I wrote a letter to #Michigan State Rep Wilson & State Sen Irwin, about #BanningBooks (https://www.facebook.com/thedavid.mfano/posts/pfbid0gvkVA6uVNuHiewAmZdo5Gn4bsn1CmwapigdsZhe9dttz6WkSst4bJvpVA5uTSp1el)

#Illinois is the 1st state to ban #BookBans. #Schools or #libraries that do so could lose state funds. Book bans target stories by & about #PeopleOfColor & #LGBTQ & goes agst the #FirstAmendment. We must follow IL's lead & need to enact #legislation to put a ban on #BookBanning.

Now it is your turn by starting at https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials

#1stAmendment #MILeg #librarians #censorship

State lawmakers heard testimony Tuesday, June 6, on a pair of bills to #BanConversionTherapy for minors in #Michigan. Supporters of the ban told the Senate Housing and Human Services Committee #ConversionTherapy has negative, long-lasting effects on an #LGBTQ person’s life.

https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2023/06/banning-conversion-therapy-in-michigan-would-protect-lgbtq-children-supporters-say.html

#news #politics #MILeg #LGBTRights #LGBTQRights

Anti-discrimination #legislation to add protections for natural hair, “traits historically associated with race” into #Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act is heading to the governor’s desk after passing the Legislature Thursday. The bill would implement a policy known as the “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act,” or “#CROWNAct,” for short.

https://www.michiganradio.org/social-justice/2023-06-09/anti-discrimination-protections-for-natural-hair-protective-styles-pass-state-legislature

#news #politics #MILeg #CROWN #hair #blackhair #naturalhair #TheCrownAct

Just heard that #mileg is debating a state insect for #Michigan and are focusing on 2 butterflies. Lame. Better options:

RT @DistillSocial
“They are finally saying the quiet part out loud. A whole section of the GOP wants the government to tell you how to think, how to dress & apparently who you can live with out of wedlock in the year 2023.”

Michigan MAGAs get out a shoutout for yesterday’s votes on MSNBC. #mileg https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1649051308681482240

The Michigan House just passed an Extreme Risk bill that would allow for the temporary removal of firearms from people who pose a risk to themselves or others. The news comes just hours after two other historic gun safety bills became law! #MILeg

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#Editorial: #Michigan #Republicans are saying they'll vote no on #RagFlag #legislation, "it’s still a due process issue." Complete BS! An #ExtremeRiskOrder is ordered by a JUDGE, & only used when there is PROBABLE CAUSE of harm to self or other. Getting fair treatment through the normal judicial system IS THE DEFINITION OF DUE PROCESS! The #GOP is agst any #GunRegulation for the very sake of being agst ALL #guncontrol.

#news #politics #GunControlNow #RegFlagLaws #MILeg #opinion

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#News: The #Michigan state House Judiciary Committee approved “#RedFlag” #legislation Wednesday that would allow authorities to seize #firearms from someone deemed by a judge to pose an imminent risk.

https://www.michiganradio.org/politics-government/2023-04-12/house-committee-sends-extreme-risk-order-bill-to-floor

#ExtremeRiskOrder #GunRegulation #GunControl. #politics #GunControlNow #RegFlagLaws #MILeg #opinion

After years of fighting, #Michigan's #RightToWork legislation has finally been repealed, restoring workers' power to bargain for fair contracts and safe working conditions. United Steelworkers International President Tom Conway tells the story: https://www.usw.org/blog/2023/building-worker-power #RightToWorkRepealed #1u #MIleg

The #Michigan State Senate passed two measures to make unionizing easier and ensure fair wages for state-funded project workers. That’s great news for workers! http://bit.ly/3JhDLkY #MichiganStrong #MIleg #1u

RT @MomsDemand
NEW: Michigan House lawmakers passed House Bill 4138, a critical gun violence prevention bill that would require background checks for all unlicensed gun sales. The Michigan Senate will hold a committee hearing on the bill tomorrow. #MILeg https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/08/house-votes-to-expand-background-checks-on-gun-sales/69984625007/

#BloodDonors are trending. #MILeg declares January 2023 as National Blood Donor Month in the state of Michigan because approximately 29,000 units of red blood cells are needed every day in the United States. https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1519980

It's such a national tragedy that Republicans have decided gun lobby money is more important than the lives of American children. The GOP is not a pro-life party, no matter how loudly they shout it.
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RT @NSmithReports
Freshman at MSU, former Oxford High School student speaking about having to go through another shooting & demanding action.
Went on to question how many lives from gun violence are enough #mipol #mileg
https://twitter.com/NSmithReports/status/1625897989490323469

RT @NSmithReports
Freshman at MSU, former Oxford High School student speaking about having to go through another shooting & demanding action.
Went on to question how many lives from gun violence are enough #mipol #mileg

The pension tax repeal (and the working families tax credit) passed tonight. I don't normally cross-post. However, here is the roll call for the repeal of Michigan's pension tax. All the Democrats and three Republicans voted in favor. #Michigan #MiLeg #DemsDeliver #RepealPensionTax #MichiganPolitics

https://twitter.com/RothTheReporter/status/1618407869422108672

RT @RothTheReporter@twitter.com

.@GovWhitmer@twitter.com says she’s willing to go on offense and travel to states that restrict abortion access to convince businesses there to move to Michigan.

“I’m looking at you, Ohio and Indiana,” she says. #MISOTS23 #MILeg

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RothTheReporter/status/1618407869422108672

I wrote a blog post on four states which start with the letter M, have Democratic trifectas, and have bans on gay sex still on the books. https://worldofvalues.wordpress.com/2023/01/11/will-these-four-blue-trifectas-repeal-their-sodomy-laws-in-2023/ #lgbt #p2 #maryland #Minnesota #Massachusetts #Michigan #mileg #mnleg #maleg #mdleg #mdpolitics #MAPoli #MNpolitics #mnpol #mipol #mipolitics

RT @DavidEggert00@twitter.com

House Speaker Joe Tate traveled from Spartan Stadium to Afghanistan to Capitol; son of Detroit firefighter who died in line of duty/teacher mom will be first-ever Black speaker & first Democrat to take helm of chamber since 2009 https://www.crainsdetroit.com/politics-policy/joe-tate-set-take-michigan-house-speaker-role via @crainsdetroit@twitter.com #mileg

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DavidEggert00/status/1612783894838870018

A reminder as legislative sessions get underway: Minnesota, Michigan, Massachusetts and Maryland are blue trifecta states with anti-gay sex laws. Perfect opportunity to repeal in 2023. #uspol #mipol #MAPoli #MAPol #mdpolitics #MNpolitics #mnpol #lgbt #mnleg #maleg #mdleg #mileg

I think the first thing #miLeg should do is pick a f-ing time zone and f-ing stick to it