Dear John,

We’re thrilled to share that organizer and cultural strategist LyLy Vang-Yang is tapping in to co-author the news digest.

There’s a lot of stories we wanted to share with you this week, more than we had room for. At the top of our minds are the permits granted for Line 3 and the rising COVID-19 cases and deaths. More on both in the coming weeks.

Let’s get straight to the digest.

Here’s what we’re reading, watching, and listening to this week:


#VotersDecided
Trump is attempting a coup and a scam. This is a succinct, important analysis of Trump’s attempt to steal the election after clearly losing. Read this thread.
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Hope is a Discipline
Dancing is saving democracy. Read how strategy, planning, and celebration in the streets held the lines of democracy. Then, listen to Reclaiming Possibility: A Rant Against Despair. Podcast here.
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#EmbracetheBase
“We need to have an unapologetic agenda, have an actual alternative and counter messaging that is distinct from the Republican Party instead of trying to play to notions of civility….I just really hope that it gets through to a lot of people that this idea that we can win over white voters on a civility argument is like not a reliable strategy.” – AOC Read more on the progressive memo circulating this week.
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Minneapolis Budget
Across the country, cities are re-imagining community safety and re-aligning city budgets. In Minneapolis, it doesn’t matter if crime goes up or down. MPD demands more money. As the Minneapolis budget process ramps up, read this important thread. Also, going to drop this here.
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Georgia
Six Black women organizers share how they flipped Georgia and what comes next. GA’s runoff election in January will decide which party controls the U.S. Senate. Read this now.
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Line 3
State Senator-elect Mary Kunesh-Podein published an important guest post on our blog. Read about the impact of Line 3.
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COVID
We’re still in a global pandemic, folks. Learn more about the state of Minnesota’s most recent safety measures. Listen to doctor and State Rep. Alice Mann’s impassioned speech on the House floor.
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Nikki Villavicencio
Huge congrats to TakeAction member and endorsed candidate Maplewood City Council Member-elect Nikki Villavicencio. Read more about her and her campaign.
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Gritty 101
Patrick Burke sent in this primer for understanding what Philadelphian hockey mascot, Gritty, is all about. Watch the video.
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Friday the 13th
Before the patriarchy got to it, Friday the 13th was a celebration of the goddess, women, and divine feminine. Friday (Venus Day in Latin) was associated with women and 13 is the number of moon and menstrual cycles in a year. Read about it and celebrate today!
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That’s a wrap. Send us what you're reading.

- Kenza Hadj-Moussa & LyLy Vang-Yang






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