#gun rights bill

[thatsrightice]

I love this picture because I can just imagine Nick sitting on the floor of Tom and Bill’s room at the Naval Academy just messing with his camera because it’s like 12-dark-thirty and they’ve gotten nowhere on this advanced thermodynamics assignment. Tom and Bill are laying on the floor with papers and notebooks and textbooks scattered all around them still hard at work on this stupid assignment that even Tom, the guy who’s been at the top of every class he’s ever taken, was struggling to understand. And Ron is laying upside down on Tom’s bed throwing a ball and catching it having given up a while ago with the promise that if Tom figured it out he would make sure that he ends up with an actually cool callsign.

#the boys #love this crew right here #I meant zero-dark-thirty but I ain’t changing it because I think it’s funny #what would have happened if cougar and goose flew together? #naval academy #top gun #tom kazansky #iceman #pete mitchell #tom iceman kazansky #my boys #ron slider kerner #nick goose bradshaw #bill cougar cortell #flyboys #flyboy shenanigans #iceman is a genius #this isn’t a pic from top gun but it should be #just a little thing I wrote

[geminni5]

Read this article to know why KOSA is bad.

It is just serious censorship pretending to be caring for children's safety.

ALSO HOW TF CAN SHE SAY THAT EDUCATION ABOUT RACE DISCRIMINATION IS HARMFUL FOR THE CHILDREN??????

This is all just a trojan horse for preventing people from talking about important issues like gun laws , abortions , trans rights , racial discrimination and a lot more in the name of protecting children.

This will affect anyone on the internet regardless of their nationality.

Please spread the word!

STOP KOSA

#stop kosa #human rights #censorship #not q #stop the kosa bill #kosa bill #feminism #activism #intersectionalfeminist #bad internet bills #intersectional feminism #gun laws #pro choice #transrightarehumanrights #trans rights #lgbtq+ rights are human rights #lgbtq rights

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

A year and a half before he was arrested in the Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooting that left five people dead, Anderson Lee Aldrich allegedly threatened his mother with a homemade bomb, forcing neighbors in surrounding homes to evacuate while the bomb squad and crisis negotiators talked him into surrendering.

Yet despite that scare, there's no public record that prosecutors moved forward with felony kidnapping and menacing charges against Aldrich, or that police or relatives tried to trigger Colorado's "red flag" law that would have allowed authorities to seize the weapons and ammo the man's mother says he had with him.

Gun control advocates say Aldrich's June 2021 threat is an example of a red flag law ignored, with potentially deadly consequences. While it's not clear the law could have prevented Saturday night's attack — such gun seizures can be in effect for as little as 14 days and be extended by a judge in six-month increments — they say it could have at least slowed Aldrich and raised his profile with law enforcement.

"We need heroes beforehand — parents, co-workers, friends who are seeing someone go down this path," said Colorado state Rep. Tom Sullivan, whose son was killed in the Aurora theater shooting and sponsored the state's red flag law passed in 2019. "This should have alerted them, put him on their radar."

But the law that allows guns to be removed from people deemed dangerous to themselves or others has seldom been used in the state, particularly in El Paso County, home to Colorado Springs, where the 22-year-old Aldrich allegedly went into Club Q with a long gun at just before midnight and opened fire before he was subdued by patrons.

An Associated Press analysis found Colorado has one of the lowest rates of red flag usage despite widespread gun ownership and several high-profile mass shootings.

Courts issued 151 gun surrender orders from when the law took effect in April 2019 through 2021, three surrender orders for every 100,000 adults in the state. That's a third of the ratio of orders issued for the 19 states and District of Columbia with surrender laws on their books.

El Paso County appears especially hostile to the law. It joined nearly 2,000 counties nationwide in declaring themselves "Second Amendment Sanctuaries" that protect the constitutional right to bear arms, passing a 2019 resolution that says the red flag law "infringes upon the inalienable rights of law-abiding citizens" by ordering police to "forcibly enter premises and seize a citizen's property with no evidence of a crime."

County Sheriff Bill Elder has said his office would wait for family members to ask a court for surrender orders and not petition for them on its own accord, unless there were "exigent circumstances" and "probable cause" of a crime.

El Paso County, with a population of 730,000, had 13 temporary firearm removals through the end of last year, four of which turned into longer ones of at least six months.

The county sheriff's office declined to answer what happened after Aldrich's arrest last year, including whether anyone asked to have his weapons removed. The press release issued by the sheriff's office at the time said no explosives were found but did not mention anything about whether any weapons were recovered.

Spokesperson Lt. Deborah Mynatt referred further questions about the case to the district attorney's office.

An online court records search did not turn up any formal charges filed against Aldrich in last year's case. And in an update on a story on the bomb threat, The Gazette newspaper of Colorado Springs reported that prosecutors did not pursue any charges in the case and that records were sealed.

The Gazette also reported Sunday that it got a call from Aldrich in August asking that it remove a story about the incident.

"There is absolutely nothing there, the case was dropped, and I'm asking you either remove or update the story," Aldrich said in a voice message to an editor. "The entire case was dismissed."

A spokesperson for the district attorney's office, Howard Black, declined to comment on whether any charges were pursued. He said the shooting investigation will also include a study of the bomb threat.

"There will be no additional information released at this time," Black said. "These are still investigative questions."

AP's study of 19 states and the District of Columbia with red flag laws on their books found they have been used about 15,000 times since 2020, less than 10 times for every 100,000 adults in each state. Experts called that woefully low and hardly enough to make a dent in gun killings.

Just this year, authorities in Highland Park, Illinois, were criticized for not trying to take guns away from the 21-year-old accused of a Fourth of July parade shooting that left seven dead. Police had been alerted about him in 2019 after he threatened to "kill everyone" in his home.

Duke University sociologist Jeffrey Swanson, an expert in red flag laws, said the Colorado Springs case could be yet another missed warning sign.

"This seems like a no brainer, if the mom knew he had guns," he said. "If you removed firearms from the situation, you could have had a different ending to the story."

#us politics #news #npr news #npr #Colorado #club q shooting #Anderson Lee Aldrich #red flag laws #gun violence #gun rights #gun control #felony kidnapping #menacing #bomb threat #Rep. Tom Sullivan #The Gazette #Second Amendment Sanctuaries #Sheriff Bill Elder #associated press #ap news #mass shootings #mass shooters

[ophilosoraptoro]

State Is in SHOCK as 88% of Counties REBEL, Refuse to Enforce Ban on Guns

#gun control #2nd amendment #gun rights #illinois #politics #bill of rights #constitution #Youtube

[grimalkinmessor]

Is mello sexist (kidnapping Sayu and kiyomi instead of light and mikami)?

Very confused by this question but I actually had to think about this for a hot second lmao.

But no, I don't think Mello is sexist—again, like with Light I think any sort of misogyny he displays is more a show of the writers' views than his own. Because PERSONALLY (rant incoming) I THINK IT WAS HIGHLY FUCKING OUT OF CHARACTER FOR MELLO TO ACTUALLY TURN AWAY WHEN TAKADA ASKED HIM TO IN THE TRUCK. MELLO DOESN'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT MODESTY. YOU THINK HE'D KIDNAP SOMEONE BUT WOULD HAVE A HANG UP ABOUT SEEING THEM NAKED?? ESPECIALLY WHEN HE GREW UP AT WAMMY'S??? WHEN HE KNOWS FIRST HAND WOMEN CAN BE DANGEROUS?? WHEN HE KNEW SHE WAS WORKING FOR KIRA??? NAH—THAT'S SOME BULLSHIT. (rant over)

Anyway ✨ My point is that no, I don't Mello is sexist. At least, not for kidnapping Takada and Sayu? I mean out of everyone close to Light, the head of the investigation (and thus someone Mello [and Near] would suspect as Kira), Sayu would've been the easiest to grab. She's a grown woman, which means that no one's watching her all the time, she goes out with friends a lot where Sachiko mainly just stays home, Soichiro stays at headquarters along with Light with all the protections L built into that building—Sayu was the least protected out of all of them. And subsequently the one person Light cannot bring himself to kill :) Smart moves, not sexist ones.

As for Takada,,,,Mello had a woman on the inside through Halle. Halle was nore sympathetic to him than any of Near's other operatives; if Mello tried to kidnap Mikami, Gevanni and/or Rester would've stopped him immediately because it would've interfered with their plan. A plan that Mello also likely knew about, again thanks to Halle.

("Then I guess I'm going to have to do it" indeed).

Takada was the easier—not to mention more sensible—target between the two of them, given what Mello was trying to accomplish; which was Draw Kira(s) Out and Hope They Fuck Up Under Pressure. And Mikami did! :D So if he'd have kidnapped Mikami, they probably would've lost—Near would just be dead instead of Mello 🥲

TLDR: No I don't think Mello is sexist for kidnapping Takada and Sayu instead of Light and Mikami because he didn't NEED to kidnap Light and Mikami, however you could make the argument that he's sexist through something else, liKE THE FUCKING TRUCK SCENE WHEN HE LOOKED AWAY FROM AN ACTIVE THREAT JUST BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANNA SEE HER TITS okay thank you :3

#asks #anonymous #mello #mihael keehl #death note #i do not believe in sexist mello #he is equal rights equal fights but he absolutely emphasizes the Rights bit #HE FIGHTS FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS. WOMEN'S RIGHTS TO BE FUCKING INSANE. #mello fist fights halle in a dennys parking lot on monday and then holds the ny governor at gun point on friday #roll that Women That Leave The State 4 Abortions Get Arrested bill RIGHT ON BACK JOHN OR IM BLOWING YOUR BRAINS OUT ALL OVER YOUR DAMN DESK

[realist-shit-just-happened]

“I believe America should adopt common sense gun controls. This includes requiring every gun owner to attend a mandatory gun safety class.” What other constitutional rights would you like to see additional regulations on or need a permit/license for?

What other constitutional rights could lead to people dying unnecessarily?

#ask dumb questions #get dumb answers #gun safety #gun restrictions #gun regulation #gun responsibility #also #list the bill of rights #without googling it

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

May 6, 2023

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

MAY 6, 2023

For years now, after one massacre or another, I have written some version of the same article, explaining that the nation’s current gun free-for-all is not traditional but, rather, is a symptom of the takeover of our nation by a radical extremist minority. The idea that massacres are “the price of freedom,” as right-wing personality Bill O’Reilly said in 2017 after the Mandalay Bay massacre in Las Vegas, in which a gunman killed 60 people and wounded 411 others, is new, and it is about politics, not our history. The Second Amendment to the Constitution, on which modern-day arguments for widespread gun ownership rest, is one simple sentence: “A well regulated militia, being necessary for the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” There’s not a lot to go on about what the Framers meant, although in their day, to “bear arms” meant to be part of an organized militia. As the Tennessee Supreme Court wrote in 1840, “A man in the pursuit of deer, elk, and buffaloes might carry his rifle every day for forty years, and yet it would never be said of him that he had borne arms; much less could it be said that a private citizen bears arms because he has a dirk or pistol concealed under his clothes, or a spear in a cane.” Today’s insistence that the Second Amendment gives individuals a broad right to own guns comes from two places. One is the establishment of the National Rifle Association in New York in 1871, in part to improve the marksmanship skills of American citizens who might be called on to fight in another war, and in part to promote in America the British sport of elite shooting, complete with hefty cash prizes in newly organized tournaments. Just a decade after the Civil War, veterans jumped at the chance to hone their former skills. Rifle clubs sprang up across the nation. By the 1920s, rifle shooting was a popular American sport. “Riflemen” competed in the Olympics, in colleges, and in local, state, and national tournaments organized by the NRA. Being a good marksman was a source of pride, mentioned in public biographies, like being a good golfer. In 1925, when the secretary of the NRA apparently took money from ammunition and arms manufacturers, the organization tossed him out and sued him. NRA officers insisted on the right of citizens to own rifles and handguns but worked hard to distinguish between law-abiding citizens who should have access to guns for hunting and target shooting and protection, and criminals and mentally ill people, who should not. In 1931, amid fears of bootlegger gangs, the NRA backed federal legislation to limit concealed weapons; prevent possession by criminals, the mentally ill and children; to require all dealers to be licensed; and to require background checks before delivery. It backed the 1934 National Firearms Act, and parts of the 1968 Gun Control Act, designed to stop what seemed to be America’s hurtle toward violence in that turbulent decade. But in the mid-1970s a faction in the NRA forced the organization away from sports and toward opposing “gun control.” It formed a political action committee (PAC) in 1975, and two years later it elected an organization president who abandoned sporting culture and focused instead on “gun rights.” This was the second thing that led us to where we are today: leaders of the NRA embraced the politics of Movement Conservatism, the political movement that rose to combat the business regulations and social welfare programs that both Democrats and Republicans embraced after World War II. Movement Conservatives embraced the myth of the American cowboy as a white man standing against the “socialism” of the federal government as it sought to level the economic playing field between Black Americans and their white neighbors. Leaders like Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater personified the American cowboy, with his cowboy hat and opposition to government regulation, while television Westerns showed good guys putting down bad guys without the interference of the government. In 1972 the Republican platform had called for gun control to restrict the sale of “cheap handguns,” but in 1975, as he geared up to challenge President Gerald R. Ford for the 1976 presidential nomination, Movement Conservative hero Ronald Reagan took a stand against gun control. In 1980, the Republican platform opposed the federal registration of firearms, and the NRA endorsed a presidential candidate—Reagan—for the first time.

When President Reagan took office, a new American era, dominated by Movement Conservatives, began. And the power of the NRA over American politics grew. In 1981 a gunman trying to kill Reagan shot and paralyzed his press secretary, James Brady, and wounded Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy and police officer Thomas Delahanty. After the shooting, then-representative Charles Schumer (D-NY) introduced legislation that became known as the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, or the Brady Bill, to require background checks before gun purchases. Reagan, who was a member of the NRA, endorsed the bill, but the NRA spent millions of dollars to defeat it. After the Brady Bill passed in 1993, the NRA paid for lawsuits in nine states to strike it down. Until 1959, every single legal article on the Second Amendment concluded that it was not intended to guarantee individuals the right to own a gun. But in the 1970s, legal scholars funded by the NRA had begun to argue that the Second Amendment did exactly that. In 1997, when the Brady Bill cases came before the Supreme Court as Printz v. United States, the Supreme Court declared parts of the measure unconstitutional. Now a player in national politics, the NRA was awash in money from gun and ammunition manufacturers. By 2000 it was one of the three most powerful lobbies in Washington. It spent more than $40 million on the 2008 election. In that year, the landmark Supreme Court decision of District of Columbia v. Heller struck down gun regulations and declared that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to keep and bear arms. Increasingly, NRA money backed Republican candidates. In 2012 the NRA spent $9 million in the presidential election, and in 2014 it spent $13 million. Then, in 2016, it spent over $50 million on Republican candidates, including more than $30 million on Trump’s effort to win the White House. This money was vital to Trump, since many other Republican super PACs refused to back him. The NRA spent more money on Trump than any other outside group, including the leading Trump super PAC, which spent $20.3 million. The unfettered right to own and carry weapons has come to symbolize the Republican Party’s ideology of individual liberty. Lawmakers and activists have not been able to overcome Republican insistence on gun rights despite the mass shootings that have risen since their new emphasis on guns. Tonight, I am, once again, posting yet another version of this article.

—

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

#Heather Cox Richardson #Letters From An American #gun violence #right wing propaganda #NRA #history #Corrupt SCOTUS #money in politics #guns #Brady Bill #gun control

[bluecastlemistawis]

I'm bad at names, my husband is bad at names

an older lady from the church we've been going to for 6 months invited us to lunch and while we were there I casually looked at the cards and pictures on her fridge to try and figure out her name bc it was way past the point that I could just ask. It worked and now I've learned a total of 2 church people's names

#patricia would fit right in on christian tumblr #she does woodworking and made a coffee table with a hidden gun compartment #shes anti mask #anti bill gates #very fun to talk to

[thebongomediaempire]

#fake book cover #a bongo book #charles bongo garrett #parody #no rights reserved #a bongo true sales book #YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR ALL THAT AVON YOU ORDERED #avon #one woman's nightmarish descent #door to door #comission sales #smoking gun #blam! #dead men pay no bills #robert maguire

[bigdadskypilot]

I am a lawyer. I am also a gun owner. I am a registered Democrat, but when I registered to vote 41 years ago I went Republican because, having just completed high school, I believed that the Republicans were the party of Lincoln. I even believed President Reagan when he proclaimed that “assault” weapons didn’t belong in the hands of sportsmen.

So with all of this information might seem to some in the modern debate to be contradictory. It is not. This is truth:

In the present legal system and under the present 2nd Amendment jurisprudence, state and federal legislatures can regulate firearm manufacturing, distribution, sales, purchases, and operation, and they can impose strict, meaningful, and enforceable penalties for violations of firearm statutes and regulations WITHOUT infringement of rights guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment.

The things preventing them (and us) from doing so are the same things that prevent other important issues from being addressed. It’s not weak liberals, wokeness, transgendered individuals, or any of that other bullshit. Our political system is so corrupt and harmful to the people it serves that it might not ever be fixed. Sorry to say that, but it is the truth.

#anti trump #separation of church and state #second amendment #2nd amendment #constitution #bill of rights #gun control #gun ownership #politics

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

Three children and three staff members were gunned down at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday before the shooter, a heavily armed 28-year-old woman, was killed by police, authorities said.

The shooting unfolded at The Covenant School on Burton Hills Boulevard where officers "engaged" the attacker, described by Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake as a woman who appears to be a former student at the school.

"At one point she was a student at that school, but unsure what year," he said.

The shooter was identified as Audrey Hale, a Nashville resident, three law enforcement officials briefed on the matter told NBC News.

The shooter was killed on the school's second floor, a police spokesperson said. She had two "assault-type rifles and a handgun," according to the official.

Students of the school, which serves preschool students through sixth graders, were being bused to Woodmont Baptist Church, two miles away, to be reunited with their parents.

Police said they first got calls about the shooter at 10:13 a.m. CT and Nashville firefighters first reported their personnel were responding to an “active aggressor” at 10:39 a.m. CT.

"The police department response was swift," police spokesperson Don Aaron told reporters.

"They heard shots coming from the second level. They immediately went to the gunfire. When the officers got to the second level, they saw a shooter, a female, who was firing. The officers engaged her. She was fatally shot by responding police officers."

Five police officers came upon the shooter and two opened fire on her, Aaron said. The shooter entered the school through a "side entrance" on the first floor, he added.

"By 10:27 the shooter was deceased," Aaron said.

It was not clear how the shooter gained access to the school.

"There was a door that was entered. All doors were locked, to our understanding, and how exactly she got in, at this point, is still under investigation," Drake said.

One officer was hurt by shattered glass, officials said.

The names and ages of the victims have not been released. The chief said the families of all six victims had been notified.

"Right now I will refrain from saying the ages, other than to say I was literally moved to tears to see this and the kids as they were being ushered out of the building,” Drake said.

Shortly after police announced the shooter was dead, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation also said “there is no current threat to public safety.”

The Covenant School employs 33 teachers with an 8-to-1 student-to-instructor ratio, according to its website.

On a normal day of class, there would be 209 students and 42 staff members on campus, Aaron said.

The school was founded in 2001 as a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church, and shares the same address as the church.

The fire department helped usher the children out of the school, carefully trying to help them from seeing the carnage.

“We were on scene to help them mitigate anyone from seeing exactly what else was going on,” fire department spokesperson Kendra Loney said. "But we're sure they heard the chaos surrounding this."

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said President Joe Biden has been briefed on the school shooting.

In a statement, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said: "I am closely monitoring the tragic situation at Covenant. As we continue to respond, please join us in praying for the school, congregation & Nashville community."

The gunfire in Nashville on Monday follows multiple shootings on campuses across the country.

Just days ago, a 17-year-old suspect wounded two administrators at a Denver high school before he was found dead.

In February, three students were gunned down at Michigan State University.

And in January, two students were fatally shot at a charter school in Des Moines, Iowa.

Dr. Adrienne Battle, director of Metro Nashville Public Schools, referenced the shootings in a statement.

“We don’t know all of the details of how or why this happened, and we may never fully know. At Metro Schools, we have invested considerable resources to strengthen security at our facilities in response to the far too many, far too often instances of school shootings across the nation over the years. We will continue to reinforce our safety protocols and monitor and follow best practices on keeping students safe from harm,” she said.

#us politics #news #nbc news #Tennessee #gun violence #gun rights #gun control #mass shooters #mass shootings #school shootings #The Covenant School shooting #John Drake #Audrey Hale #Don Aaron #Tennessee Bureau of Investigation #Covenant Presbyterian Church #Kendra Loney #Gov. Bill Lee #2023

[sweetvictorie]

i have the most complicated emotions imaginable about this show but then i can only draw sad barry lol

#barry berkman #barry hbo #barry s3 #bill hader #look vic drew something #yeah i actually sketched this right after the first ep of s3 #as u can prolly tell #i think i kinda went off on this one. sorry #blood tw #guns #jic #tumbl pls let this be in the tags... cmon....

[sheryl-lee]

So...instead of fixing the major issue that happened in Uvalde...the USA government decides to make everything worse...

i mean the "major issue that happened in uvalde" is tied to a massive gun problem that will never be "fixed" so long as the bigoted republicans in charge continue to uphold the constitution and prevent bans on assault rifles. roe v wade being overturned was leaked ~2 months ago. and regardless, we always knew this was going to happen, it was basically set in stone the moment we elected trump to office. gay marriage will likely go next. things will only continue to get worse for minorities and marginalized groups. this is the system that america has built itself on. it's certainly not a surprise, but it's fucking horrific to be forced to witness it and be unable to do anything about it.

#biden did sign a gun control bill into law recently but #that's the most he can do #republicans will never let their beloved 2nd amendment right get taken away #mass shootings will continue in the usa #it's terrifying #💌 answered 💌

[northcountyshootingcenter]

🔥 Great article on SB2 update. Read & share! 🔥

'Ninth Circuit takes on challenge to California firearms ban in ‘sensitive places’'

Full article

➡️ https://tinyurl.com/3rxwp59k

#2a #ca #california #news #update #senate bill 2 #sb2 #firearms #guns #gun control #gun rights #politics

[medicinemane]

I really need to stop living; I need to blow my brains out or at least pick another riskier option

#like I've said; I don't like gambling; so any option that's less than a 100% kill is a risk #and you could say a gun isn't a 100% kill; but I'll tell you... well no; I'll skip the methodology to improve success rates #and I'll just say I'm 50 miles from the nearest town and the fire department isn't gonna be up to dealing with this #even if I fuck it up I will 100% die from a bullet to the head #where as hanging shit can snap of I could resuscitate or something; there's risks of not going far enough #and failure means brain damage and bills; which are the last things I need #similarly a lot of poisons are more likely to just fuck up the stomach bad for life but not kill #there's only one I have high faith in right now which I just haven't been able to bother ordering #(no there's others I have high faith in; but they don't sell cyanide and I'm not up to synthesizing it) #but the real point is I need to die; and I've looked into it time and time again and... there's only so many viable options #and hanging has a high success rate; but it has failure points and huge risks if you fail #poisons are a very bad idea; don't even consider them; except for one I'm not sharing that looks like it would work #but most won't; you'll literally just hurt yourself #so... you see why I keep coming back to gun; and like most things that's expensive and 50 miles away #but I really can't go on living #fucking parasite that I am

[odinsblog]

🗣️THIS IS WHAT INCLUSIVE, COMPASSIONATE DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE

Minnesota Dems enacted a raft of laws to make the state a trans refuge, and ensure people receiving trans care here can't be reached by far-right governments in places like Florida and Texas. (link)

Minnesota Dems ensured that everyone, including undocumented immigrants, can get drivers' licenses. (link)

They made public college free for the majority of Minnesota families. (link)

Minnesota Dems dropped a billion dollars into a bevy of affordable housing programs, including by creating a new state housing voucher program. (link)

Minnesota Dems massively increased funding for the state's perpetually-underfunded public defenders, which lets more public defenders be hired and existing public defenders get a salary increase. (link)

Dems raised Minnesota education spending by 10%, or about 2.3 billion. (link)

Minnesota Dems created an energy standard for 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040. (link)

Minnesota already has some of the strongest election infrastructure (and highest voter participation) in the country, but the legislature just made it stronger, with automatic registration, preregistration for minors, and easier access to absentee ballots. (link)

Minnesota Dems expanded the publicly subsidized health insurance program to undocumented immigrants. This one's interesting because it's the sort of things Dems often balk at. The governor opposed it! The legislature rolled over him and passed it anyway. (link)

Minnesota Dems expanded background checks and enacted red-flag laws, passing gun safety measures that the GOP has thwarted for years. (link)

Minnesota Dems gave the state AG the power to block the huge healthcare mergers that have slowly gobbled up the state's medical system. (link)

Minnesota Dems restored voting rights to convicted felons as soon as they leave prison. (link)

Minnesota Dems made prison phone calls free. (link)

Minnesota Dems passed new wage protection rules for the construction industry, against industry resistance. (link)

Minnesota Dems created a new sales tax to fund bus and train lines, an enormous victory for the sustainability and quality of public transit. Transit be more pleasant to ride, more frequent, and have better shelters, along more lines. (link)

They passed strict new regulations on PFAS ("forever chemicals"). (link)

Minnesota Dems passed the largest bonding bill in state history! Funding improvements to parks, colleges, water infrastructure, bridges, etc. etc. etc. (link)

They're going to build a passenger train from the Twin Cities to Duluth. (link)

I can't even find a news story about it but there's tens of millions in funding for new BRT lines, too. (link)

A wonky-but-important change: Minnesota Dems indexed the state gas tax to inflation, effectively increasing the gas tax. (link)

They actually indexed a bunch of stuff to inflation, including the state's education funding formula, which helps ensure that school spending doesn't decline over time. (link)

Minnesota Dems made hourly school workers (e.g., bus drivers and paraprofessionals) eligible for unemployment during summer break, when they're not working or getting paid. (link)

Minnesota Dems passed a bunch of labor protections for teachers, including requiring school districts to negotiate class sizes as part of union contracts. (Yet another @SydneyJordanMN special here. (link)

Minnesota Dems created a state board to govern labor standards at nursing homes. (link)

Minnesota Dems created a Prescription Drug Affordability Board, which would set price caps for high-cost pharmaceuticals. (link)

Minnesota Dems created new worker protections for Amazon warehouse workers and refinery workers. (link)

Minnesota Dems passed a digital fair repair law, which requires electronics manufacturers to make tools and parts available so that consumers can repair their electronics rather than purchase new items. (link)

Minnesota Dems made Juneteenth a state holiday. (link)

Minnesota Dems banned conversion therapy. (link)

They spent nearly a billion dollars on a variety of environmental programs, from heat pumps to reforestation. (link)

Minnesota Dems expanded protections for pregnant and nursing workers - already in place for larger employers - to almost everyone in the state. (link)

Minnesota Dems created a new child tax credit that will cut child poverty by about a quarter. (link)

Minnesota Democrats dropped a quick $50 million into homelessness prevention programs. (link)

And because the small stuff didn't get lost in the big stuff, they passed a law to prevent catalytic converter thefts. (link)

Minnesota Dems increased child care assistance. (link)

Minnesota Dems banned "captive audience meetings," where employers force employees to watch anti-union presentations. (link)

No news story yet, but Minnesota Dems forced signal priority changes to Twin Cities transit. Right now the trains have to wait at intersections for cars, which, I can say from experience, is terrible. Soon that will change.

Minnesota Dems provided the largest increase to nursing home funding in state history. (link)

They also bumped up salaries for home health workers, to help address the shortage of in-home nurses. (link)

Minnesota Dems legalized drug paraphernalia, which allows social service providers to conduct needle exchanges and address substance abuse with reduced fear of incurring legal action. (link)

Minnesota Dems banned white supremacists and extremists from police forces, capped probation at 5 years for most crimes, improved clemency, and mostly banned no-knock warrants. (link)

Minnesota Dems also laid the groundwork for a public health insurance option. (link)

I’m happy for the people of Minnesota, but as a Floridian living under Ron DeSantis & hateful Republicans, I’m also very envious tbh. We know that democracy can work, and this is a shining example of what government could be like in the hands of legislators who actually care about helping people in need, and not pursuing the GOP’s “culture wars” and suppressing the votes of BIPOC, and inflicting maximum harm on those who aren’t cis/het, white, wealthy, Christian males. BRAVO MINNESOTA. This is how you do it! And the Minnesota Dems did it with a one seat majority, so no excuses. Forget about the next election and focus on doing as much good as you can, while you still can. 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

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