Nov 26, 2024
National & Minnesota We suggest a simple idea, which will take a bit of work to make happen, but it is the creation of a Shadow Government. This would entail a three person committee made up of a Democratic Governor, where available, a Democratic US Senator and...
Nov 26, 2024
National & Minnesota Recasting the future of the Democratic Party will take shape largely on February 1, 2025 at its winter Democratic Nation Committee (DNC) meeting, at the National Harbor in Maryland. The event starts on January 30th and culminates with the...
Nov 26, 2024
National & Minnesota Report With the wind of the Donald J Trump (R) in its face Ranked Choice Ballot (RCV) measures across the country failed and we revel at their losses. The misguided process of holding single transferable elections was on the ballot in a number...
Nov 26, 2024
Minnesota Report With the recounts over and the Minnesota House split with a 50-50 tie for the 2nd time in our state’s history, it might be a bit of political payback for Republicans this go round. DFL Curtis Johnson (DFL-40B, Roseville) who handily won the November...
Nov 26, 2024
Minnesota Report The House Announces its list of Committee Chairs. The committee list, including co-chairs, is as follows (names are alphabetical): Agriculture Finance and Policy (Rep. Paul Anderson (R-Starbuck) and Rep. Rick Hansen (DFL-South St. Paul)) Capital...
Nov 5, 2024
National & Minnesota Report In 1990, Checks & Balances publisher Shawn Towle, was a DFL Activist and called a Walking Subcaucus called Uncommitted Suburban Issues. This group was dubbed by some Labor Leaders as anti-Union, and others a quite appropriate in an...
Nov 5, 2024
Minnesota Report We have received what are probably the last totals of early voting for the 2024 election from the Minnesota Secretary of State’s office. The numbers are high, but once again not as high during the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic. People appear to have forgone...
Nov 4, 2024
National & Minnesota Report As the 2024 election is less than 24-hours away and we hear the closing words of Vice-President Kamala Harris (D) they sound similar to simple ideas shared in the New Testament. As she calls for us to embrace the goodness in our hearts...
Nov 4, 2024
National & Minnesota Report Our concern for the US Supreme Court exist as citizens of this nation and as amateur Constitutional scholars. The Internet is a fine repository of Constitutional works and means we do not need to dig through old boxes for our...
Nov 4, 2024
Minnesota Report Statewide Counts Applications submitted (11/1/24): 1,185,640 Accepted ballots (11/1/24): 989,807 This means of the Voters Registered at 7AM: 3,603,347 as of 08/19/24 3:37 PM at least 27.47%* Since, the number of registered voters, which can increase...
