Liberty & Prosperity Blog

Last night on Almanac, the Political Roundtable consisted of Prof. Cynthia Rugeley from UMD, Prof. Larry Jacobs of the Humphrey School of Politics at the U of M and Prof. Kathryn Pearson, also from the U of M. To watch the entire program, follow this link . Predictably, Prof. Jacobs was asked the first question. He immediately said that this would be a high-turnout election. He based that on the competitive primaries on both sides. At least, they were anticipated to be competitive. Prof. Jacobs said that the Minnesota Senate race might be the difference between a Democrat or GOP majority in the Senate. It's more likely to mean the difference a 53-47 GOP majority or a 55-45 GOP majority, in my opinion. Eric Eskola then asked Prof. Pearson whether the candidate that raises the most money usually wins. Prof. Pearson said that the closest races always attract the most sttention so they usually attract the most money, too. That's GENERALLY true but there are exceptions. A semi-com...

I don't know why it took this long for me to realize but the DFL is the all negativity, no solutions party. I knew both things individually for quite some time. It wasn't until I saw this tweet that the 2 things came together. In the tweet, Aaron Rupar wrote "Lisa Demuth's streak of being unable to answer basic questions like a normal person continues." Then the DFL retweets with reply "Lisa Demuth can't name a state fair food because she is still waiting for Donald Trump to pick one for her." Apparently, the DFL will attempt to tie EVERY Republican to Trump no matter stupid that sounds. Honestly, it sounds like projection more than anything else. Comparatively speaking, WCCO did a puff piece interview with St. Amy of Hennepin County, aka Amy Klobuchar. The contrast couldn't be more apparent. Klobuchar named off a bunch of her favorite Fair foods. Right before the fair, Demuth talked about how she'd stop or prevent fraud. When you enter th...

According to Dustin Grage's reporting , "The Republican Attorneys General Association (@RepublicanAGs) is dropping a seven-figure ad blitz against Keith Ellison in Minnesota. The first ad 'Thanks, Keith' will be targeting Keith Ellison overseeing Minnesota’s nation leading fraud." According to this Alpha News article , "The Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) is launching a $7 million ad campaign to support Republican attorneys general and Republican candidates for attorney general in 13 states, one of those being Minnesota." This year's Minnesota GOP statewide nominees is the strongest group of candidates in Minnesota since 2002. With Michele Tafoya for U.S. Senate, Lisa Demuth for Governor and Ron Schutz for AG, GOP candidates up and down the ticket will be strengthened. Grage reported "Keith Ellison (D) won by less than one percentage point in the second-closest attorney general race of 2022. Poll after poll shows Ellison is deepl...

Keith Ellison, Minnesota's spineless DFL AG, has been callled out by the Republican Party of Minnesota. As Minnesota's chief law enforcement officer, Keith Ellison has failed. He failed to stop fraud. According to Alpha News's report, "Last week, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Ramsey County Attorney John Choi signed an agreement with alleged members of Somali gangs where those individuals said they would stay away from the state fair this year." What a pair of wimps. If we had a strong AG, we'd have an AG telling "alleged members of Somali gangs" what the penalties would be if they harassed people visiting the GOP Fair Booth or any other booth. Ron Schutz, the GOP nominee for attorney general, issued a statement saying "Sheriff Bob Fletcher, State Fair police, and law enforcement officers are using every tool available to protect Minnesota families. They deserve our gratitude and support. They should never have been forced into th...

GOP gubernatorial nominee Lisa Demuth issued a statement last night about 'ghost student' fraud. This KSTP investigation article highlights the situation. Speaker Demuth's statement says "Yet another scheme to defraud taxpayers was revealed last night. This is yet another example of Minnesota institutions not protecting the tax dollars they receive from hard-working Minnesotans. This reporting focuses on the harm to federal loan programs, but Minnesota, through the State Grant program and NorthStar Promise Act, provides state funds to attend these same colleges. As speaker, I led the fight to provide $3 million to Minnesota State for software to detect and prevent fraud involving ‘ghost students'. When I am governor, I will ensure that controls and assurances are in place before any state dollars are sent to ghost students or the schools that allow them to enroll. If this requires additional authority, I will immediately work with the legislature. The era of letti...

On August 23, I wrote this post about the DFL's imminent affordability crisis, which I titled "The DFL's affordability LIE exposed." In it, I wrote about the Democrats' federal affordability problem by telling people about the $1,900,000,000,000 spent on the American Rescue Plan. That spending gave us 9.1% inflation. Then I wrote about the DFL Trifecta spending the entire $18,000,000,000 projected surplus before hiking taxes by $10,000,000,000. The result was a $6,000,000,000 projected deficit. Then I wrote about Minneapolis's 11.3% property tax hike, which many people can't afford. As lengthy of a list as that is, we aren't finished. According to this KSTP article , "The Minneapolis Public School Board is expected to approve its preliminary levy in two weeks. That deadline approaches as board members are being briefed about a new report assessing the district’s financial and business practices. That report, by the Center for Effective School Ope...