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Have You Heard about Project 2025?
The saving grace of the first Trump administration was its sheer incompetence. Much as Trump might rail on about the “deep state,” he...

Clay County DFL
May 23, 20243 min read


Why We Condemn Christian Nationalism
At our county convention on April 13, we passed a resolution Condemning White Christian Nationalism as a threat to democracy and contrary...

Clay County DFL
Apr 24, 20243 min read


My Fellow Populist Joe Biden
Minnesota’s presidential primary made national news this month when close to 19% of Democratic voters selected “uncommitted.” I get it....

Clay County DFL
Mar 17, 20243 min read


Building a Blue Island
I am deeply grateful to have worked with a great group of volunteers on our Central Committee the past couple of years. I count on their...

Clay County DFL
Feb 14, 20243 min read


Housing Is a Big Problem
A lack of decent, affordable housing is a problem across the country. In metro areas, developers would rather build high-end condos and...

Clay County DFL
Jan 22, 20243 min read


A Holiday Message from Spain
Once there was a place where Muslims, Jews, and Christians together created a culture that changed the world. The Arabs who founded it...

Clay County DFL
Dec 21, 20232 min read


Organized Labor Is Rising
I have a soft spot for the United Auto Workers. When I was in graduate school at the University of Michigan, we were trying to organize...

Clay County DFL
Nov 18, 20233 min read


Fischbach Watch
I don’t often write about foreign affairs in this blog, but I always welcome a chance to criticize Michelle Fischbach. The other day I...

Clay County DFL
Oct 20, 20232 min read


Get a Coffee Mug by Donating to our Fall Fundraiser
Democrats have a good story to tell heading into next year’s election. We have emerged from a period of turmoil when a pandemic upended...

Clay County DFL
Oct 14, 20232 min read


Is One Minnesota Possible?
My dissertation advisor, David Hollinger, published an influential article thirty years ago with the intriguing title “How Wide the...

Clay County DFL
Sep 23, 20232 min read


Biden's Dilemma
The legislative accomplishments of the Biden administration have been impressive, especially when you consider how difficult it is to get...

Clay County DFL
Aug 23, 20233 min read


Minnesota Has an Answer to the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has gone so far to the right that no one was sure how they would rule on the wacko “independent state legislature”...

Clay County DFL
Jul 23, 20233 min read


How to Donate to the Silent Auction
Our annual fundraiser and silent auction is fast approaching on Tuesday, August 15, 2023. We hope you attend this important event and we...

Clay County DFL
Jul 11, 20232 min read


Minnesota, Proudly Woke
You have to hand it to Republicans. They have a knack for taking words and making them toxic. Having gotten a lot of mileage out of...

Clay County DFL
Jun 15, 20232 min read


Rob Kupec, Amy Klobuchar, and Big Pharma
If you subscribe to the Fargo Forum, you likely saw this ad directed at Sen. Rob Kupec, or maybe you saw a version on social media. These...

Clay County DFL
May 21, 20233 min read


Happy Tax Day
Benjamin Franklin famously quipped that the only certainties in life are “death and taxes.” That might have been true in his day, but...

Clay County DFL
Apr 18, 20233 min read


Reclaiming Populism, part 2
If you’ve watched It’s a Wonderful Life a few times like I have, you’ll recall that it’s on some level a story about a good banker...

Clay County DFL
Mar 23, 20233 min read


Democrats Care Campus Food Drive Is Back!
Last year our Democrats Care drive to collect shelf-stable food and personal care items for our local college campuses was a big success,...

Clay County DFL
Mar 7, 20232 min read


Averting Climate Disaster Will Take a Collective Effort
The legislatures in both Minnesota and North Dakota have been busy. While North Dakota legislators seem to be in a competition for coming...

Clay County DFL
Feb 22, 20233 min read


The False Equivalence of “Far Right and Far Left”
I’m sure you don’t need me to tell you that Fox News is basically a right-wing propaganda machine, but media bias isn’t always that...

Clay County DFL
Jan 12, 20233 min read
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