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hclib · 1 year

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Senator Allan Spear Enjoys a Bike Ride

Senator Allan Spear (1937-2008) was the first openly gay man in the United States to serve as a state legislator. He was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 1972 and served for nearly 30 years, including a decade as President of the Senate. He was instrumental in including LGBT Minnesotans in the 1993 Human Rights Act, ensuring protection from discrimination in education, employment, housing, and more to the LGBT community.

Get out and enjoy a bike ride, like Allan! May is National Bike Month and Minneapolis Bike Month. Find more local bike history in our Tumblr Archive.

Undated photo taken for the Surveyor, the Elliot Park neighborhood newspaper. Digitized in the Minneapolis Community Newspapers Photograph Collection in the Hennepin County Library Digital Collections.

#Allan Spear #Minnesota #Minneapolis #State senators #Minnesota senators #bicycles #national bike month #people on bikes #bicycling

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jimbotimes · 6 months

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L.A.'s Democratic Whopper is fast approaching

Are you ready? As of Wednesday, December 5th, there are just 90 days before L.A.’s March 5th primary election takes place throughout vote centers in Los Angeles and L.A. County. Offices up for election include: L.A. City Council Districts 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14. LAUSD Seats 1, 3, 5 and 7. L.A. County Board of Supervisors Districts 2, 4 and 5. L.A. County District Attorney District…

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#2024 #adam schiff #board of supervisors #California #elections #Los Angeles #los angeles county #primaries #state assemply #state senators #us house of representatives #Voting

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reasonsforhope · 2 months

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Less than three months after U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and her colleagues launched an investigation into the four major American manufacturers of inhalers, three of the companies have relented, making commitments to cap costs for their inhalers at $35 for patients who now pay much more.

25 million Americans have asthma and 16 million Americans have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), meaning over 40 million Americans rely on inhalers to breathe.

Inhalers have been available since the 1950s, and most of the drugs they use have been on the market for more than 25 years.

According to a statement from the Wisconsin Senator’s office, inhaler manufacturers sell the exact same products at a much lower costs in other countries. One of AstraZeneca’s inhalers, Breztri Aerosphere, costs $645 in the U.S.—but just $49 in the UK. Inhalers made by Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, and Teva have similar disparities.

Baldwin and her Democratic colleagues—New Mexico Sen. Ben Ray Luján, Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders—pressured the companies to lower their prices by writing letters to GSK, Boehringer Ingelheim, Teva, and AstraZeneca requesting a variety of documents that show why such higher prices are charged in America compared to Europe.

As a ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Baldwin recently announced that as a result of the letters they had secured commitments from three of the four to lower the out-of-pocket costs of inhalers to a fixed $35.00 rate.

“For the millions of Americans who rely on inhalers to breathe, this news is a major step in the right direction as we work to lower costs and hold big drug companies accountable,” said Senator Baldwin.

A full list of the inhalers and associated drugs can be viewed here.

It’s the second time in the last year that pharmaceutical companies were forced to provide reasonable prices—after the cost of insulin was similarly capped successfully at $35 per month thanks to Congressional actions led by the White House.

-via Good News Network, March 25, 2024

#united states #us politics #us senate #tammy baldwin #bernie sanders #big pharma #health care #us healthcare #inhaler #asthma #pulmonary disease #healthcare access #affordability #disability #good news #hope

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lappyisgaming · 7 months

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November’s here! Just here to say once again, don’t stop talking about Palestine! Never stop till Palestine is free! That a ceasefire comes! That Gaza gets all the humanitarian aid it deserves! Be thankful that some of us are able to live comfortably while thousands are facing death and destruction! Not just in Palestine, but in other places too! Congo faces devastation from armed militias looking to do coltan mining for one example! Armenians are being pushed out by Azerbaijan with the support of Turkey! Please, let’s speak for all of them, as much as we can!

I recently reblogged a post stating frustration over how it seems situations like these seem to turn into fads to say without doing anything. I can go on and on about how sorry I am but that will not do anything productive unless I go out there and actually push for things myself!

So much is happening in the world! So many people are dying voiceless when there are people who can help! Who should help!

Let’s be their voices! Let their stories be heard! We have resources that they may not have right now! Utilize them!

Free Palestine! Stop the violence in Congo! Protect the Armenians!

Let’s keep fighting! 🇵🇸🇨🇩🇦🇲

#free palestine #free armenia #free congo #LET THEM ALL BE FREE!#also tumblr if you keep suppressing the free Palestine tag #I’m gonna punch you #social justice #free every oppressed state!#free everyone!#I’m gonna try and add others I didn’t include #free sudan #free ukraine #boycott Israeli products!#call your senators!#protest!#reblog!#your action is the loudest voice you have!

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biglisbonnews · 1 year

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Bizarre Arkansas senator gets personal with witness and asks, "Do you have a penis?" The Arkansas Senate held a two-hour hearing today on Republican-backed Bill 199, which would allow a minor receiving any "gender transition procedure" to later sue the doctor for providing the care. But a distracted Sen. Matt McKee had other things on his mind. — Read the rest https://boingboing.net/2023/02/13/bizarre-arkansas-senator-gets-personal-with-witness-and-asks-do-you-have-a-penis.html

#Post #Video #arkansas #matt mckee #Republicans #state senators #Carla Sinclair #Boing Boing

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reality-detective · 2 months

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EPIC. I don't know who this man is nor have I ever even heard of this man until today. Whoever he is - he’s now on the map. 🤔

#pay attention #educate yourselves #educate yourself #knowledge is power #reeducate yourself #reeducate yourselves #think about it #think for yourselves #think for yourself #do your homework #do some research #do your own research #ask yourself questions #question everything #south carolina #state senate #news #american news

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intersectionalpraxis · 2 months

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destielmemenews · 6 months

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"The House voted on Friday to expel Republican Rep. George Santos of New York after a critical ethics report on his conduct that accused him of converting campaign donations for his own use. He was just the sixth member in the chamber’s history to be ousted by colleagues."

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#destiel meme #destiel meme news #united states #us news #news #us politics #us congress #george santos #new york #bipartisan #way to go #mr electric kill him #now can the senate do tommy tuberville #congressman #fraud #three of the other expelled congressmen were actual confederate soldiers and the others were convicted criminals #so this is a big deal #how many major historical events do i have to live through l

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koddlet · 2 months

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happy taipril (taissa april)... just kidding.... unless?

#might clean this up at a later date cuz i got thoughts #i honestly don't know if i'll go through with taipril but IN THEORY it would be fun. just like vanuary #anywayyyy thats MY state senator!#taissa turner #yellowjackets #yellowjackets fanart #digital art #(not that i completed that one in the end :P)#taipril

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writing-with-olive · 1 year

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hey all

so in a more practical application of the "larp a republican if you're gonna call them" post that got huge, North Carolina is about to have abortion access slashed if nothing's done about it.

SB20 got passed and went up to Gov. Cooper who vetoed it, but there's very very slight veto-proof supermajority in the legislature. Unless at least one Republican breaks ranks the veto will be overridden.

I made a google doc to organize, and you don't have to be a North Carolinian to participate:

Even if you can't participate, please share. A lot of people might lose yet more of their rights very soon.

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hclib · 2 years

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NEW! Hennepin County Library Digital Collection:

B. Robert 'Bob' Lewis Collection

We recently received a small collection of materials on Minnesota State Senator Bob Lewis, which were compiled by his campaign manager, Lou Schoen. Photographs from the collection are now available online. Lewis represented St. Louis Park as a senator from 1973 to 1979. He was the first known African American to serve in the Minnesota Senate. He was a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and passionate about issues affecting the poor and mentally ill. B. Robert "Bob" Lewis was born November 2, 1931 in Hutchinson, Kansas. He graduated from the University of Kansas, including a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 1960. Before becoming a state senator, Dr. Lewis served on the St. Louis Park school board and the Minnesota State Board of Education. He owned the Oak Knoll Animal Hospital in St. Louis Park. Lewis died from a heart attack on April 25, 1979 at the age of 47.

Read more about Bob Lewis on the St. Louis Park Historical Society's website.

View the Bob Lewis Photographs online.

This photograph collection was researched, described, and scanned by Ariana Lindquist. Pictures above include Lewis with his family, Lewis and his wife with the Humphreys, Lewis working at his veterinary practice, portrait of Lewis, and Lewis with Senator Mondale.

#Minnesota #state senators #politicians #African Americans #black history #St. Louis Park #veterinarians #Bob Lewis #DFL

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july-19th-club · 1 year

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tai from yellowjackets im gonna keep it real with you folks she is NOT getting that reelection

#god only knows if she will even make it through her first term #new jersey state senator taissa turner found runaway lesbian in maine . or wherever the fuck they are #she has not even been to see her family after her dark half got them in a car wreck!#she is not beating the massive court case simone deserves to bring against her tbh either #yellowjackets #q

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workersolidarity · 4 months

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🇺🇸⚔️🇨🇳. 🚨

UNITED STATES SENATOR DOESNT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHINA AND SINGAPORE

📹 U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) questions the CEO of TikTok U.S., Shou Zi Chew, a Singaporian national, about his nationality and affiliations with the "Chinese Communist Party," an entity that does not actually exist.

Chew repeatedly states his nationality and history as a Singaporian, having served in the military, and mentions his loyalty to his home country before Senator Cotton begins ranting about the events of Tiananmen Square in 1989.

#source

@WorkerSolidarityNews

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phoenixyfriend · 2 months

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I feel like I need to look at a lot more analyses of the recent Chuck Schumer speech.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday called on Israel to hold new elections, saying he believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “lost his way” and is an obstacle to peace in the region amid a growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Schumer, the first Jewish majority leader in the Senate and the highest-ranking Jewish official in the U.S., strongly criticized Netanyahu in a 40-minute speech Thursday morning on the Senate floor. Schumer said the prime minister has put himself in a coalition of far-right extremists and “as a result, he has been too willing to tolerate the civilian toll in Gaza, which is pushing support for Israel worldwide to historic lows.” “Israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah,” Schumer said. The high-level warning comes as an increasing number of Democrats have pushed back against Israel and as President Joe Biden has stepped up public pressure on Netanyahu’s government [...]. Schumer has so far positioned himself as a strong ally of the Israeli government [...].

There are... I want to say four? possible interpretations, generally:

A moral shift in response to circumstance: The situation in Gaza has escalated to such a point that he feels morally obligated to change his rhetoric, whether for Palestinians' sakes or Israeli's own sakes.

A moral shift in response to persuasion: Fellow Democrats and Independents have successfully begun to convince him that a change in rhetoric is needed.

A pragmatic shift in response to constituents: Voters from New York State have been blowing up his phones to argue him into putting conditions on aid to Israel, and he felt this was a good 'middle ground' to appeal to them without losing his pro-Israeli base.

A pragmatic shift in response to national trends: Continued protest votes like Michigan are starting to worry him and fellow 'traditional' Dems.

Or, most likely, some combination thereof.

Ethically, I hope it's one of the first two, and the Schumer has realized how ethically barren Israel's government currently is.

...in terms of 'can we actually affect things,' though? I hope this is a pragmatic shift. We cannot predict how individual Senators will change up their morals and philosophy, but if this change is in response to pressure from voters, then that means we can push them farther left.

Anyway.

Call your reps. Here's some suggestions on what to say.

EDIT: To clarify, I am not saying that Schumer is concerned about his own reelection. He is old and he isn't up for reelection until 2029, so it's even odds if he'll even run again. However, as the Senate Majority Leader, he is at least in theory required to take his party's opinions into account, and to worry about what is going to happen to the executive branch in November. Whether or not Schumer has any real power come 2025 is very heavily dependent on who the president is, and he is very aware of that.

He may also be worried about his actions causing backlash against Gillibrand (NY's junior senator).

#united states #israel #gaza #call your reps #palestine #death mention #politics #death tw #voting #chuck schumer #senator schumer #current events #phoenix politics

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femme-objet · 1 year

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wait are people actually canceling the trans congresswoman(?) from montana or wherever for posting that anime porn? the one with the girl on top of the boy whos got blood dripping out of his mouth? going after her right on cue as republicans are mounting a campaign against her? not only allied with republicans but canceling her for essentially the same reason? that's stooping low even for the "kink-critical" tumblr afab crowd

#she might be a state senator too idk enough abt how state politics work

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deankarolina · 5 months

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I will never stop putting Van in silly shirts

#this is based on a shirt i saw where is was actually about moms wanting to guillotine their state senator but ya know #Van Palmer #Vanuary #yellowjackets #Yellowjackets fanart #van palmer fanart #b.art #Vans fucked up eye my beloved I will bring you back thanks #also tried to do a bit of an older van this time #idk how well it comes across??#probably should have posted this at a better time and not in the morning #and on my phone not even checking the post but shrug i’m bored and avoiding signing into work

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