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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 18h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 1h

Why does Mayor Frey need the backing of so many PACs? Is it so we get too dizzy to follow the money?
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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…

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Aurin Chowdhury MPLS City Council Member W12 @aurinmpls.bsky.social · 15h

This is not okay. Everyone should be standing against the intense islamophobia and anti Somali hate we are seeing in our city. Please speak out and stand against the fomenting of hate. Thanks CP & Senator for taking action.

Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 16h

Tonight a resident posted a picture of racist and Islamaphobic language written on Johnson street that called for @omarfatehmn.com to be deported and wished death upon the Somali community. @doronclark.bsky.social and I showed up right away to get this racist garbage off of our streets

Elliott and doron cleaning up the shared use path on johnson

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 3h

New/old — and extremely clumsy — landlord PAC just dropped. (Intentionally dropped late in the cycle.) Taylor continues to outpace local political media on the money stuff — read her 🧵

taylr @taylordahlin.com · 3h

PAC report: safer hennepin is back again and we can do better mpls has launched a website. we don't know yet who is funding either, but i want to highlight the blog that we can do better has - taylordahlin.com/f/new-and-re...

New and Returning PACs: We Can Do Better Mpls and Safer Hennepin

Two PACs are now operating in Minneapolis ahead of the November 4th election, and both are connected to one man.

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Luke Mielke @juke-box85.bsky.social · 21h

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 · 2d

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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flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

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The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 1d

🔥 As you may have seen, in recent days, I've been going to the Broadview ICE facility near where I live. For @vanityfair.com I wrote about those protests & the hell that the Chicago area is being put through thanks to ICE/DHS. I hope you'll read this & share it. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

Postcard From Chicago: There’s an ICE Facility in My Backyard

Chicago was not a war zone when Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz began. DHS and ICE have made it one.

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

www.nytimes.com

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 1d

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...

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

eventually politicians need to start advocating for criminal and civil penalties for people involved in fabricating stories to get citizens incarcerated.

or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Jesse Mortenson @jk9.bsky.social · 1d

MIRAC delivered over a thousand signatures today to Mayor Frey to demand no cooperation nor coverup with ICE

MIRAC folks standing with Real Sanctuary Now banner in city hall

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 1d

Haven't watched this yet but apparently Becketwood had a mayoral forum with Jazz, Omar, DeWayne, and Jacob, and moderator Tane Danger would repeat questions until he got an actual answer.

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Minneapolis Mayoral Candidates Forum - Becketwood Cooperative. 10-6-25

YouTube video by Becketwood Cooperative

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 1d

at city hall rotunda for a press conference in support of emergency housing vouchers and the safe homes, stable schools program ahead of the first 2026 budget hearing today, calling on the city council to fully fund them as the mayor’s proposed budget does not -

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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 2d

The Strib got a week's worth of text complaints to Metro Transit -- 74 in total -- & published the 3 worst ones. Is 74 a lot? 10 complaints per day for the 2 light rail lines, which see 40K daily riders, seems pretty good to me actually. (.025% complaint rate.) www.startribune.com/metro-transi...

What a week’s worth of rider text messages reveals about Metro Transit’s problems

Serious crime is down on Metro Transit, but riders continue to report “quality of life” crime that makes some feel unsafe on light rail.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3d

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 2d

CB is a troll at heart, so I try not to get baited. But I can't believe our "moderate" DFLers have their own alpha news style documentary and have pre-injected voter fraud into the city election conversation. It's glorious. Federal troops will be greeted as liberators I guess?

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 4d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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Michael Roche @michaelroche.bsky.social · 4d

ICE just gassed a group a civilians near the Rico Fresh supermarket intersection on Armitage in Chicago - bystanders say this was in response for being heckled from the street.

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DeWayne Davis @dewayneforminneapolis.com · 4d

I'm proud to have called the Northside home since Kareem and I moved here 12 years ago. I've been working on issues my neighbors care about – housing, liveable wages, community safety – since I got here, and I'll continue that work as mayor.

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DeWayne Davis is running for mayor. Will it be enough to turn out fellow Northsiders? — North News

By Melody Hoffmann , Reporter  A pastor purposefully moved with his husband from Washington, D.C. to North Minneapolis to see for themselves if the stereotypes about localized inequities were...

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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 5d

Dear neighbor,

I want to send my deep condolences to Mariah Samuels, her family, and the Northside. On September 14, 2025, Mariah was shot and killed. She was the victim of domestic violence and deserves justice. 1/

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov owns every arrest and act of violence against protesters this morning. He is aiding and abetting Operation Midway Blitz by allowing state cops to do this. He tells us to film ICE. His cops have shoved me around for filming this morning.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

Major commotion as IL state cops shove back crowds trying to stop an ICE vehicle. I was grabbed and shoved repeatedly while filming the incident.

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