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What's some good news from election night in the US?
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In Missouri, a red state...
https://missouriindependent.com/2024/11/05/missourians-vote-to-increase-minimum-wage-require-paid-sick-leave/
And a atate constitutional amendment for abortion but that still needs to be played out in court.
Which won't matter when the national abortion ban is passed.
But Trump said he would veto a national abortion ban.
Even if he weren’t a compulsive liar, he’s still pretty old. I doubt he’ll be serving a full four years.
This is a good thread to have today. This is some encouraging news!
We have been down that road before. The state government will simply refuse to implement anything passed by ballot measure that they don't like.
I expect the abortion measure to take effect since it deletes out an existing law, but i wouldn't expect the minimum wage or paid sick leave to be worth the ink it was printed with.
I may have lost everything else, but I won on minimum wage and abortion.
I guess that will have to be my bellwether