Liberty & Prosperity Blog

In late August, I wrote this article to highlight the fact that Michele Tafoya had gotten endorsed by the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association, aka MPPOA. Today, Alpha News reports "Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michele Tafoya held a press conference on Tuesday and criticized Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan’s record on public safety as she unveiled a five-point plan aimed at gang violence in Minnesota." According to Tafoya's press availability, she promised to do 5 things in her first 8 weeks as Minnesota's Senator. That starts, she said, with naming the problem. Next on Tafoya's priority list is to "disrupt gang activity online." Ms. Tafoya said that as Senator, she "will demand the FBI Cyber Division open a new threat assessment hub that is physically located in Minneapolis." Then Ms. Tafoya said "Point Three, force Big Tech to do its part. Point 4, faster federal prosecutions. Part of this problem is that soft-on-crime local pro...

The DFL is nothing if not predictable and not that bright. After Monday morning's lawful execution of a search warrant of Ilhan Omar's DC home, Keith Ellison published this tweet . In the heart of the tweet, Ellison, Minnesota's DFL AG, wrote "This morning's raid on the home of Ilhan Omar, a sitting member of Congress, has all the hallmarks of Donald Trump weaponizing the federal government against a political rival. Trump’s action marks a dangerous escalation of his authoritarian and fundamentally un-American behavior. It’s also an extension of his racist attacks on Somali Americans and yet another attempt to throw chaos into our elections." That's one of the most reckless statements issued by an AG. In the past 3 years, there have been 3 assassinaton attempts on President Trump. Is AG Ellison hinting that a 4th attempt is in order? I hope not. Then there's Ilhan Omar's copycat tweet , which said "I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt t...

This morning, I received an e-letter update from Annette Meeks's Freedom Foundation of Minnesota . Her e-letter update opened by saying "Much ink has been spilled by liberal newspaper reporters, breathlessly informing readers about a Minnesota first: a Republican-aligned organization that is spending significant (and publicly disclosed) contributions to support the candidacy of House Speaker Lisa Demuth for governor." The e-letter update continues, saying "Imagine that: after two decades, Republicans in Minnesota are finally playing by the same rules as the DFL. But we’re reading about the Republican expenditures for exactly one reason: the progressive left is concerned about the election outcome because Republicans finally learned they must play the political independent expenditure game – just like the Democrats. In addition, for the first time in decades, Republicans have nominated superior statewide candidates. This, combined with voter’s concerns about massive a...

This morning, the Daily Signal reported that "The Department of Homeland Security raided the home of Somali-born Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., early Monday morning, less than a month before the midterm election. The raid is part of a larger criminal fraud investigation into the congresswoman’s immigration paperwork and was signed off by a federal judge. First reported by Fox News Digital, multiple Homeland Security Investigations agents were seen outside her home in Washington, D.C. The raid began at 6 a.m. Monday." Democrats will certainly call these HSI agents racists, xenophobes or Islamophobes or a mixture of these chanting points. According to Ed Morissey's article , "Stay tuned, in other words, because other possibilities exist here, too. For instance: What kinds of contacts did Omar and her family maintain in Somalia? The involvement of the DoJ in securing the warrant may be pro forma, or it may be that the issues go beyond immigration." To call this potenti...

In this article , I quoted Geny Villoa as saying "It is sad to see some people trying to divide us when we should be coming together." It's noteworthy that Villoa is from Somalia, where they've been fighting a civil war since the early 1990s. The last thing I'll do is take advice from a man whose home nation has been fighting a civil war for 35+ years. It's also noteworthy from a political standpoint that "Clergy from across faiths stood together inside a Saint Paul church to condemn a recent social media post by President Donald Trump." Actually, that's more than a little misleading. While it's true that clergy from many denominations are calling for religious people to speak out against Preident Trump , they don't say people of faith are supposed to unite around. Should we unite around the Christian Bible? Should we unite around Christ's Gospels? Should we unite arounnd Paul's letters to the churches he started in Syria, Greece,...

A week after i Somali gangs ruined the Eden Prairie High School Homecoming Game, St. Cloud Tech High School tried spinning their way out of their decision to not fix the Somali gang violence problem. To be fair, there was a threat posted on social media, though it didn't say anything about who the threat came from, though that's often an indicator by itself. This KSTP article reports that "St. Cloud Tech High School is adding new game security after a threat raised concerns ahead of homecoming. The school used metal detectors, bag checks, and had a highly visible police presence at its homecoming football game Friday afternoon. The district also moved kickoff to 4:30 p.m. and required people to leave promptly after the game. It was exactly one week ago that gunfire shut down Eden Prairie High School’s homecoming football game— and forced the evacuation of hundreds of people." To be fair, this is a multi-faceted problem. What law enforcement did Friday afternoon was ...