Walz Executive Orders During Pandemic

Minnesota Report As we are in the midst of the second week of the Stay at Home Executive Order 20-20 more orders are coming from Governor Tim Walz (DFL-MN) to stipulate what options are available to our state’s citizens. Today, Executive Order 20-25 Authorizing Peace...

Scheduled Legislative Activities During the Pandemic

Minnesota Report As you know the legislature is on break until April 14th, but there are teleconferenced meetings scheduled between now and then. The House Rules and Administration is holding a meeting today at 2:20 pm and the Senate COVID-19 Response Working Group is...

Trump Following a Good Idea from Pelosi

National Report The day Donald J Trump (R) signed Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the COVID-19 Response Bill in a White House signing ceremony, which no Democrats were invited to attend, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA12) was discussing the next legislation...

Trump Narcissism and Eye on Reelection Cloud COVID Response

National Report Minnesotans over the age of 40 will remember the Jesse Checks sent out after the 1999 Budget Surplus and the 1/3,1/3,1/3 Budget Deal. Because it was a unique event the ability to brand the onetime event by Governor Jesse Ventura (R-MN) was not all that...

Our Collective Societal Response to the Coronavirus

National Report This is happening worldwide, in Washington DC, in our state Capitols, in every branch of government and in our businesses and homes. The rhetoric is clear we are all in this together, but it is the content of our character that will determine how we...

Showing Democrats Can Lead

National Report House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA06) is in a uniquely favorable position in this time of crisis, because Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (D-KY) is unable to advance items off of the Senate floor due to the self-quarantine of fine Republican US...

Sheltering in Place is Not the Order But Still a Recommendation

Minnesota Report As Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) starts a self-imposed fourteen-day quarantine, due to a member of his security detail contracting the Coronavirus/Covid-19. He also expected between 40-80 percent of the state’s population will be infected until the virus...