Liberty & Prosperity Blog

In the late 1980s, President Reagan made popular a phrase during his summits with Soviet Gen. Sec. Mickhail Gorbachev known as trust but verify. These days, Steve Simon, Minnesota's DFL Secretary of State, is carrying on a practice I'd title as trust-without-verifying voter registration, aka vouching. According to this Alpha News article , "America First Legal (AFL) obtained data last month showing that 18,898 people used 'vouching' to either update their voter registration or become registered to vote in Minnesota in 2024." This has voter fraud written all over it. AFL and local counsel Erick Kaardal said "Minnesota’s voter registration rolls contain significant numbers of individuals registered at addresses where they do not actually reside. This is reflected in the disproportionately high rates of undeliverable postal verification cards associated with vouched registrations, the elevated rates at which vouched voters are later placed in challenged sta...

Mark LEvin and Marc Thiessen, 2 of the smartest U.S. journalists these days, sat down for a lengthy interview Sunday night to discuss next steps (finishing steps?) to the Iran War. They essentially said what I've said for the past 5-6 weeks == that the time for negotiating is history. During this interview, Thiessen properly noticed that Iran has wishes but nothing in terms of bargaining chips. According to Thiessen, the nuclear dust is buried so deep that Iran has admitted that they can't get at the nuclear material (the dust or the centrifuges). Further, we don't need these things. They might be nice to have but they aren't essential. Exchanging these things for frozen Iranian assets is just a lifeline to Hezbollah and Iran's other proxies. President Trump, it's decision time. The U.S. hates endless wars like Afghanistan. We hate endless negotiations, too. When you first ran for president, you told us that we'd get tired of winning. For the most part, we...

This morning on At Issue, Tom Hauser interviewed Kendall Qualls in what was a strong, impressive interview for Qualls , the endorsed GOP candidate for governor. During the interview, Hauser asked Qualls whether he approved of the moment of silence for Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. Qualls replied "You know that was not the time for it. If we’re going to do anything, if it was my choice, I would say, ‘Yes, let’s have a moment of silence for fallen officers.’ We’ve had officers targeted across the state from last year, few years, they have a tough job, and I believe actually they’ve been made to be scapegoats the last eight years . " More than a few times, Minneapolis city councilmembers have hung Minneapolis police officers out to dry because it was a great political opportunity for Minneapolis's politicians. It's time that politicians learned how important the police are in determining a city's quality of life is and how important the police are in a ci...

It isn't surprising that whistleblowers from Minnesota's Department of Human Services are criticizing Minnesota's DFL Gov. Tim Walz. What's surprising is that's what they're saying in criticizing Gov. Walz on the record. The Alpha News article reports "The DHS employees describe themselves as 'over 480 Minnesota state staff serving with pride & commitment to our people & state.' The Department of Human Services has been at the center of many of Minnesota’s fraud scandals." These DHS employees are quoted as saying "In our view, Tim Walz represents everything wrong with modern politics: a politician skilled at crafting a public image while avoiding accountability for the consequences of his decisions. Tim Walz has lied his way through politics and shrugging off any criticisms. Under his leadership, Minnesota has experienced growing division, declining public trust, and a political climate increasingly driven by ideology rather than...

Apparently, Democrats are willing to fight for Graham Platner to the Nth Degree. Even so-called 'moderate' Ro Khanna is willing to campaign with Platner . The Washington Post, among other publications, reports that "The rally with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-California) and other Democratic candidates at a theater in this resort town comes as Platner battles a spate of tough news accounts of his past and as a few Democrats in Washington have begun publicly suggesting he is not the right person to try to oust Republican Sen. Susan Collins in a race that is crucial to Democrats’ bid to flip the Senate." Platner isn't just battling "a spate of tough news accounts of his past." He's battling "a spate of tough" truths from his past which his accusers have texts for. It's one thing to make accusations. It's another to have the receipts to verify the statements. The most dangerous thing a politician can meet is a constituent bearing accusations that...

If we keep getting jobs reports like we've gotten the past 3 months, CNBC will need to revise their article's wording from this month's article. This morning's article said "Job growth unexpectedly surged in May as the U.S. labor market continued a solid year of expansion, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday." In addition to doing better than expected, revisions for the past 2 months were revised upwards by 93,000. Those are major revisions. If the economy continues improving, CNBC should revise their article to say "Job growth expectedly surged in June..." This is welcome information but it isn't surprising. A year ago, I predicted something that I called 'the Trump boom.' I was off with the timing a little but the boom is happening. Rick Santelli and Joe Kernen spoke to that this morning: Both men said that the stock market had already priced in a strong economy. When the investor class does that, consumer confidence often i...