Nick Harper, he/him
@nharper.bsky.social
Nonprofit political law & policy attorney. Proceduralist & anxious, jealous guardian of democracy. Tweets are mine, not my employer's or anybody else’s. Minneapolis. Idealist w/ weltschmerz. I’m on Signal, DM me for my handle.
If AIPAC's commitment to arming a rogue state isn't enough for you, I cannot emphasize enough that this organization is just a slush fund for GOP donors to influence Dem races. Their donor base is mostly conservatives who want Republicans to win.
Andrew Solender@andrewsolender.bsky.social · 14h agoAIPAC: "Our members remain determined to ensure that voters reject Dr. El-Sayed and his radical anti-Israel agenda in November."
I encourage all of us to have the grace and focus shown in this going up within minutes of the race being called.
If AI systems are trained to tell users what they want to hear, what happens when those users are cops and prosecutors? My latest @techpolicypress.bsky.social piece begins a three part series on Perils of AI in Policing, starting with risk of AI sycophancy contaminating law enforcement
Will AI Sycophancy Contaminate Law Enforcement?
AI sycophancy in high risk domains like law enforcement are under-analyzed, argues Tech Policy Press fellow Jake Laperruque.
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[Today’s poster’s madness includes “Riff on Kendal“ Day] This is why I call Almanac, the Strib editorial page, the old-guard Senior Caucus “The Lagging Indicators” - despite the fact that we can learn from the past, status quo forces will always tumble for a circumscribed nostalgia
Kendal Killian@kedrickillian.bsky.social · 13h agoName a Minnesota political pundit and I will tell you which election they lost to move them from being relevant to being a pundit. Why are losers seen as credible? When you lose it means the voters are rejecting your point of view. Yet on the Almanac couch your rejected perspective lives forever.
racket is five years old!!! i find that fact very hard to swallow and yet it’s true. here’s our fifth annual report to prove it. i feel very, very lucky that this is my job and my life!!!
Racket’s Year in Review: August 2025-July 2026 - Racket
Let’s dig into the facts and figures from Racket’s fifth year of operation.
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LOL. Abdul El-Sayed WON the Democratic Primary in Michigan despite being outspent 10-1! Amazing gaslighting here.
Politico@politico.com · 21h agoProgressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted
One city department shouldn't be able to go so far over budget that it wrecks the rest of the enterprise, imho.
Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com · yesterdayMore than 100 city employees could be laid off in Minneapolis in the first major layoffs in 16 years as the city faces a $33 million budget gap.
I did not realize my joke was almost literally the Lindell campaign’s actual defense.
Just saw a cop blare their siren at a car parked in the bus lane on Lake St. until the car moved. Thank you for your service 🫡
Man's Affirmative Nod
Alt: Man's Affirmative Nod
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Sure would be a shame if the City had spent decades building its entire economic development policy around Downtown commercial landlords who also happened to be the main political allies of the Mayor who got caught holding the bag when the entire paradigm of work permanently shifted 🫣
Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com · yesterdayMore than 100 city employees could be laid off in Minneapolis in the first major layoffs in 16 years as the city faces a $33 million budget gap.
NEW: Amid AG confirmation battle, Todd Blanche assured anti-abortion activists that he's working to make Dobbs 'permanent in every single state.' Admin will act 'soon' to limit mail-order abortion drugs. w/ @alicemiranda.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Blanche assures anti-abortion supporters that Dobbs will be ‘permanent in every single state’
The acting attorney general made the remarks during a private call with faith leaders.
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DSA-aligned Democrats are now the most pro-free-trade voting bloc in the United States, in an incredible turn of events www.theargumentmag.com/p/who-suppor...
OMFG, this. For any liberal or progressive cause, over and over. Boudin’s recall was a National Defeat, while Krasner’s victory was a quirky local interest story and Foxx’s reelection in 2020 got zero national coverage at all.
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2d agoJust so everyone knows, this is a tried-and-true mainstream media tactic. For progressives/leftist candidates, every election is a “crucial test” and any loss would serve as proof to the media that the latest left-side moment is at its end. Any win, though, just means it’s time to find a new test.
OK minneapolis bikesky, where are the bike *lockers* located in downtown Minneapolis?
mayor jacob frey announces that public safety commissioner toddrick barnette is expected to end his service to the city of minneapolis at the end of the year, coming on the heels of his reappointment being voted down by city council this is maybe the highest paid position in the city
Josh Martin@joshmartinmpls.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe council failed to override the mayor’s veto of the denial of the nomination of Toddrick Barnette to serve as Community Safety Commissioner, by a vote of 7-6 (2/3 vote required).
Hate Lindell, but I don’t see this complaint being successful. There was no promises made to vote from recipients.
Daniel Suitor@danielsuitor.com · 3d agoVery short notice, but I just saw this. The MyPillow guy is getting dragged into Minnesota's campaign finance court for giving away pillows as campaign promotions at a 4th of July parade, allegedly in violation of a law prohibiting the provision of monetary value to win votes. Hearing in 10 mins!
North Texas continues to be one of the hotbeds of American fascism
steven monacelli@stevanzetti.bsky.social · 4d agoIn 2022, I noted that Steven Crowder accepted an invitation from a woman in North Texas who has described herself as a Christian Fascist and wondered whether he aligned himself with her group's ideology. Now we don't have to wonder.
Anyone who has worked with domestic violence victims know the answer to this is too often yes.
“They didn't understand it was satire in the beginning until the end,” Casa Grande, Arizona resident Jacob Petrosky told 404 Media. “They were not happy, they were very upset.” www.404media.co/casa-grande-...
'I Would Never Do This To You:' Protesting Flock, Arizona Man Presents Plan to Surveil Government Officials
“They didn't understand it was satire in the beginning until the end,” Casa Grande, Arizona resident Jacob Petrosky told 404 Media. “They were not happy, they were very upset.”
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Ok all due respect to Billy Shakes, but Polonius crying out “I am slain!” when he gets stabbed is just bad writing 🙊
TEN Commandments? In this economy?
David Brauer@dbrauer.net · 4d agoNINE inch nails? In this economy?
Flock put up 18 cameras on public property in Shaker Heights, OH, for its >140,000 "monthly active users" to watch. Someone else put up two posters to express their opinion on such mass surveillance. Only one of these is being investigated as a crime. www.shakerheightsoh.gov/m/newsflash/...
