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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 16h

🚨 New episode of the Wedge LIVE podcast: City Council President Elliott Payne takes me on a ride through Northeast into downtown that he promised would be exclusively downhill.

Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get podcasts.

Biking Northeast Minneapolis to Downtown w/ Council President Elliott Payne

A bike ride conversation with Elliott Payne, President of the Minneapolis City Council. We talk about issues at stake in the 2025 city election as he leads me through the heart of Northeast, across…

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RedsPaintings @redspaintings.bsky.social · 2d

Fastest yard sign placement award goes to you!

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Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 2d

Come join us! www.mobilize.us/neighborsfor...

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RedsPaintings @redspaintings.bsky.social · 2d

Having candidates you're stoked about has been a great antidote for the distress around *all the other stuff going on*.

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RedsPaintings @redspaintings.bsky.social · 2d

Not to mention, it's been a joy to spread the good word about @engy5150.bsky.social , @omarfatehmn.com , @mplsrank3forchange.bsky.social . There is no shortage of inspiration on the ballot this year in these ever-important municipal elections!

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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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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 4d

To give you an idea what a problem solver Council President Elliott Payne is: I forgot the correct camera mount for today's podcast recording session, but he assisted me in zip-tying the hell out of it.

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RedsPaintings @redspaintings.bsky.social · 5d

Hearing that they sent an email wanting stuff by tomorrow (Friday)…so either get-a-going or demand they honor their previously posted deadline if you send after!

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RedsPaintings @redspaintings.bsky.social · 5d

Hey Northeast mpls Bluesky: submissions to The Northeaster are due Tues 10/14 for the 10/22 edition. Sure would be nice if they had soo many progressive letters to the editor that they had to at least post one!

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Robin for Ward 2 @robin4mpls.bsky.social · 6d

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.

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RedsPaintings @redspaintings.bsky.social · 18d

Nothing like two union-busting and non-local corporate Starbucks to make a neighborhood feel whole and vibrant. What the actual…?

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RedsPaintings @redspaintings.bsky.social · 18d

I’m not sure I’ve ever witnessed a more obviously biased moderator as Blois Olson.

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RedsPaintings @redspaintings.bsky.social · 18d

That question was such a disingenuous Joan Callamezzo style gotcha. Gross. I would say that the mayor should have been asked if he’s *always* been fair to the council, but it would have just been followed up with a “hard decisions” answer.

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Liam Davis Temple @liam2manynames.bsky.social · 19d

Brian Strahan does not want to stand up to Trump in support of immigrants because he thinks it will make Trump more mad and hurt us. Don’t support someone who is already capitulating to Fascism.

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RedsPaintings @redspaintings.bsky.social · 19d

The truth is so impolite, though! *clutches pearls*

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RedsPaintings @redspaintings.bsky.social · 19d

Note: I did not know (but now I do!) that we are not supposed to wear visible signs of support. Thankful I’m cold all the time and never without a sweater. I’m now in full compliance as the forum begins!

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RedsPaintings @redspaintings.bsky.social · 19d

What a beautiful night in Ward One to head with my spouse to the council member candidate forum. I’m all in on the candidate that actually lives here in this fabulous ward!

Person wearing a re-elect Elliott Payneshirt.

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Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 21d

Looking forward to the Ward 1 candidate forum this Thursday September 25th at the Northeast Park Recreation Center!

Ward 1 candidate forum Thursday 9/25 at NE Park Rec center

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Liam Davis Temple @liam2manynames.bsky.social · 21d

We have *residency* requirements for anyone running for elected office. It’s not merely enough to own property in a district, you must actually *reside* in that district. Some things need to be non-ideological, and only supporting candidates who actually live in their district must be one of them.

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RedsPaintings @redspaintings.bsky.social · 24d

Yep, will be going without the latest season of Only Murders in this house.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Sep 10

I once had a student explicitly argue that he was the customer to be catered to.

I explained that, if we *had* to use the customer framing, he wasn't the customer but the product. He was being given an education & then a degree that future employers would see value in.

My job? Quality control.

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RedsPaintings @redspaintings.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thankful I can still laugh. Good one, @chrislhayes.bsky.social

RedsPaintings @redspaintings.bsky.social · Aug 30

Thank goodness we can hold both of these truths at the same time.

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Doron Clark @doronclark.bsky.social · Aug 28

It’s the guns. It’s the damn guns.

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Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · Aug 27

Two days in a row we’ve had mass shootings involving people using weapons of war to inflict violence and pain on our community. It doesn’t have to be with this way. We don’t have to live in a society that allows people to own weapons like this.

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