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		<title>OMG Lindsay Port</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2023/02/04/omg-lindsay-port/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2023 00:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We Minnesota DFLers* love Senator Lindsey Port. She is the amazing senator representing Minnesota Senate District 55, which by coincidence is where I was for most of the day today being judgmental at high school students.** That is a tough district for a DFLer to represent, but she is so well respected by the people &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2023/02/04/omg-lindsay-port/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">OMG Lindsay Port</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pandemic Covid has killed over 13,000 Minnesotans, over a million Americans, and over 6 million people worldwide</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/08/21/pandemic-covid-has-killed-over-13000-minnesotans-over-a-million-americans-and-over-6-million-people-worldwide/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2022 01:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Biden’s Democratic administration and Democratic governors got hundreds of millions of shots in arms, and distributed effective therapeutics, to fight Covid-19. The MAGA Republican president and MAGA governors did everything they could to ensure that more citizens died or were terribly sickened by Covid-19. This ultimately killed a higher percentage of those exposed in &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/08/21/pandemic-covid-has-killed-over-13000-minnesotans-over-a-million-americans-and-over-6-million-people-worldwide/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Pandemic Covid has killed over 13,000 Minnesotans, over a million Americans, and over 6 million people worldwide</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>All Minnesota Republicans Have Extremist Anti-Women Positions</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2022 15:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As far as I can tell. Want me to go over them one at a time? OK, fine. Let&#8217;s start with The Mort. Republican Minnesota House representative Erik &#8220;The Mort&#8221; Mortensen (Shakopee area, southeast of the Twin Cities)* wants all civil and legal rights granted to a fertilized human egg. Mortensen only barely won his &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/07/03/all-minnesota-republicans-have-extremist-anti-women-positions/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">All Minnesota Republicans Have Extremist Anti-Women Positions</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Election matters</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/10/22/election-matters/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2018 14:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Measuring the feeble heartbeat of the electorate From a current NBC/Wall Street Journal Poll, regarding likely voters: (Source) It looks to me that more mobilization is needed. Groups you would think have the highest stakes in this year&#8217;s election have low numbers. Related to potential Kavanaugh effects, from the same poll: Women are smarter than &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/10/22/election-matters/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Election matters</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Congratulations to Rebecca Otto, Willard Munger Winner!</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/10/19/congratulations-to-rebecca-otto-willard-munger-winner/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2018 00:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Willard Munger served in the Minnesota House of Representatives for a total of 42 years and seven months, which is a record. He died while still in office, and beat another record as the oldest legislator in the state&#8217;s history. He was born and raised, and served in, the Fergus Falls area, which is in &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/10/19/congratulations-to-rebecca-otto-willard-munger-winner/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Congratulations to Rebecca Otto, Willard Munger Winner!</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Crazy, Zany, Minnesota Primary!</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/08/10/the-crazy-zany-minnesota-primary/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2018 19:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It suddenly occurred to me that one of the more interesting political shows happening in the country right now is largely unreported nationally, and that many of my friends and readers who are not living in the North Star State are missing it. I&#8217;m talking about the Minnesota Primary. Interesting, I say, but not necessarily &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/08/10/the-crazy-zany-minnesota-primary/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Crazy, Zany, Minnesota Primary!</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Trump almost won in Minnesota, thanks to Democrats</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/05/31/trump-almost-won-in-minnesota-thanks-to-democrats/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2018 14:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a year in which Democrats show up, like they did in 2012, Trump would have been trounced in Minnesota. Instead, he barely lost. It was a very very close call, just a couple of percentage points. This graph says it all: One thing this means is that the Democrats, in putting up candidates in &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/05/31/trump-almost-won-in-minnesota-thanks-to-democrats/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Trump almost won in Minnesota, thanks to Democrats</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Candidate Rebecca Otto Lauded By Moms Demand Action</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/03/20/candidate-rebecca-otto-lauded-moms-demand-action/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2018 16:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On the day of yet another school shooting (in Maryland), we have some serious issues to think about. Every four years in Minnesota, we elected a new gubernor. We&#8217;re doing that right now. This is an especially important race, for four reasons. 1) We have to have Democratic rule in Minnesota for the next eight &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/03/20/candidate-rebecca-otto-lauded-moms-demand-action/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Candidate Rebecca Otto Lauded By Moms Demand Action</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Minnesotans Go To Caucus</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/01/20/minnesotans-go-caucus/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2018 16:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In just a few days, Minnesota will have its precinct caucuses. All the different political parties will caucus at exactly the same time, at different locations, by law, to make it difficult for some joker to go to more than one (which would be illegal, but nearly impossible to enforce). At the caucus, we will &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/01/20/minnesotans-go-caucus/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Minnesotans Go To Caucus</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The DFL Environmental Caucus has Endorsed Rebecca Otto for Governor!</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/01/02/dfl-environmental-caucus-endorsed-rebecca-otto-governor/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2018 21:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This just in: The DFL Environmental Caucus today announced its endorsement of State Auditor Rebecca Otto for Governor. “Rebecca Otto is a powerful voice for the environment and for a better Minnesota economy,” said caucus chair Veda Kanitz. “We wholeheartedly endorse her candidacy for Governor of Minnesota.” Kanitz highlighted Otto’s position on climate change as &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/01/02/dfl-environmental-caucus-endorsed-rebecca-otto-governor/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The DFL Environmental Caucus has Endorsed Rebecca Otto for Governor!</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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