Relevant History of the Heritage Foundation

National & Minnesota Report The Heritage Foundation (HF) was founded in 1973 by Paul Weyrich, Edwin Feulner, and Joseph Coors and a partially tongue-in-cheek fashion, under the premise Richard M Nixon wasn’t Conservative enough. In 1970, during the pre-Watergate...

Senator Tina Smith Announces She Will Not Seek Reelection

National & Minnesota Report After two elections, one to fill out the balance of US Senator Al Franken’s (D-MN) term and now her own US Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) will not run in 2026. She has stated she wants to spend more time with her family specifically her four...

Watch the Senate for What the State of Play is in the MN Legislature

Minnesota Report Because the DFL holds a single vote in the MN Senate, in spite of the encumbered member Sen Nicole Mitchell’s (DFL-47, Woodbury), sometimes referred to as The Ninja, ongoing court proceedings, all eyes should be trained on the Committee and Floor work...

Loss of a Capable Political Operative and a Downright Good Guy

Minnesota Report It is with a heavy heart, I, Shawn Towle write the following: This is an acknowledgment the passing of Michael “Kenner” Kennedy former Executive Director of the DFL Senate Caucus Campaign Committee. He was an affable, dedicated, and knowledgeable...

Labeling the Second Trump Term-WTF

National & Minnesota Report Let us be clear what we write at his moment will likely get us banned from Twitter or X by Elon Musk, because we said something bad about Donald J Trump’s (R) “first buddy”. Why is a foreign national, oh let me correct that, a...

For the Record, Minnesota Doesn’t Have Recalls

National & Minnesota Report To date, every proposed Recall Petition brought before the Minnesota State Supreme Court has FAILED. In spite of a claim of one of the mystical “feasanses” in this case Nonfeasance, from the family of Malfeasance, and Misfeasance, this...