On this week’s episode, Dr. Rep. Kelly Morrison drops by to chat with Grace & Bri about her re-election campaign, what the job of House Representative actually entails, and what she’d do with a magic wand in the Legislature. Bri & Grace will give you the 411 on the newly announced Legislative committees & chairs, which includes both the very good and the eye-rollingly bad. Plus, some good news about Ojibwe lands in Cass County, and a healthy dose of hypocrisy in this week’s COVID Corner. A real treat!

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Enbridge’s controversial/terrible Line 3 oil pipeline is finally out of the courts and is once more racking up permit approvals on its way to installment across native land and waterways. Not great! Grace and Bri get you up to speed on the history and Enbrige’s (dubious) environmental track record, and then talk to Senator-Elect Mary Kunesh about all the ways this sucks for Native populations, the environment, and women. Plus, a bonus history lesson about the racist art at the Capitol, the attempts to remove it, and the giant garbage piece depicting Native Americans that still overlooks the Senate Chamber floor.

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This week’s episode is all about anger, because there’s a lot to be angry about - the political power grabs at the Capitol, the GOP’s response to COVID, and the pandemic in general. After giving you the low down on that short list of delightful topics, Grace turns the mic on Bri to learn about her experiences as a campaign manager and more about productive ways to channel that rage. You’ll leave this episode knowing that you’re not alone in your anger at *the world* and with a few more tools in your toolbox as we work to build the future we deserve.

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With the Election finally over, we’re switching gears and talking about another extremely important topic - abortion access! You’ll get a quick history lesson about medication abortions & some of the innovative ways they’ve been provided, along with some recent legal news that makes it easier for folks to access reproductive healthcare in a pandemic. Our special guest, Dr. Julie Amaon, is the Medical Director at Just The Pill, a new-ish non-profit that’s helping to increase access to reproductive healthcare and abortions across Minnesota. COVID Corner makes its terrible comeback as Grace & Bri freak out about the rising case numbers. The ep wraps with an overview of a potential Legislative domino effect should Sen. Amy Klobuchar get appointed to the cabinet.

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It’s been a week. A year. Nine decades. But at last, we have Minnesota’s election results, and Grace and Bri get into all the homegrown goods: who won, who didn’t, which outstate counties flipped for Biden, the impact third-party candidates had on our congressional and state legislature races (spoiler alert: it’s bad), and where we stand heading into the 2021 session. Bri can’t help but be paranoid about 2022 (breathe, girl!), and we take a minute to check in on the RenFem guests who ran for office this year.

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Election Day 2020 is tomorrow. The day we’ve been working towards since November 2016 and in the four years since that life-altering election, we’ve accomplished so much, from having record numbers of women running for office to flipping the Minnesota House, and so much in between. In preparation for whatever the results are this Election Day, we have Meggie Wittorf, Executive Director of Women Winning, as our guest to help us celebrate the amazing work women have done in the build up to this election.

Get out those votes, y’all, and remember, when women come together, we rise.

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This week on Renegade Feminist, we’re going local. Alongside of all the high profile races happening right now, cities & towns across the state are electing their leadership and y’all, we’ve got to pay attention. Local government makes decisions that can directly impact our day-to-day lives, and to learn more, we dive into the saga of West St. Paul, which includes toxic masculinity, intimidation tampons, and the badass women who won’t stay quiet. We talk with City Councilwoman Lisa Eng-Sarne about what she’s been working on and the progress being made in West St. Paul. In the back half of the episode, we chat about why GOP candidates are skipping forums, what’s up with voting & COVID numbers, and bring you our two spotlight candidates of the week.

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It’s October! Surprise! The election is one month away, and there’s a lot happening: the President has COVID, and so might a bunch of Minnesota lawmakers; Angie Craig’s race has been upended (and possibly postponed?!) by the death of one of her opponents; and “ballot harvesting” is suddenly in the news for no good reason. Plus, to quell fears about voter suppression, we chat with DFL Deputy Director for Voter Protection, Rachel Dame, who gives us the deets on all the efforts in place to protect the vote. We wrap the episode with two spotlight candidates running for the MN House — Brittney Johnson & Kaela Berg. It’s a packed episode, so grab an apple cider donut and a chunky cardigan, and let’s go save democracy.

Meet Our Guest - Rachel Dame

Rachel is the Deputy Director for Voter Protection at the Minnesota DFL. She develops training for Poll Challengers, coordinates & staffs the Voter Protection Hotline, and overall, is working to ensure all eligible Minnesotans have access to a free and fair election.

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