I can’t compete with this

1. Major victory in Florida. A federal judge has ruled that a transgender teacher cannot be forced to go by 'Mr.' as required by a new state law.

The scathing ruling was issued on 1st Amendment grounds.

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Delightful

Happy St. Patty's

Kate Middleton

That one staffer that was likely suggesting that “maybe we don’t do SOTU response in a kitchen” is having a very braggy day at work today

It’s time for the Easter season traditional chocolate egg Wingspanstravaganza.

Help us O Rep. Kevin Kiley you're our only hope

BREAKING:

Twitter has suspended the account of Alexey Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya.

She just created the account yesterday, when she announced she would continue the work of her husband.

If you were wondering who’s side Elon Musk is on..

Now you know.

.Rep. Ilhan Omar Please join Rep. Kiley--find a way to help those who need unions without killing the livelihoods of millions of Americans who are happy independent contractors. Don't misclassify us by demoting us from business owners to employees!!

#DOL could do that already, Elizabeth Warren. This rule threatens to put 60+ million #IndependentContractors and #freelancers out of work. It's not protection; we don't want it. #WhatTheHellDOL

Aw. Got my mail-in ballot, and they sent me an 'I voted' sticker.

And tomorrow's edition of the Hearth features fresh pasta recipes straight from Italy via author Eric Dregni, and the secret of medister meatballs via amycrea - cheers to Eastside Food Co-op for making it possible.

1/10 Keith Ellison's sham misclassification task force in MN meets again today.

On the agenda to speak is one person: National Employment Law Project's Laura Padin, who sat next to me in Congress and shook her head when I said many women do better as independent contractors.

ag.state.mn.us/Taskforce/Misc…

A good start to New Year's reading

Good things happening here.

reminder to support MPR | APM Union!!!!

Hey #mnleg , here is another FunLaborFact for you and the Attorney General Keith Ellison task force on misclassification to consider: the solo self-employed tend to earn more than their employed counterparts. Data from Salary(dot)com, Payscale, and ZipRecruiter also indicate that the average salary

I guess wearing rain boots on Dec. 15 in MN is the new normal. At least I have cute rain boots.