This is absolute horseshit. @klobuchar.senate.gov @amyklobuchar.com @smith.senate.gov Have some courage and do the right thing, demand this war stop and demand that Trump be impeached. Refuse any Senate business until that happens.
What could possibly possess the Star Tribune to push a false narrative about the Target boycott?
Get. The. Fuck. Outta. Here.
Landlords should be more like Jacob Frey. Tell their unwanted tenants to get the fuck out, then literally never speak to them or do anything about their presence ever again.
IDGAF what they say. It's still #FuckTarget
Been reading this report, and this stuck to to me also. Also clear from report that most of the “progress” so far is occurring at the most bureaucratic end of MPD.
The nuggets that do emerge about rank and file seem to be along lines of “they resent and oppose this process.” Culture eats what now?
i just wanna point out jacob frey just bought a new house, with our money, as he's telling people to get fucked and die on the street
just wanna stress that point
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
“I support the Mayor’s decision to veto this ordinance,” said Ward 4 Council Member LaTrisha Vetaw. “We heard directly from housing nonprofits and service providers on the front lines who warned that extending the eviction notice period would function as a debt trap for many renters. I trust and listen to the expertise of the people doing the work and dealing with the consequences firsthand, and their message is clear: families don’t need more time to fall behind on rent—they need real rental assistance to stay housed.” “Our City is living through unprecedented times, and our most vulnerable residents are struggling to pay rent due to circumstances entirely out of their control," said Ward 11 Council Member Jamison Whiting. “While our neighbors, mutual aid networks, and local foundations have met this moment in inspiring ways, the City must do its part to prevent our hardest-hit families from slipping through the cracks. Directing an additional $1 million to Hennepin County for Emergency Rental Assistance is the most effective vehicle to meet this urgent need, keeping our at-risk neighbors securely housed while ensuring the long-term stability of our low-income and affordable housing ecosystem.” "Our housing partners told us that the real need is more money, not more time,” said Ward 7 Council Member Elizabeth Shaffer. “Delaying evictions is a long runway to a deeper debt crisis while the need for rental assistance is now.” “As our trusted development and service providers told us, a pause in eviction filing notice is counterproductive,” said Ward 13 Council Member Linea Palmisano. “It not only increases a debt load but follows someone around and impacts their ability to secure safe and stable housing in the future. Rental assistance is what we need in this moment, and that is exactly what is being proposed as an alternative.” “Adding to the rental assistance fund is the common-sense way to help those affected by the ICE operation without financially hurt…
a press release from the city announcing $1 million in rental relief funds includes quotes from council members latrisha vetaw, jamison whiting, elizabeth shaffer, linea palmisano and michael rainville supporting mayor frey vetoing pause evictions, save lives that would've increased notice period
Excerpt from Myor Frey’s letter reads: “ood, there is no data to show that it does good. Pande”
oh okay, apply this standard to mpd funding
It's wild to me that this all existing without the added context that the County is no longer using Emergency Assistance funds to cover missed-month rent or damage/security deposits as of 3/7/26. So people's options are even more limited, something Frey undoubtably knows.
Scoop: DHS ousted multiple privacy officers at CBP after they questioned orders to purposely mislabel records about government surveillance to prevent their release under FOIA.
I'm about to call and leave another message and tell him about a family I know who are being harassed and threatened by their landlord, who says he will call ICE on them if they don't pay
Does it matter that their visas are legit? Not when they racially profile you and dump you somewhere else.
Stop me if you've heard this one before. Trump admin did a massive unconstitutional surge of secret police, claimed it was about fraud, and wrecked the local US Attorney's Office in the process. And now they're really struggling to prosecute actual fraud.
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We're the stupidest nation on earth.
He may have faced questions, but he'll STILL never face #Accountability
Yes.
Color 16-bit graphic of green, scaley Godzilla glowering in front of a gray office tower above a dashboard with a person's face and text: "Go ahead and destroy AI data centers Godzilla. Make the people happy."
Good morning, Bluesky. 💖
What's making you smile this Sunday? I'll start ☺️
That $100 million will really come in handy, too, for—ohp, it’s already gone. Bought two hours of the war with it.
“It is becoming increasingly hard to avoid the conclusion that the Trump administration has embarked on this operation without a plan, and is making it up as it goes along, as if they killed enough of the right people and destroyed enough Iranian assets everything would fall into place.”
The thing that bugs me the most here is that Trump, a man who dodged the draft, is saluting. You are genuinely not supposed to salute if you're a lifelong civilian. You're supposed to remove your hat and put your hand over your heart.
Stolen valor, right here.
It’s wild that so called “affordable housing” providers were advocating for people to face eviction & have to sleep out on the street. Residents have already been subsidizing their nonprofits w/ millions in mutual aid for their tenants to pay their rents. Remember this next time they beg for money.
This 20 year old kid from suburban Des Moines was killed on Sunday. His linkedin profile is like an army recruitment commercial: studying business and IT at Drake University, in the reserves, happy to be learning new skills.
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This is the problem.
Sys-tem-ic.
It needs to change.
Housing is a human right.
Housing is a basic need.
It never should've been commodified.
It hasn't been sustainable & we're reaching some of the outer limits.
Unfortunately, maniac bounty hunter is indistinguishable from standard by the book federal law enforcement activity.
But hey, Vetaw moved her office she's never at over here. What a magnet for the intersection.
Like I said, brand new rage 😡
This woman should run for city council. She’s done more for Ward 13 in the last 3 months than Palmisano has. Ever.
The extent to which Target has extinguished local pride in them cannot be underestimated.
When I moved here in the mid-2000s, to work there was a point of pride & everyone shopped there. It was the default gift card you got at work for a gift exchange or whatever.
That's completely changed.
