Dear John,
Local elections in St. Paul, Duluth, and many other cities in Minnesota (and nationwide) were Tuesday, and we’re both still in a post-GOTV fog. The best post-Election Day cure is hot chocolate, pajamas, and 12 hours of Netflix, so TakeAction’s office is closed today. We actually wrote this email on Thursday before we left the office. We’ll catch up more next week.
If you’re as ready as we are to celebrate the end of the year, make sure get your early bird tickets to TakeAction Minnesota’s People’s Celebration today.
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Here’s what we’re reading, watching, and listening to:
St. Paul City Council
The lows and highs of ranked choice voting: as of the time we wrote this email, results aren’t in yet, but we’re hopeful that by the time you’re reading this, our colleague, Nelsie Yang, will official be a City Council Member-elect. Here’s the latest on St. Paul elections.
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Kentucky Election
Kentuckians put more blue in the Bluegrass state—but they voted red down ticket. Read what happened.
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Sound the Bells
Dessa + the Minnesota Orchestra = pure magic. Listen and watch here.
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Nadia Mohamed
When Nadia Mohamed won her election on Tuesday, she became the first Somali person elected to the St. Louis Park City Council. Check out this interview with the Sahan Journal.
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Ady Barkan
“Ady Barkan teaches you what a voice really is. It’s not simply the vibrations of air pushed through vocal cords; it’s the force of a unique perspective matched with the moral urgency of a just demand.”
Since being diagnosed with ALS three years ago, Ady Barkan has devoted his remaining life to fighting for Medicare for All. If you read nothing else in the News Digest this week, read this.
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Not Lizzo
This isn’t more Lizzo. But it is a viral feel-good clip of a Pittsburg teacher singing with her class. Watch it here.
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Eat the Rich
Everyone from teenagers on TikTok to people at Elizabeth Warren rallies are saying it: Eat the Rich. Read why.
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Chile
The video we shared last week of the Chilean orchestra got us curious about the causes of the massive protests in that country. Want to learn more too? Check out this interview with one of the protestors.
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Elect Women
Democrats in Virginia flipped both the houses of the state legislature on Tuesday. And they did it because women ran – and won. Read more.
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Rural Organizing
A reader sent in this piece: we have to organize everywhere. If we don’t we’ll lose. Read more.
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That’s a wrap.
-- Kenza Hadj-Moussa and Patrick Burke
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