MN-01: Rep. Hagedorn rides the right-wing crazy train on COVID-19

April 29, 2020

There’s this: On (April 20), Rep. Jim Hagedorn (R-MN) claimed that allowing members of Congress to vote on legislation from their home is a scheme to make it easier for all Americans to vote by mail in November. In a Facebook post, Hagedorn called remote voting a “very bad idea,” even during the coronavirus pandemic, […]

by Dan Burns

Should Minnesota follow California into sovereignty?

April 20, 2020

CA Gov. Gavin Newsom’s statements were not in fact meant to be taken entirely seriously, any more than the title of this story really is. Newsom’s remarks were about making a point, and pushing Trump’s buttons. But there is telling reality behind it all. It’s also at the forefront of our nation’s demographic transformation, and […]

by Dan Burns

We don’t need no stinkin’ plans!

April 13, 2020

Plans are for sissies

by Steve Timmer

And decrease the surplus population

April 11, 2020

Kevin’s Kampf

by Steve Timmer

A big fat schism in the Minnesota GOP

April 7, 2020

With an update.

by Dan Burns

The only shocking thing about the Trump Crash is that it took this long

April 1, 2020

About the last thing that I claim to be is any kind of economics guru. When I read about and think about the topic, these days, which I don’t do much of, it’s behavioral economics. So the only thing I have to say about what will happen with the economy going forward is that anyone […]

by Dan Burns

Republicans stand ready

March 26, 2020

Let’s get out there and bite some ankles!

by Steve Timmer

Adolescent oppositional disorder at the Capitol

March 21, 2020

Let the ankle biting begin!

by Steve Timmer

Bad court ruling, by Trump flunky, puts the BWCA at further risk

March 19, 2020

What a load of crap. A federal district court judge has ruled in favor of the Trump administration’s decision to reinstate federal mineral leases that could eventually lead to a sulfide-based copper-nickel mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. The decision, issued Monday, was not a surprise to opponents of the mine, who had expected […]

by Dan Burns

DFLers in MN House look to help the homeless

March 12, 2020

Think it will get far in the GOP Senate?

by Dan Burns

What should Sen. Klobuchar do now?

March 2, 2020

What with the way news gets around on the internet, you’ve probably seen that Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) ended – sorry, “suspended” – her presidential campaign, today. I’m not going to speculate as to what pressures may or may not have been brought to bear on her (or, for that matter, on The Smiler). Like […]

by Dan Burns

On attempts to sell clean water down the river

February 25, 2020

We don’t need no stinkin’ sulfide mine

by Steve Timmer