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   malena (seachanger@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 09:10:04 JST malena

   • Paul Cantrell

   Can’t get over @inthehands ‘s list of what Minnesota’s state Dem trifecta accomplished this legislative session with a one vote majority. Mind blown alaskan right here 🤯

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     May similar victories come soon to a legislature near you!

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     scott f (scott@carfree.city)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 09:40:23 JST scott f

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     @seachanger @inthehands Mind blown Californian right here. We’ve never not had a Dem trifecta in my time in the state, and we can’t even legalize rent control on post-1995 buildings.

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     @scott
     To be fair, rent control is one of the messiest things in politics. It scrambles standard coalitions, it’s full of weird systemic effects and unintended consequences, and half the thing that sound like good ideas are actually terrible ideas. We mostly don’t have it here in MN either — with the notable exception of St. Paul, which tangled up trying to unwind what it just did.

     What we •did• get is new affordable housing construction money, which is a really good thing!

     @seachanger

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 09:46:22 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Whitney

     @writerethink @seachanger
     Yeah, NY is weird. IL too. Doesn’t make a dang bit of sense at a distance; sorry it’s no better up close.

     FWIW, this was a special year for MN. We’ve been through some rough political waters here these past ~20 years.

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     Whitney (writerethink@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 09:46:23 JST Whitney

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     • Paul Cantrell

     @seachanger @inthehands mind-blown NYer here. I’m so proud of my former home state of MN and still (even after 15 years of living here) so baffled by how dysfunctional NY state politics are.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 09:54:54 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Whitney

     @writerethink @seachanger
     Yeah, WI is in a •dire• situation right now. I know folks who teach at UW River Falls, and what’s happening in higher ed there is just…bleak.

     And really, I don’t think WI is that different from MN. Just teetered on the other side of the knife’s edge.

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     Whitney (writerethink@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 09:54:55 JST Whitney

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     • Paul Cantrell

     @inthehands @seachanger oh, I know. I still follow MN politics pretty closely (and WI, too, since that’s where my family ended up after I left for college…WI politics is YIKES.)

     I’m so so proud of MN and wish they could come talk some sense into NY!

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 09:55:22 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @scott
     Yeah, I’ll take the win for MN for now! And I’ll hope that some come your way too.

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     scott f (scott@carfree.city)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 09:55:23 JST scott f

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     @inthehands Not the only thing I could complain about. I think y'all have us beat on labor rights too (our governor couldn't bring himself to take a stand on the horrible Prop 20 that took rights away from gig workers in 2020), and on funding transit, which is looking so dire here we had a mock funeral for transit: https://thefrisc.com/not-dead-yet-sf-transit-officials-plea-for-rescue-funds-while-advocates-hold-funeral-rally-4a5915a9daaa?gi=9d902813fad9

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 10:00:46 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Whitney

     @writerethink @seachanger
     The answer may be as simple as “restoring voting rights and ending gerrymandering.” Which happens either (1) nationally or (2) in a once-in-a-generation landslide election. Neither of which we can count on. Alas.

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     Whitney (writerethink@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 10:00:47 JST Whitney

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     • Paul Cantrell

     @inthehands @seachanger yep. My brother and his wife teach at UW Eau Claire. I really hope WI can somehow teeter back to the other side of that knife’s edge but it’s quite hard to see how (at least from a distance).

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     malena (seachanger@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 11:17:04 JST malena

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     @inthehands we recently gave a second term to the dumbest of dumb dumb oil company puppets, and a good session for us is when we can keep a far right trifecta at bay by a legislator or two. Never thought I’d see politics as bad as Alaskas the last 5-6 years

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 11:17:04 JST Paul Cantrell

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     As the locals say here in MN, uff da