MN-08: Ditching Rep. Stauber, Part 3

October 28, 2020

From an email I got from the Quinn Nystrom campaign: When (Rep. Pete Stauber) said about COVID-19, “Predominantly the people who succumb to this disease are seniors or folks with pre-existing conditions” Quinn responded: “Every single person’s life is valuable in this district.” Audio of the phone-in debate, hosted by MPR last Friday, is here. […]

by Dan Burns

Emmer, Stauber dinged in Twin Metals lawsuit

September 9, 2020

I’ve added some new polling of the state.

by Dan Burns

MN-08: Ditching Rep. Stauber, Part 1

July 18, 2020

I live in MN-08, though so close to its south boundary that if I was literally less than a half-mile south of where I’m sitting at my desk right now I’d be in MN-06. Which would in a way make this easier, because Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN-06) is, given his obnoxious, arrogant demeanor, and the […]

by Dan Burns

Twin Metals gets slapped back

June 26, 2020

At least, I hope that’s how we can interpret this. Minnesota environmental regulators have published nearly 800 comments on the Twin Metals plan to build a copper-nickel mine just outside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota, deeming the company’s project proposal “incomplete.” The state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says it needs […]

by Dan Burns

The Twin Metals/Trump family relationship is all over the news

June 27, 2019

But why now?

by Dan Burns

PolyMet: The readily apparent becomes wholly manifest

May 21, 2019

This is about as unsurprising as anything could be: (May 8), global mining giant Glencore moves one big step closer to owning the proposed Northern Minnesota copper-nickel venture PolyMet… Fundamentally, Glencore is a different kind of mining company than the Iron Range has dealt with in recent years. They’re enormous and fast-moving, anti-union and hard-bargaining. […]

by Dan Burns