ryan
@rkmpls.bsky.social
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lifelong minnesotan. data, policy, sports stuff. wife guy. wolves back. lynx never left. he/him
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paleofuture.bsky.social
Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”
Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance
Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.
www.10news.com
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dbrauer.net
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 🧵:
sorenwithward8.bsky.social
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!
Rally goers for ward 8 for a new mayor
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dbrauer.net
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.
phmelody.bsky.social
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
rkmpls.bsky.social
he 100% caused me to go “wait, luis rivas is still in the majors??” before I looked it up and realized he’s been done for 17 years lol
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thetnholler.bsky.social
EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

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harmscommitted.com
"[S]tate police with shields and batons shoved, hit and dragged protesters across the pavement, detaining some, after a group tried to get past the barriers."

"Who do you protect? Who do you serve?"
#Illinois #USA #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Broadview Protesters Face State Police, Not National Guard, After Court Hands Trump Admin A Loss
A series of court orders this week directed federal agents to stop attacking peaceful protesters and to hold off on using the National Guard near the facility, which has become a key area for…
blockclubchicago.org
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engy5150.bsky.social
We drove ICE OUT- this morning - drone and all- join us? Let me know if on the east side of the river - otherwise start your group or I’ll help ya find one
rkmpls.bsky.social
Looks like the patch says "Mobile Field Force" and includes the acronym for the Northern Illinois Police Alarm System. Picture here from the RNC in Milwaukee last year

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Black patch reading "Mobile Field Force" with a mounted knight and "Police"/"1994" at the bottom.
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taniel.bsky.social
NEW: One of the left's big opportunities next month is Seattle's mayoral race, & the city's approach to homeless has become a huge fault line there.

The incumbent mayor has dramatically scaled up sweeps, and his challenger is testing whether voters thinks he's gone too far:
In Seattle Mayoral Race, Tensions Between Crackdown and Compassion on Homelessness - Bolts
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has ramped up sweeps of homeless encampments in his first term. In his reelection bid, he faces a progressive challenger who wants to curb them.
boltsmag.org
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swordsjew.bsky.social
being trans is awesome and trans people are amazing and gender is a dumb box and anyone who makes their own crowbar to smash it from inside is a hero actually.
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jimdaleywrites.bsky.social
I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.
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billcorbett.bsky.social
ICE goon in Minneapolis: "You're going to lose. We will win."

They're nazi thugs and they're proud of it.
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billcorbett.bsky.social
Hey Minnesota: ICE is now on the ground in NE Minneapolis. See thread. Stay alert everyone!
viamarsala18.bsky.social
Thread on ICE in holland, Northeast Minneapolis the morning of 10/10/2025.
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viamarsala18.bsky.social
Thread on ICE in holland, Northeast Minneapolis the morning of 10/10/2025.
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modernistwitch.myatproto.social
once again: they are! the same guys!
unraveledpress.com
Several Illinois state troopers out here now with pepper ball launchers of their own.
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dbrauer.net
Downtown business folks are the most shortsighted fools in town, fouling their nest to get back at DSA & shocked when people avoid downtown. One even hallucinated a stabbing! Also, landlords can’t deny funding Kupchella’s screed even as another is shocked it was so negative. They’re just morons!
usefulnoise.bsky.social
"I was told that it would be a positive spin on downtown Minneapolis, so I agreed to do it" said Fitzgerald, who is shown talking about a shooting hotspot in the Warehouse District.
Downtown Minneapolis leaders divided on how to talk about the city
A film by former TV anchor Rick Kupchella has downtown leaders talking
www.axios.com
rkmpls.bsky.social
She said some version of ”I was trained as a professional actor, I’m great at improv!” and my wife burst out laughing because…not the same thing!
rkmpls.bsky.social
Saw this the other day - Virginia’s data centers alone use as much electricity as all of Minnesota.
Collectively, Business Insider estimates that if Virginia's 383 data centers already built or in construction as of September 2025 all come online, they will use between 66.5 terawatt-hours and 106.4 terawatt-hours annually. The low end is roughly equivalent to the amount of power the entire state of Minnesota used in 2023; the high end is more power than Tennessee used that year.
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eyepatchguy.bsky.social
I’m not kidding when I say these weird ass costumes and antics are actually an extremely effective tactic from a media standpoint bc when enough people do them, the media can’t fully scrub them out
thedailyshow.com
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
rkmpls.bsky.social
If you can find no other reason, please just rank Fateh 3rd out of spite for Jacob.

If he's re-elected and it's close, they will see every Davis/Hampton/nobody ballot that was cast as evidence that their anti-socialist campaign put them over the top (even if it's unrelated to your reservations)