Liberty & Prosperity Blog

In what seemed like minutes of Julie Blaha's announcement that she wouldn't seek reelection as Minnesota's State Auditor, Dan Wolgamott announced that he's running to replace Blaha. KSTP is reporting that "At least one of Minnesota’s constitutional officers plans to leave office at the end of their term. State Auditor Julie Blaha, a Democrat, announced Thursday morning that she won’t seek reelection in 2026. She was first elected to the role in 2018 and narrowly won reelection in 2022. The Office of the State Auditor (OSA) is a 'watchdog,' overseeing around $60 billion in local spending and focusing on how that money is being spent. The state auditor also serves on several state boards and councils, including ones that oversee state pensions and investments." KSTP is being diplomatic in saying that the State Auditor is "a watchdog." The OSA is more of a purely political office than anything else. When Mark Dayton signed a bill giving countie...

Anyone that thinks that Gov. Tim Walz is interested in finding solutions to Minnesota's violence problem is a blithering idiot. If Tim Walz is serious, he would've brought GOP and DFL legislators together to talk about the things that contribute to the evil that swept through Minneapolis last week. I'm not interested in fixing just the shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church, though that's definitely part of the discussion. During his interview with Harris Faulkner, which I wrote about here , House Majority Whip Tom Emmer said that "Murderapolis is back." That isn't a compliment to Minneapolis or the DFL. Emmer then said "You had 6 people killed last week -- I mean this week -- and you've got 44 killed this year. It's essential to remember that Minneapolis is the place where the Democrats' Defund-the-Police movement started. Minneapolis is where the 'Summer-of-Love-Riots' started, too. Minneapolis, aka Murderapolis, is a thoroughl...

Over the weekend, President Trump kept a lower-than-normal profile. Virtually immediately, rumors started flying that President Trump had died. The less-than-bright Democrats started hoping-against-hope that the rumors were true. Tim Walz, Minnesota's knucklehead Democrat governor, was one of those who bought into the storyline. This is the video that made Tim Walz internationally famous . Actually, it's the video that made him an international laughingstock. KUTV is reporting "While speaking at a pro-labor union event on Monday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) fed into the speculations that President Donald Trump may be dead." It continued, saying "President Donald Trump kept a low profile over Labor Day weekend, participating in private interviews, playing golf and making a slew of posts to Truth Social. However, his last public appearance before Tuesday was six days prior — sparking rumors that the Commander in Chief was either sick or even dead." What type ...

The greater the turmoil, the greater the DFL's unity of purpose. Nothing brings the DFL together faster than school shootings. I know that sounds sick but the DFL's reflex to call for more gun laws is sickening. Immediately after a school shooting, the DFL insists that inanimate objects that can't load or shoot themselves actually shot people. It's utterly amazing how that's possible. But I digress. The DFL is planning on using the (supposedly) upcoming special session as a fundraiser. Further, I'm hearing that some DFL politicians are planning on offering some amendments to trip up GOP legislators. To that, I say 'Be careful what you strategize for; 2 can play that game.' GOP Rep. Drew Roach "will be introducing legislation to repeal Minnesota Statute 214.078 , which prohibits licensed mental health professionals from providing talk therapy to individuals experiencing questions or struggles related to gender identity." Let's be clear abou...

It's utterly apparent that DFL metro mayors don't care about the U.S. Constitution or the landmark rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court. It's apparent because KARE11 is reporting that "Nine mayors from some of Minnesota's largest cities stood together inside the Capitol on Tuesday asking state legislators to either ban assault weapons statewide, or repeal a 1985 law that prevents cities from regulating firearms at the local level. First, assault weapons bans are unconstitutional. This paragraph explains the underlying principal behind banning certain categories of weapons. It says "The handgun ban and the trigger-lock requirement (as applied to self-defense) violate the Second Amendment. The District’s total ban on handgun possession in the home amounts to a prohibition on an entire class of “arms” that Americans overwhelmingly choose for the lawful purpose of self-defense. Under any of the standards of scrutiny the Court has applied to enumerated constitution...

Since last Wednesday's deadly school/church shooting in south Minneapolis, it's been apparent that the DFL (and their Twin Cities media allies have sought to deflect from the fact that the shooter was a biological male who hated being trans. According to Scott Johnson's op-ed, which I wrote about here , Robin Westman "professed to 'regret being trans.'" Further, "He wished he 'had never brain-washed' himself." Today finds us with another distraction. This time, Tim Walz hopes to call a special session to deal with the DFL's go-to distraction, aka "gun violence." My Goals My primary goal is to change whichever statutes need changing so that students with mental health issues can get the help they need, not the help that's ideologically driven. My opther goal is provide support to Republicans so that they can fight for giving non-public schools the same resources (school resource officers, metal detectors, etc.) as are ma...

While I think Donald Trump deserves some credit for foreign policy, he's got a huge blind spot that he hasn't fixed. It's called Putin's Russia and it better get fixed or it'll become the biggest stain on President Trump's foreign policy legacy. He hates the killing from both sides. I'll accept that as his honest position. MacArthur ended WWII by unleashing the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Critics said this wasn't a proportional response. That's true. It wasn't proportional. Regardless, WWII ended a few days later when Japan surrendered. Thanks to those bombs getting dropped, thousands of U.S. lives were saved. MacArthur was about protecting U.S. lives before Trump saved U.S. lives. Trump's repeatedly said that the war wouldn't have started if he'd been president. That's a statement of fact, IMO. It's utterly irrelevant, though. Trump inherited the Russia-Ukraine war. That makes it Trump's war whether he likes it o...