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Either Ryan Winkler is a GOP plant on Friday night's Almanac or he isn't that bright strategically. Ryan Winkler stepped on a rake on Almanac's Roundtable when he said "We need a governor who's ready to show up and start addressing a lot of the issues that have not been -- I mean fraud is one but student achievement hasn't been going well, housing affordbility has not been going well, economic growth has not been going all that well and Gov. Klobuchar, when she's sworn in, her administration will be focused on delivering results." Fritz Knaak replied "Ryan, I agree with you completely that there's all there's all those needs that haven't been met but we've had 8 years of a Democrat governor and that's when all that's happened. So the real question that voters will answer is whether Amy Klobuchar will somehow be different. I would argue 'not at all' and whether they need a change like Lisa. I would think that Lisa ...

In some ways, 9/11/2001 seems like an eternity ago. On days like today, though, the >terrorist attacks seem like moments ago. Let's go through this chronologically. Andy Card notifying President George W. Bush: President Bush was determined to return to the White House. There, he delivered this speech: members of Congress burst into song on 9/11: Iconic picture of President Bush and FDNY firefighter Bob Beckwith: President Bush's speech on 9/20/2001: Years later, Ilhan Omar lied about CAIR: She dishonestly said "CAIR was founded after 9/11 because they recognized that some people did something and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties." According to the Holy Land Foundation trial , in which CAIR was an unindicted co-conspirator, "A federal jury returned guilty verdicts on all 108 counts against the HLF and its five former officers on November 24, 2008. The federal government proved to the jury that the defendants funneled over $1...

A week+ ago, Larry Kudlow told Michele Tafoya that Hubert Humphrey wouldn't recognize today's DFL because of its hard-left turn away from patriotism and supporting Israel. Speaking at last night's the GOP's first Midterm Convention, RFK JR. said "I am 72 years old, and for 70 years of my life I would have bet any amount of money that I would not be addressing a Republican convention. Ours was a party of strong principles, of clear policies and inspiring idealistic vision for America." Then RFK JR. dropped a nuclear bomb on today's Democrats, saying "During COVID, I watched the Democratic party turn against every one of its essential values, its principles and all the policies that define my party. The Democrats, which were once the champions of the American constitution, systematically obliterated the Bill of Rights. Neither my father nor my uncle would recognize the Democratic party today." Coming from the Kennedy dynasty, saying that JFK and R...

There was a falling-out period between President Trump and Elon Musk, reportedly the world's first trillionaire. Based on this Ed Morrissey article for HotAir.com , that feud appears to be short-lived. Ed notes that "This also makes sense, though, because Democrats in all four states are trying to pretend moderation with radical/progressive candidates. That includes Ohio, where the ad from Musk's super PAC is already running against Sherrod Brown's comeback bid." This is the ad that Musk's super PAC is running against Sherrod Brown: New — Elon Musk's super PAC America PAC is going up with its first connected TV ad of the cycle. It's against Sherrod Brown in #OHSen . pic.twitter.com/vEbIc88J9w — Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) September 8, 2026 The first set of ads are in GOP-held Senate seats. The first rule is to lock down your most vulnerable seats, then try to flip the other side's seats to your side. The bad news for the Democrats is that th...

It's sickening each year to hear that the DFL supports the men and women who organized labor unions. Each year, we're forced to listen to them talk about things they did decades ago. This is an instance of what've you done for me lately? This year, Peggy Flanagan posted this tweet , which says "Happy Labor Day, Minnesota! Today, we reflect on the ordinary people who organized to fight for their families and fellow workers. We will keep fighting alongside our brothers and sisters in labor unions to make Minnesota the best place to live, work, and raise a family." That's what a robotweet that doesn't mean a thing says. Who cares if the DFL fights with you for the right to organize if the DFL governor then signs an executive order prohibiting new mining? The message is clear. You're allowed to organize as long as you don't complain when we shut down union jobs on the Iron Range. Who cares about organizing if there aren't any jobs. This is classic ...

Michele Tafoya, fresh off 2 important endorsements (the Minnesota Farm Bureau and the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association), is well-positioned in terms of Cash on Hand and important endorsements. Meanwhile, Miranda Devine opines that "Democrats are assisting greatly by shooting themselves in the feet with weird policies and even weirder candidates. Whether it’s rejecting voter ID, abolishing prisons, defunding police or allowing men to play in women’s sports, they seem to be on the wrong side of popular opinion on just about everything. All they have on their side is Trump derangement and the increasingly implausible ruse that they represent a 'return to normalcy.'" Democrats aren't just shooting themselves in the foot. They're having weirdos like Abdul el-Seyed and Peggy Fraudigan Flanagan tell the masses that they're normal. Flanagan insists that Tim Walz was solely responsible for the rampant Medicaid fraud. When Tim Walz was specializin...