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Why Republicans, myself included, lost

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Let the fingerpointing and infighting start. We lost bigtime. Let's start the fingerpointing with President Trump. Before we get into the fingerpointing, it's essential to thank him for his tireless campaigning. That said, he started the Iran war. We didn't have a choice on starting the hostilities. However, we had choices in how we prosecuted (and won) the war. Eliminating the theocrats and their protecters was required. President Trump failed with that. Instead, he bombed them, then signed the infamous MOU. He had a partner in that disaster -- VP J.D Vance . Vance published this tweet , which is utterly disloyal to President Trump. VP Vance wrote "In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us what would cause them to come back on our team. The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses were: End the war Focus on cost of living/inflation Put America F...
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What's at stake this election ... and next

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Hayley Stevens is the gift that keeps giving -- to the GOP. This Hannity article quotes Stevens as saying "Once I concluded that Abdul El-Sayed is not fit to serve in the United States Senate, I had to confront who should. I chose Mike Rogers." If there is some animosity in Stevens' statement, that's el-Sayed's fault. If he'd congratulated her for a well-run, hard-fought campaign, this weekend didn't have to happen. Instead, el-Sayed insisted on following Hasan Piker's school of winning with magnanimity. He was likely going to lose without this fiasco. This fiasco just makes el-Sayed's losing more likely. Stevens lost the August Democratic primary to El-Sayed. She said she endorsed him anyway and "put the party first. Instead, I was shut out," she wrote. "The endorsement was welcomed; the people behind it seemed to be forgotten." Then came the ads. Stevens said a group supporting El-Sayed ran one tying grocery costs to America’...
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VOTE!!! VOTE!!! VOTE!!!

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If there's a message that the Propaganda Media want Republicans to get, it's that Democrats are leading, usually by a significant if not overwhelming amount, and that voting is just a waste of time. If there's a message I want to send, it's that a) people are smarter than politicians give them credit for and b) when leads seem too big to be true, it's time to ignore the polls and vote. And bring your GOP-supporting friends with you. Tom Hauser ran through one such poll in Sunday's edition of At Issue With Tom Hauser . First, let's give a little context for the poll. The spending in the Minnesota Governor's race by independent expenditure groups Restore Sanity PAC (GOP-aligned) and the Alliance for a Better Minnesota (DFL-aligned) have spent $12,200,000 combined, with Restore Sanity outspending ABM by a $9,100,000 to $3,100,000 thus far. That's the first time the top GOP-related PAC has outspent the top DFL-related PAC. Further, GOP excitement is peak...
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Lisa Demuth ad criticizes Klobuchar, identifies Somalis

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It isn't surprising that this Sahsn Journal article criticizes GOP gubernatorial nominee Lisa Demuth for being a racist. According to Sahan Journal, Lisa Demuth ran an accurate ad. First, the article said "A campaign ad by Republican gubernatorial candidate Lisa Demuth calling out 'Somali gangs' and singling out a Somali American man’s alleged planned attack at the Mall of America is drawing condemnation from some community members and political analysts." It's been well-documented that the gangs that engaged in a gunfight outside the Eden Prairie High School Homecoming Game were Somali gangs. It isn't racist to tell the truth about who's shooting lethal firearms outside a high school football stadium. The Sahan Journal reported that "The ad and others like it prompted Imam Hassan Dhooye, who leads Al-Hikmah Islamic Center in Minneapolis, to denounce the rhetoric to his many social media followers. 'I want to name this for what it is: explici...
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Scott Bessent, Kash Patel, Dr. Oz hold news conference in St. Cloud, MN

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It isn't a secret that Minnesota is considered Ground Zero for fraud. That's why members of the Trump administration held a news conference in St. Cloud, MN Friday afternoon. Vice President Vance was first scheduled to head the administration's delegation but he didn't come for some undisclosed reason. Instead, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, FBI Director Kash Patel, CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz and FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson led the delegation. The delegation came to "St. Cloud to announce new arrests, federal investigations and an intensified crackdown on schemes siphoning taxpayer dollars from government programs." According to the article, the Trump administration's message was clear: Minnesota’s fraud problem has reached extraordinary proportions, and Washington is no longer looking the other way." Implied is the thought that a) the Biden administration turned a blind eye to the fraud and b) the Walz-Flanagan had ignored the problem until...
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Is J.D. Vance's trip to St. Cloud, MN to announce Abdi Daisane's indictment?

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Since Tuesday, the people of St. Cloud have known that V.P. J.D. Vance would be visiting St. Cloud. Speculation ran rampant that V.P. Vance's visit would be a campaign visit but that was squashed when it was announced that V.P. Vance's trip was to announce new fraud indictments. Again, speculation ran rampant as to who the indictments might be against, with most speculation focusing on Abdi Daisane, who is running for a seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives. After reading this Alpha News article , it's a fairly safe bet that Daisane will be one of the indictments. The Alpha article reports that "For months, DFL candidate Abdi Daisane has been busy running for a seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives. On paper, his St. Cloud daycare has been pretty busy, too. Blooming Kids Child Care Center was first opened in 2018. The facility is licensed to serve up to 113 children and is scheduled for a license renewal in December." According to the article...
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Exposing Amy Klobuchar's fraud-fighting myths

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Wednesday morning, Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth held a press availability to essentially expose U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar's work to stop fraud in Minnesota. Specifically, it was held to highlight what wasn't done to prevent the Feeding Our Future fraud and the various types of Medicaid fraud. According to this WDAY article , "Minnesota House Speaker and gubernatorial candidate Lisa Demuth sharply criticized Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s oversight record on state fraud issues during a press conference held eight days before the Nov. 3 election, according to an Oct. 26, 2026 campaign press release titled 'Lisa Demuth exposes Klobuchar’s abysmal, non-existent record of fighting fraud.'" Speaker Demuth has a strong case to prosecute. Sen. Klobuchar's record is more a case of what she SAID than what she did. Speaker Demuth said that "Klobuchar released 1,085 press releases between the initial federal raids and arrests in 2022 and the conclusion of 2025 withou...
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