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Jen McEwen

3 years

Standing up for Minnesota workers continues to be a top priority as I continue my work in the Senate. I am honored to have a 100% voting record with the Minnesota AFL-CIO. When Labor wins, workers win. Below are the 2021 legislative voting percentages from @MNAFLCIO

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

Reading about another homeless encampment being raided and cleared out today in Mpls, right before a blizzard and killer temp drop. Where did the people go? Are they safe? Please someone tell me I’m missing something here.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

4 years

Every worker deserves a union.

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Women who are in unions earn 20% more than non-unionized women.

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Jen McEwen

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4 years

Coming off a difficult day yesterday, proud to sign on to my first bill in the Minnesota State Senate: National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. @NatlPopularVote @AbolishEC

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

This is why Republicans keep losing in Minnesota— too many outspoken Republican leaders peddle in cruelty, hate, exclusion and judgment. Thank goodness we live in a state with a majority of citizens who see their rhetoric for what it is and repeatedly reject it. #MinnesotaProud

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@RepMaryFranson

1 year

If you are here illegally, you are not a “Minnesotan”.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

A truly terrible, embarrassing way to cap off the session. Could have still studied the issues, still made changes next year if they’re warranted. This feels like a slap in the face to all those workers who showed up day after day demanding this bill pass and be signed into law.

More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

1 year

BREAKING: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has vetoed a bill to give rideshare drivers minimum pay rates after Uber threatened to withdraw from most of the state if the bill was signed into law.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

Exactly right

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

We did it! 🥲 We just passed our Labor Omnibus in the MN Senate! Thanks to all of the workers and organizers, and to our amazing staff! ❤️👏🏼 #mnleg @FabianBean

More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

1 year

Minnesota is on the verge of passing a dramatic victory for workers that would ban captive audience meetings, create a board to set minimum labor standards for nursing homes, improve workplace safety and rights for warehouse and meatpacking workers, and more. Thread.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

Here in Minnesota, we hold dear that we all have a fundamental right to make autonomous decisions about our own reproductive healthcare. I am so proud that we have passed the PRO Act last night. We have taken a big step forward. Here in the North Star State, we will lead. #mnleg

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

4 years

A senate colleague informs me that ⁦ @RepPeteStauber ⁩ has been working behind the scenes to thwart ⁦ @DebHaalandNM ⁩ ‘s historic, deeply meaningful nomination for Secretary of the Interior... and didn’t even consult with the *five* Bands/Nations in our district. #Resign

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

Thank you @AOC 👏🏼🌊❤️!! A just-former MN State Senator 👀 is in DC lobbying for a certain multibillion dollar international mining corporation, for a project that stands to devastate our watersheds and economy in northeast MN. All for the 💵. Thanks for making things clear AOC!

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

@RepAOC

1 year

Today during a committee hearing on the Boundary Waters, we discovered that one of the witnesses testifying was actually a lobbyist for a mining company. This company would profit off of mining in the Boundary Waters, all while polluting and causing irreparable harm to the land.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

4 years

This is your doing. The armed white nationalists storming our capital building right now are there because of you and the other Republican leaders who encouraged them. Shame on you. You are a disgrace to the 8th and to the State of Minnesota. I call on you to resign.

Pete Stauber

@RepPeteStauber

4 years

Please pray for our very brave Capitol Police and our great nation. This is the People's House, but we as a nation MUST respect law and order.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

When the Northern Lights Express (NLX) is built and operating- to my “Cities” friends: this is what you do. There are going to be many days over 100 degrees where you live. 🥵 I’m sorry about that. That’s horrible. Lucky for us in Duluth, it will only be in the low 80s. 1/5

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

3 years

We have a $9 billion dollar surplus in MN— w/ teachers asking for help across the state, some districts talking about making cuts… It is unconscionable that the first education bill we see from MN Senate Repubs is one that puts MORE burdens on our teachers. #FullyFundPublicEd !

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

I mean is this as evil as it appears to be?

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

After hearing Repub colleagues conflate #DriversLicensesForAll with terrorists, crime, fraud, etc. for HOURS— when my friend @OmarFatehMN points out that in reality, the biggest threat to U.S. security is white nationalism, Repubs take it VERY personally and lose their shit. 😳

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

David Hogg will be speaking on preventing gun violence at the Rally for Peace Saturday, October 1 in Leif Erickson Park!

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

Actually, we specifically crafted the legislation to make sure possession is NOT banned, only further sales. And we paired it with a buy-back. This is all about reducing the number of these war weapons out there. That’s all. Because it’s the guns.

MN Gun Owners Caucus

@mnguncaucus

1 year

The Minnesota Disarmament Regime never stops - Senator @JenMcEwenMN has introduced a ban on nearly all semi-automatic firearms in the state, including pistols -- and budget $$ for the state to "buy back" your firearms. Help us STOP this unconstitutional gun ban by signing our

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

The Protect Reproductive Options Act is now law 🎉✊

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

3 years

MN public defense attorneys and staff are stretched to the breaking point. As a former public defender in Duluth, I know exactly how overworked and inequitably paid these workers are. I stand with our public defenders in solidarity for their strike authorization vote today. (1)

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

Sometimes being a DFLer in the same political party with neo-liberal democrats is… well… I’ll just say we could sure use a lot more of the Farmer-Labor part. #mnleg

Jonah Furman

@JonahFurman

2 years

Full sellout from the White House for the majority of rail workers who rejected the deal the President brokered, preemptively denying them the right to strike. This was the “which side are you on?” moment, and the White House chose the railroad bosses.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

3 years

I am voting NO on this bill. More police?!? The human rights abuses, military occupation, tear gas, rubber bullets, unlawful detentions, from LE just this week have reinforced that more LE is the problem, not the solution. More money? After this past week? I don’t think so.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

I am honored to have earned Moms Demand Action’s ( @MomsDemand ) gun sense candidate distinction!

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

As a DFL elected official, I condemn this act of violence committed by the Nasri Warsame campaign at the Minneapolis Ward 10 convention. Acts of intimidation and violence have no place in the Democratic Farmer Labor Party.

Aisha Chughtai

@aishaforward10

1 year

Today was horrifying, unacceptable, and indicative of the growing threat to progressive, pro-people candidates and movement leaders. See my campaign’s statement on the violence perpetrated by the Nasri Warsame campaign at the Ward 10 convention today.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

4 years

Thank you, Duluth. Tonight we showed that we are ready for a new politics. A politics of caring. A politics that says we are all in this together.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

There is a power dynamic between employer and employee, and it is inherently unequal. Workers deserve a seat at the table, and my door will always be open to listen, to learn, and to advocate with you. #mnleg

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

4 years

MN Senate Repubs continue to refuse to step up and do the job of protecting Minnesotans during this pandemic. Their message to Minnesota workers: don't worry, your boss will take care of you. My remarks from today on their deeply flawed bill, S.F. 1.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

Exactly. It’s true, President Reagan’s legacy is a disgrace. His campaigns and administration brought out the worst in us. We could have been better. We struggle with the consequences into today. I’m proud to be from Minnesota, the state that voted for better and still does.

yurts & casseroles 🦀

@Christin612

1 year

Imagine deciding a tweet was more concerning than the violent impact Reagan had upon the world to this day

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

This whole thing— we’re working to make Minnesota a beacon of hope in the middle of the continent and then there’s this… a reminder that 💵 continues to rule supreme in this system, and in healthcare especially. It doesn’t have to be this way. It shouldn’t be this way. #mnleg

Max Nesterak

@maxnesterak

1 year

NEW: Mayo Clinic will get a full exemption from the Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act. Lawmakers say Gov. Tim Walz demanded it. Backstory:

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

3 years

Here’s your “it’s so warm that we have a severe thunderstorm forecast for Minnesota in December” red flag. Will that do the trick for you to get the urgency? For me, it was a Duluth scientist relating: “the boreal forests will be gone.” We have until 2030. What’s the plan?

Sven Sundgaard

@svensundgaard

3 years

Nothing to see here: just a marginal risk for severe storms in southern Minnesota on December 15th... 🤦‍♂️

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

4 years

This decision is profoundly disappointing and frankly, a disgrace to our state. This is on us-- the world is counting on us to do the right thing. What kind of legacy to we want to leave for our children and the generations to come?

@MCEA1974

4 years

Scientists showed Line 3 would harm our climate & our water. Young people asked us to protect their future. Tribal communities asked us to protect their resources. The law gave the State of MN the power to say no. @MnPCA 's decision on Line 3 failed us all.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

MN Senate Republicans are trying to micro-manage the funding for Minnesota Attorney General Ellison’s office right now and it feels… well, hard to imagine them ever doing this to another prosecutor’s office. 🧐 #mnleg

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

📣 Exciting news 📣the PRO Act has passed through its first Senate committee. We’re one step closer to protecting reproductive freedom in Minnesota.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

Well shucks it’s not every day you stop off at the grocery store after work and see two of your bills highlighted on the front page of the Strib. 😎

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

4 years

Minnesota State Senate DSA Caucus, with @OmarFatehMN @BernieSanders @DemSocialists @TwinPortsDSA @TwinCitiesDSA

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

3 years

This is dangerous. “… Johnson copied him on another email, forwarding a list of names of water protectors who had attended a “Line 3 Organizing Meeting” the night before.”

Honor the Earth

@HonorTheEarth

3 years

“Local law enforcement has become the brutal arm of a Canadian corporation.” #StopLine3 by @AlleenBrown

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

As I left the Capitol, I noted we have two groups holding fast, literally taking time off, losing income, to come and fight for their rights, to be physically present— the MN Capitol is full of hardworking, hopeful nurses and Uber/Lyft drivers. Let’s not let them down. #mnleg

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

I should start sharing more of the things we hear in committee. It’s—- wow. I mean, so bizarre and loaded and I wish everyone had the time and energy to see this stuff.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

4 years

It's official! Today I was sworn in to represent our beloved Duluth in the Minnesota State Senate. It was a very special day.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

4 years

Notably, @RepPeteStauber doesn't want green jobs for the 8th-- he and his friends prefer extractive, fossil fuel-based industries, and they don't mind holding the 8th back to serve their political agenda. #Resign #TheGreenNewDealIsAJobsProgram

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

Yesterday, every single Senate Republican voted against money for: - Veterans - Parks & trails - Greater Minnesota transit - Flood prevention - Clean water treatment - Roads and bridges - Food banks #mnleg

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

3 years

Wait, the MN pollution control agency doesn’t step in until AFTER the mine poisons the water? 😳 This seems like a bad plan.

@MCEA1974

3 years

Judge Slieter: So, the MPCA's position is since PolyMet has not been built yet, and since the modeling is a 'worst-case scenario' that the Maui test on groundwater pollution would not apply? MPCA's Smith: "If it turns out there are discharges to groundwater," MPCA can step in.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

In the wealthiest nation on earth, there is no excuse to let our kids go hungry at school. I am a yes on Universal School Meals today. #mnleg

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

We presented the Northern Lights Express bill in the Senate Transpo Committee on Monday! Thanks to the members of our broad coalition who submitted testimony- labor, business, municipalities, and more- so excited to get passenger rail back to the Twin Ports! 🚆❤️👏🏼 #mnleg

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

Here is one of the kindest, gentlest, bravest souls in our MN government, bringing some honestly and truth-telling for us to consider, in spite of the fascist, racist trolls who ceaselessly hound him. Thank you @OmarFatehMN for your integrity and political courage. #mnleg

Senator Omar Fateh

@OmarFatehMN

2 years

We are hearing a lot about cutting taxes on Social Security, but most seniors are already exempt. This plan would cost billions and would not help those who need it most. Instead, let’s make college free and fund life-changing wages for the workers that care for our seniors.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

I just learned over the course of this weird Mayo debacle that Mayo Clinic is the Chair of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce… ?? 😳 which has fought every step of the way for basic worker protections…. 🤔 it kind of all makes sense now?? 😐 Get with the program Mayo. #mnleg

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

3 years

Transgender girls are girls. Transgender boys are boys. To transgender youth: we love and support you.🏳️‍⚧️ Some of my remarks today on the MN Senate floor, in support of removing cruel, anti-transgender language from the Education Omnibus bill. #mnleg

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

Thank you @JohnMarty and @LizBoldonMN ! 💕 Bravo for your political courage and leadership. Two of the BEST, most respected senators in the #mnleg , standing strong for common sense and public safety. This is what it will take. More of this. #ItsTheGuns @MomsDemand @protect_mn

MN Gun Owners Caucus

@mnguncaucus

2 years

🚨 🚨 🚨 Senator @JohnMarty and Senator @LizBoldonMN have introduced SF 1723, an extreme omnibus gun control bill that flies in the face of the Supreme Court's 2022 Bruen decision - here's some of what it does. 🧵⤵️

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

3 years

In MN, the median compensation among the 50 CEOs was $4.6 million, a 7% increase over the prior year. The median pay at those companies was $58,408, a 1.7% increase. Destabilizing, unethical wealth inequality will not stop until we make it stop.

Minnesota's 50 highest paid CEOs – with No. 1 hitting $108.2M

Overall, compensation for the 50 highest paid chief public company executives topped $647 million, a 70% increase over the year before.

www.startribune.com

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

TUITION-FREE COLLEGE!!! Let's goooooo! I couldn't be prouder of my friend and colleague, Senator @OmarFatehMN and his staff. He made this a priority, fought for it, and is now delivering real, positive change for Minnesotans. These are the kinds of big things we can do. #mnleg

MN Senate Media

@MnSenateMedia

1 year

Sen. Omar Fateh (D-Minneapolis) introduces SF 2073, the omnibus Higher Education appropriations bill. #mnleg

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

Thanks for the reminder Jim that I’m behind on my dues to @TwinPortsDSA ❤️🌊🌲 and I mean I’ll take 30-something, sure 😎

Heartland Signal

@HeartlandSignal

1 year

Minnesota State Sen. Jim Abeler (R-Anoka), chiding Gov. Tim Walz's (DFL) historic legislative session, says of his fellow lawmakers: "These 30-something progressive socialist women that are there, that's what's driving that."

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

3 years

MN Senate Repubs at it again this morning trying to make it harder for Minnesotans to vote.😳 In MN, we have a proud legacy of high voter turnout and safe elections. We need to expand on that, not go backwards. #mnleg #protectourdemocracy

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

3 years

Another Minnesotan of color is murdered by police Sunday afternoon, renewing sense of crisis. People are reeling. The MN Senate on Monday morning: Let’s end the moratorium on evictions. It’s unconscionable. No words. #HousingForAll #HousingCrisis

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

😳 You don’t have to dance with american fascists to be “civil” or show how “bipartisan” you are. In fact, that makes you complicit, it encourages fascism. Don’t. Don’t dance with fascists. Don’t do it. It normalizes their beliefs. Please don’t.

St. Petersburg Tenants Union

@SPTenantsU

1 year

Bipartisan display of civility as an unprecedented legislative session draws to close. After attacks on trans, immigrants, women, workers, tenants. Consolidated corporate power. This system can’t save us. An organized working class, daring to fight, will.

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I swear if I hear one more person say “people just don’t want to work anymore”… 🤬 What the hell is wrong w/ some people to think this cruel nonsense about other people- to not have even the barest amount of imagination about what it might be like to live in their shoes. #mnleg

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

3 years

Mn Senate Repubs (+ 2) just voted down spending a measly $14,000 to increase SNAP benefits that would have put food on the table for 3500 MN families. Apparently, they objected to it because there were no WORK REQUIREMENTS. 😳😤 The unabashed immorality is… really something.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

3 years

I'm proud to be the lead author of the Protect Reproductive Options Act (PRO Act) in the MN Senate. As an extreme abortion ban, #SB8 , goes into effect today in Texas, we must act now to protect abortion access in Minnesota and our region. We must pass the PRO Act. #PROAct @ppmn

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

4 years

I’m so proud to serve as the lead author of the Protect Reproductive Options Act (PRO Act) in the MN State Senate.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

3 years

Wildfire smoke threatens the lives and health of my children and neighbors in northern MN. Climate change is the culprit. If you understand the science, you know why our climate can’t afford #Line3 . @MnPCA must #SuspendThePermits and #StopLine3 .

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

3 years

Thanks to those who organized and participated in the Honor the Earth Water Is Life: Stop Line 3 Festival this week in Duluth, MN, to support @HonorTheEarth and #WaterProtectors . It was an honor to be one of many speakers in support, along with my colleague Rep. Frank Hornstein.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

I just called for a vote on the Protect Reproductive Options Act. Minnesotans deserve the right to make choices regarding their own body. Reproductive health is deeply personal and the government should not interfere in. #mnleg

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

4 years

Thank you, Duluth. In a few short months we've built a diverse coalition that I am proud of. I’m excited to get to work, and I’m excited for the role that Duluth can play moving forward.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

No exemptions! This is exactly right. Mayo Clinic has to treat their lowest paid workers with dignity. Oh no! How will they do it?!?

Max Nesterak

@maxnesterak

1 year

Update: State legislators say Mayo Clinic won’t get an exemption to a nurse staffing bill despite a threat the hospital would pull billions in investments via @MNReformer

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

4 years

I'm delighted to be able to announce my committee assignments for the coming session. I will be the DFL lead on Labor and Industry, and will also sit on Transportation, as well as Environment & Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance. So excited to get to work!

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

…to the Cities grind, so you catch the bus back to the Depot… you take your relaxing train ride home, not worried about traffic, or driving, you’re just basking in your @perfectduluth Day. ✨ 5/5

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

Reputation tarnished. ✅

Official Minnesota Tax Loon

@MNTaxLoon

1 year

They made these threats in Texas and immediately caved when similar legislation passed. If @GovTimWalz caves to Uber like he did to Mayo, it will further tarnish his burgeoning reputation as a populist and alienate another powerful group of potential supporters.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

❤️🛤

Jordan van Pire

@TheJvandy

2 years

MN DFL takes House, Senate, and Governor!

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3 years

While the rest of the state bakes, we are lucky enough to live on the greatest and coldest of the Great Lakes. It's like we're standing next to an open freezer. ❄️🌊 I love it so much. ❤️ @LakeSuperior

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Jen McEwen

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3 years

With @IPCC_CH report last week, @POTUS must act on the urgency of the climate crisis by issuing an immediate moratorium on all new fossil fuel projects, including Line 3. Now is the time for political courage— to show us that “better” part of “build back better.” #StopLine3

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

👇🏼 Yep.

Qasim Rashid, Esq.

@QasimRashid

2 years

BREAKING: Shell has reported profits of $9.5B for Q3 2022 compared to $4.1B for Q3 2021. It isn't inflation. It's not a labor shortage. This is 100% corporate greed.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

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Word is a Repub in the MN House just introduced an SB8 Texas-style abortion ban (HF 2898), attacking Minnesotans’ basic human rights and threatening our access to healthcare. Minnesotans won’t stand for it. We won’t let that happen here. #ProtectReproductiveFreedom

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

3 years

This is why we need #ProveItFirst . BREAKING: EPA report has just been released, finding major red flags with the Polymet permits issued by our own Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. #mnleg

Friends of the BWCAW

@FriendsBWCAW

3 years

BREAKING: EPA Inspector General report confirms major red flags with #PolyMet permits. Report confirms the permits would allow PolyMet to pollute beyond clean water standards and failed to assess if the mine would pollute Native water downstream. #mnleg

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

3 years

In MN Senate today @SenatorPappas motioned to bring the Equal Rights Amendment to the floor. The result? Lost by one vote- MN Senate won't even consider. The newly "independent" senator, once an equal rights supporter, was the deciding vote. @MinnesotaDFL @ERAMinnesota #mnleg

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

“Probably the most significant law passed during the session was a giant expansion of labor rights…. This is important not only because it helps workers, but also because it might inspire a new wave of union organizing. …”

The New Minnesota Vikings

Progressives in the North Star State have racked up a remarkable set of victories.

prospect.org

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

I heard a Repub colleague say on the MN Senate floor last Friday that the new generation of young people were “soft”… These kids??… they have been through shooter drills their whole lives! (To our shame) They work. They organize. They are amazing. They are our hope. #mnleg

Charles Booker

@Booker4KY

1 year

Powerful. Ralph Yarl’s classmates are standing up to join the calls for accountability. Justice cannot wait.

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Jen McEwen

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First day of senate orientation! With @OmarFatehMN , @AnnJSMN , @MaryKunesh9 , @epmurphymn , @Lindsey_Port , and @AricForMN

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

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Hey Minnesota, our basic government services— infrastructure needs, local projects— already delayed 2-3 years— are apparently “dead on arrival” — because Senate Repubs demand… wait for it… more tax cuts for rich people and corporations. 🙄 #NotMinnesotaNice

Dana Ferguson

@bydanaferguson

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“We want them to know that that bill is going to be dead on arrival,” Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson says of the $1.9 billion bonding bill. Republicans want to see tax cuts before they’d put up votes for the capital investment plan.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

4 years

Who'd have guessed this would happen? #StopLine3 #NowDoLine3 #HonortheTreaties #WaterIsLife

Star Tribune Business

@StribBiz

4 years

Enbridge has fallen considerably short of goals to hire Minnesota workers for its controversial new oil 340-mile pipeline across the northern part of the state.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

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Ridiculous, immoral take here from the MN Chamber. To any business that is a member, understand: this is what your dues are paying for. They are using you to fight against the most modest advances for MN working people— all for BIG business, not small— def not for working MNs.

Minnesota Chamber of Commerce

@MN_Chamber

1 year

Chamber President and CEO @MCC_DLoon on the Senate's passage of the one-size-fits-all, $1.5 billion paid leave mandate: "Lawmakers have a responsibility to pass policies that encourage growth in our economy, not those that have been proven detrimental in other places." #mnleg

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

3 years

Agreed. No budget negotiations until meaningful reform is passed. No more business as usual.

Senator Omar Fateh

@OmarFatehMN

3 years

Last Summer's police "reform" package passed by #mnleg included nothing that could have prevented the deaths of #GeorgeFloyd or #DaunteWright . It’s time to halt budget negotiations until we pass meaningful systemic change. @Tim_Walz @melissahortman @_RyanWinkler #ShutItDown

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

4 years

At this point, a Line 3 expansion shouldn't even be under consideration, much less in the final permitting stages. #StopLine3 #climatejusticenow

MPR Weather

@MPRweather

4 years

More evidence Earth's climate system is broken. November 2020 = warmest on record globally. And 2020 = 1st or 2nd warmest year on record globally. The past 7 years are the 7 warmest on record globally. It's an unprecedented streak. #climatechange

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

4 years

Some of the best conversations I had during the campaign were with workers and unions about Line 3 and why I oppose it. Workers understand that Line 3 is wrong. They're ready for better, and looking for honest leadership- dividing Labor is not where it's at.

Jason George

@JGeorge49

4 years

Some DFL legislators don’t want facts regarding pipelines - they want an issue they know they can use to fire up their base - it’s a dangerous politics, and we should all reject theses tactics Counterpoint: Anti-pipeline officials didn't talk to workers.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

3 years

“We’re right downstream from all of these mines. If those dams burst, millions of gallons of polluted water would discharge into the St. Louis River and into Lake Superior.” #ProveItFirst

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

I mean, I get it, sometimes I get caught up in semantics and etymology too. So… if we stop saying “buy-back” and we call it “cash for your deadliest-by-design guns” does that solve your bad feelings problem? Does it help you?

SpringerPrecision

@SpringerPrecis

1 year

@aysrick @mnguncaucus @JenMcEwenMN Buy back assumes you owned it in the first place. It is an absolutely absurd term. It is just another attempt at brainwashing the public into the mindset that the government owns the gun, not the citizens.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

It’s a moral failure of almost unimaginable magnitude each time our children are murdered and we just continue to brace ourselves, hoping the next one doesn’t happen to our own family or community. When will we have the collective political courage to act? #mnleg

Jess Piper

@piper4missouri

2 years

We banned lawn darts after 3 kids died in accidents. We banned a dresser from IKEA because it was flawed and killed 8 children. Meanwhile, 22 kids are shot every day with guns—5 will die every single day. The Republicans refuse any measures to curb the violence. They don’t care.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

The Tennessee Repub-led legislature is removing three Dem legislators who helped lead a gun violence prevention action, allegedly breaking TN leg decorum rules. Removing democratically-elected officials from power, for an alleged decorum breech, while kids are murdered in school.

Rep. Justin Jones

@brotherjones_

1 year

Tonight as Tennessee House Republicans push forward to schedule vote on our expulsion, Speaker Sexton orders the gallery cleared as crowd chants “fascists.” Media forced out at as well. Then, Rep. Lafferty (R-Knox) pushes me and grabs my phone. This is a sad day for Tennessee.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

This is visionary work from Senator @OmarFatehMN . TUITION-FREE public university/college education in Minnesota for students from families making $80K or less (most families). Wow…. wow! Next step is to remove means-testing... but this is THE start. Transformational. #mnleg

UMN Undergraduate Student Government

@USGumn

1 year

BIG NEWS: legislators in the MN Higher Education Conference Committee have reached a budget agreement that would — along with many other high-impact investments — provide for free college for thousands of Minnesota families. Massive student advocacy W.

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

Thank you DFL delegates for your endorsement for my re-election to the MN State Senate! To all the delegates, volunteers, and candidates, thank you so much for all of the time and dedication you put into our democratic process!

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

Inspiring, transformative work as always from my brother @OmarFatehMN ✊🏼🌹He already won tuition-free public college education in MN for those w household incomes below 80k (almost everyone)!! And today he just delivered on his bill to protect Uber and Lyft drivers. Wow! #mnleg

Senator Omar Fateh

@OmarFatehMN

1 year

We did it! The workers took on Uber and Lyft—and they WON!

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

Thank you to my colleagues, especially @JohnMarty , for your leadership in this work, and thank you Hemant Mehta for covering the formation of this new caucus. I’m proud to be a part of this!

Hemant Mehta

@hemantmehta

2 years

SCOOP: 24 Minnesota lawmakers have launched a "Secular Government Caucus" to combat the scourge of Christian Nationalism. My story on why this is vital and how grassroots atheist/Humanist leaders helped make it a reality:

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

4 years

Duluth and other downstream communities deserve better than to be a test case for another experimental mine. #ProveItFirst

Friends of the BWCAW

@FriendsBWCAW

4 years

Today marks the second anniversary of the mining disaster in Brazil, which took over 250 lives It's the same type of dam PolyMet wants to build Support the Prove It First bill to stop sulfide mining near the BWCA & to stop this from happening in MN

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

4 years

Good morning!

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

3 years

Hey self-styled progressive friends, just in case people haven't got their minds around it... #AllWorkersDeserveAUnion really does mean ALL workers. All workers deserve a union. Every worker. I stand with the laid off union staff at FairVote. #Solidarity #UnionStrong

FairVote MN Union

@fvmnunion

3 years

ALL bargaining unit staff were laid off June 23, 2021. Read our full statement and sign our letter of support #1u

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

4 years

Honored to lead-author the Prove It First bill. We are not willing to serve as a test case for wealthy international corporations' experimental projects that put our public health, economy, and future in danger. #ProveItFirst #mnleg

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

"… one of the most pro-worker packages of legislation that any US state has passed in decades" This legislation represents work from so many— a long time coming. #mnleg

‘The best state for workers’: what are Minnesota’s new labor laws?

New legislation will mandate paid leave, prohibit non-compete clauses and bar captive anti-union meetings, among other measures

www.theguardian.com

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

2 years

Duluth nurses— our family, friends and neighbors— are on strike, for us and for one another. I want to share my sincere thanks to them for their courage and fortitude. @mnnurses @bernieburnham4 @alicia4duluth @LizOlson218 @RepJenSchultz @SD8DFL #DuluthIsAUnionTown 1/4

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

We did it! 🥇🏆❄️

NWS Duluth

@NWSduluth

1 year

2:30 AM Update: An additional 0.4" of snow has fallen, bringing the storm total to 0.7" and the seasonal total to 135.8". This officially sets 2022-2023 as the snowiest winter season on record at Duluth, MN, breaking the old record of 135.4" set in 1995-1996. #mnwx

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

3 years

Establishment types love to spin a "both sides" story. Let's get this straight: fighting for paid family and med leave, workers’ rights, universal healthcare, an urgent transition to clean energy, housing for all-> NOT 'fringe'-- *NOT THE SAME* as being a violent insurrectionist

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

3 years

I’m proud to have joined Minneapolis teachers and students on strike yesterday. Our teachers deserve better. Our students deserve better. @DFTLocal692 @EducationMN

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Jen McEwen

@JenMcEwenMN

1 year

So good to be getting PFML passed! Finally! Thanks go to my dear colleague, Senator @DrAliceMann , for all of her hard work to get this through the MN Senate, and thanks to the coalition of advocates who’ve worked to get us here for YEARS! It’s past time! #mnleg #PaidLeaveMN

Minnesotans for Paid Family & Medical Leave

@mn4pfl

1 year

What it’s like when you’ve been waiting nearly a decade for #PaidLeaveMN to pass both chambers in Congress the same session. Let’s pass this bill! #mnleg

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