Liberty & Prosperity Blog

When Gov. Tim Walz wants to spread the BS, he REALLY KNOWS how to spread it around thick. According to this KARE11 article , "Gov. Tim Walz announced the creation of a new political action committee on Monday known as "Small Town PAC," designed to raise money and find candidates in parts of rural America that Democrats have lost to the Republican Party over the past few election cycles." Although Walz has abandoned his bid for a third term as governor, this formation of a PAC indicates that the former Vice Presidential candidate plans to actively campaign for the Democratic Party in the 2026 midterms. Walz's personal website, TimWalz.com, now redirects to the Small Town PAC website, which states that the organization will prioritize "showing up in small towns and red districts too often written off, finding and recruiting thoughtful, hardworking people to run for office, and supporting a new generation of leaders who truly reflect and understand their comm...

I wrote this article in July of 2025 to highlight the bitter rivalllry between the Democrat-FArmer-Labor Party, aka DFL, and the DSA, aka Democrat Socialists of America. In the article, I opined that "This morning, the DFL will attempt to prevent the DSA, aka the Democrat Socialists of America, from getting the DSA candidate endorsed for the mayor's position. Will Omar Fateh, the DSA candidate, get endorsed? Or will Jacob Frey, the DFL candidate, get endorsed to run for a third term? This might be a battle for the ages, the political equivalent of a cage match in wrestling." In this articles , I wrote that the Democrat Socialists of America were attempting a hostile takover of the DFL. According to Marjorie Simon, "The DSA is in the midst of a hostile takeover of the DFL right now. That's the report from Marjorie Simon, a lifelong Democrat. Ms. Simon is quoted as saying 'When Aisha Chughtai became the council member, I noticed a disaster. She is a bona fide ...

During Friday night's Almanac Political roundtable discussion , Cathy Wurzer had coming-out party of sorts. At 8:50 into the video, Cathy Wurzer said "I wanted to ask you, Fritz Knaak, why is the President taking on the Pope?" Not that this is surprising but Cathy Wurzer's bias is shining through. In the past week, President Trump spoke to the Artemis II astronauts right after they came out from behind the dark side of the moon. Then he invited the crew to the White House. After that, President Trump surprirsed the world by shutting the Strait of Hormuz with a naval blockade. That, for all intents and purposes, finished the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. Few military experts saw this coming, especially China's generals and admirals. Unlike Ms. Wurzer, who made light of President Trump, rest assured that Xi Xinping isn't laughing. That's because President Trump has essentially cut off China's cheap oil. With China's economy struggling, China needs cheap...

Minnesota needs a major discussion on preventing Medicaid fraud. The good news is that 2 major parts of eliminating Medicaid fraud have either been eliminated (Jodi Harpstead) or have announced their retirement at the end of this term (Gov. Tim Walz). While I'm thankful that Harpstead and Gov. Walz won't look the other way on fraud, it's still disturbing to know that others will continue their work of fostering an atmosphere of unaccountability. The best way to establish an atmosphere of accountability, in my opinion, is to install Faye Bernstein as Commissioner of Minnesota's Department of Human Services. Faye Bernstein provided emotional testimony at a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee. At the hearing Bernstein said "The retaliation and the smear campaign is strong. I was called everything from incompetent to — a favorite is racist. People who speak about fraud at state agencies, the first thing that leadership goes to is racism. And that is very hard to ...

On Sunday, I wrote a post titled Is the DFL failing K-12 students ? In the post, I quoted from Ben Bakeberg's weekly legislative update . In Principal Bakeberg's weekly legislative update, he wrote 'Over time, we’ve moved away from clear standards and meaningful measures of academic readiness. Teachers are handling more classroom disruptions, and that takes away from students who are there to learn. In some cases, it’s becoming a safety issue. Schools are also being stretched thin and have been for some time. There are roughly 65 mandates coming out of St. Paul that districts are expected to follow, many without funding . That forces schools to shift time and resources just to stay in compliance. Meanwhile, spending continues to grow in areas that don’t reach the classroom like the Minnesota Department of Education." With class sizes already too big, St. Paul is requiring schools statewide to shift manpower away from classrooms to pay for other things. That's down...

For years, Minnesota's campaigns have been about personalities, name recognition and a shortage of political talent. It's impossible to look at Tim Walz or Mark Dayton and think that either have enough talent to be worthy of being elected to anything. On the GOP side of things, Commissioner Jeff Johnson is a good policy guy but lacks personality and fundraising abilities. Tim Pawlenty has ppersonality, was iffy on policy and lacked in fundraising ability. That's because he wasn't a solid, reliable conservative. Important Elections, Big Ideas Important elections require big debates on big ideas. In Minnesota, the biggest issues were Medicaid fraud, License tab fee hikes, property tax hikes, unfunded mandates that caused the property tax hikes and repealing the 2023 DFL Trifecta's $10,000,000,000 tax hike. Each of these listed items contributed to Minnesotans' standard of living. Minnesota's standard of living dropped compared to the Dakotas and Iowa. Red stat...