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When I commented on this article last year, I took what you wrote at face value (all those are good things, yes indeed) and did not give Walz or Minnesota politics a second thought. But now that Walz is the VP pick, I have learned much more about him which you failed to present and in my opinion should have in fair and balanced reporting. So let me list a few of them here and perhaps you will address in either the comments or another article.

While I'm glad to hear about the creation of a Nursing Home Standards Board post covid, those workers were pushed to their brink because Walz wrongly instituted draconian measures by sending hundreds of elderly patients into homes (much like New York's governor), locking down those nursing homes separating them from spouses and family, and pushed ventilation as the protocol, all of which contributed to the rise in all cause mortality. Walz endorses the medicalization of gender questioning kids without the consent of parents and allows schools to circumvent parents right to know. But perhaps most egregious of all to me is the SNITCH Hotline he set-up so that neighbors could rat on each other if they suspected or saw someone violated the strict covid restrictions such as kids getting fresh air by playing on a playground (gasp!) I believe he had 88 people arrested for the crime. Not so neighborly. Any politician who thinks that was ok under any circumstance should lose his job, not be promoted. To all those who think censorship measures were warranted bc "covid was different" might want to understand that government censorship (and the lies they promoted) of thousands of doctors, nurses, researchers, scientists, and vaccine injured people was precisely the thing that prohibited the public from what we now know is true.

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I'm sorry you feel I misled you. To clarify, this wasn't an exhaustive list of everything Tim Walz has done, good or bad. Rather, it was to highlight how state governments could be a mechanism for progressive change.

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See reply above. Went to a new post for some reason.

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Thanks for sharing this article again, Joe. I still do not want another presidential term with Donald Trump, so I will vote Democrat.

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Glad you found it useful! I think that's a perfectly rational way to use your vote.

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Very cool and encouraging. That and the Blue Bird workers unionizing in Georgia made this a good day to be a leftist.

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There are bright spots out there, we just have to look for them!

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Thanks for sharing the inspiring and positive advances that the Minnesota Democrats have achieved. It's important to be reminded about all the positive developments that don't get the attention they deserve. Cheers!

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Glad to hear you appreciated it!

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Nice indeed to see some wins for the worker. But I'm done giving credit to either party label. In my opinion, those partisan labels and their prescribed affiliations have become meaningless and self-serving. Things get done when good, decent people of any kind decide to do the right thing for other people.

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Absolutely no need to apologize, just felt it important to cover all sides of the man’s actions in light of his nomination. There are still plenty of issues about him I left out. You’re correct that state legislatures can make a difference but It’s very hard for state governments to get anything done when they don’t have the support or agreement of their governor who has tremendous executive power as I’ve witnessed in CA. That’s why his views matter so much. PS you never mislead us Joe. You are as forthright and honest as they come! And I thank you.

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Thanks for the kind words Tina! And you're correct: Walz had both chambers of congress, the secretary of state, and the attorney general in the same party. That's as good as it can get!

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Very level-headed. I used to think the vote was useless all the way around. Then, you get a little bigger. Can we really afford to throw the baby out with the bathwater? What will happen to the most marginalized among us ..

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I think that's a perfectly rational way to see voting.

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