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It’s not normal to have armored vehicles and federal agents carrying assault weapons on Lake Street. The defensiveness of the Mayor failed to acknowledge the harm that our community experienced. I had to speak up here when those on top failed to do so. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

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this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake

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There is no circumstance in which MPD should cooperate with ICE. In the eyes of many, Minneapolis has one of the strongest Separation Ordinances in the country. But yesterday, we saw its weaknesses: a close reading of our Separation Ordinance still allows collaboration with ICE.

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The woman who shouted "people will die" at Joni Ernst, India May, is a nurse and a librarian who first got involved in politics by going to a town hall about bills aiming to defund libraries. Now she's running for state house. eu.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...

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We are now knee-deep in the “50K Afrikaners seek sanctuary in the U.S.” part of the timeline. 😳 ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️ Save yourself.

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They tried lie about an ICE presence. MPD assisted with closing off the area. This is completely wrong.

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ICE was present at the incident on Lake & Bloomington. Our community saw it with their eyes. Federal agencies were militarized on our streets. Community members were assaulted by them and local jurisdictions were present for it. Our community deserves answers and to be heard. 1/

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📚There's a few weeks left to enter your picture book manuscript to our New Voices Award writing contest (deadline 6/30/25)! We're looking for unpublished authors of color or Indigenous/Native writers hoping to break into the publishing industry for the first time! 💻Learn more: bit.ly/EnterNewVoices

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One block away: “Crowds surrounded armored vehicles and chanted shame on you’ at law enforcement moving through the intersection of Bloomington…and Lake Street. Residents threw trash cans and old furniture in the streets to block law enforcement, who deployed chemical irritants at least two times…”

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“For the first time in medical history, there was clear evidence that exercise was even better at preventing cancer recurrence and death than many of the drugs currently prescribed to patients, one of the world’s top cancer doctors said.”

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“Intercountry adoptions have long been a global phenonomen with great risks, that have not been taken seriously. That ‘that was how it was’ does not mean that it was correct. Human rights have been violated – the Swedish government should admit that and apologise.”

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I did two fun keynotes at the SparkPath Young Authors Conference this week, the first day featuring almost 600 kids in grades 4-8 around the metro, and today almost 800 (!). ✊🏽✨✨ The theme: Adventure in Every Draft. I shared how many people have helped me make my writing better through the years. 🙏🏾

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Thanks to @sunyungshin.bsky.social for her shout out, and all the amazing resources she list on abolition in her newsletter! ✊🏽

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So proud of the work my dear friend Bobbi Wilding is doing through @cleanhealthyny.bsky.social to regulate toxic chemicals in consumer products! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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George Floyd should be alive today. He should be raising his daughter, living his life. 5 years later, we owe him more than thoughts and hashtags. His daughter said, “My daddy changed the world.” Let’s stop failing her, and him. Congress must pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.

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I been behind in following the Black meme response to this…but this shit is HA-larious!!! 🤣🤣🤣 Definitely excellent Memorial Day weekend entertainment. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics. Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages. Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare... This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.

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Since a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd in 2020, the number of people killed by the police each year has continued to rise — and Black Americans are still killed in disproportionate numbers. Our data reporter explains his findings. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...

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Wonderful community event for young activists with @ananyadancetheatre.bsky.social at @redballoonbookshop.bsky.social to mark the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder and the uprisings this afternoon. 🙏🏾 We get through and process the grief and violence of this world with art and connection.

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“If you haven’t been poor, don’t legislate for the poor.” - Rep Lateefah Simon, CA-12

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Favorite comment from the kids, after I ask them to water the plants, empty the dishwasher, take out the trash, etc. : “But I don’t wanna do that.” 😐🤡 To which I respond: “Do you know how many things I do all the time that I don’t like, but take up because they are required of me?”

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The GOP Tax Scheme represents the largest wealth transfer from the poor to the rich in American history.

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“Yet I am trying to use this same failing machinery to communicate how, for the sake of my own fragile heart, and sometimes fragile brain, I remain more committed to honesty than I do to optimism.”

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“The right’s new narrative has become a politically convenient line of attack for Republican politicians, who have sought to align Floyd and the rioting with Democrats and violent crime over the past five years, and to unravel the diversity, equity and inclusivity (DEI) pledges from public agencies…

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Please join us + tell teens who may be interested: We still have quite a few openings in the program and access funds are available to help offset the cost of tuition! ✌🏽✨✨

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See you this Saturday, with @ananyadancetheatre.bsky.social and @redballoonbookshop.bsky.social ! 🙌🏽✊🏽

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DEMOCRATS WOULD BE WISE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THIS… There’s a new alignment happening and it’s not about left or center. Rank-and-file Dems want two things: 📌Leaders who stand with workers 📌And who stand up to Trump If you’re not doing either, expect to get primaried. Watch…

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bought this in-universe history of the galactic empire (by an actual historian) and it is actually pretty good

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I’ll be reading here tonight, if anyone wants to come through, and/or share their own work, and connect with folks! ✌🏽✨

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