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mpls. 🏳️‍🌈 and tired. teacher, abolitionist, ward 1 slut. he/him
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mercurymn.bsky.social
HELL YEAH. congrats to council president @elliottpayne.org
Jamal Osman tweet: Friends, I believe the Council must continue to serve as a strong check & balance to the Mayor's administration. Oversight and accountability are the foundation of good government. That is why I will be supporting @ElliottForWard1 to continue serving as our Council President
November 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
mercurymn.bsky.social
no public response yet from stevenson or osman, but i’m gonna take jason chavez’s “like” as a sign that elliott payne does indeed have the votes to remain council president when the new council is sworn in.
five icons “liking” a post reading “(i don't think he would have announced unless he knew he had the votes, but—). one of the icons is jason chavez
November 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
mercurymn.bsky.social
when göring brings up hiroshima and nagasaki
worst guy you know making a good point
November 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
mercurymn.bsky.social
abuse tactics part 2:
"Standing up to Donald Trump didn't work," said Senator Angus King, independent of Maine who caucuses with the Democrats, said on MSNBC Monday. "It actually gave him more power."
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
mercurymn.bsky.social
i’m not tweeting this i am specifically not tweeting this
how dare the ORGS consolidate around the BEST CANDIDATE who has a RECORD OF WINNING ELECTIONS and also PASSING PROGRESSIVE BILLS?????
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
mercurymn.bsky.social
it is very worth noting that jacob frey has never won a DFL primary. this is the one time he tried. it was a good call to shift to the primaryless world of municipal politics.
jacob frey getting fifth out of six candidates in a 2012 state senate DFL primary
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
mercurymn.bsky.social
survivor: palau contestant jolanda jones will NOT be the first survivor contestant to serve in congress (yet) #survivor

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Te...
wikipedia article election results for the TX18 special election. jolanda jones got 19% of the vote
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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nezhad voters were fucking disciplined as hell. i know this is an inscrutable image but the gist of it is: nezhad voters sent HUGE numbers to knuth, TINY numbers to frey, and SMALL numbers to exhaustion.

vote.minneapolismn.gov/results-data...
an image of the ranked choice voting transfers in the 2021 minneapolis mayoral race
November 5, 2025 at 5:35 AM
mercurymn.bsky.social
THE FUCKING WINNERS
elliott payne and dan engelhart elliott payne dan engelhart
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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reminder that 30 ROCK canon is that jack donaghy penetrated dick cheney
jack donaghy and dick cheney in foggy pentagon meeting room
November 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
mercurymn.bsky.social
jazz posted a video on instagram suggesting that he has the most support in the mayor’s race, but he gives away that this means that he’s *on the most ballots.* which does not help a lot if you’re #2 on all the frey ballots and #3 on all the davis/fateh ballots.
jazz hampton in a kitchen and a visual of a poll
November 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
mercurymn.bsky.social
@michaelforparks.bsky.social is in an @ehbforbet.bsky.social costume and i find it extremely unsettling
michael wilson with a stache, an EHB shirt, and a camo hat
November 1, 2025 at 12:19 AM
mercurymn.bsky.social
uhhhh extremely weird for
brad bourn to include bob fine on his bizarre mailer considering their contentious(?) past
January 30, 2018 - The Complaint filed by Bob Fine against Brad Bourn and the Minnesota DFL Party is DISMISSED. ballotpedia: brad bourn beat bob fine in the 2017 district 6 park board race
October 31, 2025 at 12:34 AM
mercurymn.bsky.social
have a father and son ever competed against each other for a major acting award before?
Alexander Skarsgärd Pillion Ray Stellan Skarsgärd Sentimental Value Gustav Borg
October 29, 2025 at 4:23 AM
mercurymn.bsky.social
irene fernando absolutely ripping frey a new one for MPD’s complete fucking negligence in mariah samuels’ murder
On August 29, the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) served the OFP to Ms. Samuels' Abuser. On August 30, no MPD Investigator was assigned. On August 31, no MPD Investigator was assigned. On September 1, no MPD Investigator was assigned. On September 2, no MPD Investigator was assigned. On September 3, no MPD Investigator was assigned. On September 4, no MPD Investigator was assigned. On September 5, no MPD Investigator was assigned. On September 6, no MPD Investigator was assigned. On September 7, no MPD Investigator was assigned.
October 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
mercurymn.bsky.social
these people (“people”?) are absolutely fucking batshit
You are the mark. Chuck Schumer marked you as a target to prevent change. Seems he hit his mark. • 2m → Replied to you I see. You are a bot account. Paid by Chuck Schumer to say the same attacks against Platner over and over. I see you. • 8m → Replied to you Platner was aware of the symbolism for one day. Platner had it removed in one day. Stop judging a book by its covs listen to him. ビ
October 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
mercurymn.bsky.social
speaking of shirtless politicians, state senator scott wiener is running for congress. nancy pelosi currently holds the seat. www.cbsnews.com/amp/sanfranc...
scott wiener, ripped as hell and wearing a skimpy leather vest and jeans. on the street amongst the gays.
October 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
mercurymn.bsky.social
uhhhh never knew we were sheltering but thanks i guess

(should i not be Airplane Mode-ing while i teach?)
Emergency Alert Per St Anthony PD: All clear. The shelter in place alert has lifted. All clear.
October 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
mercurymn.bsky.social
no kings, only queens
minna from veep
October 19, 2025 at 3:55 AM
mercurymn.bsky.social
got a LENGTHY freytext yesterday
9:11 < +1 (833) 374-5779 > Yesterday 2:50 PM Hello Jacob, it's Charles from Mayor Jacob Frey's campaign. Mayor Frey is honored to be endorsed by Gov. Tim Walz, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and the majority of labor unions who have endorsed in this race. Over the last five years, Minneapolis has faced historic challenges. Today, we are making real progress, and we are in the midst of a comeback. But we're not at the finish line, and next month's election could send us in the wrong direction. This race is a choice: one path offers slogans that sound good over policies that do good. Mayor Frey chooses the Minneapolis way forward: progressive and pragmatic, data-driven, and valuing data-driven, and valuing results over rhetoric. He knows that with experienced and honest leadership, we can continue the hard work of building a city where everyone - no matter their race, where they come from, or who they love - can afford a home, walk a safe street, and live with dignity. Can Mayor Frey count on your support on Nov. 4? Text STOP to quit data-driven? why has melvin carter succeeded in reducing gun violence in st paul and mayor frey made absolutely no headway in minneapolis? Yesterday 7:31PM| what? y'all can't answer a question? Text Message • SMS
October 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
mercurymn.bsky.social
i’m sorry betty yee announced her 2026 run for governor in WHAT year???
wikipedia: “2026 gubernatorial campaign See also: 2026 California gubernatorial election In March 2019, Yee, Lieutenant Governor of California Eleni Kounalakis, and California State Treasurer Fiona Ma announced they would run in the 2026 California gubernatorial election. 181 In April 2023, after Kounalakis announced her bid for governor, Yee confirmed her plans to run for governor, though the formal launch would not happen until later in 2023. 91151 Meanwhile, Ma would instead run for lieutenant governor. [9]”
October 16, 2025 at 6:15 AM
mercurymn.bsky.social
plz
robed figures around a creepy floating circle. text: “he dies this weekend”
October 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
mercurymn.bsky.social
oh i got mad at this yesterday. brand-new raising cane’s next to rosedale. hundreds of square feet for car storage and drive-thru ordering. a pathetic excuse of a bike rack, and it was the only one i saw. (i see my students biking around this area all the time!)

cyclists bring dollars! cater to us!
a single M of bike rack; my ebike half in frame
October 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
mercurymn.bsky.social
in MN02:

2024: craig outperforms harris/walz (4 pts)

2022: walz/flanagan outperforms craig (2 pts)

2020: biden/harris outperforms craig (4 pts)

2018: craig outperforms walz/flanagan (1 pt)
Dave Wellstone, son of the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, has refurbished his father’s iconic green campaign bus and plans to use it to support Craig. He’s friends with Flanagan, he said — Flanagan cites the elder Wellstone as one of her political mentors and inspirations. So why bring the bus out for Craig? “I watched her outperform the rest of the ticket in a district that was tough. I’ve watched how we’ve lost a lot of Democrats in this state — namely the Iron Range in outstate Minnesota — to the Republicans, and they should be ours,” Wellstone said. “I think she can win.”
September 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
mercurymn.bsky.social
this is a pretty typical comment
insta comment: We didn't think he was a leftist lunatic. He WAS. His family was republican but he had turned democrat. No conservative in their right mind would attempt to kill someone as influential as Charlie Kirk. And honestly, I assumed he was liberal. You don't see conservative people committing crimes like this. So many school shooters turn out to be transgender or a part of that spectrum. It's not about protecting people's feelings in this. It's about truth and facts
September 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM