Liberty & Prosperity Blog

Friday night, Almanac/TPT visited St. Cloud to do their show from the SCSU, aka St. Cloud State, campus. Rep. Bernie Perryman was part of the Almanac Roundtable at the end of the show, appearing with Stearns County Commissioner Tarryl Clark, Rep. Dan Wolgamott and former St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis. Early in the Roundtable, Commissioner Clark said that the legislature had better pass the property tax relief bill. There's no disputing the fact that property taxes are rising quickly. The dispute is what's driving the property tax hikes. Rep. Perryman replied, saying that unfunded mandates were a major cause of property tax hikes. DFL politicians often will pass a bill that orders counties, school districts or municipalities to spend money on things that lobbyists have talked the legislators into. It's time for legislators to put families, not lobbyists, first. For the past 2 years, the MNGOP has worked hard on slowing spending. Bernie Perryman has been a vital part of that ef...

DFL politicians won't admit this, but they advocate for socialism. Tim Walz is one of the exceptions. He said "One person’s socialism is another person’s neighborliness." Actually, socialism is theft. It takes from the earners and gives to the nonproductive. Families with common sense understand that each family has obligations and responsibilities. If you want your kids to be better off than you are, that requires capital formation. Period. Without capital formation, widespread prosperity doesn't exist. In fact, where socialism exists, the middle class doesn't exist. A wise economist once told me that only 2 classes of people exist in socialist nations: oligarchs and serfs. The late, great economist Milton Friedman pointed out to Phil Donahue that the only places where people escape grinding poverty are where they have "largely free trade" and capitalism. Further, he was thoroughly convinced that capitalism was the only system that'd consistently ...

Within a society bent on ignoring our civil liberties, it's essential that people like Mark Trammell step forward to protect our rights. Trammell is the CEO of the Center for American Liberty, which was founded by Harmeet Dhillon. She's currently serving as "the assistant attorney general for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Justice." Trammell joined Liz Collin for her podcast because he thinks that civil rights and constitutional rights have been under attack . He's right. This morning, I saw a report that California is planning on passing a bill that would presumably prevent Nick Shirley from reporting in California. It's been nicknamed the Stop Nick Shirley Act . But I digress. Trammell "explained how suing governors who abuse their power is a 'favorite pastime' and how his organization has been pushing back and winning more than a few high-profile cases in court." If governors like Tim Walz, Gavin Newsom and J.B. Pritzker think tha...

Wednesday morning, it was announced that 2 people had been indicted in the beating of TPUSA reporter Savanah Hernandez. It was speculated that the names weren't released until the federal grand jury had finished their deliberations. Wednesday evening, Alpha News updated their article to report "US Attorney Daniel Rosen announces that Christopher Ostroushko, Deyanna Ostroushko, and Paige Ostroushko have been charged with assaulting Savanah Hernandez." This has the potential of getting pretty ugly pretty quickly for the Ostroushko family. Alpha News is reporting that "The assault of Hernandez on April 11 near the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis was caught on video later posted by the TPUSA journalist on X, prompting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet K. Dhillon to say, 'On it' in response ." There's a high likelihood that the jury will have to consider extenuating circumstances if they convict any or all of the members of the ...

To Minnesotans, it isn't a surprise to know that Tim Walz is utterly dishonest. It's as surprising as learning that the sun sets in the west. Honestly, it would've been surprising if the FBI had worked with the City of Minneapolis's police force. That isn't because the MPD are bad officers. It's because Jacob Frey would've tipped off the locations scheduled to be 'visited'. This doesn't sound like Gov. Walz's tweet: The City of Minneapolis is not involved in the federal operations being reported around Minnesota today, and as of 9:30 a.m., MPD has not been asked to assist with the execution of federal warrants. — City of Minneapolis (@CityMinneapolis) April 28, 2026 This is Gov. Walz's tweet: Today’s raids by state and federal law enforcement happened because our state agencies caught irregular behavior and reported it. That’s how the system is supposed to work, and our agencies will keep at it as long as there are fraudsters around to p...

Tim Walz's final State of the State Address felt more like the start of the 2026 campaign than it sounded like a governing speech. KARE11 reported "Gov. Walz reflected on governing during the COVID-19 pandemic, racial reckoning, and his run for Vice President, calling his tenure a 'complicated seven years to say the least.' Walz spent a large portion of his speech going over his accomplishments as governor, including laws designed to help children and families. He also encouraged lawmakers to pass bills related to gun safety." Simply put, Gov. Walz isn't that persuasive. He could have another 10 years in office and still not get his gun agenda passed. That's partially because he isn't that persuasive, partially because most of Gov. Walz's agenda is unconstitutional. KARE11 is also reporting "After the speech concluded, GOP leaders called it disappointing and felt Gov. Walz did not take enough accountability for the fraud crisis in Minnesota. ...