Jesse Mortenson
@jk9.bsky.social
back to start a podcast - subscribe at millcityhall.com - middle aged queer white guy in minneapolis. no presidents, no borders, no clout (ok maybe some clout?).
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It's fitting that Mubashir was held at Ft Snelling, where Dred and Harriet Scott were enslaved, where 1658 Dakota were held in a concentration camp, and where scores of Nisei were interned to teach Japanese during WWII. Remember this when SCOTUS rules on birthright citizenship next year.
U.S. citizen offered to show I.D. but was arrested by immigration officers in Cedar-Riverside
A Somali U.S. citizen, Mubashir, was arrested by federal immigration officers in Cedar-Riverside Tuesday during a mass enforcement.
sahanjournal.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It's fitting that Mubashir was held at Ft Snelling, where Dred and Harriet Scott were enslaved, where 1658 Dakota were held in a concentration camp, and where scores of Nisei were interned to teach Japanese during WWII. Remember this when SCOTUS rules on birthright citizenship next year.
Respect to my @metrotransit.bsky.social drivers and maintenance workers! A PLEASURE to be able to take the train between home and city hall* on a day like today. This is why I live in the city.
*public service building
*public service building
December 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Respect to my @metrotransit.bsky.social drivers and maintenance workers! A PLEASURE to be able to take the train between home and city hall* on a day like today. This is why I live in the city.
*public service building
*public service building
Glad to see some of this additional language, eg the “setting a perimeter” example specified as prohibited, which hopefully closes the “crowd control” loophole
Myself, Council Member Chavez, and CVP Chughtai have brought forward a strengthened separation ordinance— lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/Fil...
December 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Glad to see some of this additional language, eg the “setting a perimeter” example specified as prohibited, which hopefully closes the “crowd control” loophole
Shout out to the dude who just pitched the city council on objectives and key results as a solution to homelessness. Management books, hell of a drug
December 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Shout out to the dude who just pitched the city council on objectives and key results as a solution to homelessness. Management books, hell of a drug
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Thanks for the interest in the HERC + zero waste!
Hope to see you all on the 18th!
Hope to see you all on the 18th!
NEW EPISODE: can we close the HERC? or will we burn trash for another decade?
On Dec 18 the Zero Burn Coalition is hosting a town hall at the Urban League. They are building a new consensus, but staff have pushed back and government bodies are pointing fingers.
millcityhall.com/episodes/202...
On Dec 18 the Zero Burn Coalition is hosting a town hall at the Urban League. They are building a new consensus, but staff have pushed back and government bodies are pointing fingers.
millcityhall.com/episodes/202...
December 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Thanks for the interest in the HERC + zero waste!
Hope to see you all on the 18th!
Hope to see you all on the 18th!
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City Council passing policy to reassert budget control in our wild strong mayor times.
-Mayor's admin must spend council dedicated funds on the specified purpose or report back on why they can't. Reallocation requires council approval
-Timely reporting on overspending, which we call the MPD rule
-Mayor's admin must spend council dedicated funds on the specified purpose or report back on why they can't. Reallocation requires council approval
-Timely reporting on overspending, which we call the MPD rule
December 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
City Council passing policy to reassert budget control in our wild strong mayor times.
-Mayor's admin must spend council dedicated funds on the specified purpose or report back on why they can't. Reallocation requires council approval
-Timely reporting on overspending, which we call the MPD rule
-Mayor's admin must spend council dedicated funds on the specified purpose or report back on why they can't. Reallocation requires council approval
-Timely reporting on overspending, which we call the MPD rule
NEW EPISODE: can we close the HERC? or will we burn trash for another decade?
On Dec 18 the Zero Burn Coalition is hosting a town hall at the Urban League. They are building a new consensus, but staff have pushed back and government bodies are pointing fingers.
millcityhall.com/episodes/202...
On Dec 18 the Zero Burn Coalition is hosting a town hall at the Urban League. They are building a new consensus, but staff have pushed back and government bodies are pointing fingers.
millcityhall.com/episodes/202...
December 9, 2025 at 7:38 AM
NEW EPISODE: can we close the HERC? or will we burn trash for another decade?
On Dec 18 the Zero Burn Coalition is hosting a town hall at the Urban League. They are building a new consensus, but staff have pushed back and government bodies are pointing fingers.
millcityhall.com/episodes/202...
On Dec 18 the Zero Burn Coalition is hosting a town hall at the Urban League. They are building a new consensus, but staff have pushed back and government bodies are pointing fingers.
millcityhall.com/episodes/202...
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Shakopee today.
A dozen vehicles. 15+ ICE agents. All to apprehend one person who wasn’t even home.
This isn’t an effective use of time or resources. This is simply terrorizing a neighborhood and our community.
ICE makes us less safe. End Operation Metro Surge.
A dozen vehicles. 15+ ICE agents. All to apprehend one person who wasn’t even home.
This isn’t an effective use of time or resources. This is simply terrorizing a neighborhood and our community.
ICE makes us less safe. End Operation Metro Surge.
December 9, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Shakopee today.
A dozen vehicles. 15+ ICE agents. All to apprehend one person who wasn’t even home.
This isn’t an effective use of time or resources. This is simply terrorizing a neighborhood and our community.
ICE makes us less safe. End Operation Metro Surge.
A dozen vehicles. 15+ ICE agents. All to apprehend one person who wasn’t even home.
This isn’t an effective use of time or resources. This is simply terrorizing a neighborhood and our community.
ICE makes us less safe. End Operation Metro Surge.
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Dear neighbor,
I wanted to give an update on the Minneapolis Separation Ordinance being authored by myself, CM @aurinmpls.bsky.social, and CVP @aishaforward10.com. There is a public hearing at tomorrow’s Committee of the Whole meeting at 1:30PM. It’s open to the public, so feel free to testify. 1/
I wanted to give an update on the Minneapolis Separation Ordinance being authored by myself, CM @aurinmpls.bsky.social, and CVP @aishaforward10.com. There is a public hearing at tomorrow’s Committee of the Whole meeting at 1:30PM. It’s open to the public, so feel free to testify. 1/
December 9, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Dear neighbor,
I wanted to give an update on the Minneapolis Separation Ordinance being authored by myself, CM @aurinmpls.bsky.social, and CVP @aishaforward10.com. There is a public hearing at tomorrow’s Committee of the Whole meeting at 1:30PM. It’s open to the public, so feel free to testify. 1/
I wanted to give an update on the Minneapolis Separation Ordinance being authored by myself, CM @aurinmpls.bsky.social, and CVP @aishaforward10.com. There is a public hearing at tomorrow’s Committee of the Whole meeting at 1:30PM. It’s open to the public, so feel free to testify. 1/
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Mpls friends: If you haven't already, pls email or call Mayor Frey & your city council member urging them to adopt the stronger, clearer separation that CMs Chowdhury, Chavez, & Chugtai have crafted.
A short, direct, & personal message from you can help keep our neighbors safe from jackboots.
A short, direct, & personal message from you can help keep our neighbors safe from jackboots.
December 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Mpls friends: If you haven't already, pls email or call Mayor Frey & your city council member urging them to adopt the stronger, clearer separation that CMs Chowdhury, Chavez, & Chugtai have crafted.
A short, direct, & personal message from you can help keep our neighbors safe from jackboots.
A short, direct, & personal message from you can help keep our neighbors safe from jackboots.
The enormous gap between perception/media coverage/“common sense” ideology re public safety on one hand, and reality on another. In a nutshell.
Biggest overspender for 2025: MPD is projected to be 19.5 million over budget. Boosted from $226m to $246m.
Biggest underspender: The department of Neighborhood Safety will be nearly $11 million under budget. Over half their $17m budget.
Biggest underspender: The department of Neighborhood Safety will be nearly $11 million under budget. Over half their $17m budget.
December 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The enormous gap between perception/media coverage/“common sense” ideology re public safety on one hand, and reality on another. In a nutshell.
Contacted @aurinmpls.bsky.social and @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social in support of a stronger separation ordinance. Please contact your council member and the mayor today!
I made a point to call out that I don’t want any indirect “crowd control” loophole for MPD. Best IMO for them to simply stay away.
I made a point to call out that I don’t want any indirect “crowd control” loophole for MPD. Best IMO for them to simply stay away.
December 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Contacted @aurinmpls.bsky.social and @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social in support of a stronger separation ordinance. Please contact your council member and the mayor today!
I made a point to call out that I don’t want any indirect “crowd control” loophole for MPD. Best IMO for them to simply stay away.
I made a point to call out that I don’t want any indirect “crowd control” loophole for MPD. Best IMO for them to simply stay away.
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Ok folks.
Tomorrow the Mpls council is having a hearing on strengthening the Separation Ordinance so that MPD cannot work with ICE operations.
CALL THE MAYOR & your CM TODAY. Especially in wards 3, 4 & 13.
We don’t want MPD budget spent on “crowd control “ for 🧊.
Tomorrow the Mpls council is having a hearing on strengthening the Separation Ordinance so that MPD cannot work with ICE operations.
CALL THE MAYOR & your CM TODAY. Especially in wards 3, 4 & 13.
We don’t want MPD budget spent on “crowd control “ for 🧊.
December 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Ok folks.
Tomorrow the Mpls council is having a hearing on strengthening the Separation Ordinance so that MPD cannot work with ICE operations.
CALL THE MAYOR & your CM TODAY. Especially in wards 3, 4 & 13.
We don’t want MPD budget spent on “crowd control “ for 🧊.
Tomorrow the Mpls council is having a hearing on strengthening the Separation Ordinance so that MPD cannot work with ICE operations.
CALL THE MAYOR & your CM TODAY. Especially in wards 3, 4 & 13.
We don’t want MPD budget spent on “crowd control “ for 🧊.
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Hey Minneapolis! Have you been to one of those Monarca upstander trainings? Have you been planning to go to one? Do you just think they're vitally necessary and that it's cool as hell people are standing up to do them? If you have some extra $$ PLEASE send it their way.
December 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Hey Minneapolis! Have you been to one of those Monarca upstander trainings? Have you been planning to go to one? Do you just think they're vitally necessary and that it's cool as hell people are standing up to do them? If you have some extra $$ PLEASE send it their way.
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Some good stuff in here worth thinking about in the Minneapolis political environment. Or simply acknowledging in the first place.
NEW EPISODE TODAY! The last two mayoral elections have featured remarkably high voter turnout. Any plan moving forward must reckon with this unique environment of highly motivated voter behavior. We discussed what that means re: strategy millcityhall.com/episodes/202...
December 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Some good stuff in here worth thinking about in the Minneapolis political environment. Or simply acknowledging in the first place.
I heard this referenced on a stream, and I'm like - whoa, there's another "Jesse" pop song I haven't heard? and well...
the 90s were a hell of a drug
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sOU...
the 90s were a hell of a drug
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sOU...
B*Witched - Jesse Hold On (Official Video)
YouTube video by BwitchedVEVO
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I heard this referenced on a stream, and I'm like - whoa, there's another "Jesse" pop song I haven't heard? and well...
the 90s were a hell of a drug
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sOU...
the 90s were a hell of a drug
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sOU...
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Don’t lie, Lisa. I’ve got receipts.
December 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Don’t lie, Lisa. I’ve got receipts.
Horrific.
If you think the consent decree is “reforming” Mpls cops please consider: “Chicago is nearly seven years into a state consent decree that is intended in part to address issues with the department’s promotions system”
If you think the consent decree is “reforming” Mpls cops please consider: “Chicago is nearly seven years into a state consent decree that is intended in part to address issues with the department’s promotions system”
Horrifying story: Chicago promoted two police officers even after investigators found they engaged in sexual misconduct. That’s because the Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored.
w/ @invisible.institute
w/ @invisible.institute
Chicago Promoted Two Police Officers After Investigators Found They Engaged in Sexual Misconduct
The Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored. Despite years of reform efforts, nothing has changed.
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Horrific.
If you think the consent decree is “reforming” Mpls cops please consider: “Chicago is nearly seven years into a state consent decree that is intended in part to address issues with the department’s promotions system”
If you think the consent decree is “reforming” Mpls cops please consider: “Chicago is nearly seven years into a state consent decree that is intended in part to address issues with the department’s promotions system”
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this is one problem with urbanist spaces being male dominated - their ideas of what is safe are completely different from mine, if they even ever consider safety. it's why they'll see nothing wrong with moving buses from nicollet mall to another street - why not, they'd go faster, right?
“If you want to build great cities, you build them for women. We are the ones out there taking more transit, hauling our kids and groceries around, making lots of the buying decisions, and deciding if our kids can walk or bike to school.”
-Alice Tibbetts
Latest Aunties article is out. It's great!
-Alice Tibbetts
Latest Aunties article is out. It's great!
The Aunties of Active Mobility: Alice and Reyna
Profiling two auntie-advocates whose community-rooted biking leadership in Duluth and Minneapolis strengthens active transportation networks, challenges inequity, and expands mobility access across…
streets.mn
December 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
this is one problem with urbanist spaces being male dominated - their ideas of what is safe are completely different from mine, if they even ever consider safety. it's why they'll see nothing wrong with moving buses from nicollet mall to another street - why not, they'd go faster, right?
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i wrote another article on @streets.mn about two more incredible "aunties" - my friends Reyna and Alice, two hardworking and passionate forces in the active transportation world. streets.mn/2025/12/04/t...
The Aunties of Active Mobility: Alice and Reyna
Profiling two auntie-advocates whose community-rooted biking leadership in Duluth and Minneapolis strengthens active transportation networks, challenges inequity, and expands mobility access across…
streets.mn
December 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
i wrote another article on @streets.mn about two more incredible "aunties" - my friends Reyna and Alice, two hardworking and passionate forces in the active transportation world. streets.mn/2025/12/04/t...
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“If you want to build great cities, you build them for women. We are the ones out there taking more transit, hauling our kids and groceries around, making lots of the buying decisions, and deciding if our kids can walk or bike to school.”
-Alice Tibbetts
Latest Aunties article is out. It's great!
-Alice Tibbetts
Latest Aunties article is out. It's great!
The Aunties of Active Mobility: Alice and Reyna
Profiling two auntie-advocates whose community-rooted biking leadership in Duluth and Minneapolis strengthens active transportation networks, challenges inequity, and expands mobility access across…
streets.mn
December 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“If you want to build great cities, you build them for women. We are the ones out there taking more transit, hauling our kids and groceries around, making lots of the buying decisions, and deciding if our kids can walk or bike to school.”
-Alice Tibbetts
Latest Aunties article is out. It's great!
-Alice Tibbetts
Latest Aunties article is out. It's great!
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Please do not spread misinformation it only creates more panic for our community.
Link tree: linktr.ee/immigrationr...
Link tree: linktr.ee/immigrationr...
December 4, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Please do not spread misinformation it only creates more panic for our community.
Link tree: linktr.ee/immigrationr...
Link tree: linktr.ee/immigrationr...
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REJOICE!! SOMEONE HAS PUT THE VIDEO OF JESSE VENTURA SINGING WEREWOLVES OF MINNESOTA WITH WARREN ZEVON BACK UP ON YOUTUBE, HAPPY FIRST WEDNESDAY!!! (It starts at the 5-minute mark)
Warren Zevon In Governor Jesse Ventura's Inaugural Ball At The Target Center, Minneapolis, 1/16/1999
YouTube video by LeChuck Threepwood
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
REJOICE!! SOMEONE HAS PUT THE VIDEO OF JESSE VENTURA SINGING WEREWOLVES OF MINNESOTA WITH WARREN ZEVON BACK UP ON YOUTUBE, HAPPY FIRST WEDNESDAY!!! (It starts at the 5-minute mark)
and Larson even had the foresight to depict Roger Stone in the wacky murder suit
December 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
and Larson even had the foresight to depict Roger Stone in the wacky murder suit
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The Trump Regime in one frame:
December 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The Trump Regime in one frame: