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mekka okereke :verified:
mekka okereke :verified:
@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Minnesota Dems are trying to elect as governor, the County Attorney that refused to charge Derek Chauvin for his entire career of brutality against Black Minnesotans, and refused to charge almost every cop in the police department that is on the most racist 1% of police departments in North America?

Then if Black Minnesotans don't turn out to vote for her in record numbers, a bunch of white people are going to jump on BlueSky and Twitter and Mastodon and Facebook to curse out Black people, and express their homicidal fantasies about how Black men and Somali immigrants now deserve whatever is about to happen to them.

Chart showing Minnesota has "More Racial Disparities in deadly force than 100% of Depts"

That is not a good accomplishment.

Only 19% of Minnesota is Black, but 75% of people killed by police are Black.
Chart showing Minnesota has "More Racial Disparities in deadly force than 100% of Depts" That is not a good accomplishment. Only 19% of Minnesota is Black, but 75% of people killed by police are Black.
Chart showing Minnesota has "More Racial Disparities in deadly force than 100% of Depts" That is not a good accomplishment. Only 19% of Minnesota is Black, but 75% of people killed by police are Black.
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Martin Seeger
Martin Seeger
@masek@infosec.exchange  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@mekkaokereke IMHO the democrats are constantly appealing to a mythical non-affiliated group that never existed as they imagine it.

Just because someone isn't a registered Democrat or Republican, it doesn't mean that person is residing politically in the space between Republicans and Democrats on all issues.

They are still tied to a model of American politics that died a long time ago. If they don't get rid of that stone around their neck, it will drag them down.

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skua
skua
@skua@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@mekkaokereke

They'll be accused of letting "racial sentiments" overwhelm their reason.

The need not to slaughter fellows and relatives of those whose votes you want is incomprehensible to some.

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rayocentric
rayocentric
@rayocentric@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@mekkaokereke You already know.

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reep
reep
@reep@troet.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@mekkaokereke Two party system 🤷‍♂️. Having no more (real) choice than between the plague and cholera doesn't seem so democratic, watched from afar...

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Weird Socks
Weird Socks
@ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@mekkaokereke
Is there anyone left of Klobuchar running who could win if given enough support? I don't know much about politics in MN.

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Ari "Two Naps" Jackson
Ari "Two Naps" Jackson
@arisummerland@beige.party  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@mekkaokereke

My reaction when I saw the announcement that she was running was just a dejected, "Oh g-d. No." 😣

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Luna :neurodiversity: :trans:
Luna :neurodiversity: :trans:
@Moondancer@beige.party  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@mekkaokereke Gotta love how majorities will say the most bigoted shit and then hide behind the curtain of “pragmatism” when they’re the last people that would be hurt by this system.

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DarkAthena  💙🏳️‍🌈🧑🏻‍💻💫
DarkAthena 💙🏳️‍🌈🧑🏻‍💻💫
@DarkAthena@beige.party  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@mekkaokereke @Compassionatecrab Klobuchar is being dispatched to bring MN to heel. She’s a #Collaborator and a #Traitor to democracy.

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lawrence.stevens
lawrence.stevens
@lawrence_stevens@c.im  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@mekkaokereke Aug. 11 is Minnesota’s primary election, with early voting beginning at the end of June.

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Woozle Hypertwin
Woozle Hypertwin
@woozle@toot.cat  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@mekkaokereke 😡

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BlueDot🇺🇦
BlueDot🇺🇦
@BlueDot@left-tusk.com  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@mekkaokereke

Mike Freeman is running for Governor of Minnesota? Do you have a source for this?

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Sobex
Sobex
@Sobex@social.sciences.re  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@mekkaokereke Is there any primary for that election ?

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Michael Busch
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@michael_w_busch@mastodon.online  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@Sobex @mekkaokereke

The primary for the DFL nomination for governor here in Minnesota is in August.

I am interested in anyone else who will be running for it besides Amy Klobuchar.

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