Peter Wagenius
@peterwagenius.bsky.social
Seasoned community organizer, public servant & dad fighting for a healthy, more equitable future.
Witch’s Hat in Tower Hill Park
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Witch’s Hat in Tower Hill Park
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Jacob Frey is the worst of all possible outcomes. Progressive electeds and orgs could have thrown their weight behind a more viable candidate. But they didn’t. Here’s a quick and dirty explainer about how we ended up with Jacob when most people can’t stand him.
I am still so mad about this that I broke out the colored pencils, so I could do a little RCV explainer. Something is seriously wrong with me that this is what I am doing with my Saturday night, but here goes (a thread):
We wouldn’t need center left orgs if we had progressive electeds and orgs that took seriously the shape of our electorate, how RCV actually works, & were serious about beating Jacob. Either they don’t understand how the shape of our electorate plays out in RCV or they don’t care about beating him.
November 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Jacob Frey is the worst of all possible outcomes. Progressive electeds and orgs could have thrown their weight behind a more viable candidate. But they didn’t. Here’s a quick and dirty explainer about how we ended up with Jacob when most people can’t stand him.
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I am still so mad about this that I broke out the colored pencils, so I could do a little RCV explainer. Something is seriously wrong with me that this is what I am doing with my Saturday night, but here goes (a thread):
We wouldn’t need center left orgs if we had progressive electeds and orgs that took seriously the shape of our electorate, how RCV actually works, & were serious about beating Jacob. Either they don’t understand how the shape of our electorate plays out in RCV or they don’t care about beating him.
4. Re point 3 … it’s a shame there‘s no center-left orgs who’d push to rank Davis or Jazz first. Nothing exists. All the juice is with asshole developers and committed DSA/young voters.
5. Eric tried his best but he still underrates the media buying Frey’s frame & making it a 2-candidate race.
5. Eric tried his best but he still underrates the media buying Frey’s frame & making it a 2-candidate race.
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I am still so mad about this that I broke out the colored pencils, so I could do a little RCV explainer. Something is seriously wrong with me that this is what I am doing with my Saturday night, but here goes (a thread):
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People are out here blaming RCV for Jacob's win. And I cannot stress this enough: RCV had literally nothing to do with it. Everything about this outcome was entirely predictable. Jacob had huge structural advantages: compliant local media, off-cycle election, PAC $, patronage networks.
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
People are out here blaming RCV for Jacob's win. And I cannot stress this enough: RCV had literally nothing to do with it. Everything about this outcome was entirely predictable. Jacob had huge structural advantages: compliant local media, off-cycle election, PAC $, patronage networks.
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We are doing some rental apartment canvassing tonight for @katiecashman.bsky.social with @repkatiejones.bsky.social and @peterwagenius.bsky.social near Bde Maka Ska. Talked to several tenants about same-day voter registration. Also new parents who already voted for Katie today! Many elevator chats!
November 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
We are doing some rental apartment canvassing tonight for @katiecashman.bsky.social with @repkatiejones.bsky.social and @peterwagenius.bsky.social near Bde Maka Ska. Talked to several tenants about same-day voter registration. Also new parents who already voted for Katie today! Many elevator chats!
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Standing room only at Signature Arts in Prospect Park as @peterwagenius.bsky.social introduces the next mayor of Minneapolis, @dewayneforminneapolis.com. A lovely evening with friends and neighbors out to meet a fantastic candidate.
October 30, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Standing room only at Signature Arts in Prospect Park as @peterwagenius.bsky.social introduces the next mayor of Minneapolis, @dewayneforminneapolis.com. A lovely evening with friends and neighbors out to meet a fantastic candidate.
Industries threatening our future include Big Oil, Big Coal and, yes... Big Fertilizer. In Minnesota, climate pollution from excess fertilizer is huge problem. @jeanwagenius.bsky.social explains it's also polluting our drinking water. And what we can do about it. www.startribune.com/agriculture-...
Opinion | Move nitrogen fertilizer higher on your worry list
"Recognizing that agriculture’s GHG emissions are huge, some might assume the biggest sources are animal agriculture or carbon dioxide from tractors and trucks. But that’s wrong," Jean Wagenius writes...
www.startribune.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Industries threatening our future include Big Oil, Big Coal and, yes... Big Fertilizer. In Minnesota, climate pollution from excess fertilizer is huge problem. @jeanwagenius.bsky.social explains it's also polluting our drinking water. And what we can do about it. www.startribune.com/agriculture-...
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this white house actively treats a large swath of americans as disloyal and outside the political community and it doesn’t merit so much as a peep from the political press
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
this white house actively treats a large swath of americans as disloyal and outside the political community and it doesn’t merit so much as a peep from the political press
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As you may have noticed, white supremacists want to stop the influx of hardworking young people (aka immigration) while somehow forcing white women to have lots more babies to compensate, but they refuse to make having kids more affordable and less arduous an experience.
RFK Jr: "When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today it is 1.6%. The replacement rate -- in other words the amount of fertility you need to keep your population even -- is 2.1%. We are below replacement. That is a national security threat to our country."
October 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
As you may have noticed, white supremacists want to stop the influx of hardworking young people (aka immigration) while somehow forcing white women to have lots more babies to compensate, but they refuse to make having kids more affordable and less arduous an experience.
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this is the third time Donald Trump has shut down the government while his party controls both houses of Congress
October 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
this is the third time Donald Trump has shut down the government while his party controls both houses of Congress
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there's this assumption by the admin that there is an infinite supply of buff KKK members ready to fill the ranks of the military and ICE and I have bad news for them both about the overall number of KKK members and their general fitness level
Something our glorious Secretary of War does not seem to have considered is that the reason military PT and grooming standards, plus policies for EEO and abuse reporting, are the way they are is because they're necessary for recruitment and retention
September 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
there's this assumption by the admin that there is an infinite supply of buff KKK members ready to fill the ranks of the military and ICE and I have bad news for them both about the overall number of KKK members and their general fitness level
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Sierra Club endorses Dewayne Davis @dewayneforminneapolis.com as our first choice for Minneapolis Mayor!
September 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Sierra Club endorses Dewayne Davis @dewayneforminneapolis.com as our first choice for Minneapolis Mayor!
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I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition.
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
September 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition.
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
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Here’s what Democrats need to be saying about the Trump regime’s attack on the rights of the political opposition:
The Trump administration want to make it so they can never lose elections—no matter what happens with the cost of living. They want to make it illegal to oppose their corruption.
The Trump administration want to make it so they can never lose elections—no matter what happens with the cost of living. They want to make it illegal to oppose their corruption.
September 16, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Here’s what Democrats need to be saying about the Trump regime’s attack on the rights of the political opposition:
The Trump administration want to make it so they can never lose elections—no matter what happens with the cost of living. They want to make it illegal to oppose their corruption.
The Trump administration want to make it so they can never lose elections—no matter what happens with the cost of living. They want to make it illegal to oppose their corruption.
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Mourning—but also celebrating!—the life and work of the amazing Tom Lehrer, who died yesterday at (*gasp!*) age 97! He was around and working long enough to entertain and educate several generations – for Gen X, I think we’ll always remember him for teaching us how to cry in a library…
Tom Lehrer - "L-Y"
YouTube video by Edgar Aldrett
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July 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Mourning—but also celebrating!—the life and work of the amazing Tom Lehrer, who died yesterday at (*gasp!*) age 97! He was around and working long enough to entertain and educate several generations – for Gen X, I think we’ll always remember him for teaching us how to cry in a library…
At @repilhan.bsky.social's invitation, I described how the Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill will drive up our energy bills, kill jobs, and increase pollution. And how this will only benefit the fossil fuel executives who donate to their campaigns... (1/2)
July 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
At @repilhan.bsky.social's invitation, I described how the Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill will drive up our energy bills, kill jobs, and increase pollution. And how this will only benefit the fossil fuel executives who donate to their campaigns... (1/2)
Even though it hurts their constituents, Republicans only needed one reason to vote for the bill: “Because daddy asked them to”
Before the election, energy analysts said that repealing renewable energy tax credits was an "extreme" and "unlikely" scenario.
Many Democrats said the same, because Republicans would never willingly harm their own districts and constituents, who were benefiting from subsidies.
Here we are.
Many Democrats said the same, because Republicans would never willingly harm their own districts and constituents, who were benefiting from subsidies.
Here we are.
This is exactly what Project 2025 proposed
Analysts called it "extreme" and "unlikely." Now, it's almost reality.
heated.world
July 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Even though it hurts their constituents, Republicans only needed one reason to vote for the bill: “Because daddy asked them to”
Reposted by Peter Wagenius
Before the election, energy analysts said that repealing renewable energy tax credits was an "extreme" and "unlikely" scenario.
Many Democrats said the same, because Republicans would never willingly harm their own districts and constituents, who were benefiting from subsidies.
Here we are.
Many Democrats said the same, because Republicans would never willingly harm their own districts and constituents, who were benefiting from subsidies.
Here we are.
This is exactly what Project 2025 proposed
Analysts called it "extreme" and "unlikely." Now, it's almost reality.
heated.world
July 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Before the election, energy analysts said that repealing renewable energy tax credits was an "extreme" and "unlikely" scenario.
Many Democrats said the same, because Republicans would never willingly harm their own districts and constituents, who were benefiting from subsidies.
Here we are.
Many Democrats said the same, because Republicans would never willingly harm their own districts and constituents, who were benefiting from subsidies.
Here we are.
We’re in the basement despite the weather app warning us folks in “East Hennepin” to take shelter
June 29, 2025 at 6:14 AM
We’re in the basement despite the weather app warning us folks in “East Hennepin” to take shelter
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A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.
June 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.
We recorded this before Speaker Hortman was stolen from us. Now I can hear what we took for granted. We shared a short example of her leadership and it seemed like a given. It’s not. Nobody could have handled a tied House like she did. We owe her so much. #mnleg podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
The 2025 Legislative Wrap-up
Podcast Episode · Streets.mn Podcast · 06/16/2025 · 58m
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June 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
We recorded this before Speaker Hortman was stolen from us. Now I can hear what we took for granted. We shared a short example of her leadership and it seemed like a given. It’s not. Nobody could have handled a tied House like she did. We owe her so much. #mnleg podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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And there it is. The Minnesota assassin who shot Democratic lawmakers “voted for Donald Trump and was a strong Trump supporter,” according to his best friend.
June 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
And there it is. The Minnesota assassin who shot Democratic lawmakers “voted for Donald Trump and was a strong Trump supporter,” according to his best friend.
While we Minnesotans reckon with the horrific assassination of our Speaker Emerita Hortman, the right-wing media ghouls are spinning that someone whose target list includes Democrat lawmakers & abortion rights advocates is somehow a secret leftist. This guy: pguards.net/leadership-t... Disgusting.
June 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
While we Minnesotans reckon with the horrific assassination of our Speaker Emerita Hortman, the right-wing media ghouls are spinning that someone whose target list includes Democrat lawmakers & abortion rights advocates is somehow a secret leftist. This guy: pguards.net/leadership-t... Disgusting.