Liberty & Prosperity Blog

It's virtually impossible to take the DFL seriously. According to Walter Hudson's latest legislative update , "The session is now 25 percent complete, and Democrats have wasted every opportunity to do something productive in this body. Seemingly every single bill that they’re presenting in committee hearings is legislation they know can’t pass a tied House and is entirely performative messaging for partisan likes and political purposes." That's SO DFL! As bad as that is, it gets much worse. Rep. Hudson is one of the brightest legislators in Minnesota. He figures things out quickly. For instance, he wrote "In many cases, what the Democrats propose is outright unconstitutional. Whether it’s a plot to force the feds to do something which we, as a state, literally can’t do, or pushing to take all your guns away and turn your father, your grandpa and your uncle into felons for owning what they’ve owned for 20 years." This year, the DFL's agenda is perfor...

Tim Walz definitely didn't show his empathetic side during "a House Oversight Committee hearing" this week. During the hearing, "Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert asked Walz " if he was "familiar with the names of two Minnesota women allegedly killed by illegal immigrants." Then Rep. "Boebert asked Walz if he knew who Victoria Eileen Harwell and America Mafalda Thayer were. Walz said he did not believe he was aware of either victim." Why would Tim Walz care about their names? If he admitted that he knew them, he'd have to admit that sanctuary cities aren't safe. If that happened, it'd devastate the DFL. Davastating the DFL is as unforgivable to a DFL politicians as comitting mortal sins is to Catholics. Rep. Boebert didn't stop there. Rep. Bobert then said "These are Minnesota women who were brutally killed by illegal aliens in your state. You don’t know who they are, so I would also assume that you did not attend their vigils...

When Iran took 66 hostages at the U.S. Embassy on Nov. 4, 1979, then held 52 of them for 444 days, they committed an act of war. If Jimmy Carter had wanted, he could've launched an all-out war at that moment without congressional approval. Then again, that's assuming he hadn't hollowed out the U.S. military without giving a legitimate reason. The hostages were released on Jan. 20, 1981. It isn't coincidental that the airplane carrying the hostages left Iranian airspace until 5 minutes after President Reagan was fully sworn into office. Back then, Carter was just in over his head. He still loved the U.S. President Reagan's time in office was a turning point for the nation. In President Reagan's Farewell Address to the Nation , he said "It was back in the early eighties, at the height of the boat people. And the sailor was hard at work on the carrier Midway, which was patrolling the South China Sea. The sailor, like most American servicemen, was young, smart...

It isn't difficult to spot the Democrats' stupidity on Iran. In fact, it's virtually impossible to not spot. Mark Penn's op-ed , which he co-authored with Andrew Stein, highlights the Democrats' stupidity on Iran by highlighting the Democrats' partisanship. Further, Democrats apparently forgot that Iran's invasion of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran on Nov. 3, 1979 is considered an act of war. The U.S. Commander-in-Chief has the authority to retaliate against nations who've attacked the U.S. Penn and Stein open their op-ed by saying "George Washington’s Farewell Address warned of "the baneful effects of the spirit of party.' Partisanship, the first president observed, 'serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration.' The reaction to President Trump’s strike against the regime in Iran, which has waged war on America for 47 years, is a case in point. Presented with a choice between party and country, mo...

Even though she's a lawyer, it's apparent that Amy Klobuchar isn't a constitutional scholar. Apparently, she thinks that President Trump needs congressional approval for a military conflict that's lasted all of 5 days in Iran. That's quite the contrast from her not being the least bit bothered by President Obama not getting approval for a war in Libya that took down a dictator and that lasted 7 months. The Constitution says that Congress is the only body that can DECLARE WAR! Article II states that the commander-in-chief is the only person vested with the authority to wage war. The last time that Congress declared war was right after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1942. That's 75+ years ago. More than a few Constitutional law scholars have argued that presidents have the inherent authority to wage war through the text of Article II of the Constitution. According to these scholars, this inherent right comes from their role as commander-in-chief. That being said,...

Sen. Michael Kreun announced that the Minnesota Senate GOP is unveiling "a package of tax relief bills — among those pieces of legislation is a proposal from Sen. Michael Kreun that would blunt the rapid pace of property tax increases." Further, "Kreun said at the press conference" that "One of the top concerns, if not the top concern, that I’ve been hearing from constituents is their frustration over ever-increasing property taxes. In 2026 alone, preliminary property tax levies are set to increase by nearly $1 billion, nearly 7% over 2025 levels. Some of my constituents are reaching out to me because they have seen double-digit increases year after year after year." I'm getting excited about Sen. Kreun. According to the article, "Kreun said he is introducing legislation that would cap property taxes. Under Kreun’s proposal, any locality with a population greater than 2,500 would not be allowed to raise its property taxes beyond the rate of infla...