Kristen Blue
@kblue.bsky.social
Avid reader and puzzler. UU
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis, MN
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From a St Paul Dept of Safety and Inspections email: construction permit for a new $11m CBP building construction permit at 670 Bayfield Street next to the downtown StP airport. Note location right near the runways. "Great" place to deport from! @mollycoleman.bsky.social @melvincarter.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
From a St Paul Dept of Safety and Inspections email: construction permit for a new $11m CBP building construction permit at 670 Bayfield Street next to the downtown StP airport. Note location right near the runways. "Great" place to deport from! @mollycoleman.bsky.social @melvincarter.bsky.social
I’ve never seen Forrest Gump
Seen clips of Seinfeld, never watched it.
Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
October 6, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I’ve never seen Forrest Gump
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If you’re lucky enough to get the Mayor’s newsletter, then yesterday you got to see him TAKE CREDIT FOR A BILL HE VETOED LESS THAN A YEAR AGO.
Flanked by some people who aren’t on City Council, Mayor Frey made a big deal about passing carbon fees - something he tried to stop.
Flanked by some people who aren’t on City Council, Mayor Frey made a big deal about passing carbon fees - something he tried to stop.
September 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
If you’re lucky enough to get the Mayor’s newsletter, then yesterday you got to see him TAKE CREDIT FOR A BILL HE VETOED LESS THAN A YEAR AGO.
Flanked by some people who aren’t on City Council, Mayor Frey made a big deal about passing carbon fees - something he tried to stop.
Flanked by some people who aren’t on City Council, Mayor Frey made a big deal about passing carbon fees - something he tried to stop.
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At the end we get to see and feel some of the generational trauma and exhaustion as she is still trying to protect people with her words.
Centuries of fighting just to live…these scars are deep in our collective soul.
Centuries of fighting just to live…these scars are deep in our collective soul.
Karina Villa protecting her constituents by literally running ICE off the streets in West Chicago and yelling to residents to stay inside their homes.
September 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
At the end we get to see and feel some of the generational trauma and exhaustion as she is still trying to protect people with her words.
Centuries of fighting just to live…these scars are deep in our collective soul.
Centuries of fighting just to live…these scars are deep in our collective soul.
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A whole lot of people are coming for @angryblacklady.bsky.social today for saying "do not put your name on a list of people attending a protest, what the fuck" with responses like "you're just discouraging people!" and "but they already know who you are!" and "DON'T LET THE TERRORISTS WIN" etc
September 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
A whole lot of people are coming for @angryblacklady.bsky.social today for saying "do not put your name on a list of people attending a protest, what the fuck" with responses like "you're just discouraging people!" and "but they already know who you are!" and "DON'T LET THE TERRORISTS WIN" etc
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The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
September 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
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Only 40 days have passed since Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were tragically killed by an unhinged Trump supporter, yet this story has largely faded from national awareness. We must not allow that to happen.
September 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Only 40 days have passed since Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were tragically killed by an unhinged Trump supporter, yet this story has largely faded from national awareness. We must not allow that to happen.
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We’re disappointed in Metro Transit’s refusal to join the City’s All Are Welcome Ad Campaign meant to help immigrants, refugees, and our community know their rights. 1/
September 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We’re disappointed in Metro Transit’s refusal to join the City’s All Are Welcome Ad Campaign meant to help immigrants, refugees, and our community know their rights. 1/
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I’d like to understand why Mayor Frey did not bother showing up for South Minneapolis today. Not even a campaign staffer to explain his absence.
The Southside deserves investment and time. We deserve a Mayor who shows up and cares about us.
The Southside deserves investment and time. We deserve a Mayor who shows up and cares about us.
Mayor Frey a no show at tonight's candidate forum.
September 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I’d like to understand why Mayor Frey did not bother showing up for South Minneapolis today. Not even a campaign staffer to explain his absence.
The Southside deserves investment and time. We deserve a Mayor who shows up and cares about us.
The Southside deserves investment and time. We deserve a Mayor who shows up and cares about us.
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The 2026 Minnesota senate primary: “I won’t accept corporate PAC money” vs “I’ll be taking the money and my shot as opener for…Eric Trump?”
August 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The 2026 Minnesota senate primary: “I won’t accept corporate PAC money” vs “I’ll be taking the money and my shot as opener for…Eric Trump?”
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It is inexcusable to overturn the DFL endorsement from Omar Fateh.
A small group, a majority living outside Minneapolis, met privately to overturn the will of Minneapolis delegates who volunteered, organized, and participated in a months-long DFL process.
Unacceptable www.axios.com/local/twin-c...
A small group, a majority living outside Minneapolis, met privately to overturn the will of Minneapolis delegates who volunteered, organized, and participated in a months-long DFL process.
Unacceptable www.axios.com/local/twin-c...
Exclusive: Ilhan Omar condemns party's reversal of Minneapolis mayoral endorsement
The reversal sent shockwaves through the Democratic party on Thursday.
www.axios.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
It is inexcusable to overturn the DFL endorsement from Omar Fateh.
A small group, a majority living outside Minneapolis, met privately to overturn the will of Minneapolis delegates who volunteered, organized, and participated in a months-long DFL process.
Unacceptable www.axios.com/local/twin-c...
A small group, a majority living outside Minneapolis, met privately to overturn the will of Minneapolis delegates who volunteered, organized, and participated in a months-long DFL process.
Unacceptable www.axios.com/local/twin-c...
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Not news that fear and trauma has taken over many Los Angeles communities—and others across the country— but last night I was at a support group for survivors and family members of ICE raids and the devastation. If watching raid videos is too much for you (I get it), I will share some stories.
August 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Not news that fear and trauma has taken over many Los Angeles communities—and others across the country— but last night I was at a support group for survivors and family members of ICE raids and the devastation. If watching raid videos is too much for you (I get it), I will share some stories.
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It is illegal in Minnesota to discriminate against trans people. Period, full stop. That includes in bathrooms. Treating people’s ability to use public spaces as a “social issue” continues to bandy about trans people’s existence as a political issue and it is gross. And dangerous.
August 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It is illegal in Minnesota to discriminate against trans people. Period, full stop. That includes in bathrooms. Treating people’s ability to use public spaces as a “social issue” continues to bandy about trans people’s existence as a political issue and it is gross. And dangerous.
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the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.
August 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.
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Really proud of this! I wrote a proposal for the @rooseveltinstitute.org about how to design a universal system for child care, after school, and summer.
In my latest newsletter, I talk about what it would look like, how it would work, and the potential it holds.
open.substack.com/pub/kedsecon...
In my latest newsletter, I talk about what it would look like, how it would work, and the potential it holds.
open.substack.com/pub/kedsecon...
Let's go as big as families deserve
My proposal for a universal Child Development System
open.substack.com
July 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Really proud of this! I wrote a proposal for the @rooseveltinstitute.org about how to design a universal system for child care, after school, and summer.
In my latest newsletter, I talk about what it would look like, how it would work, and the potential it holds.
open.substack.com/pub/kedsecon...
In my latest newsletter, I talk about what it would look like, how it would work, and the potential it holds.
open.substack.com/pub/kedsecon...
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LOVE THIS: "We have been conditioned by scarcity for so long to have the lowest expectations...It takes confidence to be creative, and we’ve been insecure in care arrangements."
www.kedits.com/p/lets-go-as...
www.kedits.com/p/lets-go-as...
Let's go as big as families deserve
My proposal for a universal Child Development System
www.kedits.com
July 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
LOVE THIS: "We have been conditioned by scarcity for so long to have the lowest expectations...It takes confidence to be creative, and we’ve been insecure in care arrangements."
www.kedits.com/p/lets-go-as...
www.kedits.com/p/lets-go-as...
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the thing about jacob is that he is bad at his job. the city is significantly less pleasant than it could be specifically because he is a bad leader who does not ensure that basic services work & improvements are noticeable & worthwhile to residents. and this with the strong mayor amendment.
There are an absolute fuckton of non-leftists in this fight. I know a ton of normie Minneapolitans who are sick and fucking tired of Frey and all his people
We literally don't need to frame it as "leftist," Minneapolis. He just won. By popular vote. The People are just saying they deserve better than the status quo.
July 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
the thing about jacob is that he is bad at his job. the city is significantly less pleasant than it could be specifically because he is a bad leader who does not ensure that basic services work & improvements are noticeable & worthwhile to residents. and this with the strong mayor amendment.
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Can we stop pretending DSA is a separate political party and not just a national membership organization that endorses candidates like basically all membership organizations? Conservative DFLers who want to ban DSA-endorsed candidates, but not Sierra Club-endorsed candidates are bad faith actors.
Will the Minneapolis DFL endorse a democratic socialist for mayor? It could happen Saturday.
The city’s DFL convention will pit democratic socialist state Sen. Omar Fateh against Mayor Jacob Frey.
www.startribune.com
July 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Can we stop pretending DSA is a separate political party and not just a national membership organization that endorses candidates like basically all membership organizations? Conservative DFLers who want to ban DSA-endorsed candidates, but not Sierra Club-endorsed candidates are bad faith actors.
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I do think that a major hurdle we've had to face over and over in this country is the tendency of white progressives to search deeply for explanations as to *why* someone like Andreeson is behaving like a vicious gutter racist, rather than simply recognizing him as one and reacting accordingly.
July 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I do think that a major hurdle we've had to face over and over in this country is the tendency of white progressives to search deeply for explanations as to *why* someone like Andreeson is behaving like a vicious gutter racist, rather than simply recognizing him as one and reacting accordingly.
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Craig is center right masquerading as a democrat in a very purple district.
July 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Craig is center right masquerading as a democrat in a very purple district.
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I'm not just mad about this shit because I'm tired of seeing it (tho I am)
It is scary to me that people legitimately don't seem to understand enough to know that 20% of the population of Texas voted for Trump. That is it. Out of every 5 people in Texas, 4 did not vote for this.
It is scary to me that people legitimately don't seem to understand enough to know that 20% of the population of Texas voted for Trump. That is it. Out of every 5 people in Texas, 4 did not vote for this.
July 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I'm not just mad about this shit because I'm tired of seeing it (tho I am)
It is scary to me that people legitimately don't seem to understand enough to know that 20% of the population of Texas voted for Trump. That is it. Out of every 5 people in Texas, 4 did not vote for this.
It is scary to me that people legitimately don't seem to understand enough to know that 20% of the population of Texas voted for Trump. That is it. Out of every 5 people in Texas, 4 did not vote for this.
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SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK. RESIST THIS.
no paywall article.
archive.is/AkB2y
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK. RESIST THIS.
no paywall article.
archive.is/AkB2y
NEW TONIGHT: The IRS says that churches can now endorse candidates from the pulpit, carving out an exemption to the decades-old ban on politicking by nonprofits.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...
July 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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We’re not doing this. There were flash flood watches and warnings. It may have been during the night, but the weather service is doing heroic work under terrible staffing and funding conditions.
Texas officials are shifting blame because they were asked directly why they didn’t order evacuation.
Texas officials are shifting blame because they were asked directly why they didn’t order evacuation.
July 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We’re not doing this. There were flash flood watches and warnings. It may have been during the night, but the weather service is doing heroic work under terrible staffing and funding conditions.
Texas officials are shifting blame because they were asked directly why they didn’t order evacuation.
Texas officials are shifting blame because they were asked directly why they didn’t order evacuation.
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Something to Note: Every major category of violent crime is down in Chicago, but there is no push to declare the progressive mayor Brandon Johnson a successful crime fighter because he didn’t invest in militarization. Even when progressives are successful, they won’t get credit.
June 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Something to Note: Every major category of violent crime is down in Chicago, but there is no push to declare the progressive mayor Brandon Johnson a successful crime fighter because he didn’t invest in militarization. Even when progressives are successful, they won’t get credit.
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A fun thing about American politics is that more people voted in New York City in a June primary than live in five states that get two senators.
June 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A fun thing about American politics is that more people voted in New York City in a June primary than live in five states that get two senators.