Sam
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the DFL has a problem with cyndy martin holding multiple leadership roles - like CD8 chair, and CBRC and code of conduct - while facing criminal vehicular homicide charge. she doesn't appear contrite. she appears defiant. she has evaded responsibility from the start
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The DFL's Cyndy Martin Problem
On July 3, 2024, MN DFL CD8 chair Cyndy Martin hit and killed 19 year old Carter Haithcock, the father of a young son, as he walked along the road with her vehicle on the Iron Range near Nashwauk on h...
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November 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
the DFL has a problem with cyndy martin holding multiple leadership roles - like CD8 chair, and CBRC and code of conduct - while facing criminal vehicular homicide charge. she doesn't appear contrite. she appears defiant. she has evaded responsibility from the start
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the Strib (finally) published my correction of some funky Frey housing math that was featured in Deena’s profile of him pre-election. better late than never, i suppose
November 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
the Strib (finally) published my correction of some funky Frey housing math that was featured in Deena’s profile of him pre-election. better late than never, i suppose
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Counterintuitive: the DFL is run by people who have no idea what it's like to live in an urban area.
Turned away from the MN DFL event due to a bag policy that didn’t appear anywhere in the invitation.
The suggestion was to put my bag in my car. I took the bus
I’m curious how many people were turned away due to other bags (bike bags, groceries, diaper bags) and didn’t have storage options
The suggestion was to put my bag in my car. I took the bus
I’m curious how many people were turned away due to other bags (bike bags, groceries, diaper bags) and didn’t have storage options
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Counterintuitive: the DFL is run by people who have no idea what it's like to live in an urban area.
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we had to leave at 7:10 for dinner so we didn't see much content-wise beyond a Carlbom branding pitch. but we *did* see people getting harassed over their bags and then on our way out the check-in ladies were very rudely questioning some Black youth and their teacher about why they were at Sabathani
i'm told steve brandt, who is a DFL endorsed elected official, was also turned away at the DFL listening session because he had a backpack. he'd biked there, and the organizers did not tell us backpacks were banned
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@dfl.org
That’s my plan too. I believe I saw a former DFL candidate trying to get in and running afoul of the unpublished rule as well
November 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
we had to leave at 7:10 for dinner so we didn't see much content-wise beyond a Carlbom branding pitch. but we *did* see people getting harassed over their bags and then on our way out the check-in ladies were very rudely questioning some Black youth and their teacher about why they were at Sabathani
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a lot of minnesotans have this mistaken impression that they can break rules as long as they are "polite" and "nice" about it, not even realizing that the very act of trying to break rules is in fact inherently rude, boundary pushing behavior
Dude, we’ve never met. So yeah, I was just trying to track turnout. Every other precinct allowed me, cuz I’m polite. So anyway, you got up in my face so hard so fast. So yes, I called you an asshole b/c you were. Politeness works friend.
November 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
a lot of minnesotans have this mistaken impression that they can break rules as long as they are "polite" and "nice" about it, not even realizing that the very act of trying to break rules is in fact inherently rude, boundary pushing behavior
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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.
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If people had just switched their ranking from Fateh to Davis then—
Ok so then the reverse is true. And then it’s also true if all the Fateh and Davis voters switched from them to Jazz. So fucking what. We could do this all day. If all of us voted Brenda we’d have a new mayor, so what
Ok so then the reverse is true. And then it’s also true if all the Fateh and Davis voters switched from them to Jazz. So fucking what. We could do this all day. If all of us voted Brenda we’d have a new mayor, so what
November 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
If people had just switched their ranking from Fateh to Davis then—
Ok so then the reverse is true. And then it’s also true if all the Fateh and Davis voters switched from them to Jazz. So fucking what. We could do this all day. If all of us voted Brenda we’d have a new mayor, so what
Ok so then the reverse is true. And then it’s also true if all the Fateh and Davis voters switched from them to Jazz. So fucking what. We could do this all day. If all of us voted Brenda we’d have a new mayor, so what
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frey's bros are some of the most toxic people i've encountered online and seem to be emblematic of the culture Frey cultivates
From the Daily Reformer.
I wouldn’t hold my breath on this one.
I wouldn’t hold my breath on this one.
November 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
frey's bros are some of the most toxic people i've encountered online and seem to be emblematic of the culture Frey cultivates
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bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
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I’m asking everyone to vote for a new Mayor by Tuesday and rank all 3 of Omar Fateh, Dewayne Davis, and Jazz Hampton in whichever order you prefer. I’ve worked at City Hall for the last 4 years and from my personal experiences I believe the City desperately needs a new mayor.
Long thread 🧵
Long thread 🧵
November 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I’m asking everyone to vote for a new Mayor by Tuesday and rank all 3 of Omar Fateh, Dewayne Davis, and Jazz Hampton in whichever order you prefer. I’ve worked at City Hall for the last 4 years and from my personal experiences I believe the City desperately needs a new mayor.
Long thread 🧵
Long thread 🧵
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Many of you know Gigi from her pins and her DJing and general person-about-town connection to the city- she can use some help covering medical expenses for an upcoming surgery. Please give if you can!
www.gofundme.com/f/supportomg...
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Donate to THE INCREDIBLY SHITTY TUMOR RETURNS : LEFT EYE EDITION!, organized by Gigi Berry
(tldr :: ✨ Ameloblastoma ✨ growth on my
optic nerve in my left e… Gigi Berry needs your support for THE INCREDIBLY SHITTY TUMOR RETURNS : LEFT EYE EDITION!
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November 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Many of you know Gigi from her pins and her DJing and general person-about-town connection to the city- she can use some help covering medical expenses for an upcoming surgery. Please give if you can!
www.gofundme.com/f/supportomg...
www.gofundme.com/f/supportomg...
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Barf. Here's the "Team Mpls" plan to “address climate change.” No mention of getting off fossil fuels. Nothing on electrification. Nothing on renewable energy, transit or building housing near transit. Just trees and carbon capture(?). This fluff could have been written by the Koch Bros (1/2)
November 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Barf. Here's the "Team Mpls" plan to “address climate change.” No mention of getting off fossil fuels. Nothing on electrification. Nothing on renewable energy, transit or building housing near transit. Just trees and carbon capture(?). This fluff could have been written by the Koch Bros (1/2)
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I will never forget how these two men showed up over and over again this election cycle. At great personal and political cost, they have chosen to stand with the most vulnerable people in our city, to support immigrants, to show children that they matter, to imagine a city that works for everyone.
October 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I will never forget how these two men showed up over and over again this election cycle. At great personal and political cost, they have chosen to stand with the most vulnerable people in our city, to support immigrants, to show children that they matter, to imagine a city that works for everyone.
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davis points out to frey that IEs supporting him send mailers instructing voters how to rank their ballots and adds "i am running because i am tired of your inadequate leadership rooted in personal ambition, in moral blindness, in ideological purity."
October 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
davis points out to frey that IEs supporting him send mailers instructing voters how to rank their ballots and adds "i am running because i am tired of your inadequate leadership rooted in personal ambition, in moral blindness, in ideological purity."
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Mayor Frey's default answer is to call everyone extreme, but even Nancy Pelosi and I agree it's time to take a real stand against Trump. The Mayor would rather throw in the towel because the same people who spent money putting Trump in the WH are bankrolling his campaign.
October 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Mayor Frey's default answer is to call everyone extreme, but even Nancy Pelosi and I agree it's time to take a real stand against Trump. The Mayor would rather throw in the towel because the same people who spent money putting Trump in the WH are bankrolling his campaign.
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Our educators and our public school students deserve reasonable classroom sizes and adequate special education services, and our teachers deserve pay they can count on. I stand with @mfelocal59.bsky.social as they work to support our educators and our students.
October 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Our educators and our public school students deserve reasonable classroom sizes and adequate special education services, and our teachers deserve pay they can count on. I stand with @mfelocal59.bsky.social as they work to support our educators and our students.
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Days later, people are still coming to me with helpful tips like "what the fuck was that Millard event in Uptown about???"
Mayor Frey arrived, I took his photo. Shortly after, a woman starts vigorously waving at me with two hands, in a mocking manner, then points at her eyeballs in an ominous way. It's Kristen Bryan, special assistant to Frey for community engagement.
October 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Days later, people are still coming to me with helpful tips like "what the fuck was that Millard event in Uptown about???"
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She did cover this exact problem in June: www.startribune.com/minneapolis-... — but a follow-up on the Council action is appropriate now
October 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
She did cover this exact problem in June: www.startribune.com/minneapolis-... — but a follow-up on the Council action is appropriate now
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So who’s the hater and who’s the waiter?
October 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
So who’s the hater and who’s the waiter?
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Allegedly stealing money from a reward fund to find the shooter of 3 north side kids — after funding a PAC accusing Frey’s opponents of being soft on crime. That’s some evil shit.
Finally a prosecution of something from the *real* downtown crime epidemic that's killing our city!
October 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Allegedly stealing money from a reward fund to find the shooter of 3 north side kids — after funding a PAC accusing Frey’s opponents of being soft on crime. That’s some evil shit.
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After a few days offline, Becka Thompson's TikTok account is back. I never bothered to make a spreadsheet of all her bullshit, but she definitely deleted some of her worst videos.
October 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
After a few days offline, Becka Thompson's TikTok account is back. I never bothered to make a spreadsheet of all her bullshit, but she definitely deleted some of her worst videos.
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“Frey” rhymes with “BYE” and i cannot freaking wait to see him go. Talk to your neighbors about ranking Davis-Fateh-Hampton in their preferred order!
9/ That’s right — Jacob Frey wanted a “black friend” to run cover for him. Davis refused; the mayor acted like Davis owed him something for appointing him to the committee, in a cynically transactional calculation that twisted Davis’s volunteer public service into political fealty.
October 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
“Frey” rhymes with “BYE” and i cannot freaking wait to see him go. Talk to your neighbors about ranking Davis-Fateh-Hampton in their preferred order!
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another issue with john wall is caucusing and being on credentials committee that ousted robin wonsley delegates in ward 2 despite a primary residence in the suburbs, which i have exclusively reported here after sitting through the entire 5 hour hearing
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October 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
another issue with john wall is caucusing and being on credentials committee that ousted robin wonsley delegates in ward 2 despite a primary residence in the suburbs, which i have exclusively reported here after sitting through the entire 5 hour hearing
taylordahlin.com/f/john-walls...
taylordahlin.com/f/john-walls...
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Naomi Kritzer identifies some Josh Bassais red flags in Ward 8. The reason MPD disintegrated is because being a rogue lawless institution finally caught up with them! If you want a fully staffed, resilient department - accountability has to be the first priority.
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October 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Naomi Kritzer identifies some Josh Bassais red flags in Ward 8. The reason MPD disintegrated is because being a rogue lawless institution finally caught up with them! If you want a fully staffed, resilient department - accountability has to be the first priority.
naomikritzer.com/2025/09/26/e...
naomikritzer.com/2025/09/26/e...
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Today it is Truth and Reconciliation Day. It’s a great day for land back! It’s a great day for Jacob Frey to give @epni-urbanfarm.bsky.social the Roof Depot.
September 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Today it is Truth and Reconciliation Day. It’s a great day for land back! It’s a great day for Jacob Frey to give @epni-urbanfarm.bsky.social the Roof Depot.