Liberty & Prosperity Blog

reported A group of Minnesota mayors held a press conference Wednesday to once again urge state government officials to bring change to Minnesota’s finances. The group began as an individual, aka Mayor Purfeerst. Then it grew to 8 mayors from the Brainerd Lakes Area. Then it grew to 241 mayors statewide representing 1,092,129 people. That's about 20% of Minnesota's population. "We are here today to address two issues that are actively harming every hardworking Minnesotan: rampant fraud that continues to drain public trust and taxpayer dollars, as well as the failed economic direction of our state," said Mayor Jackson Purfeerst of Crosslake. The DFL's budgeting impact has been gigantic. Since that first letter more mayors have signed onto a different letter: Additionally, the mayors said they are seeing "businesses struggling to expand, workforce shortages, rising costs, and families choosing to leave Minnesota altogether." Since that letter was publishe...

Alpha News reported "An unsettling scene unfolded on Minneapolis streets over the weekend as anti-ICE activists turned public roadways into impromptu checkpoints and blockades, while Minneapolis police at one point looked on and walked away. It looks like in our system your plates came up as an ICE plate,' an activist said in a video recorded Monday. In another, anti-ICE agitators are seen assaulting reporter Jorge Ventura." The fact that MPD officers didn't help an ICE officer is disgusting. It's one thing for them not to assist this ICE officer. It's another when MPD officers won't enforce Minnesota laws. Alpha New's Genna Gloeb reported "Minneapolis police politely ask anti-ICE protesters blocking a street with recliners and gates to clear the way for emergency vehicles." Then she reported "We have fire trucks and ambulances that might need to get through here.' Protesters argue back. Police just walk away.'" Brian O...

Durig the latest version of Schumer's shutdown, Democrats insist that ICE agents muat stop wearing masks. Republicans are holding firm on this, citing as fact that they need to wear those masks to protect themselves and their families from protesters/rioters. Federal judge Katie Menendez's ruling provides the GOP with the ammunition they sought. In the ruling, Judge Menendez wrote "Defendants also presented evidence broadly discussing how immigration enforcement agents have been met with resistance and, in some cases, threats and violence by protestors." Thanks to this ruling, that claim is no longer just an allegation. It's now a finding of fact. The next time Chuck Schumer or the insufferable Hakeem Jeffries says 'if you've got nothing to hide, take off the mask,' I'd reply that 'my family's life isn't negotiable.' Then I'd add that these supposedly peaceful protesters are the opposite of peaceful. This says it all: "D...

There's an old joke that asks how you give a chammeleon a nervous breakdown. There are 2 answers, with the first answer being 'by putting the chameleon against a plaid background.' The other answer is 'by putting it against a paisley background.' I say this as the innocent bystander watching Angie Craig try to decide whether to run for the open U.S. Senate seat that Tina Smith currently hold as a moderate or whether she should run as a guns-ablazin' wild-eyed progressive. To Craig's credit, she's doing a nice job spinning her flip-flops, saying "I’ve always been hard to define as a member of Congress in my votes and I don’t think I’m very definable now. I always listen to my constituents, and that’s what I’ll continue to do for the people of Minnesota." Actually, she's easily defined. She's a hard-core liberal who doesn't believe in justice. She voted to impeach President Trump twice, once without a hint of admissable evidence. The...

Is Tom Homan a miracle-worker? When he arrived in Minnesota Monday night, things were spinning out of control for ICE and US Border Patrol, especially after the shooting death of Alex Pretti. Homan was sent to Minnesota with instructions to calm things down and to restore sanity to a chaotic state governed by lunatics like Tim Walz, Keith Elliso and Jacob Frey. Though I'm still skeptical about whether Homan's hard work will succeed, it isn't hyperbole to say that Homan's done heroic work in less than a week. According to this article , "Tom Homan said Minnesota state leaders acknowledged the legitimacy of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and agreed county jails are permitted to notify ICE when criminal offenders are being released , following meetings this week with Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and local law enforcement officials." That alone is worthy of miracle status. Like I said, I'm still s...

While Amy Klobuchar picked better weather than when she launched her bid for the White House, little has changed with her. She's still the do-nothing DFL politician who's been protected by Twin Cities print and TV media. Sen. Klobuchar announced her bid to become Minnesota's next lefty governor by touting "she is one of the most bipartisan senators in the U.S. Senate." She once issued a statement announcing that she'd worked with a GOP senator from Missouri to get the budget increased for advertising for national parks. That year, I can't tell you how nervous I was that the advertising budget for national parks wouldn't be sufficient. Thank God St. Amy rushed in and saved the day with that bill. The truth is that she's one of the most partisan legislators in DC. After then-Speaker Pelosi pushed the American Rescue Plan Act through the House, economists from both sides of the aisle criticized the bill while predicting that the bill would cause infl...