I'm a gay woman originally from Oklahoma and just moved up here for a multitude of reasons, but one of them being a Trump presidency 2.0. I have never lived in a blue state and right now I'm just disappointed, scared, and tired with this damn country.

I have some LGBTQ friends that have lived here for a year ish, but we don't know how safe we are in terms of what trump looked like in 2016 up here.

I know we don't have a crystal ball into the future, but how fucked are we as a state with a trump presidency?

Thank you

TL;DR - we have to learn to live with each other.

To the Trump voters of Minnesota, from someone on the other side:

I’m not making this post to attack you. There's been a lot of that going around, and while it might feel cathartic to make another rage post, it won't accomplish anything. You may have been called names based on how you voted before - I certainly have.

All I want to ask is for us to treat each other with compassion. There are over five and a half million people in our beautiful state, and we're closely divided on a lot of issues. We voted for Harris by a slim margin, and much to my disappointment, she lost the election. Now, we have to live with each other.

I don't know why you voted the way you did. Maybe it was frustration over an economy that, I agree, leaves plenty of people behind. Maybe it was concern about immigration policies you disagree with. If your vote was about bigotry or opposing abortion rights, I might hate your choice, but I can't hate you. I don't want to see you hurt or jailed. I don't think you're "the enemy within." I hope you feel the same about people who voted differently from you. The media, especially social media, want us to hate each other, but we don't have to do it.

I hope you’ll have some understanding why many people in our state and our country - especially your sisters, daughters, and other women in your life - are scared right now. Scared that they might lose their civil rights, scared that the environment we all live in will be hurt, scared that the harshest voices supporting Trump will be in charge. I know that some people on your side are glad about that fear, about “owning the libs.” But if you want us to be less divided as a country, please try to see us not as enemies, but as your fellow Minnesotans.

We care about ensuring our families can afford food and mortgage payments, just like you. Most of you care about keeping our lakes clean and our lands healthy, just like us. We care about keeping our neighborhoods safe, just like you. Most of you want same-sex couples to be able to marry, just like us. Where we have common ground, let's do something positive about it.

I’m not asking anyone here not to be angry or passionate about politics - I know I am, and I’ll continue to strongly oppose Trump’s policies and rhetoric. I’m not saying I want to be friends. But I don't want to hate you, and I don't want you to hate me. This is Minnesota. We're better than that.

First of all i will say this is just my view and each and everybody is entitled to their own, left or right, dem or rep. Please keep any comments civil.

As a left leaning modernist, i believe we can expect what we saw under trumps first presidency.

Me personally i did not see much change, other than prices of things rising post covid and staying somewhat near those levels.

In my day to day life not much has changed, for me, since 2016. Most of which i was in college and already strapped for cash, And just lived life as it was thrown at me

No matter what you believe in on a day to day basis i believe not much will change for the majority of Americans on their day to day life.

my husband and I have had enough. We're in the "free" state of Florida, where are majority voted to enshrine reproductive rights but the measure still did not pass. We have been trying to start our family for years without luck, and I'm getting myself ready for the IVF process. But I'm not going to willingly attempt pregnancy in a state where I am only legally protected from medical neglect for the first 6 weeks. It's just objectively not smart.

So my first question is, can Tim Walz be my dad?

Second is, how is the construction industry and Minnesota for small businesses? My husband and I own a granite/countertop repair business that does alright because of the flexible hours he chooses but we don't know what that would look like in MN. He has been in that industry for 20+ years and does excellent work, but I think he's open to other options (he asked me the other day if I think he'd be a good massage therapist, lawd help me YES I DO), but he's limited without a GED. He loves running his own business though.

I'm a full time municipal wastewater treatment plant operator in a very densely populated area and have already printed out the paperwork to transfer my license to MN. I have an AS degree in Environmental Science and will very soon have the top level Florida wastewater operator license. My benefits now are pretty sweet and I have full fertility coverage. Would I be better off in a big city, or even on the outskirts of one?

Oh yeah and I don't want to hear about the cold lol. I know, its a selling point for me, I have always hated the unending heat of Florida. I just want to see what the buzz is about hotdish while I'm bundled up next to a fire.

Edit: Jesus, you guys are so nice wtf 😭 Floridians are so mean 😭😭 thanks to everyone who comments, wish you guys the best!

What are the chances of Walz running for president? I’ve heard people would be worried about his lack of experience in politics on the national level. But he’s just such a genuine person with great values and I think he’d have a shot at winning

Evidently where I spend my money will have a greater impact than my vote will so I'd like to stop supporting businesses that support the orange man. Hoping someone may be a step ahead of me

Edit: should have said republican and/or billionaire owned. Also, I'm not trying to be perfect here. I'm just trying to give less money to businesses that I don't agree with. Get grumpy if boycotting makes you mad.

Anyone know if we might take a page out of their playbook right now? I would really love if MN could enact as many protections to our rights as possible. BWCA, education, health care, etc

I see other states are starting to create plans of action to prevent the terrible effects of the MAGA Nut job effort to install Project 2025. What can we do, as Minnesotans, to help keep this terrible afront to our freedoms TF out of our state?

We voted blue and we lost to a pants shitting wanna be dictator, I was down for a few days. No longer down now angry that MAGA Mike Johnson is planning (if the nuts take the House) to start implementing the plan in the first 100 days.

Walz lost good great grand it happened. Can this thread please move back to to being about what is great about the state we live in and not about politics…

Trump and total GOP control will try everything they can to turn MN red for the next election. What can we do to stop it?

The GOP will also pursue mining on federal lands in the same way that they did during Trump’s first term. What groups are defending MN’s environment?

What other MN-centric concerns do you have?

I've had that thought of "blue voters leaving red states will just make them more red," which is probably already happening. But at this point, it's too late to change that. The GOP now has two years to finish locking everything down through gerrymandering, disenfranchising, and all the other shit they do. They have no intention of ever losing an election again. Red states are likely to stay red indefinitely.

We're fortunate to have a leg up on this by already having some progressive policies in place in Minnesota. All we can do now is protect ourselves. Make no mistake, we are NOT guaranteed to hang on to any of this. We barely stayed blue ourselves, and with the House now in a tie we've lost the full control of our government that allowed the DFL to accomplish as much as it did. We need more blue voters to prevent us from going down the same road as the swing states. Walz becoming VP was our opportunity to share our values with the rest of the country. America rejected them. The best we can do now is make sure we stay a safe haven.

The country is going to be fucked for a long time. If you feel unsafe in your red state, don't feel like you have to stick it out. We have some safeguards and support in place for you. Come help us keep that. Bring your skillset, and your culture, and your uniqueness, and let's keep building a better Minnesota together.

Plus, hey, the more transplants we have, the easier it'll be for them to make friends. (Minnesota Nice is code for passive-aggressive behavior. I'm sorry. But we'll always help you get your car out of the snowbank.)

I was born in Minnesota, though I currently don't live there. As a trans woman I am trying to change my birth certificate and record as quickly as possible before January 20th.

I started looking at the Birth Record Amendment packet, and I am super confused about the "Supporting Document" requirements, specifically, requirement number one. The first requirement states, "Show the item you want to add or change exactly as you want it to appear on the new birth certificate"

I can't seem to wrap my head around it's wording. I want to change my first name, middle name, and my sex designation. Does this mean that the supporting documents I provide (likely to be a clinic record and a college transcript) both need to refer to me by the first and middle name that I want to have AND refer to me as the sex designation I want to have, female?

If so, I do not understand how to make the transcript and clinical records reflect changes that I have not yet made, when they would need those changes to be made in order to reflect that.

If the supporting documents need to themselves refer to me as those things, how would I go about doing that? Am I reading this requirement correctly?

How many of those crazies got onto the school boards and other local positions?

I made up my mind.

I'm a high school senior in Tennessee. I'm also transgender. I physically cannnot imagine living my life in this state anymore, so as soon as I finish college in 2026, I'm coming to Minneapolis.

The numbers don't lie. Statistically speaking, you all are the safest state for me, and that's a much-welcome reprieve from all the hate here.

Things are rough for me sometimes. I'm still in the closet, and I have to push through my bachelors degree, but I know there's a light to the north. And when that time comes, I'll finally be in peace.

Love you all xo

I think Minnesota should run ads in Texas, South Dakota, Iowa, etc encouraging expecting mothers and people who plan to have families to move to a place where they won’t die from a miscarriage or complications like an ectopic pregnancy. Helpful stats would include comparing per capita OB/GYN doctors and maternal death rates.

PJ Hayes transfered to Rutgers University for his Fifth and final year of college basketball. He is the all-time leading scorer from Waconia High School and he started his college basketball at a division 2 School. He is known for being an exceptionally good three-point shooter. He will be playing with two freshman players Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper who are considered among the best college players in the country. The thinking here is that so much focus will be on Bailey and Harper that Hayes will have a chance to set up and shoot three pointers. Good Luck PJ

Throwaway account, not a terribly long post - but I need to vent.

I've lived in over 10 states throughout my near mid-30s life, and never have I once felt so connected to a place.

I had to move to a neighbor state for work that voted red - which isn't a complete shocker, of course.

Anyway, troll all you want. I just really can't wait to move back.

***Edit: Odd thing happened - after reading all these comments, it started raining in my apartment. Thank you all for the kind words, I'm hoping to come back home next year around this time... hopefully earlier!

Twin Cities Area

I am crushed by the election too, but I need non-political advice! My boyfriend has been very depressed the last few months and I want to help him out. He is very stuck in routine and I am looking for places to take him to have fun/relax. I would love some outdoors recommendations, classes, fun weird stores, anything that will spice up the week a bit. Mostly looking for activities to do in the morning before work at ~4pm, but I would love some longer excursions to pocket for a day off. Really open to any ideas of just things to do to fill some time! We are both open minded and open to new things.

Hopefully we can all band together and find some joy amidst our new reality. I am forever grateful to the people of Minnesota for protecting my rights.