JaNaé Bates

I'm so freaking proud of my state! We're about to pass statewide paid family and medical leave! Every single worker could care for their loved one or self. We all contribute, and we all benefit! Elections have benefits! Making MN the #BestState! #PaidLeaveMN #mnleg

“I just met with a group of 30 Minnesotans. They came to my office. That’s what’s motivating us” -@SenSchumer says of Dems unity around NOT funding DHS until Republicans agree on ICE reforms. Says anecdotes he’s heard from MN Minnesota “is not America.”

🚨 BREAKING: Rochelle Bilal, the Philadelphia Sheriff, is facing calls to resign after saying she would arrest ICE agents and calling them “fake law enforcement,” adding: “You don’t want this smoke.” Escalating rhetoric as tensions with federal agencies intensify.

if being a white supremacist or a raging sociopath is not a fireable offense in your profession, then your profession might be irredeemable.

92 People have been arrested in conjunction with the fraud in Minnesota. They’ve been investigating and prosecuting since 2014. You don’t know this Maga because you live in an echo chamber.

BREAKING: @MPRnews reports that Minnesota House GOP leader Lisa Demuth acknowledged the Repubican Party’s involvement in @nickshirleyy viral daycare video, saying, “We worked with Nick Shirley on this.” That matters, because the video has been widely framed as independent citizen journalism. Minnesota officials have said fraud investigations were already underway long before the video, and inspections have not backed up many of the claims made about the specific daycare centers shown. Still, the video fueled widespread outrage and targeted scrutiny of Somali-owned childcare providers. With a top Republican now on record confirming coordination, this reframes the entire narrative. This wasn’t just a lone YouTuber uncovering something new. A political party acknowledges involvement in producing or shaping media that went viral (not organically) and helped drive public backlash.

Just two pictures less than a year apart

Still in disbelief. Yesterday was real as much as we didn’t want it to be. So many thoughts about the assassination of Speaker Emerita Hortman, including overwhelming grief. She truly was a champion for Minnesota. I'm honored to have witnessed her grace & brilliance first hand.

Broken things can be rebuilt. Broken people can be restored. Broken faith can be reconstructed.

So the Chinese meme makers absolutely have the average American’s number. We think maybe someone else should work in a factory. Hahaha

The term “wasteful spending” gets thrown around a lot at the Legislature, and it’s important that we have a real conversation about what is “good” and what is “wasteful.” Cutting public services to give tax cuts and handouts to billionaires and corporations is wasteful.

When Trump said Hispanic migrants are “taking Black jobs,” what he really meant was: Black folks are taking white jobs, and we need to get the plantation back in order. I’m from the Deep South—the 50th-ranked state in the country. A state that’s over a third Black, yet run by conservatives who always find a way to blame Black communities for its failures. So, I’m never shocked by statements like these. But I do wonder—do all the folks who like to play nice and pretend everything is fine still feel that way today? We have a choice in how we move forward with each other. Trump should be letting the investigation play out, but he can’t help himself. He’s on a mission to restore what he and Elon see as the natural order: intelligent white men and women in charge—who, in reality, are just mediocre—backed by a handful of others who pledge their loyalty to whiteness. At this point, I just want us to stop pretending. And to the Black folks who never support Black leaders—is this better? The future we want won’t build itself. It’s on us to fight for—now.

This is pretty beautiful! Punishing a kid forever is certainly not the way to cultivate well rounded adults who contribute to the society around them. This initiative is needed to give our youth the opportunity to get right something that may have gone wrong. Thank you!

My God.

“But this work is not only about fixing past mistakes. It is also about improving our processes going forward and avoiding future mistakes.” startribune.com/mary-moriarty-…

This was never about issues. The economy is in great shape. Inflation is just coporate greed. More manufacturing, low unemployment. A healthy economy is supported by a 30% migrant labor force. It’s not about abortion. White women and affluent women know they can always access reproductive care. The GOP created a guest worker program because they want the migrant labor. This election was about the great replacement. A reaction to the society changing around them. The ultimate protection of white privilege. Let the retribution begin.

I’d trust the Governor of Minnesota on housing.

Yay! #PaidLeaveMN is the most racial & gender equitable in the country. 80% of people favor this policy! GOPers & Dems. Workers & Biz. Bet cha that JD blames immigrants as the reason we can't have #PaidLeave nationally. Yo, dude has no solutions. #Fellow49, let's get paid leave.

Anyone else sick and tired of dude blaming immigrants for literally everything??? ... except maybe the things they actually have done, like helping keep the country afloat by continuing working with the many other front line workers during the pandemic. #VPDebate2024

Aht! Aht! Y'all hear the dog whistles pitting "cities" against rural folks by JD? ALL of us deserve and want to be safe. Don't play with us, JD. Reject the racialized games, #Fellow49. We passed common sense gun safety in MN. The majority of Americans want that too.

"You're proposing a bunch of things that aren't in your budget," Gov. Walz to JD. These folks aren't serious. VP Kamala Harris has put real solutions in her budget. #VPDebate2024