May 23, 2018
The filing period for November’s elections opened Monday and ends on June 5th. Rep Erin Murphy (DFL-64A, St Paul) is racking up endorsements in the run-up to the DFL Endorsing Convention in Rochester June 1-3. She announced the endorsement by the MN Nurses...
May 23, 2018
When Governor Mark Dayton (DFL-MN) first ran for the office he was not endorsed by the DFL and even disinvited to their convention. During his two terms of office, he has made decisions, like not vetoing the Tax Bill last legislative session, which left DFLer’s...
May 23, 2018
County Attorney Michael O Freeman (DFL) lost the DFL endorsement to Mark Haase (DFL) on the first ballot by 65%. Haase a Coast Guard Veteran (Semper Paratus) is the Government Relations person for the State of Minnesota Informational Technology Office, but little...
May 16, 2018
Today, Senate DFLers held fast and voted against HF4044 which is the first salvo in the battle for a state Bonding Bill. The matter failed on a strict party-line vote 34-33. This means the $825 million bill will need to grow significantly to obtain DFL votes, but...
May 15, 2018
There are two vices which the state of Minnesota could implement Sports Book Gambling (sports betting) and Marijuana legalization that will help our state create perpetual surpluses. We were an advocate of our state carving out this path on gambling when the Vikings...
May 15, 2018
Governor Mark Dayton (DFL-MN) has thrown down the proverbial gauntlet and is tying emergency school funding to his consideration of a Tax Bill. Republicans want to establish Federal Conformity and many rural Republicans want to also conform to Federal Tax Provision...
May 15, 2018
Last week, we published a piece on former Governor Tim Pawlenty’s (R-MN) appeal to Trump-style voters Pawlenty Paints Himself as a Racist with a call for opposition to Congressman Tim Walz’ (D-MN01) call for making Minnesota a sanctuary state. Also, we published a...
May 7, 2018
Last week, Former Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) has positioned himself to appeal to the white, racist, Donald J Trump voters by attacking Congressman Tim Walz’ (D-MN01) call for making Minnesota a Sanctuary State. Granted it is being positioned as opposition to...
May 7, 2018
There were not many surprises yesterday at the DFL 4th Congressional District and Ramsey County conventions. Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN04) was unopposed and endorsed for her 9th term and she called upon the activists to help prevent the 65,000-vote drop, in...
May 7, 2018
Today, leaders of the Somali community are announcing their support Congressman Tim Walz (D-MN01) in a press conference. This announcement will not have a significant impact in the DFL endorsement contest, but because of the cohesiveness of this community to can be...
