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Renee DiResta (noupside@saturation.social)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2024 13:13:00 JST Renee DiResta

I used to reference chemtrails in 2015-era talks as one of those conspiracy theories that were prevalent in online fringe groups but which largely stayed confined to niche communities…and now these sorts of things are popping up *and passing* in state legislatures https://minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/05/minnesota-republicans-introduce-legislation-inspired-by-the-chemtrails-conspiracy-theory/
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1. Republicans in the Legislature, including Senate assistant minority leader Justin Eichorn, R- Grand Rapids, have introduced legislation (HF4687/SF4630) inspired by the "chemtrails" conspiracy theory. The bill contains a mishmash of conspiratorial pseudoscience, including references to made-up phenomena like "xenobiotic electromagnetism and fields," with just enough parroting of actual science to give it a veneer of credibility. It requires county sheriffs to investigate citizen complaints of "polluting atmospheric activity," and grants the governor the authority to call up the National Guard and ground any aircraft suspected of spreading pollutants.
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2. "If you look at a thousand planes, you won't see one (chemtrail). But then all of a sudden you see one," the author of the Tennessee Senate bill told the Tennessee Lookout last month. "So we're just asking the question: Are they putting anything in the air that could be toxic?" The Minnesota House version of the bill was authored by GOP Rep. Jeff Dotseth of Kettle River and co-sponsored by Reps. Pam Altendorf of Red Wing, Dawn Gillman of Dassel and Krista Knudson of Lake Shore. The Senate version was authored by GOP Sen. Eric Lucero of Saint Michael and co-sponsored by Sens. Glenn Gruenhagen of Glencoe, Bruce Anderson of Buffalo, Nathan Wesenberg of Little Falls and Eichorn, the assistant minority leader. Some of the language in the bill is nonsensical. "I don't think xenobiotic electromagnetism and fields is a thing - it doesn't even make sense," Buck said. The lead authors of both chambers' bills did not respond to a request to define "xenobiotic electromagnetism," or to provide a real-world example of it.
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  Minnesota Republicans introduce legislation inspired by the chemtrails conspiracy theory • Minnesota Reformer
  
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  Republicans in the Legislature, including Senate assistant minority leader Justin Eichorn, R-Grand Rapids, have introduced legislation (HF4687/SF4630) inspired by the “chemtrails” conspiracy theory. The bill contains a mishmash of conspiratorial pseudoscience, including references to made-up phenomena like “xenobiotic electromagnetism and fields,” with just enough parroting of actual science to give it a veneer of credibility. […]

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