Sam Nelson

March 11, 2026 Minneapolis City Council 350 South 5th Street Room 370 Minneapolis, MN 55415 Dear Council President Payne, Council Vice President Osman and Council Members: This letter is to inform you that I have vetoed Ordinance No. 2026-002 to extend the pre-eviction notice for renters to 60 days. I understand the authors’ intent, but the experience from COVID-19 and guidance from shelter and affordable housing providers shows that this strategy has not worked. We have heard over and over again from shelter and affordable housing providers that longer timelines produce worse outcomes for residents. In their words, when rental assistance isn’t available, time is a debt trap that becomes a barrier to securing future housing. I heard a call for more financial assistance, and I believe that is the best path forward. Rental assistance is working and getting to renters quickly – rent collections are better in 2026 than 2025. That’s why I’m proposing to spend $1 million from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund for emergency rental assistance administered through Hennepin County. While a 60-day pre-eviction notice period sounds good, there is no data to show that it does good. Pandemic era eviction moratorium allowed many renters to accumulate huge amounts of debt that they are still paying off today. When property owners carry the losses, the housing system experiences upward pressure on rents to replenish reserves, catch up on missed mortgage, insurance, utility, payroll, and property tax payments, and cover increased costs associated with deferred maintenance. I believe most landlords are working with tenants to develop payment plans and access rental assistance. But for bad actors, I worry that the proposal gives them reasons to report tenants to ICE or use minor lease violationswhich don’t require as much notice and are harder to expunge – to evict tenants. We will continue to monitor the data. If something substantially changes, I am committed to working with the City…

mayor jacob frey has vetoed the pause evictions, save lives bill the minneapolis city coucil approved that would've extended the eviction timeline from 30 days to 60 days temporarily to held families impacted by the ICE invasion catch up paying rent

Support the Strike: Stand for Fair Wages at AAJC Today, on March 11, 2026, the members of Advancing Justice | AAJC's Union are on strike. After nearly two years of of bargaining, we are still fighting for a first contract and guaranteed fair wages....

AAJCollective members walked out of work today and are officially ON STRIKE until midnight!

Send a letter to Advancing Justice – AAJC management calling on them to negotiate in good faith & agree to an economic package that respects the staff:
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18 Senate Dems just voted to confirm Trump's NSA director:

Baldwin
Coons
Cortez Masto
Fetterman
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Hirono
Kelly
King
Peters
Reed
Rosen
Schiff
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner
Whitehouse

[logo: WGA Writers Guild CBS News] If CBS wants 24/7 coverage, we need 24/7 union protections. [logo: CBS News 24/7] STRIKE PLEDGE signed by 95% of the unit.

[logo: WGA Writers Guild CBS News] STRIKE PLEDGE DELIVERED. “We, the undersigned Writers Guild of America East members at CBS News 24/7, sign this strike pledge calling on the company to meet us where we are at on our most important issues: guaranteed wage increases, meaningful overtime rules, protected union jurisdiction, and flexible work from home protections. Our colleagues on the bargaining committee have put in significant time and effort to negotiate our new contract. We pledge to support them and will participate at minimum in a 24-hour walkout and strike if necessary to win a contract that protects the things that matter to us the most. We call on management to reach a fair deal with our union by the end of today, our last scheduled bargaining date. We pledge to walk out and, if necessary, strike for a fair contract.”

WGAE members at CBS News 24/7 are prepared to STRIKE if CBS/Paramount management doesn't reach a fair contract today. Members delivered a strike pledge signed by 95% of the 60-member bargaining unit.

Announcing tonight for US-Mex has been some of the worst I’ve heard Yeesh

Live Nation settles antitrust lawsuit with Justice Department | CNN Business Live Nation and Ticketmaster has reached a settlement with federal authorities over its practices that accused the ticket giant for monopolizing the live events music industry, according to a source f...

Live Nation (which owns Ticketmaster) reached a settlement with the DOJ in the antitrust lawsuit against the company.

Just a reminder that Live Nation added Trump ally Ric Grenell to it's board last year and donated $500,000 to Trump's inauguration.

So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

They've now killed four people -- three U.S. citizens and a Mexican national. They've shot several more.

They've lied about all of them. They haven't shaded the truth. They haven't "misled" us. They've brazenly, knowingly lied while in possession of the evidence disproving their lies.

Fox Holy Trinity!

That was jarring, I thought it was an Angel Films trailer

Condoleezza Rice, the Denver Broncos owner?

Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

After the DOGE group showed up but before MPD arrived, the USIP building had been placed in lockdown mode, meaning all interior doors were locked and elevators were no longer operable. So once in the building, MPD needed to manually break down interior doors to give Trump's team full access.

Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.

My report:

Union members at ACLU-DC have been fighting for close to 3 years for our first contract. This is unacceptable. We’re united in our demands for work-life balance, fair pay, and worker protections. Hear from our members firsthand on why we need a fair contract now. Union rights are civil rights.

Google data center water estimates go public, residents in Roanoke and Botetourt react A proposed Google data center campus in Botetourt County could use between 2 million and 8 million gallons of drinking water per day, according to an executed agreement between the developer and the W...

one google data center in virginia

two million gallons of water per day

information only released under court order & risk of contempt

a hazardous materials label identification system sign hangs on a wall ALT: a hazardous materials label identification system sign hangs on a wall

Kristi getting her new office

The Chemical & Engineering News Guild has overwhelmingly won its union election, with 96% of participants voting in favor of unionization!

@wbng.org @newsguild.org

Chemical & Engineering News Guild wins union election in landslide - Washington-Baltimore News Guild The workers of Chemical & Engineering News, the independent magazine of the American Chemical Society, have overwhelmingly voted to unionize, with 96% of participants voting in favor of the union, Che...

@cenguild.bsky.social wins their union election in a landslide!

With 96% yes votes, this is a historic victory for the reporters, designers, production staff & platform editors who work diligently to craft news & features about the science, business & policy of chemistry.
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NIH Says It Will No Longer Recognize the Research Fellows’ Union NIH leadership said the union “should never have been certified,” in an email to the union’s leadership.

NIH leadership wants to strip worker's rights from the majority of scientists on its campuses.

But, the NIH does not get to say whether we are a union or not. We do, and we are no strangers to having to fight for our union. Time for a short history lesson. 1/n

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The wife of the Iraqi President (both her and the President being Kurdish politicians with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party), releases a statement saying "leave the Kurds alone" citing various historical events, including "we saw what happened . . . in Rojava"

The idiot parade will continue until etc etc

I’ve been collecting weird instagram ads lately.

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@nonprofitunion.bsky.social has endorsed our campaign in the Ward 1 race! 🙌🏾 This is our fifteenth endorsement!

As a nonprofit employee myself, I'm honored to stand with NPEU members in the fight for fair wages and benefits, stronger worker protections, and more respect on the job.

The NWU logo sits at the top left corner; toward the top is the words "NWU STANDS WITH" next to an image of a raised fist; underneath it reads "the Washington Post Guild, the Washington Post Tech Guild, and the NewsGuild"; at the bottom is a black and white image of a person holding a sign that reads "Free Press" and covering their face with a blown up face of Jeff Bezos, the word "Greedy" pasted on his forehead"; the full image is on a beige background [Image adapted from a February 2026 photo by user Sdkb on Wikimedia Commons]

Text on a beige background pulled from NWU's statement at nwu.org/wapo-layoffs

Text on a beige background pulled from NWU's statement at nwu.org/wapo-layoffs

Text on a beige background pulled from NWU's statement at nwu.org/wapo-layoffs

NWU, alongside @wgaeast.bsky.social, condemns the layoffs at the Washington Post & joins @postguild.bsky.social, @wapotechguild.bsky.social, & @newsguild.org in their demand that Jeff Bezos, the owner of the Post and one of the richest men on Earth, reverse them. Full statement: nwu.org/wapo-layoffs

MPD body cam footage from DOGE raid on US Institute of Peace RECEIVED 😎

I'll be watching and sharing news and takeaways in the coming days. Stay tuned!

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HANDS OFF IRAN! 🌹

🌹 LEARN & ORGANIZE! Join DSA's Mass Call this Wednesday to learn exactly what's going on in Iran and why, and how you can help organize against the war.

🌹 RSVP today at go.dsausa.org/iranmasscall

Bezos didn’t make a mistake. He gutted the newsroom because he wanted to kill off the news.