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Rep. Leigh Finke @leighfinke.bsky.social · 3h

I can’t vote in Minneapolis.
But if I could, I would vote for DeWayne Davis.

DeWayne Davis @dewayneforminneapolis.com · 5h

The polls are officially open, Minneapolis!

Today you can choose a different course for our city. You can choose a mayor who cares as much about your city and your neighbors as I know you do.

We deserve better, Minneapolis. Rank me first when you vote today so we can do better – together.

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DeWayne Davis @dewayneforminneapolis.com · 5h

The polls are officially open, Minneapolis!

Today you can choose a different course for our city. You can choose a mayor who cares as much about your city and your neighbors as I know you do.

We deserve better, Minneapolis. Rank me first when you vote today so we can do better – together.

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shaunladen.bsky.social @shaunladen.bsky.social · 1d

Bad news for Walz. He has a real opponent. Presumably a Speaker can win a primary.

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Minneapolis for the Many @mplsforthemany.com · 27d

After eight years as mayor of the largest city in the state, Jacob Frey has exactly 0 endorsements from state legislators.

Mayor Frey’s inability to work with people at the state and county is holding Minneapolis back and Minneapolis residents are paying the price.

Title text: 'Jacob Frey has 0 endorsements from state legislators" over subtitle "Meanwhile Minneapolis is lagging behind other cities in per capita stated funding. We deserve a mayor who can partner with the state to advance progress in Minneapolis." above a bar graph that shows Minneapolis at $191, St. Cloud at $230, St. Paul at $265, Brainerd at $364 and Duluth at $406."

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shaunladen.bsky.social @shaunladen.bsky.social · 1d

A beautiful day out talking with voters about DFL, Labor endorsed parks candidates. Minneapolis is ready to elect a pro-worker park board!

With a red sugar maple tree in the background, Shaun is posing with a lit piece of park board candidates from a sample ballot.

Multi color leaves on the ground with reds, yellows, and oranges covering the whole sidewalk.

A photo of volunteers and candidates at a park getting ready to doorknock. Candidates Frederick, Jourdain, and Olsen are joined by unions LiUNA, SEIU, AFSCME, and the MN AFLCIO.

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shaunladen.bsky.social @shaunladen.bsky.social · 2d

There’s a knife fight over on Twitter and someone is going to lose an eye. Careful out there, folks.

shaunladen.bsky.social @shaunladen.bsky.social · 2d

I’m ranking Amber Frederick 1st. She’s a youth homelessness prevention worker at the Y, gee up in an AFSCME union home, and is the only DFL & Labor endorsed woman running at-large. Time for new voices on the Park Board who will respect the workers who make our parks so great!

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Attorney General Keith Ellison @ag.state.mn.us · 3d

I won’t let Trump use hunger as a political weapon.

His Department of Agriculture has multiple ways to continue feeding hungry Minnesotans during the shutdown. And instead of using it, they tried to take food off the table of kids and families across the country.

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shaunladen.bsky.social @shaunladen.bsky.social · 3d

NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, plural. As in the suburbs of Minneapolis, plural.

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Minneapolis for the Many @mplsforthemany.com · 3d

This election season, there have been numerous instances of Frey allies being indicted or charged with breaking the law.

Today, Shelley Madore was fined for trying to trick voters into thinking she had the DFL endorsement. Earlier this year, Lydia Millard violated fair campaign practices.

Title text: "Frey's Friends Breaking the Law" Over the text "This election, there have been numerous cases of Frey's allies indicted for or caught breaking the law: Jonathan Weinhagen, Shelley Madore, Lydia Millard, John Wall, We Love Mpls, Miles Wilson"

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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 4d

Hennepin County Board Chair Irene Fernando: "I do not have confidence that the City of Minneapolis under the current leadership structure is able and capable and potentially even willing to seek the justice and reforms that prevent similar killings in the future."

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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 4d

“You know what the police officer said who took my sister’s case? Mariah didn’t seem like she was afraid enough. Her case didn’t have enough severity,” Hunter said. “In Minneapolis you can be pistol-whipped and it’s not severe enough for you.” www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

Calls for accountability in the murder of Mariah Samuels grow louder

Members of Mariah Samuels’ family as well as activists and community leaders say the Minneapolis Police Department didn’t do enough to protect Samuels from her ex-boyfriend, who is charged with killin...

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 4d

New All of Mpls report for 10/20, full list here, highlighting a few - taylordahlin.com/f/who-is-fun...

Who is Funding All of Mpls in 2025? (Updated Oct 2025)

All of Mpls was founded in 2021 by Richard Forschler, a former lobbyist who represented corporate and capital interests such as the Minneapolis Downtown Council (who donated $35,000 to We Love Mpls in...

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 4d

With Safer Hennepin sending out those mailers calling for Republicans to vote for Jacob Frey, I looked into who is funding them. It's mostly Catherine and Curt Gunsbury, and Lupe Development

taylordahlin.com/f/safer-henn...

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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 5d

The Minneapolis police response to having allowed Mariah Samuels to be murdered is to lie to elected officials and the media about it.

Deputy Chief of Investigations Emily Olson said Samuels did not wish to pursue criminal charges against Wright following her assault, which police relayed to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office.

“We would still investigate, but it does not take priority when the victim does not want to prosecute,” she said.

However, no available records indicate that Samuels ever opposed criminal charges against Wright. Relatives and those with direct knowledge of the case insist that Samuels was fully cooperative with authorities and dispute that she ever made such a claim.

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office told the Star Tribune that information was never communicated to their staff. Nor is victim involvement always required if the case is provable.

Minneapolis police never submitted a case to prosecutors for potential charges.

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Minneapolis for the Many @mplsforthemany.com · 4d

Why have Mayor Frey, Todd Barnette and MPD refused to answer questions about MPD’s inability to comply with the audit into the Davis Moturi case?

Apparently, it’s because they haven’t actually done any work, as Commissioner Barnette just admitted: he hasn’t even been involved.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 5d

on the youth programming jobs elizabeth shaffer and the park board cut in favor of paving a couple hundred feet of paths taylordahlin.com/f/elizabeth-...

Elizabeth Shaffer and MPRB Cut Youth Programming Positions

At a public hearing of the Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board on December 10, 2024 about the Adoption of 2025 Annual Budget and Approval of 2026 Budget Plan, District 4 Commissioner Elizabeth Shaf...

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shaunladen.bsky.social @shaunladen.bsky.social · 5d

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Katie Cashman @katiecashman.bsky.social · 5d

Our unions make our community strong. Whether it is the people who are building our infrastructure, offices, and homes, our essential workers, our healthcare workers, government employees, or our hospitality workers, I'm proud to stand with Labor in strengthening Minneapolis.

Endorsement Alert: Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation

Endorsement Alert: Minneapolis Building and Construction Trades

Endorsement Alert: UNITE HERE Local 17: Minnesota's Hospitality Union

Endorsement Alert: MN SEIU State Council

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shaunladen.bsky.social @shaunladen.bsky.social · 5d

Schaffer is a union buster. Vote Cashman.

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Telephone Friend @ironyhat.bsky.social · Aug 12

Hmmmmmm

Americans are losing spending power, say researchers: Most can no longer afford a 'minimal quality of life'
Published Fri, Jun 13 2025 12:18 PM EDT
The 10 richest Americans got $365 billion richer in the past year. Now they're on the verge of a huge tax cut
By Matt Egan, CNN
Updated 6:23 AM EDT, Wed May 21, 2025

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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 6d

This Day in Labor History: October 29, 1962. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference announced Operation Breadbasket, a boycott campaign against companies that refused to hire African-Americans. Let's talk about this core part of civil rights worker activism and the rise of Jesse Jackson!

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Minneapolis for the Many @mplsforthemany.com · 6d

Mayor Frey and MPD continue to avoid accountability at every turn.

This time, they’re willing to violate the City Charter in order to do so.

According to the City Council, Mayor Frey and MPD are refusing to comply with a request to see the results of MPD’s investigation into the Davis Moturi case.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 6d

davis points out to frey that IEs supporting him send mailers instructing voters how to rank their ballots and adds "i am running because i am tired of your inadequate leadership rooted in personal ambition, in moral blindness, in ideological purity."

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shaunladen.bsky.social @shaunladen.bsky.social · 6d

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