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Lynnell Mickelsen
@lynnellmick
Parent & citizen. Tweets on education, policing & politics. Love cats, horses, big dogs, skiing and camping with beloved husband.
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Oct 8 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
I’m 67 and grew up listening to NPR. Always played it in the car; in the kitchen; donated up to $1,000 a year to my local station. But now, I rarely listen and give almost nothing. Why would I pay for “both sideism,” false equivalencies and the…..1/ …endless stream of GOPers regularly invited on to lie because….”objectivity”!?! I want journalists to be fair & tell the truth, as best they can. If they know someone is lying, call them on it or don’t platform them. Instead NPR became just another gaslighting..,,,,2/
Oct 4, 2021 • 20 tweets • 4 min read
Why you should vote NO on the strong mayor amendment in Minneapolis: (A thread)

Because it’s a power grab by affluent white elites, dressed up in the language of good governance—and I say this as an affluent White Boomer from Linden Hills.

Here’s why you should vote no. 1/ Look, I’m an old political activist and nerd. So I’ve been hearing the strong mayor vs. strong council argument ever since I moved to Minneapolis 32 years ago. I’ve been mostly agnostic about it: each model comes with its virtues and problems. 2/
May 29, 2020 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
My dental office in the Linden Hills neighborhood of southwest Minneapolis is boarding up their windows this afternoon. We are a long way from the protests, so let's be clear about what's going on here. We don't have a protest problem. We have a policing problem. A thread: 1/ Minneapolis police do NOT appear to be under the command or control, of our mayor or our excellent police chief. So it seems like a lot of cops have apparently decided to stop doing their jobs until their notorious union chief, Bob Kroll, tells them to go back to work. 2/
May 28, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
The Minneapolis police force is overwhelmingly made up of suburban White men. These guys voted for Bob Kroll, a White supremacist and Trump fan to head their union. These are the heavily armed people that the city keeps hiring to “protect” us. 1/ Calling the police for help in Minneapolis has long been a sick game of chance, especially for POC. You might get a decent professional. Or you might get a jacked-up, heavily-armed Deplorable with 12 previous complaints like the guy who killed George Floyd. 2/