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Is the DFL failing K-12 students?

Earlier this week, Gov. Walz published a tweet bragging how Minnesota's K-12 graduation rate had hit a new record high for the second straight year. It didn't take long to discredit Gov. Walz's bragging. I did that in this article , which cites as fact "State assessment data shows reading and math scores have largely stagnated since testing resumed in 2022 (following a pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic), with little improvement through 2025." Ben Bakeberg is the principal of the middle school in Jordan, MN. He's also the GOP Co-Chair of the House K-12 Finance Committee. Each week, he sends out a legislative update telling his constituents what happened that week. This week, he wrote "This week, the Governor and legislative Democrats took a victory lap over Minnesota’s high school graduation rate, now just under 85 percent for the 2025 class. We should continue to push for more student success while ensuring the diploma students receive retains its value...
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Minnesota Republicans' pro-family tax cut plan

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Since the DFL is intent on obstructing each piece of legislation that'd help families, Minnesota's House Republicans are proposing a state-record pro-family tax cut . By contrast, DFL politicians promised Minnesotans a $2,000 Walz check. That year, the DFL spent the entire $18,000,000,000 projected surplus, then raised license tab fees and other taxes by another $10,000,000,000. The DFL didn't help families. Instead, the DFL helped bureaucrats. Let's get into the article. The article reports "Minnesota House Republicans unveiled a budget proposal that would deliver the largest tax cut in state history, while reprioritizing state spending. The plan, dubbed the 'North Star Comeback,' includes $3.8 billion in tax reductions and is built around three priorities: protecting family budgets, making government work and creating a working-class economy." The DFL is certain to vote this pro-family tax plan into oblivion because a) DFL politicians are pro-family ...
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How the DFL morphed into the NO Party

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Anyone that's paid attention to this year's legislature has noticed that the House DFL morph into the NO PARTY! On bill after bill, on vote after vote, the vote for GOP bills is 67-67 on the final vote or 7-7 in committee. Walter Hudson's latest legislative update highlights the DFL's obstructionist habits perfectly. It opens by saying "This week, House Republicans attempted to advance three bills aimed at protecting safe and fair competition in girls sports. Simply declaring that biological males cannot play girls sports should not be controversial, but House Democrats went ahead and sided with the radicals by blocking all three bills." Apparently, the DFL isn't interested in protecting teenage girls from teenage boys. Parents, how much do you trust teenage boys using the same locker room or same bathroom with your teenage daughter? Let's put it differently. How many boys who identify as a girl are scamming the authorities to stare at young girls? ...
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Let's throw Tim Walz in prison

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The nation knows that Tim Walz is a self-described "knucklehead." They know that because a) Kamala Harris made a major mistake in picking him as her running mate on the Democrat ticket in 2024 and b) he admitted that during that year's Vice-Presidential Debate. According to this Alpha News article , he might obtain another title. That title might be criminal. While I don't think that'll happen, it makes me smile just thinking about the possibility. The article starts by saying "A watchdog group is asking U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to review Gov. Tim Walz’s response to the federal government’s recent immigration enforcement efforts in Minnesota and determine any 'military-related punishment that should be administered.'" It continues, saying "In January, Walz was among several Minnesota officials who were subpoenaed by the U.S. Department of Justice as part of an investigation into whether he obstructed immigration enforcement efforts...
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Why do DFL politicians HATE female athletes?

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Apparently, 3 things are obvious. First, DFL politicians are stupid beyond belief. Next, DFL politicians hate teenage girls. Why else would House DFL representatives vote to keep boys competing with teenage girls? Third, it's apparent that DFL politicians took too many activist classes in high school while not taking any high school biology classes. Anyone who'se taken a high school biology class knows that people born with 2 X chromosomes are females. It doesn't take Elon Musk or one of the Artemis II astronauts to figure that out. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that a DFL politician who votes to keep boys playing in girls' sports is an ideological nutjob. Despite the fact that there isn't a high percentantage of boys participating in girls' sports, the DFL keeps voting in lockstep against girls. Here's a question for parents that needs to be asked. Do you trust a teenage boy sharing a bathroom or locker room with your daughter? The article rep...
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Affordability, DFL Style?

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I'm old enough to remember when license tabs fees dropped in price each year. I even remember when tabs were cheaper than your car payment. I'm betting that you're old enough to remember those times, too. Thanks to the 2023 DFL Trifecta, which spent the entire projected $18,000,000,000 surplus then raised taxes and fees by another $10,000,000,000, the days of affordable license tab fees are history and then some. When the House GOP tried returning to the pre-Trifecta prices, the DFL (this is rich) accused the House GOP of "blowing a $740,000,000 hole in the surplus." Let's compare a $740 million hole with a $28 BILLION HOLE in the 2023 surplus. The DFL Trifecta hole of $28,000,000,000 is 38 times larger than the PROJECTED $740,000,000 hole. And the DFL is LECTURING THE GOP ABOUT AFFORDABILITY?? The reason I'm writing about this is because of this Alpha News article . It reports "A 25-year veteran of vehicle sales in central Minnesota says customers...
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Tim Walz admits Education Minnesota is a failure

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When Tim Walz published this tweet , he intended to brag about Minnesota. Instead, he highlighted a failure in K-12 education. He wrote "Minnesota’s graduation rates just reached another record high. From day one, we set out to build a better future for our students. I’m proud that every student who receives that diploma is better equipped to build a future they feel excited about." This Alpha News article slams the door on Gov. Walz's bragging in a NY split-second. The article opens by saying "Minnesota high school graduation rates hit a record high for the second straight year, even as test scores show little recovery from pandemic-era learning loss. New data from the Minnesota Department of Education shows the class of 2025 recorded a four-year graduation rate of 84.9%, the highest in recorded state history and an increase of 0.7% from the previous year’s record." That's nice happy talk but it won't eliminate this real-world reality: But academic p...
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