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Minnesota's DFL activist politicians apparently think federal laws don't pertain to them or their programs. They're about to get a hard lesson that Keith Ellison, Tim Walz and future DFL activist politicians shouldn't mess with Title IX provisions. Acccording to this article , the U.S. DOJ "announced a lawsuit Monday against Minnesota and the state’s high school sports league for allowing boys to compete in girls’ sports. According to the DOJ, the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) and the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) have engaged 'in sex-based discrimination by requiring girls to compete against boys in athletic competitions that are designated exclusively for girls and allowing boys to invade intimate spaces designated exclusively for girls.'" With this being a civil rights case, oral arguments will be heard in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Eighth Circuit has one of the lowest rates of cases overturned by the Supreme Cou...

It's difficult to picture a state in greater disarray than Minnesota, especially since it's become clear that the DFL thinks it's going to win another Trifecta next year. This weekend, I spoke with a GOP operative who is also a daily reader of this blog. This friend told me that the DFL is blocking every prioritized bill that the GOP is pushing. Earlier this morning, I stumbled across this article about Rep. Ben Bakeberg's bill, which "would require websites 'where 25 percent or more of the webpages feature pornography to verify that a person seeking to access the website is 18 or older,' according to a House research summary." Predictably, DFL Rep. Leigh Finke spoke out, saying that "attorneys general in states with age verification laws are 'almost jubilant' about using those laws to ban 'young people from accessing content that could be educational if they are queer.'" Finke continued, saying "Can we get this bill to ...

Dr. Sen. John Barrasso broke some news while being interviewed by Trey Gowdy on Gowdy's Sunday Night In America program. Early in the interview, Gowdy asked Sen. Barrasso "How does this end. Democrats think that they have a political advantage right now. How do we get out of this?" Barrasso replied "Democrats care more about protecting criminal illegal immigrants than they care about protecting the American people. That's why we're in this situation right now. They want open borders and they want to shut down Immigration and Customs Enforcement and they voted that way in the Senate 7 times in the last couple of weeks. It's disgraceful. ... My hats off to President Trump for decisively telling Democrats 'Look, we're not going to be held hostage by the Democrats, by Chuck Schumer. We're going to pay the TSA agents, which is what he's done. The paychecks will go out tomorrow. I was on the phone with him Thursday night and we agreed we'd ...

I've watched politics since the 1970s. As a senior in high school (1974), I took a class on Watergate WHILE WOODWARD AND BERNSTEIN were investigating the break-in of the DNC Headquarters at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC. While that was worthy of impeachment, what's infinitely worse is the Democrats' insistence on not enforcing this nation's immigration laws. Their chutzpah is so in-your-face that they aren't hiding it from anyone. Additionally, they're accusing ICE and Border Patrol agents of wanting to commit murder inside airports, thereby ratcheting up the Democrats' rhetoric to never-seen-before levels. These are elected officials! There's no hesitation in saying this disgusting, dishonest BS. Tim Walz, Minnesota's knucklehead DFL governor, gave the commencement address at the University of Minnesota's Law School. Things didn't turn out too well for 'Tampon Timmy.' That day, Gov. Walz told the graduating class that ICE we...

Anyone thinking that Saturday's No Kings rallies were a grassroots operation isn't thinking straight. Asra Nomani's report` dispatches that BS quickly, saying "A network of about 500 groups with an estimated $3 billion in combined annual revenues is behind the coordinated nationwide 'No Kings' protest Saturday, including communist groups who are using the day to call for a 'revolution,' according to a Fox Digital News investigation." According to this videotaped report , one of the goals of the No Kings rallies is to start a communist uprising. This isn't hidden. It's loud and it's proud. It's in-your-face. Im Ms. Nomani's report, she writes "One message said, "People everywhere are becoming increasingly hostile to the Trump agenda, and more sympathetic to revolution. Now is not the time to sit on the sidelines, it's the time to go out and join the people, get our revolutionary message in front of them, and turn a...

Last night during Almanac's Political Roundtable segment, co-host Eric Eskola brought up Minnesota's projected budget surplus for this biennium that's expected to morph into a projected deficit in the next biennium. Specifically, Eskola mentioned "$3.7 billion projected surplus. Are you confident that any of that will get back to the taxpayer in relief in 1 way or another?" Emily Novotny-Chance replied "We'll see. I don't think so. We still have to balance out the (budget) tail." That led into the hottest conversation of the night. Eskola started by asking "Because, down the line, there's a problem. Note that the tab fee thing got beat already in 1 of the committees in the legislature. Jesse Ventura won an election on that." After Jeffrey Hayden's answer, former Rep. Garofalo replied, saying "I think that's a sleeper issue. Not that it's all about me but, hey, it's all about me. My license fees were over $1,000....

Predictably, another Schumer Shutdown Showdown ended, as Ed Morrissey quoted T.S. Eliot here, that another "Schumer Shutdown ended "not with a bang, but a whimper." Another Schumer Shutdown, another whimper, another brave-sounding speech from Sen. Schumer in the middle of the night. Blah, Blah, Blah, Yada, Yada, Yada. Early this morning, CBS reported "The Senate early Friday unanimously approved funding for most of the Department of Homeland Security. The exceptions were Immigration and Customs Enforcement and parts of Customs and Border Protection. The measure now heads to the House for approval." For the past 40+ days, Democrats insisted they wouldn't budge until they got a raft of reforms. Senate Majority Leader John Thune addressed those wished-for reforms, saying Democrats have "been demanding changes in immigration enforcement policies. Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters later he thinks 'that ship has sailed, and they kind of ...

After a long quiet spot, transgender rights in sports just reappeared . This is the official IOC statement . First, the IOC statement is mostly a scientific statement, starting with "Eligibility for the female category is to be determined in the first instance by SRY gene screening to detect the absence or presence of the SRY gene. Based on scientific evidence, the IOC considers that the presence of the SRY gene is fixed throughout life and represents highly accurate evidence that an athlete has experienced male sex development." It continues, saying "Furthermore, the IOC considers that SRY gene screening via saliva, cheek swab or blood sample is unintrusive compared to other possible methods. Athletes who screen negative for the SRY gene permanently satisfy this policy’s eligibility criteria for competition in the female category. Unless there is reason to believe that a negative reading is in error, this will be a once-in-a-lifetime test." The NPR article reports...

Though I don't know what it's like to go through a TSA line these days, I'm definitely getting pissed with heartless Democrats who've kept TSA agents, Coast Guardsmen and women, FEMA agents and the people who protect us from cyber attacks, aka CISA off the job for 84 days since Oct. 1, 2025. That's a total of 157 days on the calendar. That means that these heartless Democrats have inflicted 80+ days of unpaid pain on the men and women of DHS. It was just a matter of time before President Trump entered the dispute . According to the article, "President Donald Trump at a cabinet meeting Thursday urged Congress to find a quick resolution to the Department of Homeland Security shutdown that’s leading to increasing headaches for air travelers. 'They need to end the shutdown immediately, or we’ll have to take some very drastic measures,' Trump said from the White House." This falls primarily on Democrats, starting with Sen. Schumer but also including Mi...

It isn't difficult understanding Scott Presler's frustration after reading Scott's tweet . It reads "Sometimes, I wonder why I do this work. I wonder why I work so hard to elect Republican majorities into office & when we are in power, our very elected officials don’t wield or harness that power. I wonder why I lose sleep, miss family vacations, & put my personal life on hold, so wealthy Senators can go on paid vacations after not achieving the very promises they campaigned on. Sometimes, I wonder if they truly care about us & if they actually want to represent the will of the very people that elected them into positions of authority. I will tell you this: if the Senate ultimately does not pass the SAVE America Act, I will use all of the energy, hustle, & organizing efforts we used to elect these Senators into office as tools to peacefully & respectfully defeat them in their upcoming elections." Blame it on the men that wrote the Constitution a...

Speaker Mike Johnson is one of the most mild-mannered men in Congress. That Mike Johnson didn't show up at this morning's press conference. Today's Mike Johnson was to-the-point and the opposite of diplomatic. House and Senate Democrats deserved everything they got from Mike Johnson. And then some. Johnson told reporters during a news conference this morning that "This is common sense versus crazy. It's crazy. I don't know another word to describe it. They're putting everybody in jeopardy — all this inconvenience and all this hardship for their own political skins." Democrats aren't negotiating. They're performing. If Democrats were serious, they wouldn't keep shifting the proverbial goal posts each day. Remember the 43-day Schumer shutdown? You should because it started on Oct. 1 of last year. Remember the reason Democrats gave for shutting down the government that long? This morning, Josh Holmes remembered perfectly. Then he plunged the ...

The heart of the case for Operation Metro Surge 'reparations' has always rested upon the premise that people were too afraid to leave their homes because of ICE's presence in Minneapolis. Further, Jacob Frey, Minneapolis's mayor, insisted in national TV interviews, that the Surge was making Minneapolis less safe, not more safe. I don't buy that because Minneapolis isn't that safe to start with. This article provides the proof, saying "According to the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office, St. Paul had 196 auto thefts in January and February compared to 1,054 in Minneapolis. That's a more than 5.25:1 dicrepancy between Minneapolis and St. Paul. The article then reported "Police were called to a report of a shooting on West Lake Street near Grand Avenue on Friday just before midnight. Three injured parties were found on site, and a fourth later showed up at an area hospital, police later said in media statements. One of the teens was 16, the other thr...

Not that it's surprising but Chicago was the scene of another horrific murder this weekend. Guy Benson's op-ed should awaken the senses of people with common sense across the nation. That means idiots like Hakeem Jeffries, Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sen. Amy Klobuchar will continue with Joe Biden's open borders and sanctuary city laws. FYI- Sen. Klobuchar isn't stupid. She's just spineless . Benson's op-ed opens by saying "Sheridan Gorman was just 18 years old. A freshman at Loyola University in Chicago, she hailed from Westchester County, New York. She posted on social media that she was looking forward to the warmer weather arriving in the city she planned to call home for the next four years. Her friends adored her. Her family loved her deeply. 'She was full of life, full of kindness and full of a love that she gave freely to everyone around her,' they wrote in a statement, adding, 'she made people feel seen. She made people feel valued.'...

When I was young, I could look up to Democrats (to a large degree) like JFK, RFK, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Scoop Jackson, Sam Nunn, Walter Mondale and Hubert Humphrey. Each of these men were patriots with gravitas. The only Democrat that comes close to fitting into that category today is John Fetterman. Fitting into the 'dirtbag camp' today are Sen. Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Hakeem Jeffries, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, Cori Bush, Jasmine Crockett and Elizabeth Warren. Considering the people on the 'Dirtbag List', it isn't surprising that the 'Dirtbag Democrats' insist on fighting a losing TSA shutdown fight . The Democrats' losing TSA fight is virtually guaranteed because Sen. John Kennedy, (R-LA), has entered the fight with a fantastic idea. He's stated that Democrats won't vote for any DHS bill that funds DHS. As , Sen. Kennedy puts it , "It is a fact that the Karen wing of the Democratic Party is in ascendency, an...

Walter Hudson nailed it in his last legislative update when he said "During the trifecta years, Democrats pushed extreme bills that nobody was asking for and nobody wanted . Then, Republicans broke up their full control of the Capitol and Democrats have morphed into obstructionists by doing all they can to block things that people are asking for and absolutely want." During the Trifecta, the GOP did what they were supposed to do. They started listening again. They asked questions about what the people wanted. Compare that with the DFL telling the activists what the DFL planned on doing. Then Rep. Hudson wrote "Last week, House Democrats spoke against a new stream of education revenue for our children that would come at zero cost to the state." The DFL said no because this new stream of revenue was dedicated to school choice. There isn't a snowball's prayer in H-E-Double-Toothpicks that Education Minnesota would sanction that. Then Rep. Hudson re-inforced the...

While Sen. Schumer's shutdown continues to create pain across America and elsewhere, a true American hero, a man pilloried by the left, has stepped forward . At one point, Elon Musk was a hero of the left. As the manufacturer of Tesla EVs, he was praised by the left. He's stil a hero, just with a different group of fans. Early this morning, Elon Musk made the offer of a lifetime, cementing himself as an American hero. He tweeted "I would like to offer to pay the salaries of TSA personnel during this funding impasse that is negatively affecting the lives of so many Americans at airports throughout the country." As a LEGAL IMMIGRANT to the U.S. of A., Musk has a deep appreciation for the Stars and Stripes. Unlike Sen. Schumer, Musk puts the good of the nation ahead of the good of his political party. By putting nation first, he's the benficiary of tons of goodwill. As of noon CT, Musk's tweet has had over 35,500,000 views. Clear-thinking patriotic Americans lov...

Democrats, aka donkeys, aka jackasses , voted again to keep the federal government shut down . The question is simple. What do Democrats think they're gaining by doing this? Do they think that they're winning over voters? It's difficult picturing a political party being that stupid. It's difficult picturing people standing 3-4 hrs. in TSA lines in airports aren't gaining a new appreciation for Sen. Schumer's shock troops. The article reports "The Senate failed to end the partial government shutdown on Friday as Democrats — for the second time in less than a year — continue to withhold their votes to reopen the government over a policy dispute." It's been widely reported that the Democrats' supporters insist that Democrats fight President Trump. Period. To the Democrat resistance, resistance is the only acceptable reaction to President Trump's policies. Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman was the lone Democrat to cross the aisle in f...

It's patently obvious that the DFL is soft-on-crime. After reading this article , it's obvious that the DFL is opposed to enforcing laws but is enthusiastic in helping law-breaking agitators disrupt church services. According to the article, "On Jan. 18, anti-ICE agitators stormed into Cities Church and disrupted its Sunday morning worship service. Protesters harassed churchgoers, shouted anti-ICE chants, and created such turmoil in the sanctuary that the worship service had to be abandoned. The agitators allegedly stormed the church because they believed one of the pastors was an ICE official . Since then, dozens of individuals have been charged with federal crimes for their participation in the Cities Church storming." It's irrelevant if one of City Church's pastors is an ICE official. According to the Constitution, the pastor could be an atheist. By letting activists/agitators disrupt a church's worship service the State of Minnesota is violating the E...

It's time to demolish the DFL's trans agenda. In this article , Alpha News reports "Democrats in the Minnesota House of Representatives are pushing legislation that would require foster parents to affirm and support a foster child’s 'sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.'" If this bill becomes law, Minnesota will essentially ban Christians from becoming foster parents. Either that or they'd have to surrender their Christian beliefs. In either case, the DFL would've neutered Christians. The First Amendment's text says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." The key to this issue as it pertains to the First Amendment is found in the second clause of the Amendment. That's where it say...

When I worked at Fingerhut, a friend of mine had a bumper sticker that said "The difficult, we do immediately. The impossible takes a little longer." That bumper sticker quickly became our company's motto. When I read Mark Penn's tweet , I immmediately thought of my friend's bumper sticker. It opened, saying "After reading so-many analyses that regime change in Iran was impossible, it seems as though the impossible is looking more and more possible." It continued, saying "Some of the coverage is even turning as the WSJ story on the elimination of Ali Larijari documented how the leadership of Iran is being reduced on all fronts and the security apparatus is beginning to wear thin and is systematically being frightened." There's a whole host of reasons why Iran is getting blown to bits day-by-day. First, between Israel's targeting of Iran's 'civilian' leadership and the U.S. targeting of military installations, the IRGC is lik...

I thank God frequently that I've never had to live in Minneapolis, formerly known as Murderapolis. After reading this article about another instance of Hennepin County District Attorney Mary Moriarty's soft-on-crime regime, I'm thoroughly thankful that I don't have to tolerate Moriarty's soft-on crime stupidity. Frankly, she should be disbarred, ridiculed 24/7 and then fined for being willing to do George Soros's bidding. She's the personification of being George Soros's agenda. According to the article, "The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office (HCAO) has reportedly declined to charge a man arrested in January for allegedly vandalizing several businesses in Minneapolis along Lake Street during an anti-ICE protest. Francis David Steinhauer, 24, of Minneapolis was arrested on Jan. 10 after police said he was responsible for vandalizing several businesses with anti-ICE graffiti, including a theater, church, a Minneapolis school building, a Hennepin Coun...

By now, I've got to think that Virginia voters have an acute case of buyers' remorse when it comes to Gov. Abigail Spanberger. Campaigning as a moderate, Gov. Spanberger is governing like a raging liberal lunatic. After reading this DHS statement , I think Gov. Spanberger isn't qualified to be employed at anything, much less to be Virginia's CEO. According to the statement, "Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) requested Fairfax County, Virginia sanctuary politicians not to release Israel Christopher Flores-Ortiz, a 19-year-old criminal illegal alien from El Salvador who was arrested for nine counts of assault and battery. According to local reports, this criminal alien groped multiple girls while attending a local high school despite the fact he is a 19-year-old adult. He is accused of repeatedly creeping up behind the students in crowded hallways and grabbing them between the legs." Th...

It shouldn't take a lawyer to determine what language is acceptable and which language must be censored. The text of the First Amendment is "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." According to Dictionary.com, First Amendment means "The first article of the Bill of Rights. It forbids Congress from tampering with the freedoms of religion, speech, assembly, and the press ." According to Prof. Jonathan Turley's op-ed , "In March 2021, California principal Jesus Becerra was confronted by a clear and present threat to his school. Standing before him was the culprit — a student apparently so dangerous that Becerra had to act without delay to protect the entire Viejo Elementary School in the Capistrano Unified School District....

Democrats are having fun pretending that they're the party of affordability and looking out for "the little guy." It's time to throw that picture out the window. FOREVER! It's a myth. Let's start with Obamacare, aka the ACA, aka the Affordable Care Act. Within 2 years, people saw that the ACA had blown a super-sized hole in the deficit. The Cato Inatitute, hardly a right-wing think tank, published this article , which states "By spending $650 million on a no-bid contract, awarded to a firm with political connections to the White House, for the problem-plagued Obamacare website, the administration made clear that it cannot handle money. The website has processed only a quarter of the meager sign-ups, with the rest handled by 14 state-run exchanges that also have problems and cost taxpayers an additional $4.4 billion. " Has the ACA improved health insurance availability? Marginally, at best. Check this out: Notice that President Obama said "There...

After getting hit by the U.S. and Israeli air forces, it looks like Iran has caved. The NY Post just reported "Iran said Saturday that all countries besides the US and Israel may pass through the Strait of Hormuz, in a desperate attempt at coalition busting less than a day after the US bombed military targets on its oil-critical Kharg Island. 'As a matter of fact, the Strait of Hormuz is open,' Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said. ' It is only closed to the tankers and ships belong[ing] to our enemies, to those who are attacking us and their allies . Others are free to pass,' Araghchi told MS NOW." I'll still take a wait-and-see approach on this information. It's too soon to call it news yet. The markets will be opening soon. They'll give us the 'official' reaction to this statement. Iran's foreign minister is dealing with a predicament because President Trump issued this ultimatum: Moments ago, at my direction, the United St...

I was about to say that there should be a law against foolishness until I read this article . Long ago, my dad told me that "there's no use in making something idiot-proof. They'll just build a better idiot." My dad died half a century ago so that's how long ago it's been. He isn't around but he described Sen. Zaynab Mohamed perfectly. The Alpha News article linked to above opens by saying "Democrats in the Minnesota Senate held a marathon committee hearing on Friday where they advanced a major gun control bill to the next stage of the legislative process. That bill, SF 3655, would ban the possession, sale, transfer, or ownership of a 'semiautomatic military-style assault weapon.' The specific language of SF 3655 would ban a wide swath of firearms including the AR-15, the most popular firearm in America." The article continues, saying "Authored by DFL Sen. Zaynab Mohamed, SF 3655 would also ban what it calls 'large-capacity magaz...

A significant portion of Rep. Tim O'Driscoll's latest legislative update focuses on affordability, especially health insurance snd tax affordability. For instance, Rep. O'Driscoll wrote "In our commerce committee, we held a conversation with health insurance providers about ways to keep premium costs down, and how to make health insurance more affordable. UCare recently left the insurance market due to insolvency, leaving fewer companies available for consumers. We know that any time the legislature adds mandates to health insurance companies, it only increases costs to the purchaser. When the insurance becomes too expensive, people drop their coverage. Keeping health insurance affordable is a top legislative priority, and that means limiting mandates at the state level." When Steve Gottwalt chaired the House Health Care Reform Committee, he told me that the state of Minnesota applied over 60 different health insurance mandates. While I don't know how many ma...

Finding out that the DFL is filled with partisan hacks is as surprising as finding out that Iran is a terrorist nation. Walter Hudson's weekly legislative update highlights this week's DFL chicanery. In his update, Rep. Hudson writes "Let’s start with what happened during a House Taxes Committee hearing Wednesday. Democrats voted in unison to block federal tax conformity language that would save Minnesota job creators money at zero cost to the state. To repeat: this legislation would cost the state nothing, but it would immediately reduce costs for Minnesota businesses, allowing them to invest more in jobs, production, and research and development. It’s economic expansion at no cost to the state, yet Democrats still voted 'no.'" At this point, I'm asking if being a partisan hack what DFL politicians specialize in. Rep. Hudson's next question is followed by the answer to his question. Rep. Hudson wrote "Why? Because Orange Man bad." If I was ...

Years ago, I said that the definition of a moderate Democrat was "a Democrat running for office." In other words, Democrats sounded moderate until they'd gotten elected, at which time they turned into 'Grandpa' Bernie Sanders. That's the biography of Virginia Gov. Abigail SCAMBERGER Spanberger. She campaigned on the mantra of 'affordability', then turned into a tax-hiking Democrat machine. Hugo Gurdon's latest column opens by saying "In her trim blue suits, she gives or gave the impression of being ready to govern the commonwealth efficiently and effectively. But looks deceive, and you cannot judge this book by its cover. If you had never seen her kempt conventional exterior and were to base your expectations only on reading a list of her actions since taking office on Jan. 17, you’d picture a radical leftist of the most repellent kind, perhaps replete with purple hair and a pierced eyebrow." In Minnesota, her type of Democrat would be ...

It's become clear that the DFL isn't taking this session seriously . The first example of this is Rep. Dave Pinto's interest "in hearing about the 'benefits of shoplifting.'" As Rep. Mary Franson, GOP-Alexandria, put it "Retailers across the state are battling organized theft and repeated shoplifting that threatens their ability to stay open. Instead of entertaining arguments that attempt to justify theft, lawmakers should be focused on protecting businesses, backing law enforcement, and making sure criminals are held accountable." That makes sense in light of the Medicaid Fraud Fiasco. Nothing belongs to anyone except those who are willing to steal it. That's the basis upon which socialism is built. In socialist systems, private property doesn't really exist. Similarly, prosperity doesn't exist with the DFL. With the DFL, there are 2 groups of people: oligarchs and ATMS. Let me explain with this example: In a separate hearing, Rep. L...