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Facts are stubborn things, affordability edition

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Democrats have run on the issue of affordability since the 2025 elections. It's time that we rolled out some stubborn things known as facts. The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that GDP grew by 4.0% in Q4 of 2020 . Meamwhile, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that GDP grew by 6.4% in Q1 of 2021. Instead of being smart and doing nothing or, at maximum, making minor adjustments, then taking credit for the Trump economy, Democrats blew the entire thing up. BTW, we were in a recession at the end of Q2 of 2022. FYI- Inflation had jumped to 9.1% as of July 1, 2022. Gas-at-the-pump had jumped to $5.22/gallon. To drop from an economy growing at 6.4% to being in a recession in a year isn'tthe type of job performance I want in my next economist. Going from inflation of 1.4% to 9.1% in 18 months is pathetic. I don't want that on my next inflation czar's resume. Talking to the people: I'm not buying the Democrats' affordability schtick. The Democrats care as m...
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Closing arguments: Amy Klobuchar doesn't care about fraud

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The evidence is unmistakable. Sen. Amy Klobuchar sees Medicaiid fraud as a purely partisan issue . Sen. Klobuchar doesn't see Medicaid fraud as a problem needing fixing. We've known this since the Center for the American Experiment quoted Sen. Klobuchar as saying "The people of Minnesota were ripped off. This was wrong and it should have been caught earlier." Then the Center reported "between January 20, 2022 — the day the FBI raided Feeding Our Future — and December 31, 2025 — right before she launched her campaign for governor — Amy Klobuchar issued 1,085 press releases , and not one of them addressed the Minnesota fraud scandal ." Whst Klobuchar said at FarmFest is right. Minnesotans were ripped off. Unfortunately, she's a phony. She thinks that saying the right thing, then doing nothing, fixes Minnesota's worst problems. This isn't a one-off. It's a pattern. Recently, Sen. Klobuchar unveiled her 'plan' to make health insurance aff...
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Amy Klobuchar vs. Lisa Demuth, fundraising edition

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Esme Murphy, who has frequemtly interviewed Sen. Klobuchar, wrote this WCCO article , reporting "Klobuchar is way ahead in fundraising with $3.44 million cash on hand to Demuth's $544,000, but Demuth has closed some of the gap with the help of outside money. Records show an outside Super PAC called Restore Sanity has given $2.8 million from at least 26 separate donations to support Demuth's campaign, most of it going to advertising." First, let's straighten out this intentionaly provocative verbiage. If the money was contributed according to U.S. law, then it isn't "outside money." That's why we're called the UNITED STATES ! Let's eliminate such language. We're all allowed to participate. Finally, it's time to eliminate this type of slanted coverage. What makes MY JOB fun is that Sen. Klobuchar thinks that a different set of rules apply to her than the rules that apply to Speaker Demuth. For instance, Sen. Klobuchar apparently t...
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The DFL's affordability hoax

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Anyone that thinks that DFL politicians, especially Sen. Klobuchar and Lt. Gov. Flanagan, are doing their utmost to positively affect Minnesotans' affordability hasn't paid an electric bill or renewed their license tab fees or paid their property taxes lately. Lisa Demuth is paying attention to what I'm calling 'the DFL's affordability hoax.' Speaker Demuth, hopefully soon Gov. Demuth, wrote "Minnesotans pay too much in electricity costs under Democrats’ 2040 mandates. I was proud to lead with my House Republican colleagues in taking the first meaningful steps in decades toward ending the nuclear moratorium. Amy Klobuchar is afraid to tell Minnesotans where she really stands. Let me be clear: finishing what we started and ending that moratorium will be a top priority when I’m Governor." Why the DFL opposes cheap, clean electricity is incomprehensible . There shouldn't have been a nuclear moratorium to start with. This is the most important point: ...
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Abdul el-Sayed, Hasan Piker vs. Todd Beamer

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It's a well-documented fact that Hasan Piker thinks that America deserved 9/11: Hasan Piker is a blithering idiot. What is his evidence that the U.S. did anything to provoke the greatest terrorist attack in U.S. history? According to this article , the father of the leader of the people who prevented the fourth terrorist attack said "Those 43 people on Flight 93 were not victims. They were killed in action,' David Beamer says in the ad. 'When I hear anyone suggest America deserved 9/11, my question is, who would say that?'" Hasan Piker isn't the brightest bulb in the chandelier. He isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, either. It's stunning that someone with that little gravitas can be that influential to Democrats. The ad shows a video of Mr. Piker, a popular left-wing streamer, declaring, “America deserved 9/11, dude. I’m saying it,” and claiming America is worse than al Qaeda because “we’ve caused tremendous terror all around the world." ...
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Peggy Flanagan's defensiveness raises questions

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Next Friday, on Oct.2, KSTP-TV is hosting a trio of debates between the GOP and DFL gubernatorial nominees, the GOP and DFL nominees for the U.S. Senate and the GOP and DFL nominees for Minnesota's Attorney General. Thus far, Amy Klobuchar has accepted KSTP's invitation. Michele tweeted that she's accepted the invitations for the MPR radio debate and the televised KSTP-TV debates . Peggy Flanagan has accepted MPR's invitation. To date, Lt. Gov. Flanagan HASN'T ACCEPTED KSTP's invitatation: Minnesotans deserve to hear from the candidates running to represent our state. I am looking forward to next Friday’s televised debate. Peggy Flanagan should join me on the KSTP stage and let voters hear from both of us directly. pic.twitter.com/bZgisWo0gF — Michele Tafoya (@Michele_Tafoya) September 24, 2026 In 2022, Gov. Walz didn't do any televised debates. He did the FarmFest debate with Dr. Scott Jensen right before that year's State Fair and got pulverized. Tha...
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Will Peggy Flanagan continue representing fraudsters?

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You can tell quite a bit by the company you keep. In Peggy Flanagan's case, it can be a disqualifier for office. Alpha News reports "As Minnesota’s Department of Human Services struggles to contain a sweeping fraud crisis involving taxpayer-funded programs, one of the state’s top Medicaid officials has another undertaking on his calendar: helping raise campaign cash for Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan. Dr. Nathan Chomilo serves as medical director for Minnesota’s Medicaid and MinnesotaCare programs, which are now under intense state and federal oversight amid a multibillion-dollar fraud crisis that has unfolded during the Walz-Flanagan administration." According to the article, "on Oct. 1, the money on Chomilo’s agenda won’t be Medicaid dollars. It will be campaign cash for Flanagan. Chomilo is listed as one of six hosts of the Oct. 1 Minneapolis fundraiser for Flanagan’s U.S. Senate campaign." Why shouldn't people of all political persuasions think that this isn...
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