David Brauer
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@dbrauer at for when the walls fall. Former journalist, current fitness guy. Lover of Minneapolis. Contrarian, but not if it enables fascism.
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Gonna give posting exclusively BlueSky a try. Might last a minute; might last forever. Anyway, follow me at same address there. Here are some invite codes, not sure if they’re needed anymore, but have at ‘em.
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For fun:
- In 2018’s 3-person primary, Omar got 65,000 votes & 48%. She’s running at 57% & 86,000 now.
- Omar’s top 2 challengers got 43% & 59,000 votes. Antone is running at 40% & 59,000 votes now.
... Bottom line: Omar grew her base, challenger didn’t really.
#mn05
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White supremacy.
Immigrants don’t appreciate Minnesota’s culture?
@paulgazelka
, immigrants ARE the culture.
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THEY SANG KARAOKE AT THE TRUMP FUNDRAISER
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Walz has made mistakes. But they’re good-faith mistakes. Tonight he sounds like a leader. I’m grateful for that.
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Enjoy seeing the “It’s Great to Be Back in the Office!" And "It’s Great to Dress Up Again!" op-eds and skipping to the end where the author is identified as a boss and/or someone trying to sell something.
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George Floyd was murdered by a senior officer who had trained two junior officers who were accessories.
Mayor Frey believes mentorships could help Minneapolis police.
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Wonder how many people who would “never set foot in Minneapolis” are in a Minneapolis ICU bed
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The folks who were DEFINITELY STILL COMING to Minneapolis & St. Paul despite the crime & carjackings HAVE BEEN FORCED TO RECONSIDER due to the vax mandate
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Jim Hagedorn should be more controversial than Ilhan Omar full stop
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Sending a teenager out to confront a grown man while threatening to garnish his wages is the real crime here.
Martin testifies that he told his manager he would pay for the $20 out of his own pocket but the manager told him to go back outside to confront Floyd's group.
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Labeling a consistent serial liar as an “election fraud crusader” is ridiculous,
@StarTribune
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For all the “hug a Trumper” folks today
And...now the guns are coming out again at the pro Trump rally in front of the Governor’s residence.
@mprnews
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More precisely: “I lied.”
NEW: Mayor Frey, on his website falsely claiming he banned no-knock warrants: “Language became more casual, including my own, which did not reflect the necessary precision or nuance, and I own that.”
@WCCO
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There have been ZERO carjackings in these 4 downtown Minneapolis neighborhoods in 2023
(North Loop, Downtown East, Downtown West, Nicollet Island East Bank)
The DJs on KDWB are arguing about whether it’s justified to run red lights when you go downtown because you’re afraid of car jackings, so that’s fun
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Minnesota Twins: “We’re in last place!”
Minnesota Vikings: “We’re winless!”
Minnesota Timberwolves: “Amateurs”
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That seals the deal. I have been a Twins fan since 1965 and a season ticket holder since 2010. I will NOT be renewing my 20-game plan.
I will buying a 40-game plan.
Twins-Tigers game postponed after Twins players vote to not play Thursday night.
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COVID cases/100k, duration of outbreak
1. N Dakota 12,910
2. S Dakota 12,418
7. Wisconsin 10,385
8. Iowa 10,378
30. Minnesota 8,349
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Deaths/100k
6. S Dakota 207
10. N Dakota 192
17. Iowa 165
33. Wisconsin 116
34. Minnesota 114
… MN made mistakes, but should have some pride.
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If I’m reading my results right,
@MaryMoriarty
is gonna be our next Hennepin County Attorney. Up 57.7% to Holton Dimick’s 41.72% with 354 of 397 precincts in. Big win for beleaguered progressives if it holds.
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No-knock warrant ban EXCEPT FOR THIS WEE LOOPHOLE: “Officers will ‘rely on their experience, their training & their own observations’ to determine if an instance meets the qualifications to warrant entering without announcing their presence.”
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For anyone who thinks
@IlhanMN
is in big trouble …
82% of Minnesota's CD5 is in. Sanders doing well in this Minneapolis+ Minneapolis suburbs district.
#minnesotaprimary
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This is fucking my shit up
and since you should shoot for the moon... here's the NYC Subway pasted over Minneapolis
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MN GOP chair Jennifer Carnahan on passing of Rush Limbaugh, radio host: "For decades Rush was one of the most influential voices in the conservative movement. In many ways, Rush helped shape the Republican Party into what it is today. It is now up to us to carry the torch."
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Hi all - since Twitter is like (a very crazy) family, I wanted to let you know my mom, Joan Brauer, died yesterday. She was 90 & in her typical blunt way, let us know it was her time. We’re a tight family & we’re sad but supporting each other. I’d like to brag about her a bit. /1
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Don’t tell people their trauma is no big deal & will pass, especially if you’re a dandy white guy
Minneapolis Mayor Frey to those who feel traumatized by the scale of law enforcement in the Twin Cities right now: “It is temporary, and we will get through this together.”
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Look, I’m glad Steve King lost, but NW Iowa can eat an endless bag of dicks for electing him 9 times
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We’re not shaming people with positive diagnoses. We’re shaming fools whose rhetoric & actions were destructive to the point where they finally experienced consequences.
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Minnesota is the only state that allows 3.2 beer sales and 3.2 gummie sales.
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[Young hardware store checkout clerk] “David Brauer, David Brauer that name sounds familiar…”
[Me, mental wheel spinning] …
[Him] “Are you the David Brauer from Twitter?”
[Me, as the serotonin hits] “Yes I am”
[Him] “Keep up the good tweets!”
VALIDATED BY TODAY’S YOUTH
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Chaska is getting bluer & it’s great they have a store like this despite local lululiemoms; support Little Roos Mn any way you can.
Little Roos MN is a local kid’s clothing company in Chaska and they’re currently undergoing constant harassment for having a drag story time event on their calendar. Show they some love by attending the event Saturday or send a message of support on the socials!
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One of my proudest moments as an
@IlhanMN
constituent was her going after this turd. Some of us
#okboomer
types don’t forget.
Elliott Abrams, who helped cover up the massacre, is still a member in good standing of the American foreign policy establishment, feted not just by Republicans but also, recently, by some liberals.
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Into my veins
How did Minnesota Democrats unify narrow majorities to pass sweeping policy changes and massive budget bills?
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Can’t be too many worse-located houses in Minneapolis … and it can be yours!
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Every non-Minneapolitan or non-St. Paulite debating about where arsonists come from should be required to donate a fire extinguisher for each tweet.
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Sounds like
@jeremiah4north
is the new mayor and Mike Max is his press secretary congrats to you both
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So they waited until the end of the Vikings season for a vax mandate, huh
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1/ Last night KSTP’s Jay Kolls - of
#pointergate
infamy - did a story on the US Capitol invasion. Despite direct links to President Trump & white supremacists, the story named only one group: Antifa. (Pointergate primer here: )
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I want to acknowledge publicly I thought Keith Ellison was toast, even though he’s one of the best public servants I know. Now I’m gonna have to find someone else to run for Minneapolis mayor in 2025.
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Fuck Tom Emmer.
This goes way beyond the usual far-right mischief making. Signatories include
#2
Republican Steve Scalise, NRCC chair Tom Emmer, committee ranking members Kevin Brady and Mike Conaway, ex-leadership member Cathy McMorris-Rodgers + relative moderate Mario Diaz-Balart.
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I feel like we’re sorta skipping past the fact that Minnesota just elected its first LGBTQ congressperson
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Honestly I think less of letters editors who pick letters this stupid.
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I’ll look forward to
#mn05
post-mortems but here’s the thing:
- Ilhan is an organizer. Surrounds herself with organizers. They organize the shit out of things.
- That armchair analysis that “she’s working hard, she must be sweating/losing”? Organizers organize regardless.
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It was a good (car) run (into me). Wear your helmet kids. (That windshield is where I landed; she was was turning right on red.) I think I’m fine. No broken bones at least. But my beloved Mr. Pink! 😭
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Some presidential write-ins I counted:
Bernie (many)
Elizabeth Warren (many)
Michelle Obama (many)
THEY DIDN'T WANT YOUR VOTES, ASSHOLES
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I say we just swipe this for the Minneapolis flag, change the braille to whenever Minneapolis was formed, and be legends.
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Hello new followers. This is mostly an account about the 1991 Halloween Blizzard. Hey, did I ever tell you about ...
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Worth remembering:
- Samuels lost
- Frey’s 62A candidate got pasted
- Frey’s 63A candidate got pasted
- Mpls legislative delegation got less like him
- No council majority, only a veto-sustaining one
… obviously he has power & clout, but citizens aren’t exactly marching with him
Mayor Jacob Frey did not hold back in an interview with me tonight, after the pro-police democratic candidate he supported
@DonSamuelsMN
lost the fifth congressional race tonight to incumbent
@IlhanMN
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Amir Locke, dead at the hands of police, died because we didn’t have more police do I have this correctly
Murphy: "Why not just call the St Paul police department? They haven't served a no-knock warrant since 2016."
Frey says he'll talk to St Paul, but they have the resources to make it work. "On a per capita basis St Paul has far more officers and resources than MPD has right now."
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Happy where the fuck is my ice scraper day to all who celebrate
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No - and I cannot emphasize this enough - backsies
Wisconsin is prepared to officially relinquish Ron Johnson to his native Minnesota.
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Good morning does the
@StarTribune
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Seriously mind-blowing kite on Lake Harriet today. Flier said it was a Korean design. One thing I’ve learned late in life: Koreans are extremely rad.
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20 months younger than Biden. Oh how I long to have seen what he could have accomplished with a long career.
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Whoever arranged the Twin Cites Strategic Plywood Reserve did a helluva job.
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The only way the Mike Max storyline gets better is if Sven Sundgaard is introduced as his sidekick.
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“More than a year after the protests, no officers have been disciplined — except for an officer who violated MPD policy by speaking to a reporter anonymously — and multiple class action lawsuits against the city are pending.”
New bodycam videos show how MPD became increasingly militaristic in their attempt to clamp down on Floyd protests. A sergeant punctured protesters' car tires, a lieutenant made a racist remark, and a commander praised a SWAT team for "hunting" civilians:
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All your Aaron Rodgers jokes are funny. Please continue tweeting.
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Right now would be a perfect time for Mayor Frey to ban pretext stops.
Accountability ≠ justice. The grief & pain Black MN's are experiencing will not go away with one verdict. We must dismantle white supremacy and build systems so every Minnesotan can live in safe & thriving communities, free from state violence & discrimination. That is justice.
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Trump’s term is now more than half over. There is less of it ahead than we’ve been through.
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Like, the hood and everything?
Ran into fmr police union pres. Bob Kroll at City Hall turning in his gear, badge, etc... officially retired.
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Michelle Tafoya and Liz Collin, just binging mimosas and blaming wokeness
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Cal Bahr VOTED NO?
Here's the vote board on the Prince Rogers Nelson Memorial Highway bill in Senate today --
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To every courageous conservative not voting for Trump, my sincere thanks.
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6/ She was only a recently a Minnesotan, but the Mn medical system took excellent care of her & is still taking care of my 92-year-old dad, who is bereft without his partner of 63 years. If you’ve read this far, here’s a photo of them saying goodbye for the last time … ❤️U all!
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I looked up “brazen” in the dictionary and it read “using George Floyd to argue for subsidies to build luxury apartments in Edina.”
Developers of a $251 million Edina project seek a $22 million tax subsidy to counter rising construction costs, a shortage of workers and — according to unnamed "industry leaders" — damage to the Twin Cities' image by unrest after George Floyd's death.
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And they moved the diner … two blocks
Nicollet Diner co owner Sam Turner said on Fox Business they moved to the new location because of crime. Why would the open Mother Cluckers at the location they needed to flee from.
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It’s all over but the canvassing:
@ilhan
won 58-39% (20 points if you round the 58.18-38.51% margin up!). She got 103,564 votes, or 35,000 more than
@Antone_MN
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#mn05
(1/3)
Final 2020 State Primary results have been tallied and uploaded to Secretary of State’s website. Final count shows 130,888 ballots cast.
See results data at:
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Just picturing Jim Hagedorn, on his deathbed, silently mouthing the words, “Jennifer, I want you to run for my seat” as Jennifer manipulates his lips
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Sometimes I think of Minneapolis politics as Twitter vs NextDoor
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@TomBasgen
“After getting his teeth capped, the Count - or as he now prefers to be know, Drak - has exchanged his wardrobe of black cloaks and tuxedo shirts for earth-toned V necks, a winking reminder of his past.”
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I believe this is called masklighting
I’ve always said COVID is serious. The surge we prepared for is now happening in spite of restrictions, and I’m glad we helped prepare for it. The Senate can move quickly again to address a covid crisis but continued emergency powers leave the decision making to one man only.
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South Minneapolis status: shitfaced drunk, going on and on about itself
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Minnesota fuck yeah
Minnesota’s tax system is the most progressive among U.S. states, meaning poor households pay the least amount of taxes as a share of their income, according to a new report.
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AND THAT’S THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER HERE ON CURFEW NIGHT MINNESOTA
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Wife lent our neighbor our Instant Pot. Returned it to our porch. When I opened it up, this is what I found:
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Can someone ID the man the arrow is pointing at? Many on the internet allege it is one of the
#GeorgeFloyd
cops, but I strongly suspect that’s wrong & would like to debunk this if it is. This is from a 2019 Trump rally in Minneapolis. Thanks.
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