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- Before @GovTimWalz took the stage at #MinnPostFest, we had to ask him what his Roman Empire was. It turns out the governor often thinks about the sinking of the Endurance in Antarctica and the amazing two-year survival of Ernest Shackleton and his crew.
00:00 - Rep. Ilhan Omar’s bill would repeal the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a law that was part of the “Alien and Sedition Acts,” a set of four bills used to target immigrants and non-citizens during times of war. bit.ly/3g86TMM
- Rep. Ilhan Omar is the author of a bill that would allow the U.S. Department of Agriculture to approve waivers to let schools continue to operate free and reduced school lunch plans even if classes aren’t being held. minnpo.st/38JUDwc by @gabemschneider
- Almost 300 @MomsDemand Action volunteers like @ErinMayeQuade ran for office this year. More than half will bring their gun control demands to the halls of power as elected officials.
- In a speech on the House floor the day that chamber voted along party lines to remove her from the foreign affairs panel, Rep. Ilhan Omar said, “My leadership and voice will not diminish if I am not on this committee for one term.” She’s kept her promise.
- Walz: “We do not like what has happened because you can’t even go to Thanksgiving dinner with an uncle and you end up in some weird fight that is unnecessary. These guys are just weird. They are running for he-man, women-haters club or something.” buff.ly/3Ykaq2h
- Rep. Michelle Fischbach, R-7th District, announced that Minnesota’s GOP members of Congress will ask the House Judiciary Committee to investigate the conduct of Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty. buff.ly/3IRrtQp
- MinnPost talked to Rep. Ilhan Omar, who has spent time grieving in her district, drafting legislation, and thinking about how we got here and where we might be going. minnpo.st/2XNqx8N by @gabemschneider
- Opinion piece by former Minneapolis mayor @BetsyHodges: The current mayor’s failure to provide voters a timely after-action report after George Floyd’s death and the ensuing unrest and destruction is not a small oversight.
- We're not dropping our paywall for our coronavirus coverage. Because we don't have a paywall. Free to all, every day of the week.
- MinnPost going-away party for the wonderful @bbierschbach Thank you for all of your work, and good luck at @MPRnews
- BREAKING: Biden administration announces 20-year moratorium on mining in Superior National Forest to protect BWCA. The moratorium will bar Twin Metals from constructing a proposed copper, cobalt and nickel mine, via @radelat
