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BARGAIN HUNTERS!!! Don't snooze on this Minneapolis, MN starter acct. or X downsizer! Comes with Police & Prison Abolition, Mental Health advocacy! You can have ALL THIS PLUS my coprophagic dog! Serious offers only! Exclusions apply! (void in Wisconsin)

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McAloysius @macaloysius.bsky.social · Jun 24

Not just truck nutz but 87 year old 5am swim at the Y with shvitz and shower and swing around the locker room like two tree-stranded parachutists in a windstorm during argument about whether guy who's absent actually got there with Raquel Welch truck nutz. #richfield #twincities #minnesota

Not just truck nutz but 87 years old 5am swim at the Y with shvitz and shower and swing around the locker room during argument about whether guy who's absent really got there with Raquel Welch or not truck nutz.

McAloysius @macaloysius.bsky.social · 23h

My wife's dramatic readings of Nextdoor feuds are simply the best.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 2d

Donald Trump has destroyed the East Wing of the White House the right way.

by Ezra Klein

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McAloysius @macaloysius.bsky.social · 6d

Martin Luther Jr. has only 15 theses, not 95, and these concern questions of whether C-suite execs are awesome or super-awesome. Also ML Jr. clear-tapes theses to church doors since nails = property destruction (probably bad for entrepreneurship).

McAloysius @macaloysius.bsky.social · 6d

I'll bet it's half the size when he shoots under water.

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 19d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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McAloysius @macaloysius.bsky.social · 18d

Greta's a real one, which is why mainstream politicians abandoned her.

McAloysius @macaloysius.bsky.social · Sep 21

I like to think the lyric scene of When the Ship Comes In is set on the Duluth waterfront.

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McAloysius @macaloysius.bsky.social · Sep 16

Their loss. But they know that. This isn't about building a better RS.

McAloysius @macaloysius.bsky.social · Sep 12

THAT's why the 18 was diverted to Hennepin?

McAloysius @macaloysius.bsky.social · Sep 6

@pareidolia.bsky.social From a museum in Cottonwood Falls, KS.

McAloysius @macaloysius.bsky.social · Sep 6

@pareidolia.bsky.social

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · Aug 22

Good letter; Mpls D electeds missing: Sens Dibble & Champion; Reps Jones, Long, Mahamoud, Spencer-Mura, Greenman. Council Members: Cashman, Koski, Jenkins, Rainville, Palmisano, Vetaw, J Ellison. Schools: Abdi, El-Amin, Skjefte, Cerillo, Norvell, Beachy, Emrick, K Ellison. BET: Brandt.

Liam Davis Temple @liam2manynames.bsky.social · Aug 22

Statement from a wide range of Minneapolis elected officials condemning 28 DFL insiders taking away the DFL endorsement from @omarfatehmn.com

Many of these elected officials haven’t even endorsed him, but they know how wrong this is and how bad this is for the DFL in Minneapolis.

Congresswoman Omar Joins Minneapolis DFL Elected Officials to Condemn the Revocation of Omar Fateh's DFL Endorsement
MINNEAPOLIS - Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) joined a group of Minneapolis
DFL elected officials to condemn the DFL Constitution, Bylaws & Rules Committee's decision to revoke the endorsement of Omar Fateh. A full list of signers is included below the statement.
The group wrote: "We strongly condemn the DFL's Constitution, Bylaws & Rules Committee's (CBRC) decision to revoke the DFL endorsement from Omar Fateh. Last month, thousands of caucus-goers and delegates across Minneapolis gathered to participate in the Minneapolis DFL Convention. Now, a month later, a small group of DFL board members, 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. It is inexcusable to overturn the results weeks after the convention because board members did not like the outcome. Not only does this decision set an extremely dangerous precedent, it will undermine the DFL endorsing process going forward and fails to center the will of delegates.
"Right now, there is a clear tension between the progressive democrats who are challenging the status quo and moderate democrats. It is extremely disheartening that Omar Fateh, the first Black mayoral candidate to be DFL-endorsed in the last three decades, will have his endorsement revoked. Chair Richard Carlbom campaigned on uniting the DFL; this decision directly runs counter to that effort, to which we are all committed. The DFL Party is a big-tent party and all factions should be fairly represented, not silenced. Minneapolis is the heart of the engine of Democratic turnout in our state. Undoubtedly, this appalling decision will leave many voters feeling discouraged and unwelcome from participating in our party.
"Throughout this mayoral campaign, we have seen the influence of big money in our politics. This s…

Signers:
Congresswoman Ihan Omar
State Senator Zaynab Mohamed
State Senator Doron Clark
State Rep. Aisha Gomez
State Rep. Fue Lee
State Rep. Mohamud Noor
State Rep. Sydney Jordan
State Rep. Esther Agbaje
Hennepin County Commissioner Irene Fernando Hennepin County Commissioner Marion Greene Hennepin County Commissioner Angela Conley
City Council President Elliott Payne
City Council Vice President Aisha Chughtai
City Council Member Jamal Osman City Council Member Jason Chavez
City Council Member Aurin Chowdhury
Minneapolis School Board Member Greta Callahan
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Michael Wilson @michaelforparks.bsky.social · Aug 22

The landlord class couldn’t be bothered to help DFL conventions run. But once a brown person was endorsed who doesn’t align with their class interest they suddenly had all the money, energy, and lawyers in the world to “fix” the result. But this is a new era, and @omarfatehmn.com wont be stopped.

Omar Fateh @omarfatehmn.com · Aug 21

28 party insiders met privately and voted to overturn our endorsement.

Let me be clear, we’re still in this fight. And we’re going to win.

Donate and sign up for a shift today. www.fatehformayor.com/donate

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · Aug 14

And historically, sweeps focusing on homelessness at this point on the arc of expanding repression in a country are *always* about normalizing the expansion of who gets detained en masse from foreigners to citizens.

Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · Aug 14

Experts often talk as if there are distinct "types" of homelessness—chronic vs episodic, hidden vs visible—but they miss something crucial.

Homelessness is a *spectrum of insecurity*: in a squalid motel today, on someone's couch tomorrow, in a tent next year.

Sweeps do NOTHING to stop this cycle.

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · Aug 13

This is the core of Frey’s corrosive governing cynicism. Council progressives called out the horse patrol (Mn’s only btw) in voting to limit 2024 tax hikes. Frey’s allies cried real tears, shouted defund & DSA, only to propose the cut months later. Yet lefties are decried as fiscally irresponsible.

Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · Aug 13

Eliminating the horse police used to be a thing we would "say their names" about. Mayor Frey is a DSA defunder.

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McAloysius @macaloysius.bsky.social · Aug 14

Better Than Ezra and Nehemiah
Cathedral Roan
George Strait But Bi-curious

McAloysius @macaloysius.bsky.social · Aug 12

It could be - I'm just saying it COULD be - a testicle matter, as the 5am locker-room geezer cohort at the Y will repeatedly bring to one's attention.

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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · Aug 5

Please share widely!

Aurin Chowdhury MPLS City Council Member W12 @aurinmpls.bsky.social · Aug 5

PLEASE SHARE: Missing Child - Victoria Alexandria Jackson. The Minneapolis Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating Victoria Alexandria Jackson , a missing 12-year-old girl.

VICTORIA was last seen walking from Minnehaha Falls on August 2nd around 8:00 p.m.

Missing child poster for Victoria. MISSING CHILD
VICTORIA ALEXANDRIA JACKSON
140 LBS
12 YEARS OLD
5.1 FEET
Last seen August 20₫ around 8:00pm- pictured above!
Wearing: Tan 'Rugrats' shirt | Blue jeans | Red & black shoes
Victoria is a Type 1 Diabetic. She has an insulin pump on her left hip and a white Dexcom insulin pump on her left arm.
Please call 911 immediately: Incident #: 25-217186
C1-800-222-TIPS
MI
ISSING CHILD

VICTORIA JACKSON
5'1" TALL, 140 LBS, BLACK HAIR WITH TWISTS LAST SEEN WEARING A TAN "RUGRAT" SHIRT, BLUE JEANS, RED AND BLACK SHOES
VICTORIA IS A TYPE 1 DIABETIC AND HAS AN INSULIN PUMP

blck
PRESS
MISSING CHILD
VICTORIA JACKSON, 12
LAST SEEN WALKING FROM MINNEHAHA FALLS ON AUGUST 2ND AROUND 8:00 P.M.

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McAloysius @macaloysius.bsky.social · Aug 1

Six Feet Under is my GOAT and, yes, I'm willing to die on that hill.

McAloysius @macaloysius.bsky.social · Jul 31

What the fuck is wrong with her?

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McAloysius @macaloysius.bsky.social · Jul 30

His confusion of news programming with late night comedy is understandable, since 1) the news value of the latter is often better than the former, and 2) he could give a fuck about cheaply-produced programming, as long as it's meeting some boneheaded profit metric he's willing to go to hell for.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · Jul 30

ballsandstrikes.org/nominations/...

Senate Democrats’ Abandonment of Adeel Mangi Made Emil Bove’s Confirmation Possible

Senate Democrats could have confirmed Biden nominee Adeel Mangi to the Third Circuit last year. They caved to a disgraceful right-wing smear campaign instead.

ballsandstrikes.org

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Action Committee for Transit @actfortransit.bsky.social · Jul 29

Every sidewalk bicyclist is a vote for protected bike lanes.

Chris Moise @chrismoise.ca · Jul 28

My team and I are installing Walk Your Bike or Scooter decals across Ward 13 to make our sidewalks safer and more accessible for all. These decals help prioritize pedestrian safety, especially in high-traffic areas. Thank you to everyone for sharing their input on where to install these decals.

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · Jul 28

Got word Fateh won the DFL mayors endorsement

Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · Jul 28

The hail was scared of south Minneapolis

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