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[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

For those unfamiliar with Minnesotan language, that's what this vow is.

He will fight Project 2025 as state governor, which does give him powers the president can't just take. "While working to understand the appeal" means he acknowledges that Magats are idiots and will also work on a way to get through their thick skulls to also reject the Presidents agenda.

Minnesota nice is fun :)

Edit: another interpretation would be he said to Trump supporters: "Y'all need Jesus."

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And nothing was learned, yet again.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Not true. We learned that apparently being decent, caring, and empathetic won't win against racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, and hate.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

They all already have Jesus, that fat orange spawn of Satan. The is to he worshipped

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm kinda in love with Walz right now. Hopefully he'll be my governor soon™. Fuck Greg Abbott. Just hope I manage to get out before Texas fascists go full nuts.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You could also come over to Illinois. It's shaping up to be a stronhold for the Trump resistance as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I'm looking into learning Dutch and going to Denmark, tbh. Cruz winning, Abbott, Paxton, Patrick, and the rest being complete Trumpian ass-slurpers does not give me any hope for Texas going Blue

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can barely see him from over the pond but he seems somewhat decent

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

If I'm not mistaken, his policies are a big reason why Minnesota is one of the big LGBT travel destinations right now. I think he was the governor who signed legal weed into law and supported really strong trans and LGBT healthcare bills that do things like force health insurance to cover gender-affirming care.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

About weed, funniest shit, republicans didn't understand the language in a bill pushing for hemp-derived edibles and decided to push it through lol https://www.npr.org/2022/07/02/1109576113/minnesota-thc-edibles-accident-delta-8

I think that's a different bill than our smokeable marijuana bill but you gotta appreciate the irony

After an amendment passed unanimously during a Minnesota legislative session in May, state Sen. Abeler jokingly said: "That doesn't legalize marijuana — we just didn't do that, did we?"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

And he did that all (and more) with a 1 seat majority in both houses of the state legislature. Unfortunately, it looks like thd house is going to be a tie so we're not likely to see any more big legislation for the next two years.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

That does sound good

[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Not the first time

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Jesus, when it's put that way... Holy fuck. We're not in a good place

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Well, he better do it quickly. I anticipate a round-up of dissidents in 2025.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

While Project 2025 suggested the use of the military as law enforcement in Democratic cities - in reality this can only work in Red States. The federation style of government gives power to the state in the form of the National Guard.

I believe there is some sort of power that enables Governors to draw up reserves too, and any federal military stationed in the State.

Sort of like the Fediverse - the instance admin ultimately decides what can and cannot be fed into their instance, and enforce their own moderation rules within it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I don’t expect that to come first. First they’ll go for the “illegals” which will likely be any brown people regardless of immigration status.

That will probably take them a couple years. But the outrage it causes will compel the “dissidents” to speak out and resist. At this point, they’ll really turn up the propaganda machine on them, demonizing them and making them easy targets. By the next election cycle (if we even have one by then), they’ll start round them up and it will all be over.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

GDI Walz, it's ok to be out of touch and confused, but keep the fucking quiet part quiet. Figure it out and fix it, reboot the DNC to the left and give us something compelling. I voted, but more as a sense of duty than actual being hopeful for the future.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I think the candor will help build trust.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

No it's how we state this shit in Minnesota. He knows they're dumb and hateful. What he's saying is that he's going to get them to reject it too.

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