Raquel
@quels612.bsky.social
I 💜 Minneapolis. I go by Raquel but my bandmates call me The Haggard, Old Crone - whichever is easiest for you. Views are mine, but if they’re yours, too, we can share.
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🧵 SEIU is proud to endorse @cedrickfrazier.bsky.social for Hennepin County Attorney! As a State Representative, Cedrick has been a true partner to working families — standing with our union to win real improvements that make our state a safer, more secure place for all of us. (1/2)
November 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
🧵 SEIU is proud to endorse @cedrickfrazier.bsky.social for Hennepin County Attorney! As a State Representative, Cedrick has been a true partner to working families — standing with our union to win real improvements that make our state a safer, more secure place for all of us. (1/2)
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
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@teamilhan.bsky.social will always show up for our neighbors. Today we volunteered at Shiloh Temple food shelf in North Minneapolis and helped hundred of families get access to healthy food. @ilhanmn.bsky.social is always going to make sure people are fed. This is what community looks like 💙💙💙
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
@teamilhan.bsky.social will always show up for our neighbors. Today we volunteered at Shiloh Temple food shelf in North Minneapolis and helped hundred of families get access to healthy food. @ilhanmn.bsky.social is always going to make sure people are fed. This is what community looks like 💙💙💙
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Imagine having a Mayor who knows how to work with the City Council, the Hennepin County Commissioners, and the Legislature.
Omar Fateh will be a collaborative and compassionate Mayor who builds an affordable city, that's accountable to us.
Omar Fateh will be a collaborative and compassionate Mayor who builds an affordable city, that's accountable to us.
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Imagine having a Mayor who knows how to work with the City Council, the Hennepin County Commissioners, and the Legislature.
Omar Fateh will be a collaborative and compassionate Mayor who builds an affordable city, that's accountable to us.
Omar Fateh will be a collaborative and compassionate Mayor who builds an affordable city, that's accountable to us.
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I'm so grateful for the support of organizers like Jesse. They know what's at stake for our immigrant and LGBTQIA+ students right now, and they're ready for a Mayor who can meet the moment. Learn why Jesse ranked me as their 1st choice this November to bring change to our city!
October 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I'm so grateful for the support of organizers like Jesse. They know what's at stake for our immigrant and LGBTQIA+ students right now, and they're ready for a Mayor who can meet the moment. Learn why Jesse ranked me as their 1st choice this November to bring change to our city!
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SNAP is not the reason your taxes are high.
SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.
Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.
People need & deserve assistance
Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich
Be mad about that
SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.
Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.
People need & deserve assistance
Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich
Be mad about that
October 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
SNAP is not the reason your taxes are high.
SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.
Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.
People need & deserve assistance
Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich
Be mad about that
SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.
Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.
People need & deserve assistance
Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich
Be mad about that
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Pop-up Voting Location at the Midtown Global Market on October 24, 2025 (11AM-6PM)!
Voters, make your plan for the voting option that works best for you. You can vote early in person or by mail, or you can vote at your polling place on Election Day, Nov. 4.
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Voters, make your plan for the voting option that works best for you. You can vote early in person or by mail, or you can vote at your polling place on Election Day, Nov. 4.
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October 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Pop-up Voting Location at the Midtown Global Market on October 24, 2025 (11AM-6PM)!
Voters, make your plan for the voting option that works best for you. You can vote early in person or by mail, or you can vote at your polling place on Election Day, Nov. 4.
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Voters, make your plan for the voting option that works best for you. You can vote early in person or by mail, or you can vote at your polling place on Election Day, Nov. 4.
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🎉Come celebrate Jason’s birthday with us & help fuel the last push of the campaign—he’s getting out the vote in a historically low turnout ward, which will have a huge impact on the mayoral race.
ALSO, Arbeiter is a dropoff site for @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social, so bring something warm to donate!
ALSO, Arbeiter is a dropoff site for @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social, so bring something warm to donate!
October 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🎉Come celebrate Jason’s birthday with us & help fuel the last push of the campaign—he’s getting out the vote in a historically low turnout ward, which will have a huge impact on the mayoral race.
ALSO, Arbeiter is a dropoff site for @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social, so bring something warm to donate!
ALSO, Arbeiter is a dropoff site for @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social, so bring something warm to donate!
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My diagnosis, offered in this thread, is that
1. MSP cut up the city with freeways and stroads to an extreme degree
2. The neighborhoods that are nice to walk IN have nothing to walk TO, and the places with commercial density (incl small local shops) are horrible to walk in—stroads without trees
1. MSP cut up the city with freeways and stroads to an extreme degree
2. The neighborhoods that are nice to walk IN have nothing to walk TO, and the places with commercial density (incl small local shops) are horrible to walk in—stroads without trees
…it is really shocking how there is almost no culture of walking to things here compared to a lot of MSP’s peer cities. Whether people here drive, bike, or take transit, almost everyone seems to consider it a major inconvenience to have to walk more than two blocks on either end.
October 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
My diagnosis, offered in this thread, is that
1. MSP cut up the city with freeways and stroads to an extreme degree
2. The neighborhoods that are nice to walk IN have nothing to walk TO, and the places with commercial density (incl small local shops) are horrible to walk in—stroads without trees
1. MSP cut up the city with freeways and stroads to an extreme degree
2. The neighborhoods that are nice to walk IN have nothing to walk TO, and the places with commercial density (incl small local shops) are horrible to walk in—stroads without trees
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“Omar Fateh’s organizing ability is honestly kind of unparalleled, at least locally, and he’s the one who probably has the best chance of defeating Frey.” - @NaomiKritzer
naomikritzer.com/2025/09/18/e...
naomikritzer.com/2025/09/18/e...
September 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
“Omar Fateh’s organizing ability is honestly kind of unparalleled, at least locally, and he’s the one who probably has the best chance of defeating Frey.” - @NaomiKritzer
naomikritzer.com/2025/09/18/e...
naomikritzer.com/2025/09/18/e...
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Excited to door-knock for @efornorth.bsky.social! Her commitment to Ward 5 and the Northside is unmatched.
She’s working to establish a fully funded comprehensive safety system, affordable housing, and stellar constituent services.
She’s working to establish a fully funded comprehensive safety system, affordable housing, and stellar constituent services.
September 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Excited to door-knock for @efornorth.bsky.social! Her commitment to Ward 5 and the Northside is unmatched.
She’s working to establish a fully funded comprehensive safety system, affordable housing, and stellar constituent services.
She’s working to establish a fully funded comprehensive safety system, affordable housing, and stellar constituent services.
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Join us this weekend for Northside Weekend of Action! We’re combining forces with other allies to get out and hear from our Northside neighbors. With 6 weeks until the election, now is the perfect time to get involved. Sign up here: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
September 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Join us this weekend for Northside Weekend of Action! We’re combining forces with other allies to get out and hear from our Northside neighbors. With 6 weeks until the election, now is the perfect time to get involved. Sign up here: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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the youth programming postings were cut by commissioner elizabeth shaffer:
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September 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
the youth programming postings were cut by commissioner elizabeth shaffer:
taylordahlin.com/f/elizabeth-...
taylordahlin.com/f/elizabeth-...
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If you’re feeling paralyzed by this, wanting to act but not knowing what to do, go give blood.
www.mbc.org/donate-blood/
www.mbc.org/donate-blood/
Donate Blood
Check your eligibility to donate blood, learn about the process and why blood matters, and enroll in a MBC Donor Loyalty Rewards programs.
www.mbc.org
August 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
If you’re feeling paralyzed by this, wanting to act but not knowing what to do, go give blood.
www.mbc.org/donate-blood/
www.mbc.org/donate-blood/
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This bit of the presentation had a *whoa* moment for me. Apparently challenges included a "quote" from the DFL rules that just plain wasn't there (in fact, the contrary was). Did they use ChatGPT or the like to hallucinate this quote?
friedrich points out that the delegates of the convention have the right to change the rules and endorsement by a show of badges is allowed in DFL rules
August 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This bit of the presentation had a *whoa* moment for me. Apparently challenges included a "quote" from the DFL rules that just plain wasn't there (in fact, the contrary was). Did they use ChatGPT or the like to hallucinate this quote?
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minneapolis took open streets away from our streets and will now be doing one less because of the city budget. but we are supposed to believe this wasn’t retaliatory for our streets’ work and planned from the start
August 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
minneapolis took open streets away from our streets and will now be doing one less because of the city budget. but we are supposed to believe this wasn’t retaliatory for our streets’ work and planned from the start
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I’ve seen a lot of false information circulating in the weeks following the Minneapolis DFL convention. Some of it feels like reading Jan 6 voter conspiracy theories, so as the person who stepped in as head teller + audited the voting system, I’d like to set the record straight🧵
August 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I’ve seen a lot of false information circulating in the weeks following the Minneapolis DFL convention. Some of it feels like reading Jan 6 voter conspiracy theories, so as the person who stepped in as head teller + audited the voting system, I’d like to set the record straight🧵
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Full statement: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Minneapolis DFL Statement
Hello, My name is Maddie Love, I'm a DFLer who has been involved in the party since 2018 and has spent the last half a decade working in political data. I currently work as the Data Director at the M...
docs.google.com
August 1, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Full statement: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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ilhan omar offered so much support and resources to the minneapolis caucuses and conventions by spending thousands of dollars for translators to make them more accessible and representative of our population. she cares about the process and CD5 residents even in her election off years
"Latonya Reeves, a labor leader and DFL Party activist from Minneapolis, confirmed to Axios that she's "exploring" a bid for the 5th Congressional District next year."
www.axios.com/local/twin-c...
www.axios.com/local/twin-c...
DNC member weighs challenge to Rep. Ilhan Omar
Local labor leader Latonya Reeves says the community wants a change.
www.axios.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
ilhan omar offered so much support and resources to the minneapolis caucuses and conventions by spending thousands of dollars for translators to make them more accessible and representative of our population. she cares about the process and CD5 residents even in her election off years
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If anyone ever wants to learn how to work the bike racks on the bus. I'm dead serious, DM me and I'll show you how.
Bike + Bus = Superpowers!
Bike + Bus = Superpowers!
July 21, 2025 at 4:35 AM
If anyone ever wants to learn how to work the bike racks on the bus. I'm dead serious, DM me and I'll show you how.
Bike + Bus = Superpowers!
Bike + Bus = Superpowers!
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So we built a team of incredible organizers who share our values: @braydensorenson.bsky.social, @quels612.bsky.social, @novillomara.bsky.social, and @ayana-joy.bsky.social all led by Arianna Feldman. With 100s of vols, we organized like hell for caucus night. The DFL process is about who u turn out.
July 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
So we built a team of incredible organizers who share our values: @braydensorenson.bsky.social, @quels612.bsky.social, @novillomara.bsky.social, and @ayana-joy.bsky.social all led by Arianna Feldman. With 100s of vols, we organized like hell for caucus night. The DFL process is about who u turn out.