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St. Paul's battle against people of faith

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It's obvious that St. Paul isn't interested in either public safety, the Constitution or its spiritual health. It's obvious after reading this KSTP article highlighting "The St. Paul City Attorney’s Office has declined to bring state criminal charges against demonstrators who disrupted a Jan. 18 service at Cities Church. In a statement, City Attorney Irene Kao said videos and other materials related to the Jan. 18 incident were insufficient to establish probable cause and result in a criminal conviction." The City issued the obligatory letter saying that "This decision should not be interpreted as an endorsement of unlawful behavior or public disorder. The right to peacefully protest is protected, as is the right to exercise one’s religious beliefs. Balancing these equally important rights is paramount to our decision today. However, acts of violence, property destruction, or threats to public safety – none of which occurred here – remain serious concerns an...
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Brian O'Hara is fired, then replaced by Katie Blackwell, who was then replaced by Bill Peterson

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It doesn't require Elon Musk to figure out why Sen. Klobuchar picked the former mmayor of Fergus Falls as her running mate instead of picking Jacob Frey. According to Alpha News's reporting , "Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced Tuesday that First Precinct Inspector Bill Peterson will serve as interim chief of the police department following the resignation of former Chief Brian O’Hara." In between Peterson's failure and O'Hara's firing, "Frey said in an email to the police department that Assistant Chief Katie Blackwell would serve as acting chief effective immediately." In the letter, Frey wrote "I am confident in her ability to provide steady leadership for the department moving forward." The question now isn't whether Frey had confidence in Blackwell's leadership abilities. The question now should be whether people should have confidence in Frey's ability to pick and develop talent. I think he's sorely lacking in ...
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Lisa Demuth competes in GOP primary

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It's now official. GOP Speaker Lisa Demuth has officially entered the GOP Primary to become Minnesota's next governor. Throughout the campaign, Speaker Demuth maintained that she'd abide by the State Convention's endorsement. That was her intent throughout until the electronic voting devices didn't work. According to this Fox9 article , though, Fox9 reports that "In a statement, Plechash acknowledged that the disruption created confusion among delegates, campaigns and observers, and extended what was already a lengthy process. 'I believe it is appropriate to make clear that any gubernatorial candidate who agreed to abide by the endorsement, should not be treated as bound by that pledge. Those candidates may make their own decision about whether to continue their campaign into the primary. That decision does not change the party's position." This is the right compromise considering the voting devices malfunctioning. Kendall Qualls got 60.6% of the ...
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Special Report: Amy Klobuchar's temper flares again

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During Sen. Klobuchar's presidential run in 2020, the national media took note of Sen. Klobuchar's temper and the hostile work environment her office represented. Thanks to Michelle Griffith's reporting for the Minnesota Reformer, we now know that Sen. Klobuchar's temper is still intact. Ms. Griffith reported "While backstage at the Democratic-Farmer-Labor convention Friday night, Sen. Amy Klobuchar loudly declared her frustration and said she was going to abandon the convention after delegates nominated a 26-year-old progressive activist as an alternative to Klobuchar for Minnesota governor, according to two people who overheard the senator’s remarks. The two DFL activists were granted anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly about what they witnessed backstage and fear reprisals from the Klobuchar camp." The Queen's Coronation? Going into Friday night at the DFL Convention, I'd heard that Sen. Klobuchar was expecting a DFL coronat...
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Dustin Grage's reports from GOP Convention

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After reading this tweet , I learned that the MNGOP "released the candidates from their pledges to abide by the endorsement." This isn't doing the right thing but it's a good first step in apologizing for thoroughly screwing up last weekend's State Convention. In that same tweet, Grage wrote "The convention was an absolute farce. Kendall Qualls only took the lead during an anomaly that they later thought they solved." We'll see how this affects the GOP's primaries. Obviously, it isn't a matter of whether this reporting will affect the primary. It's a matter of HOW it'll affect the primaries. Dustin Grage is also reporting "All of the right people are upset that Lisa Demuth and Ryan Wilson are going to jump into the Republican Primary soon. We’re going to win." I'm betting that "one of the right people" that Mr. Grage is talking about is Michael Brodkorb. Last night, Brodkorb tweeted this: 🗳️ Take: The MNGOP ...
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Was Jill Biden an activist First Lady?

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It's tired me out watching Jill Biden and KJP lie to us about Joe's painfully obvious dementia. Thankfully, we get to watch Melania Trump help the world's children rather than watch Jill Biden commit elder abuse by having her send Joe out to the press, where he'd stumble or mumble. Clearly, Joe wasn't in any shape run the country during the Autopen Administration. RealClearPolitics quoted the former First Lady as saying "He was still doing a great job as president. He was still doing the work every single day. It was so hurtful to see many of the people that we really thought were behind Joe come out and attack him. Of course, I could be blinded by love. I hope that I am blinded by love. To me, he was the best president." It's a lie for her to say that Joe 'was still doing the work every single day.' Joe Concha coined the phrase that Biden worked '24/7' before explaining that he meant Biden worked 24 hours a month for 7 months a year. ...
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Peggy Flanagan vs. Michele Tafoya or Adam Schwarze

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It's been seemingly forever since the Minnesota GOP has had an opportunity to flip a statewide seat from blue-to-red. The last time that happened was 2002 when Norm Coleman flipped Paul Wellstone's seat after Sen. Wellstone's tragic plane crash death. Still, that's the position that the Minnesota GOP finds themselves in after they endorsed Adam Schwarze to be their candidate for U.S. Senate. That's how the GOP wrapped up their first day of their 2026 Convention. In the interest of full disclosure, I've been a fan of Michele Tafoya's since she jumped into this race. I won't pretend to be unbiased. That being said, I'm totally willing to enthusiastically support Mr. Schwarze if he wins the primary. Let me explain my thinking behind my decision. Why I suppport Michele: Michele has charisma and likeability, 2 of the biggest gifts a politician can have. Within months, she'll be tackling issues of importance. Michele has a good grasp of the issues and...
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