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Davis @thatbaba.bsky.social · 15h

We used to own the house next to ours and participated in the Stable Homes program. The inspector who signed off on the house being ready for move in SPECIFICALLY said that a fixture on the exterior needed a lightbulb "in case the mayor wants to come by for a photo." He uses the program for clout.

David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 16h

If I’m reading Kyle right, Frey admits failing to issue 100 housing vouchers *that are funded this year because he wants to kill the program next year.* (This is not Stable Schools, but for single folks.) This is unallotment Trump-style, especially since county/MPHA are in.

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Davis @thatbaba.bsky.social · 5d

I think you mean ‘Nordeast’

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Davis @thatbaba.bsky.social · 5d

How far Ward 1 has strayed from the olden days when you had to be able to trace like 3 generations of family members living in the district to even be deemed worthy of attending a caucus according to these old cranks! Now you can just keep living in Ward 3!

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Davis @thatbaba.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah, what I was referring to was the PAC (Joe Rad specifically) on video helping him brainstorm how to keep candidates out of his building. Or maybe that video wasn’t a PAC meeting and was just some buds brainstorming voter suppression. Sorry for any confusion.

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Davis @thatbaba.bsky.social · 5d

I don’t know if anyone is keeping score but groups affiliated with Frey and Joe Rad have now been found guilty of campaign violations at least twice in this election cycle.That doesn’t even count the one guilty guy they were helping lying about his residence for caucusing. Sheesh!

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Davis @thatbaba.bsky.social · 6d

This is a great slogan. ‘All veto, no vision’.

Omar Fateh @omarfatehmn.com · 6d

Mayor Frey is all veto and no vision. Minneapolis deserves a leader that will listen to the expertise of our community members, and fight against gentrification in our cultural corridors. As Mayor, I will increase transparency to make our city affordable and accountable to us.

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Dan Engelhart He/Him @engy5150.bsky.social · 6d

So there is another guy named Dan - Runnin for D 1 parks- we are embracing the Engelhart- big signs on order/ have a very visible spot? Let us know? Really want the normal sized one with ‘just’ Engelhart? Let us know -also use my last name in EVERY CONVERSATION OK!

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Davis @thatbaba.bsky.social · 7d

This is all I want for us in Minneapolis too - a Mayor who wants to make life easier for the people who live here. A Mayor who actually LIKES the City.

Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 7d

Loving New Yorkers instead of hating on us is so refreshing.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7d

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon in the Bronx and Harlem at our paper shredding events — we cleared out old junk mail, built community, danced, took family portraits and enjoyed frozen treats (it still felt a lot like summer). Thanks to everyone who joined.

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Davis @thatbaba.bsky.social · 7d

After 22 years of working with small businesses, my one piece of advice when someone says they're thinking of starting a business with someone else is.......DON'T. Just do it yourself friend, trust me.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 9d

The “dual state” theory was invented to describe the Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.

The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.

Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.

www.motherjones.com

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Davis @thatbaba.bsky.social · 11d

Pritzker put more money into the Wisconsin supreme court race for Dems than anyone, and did it quietly so WI has a fighting chance to keep their democracy. You can be a Newsom sycophant, but you need to do a wee bit more research before you start discounting other Dems actions as ‘just barking’

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Davis @thatbaba.bsky.social · 12d

I’ve seen two of these in Northeast and was quite puzzled.

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Davis @thatbaba.bsky.social · 12d

The Mayor has never been a part of a team in his life, which this statement deeply displays. Maybe 1 tenant couldn’t buy the building, but what about several tenants, acting together? Also, $$ picture gets a lot better when you own an asset you can borrow against. His reasoning is ridiculous.

Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 12d

had it not been vetoed, was about protecting small biz owner tenants from getting evicted with little-to-no warning.

Mayor Frey states in his letter that it’s “unrealistic to expect a tenant who has difficulty paying rent to be in a position to purchase a building.” 6/

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Davis @thatbaba.bsky.social · 12d

Dismantle ICE and prosecute every last one of these monsters.

snarkops.bsky.social @snarkops.bsky.social · 13d

Protesters pleaded "be gentle, she's disabled."
One agent sneered: "She'll be disabled now."
State violence, cruelty, and silencing dissent.

Siebe, who uses a wheelchair, was filming in a bike lane when an agent body-checked her face-first into the pavement.

#portland #ice #dhs #news #resist

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Davis @thatbaba.bsky.social · 12d

Unrivaled should have some games in Palm Springs. I don't know if there's a good venue, but I bet the lesbian snowbirds would be THRILLED to watch some games.

Davis @thatbaba.bsky.social · 12d

The fact that these people continue to not buy the domains for their own candidates is wild.

The Dependent Clause @dependentclause.bsky.social · 13d

Outstanding www.shelleymadore.com

The Real Shelley Madore

www.shelleymadore.com

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Davis @thatbaba.bsky.social · 13d

It’s just so blatantly obvious with this move. And we have no media who will ask ‘now how does this veto benefit Minneapolis residents’ which should be a PRIME question for someone asking residents to re-elect him. Maddening.

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Davis @thatbaba.bsky.social · 13d

I shouldn’t be surprised, but as someone who had an office in my neighborhood and had it sold from one out of state landlord to another without any notice, which forced me out due to an immediate rent increase, I can not BELIEVE Frey vetoed a bill that would help local biz owners possibly avoid that

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Davis @thatbaba.bsky.social · 13d

Absolutely! Should not be! With all else going on in the world it feels like we should get a few weeks of fall at least!

Davis @thatbaba.bsky.social · 13d

I know there’s a lot of other things that are more important but…it’s too damn hot for October 1st. Too damn HOT.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 13d

BREAKING

Dr. Jane Goodall has died. She was 91.

It is impossible to sum up the impact she has had on our world and on science in a social media post.

She lived a long and incredible life but I am devastated.

Full Story: bit.ly/4pPcNFH

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Davis @thatbaba.bsky.social · 13d

I think he’s just an opportunist. He acted like a progressive and touted his boyfriend at a state convention where it was clear delegates were annoyed with Lori Swanson. Now that he thinks the political winds have changed, he’s a hard nosed tough on crime guy. No one should trust anything he says.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 14d

IPG owner brian fitterer, whose tenants have formed a union in hopes of getting him to take care of their properties and make them safe and habitable, donates both to donald trump and lydia millard! he donated half a million to trump & maxed out to millard

www.lydiamillard.com

Who is Backing Lydia Millard?

www.lydiamillard.com

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Davis @thatbaba.bsky.social · 14d

Are you telling me that is NOT David Spade in character for some movie?

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Daniel Thompson @dr-thompson.bsky.social · 14d

Listen and decide for yourself. But I have to commend Phee for using her platform to call out abusive, manipulative, and dismissive tactics from the WNBA. (Part 2/2) #WNBASky

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