Erin Maye Quade
@ErinMayeQuade
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The Republicans refused to confirm more than 100 Obama appointed judges, including a Supreme Court nominee. They held them open until Trump and then began confirming them at rapid speed. That is *literally* the definition of court-packing.
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Yeah! Now do white supremacists.
YouTube has banned users from sharing videos of dangerous pranks on its platform because of concerns about challenges that put people's lives in jeopardy
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26 year olds have died because they ration their insulin. Kids have been shot in their schools. People have died because they can’t afford healthcare. Nazis murdered a young woman. Migrants died in detention centers. People are *already* dying because of the political climate.
Rand Paul: I'm worried that "someone is going to be killed" because of political climate
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Seattle NPR not airing White House briefings live because of “patten of false or misleading information” 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽.
However, we will not be airing the briefings live due to a pattern of false or misleading information provided that cannot be fact checked in real time. (2).
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We can’t talk about what’s happening in Minneapolis tonight without talking about what’s happened to Black Minnesotans in the last 4 months. 4 years. 400 years. HALF of Black Minnesotans are unemployed. Record numbers of ppl are experiencing homelessness, food insecurity and all.
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It’s wild that smart, talented, thoughtful people experience Imposter Syndrome and the wholly incompetent never do. Anyway, today is November 24th.
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This is LITERALLY how we’re all living right now. Because of Trump.
"You'll have no schools, no graduations, no weddings, no Thanksgiving, no Christmas, no Fourth of July, no future" -- Trump on what will happen if Biden wins
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"90% of MNs support background checks. Students marched, parents rallied, survivors pleaded, yet there's been no vote. Today, I begin a 24hr sit-in on the #mnleg House floor. I will share the stories of victims & survivors that deserve to be told in this chamber. #SitInSpeakUp"
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Everyday I think I can’t be surprised anymore—but what in the actual hell. Wounded Knee was the massacre of more 300 Lakota men, women, and children. And the current shutdown is hitting Native communities extra hard. This comment isn’t “racially charged”. It is racist, full stop.
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Wow. “We’ve got someone who obviously got an education in America”. We’re the laughingstock of the world.
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Mike Lindell is openly *begging* for Trump to “please impose martial law in” Minnesota.
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I am begging every journalist to not let that terrifying call to the Proud Boys to “stand by” slip by. They are violent white nationalists who have *already murdered someone*.
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A preemptive You’re Welcome to the rest of America. Love, Minnesota ❤️.
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There are 4 original gymnastic moves named after @Simone_Biles. All four are among the most difficult elements in gymnastics, and to this day Simone is still the only woman to have successfully completed two of those moves. Also, Tom Brady is a cheater.
Serious question. If Tom Brady having won more Super Bowls than every franchise in the NFL history isn't the most amazing individual statistic in sports, what is?.
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Accountability ≠ justice. The grief & pain Black MN's are experiencing will not go away with one verdict. We must dismantle white supremacy and build systems so every Minnesotan can live in safe & thriving communities, free from state violence & discrimination. That is justice.
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We knocked doors together. We were elected together. We served together. We sat-in together. We built power together. Standing with my sister, @IlhanMN today and everyday #IStandWithIlhan
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Raise your hand if you’re willing to wait an extra 5 minutes for the budget so Minnesotans don’t die from lack of access to insulin 🙋🏽♀️.
Despite solid votes in both chambers for insulin help, the proposal fell out of final budget deal in closed-door negotiations. @NSmithholt12, whose son Alec died at 26 because he couldn't afford insulin, said the news is "heartbreaking" #mnleg
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Narrator: and for the first time in her life, Erin walked out of @Target without spending $50.
We’re aware that guests are currently unable to make purchases at Target stores. Our teams are troubleshooting now and we apologize for the inconvenience. We will provide an update as soon as possible.
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Not to be *that* Minnesotan, but the rebate is 11% 😏.
Tim Walz hasn’t been this excited since he got a 10% rebate on a leaf blower from a Menards .#SNLPremiere
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Hi 👋🏾 from the suburbs, where I can confirm suburban moms ARE scared to death. Scared to death that their Black children won't survive encounters w/law enforcement. Scared to death that white supremacy and racism will continue to go unaddressed and continue to harm their family.
Sen. Gazelka just demanded of Walz, "where is the apology to the moms out in the suburbs scared to death?".
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Trump supporters have:. ✅Bombed a mosque in Bloomington, MN.✅Made death threats against a member of the MN Congressional Delegation.✅Mailed bombs to Democrats . Many elected officials (with Somali constituents!) were in attendance tonight. They should be asked about this.
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Fun day to be a biracial kid and product of an interracial marriage.
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Exodus 20: 8 (Remember the sabbath and keep it holy) is central to both Christian and Jewish faith traditions, yet observed on different days. So maybe the US Senate should focus on letting Americans vote and leave it to faith communities to figure out voting on the Sabbath.
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith defends preventing people from voting on Sunday, because God
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Justice Sotomayor highlighting the real implications (and the real goal, tbh) of the 303 Creative case:."Another example might help to illustrate the point. A professional photographer is generally free to choose her subjects. She can make a living taking photos of flowers.
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How is this not the biggest story in MN right now?? Roger Chamberlain, the *Chair of the Tax Committee* is OPENLY trafficking in white nationalism. He's promoting a book that says "the proper rulers of the world are white men".
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A friend just said to me “the first school shooting after you become a parent is really tough”. That just devastated me. We’re the only nation in the world where new parents have a “first school shooting after having a child” experience.
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Suburban moms are not scared of Black people. Black people are suburban moms too! Black people live EVERYWHERE in Minnesota. Suburban moms, care to share with @paulgazelka what scares you to death? Use #IAmASuburbanMom (h/t @jbeckerfinn ).
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It's wild to watch Republicans be so openly racist about not counting the votes of Black voters and everyone is collectively like "meh" 🤷🏾♀️.
"It changes the result of the election in Michigan if you take out Wayne County"
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Trump’s lawyer just went full white supremacist on the Senate floor—which is the ultimate cover for Republican Senators.
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50 years ago today the Loving case was won. A short 20 years later my parents were married. Happy #LovingDay. It made my family possible.
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Look what you made us do!.
"This will only bring up the hate and fire more than ever before" -- Republican Rep. Jason Smith
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Thats called rape. 🗣 ADULTS 👏🏽 CAN’T 👏🏽 HAVE 👏🏽SEX 👏🏽WITH 👏🏽 CHILDREN.
Florida trooper had sex with 14-year-old girl in the back of his car: authorities
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Watching this MN Senate Republican Press Conference, I'm struck by how much they're perpetuating this false narrative that people either get COVID and die, or get COVID and are fine. So many who survive COVID are experiencing *very* serious, ongoing, health complications.
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“Raphaela Mueller, a German descendant of a Nazi resister, saw the couple in the store and immediately felt nauseated. [she] is training to become a Lutheran pastor. ‘This is really traumatic to see something like this because we all know what happened during the Holocaust’”.
STORY:
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How was an oil truck able make it so far on a road that’s supposed to have been closed for 45 mins?.
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I ignore 100% of the verbal commands I’m given by someone who has broken into my house.
BREAKING: Investigator: Dallas police officer said she gave "verbal commands" that neighbor ignored before she fatally shot him.
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We did it!! Tonight’s victory is the result of hundreds of hours of work and thousands of voters who are fired up about our vision for Minnesota. I am so excited to fight for our values in November. We are fighting for a world where everyone can thrive. SD56: Thank you!.
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“Raphaela Mueller, a German descendant of a Nazi resister, saw the couple in the store and immediately felt nauseated. [she] is training to become a Lutheran pastor. ‘This is really traumatic to see something like this because we all know what happened during the Holocaust’”.
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Tonight, the cities of Winona AND West St. Paul in Minnesota passed conversion "therapy" ban ordinances and my heart is SO full! 🏳️🌈.
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Sinclair stations can reach more than 72% of households in America. This weekend, they’ll broadcast a conspiracy theory video so false it has been *banned from YouTube*.
Sinclair's local TV stations across the country are set to air the discredited "Plandemic" researcher's conspiracy theory about Dr. Fauci this weekend. The segment that is set to air suggests Fauci is responsible for the creation of the coronavirus.
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It’s illegal to be hungry and poor, but it’s not illegal pay someone so little they can’t afford housing or food.
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Multiple Republicans getting up on the Minnesota Senate floor and saying that people live in poverty because they don't work hard. Just. #mnleg
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The look of horror on my face when a GOP Senator said we should ban abortion because we need "more women to have babies for the economics".
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The last time the DFL had the trifecta we passed life-changing policies including: all-day kindergarten; Women's Economic Security Act; increased the minimum wage; froze college tuition; increased access to healthcare (and more!). I can't wait to get to work next session! #mnleg.
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"I love the rights of women as much as anybody, BUT" jfc.
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Voter restriction laws are only ever proposed to keep people--usually Black, brown and young people--from voting. Let's stop pretending it's about anything else.
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Last November Paul Gazelka threw a maskless, indoor “victory party” where a member of his own caucus caught COVID and literally died.
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Thank you everyone for the love and support. Shortly after giving birth, I was hospitalized to receive treatment for preeclampsia, and baby Hattie was kept in the hospital to receive treatment for jaundice. This week is the first time Alyse, Hattie, and I are home and healthy.
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I’m so excited to announce that I’m running for the Minnesota State Senate. While grappling with concurrent, compounding, and worsening crises could cause us to despair, I have to tell you that I have never been more hopeful about our future. (1/8)
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Shout out to all the introverts giving it their all today!.
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The City of Philadelphia is in. Philadelphia County.
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There is nothing more pathetic (or embarrassing) than a Minnesotan with a confederate flag sticker on their car 🤣.
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To be clear: this rule would protect a doctor who refused to treat a trans person in the ER for appendicitis or a broken leg *simply because the patient is trans*. This helps no one. This addresses no issue. This is dehumanizing. This is hateful. This is horrifying.
Trump to introduce new rule protecting health workers who refuse to perform abortions, treat trans patients:
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Had to wait TWELVE HOURS to vote. Make no mistake, this is purposeful. And wrong.
Night has fallen, but voting lines continue in Marietta, Georgia. The @WCKitchen team just finished serving dinner. They met someone walking out who arrived at 8am — he waited 12 hours to vote today. We must do better! Until then, #ChefsForThePolls will try to keep everyone fed.
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Today, a bill was introduced that would literally convict trans children of a crime for playing school sports. This is the first bill I’ve seen to *criminalize* trans children and it’s downright disgusting.
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Daunte Wright did not lose his life. He did not misplace his life. Daunte Wright was shot and murdered. *Please* stop saying his life was lost.
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MN House GOP said not ONE WORD after George Floyd’s murder. But when Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan—the highest ranking Native person in the *entire U.S.*—rightfully points out the painful history of Mount Rushmore, they manage to find their outrage. Spare me.
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The President of the MN Senate, Republican Mary Kiffmeyer, said today about Black Minnesotans, "they want $13 Trillion. $375,000 for each black". This language is dehumanizing. She's wrong. And it's not the first time Mary's trafficked in white nationalist rhetoric.
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Thank you Senate District 56! I am so grateful for your support and look forward to representing you in the Minnesota Senate ❤️
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Virginia sometimes asks for this flag back and I’ve enjoyed every governors refusal to return it. Because f*ck the confederacy. “It’s rightfully ours and we’re not giving it back” .-Tim Pawlenty .“It would be a sacrilege to return it to them”.-Mark Dayton.
#OTD 1863: Pvt. Marshall Sherman of the 1st MN captures this 28th Virginia Confederate battle flag during Pickett's Charge at #Gettysburg. The flag was turned over the US War Dept, but it was returned to MN in the late 19th century.
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Sending my love and support to the amazing transgender, gender nonconforming and nonbinary kids of Minnesota. You are full humans with inherent dignity and worth--and I will fight for your right to be safe and supported at school and in community, always.
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Chattel slavery was kidnapping shackling, beating, raping, mutilating and constant torture of Black people to build the wealth and physical infrastructure of this country. It was NOT asking people to abide by public health measures to keep deadly diseases from killing people.
Bonkers -- Walter Hudson, a Republican Minnesota House member-elect, claimed Sunday that slave owners "are morally equivalent" to officials/doctors who support vaccine mandates. #mnleg
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I genuinely have no words. Standing in solidarity with my colleagues in the Tennessee legislature — and every child who showed up to demand better from their state legislators. The racism is so thick you can chew it.
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Obese people are more likely to have fatal outcomes from COVID. They have priority in vaccination because they ARE HUMAN BEINGS with inherent value and worth—and their lives are worth prioritizing and saving. Republicans leaders are so constantly cruel that it’s breathtaking.
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Ohhh so American millennials have to marry into the British royal family to get maternity leave.
Duchess Meghan starts her maternity leave before the birth of her 1st child with Prince Harry.
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100,000 to 200,000 deaths in the U.S. is more than double to quadruple the current number of people who have died of COVID-19 in *the entire world*. This projection is evidence of Trump's horrendous mishandling of this pandemic.
Dr. Birx says projected coronavirus deaths in the US fall between 100,000 and 200,000
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Today, a sitting president will fly in and dehumanize, denigrate, and demean MN and Minnesotans. Our state and us. And Minnesotans will cheer him on. It is not okay and I am beyond baffled as to how *any* Minnesotan is okay with this.
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Disparaging the name of Walter Mondale? HOW F*CKING DARE YOU 😡.
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Every DFLer voted for it, every Republican voted against it — and legalization of adult-use cannabis has passed the Minnesota Senate! #mnleg
Today, the Minnesota Senate is going to vote to legalize adult-use cannabis. @Lindsey_Port and her team have spent more than 300 hours working on this bill. Today will be an incredible step forward in addressing the harms caused by prohibition & establish a safe, regulated market.
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My god I love this state so much.
Bonfire and an outdoor October watch party? So Minnesotan.
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it may not deny those services to women because the owner believes a woman’s place is in the home. And if the business offers passport photos, it may not deny those services to Mexican Americans because the owner opposes immigration from Mexico.".
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If you’re gathering to demand for justice for #GeorgeFloyd this evening, please wear a mask and maintain 6 feet of distance between others. The neighborhood you’re gathering in is largely POCI, and disproportionately impacted by COVID.
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or celebrities. The State does not regulate that choice. If the photographer opens a portrait photography business to the public, however, the business may not deny to any person, because of race, sex, national origin, or other protected characteristic,.
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Fun fact: Karin Housley killed the bipartisan effort to change the sexual harassment standard that currently makes it so hard for victims of harassment to get justice.
Claiming to be a 'fierce advocate' for women but remaining silent on the allegations made against a political ally is hypocritical, irresponsible, and just not right. Minnesotans should expect more from their leaders. More: #mnsen.
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Hi! Progressives live everywhere--including rural Minnesota.
Gotta say I didn’t expect this. In Bemidji, MN (pop ~15k), where @realDonaldTrump rallies tonight, a crowd of Biden supporters lines the main drag, signs waving.
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After years of organizing, marching, walking-out, sitting-in, rallying, protesting, letter writing, door knocking and phone calling, the Minnesota Senate passed gun violence prevention bills: universal background checks, and extreme risk protection orders.
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If the business offers school photos, it may not deny those services to multiracial children because the owner does not want to create any speech indicating that interracial couples are acceptable. If the business offers corporate headshots,.
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Depression lies to you loudly and in your own voice. Depression makes you feel tired, alone, and worthless—and then makes you feel like crap for being so tired and so lonely and so unworthy of love.
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“In five years of watching him, I’ve never seen Trump display a shred of empathy or grace towards another human being,” Mr. Favreau @jonfavs said. “I’m not sure he has that capacity, at least he’s never shown it in public.”.
With 63,000 dead and rising, Trump emphasizes strength and leaves the grieving to others. He talks of “incredible” days ahead without dwelling on the miserable days of now. He plans fireworks while Americans plan funerals.
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I cannot overstate the enthusiasm on the ground. Politically disengaged friends texting they’ve donated to a campaign for the first time. Friends from *middle school* reaching out to host fundraisers for Kamala Harris. Volunteers asking how they can sign up to door knock.
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We have them in Minnesota too!.
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Minnesota is the longest voting blue state in the nation.
BREAKING: Joe Biden wins Minnesota. #APracecall at 11:13 p.m. CST. #Election2020
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The lack of coverage is appalling. 10,000 Minnesotans marched on Saturday!.
There were 600 marches for abortion rights in the US yesterday. How much coverage did they get relative to the tiny handfuls of people protesting vaccine mandates?.
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Lutherans can confirm this works.
Pope says Catholics who can’t go to confession can ask God directly for forgiveness -
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We’re getting our first vaccine shot tomorrow and I laid out my outfit like tomorrow’s the first day of school.
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@RepMaryFranson @AlexMNHSD Actually, it *is* a Legislator’s job to meet with constituents. Even if there are known ideological differences. Even if the constituents aren’t your campaign donors. Here’s an example of what that could look like:
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the full and equal enjoyment of whatever services the business chooses to offer. That is so even though portrait photography services are customized and expressive.
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Make no mistake: this is a terrorist attack—incited, organized and encouraged by the President of the United States.
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That part!.
Maybe we shouldn’t be super literal about a nearly 240-year-old document that defined Black people as 3/5 of a person?.
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