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Eli Sherman @elitalksmpls.bsky.social · 8h

PD resources continue to go up but somehow this is a question at every single forum.

Even tho it’s not a matter of support as the Charter dictates that we must hire to that minimum.

Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 8h

On MPD officer minimum all candidates say yes they support hiring to at least the minimum.

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Eli Sherman @elitalksmpls.bsky.social · 11h

Wait until you meet the tripod with one working eye

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 12h

my all of mpls write up is more diligently researched than the star tribune. i still have to update it for the latest campaign finance report but i listed every donor’s ward and excluded business address donations because that’s a tactic to hide their real address. strib didn’t differentiate there

taylr @taylordahlin.com · 13h

when i broke down all the donors to all of mpls, i included their wards and noted which ones were donating under the company address, because i searched every single address to find this information out, and i then excluded the company ones from my g graph. this. is. not. hard!

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Eli Sherman @elitalksmpls.bsky.social · 12h

How does them shutting down and rebranding with the exact same people running the organization fall outside of scope?

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Eli Sherman @elitalksmpls.bsky.social · 13h

I would bet that Frey never signs this. Let’s it go into effect without his signature. Would be a good button to push on the campaign trail!

Minneapolis for the Many @mplsforthemany.com · 14h

City Council just passed the STOP Slumlords ordinance, which protects renters living in the city’s most neglected properties.

Landlords like Brian Fitterer who manage properties with significant property violations will no longer be able to automatically renew their licenses.

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Eli Sherman @elitalksmpls.bsky.social · 13h

At what point does “falling for” this stuff over and over. While continuing to only examine the surface level, amount to deliberate disingenuous coverage?

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Eli Sherman @elitalksmpls.bsky.social · 13h

“Tensions between” doing a lot of work there

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Eli Sherman @elitalksmpls.bsky.social · 13h

a boy with red hair is talking on a cell phone and says mom can you pick me up i 'm scared .

ALT: a boy with red hair is talking on a cell phone and says mom can you pick me up i 'm scared .

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 18h

i guess this is my mickey moore of 2025. screaming about john wall faking his address via first live tweeting the hearing, then blogging about it, then releasing the audio, while the star tribune act like ostriches with their head in the sand and won't touch it

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Eli Sherman @elitalksmpls.bsky.social · 13h

The pope is gonna make us leave NATO now

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 15h

this is very rambling and mashed together, because i am not a writer, just someone who pays attention and has lived in loring park for 15 years, but i couldn't get over elizabeth shaffer's comments about 311 at the LWV ward 7 forum - taylordahlin.com/f/311-stop-s...

311, Stop SLUMLORDS, Landlord Money, and the Ward 7 race

At the League of Women Voters Ward 7 forum on September 15th, candidates Katie Cashman and Elizabeth Shaffer were asked about 311 and accountability:

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Eli Sherman @elitalksmpls.bsky.social · 14h

Maybe he’s saving it for his book in 5 years 🙄

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ryan @rkmpls.bsky.social · 15h

I’ve said this before, I’ll say it again.

There was a lot that passed during the 2023 legislative session that had long won over DFL legislators, they just needed to wait for majorities.

But the Northstar Promise Act was not that. Getting that bill passed was a massive accomplishment by Sen. Fateh

Omar Fateh @omarfatehmn.com · 15h

Meet Aidan, an undergrad at the University of Minnesota. Learn about how the Northstar Promise Act has helped him to succeed as a student, and why he knows Omar Fateh is the right leader for Minneapolis.

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Eli Sherman @elitalksmpls.bsky.social · 15h

Being very regal rn

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Eli Sherman @elitalksmpls.bsky.social · 15h

She says hello!

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Eli Sherman @elitalksmpls.bsky.social · 15h

It actually doesn’t! She’s a stray we picked up off the street at ~6 weeks and she had a terrible sinus infection we had to treat with 12 days of antibiotics.

Now she just kinda sniffs in and out really heavily 😂😭

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Eli Sherman @elitalksmpls.bsky.social · 16h

Really enjoying my new scarf

Man in a green hoodie with a grey hat on. A smol grey cat is laying on his neck like a scarf.

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Eli Sherman @elitalksmpls.bsky.social · 17h

Everyone I like is a “pragmatic moderate”. Everyone I don’t like is a “radical extremist”.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 1d

landlord john wall, minnetonka resident who caucuses and votes in ward 2 minneapolis and held a role on credentials committee that ousted the 80+ robin wonsley supporting delegates at the convention, found in violation of renters' rights voting law and fined

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Landlord John Wall Found in Violation of Voter Rights Law

This morning, the Minnesota Court of Administrative Hearings found landlord John Wall of the Wall Companies in violation of Minnesota Stat. § 211B.20 on 3 occasions, assigning a penalty of $1,450, for...

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 1d

Apply this language to higher levels of government in this country and see how it sounds: "the executive is having his allies push to change the constitution so that he can hire whoever he wants to lead vital executive departments, with no confirmation vote from the legislative branch."

Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 1d

POWER GRAB: 6-5 majority of commissioners on this work group say council shouldn't get a confirmation vote for mayor's picks for directors of public works, community planning/economic development, civil rights, health, emergency management, regulatory services, assessor.

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Racket @racketmn.com · 1d

Who's behind all those mailers you're getting this fall? Two very different groups who want your vote.

Meet the Big-Money Donors Trying to Buy Your Vote in Minneapolis - Racket

PACs will flood this November’s election in Minneapolis with almost $2 million, most of that going to boost the chances of Mayor Jacob Frey and centrist City Council candidates. Who’s bankrolling this...

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D.A. Bullock @bullycreative.bsky.social · 1d

This could only be true if Frey's critics somehow tricked him into lying about banning no-knock warrants, issuing more vetoes of council majority votes than any mayor, appointing political patronage failures in important city staff positions, alienating civil servants,

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Eli Sherman @elitalksmpls.bsky.social · 1d

Ahhh to be someone who’s every failing is someone else’s fault. Must be nice for him!

Also to the “it’s all projection” point for them. It truly is. Because this is just how they feel about (and how they will treat) progressives/leftists.

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Eli Sherman @elitalksmpls.bsky.social · 1d

This was an amazing piece!

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Kelly is ranking Fateh, Davis, and Hampton @kellyrogers.bsky.social · 1d

My first @racketmn.com article is LIVE AF!!!

I am famously Racket-pilled and insist you all subscribe to their esteemed press.

taylr @taylordahlin.com · 1d

ladies love looking into PACs and campaign finance

i talked to kelly rogers for her piece too! please read this!

@kellyrogers.bsky.social

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Meet the Big-Money Donors Trying to Buy Your Vote in Minneapolis - Racket

PACs will flood this November’s election in Minneapolis with almost $2 million, most of that going to boost the chances of Mayor Jacob Frey and centrist City Council candidates. Who’s bankrolling this...

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