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Election day is coming up and I’m planning to vote #YesOn2, but I’m also a politics nerd and a history nerd, so I wanted to know more about what Minneapolis voters were thinking in 1961 when they added the police charter provisions that are now up for a vote to change. 1/
I was particularly curious about opposition at the time. Inspired by @anton612’s brief history published @WedgeLive (wedgelive.com/a-brief-histor…) & armed w/ a @_newspapers 7 day free trial, I went spelunking through early-1960s @StarTribune pages & learned some interesting things 2/
It was a political charade. Mayor P. K. Peterson introduced the plan in March, just as he mounted his reelection campaign. The City Council voted to put it on the ballot on April 14, just two months before the June election. 3/
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I’ve been thinking about what hasn’t already been said about voting #YesOn2 and all I can do is speak from my personal experiences
As someone who worked in social services for 10 years I had to interact with MPD a lot and I can honestly say 90% of the time they escalated a situation without improving the safety of those involved
The majority of these issues happened when someone was experiencing mental or chemical health distress. I would help folks get to a calm place and cops would come in aggressively and erase any progress made
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Welcome to the first night of yet another Legislative Focus week. Our topic this week will be Health Care! Tonight’s focus will be all about Medicaid Expansion. Why do we need it, what are the potential benefits, and what can you do? Lets dig in! #YesOn2 #MedicaidExpansion
I will be referring to the @YesOn2MO website tonight, and I highly encourage you to give it a look and share with a friend. Here’s the link-
yeson2.org/learn-more
Why we need to expand Medicaid, reason number 1: It Delivers Healthcare to Missourians Who Have Jobs Without Insurance and Can’t Afford to See a Doctor.

Expansion will give over 230,000 Missourians health care that they desperately need. Period.
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This ad with my name on is going out in today's metro-Detroit Jewish News. We include Dems, libertarians, even an aide to a GOP rep. I wanted to explain why we purchased it, why most of us who grew up with @LenaEpstein are strongly urging voters to choose anyone else.
Our reasoning: We are horrified that one of our own is on the national stage, disingenuously aping every awful talking point and strategy from the worst rung of Trumpism, riding a wave of fascism to her ambitions. We are even more horrified at what she'd do there.
After a Pence campaign event this week where Lena bizarrely featured a defrocked Messianic Jew, @joshtpm wrote this article that accurately captures Lena's campaign/political career, but admits it doesn't understand Lena.

talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/never-g…

I'll fill in the blanks.
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