Jesse Mortenson

NEW EPISODE for the late night crowd: Waymo, Big Tech and Democracy millcityhall.com/episodes/202... The mayor just vetoed an ordinance that was aimed at protecting jobs. We try to tackle the politics of why Frey, Walz and others seem to want to roll out the red carpet for Waymo

I am old enough to remember when politicians felt the need to hide behind euphemism and obfuscation. As frustrating as these obfuscations were I hope it is becoming clear to all that they were an advance, historically speaking

Also, Cam compiled a guide to candidate debates and in-person voting options across Hennepin County: hennepinherald.beehiiv.com/p/hennepin-c...

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Response from a young child when asked why he is misbehaving: “BECAUSE MILK!”

Keith said it best: If you want justice, vote Cedrick Frazier.

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DON’T CLONE Me BRo! Please sign the petition. The AI 🤖 bot version of me just wouldnt be the same!

Affirmative action on newspaper editorial pages has long meant conservatives are fluffed & get innumerable chances. Hell, Mark Thiessen is an Iraq War war criminal and the Washington Post gobbled him right up.

I do not feel the need to engage with this argument morally because, as a political strategy, "impose Democratic Centralism on everyone left-of-center" is about as viable as "achieve true communism in our time".

Listening to Mill City Hall thinking it could be summarized as “the mayor sucks at his job” only for Robin to go ahead and just say it

The closest I’ve come to death in Minneapolis was a right-on-red driver turning into me on the two-way at Stinson & East Hennepin. My bike hit her front quarter-panel and I barrel-rolled over her windshield. I was lucky with only a concussion. This directive can’t be acted upon fast enough.

Last week I was able to attend the ground breaking for Dreamland on 38th. This Black-led community hub will be down the street from the original Dreamland Cafe, which has enormous cultural and historical significance for our city and the South Minneapolis Black community.

The Safe Bay program in Duluth has exceeded even proponents’ expectations, and haters—residential and business—have come to support it. This year alone, it’s helped connect 25+ families/households to permanent housing. If Duluth can do this, Mpls can do it. Also Elizabeth Shaffer SUCKS

Remember this tweet? This is Roper from the Strib. He had already written his column on car window smashing when he met with us (at our request hours before his deadline). He’s just written another column bashing me for, among other things, being “academic” and he still doesn’t understand the data.

Abolish sheriffs

I have refused to use the term “Somali gangs” despite tremendous pressure. Why? It’s a political narrative, not an accurate descriptor of gun violence, even if it was committed by a Somali youth. Who is driving this narrative? Republicans, the Strib, and police. Brilliant reporting below.

DEEP DIVE is up! How the Star Tribune turned Republican “Somali gangs” rhetoric into an election-year crime narrative—and helped give demands for expanded local, state, and federal enforcement the authority of news.

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Here's an early heads up. Drinking Liberally-Minneapolis' guest speaker this week is Rod Adams, who wrote a scalding article about Anders Folk, candidate for HCAO. Gather at six, hear from Rod at seven, Thurs., 10/22, at the 331 Club. racketmn.com/dont-fall-fo...

The St. Paul school board is slated to vote tonight on a proposal to cut ~16 EL teachers midyear. The district has lost one in eight of its English learners — more than 1,100 students — since Trump took office. sahanjournal.com/education/st...

Study: When Minneapolis clears a homeless encampment, the surrounding area experiences a sharp uptick in drug overdoses for several days afterward New research findings shared with @axios.com >> www.axios.com/local/twin-c...

Brave stance, i know, but I think Democrats should not elevate fascist cops like Tom Homan into positions of prominence, just to earn "tough on crime/immigration" points. www.startribune.com/under-fire-r... Bipartisan brutality on immigration is a poisoned tree

Twin Cities! Come on through Saturday to talk about Howard Zinn and his remarkable life!

I denounce the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants

it is the same exact thing as demanding that black candidates for office “disavow farrakhan,” which happened quite a bit in the 90s and 2000s

Anders Folk has support from at least 2 independent expenditure political action committees (IEPACs) that accept contributions of any amount from donors. In Sept filings with the state CFB, IEPAC All of Mpls IEPAC spent $46,435 and Safe and Just Hennepin, spent $30,140 to support his campaign.

This is what the Hennepin side of block E looked like in 1969 vs the exact spot today. I don't think it's hyperbole to say this is an abject failure of urban renewal. Like today's Nicollet Mall, we keep designing these dehumanizing places, then get baffled why people don't want to to there.

"C,mon bro. Please. Just 580 more cops bro. 580 more cops and it'll be perfect. 34,749 cops in New York City is not enough cops bro. We are so close. We can't stop now. Look at the pictures bro. Look at them. That's not enough cops. We only need to add 580 more and it would be enough. Please bro."

This is how we stop the fascists from sabotaging the midterms. We can’t wait to see you and millions of our fellow Americans in the streets: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

“The resolution calls for the city to guarantee that no encampments will be cleared until late December, unless there is a specific threat to health and safety in an encampment. Kelly Matter, Avivo’s president and CEO, said she supported the proposal.” www.startribune.com/homeless-enc...

"I think I saw four or five different specialists because the symptoms that I was having, they were across multiple [body] systems. All the specialists said 'this is ME' and we don't want it to be that because there's nothing out there for it." #MECFS #LongCovid www.bbc.com/sport/athlet...

We have to put Shaffer on the short list for likely 2029 mayor candidates, and she’s gonna go for it the Frey way: get a minority of Minneapolis DFLers & a majority of Minneapolis Republicans.

Interesting but sane-washed piece on Marc Andreessen. You can't leave out his friendship with Yarvin and the fact that his manifesto cited fascists as saints. The Andreessen story is about radicalization, not deregulation. gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...