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Sep 18, 2020 • 13 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
Hello, Minnesota! Early voting starts today for you! Fun facts: Minnesota is home to the best state fair in the world AND the nation’s first Indigenous woman elected to Lt. Gov. (the awesome @peggyflanagan). Here’s how and when you can vote! Image
Early voting starts TODAY, 9/18, and runs until Election Eve, 11/2. You can vote early, in-person at your county election office during normal business hours. Not sure where that is? Go find out: sos.state.mn.us/elections-voti…
Here in Hennepin County, head to the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis. Across the mighty Mississippi River in Ramsey County, go to the Ramsey County Elections building in Saint Paul.
Not registered? Not a problem. Minnesota is home to some of the BEST voting laws in the country (possibly why we also have some of the best voter turnout).
Bring proof of residence (ID with your address on it, ID w/out your address and a bill w/ it – or just bring a registered voter who can vouch for you!) and you can register and vote in the same trip. sos.state.mn.us/elections-voti…
Worried about voting early in-person because of COVID? I get it. You can use our handy-dandy @votesaveamerica tool to request an absentee ballot be mailed to you: votesaveamerica.com/everylastvote/…
If you’re returning your ballot in the mail, send it in by 10/20 to be sure it arrives on time, and please, please, double-check that you’ve filled everything out correctly and followed all the instructions.
Trump’s already fucking with the USPS. We don’t need to make it any easier for them to not count your vote. Image
Not sure you can trust sending it through the mail? Return your completed ballot in-person to the election office that issued your ballot by 3 PM on Election Day. Where’s your election office? Find out: sos.state.mn.us/elections-voti…
Want to be extra certain that Minnesota is counting your vote? You can track the status of your ballot. It’s like tracking a package, but more fun, and scarier, since our democracy hinges on the outcome of this election. mnvotes.sos.state.mn.us/AbsenteeBallot…
Ok Minnesota, you ready? Go vote. Do it now. It’s never too early – well before today it was. The @votesaveamerica state-by-state voting guide has got you covered. votesaveamerica.com/state/minnesot…
Don’t live in Minnesota? You can still make a plan to vote! There’s a guide for EVERY state right here. Make a plan. Be a voter. Save America. votesaveamerica.com/states/
You’re in Minnesota? You voted? Give yourself a taste of the State-Fair-that-might-have-been: a bucket of Sweet Martha’s Chocolate Chip cookies you can bake at home. (I know it’s not the same without milk from the milk barn, but it is a bucket of cookies). sweetmarthas.com/frozen-dough

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Jul 14, 2022
One of the many things that’s become clear in this hideous Ohio case is that there are a lot of “pro-life” folks out there who have really not thought through or DO NOT UNDERSTAND what the laws THEY WANTED PASSED *do.* /1
Some forced-birth advocates do understand their laws and are ghoulishly ok with them. But I think a lot of conservatives just assume, “Oh, exception for rape and incest, that means I will never have to hear a story that makes me uncomfortable!” /2
They haven’t thought about the real life circumstance of a 10yo needing an abortion, or any situation involving rape or incest, really. Like, should a 10yo girl have to PROVE they were raped? And then, if a 10yo doesn’t have to, why should a 16yo? 29yo? What level of proof? /2
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Jul 14, 2022
What IS the pregnancy rate for those under 18? 16? 14? I’ve been searching for data but a lot of it is 8y or more old, and youth pregnancy rates have been falling for years now. I’ve found some recent data at the state level but nothing national. /1
In what I have found, we could get horror stories like the one out of Ohio almost every week. For instance, in Mississippi in 2019, 53 girls 10-14 were raped and *reported* pregnant. (Miss. age of consent is 16.) 42 gave birth. 11 were permitted abortions. 1 one of them died. /2
*Reported* I think is a real key word here. Remember, Mississippi is the state that gave us Dobbs. msdh.ms.gov/phs/2019/Summa… /3
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Feb 23, 2021
Mental health PSA: You can tell yourself “I’m fine” all you want, and you can maybe even *feel* “fine” but your body has a way of telling you when you are not. Today, I cried at the Home Depot bc I couldn’t find my credit card. Yesterday, I cried bc I think my dog is lonely. /1
Sometimes I feel a tight band around my chest, and I tell myself it’s asthma. I do not think it is. Sometimes my heart races. I tell myself maybe I’m out of shape. Probably not. I forget things (credit card), work stuff. I want to be fine. But my body knows better. /2
Ystday I called a friend, crying about money this time (not great!), who reminded me I have 1) just moved, literally the most stressful thing someone can do 2) just lived thru a once-in-a-century-natural-disaster and 3) Pandemic! A now year-long exercise in isolation & grief. 3/
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Oct 4, 2020
I mention my time in psych wards occasionally, I’m not ashamed of it and it’s definitely something changed my life and ways of thinking in extremely positive ways. But I have never thought of it as relevant to my punditry. Until this cycle. /1
Mostly, I’ve been reminding people to not reflexively call racists and conspiracy theorists “crazy,” because a) they probably aren’t b) most of the people I know with mental illnesses not racist and c) people with mental illnesses are usually the *target* of bigotry. /2
But today I’ve been thinking about the experience of being hospitalized against your will, of the arrogance that infects (sorry) you when you think you don’t really need to be there. /3
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Sep 29, 2020
Pennsylvania, you’re home to no shortage of American heroes, most importantly Gritty, everyone’s favorite anti-fascist. In November, you could all be heroes, because according to the talking heads, you are THE *tipping point* in this election. Image
American democracy might hinge on you. So, fittingly, your state has some dumb rules about voting. One especially dumb rule is about “naked ballots,” or ballots that aren’t returned in the secrecy envelope, which is labeled "official election ballot" here. Image
Allegedly to enhance election privacy and security, it could disenfranchise you! For your ballot to count, you must place it in the secrecy envelope, then in the return envelope, which you sign and date. Not in the secrecy envelope? It WILL NOT COUNT.
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Sep 24, 2020
Michigan, you peach of the Midwest, you just might decide the whole thing. And guess what? You can start voting early, in-person at your county clerk’s office today! Find everything you need to know with the @votesaveamerica guide here. votesaveamerica.com/state/michigan/
In 2016, Trump won here by just over 10,000 votes. Yes, you read that right. That’s less than 10% of the Big House. Your 16 electoral votes are well and truly up for grabs, so please, pretty please do everything you can to be sure your vote gets counted. Image
Starting today, 9/24, you can vote absentee early, in-person at the office of your county clerk. Not sure where that is? Head over here: mvic.sos.state.mi.us/Voter/Index
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