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Senator John Marty

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MN Senator. Advocate for social, racial, environmental, and economic justice. Author of proposed Minnesota Health Plan. Bold, ethical leader. linktr.ee/senjohnmarty

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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Anthony Edwards is a Minnesota Icon. It would be wonderful if he would forgo the millions he will profit from this gambling deal, rather than addict and cause great harm to many of the young kids who look up to him!
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We face exponential growth in gambling addiction, leading to more suicides & young people losing money needed for college. We banned prediction markets in MN because of the mental health crisis it will cause. Teams & players —role models to many— should do the same gamblingharm.org/minnesota-se...
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Senator Slams T-Wolves Star's Prediction Market Gambling Deal
Explore the controversy surrounding Edwards PrizePicks sponsorship amid Minnesota's sports gambling debates and concerns.
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A good step forward in 2027: the Patient-Centered Care (PCC) bill would remove insurance company middlemen from our public programs - improving care & saving money. This is urgent. PCC bill in 2027. Then, affordable, comprehensive healthcare for all with the MN Health Plan and M4All nationally!
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"We are at the tail end of a dying system of paying & providing for healthcare, & need to start building a new one." So true. So urgent - People are hurting & it's getting worse! It's time for Healthcare for all. MN Health Plan. Now. senatedfl.mn/senate-major...
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Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy Responds to Health Insurance Rate Increases | Minnesota Senate DFL
SAINT PAUL, Minn. – On Thursday, the Minnesota Department of Commerce announced the health insurance rate increases facing Minnesotans next year. For 203,000 consumers who purchase insurance on the in...
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Gloria Steinem's greatest gift to society was to teach people to respect the dignity of others, especially women and all who have been ignored, marginalized, or worse. Thanks for your kindness and decency to all! RIP Gloria Steinem www.newyorker.com/culture/life...
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Gloria Steinem’s Final Essay
Gloria Steinem writes about what she meant when she called herself a feminist.
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Nice to see our law has helped sharply reduce catalytic converter theft from the everyday occurrence it was several years ago.
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I am now on Substack. First post below, be sure to subscribe! “Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.” -Wendell Berry johnmarty.substack.com/p/wisdom-fro...
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Wisdom from Wendell Berry
A Sobering Warning as leaders downplay climate change
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Rep. Karen Clark was a gem! She led so many good fights, for environmental protection, for public health, for economic and racial justice, for human rights - many of them considered politically impossible - but Karen was persistent, and eventually many of them became reality! Karen ❤️🩷🧡💛💚💙💜
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
If you missed out on my Town Hall with Rep Gottfried, we got a link below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1gR...
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Senator John Marty | District 40 Virtual Town Hall 4/11/2026
YouTube video by Minnesota Senate DFL
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Excellent commentary from Atty General Keith Ellison! Prediction markets are used for illegal gambling in MN. I'm pleased my legislation, SF 4511, to clarify that this is illegal, passed the Senate Judiciary Comm. with strong bipartisan support last week! open.substack.com/pub/keithell...
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Prediction Markets Are Bets — Stop Pretending Otherwise
The Trump administration is trying to do something every state should resist: use the federal government to strip states of their power to regulate betting products being marketed as something they ar...
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Health Care for All Minnesota (HCA-MN) @hca-mn.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
👏Thank you to everyone that joined us for our 2026 Health Care Lobby Day on the Hill! A huge shout out to our featured speakers, @senjohnmarty.bsky.social , State Senator Jen McEwen, and State Representative Robert Bierman. #MNLeg #mnhealthplan #SinglePayer #Medicaid
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Glad that @governorwalz.mn.gov likes my Patient-Centered Care bill. It's time that we kick the insurance companies out of our healthcare programs! senatedfl.mn/senator-mart...
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Senator Marty’s Legislation to Kick Insurance Companies out of Minnesota Healthcare Programs Receives Hearing; Governor Walz Issues Statement Supporting the Proposal | Minnesota Senate DFL
St. Paul, MN – On Tuesday, the Minnesota Senate Health & Human Services Committee heard Senator John Marty’s legislation, Senate File 3612, a bill that would kick private insurers out of Minnesota’s p...
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Why not now?
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Unfortunately, the sculpture was destroyed by Jake Lang, who was charged with assaulting an officer with a bat during Jan 6. Pardoned by Trump, he's now being charged with felony destruction of property. Two veterans groups paid for the sculpture he destroyed. www.kare11.com/article/news...
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'Prosecute ICE' sculpture destroyed outside State Capitol hours after unveiling
The sculpture was installed by members of a veterans organization and other community leaders in protest of federal immigration operations.
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
A beautiful ice sculpture on the MN state capitol plaza. A crystal clear ice sculpture with a crystal clear message for protecting our democracy and constitutional rights: "Prosecute ICE" ICE agents who violate laws & constitutional rights should be prosecuted as anyone else would be.
Ice Sculpture on MN Capitol steps says: "Prosecute ICE"
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
DHS has been "remade into a paramilitary force: heavily armed, lightly restrained, and increasingly insulated from meaningful oversight” ICE has transformed "into a domestic security apparatus operating in communities" that looks "like internal security services abroad.” tinyurl.com/SteadyStateSC
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The Department of Homeland Security becomes our own Ministry of Interior.
The Steady State | by Steven A. Cash
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Dark Days for Democracy Most Americans have no clue that the US could quickly become a police state. ICE’s budget is bigger than most European armies. “The Dept of Homeland Security has, in effect, become a tool of a dictator, our Ministry of Interior” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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Column | The world recoils at Trump’s ‘paramilitary’ force
The havoc wrought by the deployment of federal immigration enforcement in the U.S. has wrought unflattering comparisons abroad to unaccountable paramilitary forces.
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
My colleague seems to think we should focused on protecting ICE agents right now. Not our neighbors who are being terrorized by them in the streets? I'm sorry, I disagree. #mnleg #iceout
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Lured by the promise of easy money, major league owners & politicians alike embrace online sports betting while ignoring its devastating impacts. Worth reading: EVERYBODY LOSES shows how sportsbooks destroy the integrity of sports, harm athletes, and drivecountless people to gambling addiction.
Everybody Loses - Book jacket
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The wealth and economic clout of the Chamber of Commerce & these CEOs could get Trump’s attention. If they care about their customers, employees, & the community, they will demand the President pull ICE out before they kill more people on the street, before they terrorize more of our neighbors.
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The atmosphere for people of color is akin to that for Jewish residents of Berlin in the 1930s. YET THE ONLY THING THESE CEOs WILL DO IS CALL FOR “FOCUSED COOPERATION” AMONG POLITICAL LEADERS? SHAME!
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The explicit racial targeting of non-white people is appalling. It violates everything that these businesses claim to stand for.
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
They detain even preschool children, demand people show papers to prove they are citizens, they attack and kill people on the streets. They are roaming our communities looking for people to arrest because their darker skin leads some ICE agents to believe they don’t belong here.
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
These CEOs say they “have been working every day behind the scenes” with the White House? And they think this blather is a bold response? ICE agents are acting with cruelty, ignoring constitutional rights – brutally abducting the customers and workers of these businesses.
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
The ICE cruelty doesn't end. ICE abducted this 2 yr old & her dad, rejecting the family attorney's attempt to get her out of custody, back to her mother. The Strib reports they sent her to Texas, despite a court order. ICE says it is arresting the "worst of the worst"
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Proud of Minnesota's resistance to cruelty. Proud to join with a few of my colleagues in with the Interfaith Service at Temple Israel today. Bishop Mariann Budde brought a powerful message of hope as we stand together supporting our neighbors.
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
It's bitter cold today, but countless kind, warm-hearted Minnesotans joined the statewide Day of Prayer & Fasting to get ICE agents out. Here's a group at one street corner in Roseville this morning. When ICE abducts innocent preschoolers, people are willing to resist their cruelty.
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Like so many other ICE actions: This is simply cruel! Abducting an innocent 5 yr old preschool child & rushing him off to Texas is just mean. Is there no point at which Republicans in Congress will stand up to this cruelty? For our constitutional rights? bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
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ICE detains 4 Columbia Heights students, including 5- and 10-year-olds sent to Texas
Columbia Heights Public Schools leaders addressed the ICE surge into the district, saying the community is "shattered."
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Using our Somali neighbors who fled violence and oppression as pawns is immoral and disgusting, and puts their lives at risk. When Trump stokes racism & hatred to incite people, we must speak out. Glad to stand with many colleagues, religious & community leaders to support our neighbors.
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Proud to stand today, with Sen Zaynab Mohamed & Rep Ilhan Omar and many colleagues in solidarity against Trump's cruel, illegal attempt to end Temporary Protective Status for Somali Minnesotans.
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Sports betting scandals & the public's fading trust, "points to an industry rotting from the inside — one that rewards corruption, punishes transparency & treats addiction as a business model." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...
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Opinion | Gambling Is Killing Sports and Consuming America
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Rep. Tom Emmer says this woman is from the "terrorist wing" of the Democratic Party, because she attended what he called a "Hate America" rally. She loves America, Rep Emmer. As do the other thousands at the White Bear Lk, MN No Kings rally. Beautiful weather, beautiful, patriotic people!
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Look at all they have accomplished in ten years! We are all better because of the work of these incredible volunteers. Thank you Kathy Ramundt and Sherry Sanders for your vision. And your good work to make this happen. Check out their webpage, dogoodroseville.com and please share with others!
Amazing list of accomplishments of "Do Good Roseville" - educational programs, volunteer work, community conversations, etc.
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Please share this amazing Good News! In times of political, economic, & social division, never forget that each of us can make a positive difference. See the incredible community work initiated by a few volunteers. This could be replicated elsewhere. www.rosevillereader.com/do-good-rose...
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Do Good Roseville celebrates ten years
Making good things happen one idea at a time
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
We need an assault weapons ban - but we also need more comprehensive gun violence prevention legislation, including licensing and registration. #mnleg
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Ban assault weapons & large-capacity magazines - during the special session! It might have saved lives at Annunciation if passed 2 yrs ago. But, we also need broader gun violence laws. Here's my testimony on my comprehensive legislation: youtu.be/ANswPpLzREw?...
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Gun Violence Prevention Working Group - 09/15/25
YouTube video by Minnesota Senate Media Services
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Charlie Kirk murdered. Gun violence has no place in America. Not in schools: Sandy Hook, Uvalde, Annunciation and.... Not in public life: Hortman, Hoffman, Giffords, Scalise, now Kirk. Each one a tragedy. Each one unacceptable. We can & must stop the gun violence epidemic.
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Opposition from the GOP and some DFLers could result in failure to pass an assault weapons ban and other gun safety provisions. That is not a reason to avoid debating the issues and voting on them. Failure to do so is a betrayal of responsibility; Minnesotans deserve honesty and accountability. 3/3
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
I would welcome the opportunity to present these bills in front of a committee, to have proponents and opponents debate the ideas in them, then have the committee, and the full Legislature, vote for or against each provision. 2/3
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
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Minnesota Legislature needs to act now on gun violence - MinnPost
A special session should be called to debate and vote on an assault weapons ban. If it isn't, the Legislature should act in 2026.
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
It's time for political courage to stop this epidemic of gun violence. It's time for courts to end the distorted interpretation of the 2nd amendment. Founding Fathers didn't envision semi-automatic assault rifles or other modern arms. School kids lives matter.
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Two more school children dead. Six others in critical condition. Each death is tragic. Each is unacceptable. The 286th mass shooting (4 or more victims) in the US this year. Thoughts & prayers, yes. Mental Health services, yes. Also, yes, to real gun safety regulation. (1/2)
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Fardin Oliaei, the MPCA whistleblower fired for telling the truth, deserves this belated recognition. Fardin is an environmental hero for Minnesota! Watch this 45 minute film. Share with others concerned about PFAS and regulatory capture.
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
A powerful new documentary on PFAS brings to light how the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency fired the scientist exposing PFAS dangers 20 yrs before Amara's Law: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_8W... Joe Augustine’s excellent investigative reporting illustrates Corporate Capture of the MPCA in 2005.
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3M PFAS documentary | Everywhere & Forever: Blood. Water. And the Politics of PFAS.
YouTube video by FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
It was heartening to see the strong showing for the Trans Day of Visibilityon Monday! The Trump administration is vilifying people & attempting to erase an entire community. There’s nothing more important than coming together and standing with our trans neighbors. All people are valued!
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
So tragic that we are in a time when the Voting Rights Act is being dismantled, and racial hatred is being stoked. [5/5]
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Ten years ago, on the 50th Anniversary of the Selma march, I joined my dad, who was speaking at a local college commemorating the march. Powerful memories, especially at this time, with his recent passing. [4/5]
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The report was published before they had word that one of their fellow clergy marchers, Rev. James Reeb, was assaulted in Selma that evening, and died two days later, helping spark passage of the Voting Rights Act. kinginstitute.stanford.edu/reeb-james [3/5]
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Reeb, James
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
He filed this report on his way home that evening: www.christiancentury.org/article/feat... [2/5]
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Selma: Sustaining the momentum
Two Century editors report from the second march in Selma, Alabama, on March 9,...
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Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Sixty years ago, the Selma Voting Rights March began. On Bloody Sunday Alabama Troopers brutally assaulted peaceful marchers. Martin Luther King rallied religious leaders from around the country to come. My Dad joined the marchers in Selma on Tuesday. [1/5]
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