Politics In Minneapolis
By Mitch Berg
On Saturday, I had a chat with Shawn Holster about the new, vastly streamlined Minneapolis GOP. It’s a reform that makes sense – going from four Senate district and 13 ward committees to a single city organization. No more wondering what side of what arbitrary dividing line you live on, no more wondering if you went to the right meeting, no more wasted effort among a dozen sub-units, more focus on what matters- it’s freaking brilliant, and Saint Paul should do the same.
It starts at the :33 mark:
In the meantime, as I was talking with Shawn, this was the MInneapolis Ward 10 convention:
Ken Martin – who runs the party of Bill “Guillotine Republicans!” Davis, of Matt “He Who Flexes on Reporters who are 30 years older than him” Roznowski, of Leigh “Thrilla On the House Floor” Finke, whose party has presided over probably half a dozen cycles of Minneapolis district conventions breaking down into riots…
…is making vigorous noises about violbla beingbla bla unacceptibiblablabla.
May 15th, 2023 at 9:16 am
Here is a video of a gamer chick who says a stalker took her to court to attempt to have her firearm(s) seized under a red flag law: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_ag-c7M5NY
May 15th, 2023 at 9:30 am
Wow – that looked like…insurrection.
May 15th, 2023 at 9:41 am
It sure did, NW. Better Red Flag Law them ASAP!
May 15th, 2023 at 9:42 am
Naw, NW, just Mogadishu tribal warfare, ’cause they know in politics, power=$$$.
May 15th, 2023 at 9:51 am
I expect the DFL to ban “assault bullhorns”.
I kid. I expect nothing of the DFL.
May 15th, 2023 at 11:05 am
My favorite is the verbatim, cut and paste Twitter responses from a couple of DFL State Legislators. Either one copied the other’s work, or they got the script from above.
May 15th, 2023 at 11:22 am
I’m convinced the script comes from the Mother Ship.
May 15th, 2023 at 12:21 pm
This isn’t the first time that a Minneapolis DFL Convention has been interrupted by violence among the attendees. The best part is that everytime the DFL has to host a another convention, they require photo ID and limit attendance to registered delegates and alternates.
“This is how democracy works!!”