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Posted on 05/12/2026 1:59:39 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The lieutenant governor of the state is ramping up her Democratic Senate primary campaign as her state battles Trump’s brutal assault.
Minneapolis—In 2013, Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan was the 34-year-old director of the state chapter of the Children’s Defense Fund. That year, she and the nonprofit’s partners met to discuss strategies for the upcoming legislative session. One question was whether to prioritize funding for the state’s early-learning scholarships, which usually paid for half-day preschool programs, or for its Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP), which provides financial assistance for families for use in daycare programs. Flanagan, who is now running in Minnesota’s US Senate primary to replace retiring Democrat Tina Smith, took the firm position that children’s advocates had to back both.
The meeting included community groups and local foundation leaders. “A high-powered lobbyist said to me, ‘Well, Peggy, let’s be honest. People would rather have an early-learning scholarship than CCAP because CCAP is welfare, and people on welfare feel like losers,’” she recalls. “I didn’t know what to do other than say, ‘Time out. You know, my mom used the childcare-assistance program. She used it to go back to school and to get a better-paying job. You know what she didn’t feel like? A loser. She felt like a good mom.’ “And I stood up and walked out of the room,” Flanagan continues, nearly tearing up at the memory 13 years later. When she returned, the lobbyist apologized. Flanagan told her, “If you want to just focus on early-learning scholarships, it’s absolutely your choice. We are clear that making sure that low-income families have access to childcare is our priority. So we’ll see you at the capital.” Both CCAP and the early-learning scholarships were funded, as they are to this day. Flanagan’s mother, Pat, who was prominent in local Democratic-Farmer-Labor...
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What does it say about your state when prosecuting fraud there is considered an assault on the state as a whole.
Land of 10,000 Learing Centers.
Are all politicians in Minnesota slow or mentally ill? I thought there was too much interbreeding only amongst the Somali thieves. The results appear to be the same.
Hard to run wearing hijab
Her name is Gizhiiwewidamookwe and she is a POC.
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Indeed.
Communist Joan Walsh has been around forever. It’s not surprising that she would write a puff piece on crazy Flanagan. I actually got a response from her on twitter one time after I called her a communist. She acted surprise that someone noticed.
“Trump’s brutal assault”
I don’t think these people know what a really “brutal assault” is.
This is a long way from journalism. See Tagline.
Let's party like it's 1865.
>>By Grabthar’s hammer, by the suns of Warvan, you shall be avenged
Clapping madly!
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