On Monday, Minnesota lawmakers were having a Zoom meeting when Republican state Sen. Cal Bahr embarrassed himself during a vote by appearing shirtless while lounging in bed, with an image from School House Rock’s “I’m Just a Bill” as a background. The cherry atop this humiliating sundae was Bahr’s wicked bed head. Unfortunately for Bahr, his attempt to turn off his camera came about three seconds too late.
Before working from bed, Bahr was best known for being forced to apologize back in 2019 (when he was a state representative) for telling a gun-fetishist rally that proponents of gun safety legislation should be “stomped on and run over a few times.”
The video has made its way all around the internets and the responses are [chef’s kiss].
From the mouth (or in this case face) of babes:
File this under if only:
And finally:
Here’s the whole meeting, so you can contextualize Bahr ‘working’ at around the 6:40 mark.
Can we have fairer, more representative elections in the U.S.? Absolutely, says Deb Otis on this week’s episode of “The Downballot.” Otis, the director of research at FairVote, tells us about her organization’s efforts to advocate for two major reforms—ranked-choice voting and proportional representation—and the prospects for both. RCV, which is growing in popularity, not only helps ensure candidates win with majorities but can lower the temperature by encouraging cross-endorsements. PR, meanwhile, would give voters a stronger voice, especially when they’re a minority in a dark red or dark blue area.
Walter Einenkel
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