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The more I dig into the race between Sue Ek and Dan Wolgamott, the more confusing things get. Sue Ek was interviewed by WCCO-TV's Esme Murphy on Monday. According to the brief news segment , the Minnesota Secretary of State's website said that the race between Sue Ek and Rep. Wolgamott was last updated at 11:08 PM on 11/05/2024 with Sue Ek leading with 9,704 votes compared with Rep. Wolgamott's 9,700 votes with 55 write-in votes. Clearly, that's easily within the 0.5% margin to qualify for a state-paid-for recount. That's when things got strange. Murphy then narrated that "When the page refreshed, the District 14B page showed Democrat incumbent Dan Wolgamott ahead. He now has a 191-vote lead." Actually, it doesn't say that. It shows Rep. Wolgamott leading with 50.4% of the vote and 1,005 total votes. Sue Ek has 9,814 votes, which represents 49.4% of the vote. What's on the screen doesn't say what time it was last updated at or on what date it

After dealing with VP Kamala Harris as our border czarina, we'll finally have a legitimate border czar in DC. That announcement came in this retweet from the Trump War Room account. In the retweet, Trump said "I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will be joining the Trump Administration, in charge of our Nation’s Borders (“The Border Czar”), including, but not limited to, the Southern Border, the Northern Border, all Maritime, and Aviation Security. I’ve known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our Borders. Likewise, Tom Homan will be in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin. Congratulations to Tom. I have no doubt he will do a fantastic, and long awaited for, job." That's a big deal. You'll find Homan's picture in the dictionary if you look for the term pro's pro. Tom Homan has forgotten more about border security th

Apparently, Minnesota state and county employees aren't that attentive to details. Last night, a frequent reader of this blog sent me a statement from House Speaker-designate Lisa Demuth, R-Cold Spring ." She issued the following statement regarding vote tabulation errors, malfunctions, and discrepancies that have taken place in Sherburne and Scott Counties: The errors and discrepancies we've seen this cycle are intolerable and unacceptable. A free and fair election demands sunlight on the process. These incidents fuel distrust and raise questions about the integrity and accuracy of election results. Without an opportunity to observe or respond Sherburne County added newly-found votes to the total. Just a day later, Scott County announced an unspecified "ballot distribution error" and "ballot scanning malfunction" that triggered an abrupt re-scan of more than 20,000 ballots. There was less than two hours notice between the public announcement and the be

Bill Kristol apparently doesn't like democracy. It's apparent after reading Kristol's latest bucket of trash . It's painfully obvious that he's appointed himself leader of the Resistance. What he wrote for the Bulwark is repulsive to anyone with American impulses in their veins. How can a pro-American, pro-republic person write "Newly elected presidents who’ve won convincing victories have momentum. But that momentum can also be stalled, blunted, blocked, limited, checked. Even reversed."? Think about that a second. He's talking about newly-elected presidents with lots of momentum. Who gave these presidents that momentum? Was it given to them by a wise monarch? Was that mpomentum given to these newly-elected presidents by We The People? If that momentum was given to President-Elect Trump by the people, what right does he have to blunt, block or limit President-Elect Trump's momentum before he's inaugurated? Democrats like Bill Kristol think tha

Apparently, John Kennedy's saying isn't always true. I'm talking about JFK's saying from his Bay of Pigs failure. That's when he told a reporter that "victory has 100 fathers and defeat is an orphan." It isn't surprising that the exception to JFK's statement is when Joe Biden got together with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in an effort to win a presidential election. Make no mistake about this. Harris's defeat belongs to all 3 of these Democrats. Joe Biden's failure This wouldn't have quickly turned into a failure if not for Biden's Afghanistan failure, 9.1% inflation in July, 2022, and gas that shot up to a national average of $5.01 a gallon in July, 2022. President-Elect Trump frequently says that inflation wrecks economies. In this instance, that's definitely true. That means this is Biden's failure, at least partially. The blame isn't entirely his, though. Kamala Harris's failure Without Harris casting the tie-brea

In a year full of great news for Republicans, Steve Daines got another bit of good news when the AP reported that David McCormick had defeated Bob Casey in Pennsylvania. At a minimum, that gives Republicans a 53-seat majority in the Senate starting in January. That means President-Elect Trump will get his entire cabinet confirmed in a timely fashion. That's the first big step in each presidential administration. Getting his first choice for each Cabinet position is a big deal because personnel is policy. Next, Sen.-Elect McCormick's victory gives the incoming majority leader room to maneuver when it comes to using reconciliation to extend Trump's tax cuts. It also gives the next majority leader room to lose a member or 2 when they pass the budget. That initial budget will include Elon Musk's budget restructuring, funding for Trump's border wall and the recision of unspent money from a) the infrastructure bill and b) the Inflation Reduction Act. Using the unused mon

When Donald Trump clinched his re-election in the early hours of Wednesday morning, Democrat soul-searching started. I'd like to save them the handwringing and recriminations if they're willing to listen. If they aren't willing to listen, then they'll just have to reach the wrong conclusions and waste time. Why Trump won President-Elect Trump won because his outreach expanded the new-and-improved GOP. The GOP is the working-class party now. Trump relates to blue collar people because he grew up on construction sites. Further, Trump is comfortable in the company of minority employees. Lawrence Jones spent this summer travelling to diners and barbershops. Two weeks ago, he brought a special guest with him to a barbershop in the Bronx. The guest's name was Donald Trump. Watch how comfortable Trump is in dealing with the people in this video: Most importantly, watch how calm he is in answering questions from the clientele. If you put VP Harris in a salon or other uncont

After a long night of plot twists, former President Donald Trump has won re-election. Formert Congressman Trey Gowdy said that Trump's victory wasn't as much a comeback as it was a resurrection. Slightly before 1:00 am CT, Donald Trump became Preisdent-Elect Donald Trump. Shortly thereafter, the Fox News Decision Desk called Trump the winner in Wisconsin, putting him at 277 electoral votes, putting him over the top of the 270electoral votes needed for victory. That leaves just Alaska, Arizona, Michigan and Nevada not called. President-Elect Trump is leading each of those states. If Trump wins those states, he'd finish with 312 electoral votes. Further, he's on pace to win the popular vote by almost 5,000,000 votes. It's impossible not to notice that several Senate candidates are now senators-elect thanks to President-Elect Trump's long coattails. Thanks to Trump's coattails, Bernie Moreno defeated Sherrod Brown and Tim Sheehy defeated Jon Tester. Sam Brown,

How Difficult Should it be to Get a Ballot? By John W. Palmer November 4, 2024 Securing an official ballot for your ward and precinct normally requires registration to vote and either showing up at a polling place or securing an absentee ballot. Ballot security is a cornerstone of an election free of fraud. When the tailgate of a vehicle was left open and unattended revealing a large stack of blank ballots, Minnesotans were appalled. Imagine how you would feel when you learn that all it takes to get a reproducible ballot for your ward and precinct is to download a file from a government website. In Stearns and several other Minnesota counties, imagination is not needed. Right now, all you have to do is go to Minnesota’s Secretary of State’s website and download a file. Go to this website and select “Get a sample ballot”. Then enter your zip code and address and your ballot appears. Now you are able to download the ballot as a PDF file. Once you have the PDF file you can print as many

As the final hours drain from the hourglass on Election 2024, the Trump campaign and others have put together some compelling closing argument ads to inspire us. Nicole Shanahan, RFK Jr.'s onetime running mate, put together this ad to X. Steve Cortes posted this ad on X. Both ads are inspirational. They remind us that dreaming big is what Americans do. Then we achieve those big dreams. That's part of what I call our American DNA. That's who we've been for 200+ years. Pessimists see problems. Optimists see challenges to be met. When DHS Secretary Mayorkas was asked about the crisis on the border, he downplayed it, characterizing it as a challenge. That's because he didn't intend to fix the Biden-Harris administration's open border. The Biden-Harris administration wanted oppen borders. This wasn't a mistake. It was a feature. Donald Trump has run a fantastic campaign. Aside from Harris getting under his skin at their debate, he's stayed pretty discip

If anyone needed proof that North Carolinians were resilient, just read this on-the-ground report from the Blaze. It opens by jumping straight into the lede, saying "The devastation of Hurricane Helene has not dampened the spirits — or suppressed early voting turnout — in storm-ravaged western North Carolina." From the first days of early voting, it was clear that Hurricane Helene hadn't dampened North Carolinians' spirit. The first of early voting set a record for turnout, mostly from storm-ravaged western North Carolina. Unlike FEMA, which was slow to respond to the catastrophe, Samaritan's Purse and other charities jumped right in. The North Carolina Board of Elections voted 5-0 in favor of being flexible in getting ballots to displaced Carolinians. Imagine that -- a government that actually serves its constituents. Someone should import these hillbillies into the Biden administration. Better yet, replace the Biden administration FEMA people with these folks.

Apparently, Gov. Tim Walz is far more radical than his public persona portrays. According to this article , the Minnesota Department of Education hired an anti-American activist who has been quoted as saying "The first tenet of critical race theory [CRT] is that the United States, as constructed, is irreversibly racist. So, if the nation-state, as constructed, is irreversibly racist, then it must be done with. It must be overthrown, right?” They hirerd him to be part of MDE's "Ethnic Studies Working Group," which is tasked with finalizing "a new ethnic studies framework." According to Doug Seaton, the "president of the [Upper Midwest Law Center, aka UMLC]," "We believe Minnesota students deserve an education grounded in truth, not a radical rewriting of history. Parents and taxpayers have the right to transparency and accountability from the Department of Education to ensure that classrooms foster genuine learning—not politically motivated na

In Salena Zito's latest article , she wrote about President Trump's rally in Latrobe, PA, the home of golfing legend Arnold Palmer. In the article, she wroote about David Urban, whom she desribed as "a western Pennsylvania native, West Point graduate, and former chief of staff to the late Arlen Specter, a Republican senator who changed his party to Democrat in 2010 but lost in the Democratic primary, was a senior adviser to Trump." Urban, she wrote, "understood the importance of the smaller counties outside of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, explaining that there was an untapped center-right constituency in those counties that could sway the election for Trump over Hillary Clinton." Trump trusted Urban and did what Urban told him to do. That led to Trump's upset of Hillary in Pennsylvania in 2016. Zito's article continues with her writing "The same holds true for today. In 2020, President Joe Biden was able to cut into those margins with the workin

Back in the 1970s, there was a country-western show called Hee-Haw. A regular part of the show featured a song with a chorus that went "If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all. Gloom, despair and agony on me." The reason I bring it up is because it fits the Harris-Walz campaign perfectly: Prior to Trump's Madison Square Garden rally, Democrats called Republicans Nazis. Then Joe Biden called Trump's supporters "garbage" while Kamala Harris delivered her closing argument speech at the Ellipse just a stone's throw from the Oval Office. Later this week, Harris surrogate Mark Cuban told the ladies (I use that term loosely) of the View that Trump won't surround himself with strong women. Ever. If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all. I've often thought that bad luck was caused by not thinking things through thoroughly. I've thought often whether Biden's outburst was to protect VP Harris. Her closing argu