025) – A 15-year-old American citizen was detained by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents today in a manner reminiscent of authoritarian regimes, holding him incommunicado in a federal building garage for five hours without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney. The teenager, who is Hispanic and African American, was grabbed off a Chicago East Side street at approximately 12:30 p.m. CST slammed to the ground, kneed in the back, and zip-tied by CBP agents. He was then transported to a federal law enforcement facility not affiliated with CBP or ICE, where CBP agents held him, handcuffed, in the back of a vehicle in a garage—never booking him, never reading him his rights, never stating why he was detained, and never allowing him to contact his mother.

For five hours, his mother had no idea where her son was or whether he safe. Federal agents provided no information about his whereabouts, no phone call, no explanation for the arrest. His mother’s terror was amplified by her son’s heart condition and the complete absence of any information from authorities.

"This is how people disappear in autocracies—grabbed off streets, held in unmarked locations, no calls to family, no stated charges, no due process," said Founding Partner Antonio M. Romanucci of Romanucci & Blandin, the firm that obtained his release this evening. "A 15-year-old American citizen was effectively 'disappeared' for five hours in Chicago. This is not law enforcement; this is the playbook of authoritarian regimes."

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Dark Grimiano @doctor1hundred.bsky.social · 8h

I think this is why I've always liked the way the Illinois Nazis are portrayed in The Blues Brothers. It shows them for what they are: spiteful little weirdos who are ineffective and deserve no respect.

Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 17h

It’s funny how the old media depiction of Nazis was always that they’re evil but dignified gentleman and now they’re openly just like “Hello. I’m the Anime Pedophile”

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🎃🎃 cheese dismemberment 🎃🎃 @cheesedepartment.bsky.social · 7h

Adorable!!

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🎃🎃 cheese dismemberment 🎃🎃 @cheesedepartment.bsky.social · 21h

You really could not go wrong!

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🎃🎃 cheese dismemberment 🎃🎃 @cheesedepartment.bsky.social · 21h

CUTE!

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

I'm so proud of everyone from my old neighborhood of Rogers Park in Chicago. I see what you have been and are doing. I am so proud of how organized the community is and how much more so everyone is becoming. It is inspiring. Just one example... And this is something EVERYONE can do. Everyone.

Informational flyer about Rogers Park Whistle Protocols, explaining how to use whistles to alert neighbors of emergencies, with color-coded alerts, steps for use, and encouragement to form a crowd and stay loud for safety.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 1d

Militarized extrajudicial murder is quickly normalizing itself and the hard reality is if it’s being normalized internationally it will be normalized and used at home against the fascists perceived enemies.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

he did it again.

US strike on boat off Venezuela kills six, Trump says

A U.S. strike on a boat off the coast of Venezuela on Tuesday killed six suspected drug traffickers, President Donald Trump said in a social media post.

www.reuters.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

3M is antifa now

Kimberly Vega

@caligurlluv

Replying to @MrAndyNgo and @patrioticmouse

Interesting same pink gas mask as those whose them in Portland, Oregon!!!!!

Who's supplying them?!!!

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🎃🎃 cheese dismemberment 🎃🎃 @cheesedepartment.bsky.social · 2d

Mine's ready for pickup at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social! So grateful it's available early!

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🎃🎃 cheese dismemberment 🎃🎃 @cheesedepartment.bsky.social · 2d

A must-read. It’s time for a new mayor.

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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🎃🎃 cheese dismemberment 🎃🎃 @cheesedepartment.bsky.social · 2d

“There are ways for literally everybody to do something, and we have to do it because no one else is going to do it.”

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

organizingmythoughts.org

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 3d

9/ That’s right — Jacob Frey wanted a “black friend” to run cover for him. Davis refused; the mayor acted like Davis owed him something for appointing him to the committee, in a cynically transactional calculation that twisted Davis’s volunteer public service into political fealty.

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 3d

8/ The part the public DOESN’T know is that in the firestorm after Locke’s killing, Frey called Davis, then on vacation in Mexico. Davis — fully expecting Frey to discuss how to better control MPD — instead found the mayor pleading with him to fly home & stand with Frey at a news conference.

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RedsPaintings @redspaintings.bsky.social · 2d

Great wknd canvassing for @elliottpayne.org . A common theme I've noticed is how appreciative my neighbors are of his responsiveness and willingness to hear their concerns. So many people I've met door-knocking talk about the one-on-one conversations they've had with our dedicated council member.

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Hex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 3d

meanwhile the story in the council races has been "this ward is so unsafe and dangerous now."

is he doing his job or is he not? because he's the one in charge of the police, not the city council.

Melody Hoffmann @phmelody.bsky.social · 3d

Safer Hennepin PAC mailer in my mailbox tonight. Looked it up and found funders up to end of year 2024. Significant/newsworthy to see a broadcast company on the list. www.transparencyusa.org

Mailer from Safer Hennepin that reads "The choice is clear. Mayor Jacob Fry is keeping Minneapolis safe. Vote early." QR code goes to the City of Minneapolis voter info webpage.

A list of 2024 contributors to Safer Hennepin

A list of 2024 contributors to Safer Hennepin. Any repeated names/donations here are repetitions from other screenshot, not a duplicate donation.

As of end of 2024, Safer Hennepin had $11,933 on hand, $145,500 in total contributions, and $125,370 in total expenditures

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 3d

Hubbard Broadcasting, which showed the hour-long Kupchella anti-DSA commercial, contributing to a pro-Frey effort. Given Stan Hubbard’s GOP activism, it‘s basically Republicans for Frey.

Melody Hoffmann @phmelody.bsky.social · 3d

Safer Hennepin PAC mailer in my mailbox tonight. Looked it up and found funders up to end of year 2024. Significant/newsworthy to see a broadcast company on the list. www.transparencyusa.org

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 5d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 5d

Seeing pictures of an abandoned tamale cart in Pilsen where ICE took a tamale street vendor. Those photos of left behind carts are so haunting. Community members disappeared. Not just vendors but people who have long standing relationships with the community and people.

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🎃🎃 cheese dismemberment 🎃🎃 @cheesedepartment.bsky.social · 5d

There were a few minutes that MPD officers were between upstanders and the ICE agents, and a couple squads lingered after they had whatever conversation they had. It's not like we knew what MPD's plans were or if they were going to leave until they left. 🤷‍♀️ Their presence is not an ignorable detail.

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🎃🎃 cheese dismemberment 🎃🎃 @cheesedepartment.bsky.social · 5d

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