LibsMpls
@libsmpls.bsky.social
Hyper-local political nerd in Minneapolis, unapologetic progressive, reluctant runner, gun violence prevention & community advocate. Photos of Lake Harriet.
Awwwoooooooo (election edition).
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Awwwoooooooo (election edition).
Ward 13: We can write-in a favorite neighbor/dog/cheese or just “Not Linea.” Go vote!
November 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Ward 13: We can write-in a favorite neighbor/dog/cheese or just “Not Linea.” Go vote!
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“I refuse to have my last words to my children before they walk into that school building be a goodbye.” - Grace Peck, a Wyoming @momsdemand.bsky.social volunteer
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Since Minnesota school shooting, Jackson mother calls for gun control every day
JACKSON – When Grace Peck woke up the morning after the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting in Minnesota, she reluctantly prepared to drop her own children off at school in Jackson.
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October 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
“I refuse to have my last words to my children before they walk into that school building be a goodbye.” - Grace Peck, a Wyoming @momsdemand.bsky.social volunteer
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My fellow Minneapolis born and raised people: don’t do this.
Soren is one of the best community builders in our city, and he wants to keep making Minneapolis even better. Vote for him!
Soren is one of the best community builders in our city, and he wants to keep making Minneapolis even better. Vote for him!
When I moved to Minneapolis in the mid-aughts, it was really difficult to make friends. People from other states didn’t get it.
Now the bias is front and center in my city politics. If I’m a resident who “just got here,” do I matter less to Josh?
Now the bias is front and center in my city politics. If I’m a resident who “just got here,” do I matter less to Josh?
October 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
My fellow Minneapolis born and raised people: don’t do this.
Soren is one of the best community builders in our city, and he wants to keep making Minneapolis even better. Vote for him!
Soren is one of the best community builders in our city, and he wants to keep making Minneapolis even better. Vote for him!
If this mid-demo scope revision happened to a normal real estate project, the project manager, the PR dept, or both would be fired.
The White House is demolishing the entirety of the historic East Wing to make way for Trump’s $200 million ballroom, a construction project that is far more extensive than he initially let on. "Near but not touching it," he originally said. @lukebroadwater.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire East Wing
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October 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
If this mid-demo scope revision happened to a normal real estate project, the project manager, the PR dept, or both would be fired.
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Because we can’t afford a third term of Jacob Frey.
Get the facts about Jacob Frey before you vote: buff.ly/ok2vH4D
Get the facts about Jacob Frey before you vote: buff.ly/ok2vH4D
The Truth About Jacob Frey
Reporting from the Star Tribune shows that Mayor Frey is deleting his calls and texts. The Mayor has no cell phone calls or text data from the ICE action in Minneapolis on June 3rd. He also has none…
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October 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Because we can’t afford a third term of Jacob Frey.
Get the facts about Jacob Frey before you vote: buff.ly/ok2vH4D
Get the facts about Jacob Frey before you vote: buff.ly/ok2vH4D
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Mayor Frey refuses to strengthen the city’s separation ordinance, using the assassination of Melissa Hortman to justify it.
If the Mayors office insists on revisiting 6/14, ok. Let’s talk about MPD’s completely incompetent response and failure to protect legislators. Zero of whom support him.
If the Mayors office insists on revisiting 6/14, ok. Let’s talk about MPD’s completely incompetent response and failure to protect legislators. Zero of whom support him.
October 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Mayor Frey refuses to strengthen the city’s separation ordinance, using the assassination of Melissa Hortman to justify it.
If the Mayors office insists on revisiting 6/14, ok. Let’s talk about MPD’s completely incompetent response and failure to protect legislators. Zero of whom support him.
If the Mayors office insists on revisiting 6/14, ok. Let’s talk about MPD’s completely incompetent response and failure to protect legislators. Zero of whom support him.
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I'm blown away by all the people who showed up to the No Kings Rally today. We can make our democracy work again, and I want to be your mayor to do just that.
October 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I'm blown away by all the people who showed up to the No Kings Rally today. We can make our democracy work again, and I want to be your mayor to do just that.
This rally had everything: Small children. Organized Anarchists. Dogs dressed as people. People dressed as dogs. So many frogs.
October 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This rally had everything: Small children. Organized Anarchists. Dogs dressed as people. People dressed as dogs. So many frogs.
As a violence prevention advocate, I wish more LE & government used the lens of Mary Moriarty & the Hennepin Cty Atty’s Office: center victims; take action upstream to stop violence before it happens again.
If MPD’s approach is the only one we’re using, we’ll never stop intimate partner violence.
If MPD’s approach is the only one we’re using, we’ll never stop intimate partner violence.
the hennepin county attorney's office also took offense to MPD's comment that irene fernado didn't name mariah samuels' partner as her murderer -
"When a crime like this occurs, the focus is often on the
perpetrator, losing sight of the victim who no longer has a voice."
"When a crime like this occurs, the focus is often on the
perpetrator, losing sight of the victim who no longer has a voice."
October 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
As a violence prevention advocate, I wish more LE & government used the lens of Mary Moriarty & the Hennepin Cty Atty’s Office: center victims; take action upstream to stop violence before it happens again.
If MPD’s approach is the only one we’re using, we’ll never stop intimate partner violence.
If MPD’s approach is the only one we’re using, we’ll never stop intimate partner violence.
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I generally don't do long threads on here, but if you'll all allow it, a longer thought:
A CALL FOR MORE ANTI-ICE POETRY, MUSIC, VISUAL ART, AND BEYOND
A CALL FOR MORE ANTI-ICE POETRY, MUSIC, VISUAL ART, AND BEYOND
October 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I generally don't do long threads on here, but if you'll all allow it, a longer thought:
A CALL FOR MORE ANTI-ICE POETRY, MUSIC, VISUAL ART, AND BEYOND
A CALL FOR MORE ANTI-ICE POETRY, MUSIC, VISUAL ART, AND BEYOND
We’re pushing @governorwalz.mn.gov & MN leaders for an assault weapons ban because that’s what the Annunciation parents and community want. Doing anything less is, well, stupid.
Opinion | Some things are just stupid, and to call guns ‘God-given’ is one of them
"God did not hand out AR-15s on Mount Sinai," Dr. Christopher L. Moertel writes.
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October 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
We’re pushing @governorwalz.mn.gov & MN leaders for an assault weapons ban because that’s what the Annunciation parents and community want. Doing anything less is, well, stupid.
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This could only be true if Frey's critics somehow tricked him into lying about banning no-knock warrants, issuing more vetoes of council majority votes than any mayor, appointing political patronage failures in important city staff positions, alienating civil servants,
October 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This could only be true if Frey's critics somehow tricked him into lying about banning no-knock warrants, issuing more vetoes of council majority votes than any mayor, appointing political patronage failures in important city staff positions, alienating civil servants,
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In the vast majority of states, guns that came from other states and were recovered from crime scenes mostly came from red states. www.pbump.net/o/the-red-st...
October 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
In the vast majority of states, guns that came from other states and were recovered from crime scenes mostly came from red states. www.pbump.net/o/the-red-st...
It’s soup season!
For all the fall lovers out there, that vertical line coming in on radar represents decorative gourd season. That's our cold front that switches us from August to October. #mnwx
October 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
It’s soup season!
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"Nationally, research indicates the laws have also prevented an estimated 2,500 suicides in the past six years, when the vast majority of all petitions were filed." - Jeffrey Meitrodt
www.startribune.com/red-flag-gun...
www.startribune.com/red-flag-gun...
A state law has prevented school and workplace shootings, but enforcement inconsistent
Public records show that the state’s red flag gun law has helped law enforcement confiscate guns from people with violent plans. Some counties, though, have rarely or never used it raising worry about...
www.startribune.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"Nationally, research indicates the laws have also prevented an estimated 2,500 suicides in the past six years, when the vast majority of all petitions were filed." - Jeffrey Meitrodt
www.startribune.com/red-flag-gun...
www.startribune.com/red-flag-gun...
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For 7 years, Mayor Frey has lied. He lied about no-knock warrants and Amir Locke died. He lied and said there were only 27 unhoused people in the city—facts prove him wrong. He even vetoed the Uber/Lyft wage bill after vowing to support it. Minneapolis needs a leader, not a liar.
September 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
For 7 years, Mayor Frey has lied. He lied about no-knock warrants and Amir Locke died. He lied and said there were only 27 unhoused people in the city—facts prove him wrong. He even vetoed the Uber/Lyft wage bill after vowing to support it. Minneapolis needs a leader, not a liar.
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@momsdemand.bsky.social MN asked DeWayne Davis (the faith leader) to address their rally calling on the Minn Legislature to pass #guncontrol legislation in a special session. Hear his call to action, know that change is possible, and we don't have to live like this. @dewayneforminneapolis.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
@momsdemand.bsky.social MN asked DeWayne Davis (the faith leader) to address their rally calling on the Minn Legislature to pass #guncontrol legislation in a special session. Hear his call to action, know that change is possible, and we don't have to live like this. @dewayneforminneapolis.com
There’s a broad coalition of new faces and young families with @momsdemand.bsky.social rallying for a special session. @governorwalz.mn.gov Minnesotans demand an assault weapons ban!
September 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
There’s a broad coalition of new faces and young families with @momsdemand.bsky.social rallying for a special session. @governorwalz.mn.gov Minnesotans demand an assault weapons ban!
Thank you, @governorwalz.mn.gov - Minnesotans deserve to be safe from assault weapons!!!
I’m asking Republicans to hold a public vote on banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, because that’s what the majority of Minnesotans want to see.
September 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Thank you, @governorwalz.mn.gov - Minnesotans deserve to be safe from assault weapons!!!
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We cannot solve the problem of gun violence without addressing the prevalence, accessibility and lethality of the firearms themselves. While we need to find ways to reduce individuals' ability and desire to commit violent acts, we must also address the instruments of that violence: guns themselves.
September 18, 2025 at 1:28 AM
We cannot solve the problem of gun violence without addressing the prevalence, accessibility and lethality of the firearms themselves. While we need to find ways to reduce individuals' ability and desire to commit violent acts, we must also address the instruments of that violence: guns themselves.
About 100 Minneapolis students walked from their schools to the memorial at Annunciation School, and that’s what made me cry today. They deserve better.
September 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
About 100 Minneapolis students walked from their schools to the memorial at Annunciation School, and that’s what made me cry today. They deserve better.
Yesterday it was our neighborhood. Today, it might be yours.
Ban assault weapons. Universal background checks. Extreme risk protection orders. Strengthen ATF enforcement. Enough is enough.
@momsdemand.bsky.social @everytown.bsky.social
Ban assault weapons. Universal background checks. Extreme risk protection orders. Strengthen ATF enforcement. Enough is enough.
@momsdemand.bsky.social @everytown.bsky.social
There are 400 million guns in this country. More guns than people.
In America, we are ten times more likely to be shot in a school or playground than any other developed nation.
In America, we are ten times more likely to be shot in a school or playground than any other developed nation.
August 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Yesterday it was our neighborhood. Today, it might be yours.
Ban assault weapons. Universal background checks. Extreme risk protection orders. Strengthen ATF enforcement. Enough is enough.
@momsdemand.bsky.social @everytown.bsky.social
Ban assault weapons. Universal background checks. Extreme risk protection orders. Strengthen ATF enforcement. Enough is enough.
@momsdemand.bsky.social @everytown.bsky.social
School shootings feel different when it’s in your own neighborhood. It’s okay to not be okay, fellow Minneapolis residents.
Community vigil tonight at 8:00pm in Lynnhurst Park.
Community vigil tonight at 8:00pm in Lynnhurst Park.
UPDATE: At least two children, ages 8 and 10, were shot and killed and at least 17 more people, including 14 children, were wounded during a back-to-school mass at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis.
Schools & churches should be sanctuaries of safety for children, not where they go to die.
Schools & churches should be sanctuaries of safety for children, not where they go to die.
BREAKING: A gunman opened fire at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while preschool classes were in session during the first week of school. Early reports indicate multiple victims, including children.
August 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
School shootings feel different when it’s in your own neighborhood. It’s okay to not be okay, fellow Minneapolis residents.
Community vigil tonight at 8:00pm in Lynnhurst Park.
Community vigil tonight at 8:00pm in Lynnhurst Park.
It’s been a deadly 24 hours in south Minneapolis, and I’m thinking of the many victims and our community.
We don’t have to live this way.
Join me at www.momsdemandaction.org to be part of the solution with @everytown.bsky.social
We don’t have to live this way.
Join me at www.momsdemandaction.org to be part of the solution with @everytown.bsky.social
Active shooter situation unfolding at south Minneapolis church
The incident began unfolding around 8:30 a.m. at Annunciation Church, 509 W. 54th St. on the city's far south side.
www.kare11.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It’s been a deadly 24 hours in south Minneapolis, and I’m thinking of the many victims and our community.
We don’t have to live this way.
Join me at www.momsdemandaction.org to be part of the solution with @everytown.bsky.social
We don’t have to live this way.
Join me at www.momsdemandaction.org to be part of the solution with @everytown.bsky.social