According to an interview preview released by CBS News, Rep Dean Phillips challenge of Joe Biden for President is based off of poll numbers and not Biden's performance. One would think a person running on the motto "Make America Affordable Again" would understand that the Biden policies have created large scale inflation that's hurting the American families. 

When asked by Robert Costa if he's running for President, Phillips says "I am. I have to. I think President Biden has done a spectacular job for our country, but it's not about the past, this is an election about the future. I will not sit still, I will not be quiet in the face of numbers that are so clearly insane that we'll be facing an emergency next November."

BREAKING: Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) is running for president, challenging Pres. Biden in the Democratic primary race.

He tells @costareports and @CBSMornings he won't "be quiet" as polling numbers "are so clearly saying that we’re going to be facing an emergency next November.” pic.twitter.com/7tP0QJaKgJ

— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) October 27, 2023

Phillips is obviously referencing the dropping polls numbers for Joe Biden. According to Real Clear Politics, Trump is beating Biden by 0.7% despite his 4 indictments and civil case proceedings. 

Most people have never heard of Mike Johnson before this week. The fourth term Congressman from Louisiana's 4th district was not a major Washington player. Now he leads the United States House as Speaker and is next in line for the presidency if something happens to Biden and Kamala. 

Our new Speaker is known by many as "MAGA Mike Johnson" who takes a very calm, rational approach to draining the swamp in DC. His surprise win has shocked the political landscape, causing the mainstream media and the Establishment to scramble and figure out exactly who Johnson is. Unfortunately for the Swamp, Johnson is planning to fight the powers that be.

As an unplanned pregnancy, Johnson's Speaker win was hardly his first time coming out of nowhere. As the son of a disabled firefighter, Johnson went on to receive a law degree from Louisiana State's Law Center. MAGA Mike became a stalwart defender of religious liberty in the legal world, describing his legal career as "defending religious freedom, the sanctity of human life, and biblical values, including the defense of traditional marriage, and other ideals like these when they've been under assault."

In 2015, Johnson started his political career with a successful election to the Louisiana State House. A year later, Johnson announced he would run for the US Congress, which he won and still holds. 

Johnson has been a reliable conservative throughout his tenure and has stood with President Trump against phony indictments, witch-hunts, impeachments, and con-jobs. It appears that Johnson will continue to fight the weaponization of the government against political enemies, as he showed with his "No" vote on the formation of the January 6th Commission, a scam investigation designed to spread lies and sow dissent between Americans. Mike Johnson also supports impeaching Joe Biden.

On Ukraine, Johnson initially stood in support of Ukraine and called for sanctions against Russia to damage their energy industry. In April of 2022, Johnson voted for the Ukrainian Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act which made it easier for the US to "borrow" money to Ukraine for their war efforts. However, he has voted against the two most recent bills that provided further financial support to Ukraine and has shown real skepticism about where our tax dollars are truly going and is demanding transparency.

Johnson is considered to be a strong supporter of Israel and has called to "end Hamas forever". Johnson's first legislative action as Speaker passing a resolution supporting Israel against Hamas. The resolution was passed overwhelmingly with only nine Democrats and one Republican opposing it. The sole Republican opposition, Rep. Thomas Massie, criticized the Resolution because it would force sanctions, foreign aid commitments, establish an open-ended promise of military support (including the possible use of our own military), and expands the scope of the war and American mission. Considering this, there will be reason to hold Johnson's feet to the fire to prevent the hawkish military industrial complex from leading our country towards World War III.

In the present, the biggest issue facing the US Congress is funding the government and the process by which the government agencies will be appropriated. For decades, our politicians have chosen the lazy and irresponsible path for passing spending bills. They have done so using omnibus bills/continuing resolutions by stuffing together thousands of pages of funding for subjects that have absolutely nothing to do with each other. Instead of doing single subject spending bills for each department of our federal government, our so-called leaders have passed bills riddled with lobbyists and special interest give-aways hidden in thousands of pages of bullshit.

This very issue was the reason Rep. Matt Gaetz motioned to vacate the Speaker. McCarthy reneged on his promise to eliminate continuing resolutions and was swiftly dispensed with. Mike Johnson opposed the weak Continuing Resolution in September which continued to balloon up our national debt and provide minimal spending cuts. Since becoming Speaker, Johnson issued the following statement to the GOP Conference on the path forward regarding single subject spending bills. See below:

The largest issue facing the fiscal viability of our country lies with the unfunded mandates of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. With ballooning interest payments and continued excess spending on military and wars, we have a ticking time bomb before America becomes insolvent. Here's Speaker Johnson's comment on that issue:

It appears that without a doubt, the experiment put into motion by Matt Gaetz was a successful operation that has provided the Congress with more conservative, grounded leadership than Kevin McCarthy was providing. Many along the way argued that RINOs and Dems would team up in order to put a swamp creature like Liz Cheney in if a conclusion was not reached. That fear-mongering turned out to be phony threat as RINOs unanimously fell in line with the new era of the US House's leadership. Conservative unity is a much closer reality now that Patriots have a change in leadership. Now the job of Patriots like you and I is to hold Johnson's feet to the fire and protect our freedom! 

Less than 4% of Americans have received the new COVID booster shot according to government data. Despite a push from politicians from President Joe Biden down to Governors like Tim Walz, people aren't buying the bag of lies anymore. 

Politico reports that "so far, 12 million people, or about 3.6 percent of the population, have gotten the shot in the five weeks since it hit pharmacy shelves — though reporting lags mean it’s likely a bit higher, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Mandy Cohen said."

Last year, only 17% of the adult population took the experimental jab. While "experts" blame the transition from payers (federal government to private insurers), the reality is that the average American no longer buys the bullshit from politicians and public health professionals.

We reported that Super Bowl Champion Tight End, Travis Kelce, is a paid athlete by Pfizer tasked with promoting the new COVID booster. The ad he's featured in ran on local television during the football games in Minnesota this week. According to the Minnesota Dept of Health, Minnesotans are slightly higher than the rest of America in up-to-date vaccinations with a rate of 4.8%.

Florida's Surgeon General recommended against taking the experimental booster shot, stating "there's been no clinical trial done in human beings showing it benefits people, there's no clinical trial showing its a safe product for people."

Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips (Minn-3) appears poised to launch his bid to challenge Democrat President Joe Biden on October 27th. This effort has earned him backlash both across the country and in his congressional district in the Twin Cities suburbs. Up until now, Americans have only had rumors of his long-shot bid for the Democratic nomination. Now, his campaign bus has been spotted in the wild.

Jason DeRusha, known leftist at WCCO Radio, shared a video on X of Phillips' campaign bus spotted in Ohio. 

SPOTTED: The Dean Phillips for President bus is already on the road. Photo from my friend Amy Waller, who sells German wine, on the road in Ohio. Bus says “Make America Affordable Again” and uses his slogan “Everyone’s Invited!” Website isn’t live, but just registered 10/12. pic.twitter.com/cT44n4Eo0x

— Jason DeRusha (@DeRushaJ) October 24, 2023

His apparent campaign slogan is "Make America Affordable Again," or "MAAA" for short. The slogan acronym fits Phillips, who is known for whining about how Republicans are "too extreme" in his free time. 

His slogan is a clear reference to out-of-control inflation that has plagued American families in the last several years. Ironically, Phillips voted for many of the spending bills that caused America's record-high inflation.

As true patriots will know, inflation is caused by increased money supply in the market -- decreasing the value of circulating dollars and driving prices up. 

On May 31st, Phillips voted to increase the Federal Debt Ceiling, allowing the government to borrow and print more money than the nation can afford. This created an estimated $4 trillion in new debt. Of course, you can also expect him to be on board with every social program expansion that the radical left can think of.

This hypocrisy from Phillips is not unexpected. His fake moderate status is equally hypocritical when you realize he votes with President Biden's agenda 100% of the time.

When Phillips brings the same big government policies as Biden to the table, there is no reason for Democrats to vote for him. 

Tom Emmer is one of the most recognizable names in Minnesota politics these days. In 2010 he was a mere 0.4% away from becoming Governor of Minnesota. He took the momentum of that campaign to the morning talk radio airways, becoming a mini-celebrity in the conservative ranks. Following Michele Bachmann's retirement in 2014, Emmer ran and became the congressman representing one of the safest Republican districts in Minnesota: CD6. And now, he's one of the leading candidates for Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Here's what you need to know about the powerful House Majority Whip from Delano, Minnesota:

The Good

Minnesota seems to get little say in national politics these days. Washington is on autopilot in the worst way possible. Presidential candidates put a token effort into our state, but eventually just write it off as a reliable blue state. So if Tom Emmer becomes the Speaker, he not only is the most powerful Congressman to balance the power of the White House, he's also third in line to become President if something were to happen to Biden and Kamala Harris. 

Since politicians answer to us in the end, this gives Minnesotans a lot more power in shaping the future of America. Emmer might take his marching orders from the power brokers in Washington, but back at home he still faces re-election. In 2016, he was challenged by an underfunded campaign (AJ Kern) for the Republican endorsement, and Emmer barely won the 60% threshold to get the nod. If Emmer becomes Speaker and kowtows to Biden and the Democrat machine, he runs a really good chance of facing an endorsement and primary challenge.

The Bad

Tom Emmer is not a principled conservative. I don't care what his lit pieces or ads say about him, he'll sell out in a hot minute. So with a Speaker Emmer, we're likely going to get no significant change in Washington D.C.

In 2010, Emmer was a paid spokesman for a leftist National Popular Vote group. He either believed in the cause, which surely would tip a hand to Democrats and make it harder for a Republican to become president, or he is willing to sell out to whoever will pay him. We can't attribute his motive back then, but neither option depicts a principled conservative. 

When Emmer won election for U.S. House in 2014, the first vote he took was at odds with the base that got him elected. He voted to make RINO, Washington insider John Boehner the Speaker of the House. Boehner was an awful speaker who grew the federal budget and failed on multiple steps to stand up to the Obama White House.

Emmer's voting record is less than stellar. He recently voted to continue the failed deficit spending of the federal government, raise the nation's debt ceiling, and voted to codify same sex marriage into law at the federal level. Emmer also voted to certify the 2020 election, which puts him at odds with a lot of the Trump base.

It's not just how Emmer votes that is problematic, he's responsible for "whipping" Republicans to vote for these things in his powerful Majority Whip position. He's a good foot soldier for the Establishment's agenda.

Another concerning issue is that Tom Emmer ran the National Republican Congressional Committee for the last four years. While the Republican Establishment is padding him on the back for winning a majority in the U.S. House, conservatives around the country see Emmer's NRCC as working to protect bad voting Republicans from losing to conservative primary challengers. He even cautioned Trump in 2021 of supporting primary challengers of Republicans who voted to impeach him. 

We have no idea if Emmer has enough political capital to catapult into the coveted Speaker seat. But he has some wind at his back. Failed Speaker Kevin McCarthy has now endorsed him for the job. Although Emmer is facing a crowded field of good candidates including Kevin Hern of Oklahoma and Byron Donalds of Florida, to name a few, many in the national media are recognizing Emmer as the lead candidate.

An internal Republican Conference vote is expected early this week and a floor vote may follow soon after.

Out of the blue this week, the Republican Party of Minnesota (aka MNGOP) sent out a fundraising email asking for donations to keep Trump on the ballot in Minnesota. We reported a couple months ago that there is an effort by RINOs and Democrats to keep Trump off the ballot in the 2024 election, which will be argued in front of the Minnesota Supreme Court. This fundraising email was strange because the Party has refused to put out any form of communications condemning the egregious election interference cases against Trump, their leading primary candidate. Now they're defending him when there's a fundraising angle.

We've now learned that the MNGOP plans on exhausting big resources in this court case and has hired anti-liberty lawyer Reid LeBeau as Trump's last line of defense to stay on the ballot in the state. LeBeau is the Establishment's go-to lawyer who often does the dirty work for them against grassroots conservatives. Most notably, LeBeau wrote and filed an erroneous campaign finance complaint against Action 4 Liberty.

Reid Lebeau was also the retained counsel for the MNGOP in the summer of 2022 when the Party cut off data access for endorsed, grassroots conservative candidates like Natalie Barnes and Tom Dippel, to name a few.

LeBeau's law firm, the Jacobson Law Group (Jacobson Magnuson Anderson & Halloran PC), which has a heavy lobbying presence at the Capitol, hired one of the con artist Democrat legislators, Rob Ecklund, who protected Governor Walz' illegal emergency powers back in 2020-21. Although they are better known for protecting gambling interests of the metro area tribes, as this appears to be one of their biggest clients.

The Jacobson Law Group was also behind a second erroneous campaign finance complaint against Action 4 Liberty this year. We're currently forced to go to the court system as the Campaign Finance Board has been weaponized against us by the Republican and Democrat Establishment. The Board is appointed by Governor Tim Walz.

When we dug into the corrupt scheme against us, we learned that the Republican Senate Victory Fund made a mysterious (and so far unexplained) payment to Reid LeBeau's law firm one day before the November, 2022 election for $200,000. Days later, the Senate Victory Fund lost the majority, which gave the Democrats a trifecta of power in St Paul. 

We have information that lawyers have offered pro-bono work for the MNGOP in this legal case, but were turned down. Of all the lawyers in Minnesota, why are they hiring the anti-liberty, anti-grassroots, and probably anti-Trump, establishment Republican lawyer to keep Trump on the ballot?

Is Reid LeBeau a plant to purposely tank this case to allow the removal of Trump? After all the attacks he’s been behind on you and me as liberty activists, one has to wonder.

It appears the Republican Establishment used a little known trick called "vote parking" to derail Jim Jordan's popular bid to become the next Speaker of the House. Jordan is the popular choice amongst the grassroots, conservative base and despite supporting McCarthy in the past, is refuted by the Establishment pulling the strings in the Swamp. 

On the first ballot yesterday, Jordan received 200 votes and had 19 Republicans voting against him. To win the Speakership, he can't afford to lose more than four Republican votes since the GOP holds a slim 221-212 margin over the Democrats. After the vote, the House adjourned for the day and Jordan's team went to work trying to win over support.

But today's vote didn't go the way some expected. Jordan was able to win over independent minded Victoria Spartz, who voted for Thomas Massie on the first ballot. However, four Republicans who voted for Jordan yesterday, switched their vote for a myriad of other choices. Minnesota's own Pete Stauber was one of them.

The strategy that appears to be deployed here is called "vote parking" where one team selects personnel to vote on the first ballot for their opponent to give the perception he is stronger than reality. Then, on subsequent ballots, those personnel (who are loyal to the opponent) switch their votes to give the perception that the early leader is losing support and cause a natural movement of votes away from him. After all, we're all emotional creatures and don't want to be on the losing team.

SEE OUR SPEAKER VOTE TRACKER

Will Jordan become the Speaker with these kinds of moves being made against him? It doesn't look good, which just shows how out-of-touch the Republican Establishment is with the base. But that's no shock - they don't get funded from the grassroots.

What's interesting about this Speaker race is the hypocrisy unfolding right before our own eyes. Back in January when Gaetz and conservatives worked against Kevin McCarthy getting the votes, the Establishment scolded us with carefully crafted talking points which seem to only be valid when it's their guy facing troubled waters. Let's review:

Talking Point #1 - You don't have a guy that can get to 218 votes

So far, the Republican Establishment types who are going against Jim Jordan have not nominated anyone else from the floor. At least Matt Gaetz put up choices for nomination and gave a speech for them. McCarthy no longer has 218 votes; nor does Scalise. In fact, some of the Establishment types aren't even being serious. Rep John James nominated the Macomb County, Michigan Public Works Commissioner, Candice Miller. And Rep Mike Kelly nominated failed former Speaker John Boehner. So at this time, we're at a stand still. But at least Jim Jordan is a viable candidate who is being nominated from the floor.

Talking Point #2 - A small minority shouldn't be able to decide when the Republican Conference already voted

Kevin McCarthy won a large majority of votes behind closed doors in the Republican Conference back before the first Speaker vote in January. So when Gaetz and company voted their conscience on the floor, they were scolded for not being on the team. Well, Jim Jordan also received a majority of votes of the Republican Conference, yet currently 23 Republicans (a small minority) are deciding to not abide by the rest of the Conference's pick, which includes Kevin McCarthy's pick.

Talking Point #3 - Democrats love this, we'll lose the next election

If holding up McCarthy's vote nearly two years out from the 2024 election was going to be the reason Republicans lose next November, then holding up Jim Jordan's Speakership one year away from the election is more likely going to be on the minds of voters. But, ya know what, it turns out voters are not going to care about this in a year - they'll care more about WWIII and massive inflation.

Minnesota Management and Budget announced on Monday that the government keeps overtaxing Minnesota taxpayers and has collected $800 Million more than projected for the current biennium. While the official books show a surplus (available balance) for Fiscal Year 2024-25, the state continues holding onto a historically high $2.852 Billion of our money for a rainy day, which should be added to the surplus. The total owed back to Minnesota taxpayers is $4.435 Billion.

You know as well as I do how much we're all struggling with this out-of-control inflation. Experts say the average household is paying almost $800 more per month for the same goods and services they paid in 2021. But that doesn't mean Governor Walz and the Democrat legislature will prioritize giving it back to us. With roughly 2.5 Million taxpayers in Minnesota footing the bill, each taxpayer is owed $1,760 back.

Could your family use that money???

SIGN THE PETITION

A new poll released by Emerson College found that Trump is within the margin of error with President Biden in the state of Minnesota. Biden won the presidential election in Minnesota by 7 points over Trump in 2020. But the traditionally blue voting presidential state is showing high disapproval of the Commander-in-chief.

In a head to head match up, Biden leads Trump 40% to 38%, with 8% undecided and a margin of error of 4.4%. This suggest that Minnesota may be in play for November's election next year.

Of the 477 registered voters who responded to the survey, 51% disapproved of Joe Biden, while only a tiny 29% approved. Even Governor Walz had a higher approval rating than the President.

As liberals from Governor Walz all the way to President Joe Biden decry efforts to "ban books" in schools, it turns out their biggest foe may be Muslim families who consider homosexuality a "major sin" in their religion.

The Sahan Journal reports that nearly 1 in 5 students at Ham Lake's "DaVinci Academy" were taken out of schools by their parents for nearly a week in early October in protest of LGBT books that Muslim families found objectionable. This issue arose by DaVinci's use of a book series called "AmazeWorks" used in the K-5 curriculum. 

AmazeWorks sells books series written for ages 3 through 12, to teach kids about children with "lesbian, gay and bisexual family members" and understanding "gender diversity." Purchasing the latter book set comes with "five children’s books that share stories of gender diversity and expression." Here's a snapshot from AmazeWorks website:

Muslim children have since been brought back into the classrooms and the issue is currently being addressed by the school board meetings. DaVinci Academy's Executive Director, Holly Fischer, said there were plans being drawn up to allow a large amount of students to read different books. But Muslim families want them removed from the school completely and are threatening removing their children from the school all together.

There's roughly 150 Muslim students attending the school out of 1,000 total students. If that amount of students were pulled out of the school, it would be "horrifically detrimental" according to Fischer. After a recent school board meeting, it appears the Muslim families are adamant about their call to remove the books.

The next school board meeting will be held on Monday, October 30th from 6:00 - 8:00 pm according to the school's publicly available calendar.