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I was told not to tweet this until the houses adjourned for fear of jinxing it, but the Minnesota legislature just completed what is probably the most productive session anywhere in the country since probably the New Deal. Sweeping bills and reforms across every area of life.— Will Stancil (@whstancil) May 23, 2023

  • Paid family and medical leave.

  • Cannabis legalisation.

  • Free school lunches.

  • Protection for Uber drivers.

  • Codified Roe v Wade.

  • Funded lead pipe replacement.

  • Banned noncompete agreements and enacted paid sick leave.

  • Made it a trans refuge state.

  • Drivers licences as documentation for undocumented folks.

  • holy shit the list goes on.

  • Gosplan14_the_Third [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    It's a fairly average European Social Democratic program, but I guess it being done in the United States political climate is impressive.

    The amount of stuff being done definitely is impressive.

    Gotta wonder how many leftists will deradicalize because of it.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      2 years ago

      The 2020 uprising happened when George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis. Minneapolis is still very mobilized about a lot of local issues. The Nurses unions have been having yearly or bi yearly strikes over working conditions and patients safety in the hospitals for as long as I can remember. There's currently a fight brewing over re-building the burned down 3rd precinct. All the bullshit going on in the Dakotas and Iowa and Wisconsin is very immediate to most Minnesotans.

      Lots of people are very angry and this is happening because of years and decades of organization. Plus Wisconsin is right across the border and the only thing Minnesotans love more than being self-righteous parochial shits about how great their state is, is being better than Wisconsin. That alone will motivate them to keep moving.

      • Findom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]
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        2 years ago

        There’s currently a fight brewing over re-building the burned down 3rd precinct.

        :geordi-no: Voting to rebuild the 3rd precinct
        :geordi-yes: Voting to rebuild the 3rd precinct so we can burn it down again

      • sayqueensbridge [none/use name]
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        1 year ago

        I think since Dobbs the polical identity of Minnesota as a refugee state for the midwest has grown a lot stronger. That and Trump almost winning the state in 2016 was like a shot across the bow that freaked people out