WATCH YOUR REPS MN: PATREON CAMPAIGN

If you've been following the Minnesota action items that I've posted here, on the Indivisible North page, or on my own personal Facebook page, more often than not you've been acting on info I've gotten from Watch Your Reps MN. The tireless work that's gone into gathering this data has been a huge help, so I'm happy to support Watch Your Reps MN's Patreon campaign. Please donate if you have some dough to share. Thanks much!

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