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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 2h

sure, my point is they’re willing to push the bounds of political discussion only so far. and right now no group fares worse on that page than left-lefties.

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 2h

i’d forgotten this but maybe related to closed-door discussions? It got some coverage.

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 3h

ICYMI (I did) here’s a really sobering recounting of former Strib community columnist @angeladenker.bsky.social who got her last piece (on Charlie Kirk & right-wing violence) 86’d by editors before they cut her loose: angeladenker.substack.com/p/the-column...

The column that got me fired

A Special Edition of News with Nuance ...

angeladenker.substack.com

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 3h

10/ After his refusal, Davis watch Frey slow-walk or outright not institute the committee’s reforms. Frey contests this & touts the work group, but it’s significant that Levy-Armstrong, no friend of progressives, has endorsed Davis for mayor. (Davis is a good progressive!) So, that’s the backstory!

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 3h

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 · 3h

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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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 3h

7/ Caught in a lie, Frey never apologized. Instead, we got his famously weasely “Language became more casual, including my own.” BTW this is the 1st election voters can hold Frey accountable for lying & Locke dying, but the incident is almost memory-holed in coverage. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

Minneapolis Mayor Frey Admits To Being Misleading On 'No-Knock' Policy Changes

"Language became more casual, including my own, which did not reflect the necessary precision or nuance. And I own that," Mayor Jacob Frey said.

www.cbsnews.com

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 3h

6/ But something happened between Davis being appointed co-chair & the committee finalizing its work: Amir Locke was killed by Mpls police executing a no-knock warrant Frey LOUDLY told the public during the election that he’d banned, as evidence of his reform credentials.

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 3h

5/ The group had a decently mixed membership, and Davis & Levy-Armstrong got some shit for closing its meetings to the public to foster candid deliberation. Anyway they produced recommendations. Davis told me one of his motivations was Frey touting their work but not following up on the actual recs.

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 3h

4/ At the time I remember thinking, “Well, this is interesting, Frey picking Nekima Levy-Armstrong to co-chair a reform group.” I wasn’t super-down with Nekima because she loudly opposed Q2 police reform & she didn’t oppose Frey but also isn’t one to usually fall in line. Davis I simply didn’t know.

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 3h

3/ Rev. Davis had a secure job heading Plymouth Church. They do great stuff for the community, including running a food shelf, ministering to people without homes, policy advocacy. In fact, Frey himself picked Davis to co-chair a Public Safety reform working group 1 month after Frey’s ‘21 win.

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 3h

2/ A question I ask every mayoral challenger is “why are you running?” People who run against Frey face an avalanche of $$ & elite wagon-circling. It’s no fun. Policies motive, and undoing injustices, but there’s often something they’ve experienced that make getting into the arena unavoidable.

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 3h

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 · 4h

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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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 3h

We showed up (me for the first time on a doorknock this year, so everyone else are the heroes)

Soren Stevenson @sorenwithward8.bsky.social · 4h

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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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 4h

Yeah I muted Jenkins today because I know exactly what she’s looking for. Plus I’m tired of these seances between Flanagan & whatever Rowling-like figure is out there, a team Jenkins is thirstily pick-me-ing.

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 4h

I mean, this is why I no longer engage much in the debate, but I do know my helmeted head left a deep dent in the car‘s windshield. I didn’t escape a concussion but I did walk away.

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 4h

It’s probably higher in St. Paul but no mayor-aligned PACs pushing it lol

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 4h

Aw shit thanks

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Velour Shirt @object.works · 6h

Are you ready for some football

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 5h

one of the things I’ve had to let go of is convincing the helmetless crowd of that

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 5h

Minnesota Daily veterans & fans should know a new exhibit called “Beyond the Page: Preserving the Spirit of the University Through An Independent Student Press” opens at the West Bank Library tomorrow (Monday 10/13) through January 30: libnews.umn.edu/2025/01/beyo...

Exhibit: Beyond the Page

For 125 years, The Minnesota Daily has endeavored to preserve the spirit of the University of Minnesota on the pages of the newspaper and beyond.

libnews.umn.edu

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 5h

18th & East Hennepin for me. Heal well.

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 6h

Welcome? What did the asshole do to hit you? Anyway, glad you’re not in the hospital.

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 6h

Yeah that’s laughable

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 6h

I don’t know for sure about directing but don’t think that’s it. I just feel like for whatever reason this is a community they can survive in, so they do.