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Heather Silsbee @hsilsbee.bsky.social · 4h

Anyone who receives or reads the Hill & Lake Press!
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Please sign & circulate this community letter to the editors in response to several recent instances of demonstrating clear bias for Elizabeth Shaffer's campaign, in violation of basic tenets of journalistic ethics.

Sign on to a Community Letter to the Hill and Lake Press

Dear Hill and Lake editorial board, As neighbors who receive your community newspaper, we are disappointed by your disregard for journalistic ethics. When you become a reporter, you choose to let go ...

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Robin for Ward 2 @robin4mpls.bsky.social · 5h

We won!

Following three weeks of legal proceedings and over five hours in court, the judge found Wayzata-based Minneapolis landlord John Wall in violation of the law on three counts, resulting in a $1,450 fine.

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Kelly is ranking Fateh, Davis, and Hampton @kellyrogers.bsky.social · 14h

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 · 14h

ladies love looking into PACs and campaign finance

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

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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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Minneapolis for the Many @mplsforthemany.com · 16h

While Mayor Frey and Chief O’Hara have attempted to claim that MPD only showed up at the ICE action on June 3rd to assist with crowd control, ICE agents certainly saw MPD’s actions differently.

In fact, the ICE Special Agent in Charge emailed O’Hara to say thank you that same day.

Title text: "ICE Thanks O'Hara & MPD" with the following quote below: "I cannot tell you how impressed my staff were as you stepped up and personally escorted that tactical vehicle through the crowd." Below that is a screenshot of an email sent from Jamie Holt, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Securities Investigations to Chief O'Hara.

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 1d

Chughtai: my opponent has taken money from the worst slumlords in the city, from McDonalds franchise owners across the country, MAGA Trump donors. 20 percent of my opponent's campaign is funded by Republicans. Opponent eager to be deep in the pockets of Republicans.

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Luke Mielke @juke-box85.bsky.social · 1d

Shelley Madore supporting voter ID should be disqualifying to represent any part of Minneapolis.

meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 1d

Other Madore accomplishments:
- Voting with Rs against some of the biggest healthcare bills: major reform, omnibus spending, patient data protection
- Supporting an amendment to require photo ID when voting
- Leaning on 2 years as a suburban state rep 18 years ago as her main qualification

Minneapolis for the Many @mplsforthemany.com · 3d

Given her lack of connection to Ward 2, it should come as no surprise that her biggest accomplishment as an Apple Valley legislator was described by one DFL legislator as “Taking money from Minneapolis and St. Paul.”

Learn more at www.shelleymadore.com.

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Luke Mielke @juke-box85.bsky.social · 2d

237 person sample size done via text and "total support across all ranks" being functionally meaningless. "First choice candidate support" shows DeWayne with twice the support of Jazz. But if the pollster won't even put their name on the memo, I'd take it all with a grain of salt.

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Lynxwyze she/they @lynxwyze.bsky.social · 2d

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Luke Mielke @juke-box85.bsky.social · 2d

So Frey managing to both axe Emergency Housing Vouchers and dramatically underfund Stable Homes Stable Schools in his proposed budget.

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Luke Mielke @juke-box85.bsky.social · 2d

Hmm I think that's an incorrect read on the budget. From Friday: The Mayor’s staff shared that [Frey's proposed] budget will result in the following projected budget shortfalls for Stable Homes Stable Schools: $3.2 in 2026, $4.3M in 2027, and $4.9M in 2028."

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Ward 2 Updates

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Minneapolis for the Many @mplsforthemany.com · 2d

Another mayoral forum.

Another empty chair where Mayor Frey should be.

We’re starting to sense a pattern!

At a recent forum hosted by community groups, Frey decided to stay home, unaccountable to our friends and neighbors yet again.

Luckily, @taylordahlin.com was there to document it.

Title text: "Another Mayoral Forum, Another Mayor Frey No-Show" above the text, "Minneapolis deserve a Mayor who shows up." All over a photo, credited to Taylor Dahlin, of Omar Fateh, Jazz Hampton and DeWayne Davis on stage at a forum next to an empty chair.

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Minneapolis for the Many @mplsforthemany.com · 3d

Carpetbaggin’ Shelley Madore’s campaign reported donations from GOP donors and out-of-state McDonald’s owners before she reported a single Ward 2 donor.

But as she recently admitted to the Star Tribune - she only started renting an apartment in Ward 2 to run against @robin4mpls.bsky.social.

Title text: "Carpetbaggin' Shelley Madore: Bringing her campaign funded by Republican donors and landlords with copious property violations all the way from Apple Valley - and Ward 5!" next to a photo of Shelley Madore and above a screenshot of a quote from the Minnesota Star Tribune: "Madore moved to Minneapolis in 2018, buying a north Minneapolis duplex in Ward 5. She began renting an apartment in Prospect Park in January, she said in an interview, a move she acknowledged was to make her eligible to run in the ward."

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Luke Mielke @juke-box85.bsky.social · 4d

Send them a correction!

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Luke Mielke @juke-box85.bsky.social · 4d

Hornig Property building, which is also a major landlord donor to All of Mpls and We Love Mpls.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 4d

shelley madore admits to the strib to renting a ward 2 apartment in january just to run for office

alternate headline: strib finally covers residency issues in ward 2, doesn’t mention john wall faking his address to influence the convention

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Madore moved to Minneapolis in 2018, buying a north Minneapolis duplex in Ward 5. She began renting an apartment in Prospect Park in January, she said in an interview, a move she acknowledged was to make her eligible to run in the ward. Candidates must live in their district for at least 30 days prior to the general election under state and city of Minneapolis rules.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 4d

this is why i said we don’t have a serious political press in this town. strib only covers shelley madore’s residency issue on october 4, months after ward 2 convention and after weeks after early voting has already begun, all of which is months and months after people have been sounding the alarm

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DSA National Electoral Commission @dsaelectoral.bsky.social · 5d

Robin Wonsley of @twincitiesdsa.org is running for her third term on Minneapolis City Council!

Here’s Robin on why she’s running as an independent and the importance of distinguishing ourselves from both the Democrats and Republicans as socialists.

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Luke Mielke @juke-box85.bsky.social · 5d

We have two softball teams each summer and they absolutely have cool name.

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Robin for Ward 2 @robin4mpls.bsky.social · 7d

Today Mayor Frey vetoed the Commercial Advance Notice of Sale Ordinance. This policy was in response to concerns about displacement and gentrification. Unsurprisingly, Frey chose to maintain status quo rather than support a community-centered policy.

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Luke Mielke @juke-box85.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you!

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Luke Mielke @juke-box85.bsky.social · 7d

I can't find the link on the Strib website could you share it?

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 11d

Blue cities should tear up the roads in front of ICE facilities and then start decades of community engagement and input sessions to rebuild them. Let's harness our core competencies.

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Michael Westgaard @meatopinion.bsky.social · 9d

You don't have to take corporate money. You just have to have a dope political project supported by your membership! #AllPowertothePeople

DSA National Electoral Commission @dsaelectoral.bsky.social · 9d

Last night we held our biggest Socialist Cash Takes Out Capitalist phonebank to date!🌹

Alongside Rashida Tlaib and our nationally endorsed slate of DSA candidates, we turned out 70+ members and raised $5,000 and counting! 💸

Group screenshot of phonebankers from Sunday's Socialist Cash Takes Out Capitalist Trash Phonebank including the following DSA candidates/electeds: Willie Burnley Jr, Rashida Tlaib, Joel Brooks, Jake Ephros, Robin Wonsley Jr, and Michael Wilson.

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Luke Mielke @juke-box85.bsky.social · 9d

Republican donors funding We Love Mpls and All of Mpls doing double duty here

taylr @taylordahlin.com · 9d

"can we expect minneapolis to turn out in even years if we throw out their voices in odd years?" asks maraist, "now is not the time to take this support for granted."

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Luke Mielke @juke-box85.bsky.social · 9d

that's ok because they're not Palestinians

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