Well, folks, we’ve made it through the first week of the 2023 legislative session! Buckle in, friends; this session’s going to be a wild one.

Toplines for this episode: rules fights, harm reduction, Indigenous justice, and, already, attacks on transgender youth.

Links mentioned in the episode:

Join us on January 20th for Protect Our Home: A Climate Advocacy Day-- RSVP at this link, and we’ll see you there!

Find out who your representatives are and how to contact them at this link: https://leg.mt.gov/map/

Read Dr. Shaawano Chad Uran's article on tribal sovereignty here: https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/professor-breaks-down-sovereignty-and-explains-its-significance

Learn more about fentanyl exposure and the police-generated hysteria around it here: https://healthandjusticejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40352-021-00163-5

Send the Senate Judiciary Committee a message urging them to vote NO on SB 99 at this link: https://secure.everyaction.com/cFi2jFNEBUqL84J6sNRCfg2

Sign up for our NO on SB 99 phone and text bank here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdb2wpv547CrcgS5ggKaVwOqcqWc11BSZG19WgNJCAGmNqa2w/viewform

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