MN-01: The Party of Trump special primary circus

May 21, 2022

Come one, come all.

I was wrong about MN Senate Republicans

November 29, 2021

A while back I posted here about the possibility that members of the slim Party of Trump majority in the Minnesota Senate had decided to start being more, in a word, sane. As it turns out, nope. No way. Minnesota Republicans are reigniting debate over the emergency powers used by DFL Gov. Tim Walz during […]

by Dan Burns

Trying to figure out MN Senate Party of Trumpers

September 21, 2021

Have they really decided they’d better move away from being so royally deserving of the “Party of Trump” moniker? Hard to say. I’m referring to their having picked Sen. Jeremy Miller (R-Winona) as the new Senate Majority Leader. He’s considered to be about the least extreme, selfish, and deranged member of the GOP caucus, there. […]

by Dan Burns

Kind of pithy remarks on the 2021 MN lege

January 6, 2021

First of all, “pithy,” which means having substance and point, contains an element of sarcasm, here. My record, when it comes to any kind of politics-related prognostication, is, in a word, wretched. The best thing is that I am comfortable suggesting that the DFL caucuses in both houses can legitimately be termed “progressive,” and that […]

by Dan Burns

The way to help legalize marijuana in Minnesota is to vote DFL. Period.

June 15, 2020

The Minnesota Reformer is reporting that the Minnesota Party of Trump is recruiting candidates to run under the purported aegis of the legal marijuana parties, hoping to siphon votes from Democrats in close races, especially for the state Senate. It’s hardly unexpected, that they would do that. Yeah, probably a majority of people that vote […]

by Dan Burns