The difference is that our neighbors in Wisconsin were targeted by the Koch brothers, whose candidates got a foot in the door and then gerrymandered their way to right-wing minority rule.

All that gerrymandering is going to come back and bite them in the ass at some time when those in Wisconsin, Iowa, the Dakotas see their populations drop because of the restrictions being enacted that goes against the very definitions of FREEDOM and a DEMOCRATIC ideology as to how government should be. When they see their very lives

What we here in Minnesota can do for those in those states is for better political organization to bring about progressive change. If Minnesota can be the shining star of the North, I will gladly join in that effort.

control a lot of county boards up north where their timber and mills are.

I do kid DH about how much I'm loving living in the People's Republic of Minnesota.

But we're codifying our rights - the same 'States Rights' that the fascists are now going to try to take away because we're using them to different ends (not the ends they meant, dammit!). We have a budget to actually work on infrastructure and create better jobs in better fields. Pot is going to be treated a lot more like its cousin, alcohol; the laws won't favor the recreational preferences of the melanin-deficient.

Just imagine...Education! Libraries! Art! Health Care! Bridges that don't fall down! It's like we actually have a right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

And if we keep voting, we can keep it.