ryan
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wife guy. soon-to-be-dad guy. lifelong minnesotan.
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data, policy, sports, stuff.
wolves back. lynx never left.
he/him
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Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Alright here is what different matchups would have looked like if other candidates were in the final round against Frey, broken down by ward.
Jazz and DeWayne would have improved on Omar in wards 8 and 11-13. Omar had the edge everywhere else - especially wards 2, 5, 6, and 10
Jazz and DeWayne would have improved on Omar in wards 8 and 11-13. Omar had the edge everywhere else - especially wards 2, 5, 6, and 10
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Alright here is what different matchups would have looked like if other candidates were in the final round against Frey, broken down by ward.
Jazz and DeWayne would have improved on Omar in wards 8 and 11-13. Omar had the edge everywhere else - especially wards 2, 5, 6, and 10
Jazz and DeWayne would have improved on Omar in wards 8 and 11-13. Omar had the edge everywhere else - especially wards 2, 5, 6, and 10
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Several immigrant rights advocates held a news conference Monday asking for the public’s help, because federal agents are reportedly hiding their identities behind face masks and refusing to show warrants.
Immigrant rights advocates call on Minnesotans to document immigration arrests
Immigrant rights advocates are calling on Minnesotans to photograph and record federal agents making immigration arrests to improve transparency.
sahanjournal.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Several immigrant rights advocates held a news conference Monday asking for the public’s help, because federal agents are reportedly hiding their identities behind face masks and refusing to show warrants.
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I’ll be at Powderhorn until 6! Come drop off your lawn signs and say hi! (If it gets really cold I may move inside lol)
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I’ll be at Powderhorn until 6! Come drop off your lawn signs and say hi! (If it gets really cold I may move inside lol)
it seems to be impossible to get a straight answer on whether this hemp language being discussed in the ag appropriations bill will kill all hemp-derived THC production (and royally hurt many MN breweries) or just ban the unregulated stuff from being sold by mail (which would prob help breweries???)
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
it seems to be impossible to get a straight answer on whether this hemp language being discussed in the ag appropriations bill will kill all hemp-derived THC production (and royally hurt many MN breweries) or just ban the unregulated stuff from being sold by mail (which would prob help breweries???)
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All the Jazz Hampton & especially Dewayne Davis truthers will be disappointed. Fateh drove Frey’s vote total to 50% but no other candidate would get as close.
As others have mentioned, we now have the Cast Vote Record for the Minneapolis mayoral election. I'm going to be doing a good bit of digging into this, but I'll start with the big question: How would DeWayne Davis or Jazz Hampton have done in a final round against Jacob Frey?
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
All the Jazz Hampton & especially Dewayne Davis truthers will be disappointed. Fateh drove Frey’s vote total to 50% but no other candidate would get as close.
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Final-round Mpls mayor ballots in. Short 🧵:
- Frey won 7 wards, Fateh 6
- Frey won the 5 votingest wards (excluding exhausted ballots) … over *60%* in each. Fateh won next 5 but basically didn’t matter at that point.
- All wards redistricted since ‘21. Still, Ward 6 went from 64% Frey to 72% Fateh!
- Frey won 7 wards, Fateh 6
- Frey won the 5 votingest wards (excluding exhausted ballots) … over *60%* in each. Fateh won next 5 but basically didn’t matter at that point.
- All wards redistricted since ‘21. Still, Ward 6 went from 64% Frey to 72% Fateh!
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Final-round Mpls mayor ballots in. Short 🧵:
- Frey won 7 wards, Fateh 6
- Frey won the 5 votingest wards (excluding exhausted ballots) … over *60%* in each. Fateh won next 5 but basically didn’t matter at that point.
- All wards redistricted since ‘21. Still, Ward 6 went from 64% Frey to 72% Fateh!
- Frey won 7 wards, Fateh 6
- Frey won the 5 votingest wards (excluding exhausted ballots) … over *60%* in each. Fateh won next 5 but basically didn’t matter at that point.
- All wards redistricted since ‘21. Still, Ward 6 went from 64% Frey to 72% Fateh!
will look deeper in the days and weeks ahead, but my quick run through the CVR seems to indicate that if DeWayne Davis made it to the final round over Fateh, he would have lost to Frey by 12,153 votes based on the ballots that were cast. Fateh lost by 8,346.
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
will look deeper in the days and weeks ahead, but my quick run through the CVR seems to indicate that if DeWayne Davis made it to the final round over Fateh, he would have lost to Frey by 12,153 votes based on the ballots that were cast. Fateh lost by 8,346.
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The deal between Minneapolis teachers and the school district will shrink class sizes, create manageable special education caseloads and raise pay, including giving a 2% increase to teachers this year.
New deal between Minneapolis teachers and school district raises pay, lowers class sizes
The two sides reached a late-night agreement just three days before a planned strike on Tuesday.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The deal between Minneapolis teachers and the school district will shrink class sizes, create manageable special education caseloads and raise pay, including giving a 2% increase to teachers this year.
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the city of minneapolis has released the cast vote record for the mayoral race!
vote.minneapolismn.gov/results-data...
vote.minneapolismn.gov/results-data...
2025 Mayor results
Unofficial winner: Jacob Frey
vote.minneapolismn.gov
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
the city of minneapolis has released the cast vote record for the mayoral race!
vote.minneapolismn.gov/results-data...
vote.minneapolismn.gov/results-data...
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
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Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
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Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
Southwest Side politicians condemned Saturday’s pepper spraying and the federal sweep of Little Village as “state-sponsored terrorism” at a news conference Sunday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
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Carefully choreographed votes and angry press releases are all cute, but the indication of whether anyone in the caucus really cares is whether there’s any push for leadership changes or punitive action against the cavers.
There won’t be, but that would be the theoretical sign this is different
There won’t be, but that would be the theoretical sign this is different
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Carefully choreographed votes and angry press releases are all cute, but the indication of whether anyone in the caucus really cares is whether there’s any push for leadership changes or punitive action against the cavers.
There won’t be, but that would be the theoretical sign this is different
There won’t be, but that would be the theoretical sign this is different
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They think we are deeply stupid.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
They think we are deeply stupid.
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noted, documented transphobe Latonya Reeves knows you can't win here if you abandon trans folks. her behavior at the annual meeting for the DFL Feminist Caucus is fully incompatible with this section of her website
Ilhan Omar has always stood up for trans folks in CD5, and she'll continue to do so
Ilhan Omar has always stood up for trans folks in CD5, and she'll continue to do so
latonya reeves on "Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality and Transgender Rights" for her CD5 run
another stunning victory for ilhan omar!
another stunning victory for ilhan omar!
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
noted, documented transphobe Latonya Reeves knows you can't win here if you abandon trans folks. her behavior at the annual meeting for the DFL Feminist Caucus is fully incompatible with this section of her website
Ilhan Omar has always stood up for trans folks in CD5, and she'll continue to do so
Ilhan Omar has always stood up for trans folks in CD5, and she'll continue to do so
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Wish I could recall who deserves credit for "I don't actually think Dem leaders are controlled opposition, but if they were how would it look much different?
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Wish I could recall who deserves credit for "I don't actually think Dem leaders are controlled opposition, but if they were how would it look much different?
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Bloomberg: "If that vote succeeds, the Senate will need the consent of all members to end the shutdown quickly. Any one senator can force days of delay and votes."
Any one senator. Will that be you, Sen. Klobuchar?
Any one senator. Will that be you, Sen. Klobuchar?
Lowering costs is the top priority for the American people. I voted against this budget bill because it does not prevent health insurance premiums from doubling for so many Americans. The President and Congressional Republicans should have come to the table to work with us to lower these costs.
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Bloomberg: "If that vote succeeds, the Senate will need the consent of all members to end the shutdown quickly. Any one senator can force days of delay and votes."
Any one senator. Will that be you, Sen. Klobuchar?
Any one senator. Will that be you, Sen. Klobuchar?
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
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I post this every year but now that holiday ads are out I’ll say it again: teenagers are often forgotten in Toys For Tots drives. These hygiene and beauty kits go on sale every holiday and make fantastic donations to toy drives. Sports equipment is great too!
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I post this every year but now that holiday ads are out I’ll say it again: teenagers are often forgotten in Toys For Tots drives. These hygiene and beauty kits go on sale every holiday and make fantastic donations to toy drives. Sports equipment is great too!
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Breaking news per Jeff Passan: “Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted by prosecutors in Brooklyn on a host of charges related to a scheme to rig bets on pitches thrown in MLB games. Ortiz was arrested in Boston earlier today. Clase is not currently in custody”
November 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Breaking news per Jeff Passan: “Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted by prosecutors in Brooklyn on a host of charges related to a scheme to rig bets on pitches thrown in MLB games. Ortiz was arrested in Boston earlier today. Clase is not currently in custody”
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So many people seem to be misunderstanding how human beings vote. We’re not automatons. We’re motivated by emotion, connection, and our own goals. Assuming everyone will line up behind you because you think you have some perfect analysis is never going to be a realistic outcome.
November 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
So many people seem to be misunderstanding how human beings vote. We’re not automatons. We’re motivated by emotion, connection, and our own goals. Assuming everyone will line up behind you because you think you have some perfect analysis is never going to be a realistic outcome.
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If this is your attitude about union members working as teachers, janitors and hotel worker, you’re more than welcome to get a job in the industry and tell your coworkers they’re idiots.
I spent years working in hotels. My coworkers were brilliant, politically savvy and understood political power.
I spent years working in hotels. My coworkers were brilliant, politically savvy and understood political power.
Fuck their people, they need to teach people how to win, not how to feel good and smug
November 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
If this is your attitude about union members working as teachers, janitors and hotel worker, you’re more than welcome to get a job in the industry and tell your coworkers they’re idiots.
I spent years working in hotels. My coworkers were brilliant, politically savvy and understood political power.
I spent years working in hotels. My coworkers were brilliant, politically savvy and understood political power.
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I had a law school prof who would pose a hypothetical, and anytime someone tried to change the facts he’d say “yes, if the facts were different, the facts would be different.” Meaning we could debate about different factual scenarios all day and never get to answer the scenario we are in.
November 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I had a law school prof who would pose a hypothetical, and anytime someone tried to change the facts he’d say “yes, if the facts were different, the facts would be different.” Meaning we could debate about different factual scenarios all day and never get to answer the scenario we are in.