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This is an attempt to criticize a law that Walz signed mandating free tampons in boys’ and girls’ bathrooms in Minnesota schools.  It’s more shitty anti-trans bigotry, since the possibility that an AFAB school kid would use the mens’ room just makes their head spin.

Of course, the notion that some poor kid would take a couple of tampons home to mom because it’s the 29th and her period started before her paycheck hit the bank isn’t something that those panty-sniffing assholes would think of.

Also, just in case you think Walz can’t get pissed when he needs to, here’s a clip where the football coach came out:

Gov. @Tim_Walz: Be part of the solution. If you truly believe in the people, invest in our children, invest in our teachers! pic.twitter.com/yF0OL4HlQL

— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) August 6, 2024

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Well, it turns out we can have two nice things in the span of less than a month.

I wrote a piece on Walz the other day from the perspective of someone who had a lot of the same similar life experiences.  Rather than repeating that, I want to tell a story about common decency and thoughtfulness.

The other day we were in Grand Forks, ND, which is right across the river from Minnesota.  It’s about an hour six hours north of Mankato, where Walz and his wife taught, and it’s very near MN-01, the district he represented.  Walking into a Walmart there, I saw this:

It’s just a bit of kindness that doesn’t cost anyone anything.  So why not?   I posted this on Bluesky the other day and someone told me that this is something that’s at the manager’s discretion.

I am so not surprised that a Walmart in Grand Forks would do this.  Yeah, there are some Trump signs and other asshole signifiers, but overall this group of people likes to think of themselves as good people who are kind and helpful to their neighbors.  Only weirdos would oppose turning off the music, TVs and cleaning machines in the morning at Walmart so people who are sensitive to noise can shop in peace.

Being kind, and, frankly, shaming those who are unkind, is Tim Walz’ superpower.  He’s a guy that does all the things that people in the upper midwest do (hunt, fish, shoot skeet, eat corn dogs, etc.), but he’s also someone who isn’t embarrassed to promote an agenda of kindness on a one-vote margin in the Minnesota legislature.

This is a winning pick and it’s a pick that’s going to make the Republicans shit themselves.  He looks the stereotype, and he’s anything but.    He’s a national guard veteran: everyone from where Walz is from knows that the multiple guard deployments in the middle east were brutal. He’s a football coach and social studies teacher, which is a hilarious cliche, but he also agreed to be the advisor for the gay/straight student alliance at his school in 1999.

Finally, and this is incredible:  Walz is the first Democratic VP pick since 1964 who didn’t go to law school.

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