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  • Details Revealed: Inside the CCP’s United Front Work in Minnesota

    04/16/2025 4:59:55 AM PDT · by george76 · 8 replies
    Breitbart News ^ | 26 Mar 2025 | Seamus Bruner
    On the 1300 block of North Eustis Street in St. Paul, Minnesota, a ten-minute drive from the Governor’s Mansion, sits a brutalist brick building that houses a secret Chinese Communist Party (CCP) front operation that serves several functions for the CCP — none of them good for the United States. Out of this building, CCP operatives curry favor with politicians like Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, and provide various services for Chinese Americans in Minnesota who are still loyal to Beijing, including hosting meet-and-greets with CCP diplomats and dignitaries. Businesses registered at this address receive six-figure grants from American taxpayers. ......
  • Fired Minnesota professor sues ‘tyrannical’ Walz over COVID vax mandate

    04/11/2025 10:28:43 AM PDT · by george76 · 10 replies
    Alpha News ^ | April 11, 2025 | Jenna Gloeb
    My hope is that this case results in a solid legal repudiation of the tyrannical, extra-legal policy of Gov. Walz, and sets a precedent against future abuses of this kind," Stewart said. ... Russell Stewart, a former professor at Lake Superior College, has filed a federal lawsuit against Gov. Tim Walz and several college administrators, alleging wrongful termination over his refusal to comply with the state’s COVID-19 vaccination or testing mandate. ... Fired after 30 years of teaching.. Stewart, who taught ethics and philosophy at the Duluth-based institution for three decades, was fired in March 2022 after declining to follow...
  • Trainwreck Tim Walz Took Minnesota From A $19 Billion Surplus To A $6 Billion Deficit

    04/11/2025 5:47:09 AM PDT · by george76 · 33 replies
    Federalist ^ | April 09, 2025 | Jim Schultz
    Tim Walz’s record as governor of Minnesota grows more troubling as the consequences of his policies have played out. Americans have seen a lot of Tim Walz lately as the failed vice-presidential candidate has held town halls nationally criticizing national Republicans. In a telling interview, he admitted to the New York Magazine this week, “90% of the time, I can be really good, but about 10% of the time, I can be a train wreck.” And in an interview with Jake Tapper that was itself something of a train wreck, he rejected the conclusion that every American with a pulse...
  • Why a Minnesota police chief says a female Tesla vandalism suspect won't be charged — and even 'may have been a victim'

    04/07/2025 6:51:53 AM PDT · by Twotone · 40 replies
    The Blaze ^ | April 4, 2025 | Dave Urbanski
    'Based on the totality of the circumstances here, and along with our core value of being compassionate, this is the best outcome for everybody involved in this case.' In a twist amid the recent and widespread rash of attacks against Tesla vehicles, a Minnesota police chief is following his department's "core value of being compassionate" and won't be charging a Tesla vandalism suspect. What's more, Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges earlier this week declared that "the suspect in this case may have been a victim — and I mean victim in terms of the rhetoric that is being spewed out...
  • Walz: I Celebrate Stock My State Owns Falling Because Musk Is ‘Attacking the Portfolios’ of Minnesotans, It’s Also ‘Personal’

    04/03/2025 5:54:08 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 71 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 04/03/2025 | Ian Hanchett
    On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) defended his comments about taking glee in Tesla’s stock — which his state’s retirement fund owns shares of — falling and stated that “It’s a little bit personal.” But it’s also because CEO Elon Musk is “attacking the portfolios of working Minnesotans and working Americans who’ve paid into these programs that he calls a Ponzi scheme.” Walz said, “It’s a little bit personal. I don’t want to be disingenuous. The guy does bother me. It’s a little bit personal. But look, my beef on this is, is that...
  • Gov. Walz responds to protests over return to office policy

    04/02/2025 11:23:39 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 29 replies
    KTSP ^ | 3/31/25 | Eric Chaloux
    A group of state workers protested over the weekend, outside the Governor’s residence in St. Paul, after a new policy was announced requiring employees to be back in the office more often. “They are mad — we’ve been doing our work from home for the last five years during the pandemic, and we’re more productive at home, “said Megan Dayton, president of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees. “We don’t understand why this is happening.” Last week, Governor Tim Walz announced the policy change that will require most Minnesota state agency employees to work in-person for at least 50% of...
  • MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says he’s considering a run for governor

    04/02/2025 8:16:59 AM PDT · by Coronal · 36 replies
    Twincities.com Pioneer Press ^ | April 1, 2025 | Mary Murphy
    MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has announced he is considering a run for Minnesota governor, saying “nobody wants Tim Walz.” Lindell teased the bid during a Monday evening broadcast on his streaming show, LindellTV. The Mankato native is the founder of Chaska-based MyPillow and a prominent supporter of President Donald Trump and his 2020 election conspiracy theories. “I’m going to tell you right now, I’m considering running for governor in the state of Minnesota, because right now we have a voice that could be big …,” Lindell said during the broadcast Monday. “I live here in Minnesota. Everywhere I go, nobody...
  • Daughter of Tim Walz says she is a 'privileged white woman' and won't attend graduate school as a protest

    04/01/2025 3:27:09 PM PDT · by Impala64ssa · 111 replies
    The Blaze ^ | 3/31/25 | Staff
    The 24-year-old said she didn't want to give money to universities that opposed student protests. Hope Walz called herself a "privileged white woman" and said she was refusing to attend a graduate school that had accepted her application. The daughter of the failed vice presidential candidate posted a video on social media explaining that she was angered by universities shutting down dissent from student protests "I got into grad school. I will not be attending starting this fall though, and I will no longer be attending the university that I originally applied for," she said on the video posted to...
  • Failed VP Candidate Tim Walz: ‘I Can Be a Train Wreck’ Sometimes

    03/31/2025 12:16:47 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 36 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/31/2025 | Amy Furr
    Failed vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) admitted during a recent interview he can sometimes be “a train wreck.” In an article published by New York Magazine, the Intelligencer told Walz “It doesn’t feel like the party was very bold when you and Harris got on the ticket in the latter half of the 2024 campaign.” Walz said he thinks they are “cautious by nature,” adding that “I said this and I told the vice-president, I said I know my strengths and weaknesses. I said about 90 percent of the time, I can be really good, but about...
  • One state wants to classify 'Trump derangement syndrome' as a mental illness. 7 things to know

    03/24/2025 1:43:08 PM PDT · by Twotone · 10 replies
    Palm Beach Post ^ | March 20, 2025 | Cheryl McCloud
    There's nothing funny about mental illness. It is estimated more than one in five U.S. adults live with a mental illness, 59.3 million in 2022 or 23.1% of the U.S. adult population, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Five Republicans in the Minnesota Senate want to add "Trump derangement syndrome" to the state's definition of mental illness. What is Trump derangement syndrome? "Trump derangement syndrome is a derogatory term used to describe a form of toxic criticism and negative reaction to former President Trump’s statements and political actions," according to Alex Pattakos for Psychology Today in 2024. "Signs...
  • Marlow: Walz Is Rooting Against Minnesotans’ Pensions

    03/22/2025 6:39:50 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 12 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 21 Mar 2025 | Ian hatchett
    On Friday’s “Alan Jackson Now,” “Alex Marlow Show” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow said that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) is actively rooting against the pension plans of his state’s residents by cheering Tesla stock falling. Marlow began by saying the Democratic Party’s 2028 bench is quite thin and he’s glad to see Walz going around doing tours for Democrats. He added, “He’s rooting for Tesla to fail, even though people in his own state of Minnesota have pension plans that are invested in Tesla, even though there are people — countless people in this — it’s a made-in-America...
  • Feeding Our Future head Aimee Bock convicted on all fraud charges

    03/19/2025 2:44:03 PM PDT · by CFW · 54 replies
    MPRNews ^ | 3/19/25 | Matt Speic
    A federal jury in Minneapolis Wednesday convicted Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock and former restaurant owner Salim Said on charges of wire fraud and bribery in a trial that followed a lengthy investigation into an alleged scheme to fleece taxpayers out of $250 million by exploiting government child nutrition programs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jurors deliberated about five hours before finding Bock, 44, guilty on all seven counts. They convicted Said, 36, of all 21 charges, which also included five counts of money laundering. U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel ordered Bock and Said jailed and did not set a...
  • Republican state senators in Minnesota introduce bill that defines ‘Trump derangement syndrome’ as a mental illness

    03/17/2025 9:11:49 AM PDT · by 11th_VA · 9 replies
    Five Minnesota Senate Republicans are seeking to dub “Trump derangement syndrome” (TDS), a term coined to describe a form of criticism of President Donald Trump, as an official mental illness recognized under state statute. Eric Lucero, R-St. Michael, Steve Drazkowski, R-Mazeppa, Nathan Wesenberg, R-Little Falls, Justin D. Eichorn, R-Grand Rapids, and Glenn H. Gruenhagen, R-Glenco …
  • Omar: ‘Xenophobic and Racist’ GOP Base Responds with Contributions, Petitions When I’m Criticized

    03/10/2025 12:00:49 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 21 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/10/2025 | Pam Key
    Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) claimed Monday on CNN’s “The Situation Room” that “xenophobic and racist” Republican voters respond with campaign donations to GOP members and petition signatures when Republican lawmakers call her out. Co-host Pamela Brown said, “I want to follow up with something else, because we recently had one of your Republican colleagues, Brandon Gill, on the show. He said that America would be better off if you were arrested and deported. He also said that there was audio of you advising what he said are illegal immigrants here from Somalia on how to evade ICE detection. I want...
  • Tim Walz has some sharp critiques of the Dem 2024 campaign

    03/09/2025 10:08:21 AM PDT · by Salman · 63 replies
    Politico ^ | Elena Schneider | Elena Schneider
    HELENA, Montana — Tim Walz thinks he and Kamala Harris played it too safe last year. He thinks they should have held more town halls. He thinks they didn’t have time to get their feet under them. And he thinks Democrats should have taken more risks and gone to more places. “We shouldn’t have been playing this thing so safe,” the Minnesota governor said in an interview with POLITICO before speaking to nearly 1,000 Democrats here at the Helena fairgrounds last weekend. ... His prescription for Democrats now and in the midterms, he said, is that Democrats “should be everywhere.”...
  • Ontario will tariff electricity going to 3 US states on Monday, premier says

    03/07/2025 12:18:21 AM PST · by RandFan · 84 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/06/25 7:23 PM ET | by Ashleigh Fields
    Ontario Premier Doug Ford said three states would face tariffs on electricity after a week of President Trump’s swipes at Canada with fluctuating trade policies. “I love Americans. It’s been 20 years of my life. But in saying that, no, we’re going to put a 25 percent tariff on electricity coming from Ontario to Michigan, New York and Minnesota,” Ford said during a Thursday appearance on Fox Business Network’s “The Claman Countdown.” The leader said new tariffs are scheduled to be implemented Monday in an effort to push back on Trump’s international economic measures. “And isn’t this a shame? It’s...
  • Ontario slapping 25% surcharge on U.S.-bound electricity Monday, Ford says

    03/06/2025 3:22:21 PM PST · by balch3 · 103 replies
    CBC ^ | 3-6-25 | Liam Casey and Allison Jones
    Ontario will charge 25 per cent more for electricity shipped to 1.5 million Americans starting Monday in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, Premier Doug Ford said Thursday. The province provides electricity to Minnesota, New York and Michigan. Earlier this week, Ford warned the governors of those states about the coming changes. "You touch the stove once, you get burned, you don't touch that stove again," Ford said. "We're going to make sure that we follow through with what we said we were going to do." Ford said he felt bad about laying the surcharge. "I feel terrible for...
  • A crucial, vacant Minnesota House seat will finally be filled next week

    03/06/2025 10:39:00 AM PST · by jdege · 13 replies
    Minnesota Public Radio ^ | March 4, 2025 4:00 AM | Clay Masters
    The Minnesota House seat that gummed up the Legislature’s start simply by sitting empty gets filled a week from Tuesday in a special election that carries high stakes for where the session goes from here. On the ballot are DFLer David Gottfried and Republican Paul Wikstrom. But voters in House District 40B, which includes parts of Roseville and Shoreview, will be deciding far more in balloting that closes on March 11. The result will determine whether Republicans hang on to control of the House and gain a 68th vote, which is the threshold to pass bills. Or it could leave...
  • Walz: ‘Our Policies Are Popular’ But It ‘Didn’t Resonate’

    03/04/2025 8:18:49 PM PST · by kevcol · 71 replies
    Brietbart ^ | march 4, 2025 | Ian Hanchett
    During an interview on MSNBC on Tuesday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) declared that the problem in 2024 was “not enough Americans believed that, we, as Democrats or Vice President Harris and myself, were on their side, and we are. Our policies are popular. But that didn’t resonate.” .. I think the thing I learned is, is we need to be in every space, everywhere. Saturday night, I was up in Helena, Montana.
  • Donald Trump Suffers Major Legal Setback in Four States

    03/03/2025 3:56:33 AM PST · by where's_the_Outrage? · 48 replies
    Newsweek ^ | March 2, 2025 | James Bickerton
    On Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Lauren King issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration's executive order banning funding for hospitals that provide gender-affirming treatments to transgender youth. The order applies to the states of Washington, Oregon, Minnesota and Colorado. Newsweek contacted the White House press office for comment on Saturday via email outside of regular office hours. Why It Matters Since returning to the White House on January 20, President Donald Trump has signed a slew of executive orders impacting on transgender rights, which his supporters claim muddy the biological difference between males and females and are a...