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Minneapolis Delegates!! It is a profound honor to earn your endorsement!

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Thank you delegates! Being DFL endorsed means the world to me! Now we have a race to win!

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Hey putting the $40 million MPD gun range just 400 feet from yours kid’s elementary is the only thing we could come up with for that money.

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Remarkable moment unfolding in front of me at the DFL city convention. Ward 11 Council Member Jamison Whiting notices a guy reading an attack flyer targeting Jamison Whiting.

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Christin Crabtree. Running for Minneapolis School Board at Large. Endorsed by the Minnesota DFL!

Christin Crabtree. Running for Minneapolis School Board at Large. Endorsed by the Minnesota DFL!

THANK YOU MINNEAPOLIS! ON TO NOVEMBER!!!

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after julie le, a former DHS lawyer now running against ilhan omar for cd5, finishes her speech, the convention starts a “fuck ICE!” chant

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The MRLF proudly endorses these candidates for Minneapolis School Board: 
Christin Crabtree, At-Large
Collin Beachy, At-Large
Abdul Abdi, District 1
Shannon Gibney, District 3
Becca Dryden, District 5

The MRLF proudly endorses these candidates for Minneapolis School Board: Christin Crabtree, At-Large Collin Beachy, At-Large Abdul Abdi, District 1 Shannon Gibney, District 3 Becca Dryden, District 5

Abdul Abdi for Minneapolis School Board District 1 is endorsed by the MRLF

Abdul Abdi for Minneapolis School Board District 1 is endorsed by the MRLF

Collin Beachy for Minneapolis School Board At-Large is endorsed by the MRLF

Collin Beachy for Minneapolis School Board At-Large is endorsed by the MRLF

We are proud to endorse these candidates for Minneapolis School Board:

✅ Christin Crabtree, At-Large
✅ Collin Beachy, At-Large
✅ Abdul Abdi, District 1
✅ Shannon Gibney, District 3
✅ Becca Dryden, District 5

👉 Find all our endorsements at bit.ly/mpls2026

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Document titled “MPD Call Response Policy Adherence – 911 Response Call Log Memo.” It summarizes Priority 1 calls pending over 30 minutes for the week of January 3–9, 2026. It states 14 total calls exceeded 30 minutes, including 6 domestic abuse calls. Two example calls are listed: one waited 48 minutes and another 56 minutes before response. Portions of caller details are redacted.

Document titled “MPD Call Response Policy Adherence – 911 Response Call Log Memo.” It summarizes Priority 1 calls pending over 30 minutes for the week of January 3–9, 2026. It states 14 total calls exceeded 30 minutes, including 6 domestic abuse calls. Two example calls are listed: one waited 48 minutes and another 56 minutes before response. Portions of caller details are redacted.

Document titled “MPD Call Response Policy Adherence – 911 Response Call Log Memo.” It summarizes Priority 1 calls pending over 30 minutes for the week of January 10–16, 2026. It reports 11 total delayed calls, including 4 domestic abuse cases. Examples show domestic abuse “in progress” calls waiting 32 minutes and 47 minutes before being assigned to officers. Some identifying details are redacted.

Document titled “MPD Call Response Policy Adherence – 911 Response Call Log Memo.” It summarizes Priority 1 calls pending over 30 minutes for the week of January 10–16, 2026. It reports 11 total delayed calls, including 4 domestic abuse cases. Examples show domestic abuse “in progress” calls waiting 32 minutes and 47 minutes before being assigned to officers. Some identifying details are redacted.

Document titled “MPD Call Response Policy Adherence – 911 Response Call Log Memo.” It summarizes Priority 1 calls pending over 30 minutes for the week of January 17–23, 2026. It reports 10 delayed calls, with domestic abuse calls being the most frequent. One call waited 88 minutes—the longest delay noted. Additional examples show domestic abuse calls waiting 62 minutes. Portions of details are redacted.

Document titled “MPD Call Response Policy Adherence – 911 Response Call Log Memo.” It summarizes Priority 1 calls pending over 30 minutes for the week of January 17–23, 2026. It reports 10 delayed calls, with domestic abuse calls being the most frequent. One call waited 88 minutes—the longest delay noted. Additional examples show domestic abuse calls waiting 62 minutes. Portions of details are redacted.

In January, MPD internal records show that show Priority 1 domestic abuse calls (categorized as Dabuse) in Minneapolis waited 30–88 minutes for a response.

Priority 1 means immediate threat to life or safety—calls that are supposed to receive the fastest possible response.

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Subsection C - Substantive Change
The committee proposed that in odd years, delegates are elected to the ward conventions at precinct caucuses, and delegates to the city convention are elected at the ward conventions.
This is a conforming change to remain consistent with the changes in Subsection A.

Subsection C - Substantive Change The committee proposed that in odd years, delegates are elected to the ward conventions at precinct caucuses, and delegates to the city convention are elected at the ward conventions. This is a conforming change to remain consistent with the changes in Subsection A.

I hope to see you at the Minneapolis DFL Convention tomorrow.

I could not be more opposed to the proposed changes to stop electing city delegates at caucuses. Electing them at Ward conventions that have dramatically less turnout than caucuses will disincentivize grassroots organizing. 1/

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Someone inside city hall — not a politician, not D.A. — made this exact point to me the other day. They noted nobody in Frey’s coalition even remotely has the legislative policy chips of, say, @ward2.minneapolismn.gov. They just outsource everything to the mayor’s office.

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Especially when 12 of the 13 Council Members have turned over since then.

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I can't believe they snubbed you on the website Eric. You should have at least got "DSA adjacent" because taxes are scary or something.

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Direct access to Frey internal polls sorta gives away the game.

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Access to internal Frey campaign polls sorta gives the game away. Someone please ask Sam Schulenberg for those crosstabs for me.

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Yeah that sure doesn't feel like what I experienced at caucus. "Abolishing ICE" is mainstream in MN at this point.

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Adult bathhouses were a part of Minneapolis nightlife. Then police and panic pushed them out Forty years after the adult bathhouse ban was passed, the city council is considering reversing it. A myriad of components led to the ban, but for several decades, public sexual spaces in Minneapolis ...

In the 1970s and '80s, Minneapolis had numerous public sexual spaces. In the years to come, they would close until the final bathhouse ended service in 1988, one day before the ban took place. Raids and public fears about the AIDS crisis contributed to the city council unanimously passing a ban.

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Two people holding a paper frame that says “This is what democracy looks like” with a volunteer holding signature collection forms and flyers

Two people holding a paper frame that says “This is what democracy looks like” with a volunteer holding signature collection forms and flyers

Two volunteers at Como Park with signature collection forms

Two volunteers at Como Park with signature collection forms

Our team has been out and about collecting signatures across Saint Paul! From Como Park to the No Kings rally, we've been talking to our neighbors about the importance of ensuring renters have timely, quality repairs for their homes.

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*nodding vigorously* Mmhmm, yup. Kill yourself. You’re Nazi trash. Yup.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Josh failing to include the multiple attempts to form Ilhan walking sub-caucuses in CD3. Kelly Morrison better watch out! I see no reason not to give Ilhan a second vote in Congress.

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This is the thing — the Strib has covered the mismanagement, but generally their substantive analysis is overhwhelmed by drama criticism & their columnists (both news and editorial page) eschew deeper analysis because they’re more into hippie punching.

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Love to hear it thank you!

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Great to see the hard work of a lot of Minneapolis folks pay off and allow endorsements like this from the Senior Caucus.

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Indignant Mayor Frey says today has nothing to do with Barnette's job performance. Which I interpret to mean massive budget overruns are not a thing you're allowed to hold against the city's highest paid employee.

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Post image Christin knows our public schools are the foundation for a thriving Minneapolis. She will organize shoulder to shoulder with community members for the schools we deserve. You don’t have to imagine what it would look like to have Christin leading in our schools because she already is: She will make an incredible school board director.

Christin knows our public schools are the foundation for a thriving Minneapolis. She will organize shoulder to shoulder with community members for the schools we deserve. You don’t have to imagine what it would look like to have Christin leading in our schools because she already is: She will make an incredible school board director.

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is the type of leader I want to be. Since her days at the MN legislature, Congresswoman Omar has been consistent, courageous, committed to the people she serves, and passionately lead from the grassroots up. Receiving her endorsement is a great honor.

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Post image SHANNON GIBNEY For
SCHOOLS DISTRICT 3
Endorsement
"Public schools are the bedrock of our democracy. I have the utmost confidence in Shannon's ability to fight for ours. Her leadership in South Minneapolis schools before and during the ICE invasion, were a boon to communities throughout District 3. I'm eager to see her apply this same level of care, commitment, and knowledge to this new position, for the benefit of all of our kids and families."
ILHAN OMAR
US Representative for Minnesota's 5th district

SHANNON GIBNEY For SCHOOLS DISTRICT 3 Endorsement "Public schools are the bedrock of our democracy. I have the utmost confidence in Shannon's ability to fight for ours. Her leadership in South Minneapolis schools before and during the ICE invasion, were a boon to communities throughout District 3. I'm eager to see her apply this same level of care, commitment, and knowledge to this new position, for the benefit of all of our kids and families." ILHAN OMAR US Representative for Minnesota's 5th district

Congresswoman Ihan Omar has been a heroine to me for as long as she has been in office! She is brilliant, strategic, strong, and bold in her governance, and I could not be happier to have her support. @teamilhan.bsky.social @ilhanmn.bsky.social

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It is such an honor to have the support of Congresswoman Omar. She is the type of leader I want to be - courageous, bold, creative, dedicated to finding real solutions for her constituents. It means so much to know that she believes in our campaign to bring out the best in Minneapolis Public Schools

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Large posters in the neighborhood around Target Field calling out the Minnesota Twins and it's ownership.

"POHLAD FAMILY:
WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?"

"Twin Cities
WON'T BACK DOWN
GET ICE OUT"

Minneapolis North Loop, April 2026
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Including cancer research for kids.

Total dirt bags.

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