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St. Paul is getting its own cat tour, inspired by the popular event in Minneapolis' Wedge neighborhood.

A cat tour is coming to St. Paul

The popular tour in Minneapolis’ “Wedge” neighborhood, where you can view cats positioned in windowsills and on porches, was an inspiration.

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Vice President Harris: Please always remember, this country is ours. It doesn’t belong to whoever is in the White House. It belongs to you. It belongs to us. It belongs to We The People

yeah i am pretty much on the side of primary everyone

David Nir@davidnir.com · last yr.

Stephen Lynch, aiming to be top Dem on the Oversight Cmte, blew up at a constituent who asked him to oppose the GOP. "I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I'm elected. I get to decide that. You wanna decide that? You need to run for Congress, okay? I get to decide that"

Pope Francis’s "Urbi et Orbi" Easter speech: “How much contempt is stirred up at times towards the vulnerable, the marginalized and migrants...I appeal to all those in positions of political responsibility in our world not to yield to the logic of fear which only leads to isolation from others.”

At long last, a complete model of the mayoral results from the 2025 Minneapolis DFL Precinct Caucus!

At this rate I am getting to a point where I will think every Democratic member of Congress should retire or be primaried.

House Democrats@housedemocrats.bsky.social · last yr.

For today's Democratic Daily Download: meet @deluzio.house.gov. He explains how Trump's trade policy has been a chaotic mess. We're offering hardworking Americans real policies to strengthen their families and communities—not fake populism to distract from tax giveaways to huge corporations.

“Siri, show me an article of clothing that would earn me more ridicule than owning a Cybertruck …”

Nonprofit wrote this article, how about a proposal on how to curb the massive cost increases? How about that CEO takes a pay cut?

Minnesota Reformer@minnesotareformer.com · last yr.

Commentary: “I love this work, but I can’t afford to keep doing it.” Now, under the governor’s proposed budget, that refrain will grow louder. Low pay and rising costs will drive workers away, increasing turnover and further straining already limited resources. minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/31/m...

Wisconsin Law: 12.11 Election bribery. ... (1m) Any person who does any of the following violates this chapter: (a) Offers, gives... anything of value... to, or for, any elector, ... in order to induce any elector to: ... 2. Vote or refrain from voting.

Tom Joscelyn@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · last yr.

Elon Musk advertises his blatantly corrupt attempt to buy a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court:

If it sounds like I'm fed up, its because I am. The Mayor shuts down any duly elected Council Member when they don’t serve his interests no questions asked. I know because I'm one of them. It's an injustice to the thousands of residents who elected us and are also his constituents.

taylr@taylordahlin.com · last yr.

emily koski ends her rebuttal with “but taking out your veto pen is easy” after jacob frey blamed all his recent vetoes on the city council identifying a line and then going too far for him

They are absolutely sleepwalking into a Tea Party 2. Most Democrats even agree with people like AOC, Bernie. Not good for incumbents to just piss off your base.

Adam Wren@adamwren.bsky.social · last yr.

New: Last month, a group of moderate Democratic consultants, campaign staffers, elected officials & party leaders gathered in Loudoun County, Virginia, for a retreat where they plotted their party’s comeback. We got their takeaways. t.co/bEwlg4jbtM

Midwesterners, what corn palace are you feeling like today? Sioux City 1887/Sioux City 1888/Creston IA 1889/Sioux City 1889

loving the new design of the Emerald City in Wicked

Municipal boundary changes in St. Paul MN. It capped out in 1887, just 40 years after its founding.

Another article in that paper, with the old logo of the Democratic Party also known as "the Democracy"

s0phistry@s0phistry.bsky.social · 2y ago

Headline on the day after the 1884 election, Saint Paul Daily Globe, 11/5/1884. The NYT has nothing on this.

Headline on the day after the 1884 election, Saint Paul Daily Globe, 11/5/1884. The NYT has nothing on this.

Saint Paul's Upper Landing neighborhood in 1958, taken from the High Bridge. Same angle from 2011.

The glorious 1964 Illinois House of Representatives election. The state failed to redistrict so they elected everyone at large. How they did it led to the monstrous vote totals. Here is a sample ballot of it I got from my grandma that I uploaded to Wikipedia.

“bluesky is an echo chamber” everywhere’s an echo chamber i’m going with the one without cybertruck guys

Saint Paul MN historic wards and which Census year they peaked in population. Yep, the 2020 numbers are accurate within a city block. Ward 8 has the * because it included Ward 12 before 1910. The downtown wards once had ~25k total living there.

Federal interstate plans for Matowa Minnesota. Every freeway planned was built, and then some. The results were catastrophic, as the city dropped from a high of 1.4 million in 1960 to just 607k in 2010.

We don't make posters like this anymore

The 1964 Minnesota State House election. While LBJ won 64% statewide, the DFL netted 0 seats. Their gains in cities and Central MN were stripped by losses in rural S MN and in Duluth. Added, a flip in 30E was overturned due to the candidate's fake news about the incumbent.

s0phistry@s0phistry.bsky.social · 3y ago

Reposting here, this is the 1962 Minnesota legislative elections. There were nonpartisan ballots but it was a two horse race. The DFL won the governor's race with a tiny margin, but flopped in the malapportioned legislature. It was redistricted barely after 55 years in 1959 for 1962.

The final piece of advice I would like to give to new folks tonight is that Bluesky will be what you make of it. When I came over from the former Twitter, I resolved to be more kind to others here than I was over there. That choice has made being here so much better. Keep it in mind for yourself.

This place needs group DMs and then I'm all set

The 1964 Minnesota State House election. While LBJ won 64% statewide, the DFL netted 0 seats. Their gains in cities and Central MN were stripped by losses in rural S MN and in Duluth. Added, a flip in 30E was overturned due to the candidate's fake news about the incumbent.

s0phistry@s0phistry.bsky.social · 3y ago

Reposting here, this is the 1962 Minnesota legislative elections. There were nonpartisan ballots but it was a two horse race. The DFL won the governor's race with a tiny margin, but flopped in the malapportioned legislature. It was redistricted barely after 55 years in 1959 for 1962.

For all you Kaiserreich fans out there, enjoy this portrait of the famous President of China, Chen Jiongming (1930-1948) of the Public Interest Party.

1918 Minneapolis Mayoral race. The incumbent Socialist mayor lost reelection but helped create a progressive coalition that Hubert Humphrey would later win with. Van Lear would help found the Farmer Labor Party which reshaped Minnesota.