Heather Silsbee
@hsilsbee.bsky.social
Editor, communicator, abolitionist, Southwest Minneapolis resident trying to make it less of a problem. Queer/bi, chronically ill, she/her
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Who's funding Elizabeth Shaffer's quarter-million-dollar city council campaign? 🍟👀
Please share with the ward 7 residents in your life!
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Please share with the ward 7 residents in your life!
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Who’s Funding Elizabeth Shaffer?
A candidate can’t control everyone who donates to them. But, wealthy donors, like most voters, tend to financially support candidates who they think will support their own interests. So, if you’re …
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This is who we have representing us now, ward 7. Keep an eye on your favorite cafe or it might be replaced by a McCafe.
And make sure Shaffer hears from you often. We don't have to make her job easy.
Katie - you're still the CM in my heart! Can't wait to see what you do next. 🧡😭
And make sure Shaffer hears from you often. We don't have to make her job easy.
Katie - you're still the CM in my heart! Can't wait to see what you do next. 🧡😭
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Referring to the fall of Al Franken as a "lynching" is quite a tell, almost as much a tell as referring to him as a progressive warrior. Also, "weaponize a joke photo" lol, lmao. At least 8 women came forward to accuse Franken of harassment.
Sorry, no….its not. Many of us will never forgive her for lynching Al Franken. That was a contrived right-wing hit job pushed by a disingenuous partisan hack former model who decided to weaponize a joke photo from decades ago. We lost a progressive warrior because of Dem self flagellation.
November 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Referring to the fall of Al Franken as a "lynching" is quite a tell, almost as much a tell as referring to him as a progressive warrior. Also, "weaponize a joke photo" lol, lmao. At least 8 women came forward to accuse Franken of harassment.
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Organizations go years trying to find anyone with Dan's ability. What self sabotage to throw it away over political differences.
the DFL constitution, bylaws and rules committee (CBRC) is meeting now. cyndy martin has a motion to remove dan thomas commins as secretary
cyndy martin is the DFL officer facing criminal charges for killing a teenager with her car
cyndy martin is the DFL officer facing criminal charges for killing a teenager with her car
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Organizations go years trying to find anyone with Dan's ability. What self sabotage to throw it away over political differences.
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Phillips community, come out for this!
We are excited to see you this Sunday at 2pm for an important conversation about how we keep each other safe in these times (St. Paul’s Lutheran Church 2742 15th Ave South).
*This is being reposted from CM Chavez’s Official Accounts*
*This is being reposted from CM Chavez’s Official Accounts*
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Phillips community, come out for this!
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we should reject waymo on the basis of supporting labor in minnesota, where uber and lyft drivers fought to score a statewide minimum wage! and don't forget that lyft contributed $10,000 to all of mpls this year to reelect mayor frey and get a city council allied with him. they are making moves
This, 1,000x this. I've been harping about Waymo being anti-worker and yet another way to funnel money upwards to the elite/oligarchs, and people react like I'm nuts. (It's also why I never use self-checkouts.)
and this is why waymo is a labor issue, not a tech issue! it's going to be taking money out of the pockets of rideshare drivers and putting it solely in the hands of big tech
November 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
we should reject waymo on the basis of supporting labor in minnesota, where uber and lyft drivers fought to score a statewide minimum wage! and don't forget that lyft contributed $10,000 to all of mpls this year to reelect mayor frey and get a city council allied with him. they are making moves
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This would be a great app idea for someone to sample rents by neighborhood and show trends against inflation. Solid data project for the portfolio
For what it's worth, people within the City have proposed a rent registry, requiring landlords to report the rents for every unit annually. The industry has fought that proposal tooth and nail. They know. If the data was actually good for them, they'd want to sound it to the heavens.
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This would be a great app idea for someone to sample rents by neighborhood and show trends against inflation. Solid data project for the portfolio
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if you are in st. paul, you can’t go wrong with thai food from hot grainz. tiny, immigrant owned place next to schmidt’s brewery on w 7th
November 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
if you are in st. paul, you can’t go wrong with thai food from hot grainz. tiny, immigrant owned place next to schmidt’s brewery on w 7th
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AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
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Once again, the President is trying to divide instead of unite. His purported attempt to remove Temporary Protected Status for Somalis specifically in Minnesota should not be tolerated and is likely illegal.
You can help: speak up and attend training like Monarca’s Upstander training.
You can help: speak up and attend training like Monarca’s Upstander training.
November 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Once again, the President is trying to divide instead of unite. His purported attempt to remove Temporary Protected Status for Somalis specifically in Minnesota should not be tolerated and is likely illegal.
You can help: speak up and attend training like Monarca’s Upstander training.
You can help: speak up and attend training like Monarca’s Upstander training.
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Some may look like e-bikes. Some may even be called e-bikes online. But if you are considering purchasing an e-bike this holiday, please make sure you're buying something that is legal to use on Mn roads and trails.
Your best bet is to buy from local bike shops!
www.startribune.com/bike-advocat...
Your best bet is to buy from local bike shops!
www.startribune.com/bike-advocat...
www.startribune.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Some may look like e-bikes. Some may even be called e-bikes online. But if you are considering purchasing an e-bike this holiday, please make sure you're buying something that is legal to use on Mn roads and trails.
Your best bet is to buy from local bike shops!
www.startribune.com/bike-advocat...
Your best bet is to buy from local bike shops!
www.startribune.com/bike-advocat...
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the DFL constitution, bylaws and rules committee (CBRC) is meeting now. cyndy martin has a motion to remove dan thomas commins as secretary
cyndy martin is the DFL officer facing criminal charges for killing a teenager with her car
cyndy martin is the DFL officer facing criminal charges for killing a teenager with her car
November 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
the DFL constitution, bylaws and rules committee (CBRC) is meeting now. cyndy martin has a motion to remove dan thomas commins as secretary
cyndy martin is the DFL officer facing criminal charges for killing a teenager with her car
cyndy martin is the DFL officer facing criminal charges for killing a teenager with her car
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she’s decided that it’s worth getting the votes of people who miss him and doesn’t care about losing the votes of sexual harassment survivors and people who care about that issue
Why is Peggy Flanagan blasting out texts with Al franken?
November 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
she’s decided that it’s worth getting the votes of people who miss him and doesn’t care about losing the votes of sexual harassment survivors and people who care about that issue
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Our Somali friends and neighbors are elected leaders, entrepreneurs, artists, caregivers, drivers, and integral parts of communities from the Twin Cities to St Cloud to small towns. No matter their status, they belong.
Don’t buy into hateful rhetoric. Stand with all those who call this state home.
Don’t buy into hateful rhetoric. Stand with all those who call this state home.
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Our Somali friends and neighbors are elected leaders, entrepreneurs, artists, caregivers, drivers, and integral parts of communities from the Twin Cities to St Cloud to small towns. No matter their status, they belong.
Don’t buy into hateful rhetoric. Stand with all those who call this state home.
Don’t buy into hateful rhetoric. Stand with all those who call this state home.
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Boosting this for Minnesota tonight
Mpls
Mpls
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Boosting this for Minnesota tonight
Mpls
Mpls
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Someone knocked over the fist on the north side of George Floyd Square. It seems like maybe a car ran into this?
B and I couldn’t move it alone and didn’t want to break it more. If you have a truck or a group of helpers, maybe you could help?
B and I couldn’t move it alone and didn’t want to break it more. If you have a truck or a group of helpers, maybe you could help?
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Someone knocked over the fist on the north side of George Floyd Square. It seems like maybe a car ran into this?
B and I couldn’t move it alone and didn’t want to break it more. If you have a truck or a group of helpers, maybe you could help?
B and I couldn’t move it alone and didn’t want to break it more. If you have a truck or a group of helpers, maybe you could help?
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November is #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth and a great month to support Indigenous artists! Art is how we celebrate our cultures and keep them alive 💛🧡❤️🖤
Check out my new Heleswv (Medicine) earrings & more from my NAHM collection → cvkvlv.com
Goal progress in comments ↓
#Beadwork #Art #MutualAid
Check out my new Heleswv (Medicine) earrings & more from my NAHM collection → cvkvlv.com
Goal progress in comments ↓
#Beadwork #Art #MutualAid
November 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
November is #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth and a great month to support Indigenous artists! Art is how we celebrate our cultures and keep them alive 💛🧡❤️🖤
Check out my new Heleswv (Medicine) earrings & more from my NAHM collection → cvkvlv.com
Goal progress in comments ↓
#Beadwork #Art #MutualAid
Check out my new Heleswv (Medicine) earrings & more from my NAHM collection → cvkvlv.com
Goal progress in comments ↓
#Beadwork #Art #MutualAid
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If you read the article here, what seems to have happened is that the FBI had direct access to a person who was in the group. It doesn’t say whether the person was an infiltrator or whether the FBI got them to share info some other way.
A “joint situational information report” from the FBI and the New York police department (NYPD), dated 28 August 2025, quoted from a chat on Signal, the encrypted messaging app, and also characterized the court watchers as “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
If you read the article here, what seems to have happened is that the FBI had direct access to a person who was in the group. It doesn’t say whether the person was an infiltrator or whether the FBI got them to share info some other way.
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South Mpls Sunday and Tuesday
Big one in St Paul 11/29
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Witnessing ICE activity is your legal right. Trying to stop them is a moral obligation, to me.
Big one in St Paul 11/29
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Witnessing ICE activity is your legal right. Trying to stop them is a moral obligation, to me.
Monarca is the local organization with observer trainings coming up this week and next in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Wisconsin
I did the training at the U few weeks ago. It's good and important info.
monarcamn.org/training
I did the training at the U few weeks ago. It's good and important info.
monarcamn.org/training
Training — Monarca
monarcamn.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
South Mpls Sunday and Tuesday
Big one in St Paul 11/29
⬇️
Witnessing ICE activity is your legal right. Trying to stop them is a moral obligation, to me.
Big one in St Paul 11/29
⬇️
Witnessing ICE activity is your legal right. Trying to stop them is a moral obligation, to me.
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Monarca is the local organization with observer trainings coming up this week and next in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Wisconsin
I did the training at the U few weeks ago. It's good and important info.
monarcamn.org/training
I did the training at the U few weeks ago. It's good and important info.
monarcamn.org/training
Training — Monarca
monarcamn.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Monarca is the local organization with observer trainings coming up this week and next in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Wisconsin
I did the training at the U few weeks ago. It's good and important info.
monarcamn.org/training
I did the training at the U few weeks ago. It's good and important info.
monarcamn.org/training
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If you celebrate Give to the Max day, please donate to the Supply Depot through our Open Collective so you can get tax refunds. the money all goes to keeping people alive. opencollective.com/sanctuarysup...
SanctuarySupplyDepot - Open Collective
The Sanctuary Supply Depot is a central hub that fascilitates the collection and distribution of basic survival supplies for our unhoused neighbors.
opencollective.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
If you celebrate Give to the Max day, please donate to the Supply Depot through our Open Collective so you can get tax refunds. the money all goes to keeping people alive. opencollective.com/sanctuarysup...
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Twin cities folks- we’re distributing whistles as many places as we can!
Does your place of business or organization want to host a whistle distribution point? DM us!
Does your place of business or organization want to host a whistle distribution point? DM us!
November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Twin cities folks- we’re distributing whistles as many places as we can!
Does your place of business or organization want to host a whistle distribution point? DM us!
Does your place of business or organization want to host a whistle distribution point? DM us!
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Learn the code, teach your community.
Organize your neighbors, and make sure everyone has and carries a whistle.
If you’re in the Twin Cities area, program the Monarca 🧊 reporting number into your phone 612-441-2881.
Organize your neighbors, and make sure everyone has and carries a whistle.
If you’re in the Twin Cities area, program the Monarca 🧊 reporting number into your phone 612-441-2881.
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Learn the code, teach your community.
Organize your neighbors, and make sure everyone has and carries a whistle.
If you’re in the Twin Cities area, program the Monarca 🧊 reporting number into your phone 612-441-2881.
Organize your neighbors, and make sure everyone has and carries a whistle.
If you’re in the Twin Cities area, program the Monarca 🧊 reporting number into your phone 612-441-2881.
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Twin Cities! Let’s chip in to support the neighbor the feds kidnapped yesterday gofund.me/c3c959e85
November 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Twin Cities! Let’s chip in to support the neighbor the feds kidnapped yesterday gofund.me/c3c959e85
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jamal osman announced this after deena winter at the strib tweeted about it first. i had heard about it several days ago too. IT'S HAPPENING! JAMAL!
I see on X that Osman has endorsed @elliottpayne.org for Council President while announcing his bid for VP. That ought to lock down the top 2 spots for Council Members not affiliated with Frey. That’s good for oversight. Mayor gained added Council power to sustain his vetoes. x.com/JamalOsmanMN...
November 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
jamal osman announced this after deena winter at the strib tweeted about it first. i had heard about it several days ago too. IT'S HAPPENING! JAMAL!
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Starbucks Workers were arrested setting up a strike. Call the Mayor of St Anthony and demand the immediate release of these workers.
November 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Starbucks Workers were arrested setting up a strike. Call the Mayor of St Anthony and demand the immediate release of these workers.
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first campaign kickoff for 2026: angela conley for hennepin county district 4 commissioner. doron clark, omar fateh, soren stevenson, dewayne davis here now
November 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
first campaign kickoff for 2026: angela conley for hennepin county district 4 commissioner. doron clark, omar fateh, soren stevenson, dewayne davis here now