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Three-person legislative race in northeastern Minnesota could determine who controls House

Republican Roger Skraba is running for reelection in what could once again be one of the closest legislative elections of the year. By Luke Sprinkel, Alpha News – October 23, 2024 In 2022, just 15 votes separated Republican Roger Skraba from DFL incumbent Rob Ecklund in what was the closest Minnesota House of Representatives race that year. Skraba, a carpenter, former mayor, and Army veteran, prevailed in that election and has represented House District 3A for the last two years. […]

Vast majority of Americans want strong proof of citizenship to vote: Gallup

A new Gallup poll shows increasing support for election integrity measures, with strong majorities favoring voter ID and proof of citizenship requirements. By Tom Ozimek, The Epoch Times – October 26, 2024 With less than two weeks until the 2024 presidential election, a new Gallup poll shows growing support for election integrity measures compared to prior election cycles, with the vast majority of U.S. adults in favor of requiring photo identification to cast a ballot and proof of citizenship when […]

Memo to General Milley: In America voters rule, not generals

The former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff mounts an attack on the Constitution. Commentary By Mike Davis, Townhall – October 27, 2024 Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, recently called Donald Trump a “fascist to the core” and “a wannabe dictator.” That such a senior military leader would feel comfortable saying this about his former boss is remarkable given that similar statements by officers have, in the past, resulted in severe punishment. The […]

GenZ DNC delegate rejects Democrats, joins GOP

By Julianna Frieman, Daily Caller – October 27, 2024 A former Democrat National Convention (DNC) delegate released a video Friday declaring her rejection of the Democrat Party as she crossed the political aisle. Audrey McNeal, a 22-year-old woman who previously was a DNC delegate for both 2020 and 2024 elections, revealed on X she will be voting for the Trump-Vance ticket as she has joined the Republican Party. “In 2020, I was elected at 18 to become one of the […]

Why DEI failed

Divisive, extreme, and intolerant. Analysis By Neetu Arnold, USA Today – October 25, 2024 Divisive, extreme and intolerant. That’s what diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts have become. And conservatives are no longer the only skeptics. The New York Times this month uncovered that the University of Michigan’s programs to promote supposed diversity and inclusion—at a cost of about $250 million since 2016—instead fueled campus discord. After years of a heavy emphasis on DEI, Michigan students struggle to engage with […]

JD Vance responds to Christian students mocked at Harris rally; protester warns about 'spiritual warfare'

JD Vance responds to Christian students mocked at Harris rally; protester warns about ‘spiritual warfare’

Two Christian college students who were mocked by Vice President Kamala Harris at a recent campaign rally have a warning for Christians: get ready for more of the same. Grant Beth and Luke Polaske attended the Harris-Walz rally at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse last week when they shouted phrases like “Christ is King!” as Harris spoke about abortion rights. In an interview Sunday with “Fox & Friends Weekend,” Beth said the pair’s shouted phrases drew the ire of those […]

Experts: ‘We’re going to pay for it’

Kids are sucking down baby food pouches at record rates. By Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times – October 26, 2024 LOS ANGELES—Every week, Caitlin Scuttio stops by Target and piles her cart with pureed food pouches for her 4-year-old and twin 18-month-olds sons. In goes a 24-pack of unsweetened applesauce. Then a 24-pack of the fruit and veggie blend. And finally, the yogurt pouches for her oldest son’s breakfast. “He’d eat six apple sauce pouches a day if I let […]

Yes, Walz signed a bill technically allowing the state to take custody to order gender-affirming surgeries on kids

That’s not likely to happen; the real problem with the trans refuge law centers on how it assists and encourages interstate parental kidnapping, which will exact enormous harm on the children caught in the middle. By Peter Nelson, American Experiment – October 22, 2024 In April 2023, Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill that, as the Minnesota House of Representatives news service reports, “establishes Minnesota as a ‘trans refuge’ state.” Since the law passed, there has been a highly charged […]

Census Bureau data show Minnesota lost 8,700 residents net in 2023, 10,000 to the Dakotas

By John Phelan, American Experiment – October 18, 2024 To less fanfare than usual, the Census Bureau has released its estimates of State-to-State Migration Flows for 2023. They show that, overall, Minnesota gained 100,277 residents from other parts of the United States in 2022-2023 but lost 108,966 for a net loss of 8,689 residents. Gov. Walz’ strategy of offsetting the “push” factors of “progressive” economic policy with the alleged ‘pull’ factors of “progressive” social policy is failing. As Figure 1 shows, […]

4 takeaways from Kamala Harris’ Fox News Interview With Bret Baier

By Tyler O’Neil, The Daily Signal – October 16, 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, repeatedly dodged questions from Fox News’ Bret Baier on Wednesday. Baier pressed her on immigration, taxpayer funding for transgender surgeries, and President Joe Biden’s mental acuity, among other key issues. Here are four key takeaways: Immigration Baier began the interview by asking Harris about immigration policy. He directly asked her whether she regretted Biden’s reversal via executive orders of his former President […]

Walz’s DNR funds ‘trans nonbinary naturalist’s’ outdoor excursions for kids to explore ‘intersection of queerness and nature’

No straight students allowed—and parents are asked not to attend. By Hayley Feland, Alpha News – October 20, 2024 Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) funds a program catering to youth as young as 11 to “explore the intersection of queerness and nature.” The DNR gave $10,500 to Clean River Partners to fund a program called QUEERY (Queer Unity, Environmental Education, and Recreation for Youth), led by a “trans-nonbinary naturalist” named Heron Mahr, The Daily Wire first […]

Minnesota ACT scores drop again

By Catrin Wigfall, American Experiment – October 17, 2024 Average English, math, reading, science, and composite American College Test (ACT) scores among Minnesota’s high school graduating class of 2024 have dropped again. The average composite score for the state came in at 20.7, down slightly from 20.8 in 2023. Average English, math, science, and composite scores are the lowest they have been in at least a decade. Just over a quarter (26 percent) of Minnesota exam-takers met all four college-readiness […]

Biden’s dangerous failure to confront China over the Philippines

The next U.S. president will have to deal with China’s aggression in the South China Sea. By Michael Cunningham, The Daily Signal – October 10, 2024 When President Joe Biden steps down in January, he’ll hand his successor a world far more dangerous than the one he inherited four years ago. Under his watch, the U.S. returned Afghanistan to the barbarous Taliban and watched wars break out in Europe and the Middle East. But when all is said and done, […]

‘Literal slavery’: Tim Walz granted 126K to meatpacker that had kids cleaning processing plant

By Owen Klinsky, Daily Caller – October 19, 2024 Democrat Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz awarded up to $126,000 in taxpayer funds to meat processor JBS after an investigation revealed some of the company’s processing plants were cleaned using child labor. The U.S. Department of Labor found in February 2023 that at least 31 children were employed “in hazardous occupations to clean dangerous powered equipment during overnight shifts at JBS USA plants,” though they were employed by a third-party cleaning service […]

Governor Walz falsely claims we are at a 50-year low for crime

By David Zimmer, American Experiment – October 14, 2024 Vice Presidential candidate and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was on Shannon Bream’s show on Fox News on Sunday and repeatedly suggested the U.S. and Minnesota were experiencing a 50-year low in crime. Neither is true, and he knows it. The truth is, according to the FBI’s Crime Data Explorer, “all violent crimes” (VCR) in the U.S. and in Minnesota have increased dramatically in recent years, and though they have dropped slightly […]

New helipad enhances emergency services in the Lake Vermilion area

The Lake Vermilion Fire Brigade (LVFB) added a new helispot landing site for emergency flight evacuation and a direct access dock for boat deployment. IRRR supported the project with a $165,000 Community Infrastructure grant to LVFB. Total project investment including grants from St. Louis County and other private supporters is $274,593. Prior to the improvements, the LVFB Fire Hall was surrounded by a gravel parking lot that was used as a pad during medical emergencies. During emergency transports, the gravel […]

Border patrol agents vow to quit if Harris wins

By S.A. McCarthy, The Daily Signal – October 19, 2024 The illegal immigration crisis facing the U.S. has drastically worsened ever since Vice President Kamala Harris was appointed the incumbent administration’s “border czar” in 2021. Terrorist threats are on the rise, violent migrant gangs are roaming the streets, small towns are being decimated by state-sanctioned immigrant dumpings, American children are being slain by migrants, and migrant children are being sex trafficked by gangs and cartels. But according to reports, the […]

Firefighter pushes back on local union’s Harris endorsement

Calls the move unrepresentative of the majority of Minnesota firefighters. By Jenna Gloeb, Alpha News – October 17, 2024 A veteran firefighter expressed frustration after the Minnesota Professional Fire Fighters (MPFF) union endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, calling the move unrepresentative of the majority of Minnesota firefighters. The firefighter, who is a member of the union and spoke to Alpha News on the condition of anonymity, has served at various Twin Cities firehouses for many years. He criticized […]

Curtis Johnson accused of living outside of district he’s seeking to represent at the Capitol

By Hank Long, Alpha News – October 18, 2024 By all accounts Curtis Johnson is the ideal candidate to pick up the baton for retiring DFL state legislator Jamie Becker-Finn. The 52-year-old father of two grown children is a software engineer and Roseville Area School Board member. He has accumulated all the politically progressive bona fides one needs to position themselves to find favor with the DFL hierarchy, especially given his role as president of ERA Minnesota, an organization committed […]

Four weeks in, early voting pace falls well short of 2020 cycle in Minnesota

By Hank Long, Alpha News – October 19, 2024 If Minnesotans turn out for the 2024 election at roughly the same volume they did four years ago, that means about 10 percent of voters have already cast their ballots for president all the way down to school board, district judge or city council. That’s according to the latest early voting data Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon shared on Thursday. Since early voting began in Minnesota on Sept. 20, more […]

Photo shows ballots left unattended in open trunk outside Edina City Hall

October 19, 2024 City and county officials have responded to a photo posted online that shows boxes of ballots left unattended in an open trunk outside Edina City Hall Friday. “Do these ballots look secure to you?” Senate District 50 Republicans posted on the social media platform X. A communications director for the city responded to the post, writing: “The vehicle pictured is a Hennepin County courier that came to pick up Edina’s absentee ballots this morning. Inside his vehicle […]

Gallup: Majority of Americans feel worse off now than 4 years ago

A new Gallup poll reveals that more than half of Americans feel worse off financially than they did four years ago. The survey, released on Oct. 18, found that 52 percent of U.S. adults believe their financial situation has deteriorated since 2020, while 39 percent feel they are better off. A similar Gallup poll taken at the tail end of the Trump presidency in September 2020 found this sentiment roughly reversed, with 56 percent saying they were better off and […]

Elon Musk, meet Michael Anton and friends

The tech superstar understands the stakes. Commentary By Christopher Flannery, The American Mind – October 19, 2024 The season has come again (actually, we’re a few weeks behind schedule) for the restorative quadrennial reading of Michael Anton’s “The Flight 93 Election,” first published at the website of the Claremont Review of Books in September 2016. Its vivifying spirit leaps out immediately in the famous opening lines: “2016 is the Flight 93 election: charge the cockpit or you die. You may […]

West Point selectively censors information in violation of federal law

By Tony Lentini, RealClearDefense – October 19, 2024 Military.com recently carried a story on a West Point cadet facing charges for sexual harassment and sexual assault. The article named names, not just of this one cadet, but also of another cadet charged with sexual misconduct, an officer faculty member facing conduct-related charges and the garrison commander who was acquitted of impaired driving charges. Yet, after then-Superintendent Robert S. Caslen promised an investigation into why West Point permitted insubordinate communist cadet […]