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  • Kristi Noem faces lawsuit and toothy questions over her viral endorsement of Texas dentists

    03/14/2024 12:20:34 AM PDT · by linMcHlp · 47 replies
    WLWT5 Cincinnati ^ | 03/13/2024 | Gregory Krieg
    Gov. Kristi Noem is facing legal action after her latest endorsement caused an online furor that now risks taking a bite out of her standing in South Dakota at a time when she’s rumored to be among the front-runners on Donald Trump’s vice presidential shortlist.
  • Noem deploying troops from South Dakota to border ‘warzone’

    02/20/2024 11:40:42 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 14 replies
    The Hill ^ | 02/20/2024 | LAUREN IRWIN
    South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem joined a list of Republican state leaders who have said they will deploy troops to the country’s southern border, which she called a “warzone” in a post announcing the move. “The border is a warzone, so we’re sending soldiers,” Noem posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “The SD-Guard’s primary mission will be construction of a wall to stem the flow of illegal immigrants, drug cartels, and human trafficking into the United States of America.” In a statement released Tuesday, Noem said 60 South Dakota soldiers will be deployed to Texas in the...
  • South Dakota Forced To Apologize To Transgender Activists, Pay $300,000

    02/08/2024 9:50:18 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 4 replies
    Epoch Times ^ | 02/08/2024 | Tom Ozimek
    South Dakota has issued an apology to a transgender advocacy group and must pay $300,000 under an agreement that settles a lawsuit against Gov. Kristi Noem and the state health secretary over a terminated contract.The Transformation Project, a nonprofit that provides suicide prevention and other services to transgender people in South Dakota, sued Ms. Noem and Secretary of Health Melissa Magstadt last year after the state canceled a contract to hire and train a community health worker to connect members of the LGBT community to health services.The contract included a $136,000 state-administered federal grant, of which the transgender group received...
  • Why Are Republicans Advancing A Bill That Lets Outsiders Buy A South Dakota Address And Use It To Vote?

    02/05/2024 6:44:44 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 22 replies
    The Federalist ^ | 02/05/2024 | Jessica Pollema
    Why is a Republican-led legislature fast tracking this left-leaning nightmare of a bill package brought by a Republican secretary of state?With the help of Republican lawmakers, South Dakota Secretary of State Monae Johnson has brought a handful of election-related bills to the 2024 legislative session, all to the ire of her campaign supporters. At her request, lawmakers have presented bills to share the statewide voter registration file, establish the crime of threatening a poll worker, and recently SB 17, which modifies the state’s recently-enacted law requiring new South Dakota voters to have resided in the state for at least 30...
  • Donald Trump name drops Gov. Kristi Noem and Sen. Tim Scott as potential 2024 running mates as he reveals criteria for his next vice president

    02/04/2024 10:38:29 AM PST · by knighthawk · 151 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | February 04 2024 | KATELYN CARALLE
    Donald Trump said that South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) are on the short list to be his running mate in the 2024 general election. He also dispelled rumors that he is considering Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a vice presidential nominee and said his team never reached out to the independent candidates. Speaking with Fox News Sunday host Maria Bartiromo, Trump said he won't announce who he plans to run with in the 2024 ticket for 'a while.'
  • Gov. Noem to Newsmax: Cartels Infiltrating Protected Tribal Lands

    02/01/2024 9:51:51 AM PST · by george76 · 19 replies
    Newsmax ^ | 31 January 2024 | Michael Katz
    Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem ... Mexican drug cartels have set up shop on tribal reservations in her state because they know the federal government has jurisdiction over those lands, and that the Biden administration is "letting it happen." "Even though South Dakota isn't a neighboring state to Texas, we're on the front lines of this thing," Noem said .. "I've got nine Native American tribes, and the cartels are set up on our tribal grounds. They are facilitating this drug trafficking, this human trafficking through my tribal grounds here in South Dakota because I don't have jurisdiction there....
  • A world war, not a civil war

    01/26/2024 7:41:35 AM PST · by Rummyfan · 12 replies
    Don Surber Substack ^ | 26 Jan 2024 | Don Surber
    The gatekeepers opened the gate and divided Western nationsThe Hill reported, “Republican governors are backing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in his standoff against the federal government over border authority.“On Tuesday, the Texas National Guard appeared to ignore a Supreme Court decision and continued building razor wire barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border, preventing the federal Border Patrol from doing their jobs.“In a statement Wednesday, Abbott justified the actions by claiming his authority to combat an invasion of the state supersedes federal law. “GOP Govs. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, Kristi Noem of South Dakota, Ron DeSantis of Florida, Glenn Youngkin of...
  • ‘Gender Dysphoria’ Diagnoses Rise In Every State Except One

    01/13/2024 2:13:28 PM PST · by Twotone · 16 replies
    The Daily Wire ^ | January 11, 2024 | Mairead Elordi
    Diagnoses of “gender dysphoria” rose in every state except one over the last several years. South Dakota was the only state that did not see a rise in gender dysphoria diagnoses between 2018 and 2022, according to new data from Definitive Healthcare. In fact, South Dakota saw a 23% decrease in gender dysphoria diagnoses, while every other state saw their diagnoses rise by at least 6%. Last year, South Dakota restricted transgender medical interventions for minors. At least 23 states have similar bans, but they are only currently in effect in 14 states. South Dakota lawmakers also pushed for such...
  • TurboTax Faces Major Threat to Its Business

    01/10/2024 7:27:43 PM PST · by Red Badger · 38 replies
    Newsweek ^ | Jan 08, 2024 at 10:53 AM EST | By Aliss Higham
    The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) plans to roll out a free way to file federal taxes, much to the chagrin of tax preparation firm TurboTax. The IRS is launching a pilot plan, known as Direct File, that will offer a free way to submit taxes for U.S. workers. In December, the agency published its plans for an in-house filing system that taxpayers can use to submit their federal tax returns at no cost. Residents of 12 states that meet certain income criteria will be able to try the new service. To qualify, filers need to opt for the standard deduction...
  • RFK Jr. reveals he flew on Jeffrey Epstein's plane twice, contradicting previous claim

    12/06/2023 3:03:59 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 38 replies
    MSN via Washington Examiner ^ | 12/06/23 | Asher Notheis
    Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated Tuesday that he flew on Jeffrey Epstein's plane twice, contradicting a previous claim by his spokesperson last month. Kennedy was asked if he had ever flown with the late Epstein, who had been widely suspected to have been involved in sex trafficking and child exploitation prior to his death, to which the presidential candidate said he had flown with Epstein in 1993 and again in 2012. The statement contradicts what Kennedy's spokesperson said in November when he said he had “flown one time on Jeffrey Epstein’s private plane" with his then-wife Mary,...
  • The South Dakota 6: Teenage baseball team players, aged 17 to 19, are charged in connection with the rapes of two minors - including one male - and face upwards of 50 years in prison

    10/05/2023 4:03:23 PM PDT · by Morgana · 42 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | October 5, 2023 | Mackenzie Tatananni
    Six South Dakota baseball players aged 17 to 19 have been charged in connection with the rape of two minors - with one of their victims identified as a male. Lincoln Bates, 18, Hudson Haley, 18, Carter Miller, 18, Landon Waddell, 19, Peyton Mandel, 17, and Karter Sibson, 17 are all accused of the sex assaults while participating in a tournament between June 1 and 4. All six are charged with second-degree rape and aiding and abetting second-degree rape. Haley faces an extra rape charge for a second victim, while Waddell was charged with two counts of aiding and abetting...
  • Pentagon testing mass surveillance balloons across the US (August 2019!)

    02/16/2023 11:58:00 AM PST · by dynachrome · 10 replies
    The Guardian ^ | 8-2-2019 | Mark Harris
    The US military is conducting wide-area surveillance tests across six midwest states using experimental high-altitude balloons, documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reveal. Up to 25 unmanned solar-powered balloons are being launched from rural South Dakota and drifting 250 miles through an area spanning portions of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Missouri, before concluding in central Illinois. Travelling in the stratosphere at altitudes of up to 65,000ft, the balloons are intended to “provide a persistent surveillance system to locate and deter narcotic trafficking and homeland security threats”, according to a filing made on behalf of the Sierra Nevada Corporation,...
  • South Dakota Regulators Deny Summit Carbon Solutions Permit For Controversial Carbon Capture Project

    09/12/2023 1:16:15 AM PDT · by CFW · 8 replies
    AM Greatness ^ | 9/11/23 | Debra Heine
    n Monday, the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission denied a permit for a controversial carbon capture pipeline in the state. Summit Carbon Solutions (SCS) had filed dozens of eminent domain lawsuits against South Dakota landowners to seize properties that had been in their families for generations. The carbon technology captures carbon dioxide pollution from ethanol plants, power plants and steel factories, and stores it deep underground. The $5.5 billion Midwest Carbon Express pipeline would have extract carbon from ethanol plants in Iowa and stored it underground in North Dakota. The Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law by Joe Biden last...
  • LIVE: President Donald J. Trump Visits Rapid City, South Dakota - Sept. 8, 2023

    09/08/2023 2:03:31 PM PDT · by backpacker_c · 312 replies
    This event will mark the first time President Trump will be in South Dakota since the Mount Rushmore Fireworks Celebration in 2020. Sept. 8, 2023 at 5:00 pm ET Please note: the start time is subject to change as the event timeline is updated.
  • Report: South Dakota’s Kristi Noem Set to Endorse Donald Trump

    09/08/2023 7:17:38 AM PDT · by SoConPubbie · 41 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 7 Sep 2023 | NICK GILBERTSON
    Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) is reportedly set to be the latest Republican governor to endorse former President Donald Trump’s presidential bid.Citing “two sources familiar with the plans,” CNN reported Thursday that Noem is set to voice her support for Trump on the campaign trail Friday in South Dakota.Noem, who launched a national ad campaign recruiting workers to the Mount Rushmore State in June, was widely discussed as a potential GOP presidential candidate in recent years, especially as she rose to conservative stardom with her never-lockdown response to the coronavirus pandemic.Noem told Breitbart News in 2021 that she would back Trump...
  • Former President will be visiting Rapid City (Tomorrow)

    09/07/2023 12:55:34 PM PDT · by euram · 23 replies
    KEVN Black Hills FOX ^ | Sept 5 2023 | Juliana Alford
    “This was originally set up to be a South Dakota GOP fundraising event, and they invited Trump, when he accepted that changed everything,” said Craig Baltzer, executive director of The Monument. When the event sold out the first time workers at the arena were able to shift things around to accommodate more people. Those additional 900 seats also sold out. Meaning, that more than 6,000 tickets have been sold.
  • Breaking: President Trump Will Hold Rally with ‘Monumental Leaders’ in South Dakota Next Week

    08/29/2023 5:04:26 PM PDT · by bitt · 13 replies
    GATEWAYPUNDIT ^ | 8/29/2023 | jim hoft
    President Trump will hold a rally with “Monumental Leaders” next week on Friday, September 8, in Rapid City. According to RSBN, President Trump join the South Dakota Republican Party for the Monumental Leaders Rally at “The Monument” in Rapid City. Governor Kristi Noem tweeted out about Trump’s upcoming visit to the state. Twitter/X was a boring place without @realDonaldTrump Welcome back, Mr. President! See you in South Dakota on September 8th 🇺🇸 — Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) August 25, 2023 President Trump visited Mount Rushmore in South Dakota on July 4, 2020. Trump delivered a powerful and timely speech on American...
  • South Dakota Woman Admits to Making False Rape Report After an Extramarital Tryst in Florida

    08/28/2023 2:49:13 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 29 replies
    Fox News ^ | August 27, 2023 | Andrea Vacchiano
    Skoglund wanted a free STD test, according to the prosecutorA South Dakota woman pleaded guilty to making a false police report after she claimed an assailant raped her in Florida, police say. Renee Dawn Skoglund, 30, was arrested in Sioux Falls on March 10 after reporting sexual battery in Hillsborough County two days before. She was charged with misuse of a 911 system, false report of a crime and fabricating physical evidence. In 911 audio released by Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Skoglund claimed that she pulled over to the side of I-75 after having some car trouble. She then reported...
  • During debate with S.D. lawmaker, carbon pipeline executive calls eminent domain a ‘last resort’

    08/25/2023 3:46:02 PM PDT · by Right Wing Vegan · 25 replies
    agriculture.com ^ | 8/25/2023 | Joshua Haiar, Iowa Capital Dispatch
    BROOKINGS, S.D. — An executive for a carbon dioxide pipeline company said during a debate Tuesday evening that eminent domain is “a tool of absolute last resort.” Elizabeth Burns-Thompson, vice president of government and public affairs for Navigator CO2, debated South Dakota state Rep. Jon Hansen, R-Dell Rapids, at the Dacotah Bank Event Center. Hansen is a critic of Navigator’s proposed pipeline and another pipeline proposed by Summit Carbon Solutions, both of which would capture carbon dioxide emissions from ethanol plants in multiple states and transport the gas in liquid form to be injected underground or sold for industrial use....
  • RFK Jr. Identifies “The Real Shooter” Behind His Father’s Death

    08/22/2023 2:30:02 PM PDT · by Auntie Mame · 84 replies
    Vigilent News ^ | The Vigilant Fox
    Just over fifty-five years ago, on June 5, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy was gunned down in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, shortly after triumphing in the California and South Dakota Presidential primaries. ... “Sirhan confessed to the murder,” denoted Kennedy. “He pled guilty. His story is that he has no memory of it, and he stuck with that story for 60 years. But there was a man standing, one of my father’s best friends, standing beside him when my father was shot. And his name is Paul Schrade.” “And the first shot that Sirhan fired...