The US Senate on Monday voted in bipartisan fashion to advance a fossil fuel industry-backed permitting reform bill that would weaken the Clean Water Act and other key environmental protections to make it easier for the federal government to streamline energy projects—including climate-wrecking gas pipelines.

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[–] 9 points 17 hours ago* (1 child)

She is a terrible face of it. She's lucked out because of that last point you made - she flies under the radar.

2006 she succeeded Mark Dayton (yes, of Dayton's. Interesting fellow).

In 2012 she won in a landslide, but I don't remember her being particularly popular.

2018 people were pretty damn low morale, so she didn't face a good primary challenge.

2024, the focus was all on Trump, she just stood against Trump with experience as a prosecutor, ez pz.

For this Governor run, it was pretty much name recognition after Walz pulled his name.

At least Minnesota has a chance to replace her senate position with someone more progressive.

Edit: and she has a history of supporting terrible legislation that had great sounding names (like this) but furthered an opposite agenda.

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