Category: MN Legislature
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Whew
Joe Doakes, once of Como Park, emails: It’s good to know that all the other problems in the state have been solved, leaving legislators free to take up this important question. Joe Doakes After two years of “trifecta”, this sort of frippery is almost a relief.
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Remember When “Insurrection” Was Evil?
Pepperidge Farm does. But the DFL seems to have forgotten it: The DFL has staked its electoral future on giving free healthcare and education to illegals, in a state where the middle class is having a hard time affording either. Which is something one might expect them to do for their, er, voters. Huh.
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Payback
Minnesota schools failed during the pandemic. Some might say they collapsed. Governor Klink isn’t gonna let that happen again: Aside from trying to deal with the deficit he created, he’s trying to pay back his cronies in the Teachers Unions.
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It’s Sort Of Berg’s Seventh Law
Rep. Emma Greenman – who seemed to have found her happy place being the DFL state rep who was most aggressive about shirking her job early in the legislative session, before the District 40B special election – sounded off on the ethics issues with Keith Ellison: “Political and not very useful” is actually a great…
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Question
Is Nicole Mitchell the most self-unaware person between Chicago and the Sierra Madre? Or is the Senate DFL’s social media intern in the dark about Minnesota news because she’s working in as boiler room in Manila?
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Secret Location!!!!! Shhhh!
State Rep. Maria Isa Perez-Vega wants to mow herself some of that fresh astroturf: The DFLer, who enthusiastically participated in the orgy of spending that led to both tax hikes and a colossal deficit that has raised the cost of living, led to thousands of Minnesotans losing their jobs or moving their businesses out of…
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Second Acts
America loves second acts. The child star who disappeared under a mound of blow at age 15, coming back with a stellar performance. The team that started the season in the cellar, going to the championship. The 35 year old short reliever who started as an 18 year old prodigy before getting stuck in AAA…
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Ejected
Suddenly, the DFL is stoked. Nikki the Ninja is no longer the juiciest (alleged) crime story in the MN State Senate. For now, anyway. Sen. Justin Eichhorn got arrested for soliciting a “16 year old girl” who turned out to be a police decoy. The DFL…well, they tried to have a field day with it.…
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Reminder
If you live in House District 40B – northern Roseville and southern Shoreview – and you’ve seen enough of how the DFL acts when it’s got all the power it wants, get out and vote for Paul Wikstrom today. Drag your friends and family out to do it too. Got kids who live there? They…
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If It’s A Day Ending In “Y”……
…then governor Piglet and the DFL are lying about self-defense reform. To recap: In Minnesota, if you’re outside your house, to use lethal force in self-defense you must: Reasonbly and immediately fear getting killed or maimed Not be the aggressor Use only the force needed to end the threat Make a reasonable effort to retreat (remember…
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Perspective
The DFL’s strategy in the tied MN House appears to be “throw everything at the wall and see what sticks”. Case in point: They’re certainly not dialing back the crazy.
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The Majority
While the fracas in the MN House is getting all the attention, the DFL is having to battle for their electoral lives in the Senate, where their one-vote rests on Senator Nicole Mitchell. The reasoning is getting clearer and clearer: She’s gonna leave the Senate, one way or another, and while two tied chambers isn’t…
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In Their Own Words
Melissa Hortman folded her hand yesterday, and said the House DFL would come back to work. Lisa Demuth is the Speaker, and the GOP controls the committees, at least until after the 40B Special on March 11. There are a few Republicans – largely from the crowd that thinks “Minnesota Gun Rights” is an actual…
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OMIGAWD
So why is the DFL fighting everything so hard this year? As we’ve noted in the past, the DFL has been in the minority before. And they never reacted like they are today. So while acknowledging all the usual caveats – anonymous sources, citing even more anonymous connections, etc – read this entire thread anyway:…
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Behold #BlueAnon
It must be a tough time to be Erin Maye Quade – Senator from Apple Valley, and Big Left’s attack poodle in the Senate. In the past couple of years, she’s voted for a thoughtcrime data base, and openly fantasized about using government power to keep parents from teaching their kids about abstinence… …and about…
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So Why ARE The DFL Still “On Strike”?
It’s not like they’ve never been in the. minority before. As recently as (checks notes( 2021-2022 (somehow it seems longer), they had a one-vote minority in the Senate, and the DFL’s world didn’t end. And yet being (when all the special elections and likely special election results are in) one vote up in the Senate…
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Mission For Today
If you live in Senate District 60 – the U of M, Dinkytown, Marcy Holmes – get out and vote for Abigail Wolters for the MN Senate. If you know someone who lives in the district and is sick and tired of DFL lawnessness, or especially of U of M student who’s looking at the…
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This Is Today’s Minnesota DFL. Every One Of Them.
They’re not at work. Oh, no no. no. But they are doing this (language not remotely safe for work): And yes, it’s directly linked to the DFL’s walkout; the person with the megaphone was acting in conjunction with a “rally” being thrown by Leigh Finke Which went about as well as you could expect on…
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Stranger Things
Anonymous source, seemingly implausible conclusion – but Gary Gross at “Liberty and Prosperity” says there’s a rumor afoot at the Capitol – emphasis added: Its fun to think about. I find it implausible (if you’re on top of this rumor, drop me a line), but then everything about this past six months in national politics,…
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One Day On The Capitol Mall
Rep. Leigh Finke wanted to show “MAGA” who was boss. Here’s how it started: Here’s how it looked ten minutes into the…er, meeting?: To be fair, it was a brisk-ish day by southern MInnesota standards; 5 degrees and Minnesota-windy. But the optics just are not good, are they? Finke might do better off just going…
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The Election Denier
Governor Piglet added his calm voice of non-partisan statesmanly leadership to Minnesota’s constitutional crisis yesterday: Just kidding. He’s doing exactly what the DFL in the House are doing. What’s the term? Oh, yeah – election denialism:
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In Summary
I’ve had people ask me “what in the flaming hootie-hoo is going on with the Minnesota Legislature (mostly the House today, but the Senate is also happening)”? There are plenty of actual House members with great explanations. Some (@WalterHudson, @HarryNiska, @PamAltendorf) are dead on. Others (any DFLer) are…not. But here’s my attempt to explain it…
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Bring Your Popcorn
MN House livestream: What do you suppose the odd are – a bunch of people chanting in the hallway. UPDATE 12:30PM: Simon adjourned the house – and the separation of powers between the Executive and Legislative branches. 12: 31 PM. The House just ruled the Secretary of State out of order, and is re-convening.
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If The Facts Are Against You, And The Law Is Against You
Stipulated: the DFL is Minnesota’s abusive spouse. I It’s in the phase of spousal abuse where the first round of resistance has led to an amping-up of the gaslighting and projection: That, and their messaging can not be intended to influence anyone but the stupid, the ill-informed and the uncritical, can it? “Losing the popular…
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Tri…er, Bifect…er…uh… (Part 2)
Earlier today we talked about the change in leads, and maybe fortunes, in the Minnesota House, thrown into chaos by the DFL’s hubris in Distict 40A. Today, let’s look at the Senate. The Senate wasn’t up for election this year – so they held on to the same one-vote lead they’ve had for the past…