Three Wins Today: May 20, 2025

I love today’s wins cause you probably didn’t hear about them before this video. Some days I post the big wins, and I know people love that, but you’ve already heard those. This way I’m expanding your knowledge rather than just repeating it. Okay that’s enough preamble, let’s get to the wins!

1. In Alaska, for the first time in over a decade, the legislature overrode the Governor’s veto. Governor Mike Dunleavy vetoed increasing the $1.2b education budget by $180m, but now, thanks to the override, it’s going to be increased anyway! For the first time since 2017 the education budget is getting a permanent and significant increase. I’ve been saying I think Alaska is one of our most flippable states and this just further confirms that for me.

2. 40 out of 57 Attorneys General in the states and territories have written a letter to Congress opposing the amendment to the “Big Ugly Bill” that imposes a 10-year probation on AI regulation:

   The impact of such a broad moratorium would be sweeping and wholly destructive of reasonable state efforts to prevent known harms associated with AI. This bill will affect hundreds of existing and pending state laws passed and considered by both Republican and Democratic state legislatures. Some existing laws have been on the books for many years.

   This was signed by some of our *favorites* like Indiana’s Todd Rokita, Oklahoma’s Gentner Drummond and Ohio’s David Yost. As well as territory AGs like American Samoa’s Gwen Tauiliili-Langkilde and DC’s Brian Schwalb, and of course our amazing Dem AGs as well. This is truly as bipartisan as you get.

3. Thanks to the April 8 election, the new Rolla Missouri City Council has voted 10-1 to indefinitely pause the removal of fluoride in drinking water. This is why voting is SO important, no matter how local or what day the election falls.

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If these wins don’t prove it, I don’t know what will. Our voices and our votes are our superpower, but ONLY when we use them!