Minnesota has suffered from two recent, high-profile shooting tragedies. Calls for gun control have emerged since the murder of former Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband with the assassination attempt on Senator John Hoffman and his wife. These calls have since been renewed following the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting, where a transgender maniac killed two young children and seriously injured/hospitalized many more.

During emotional moments of tragedy and heartbreak, anti-gun politicians try to take advantage by infringing on the Rights of law-abiding citizens. Minnesota already has some of the strictest gun control in the nation yet unhinged lunatics showed complete disregard. Criminals do not follow the law as it is and they will not follow any changed law. Gun control did not stop the shootings and more gun control will not change the past. Despite this, unhinged Tim Walz is demanding a special session to attack the 2nd Amendment including an “assault weapons” ban, as if the man who recently wished death upon President Trump cares at all about protecting lives.

With the GOP controlling the state House and Speakership, Walz seemingly faces an immediate blockade against such measures.

The most recent special session used to pass corrupt omnibus bills to finish out the 2nd largest biennial budget in MN history, Walz signed an agreement with House and Senate party leaders laying out the premises and bills to be passed. If a proposed gun control special session were to play out similarly, it would indicate that GOP House Speaker Lisa Demuth would have conceded the fight, even if she herself were to vote no on the proposals on the House floor.

Typical procedure would require legislation to be passed through the House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee in order to receive a floor vote and be designated on the Calendar for the Day. This committee is divided with two Republicans, Harry Niska (31A) and Elliot Engen (36A), and two Democrats, Jamie Long (61B) and Athena Hollins (66B). In a special session, legislative leaders could agree to bypass this and calendar whatever bills they want.

A Declaration of Urgency would seemingly be required to bring legislation forward since it would not meet regular Constitutional procedure of a bill having three readings prior to a floor vote. A Declaration of Urgency requires 90 votes in the House and 45 votes in the Senate.

In whatever procedural style this gun control special session is thrust upon our state, the House GOP remains the only tool to block such efforts. If gun control receives a floor vote in an upcoming special session by means besides Democrats forcing a vote, the responsibility for that would rest on Lisa Demuth’s shoulders. In fact, the GOP agreeing to a special session on gun control at all would be a sign of caving to pressure. Instead, the House GOP must use their leverage to reject any and all gun control.

If a special session were to take place, the priority should be to take on the epidemic of children having over-dependencies on psychoactive pharmaceutical drugs & anti-depressants and removing the ban on conversion counseling for individuals with gender dysphoria (as being pushed by Rep. Drew Roach and Sen. Nathan Wesenberg). Americans elected President Trump in part to combat the big pharma medical establishment with RFK Jr. and the MAHA movement and the displays by the Catholic school shooter shows our state has a major problem with the mental well-being of young people. Meanwhile, President Trump's administration is considering banning transgenders from owning firearms. 

Sources at the Capitol tell A4L that they do not anticipate a special session due to several factors including legislators being out of state/the country and the special elections in SD29, HD34B, and SD47 (which is likely to cause another special election in 47A since Democrat Rep. Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger is favored to win). As things stand ahead of the scheduled special elections, the state Senate is a 33-32 Democrat Majority with two vacancies and the House is a 67-66 GOP Majority with one vacancy. HD34B (Melissa Hortman's district) will have their general election on September 16th. It may very well be that Walz waits until this date to bring the House back to a tie to put more pressure on Demuth to pass his agenda.

Action 4 Liberty knows not to underestimate the pig-headed ego of Tim Walz. If he is on his way out the door and not seeking reelection (as sources have told A4L) then he will not care about any political consequences and will play hardball to get Republicans to support his gun control agenda. We may very well see Walz declare a special session on terms that the House GOP cannot accept. In that case, the House GOP must hold the line and not concede an inch to the radical left ideology of Walz.

Unfortunately, the House GOP is already pushing a school safety plan that includes increased penalties for straw purchases and establishes mandatory minimum prison sentences for repeat gun criminals. That gun control would NOT have stopped the recent tragedies! See below:

This may sound mild but remember that radical Socialist Keith Ellison occupies the MN Attorney General office and has supported gun laws be applied illegitimately like in the case of Walker Anderson. Mandatory minimum policies also remove judicial discretion and could be unreasonably applied. In addition, RINO state Reps Andrew Myers (45A), Jeff Witte (57B), and Mark Weins (41A) (who is no longer in the Legislature) voted for a ban on binary triggers and increasing penalties on transferring firearms illegally. The Gun Owners Caucus (which one would think fights gun control) led by Bryan Strawser helps Democrats make gun control amendments and bills, proving that they are not honest actors and cannot be trusted in this fight.

We should also keep in mind that in 2024 every single Republican with exception to Senator Nathan Wesenberg (SD10) voted to increase penalties on firearm straw purchases. The House version (HF548) and the Senate version (SF733) were the exact same and Democrats opposed it because they preferred to push their own gun control. The correct thing to do was to oppose such gun control regardless of who was pushing it and only Sen. Wesenberg stood up for the 2nd Amendment.

Wesenberg also got massive attention on social media following the Catholic school shooting by releasing a statement that spoke to the hearts of where conservatives are at when we see violence committed by mentally deranged individuals. See below:

Speaker Lisa Demuth is being put to the test and she must be willing to fight Walz and reject a special session. The must refuse the terms of any special session designed for gun control. If Democrats can refuse to show up for the opening weeks of the Legislature, the Republicans can seemingly also refuse to show up. Democrats are willing to engage in dirty politics while RINOs concede every issue. Minnesotans cannot suffer from more gun control because of weak Republicans. GOP politicians must be reminded by Patriots that they will suffer political consequences like losing their next primary election if they go along with gun control, not the other way around.

Action 4 Liberty will continue to hold the line and reject gun control scams. The House GOP has the authority and Majority to reject Tim Walz’ attempt to infringe on law-abiding citizens’ 2nd Amendment Right due to the actions of unhinged lunatics. Conservatives are demanding legislative Republicans hold the line and A4L will lead that cause and keep Patriots informed as more information emerges.

When Tampon Tim became Kamala’s VP nominee the rest of the country was able to see exactly what Minnesota has been dealing with; Walz is a pathological liar who will lie or embellish anything if he believes it will help him politically. 

Action 4 Liberty continues to chart the course for Patriots who reject the Establishment by calling out our state’s failed Governor at the “great Minnesota get-together” that brought in nearly 2 Million visitors in 2024. we received national and international coverage for our booth last year and expect to make another big impact!

The A4L booth is targeted to expose Tampon Tim’s numerous lies as he considers subjecting Minnesotans to another 4 years of his incompetence. A4L expects to draw major attention with our booth calling out 'Timocchio' and the lying politician that he is! See 2025 booth below:

Our booth is giving away and selling t-shirts, bags, bracelets, and “Walz Lies” fans! See below:

Below you will see a list of Tim Walz’ some of the many lies told by Walz on display at the A4L State Fair booth: 

1. Falsely claimed to have carried weapons “in war”
2. Falsely claimed to be deaf while drunk driving
3. Two weeks to flatten the curve
4. Tampons in boys bathrooms
5. Claims to have retired a Command Sergeant Major
6. Claimed Biden was mentally fit for office
7. Claimed vaccine mandates/passports did not exist despite them existing in Minneapolis and St. Paul

Some in politics, like Action 4 Liberty, are driven by principles and deeply held convictions. On the other hand, there are swamp creatures like Tim Walz who are willing to do and say anything for power or to feed their ego. Egos and lies are nothing new in politics but Tim Walz takes lying to the next level. Beyond Walz’ far-left politics, he has been branded a liar by the public and that cannot be shaken off. Many Minnesotans say they had no idea how fraudulent and out of touch Tim Walz really is until he was exposed.

As a reminder, Action 4 Liberty was condemned by the MNGOP with lies because we challenge Republicans to adhere to their party platform and fight for smaller government. We stand in a league of our own as opposition to the RINO and Communist Democrat playbook and that threatens the Establishment that many Republican politicians belong to.

Action 4 Liberty will continue leading the MN conservative movement by exposing corrupt politicians, notably Tampon Tim, as the frauds that they are. We look forward to seeing tens of thousands of Patriots connect with A4L and fight to protect liberty for the next generation!

Too often we see the Judicial system abused by government officials who try to make an honest citizen out to be a criminal who needs jail or prison time. Luckily, a recent Minnesota Supreme Court ruling will protect individuals from certain ridiculous gun charges.

Matthew Walker Anderson was charged at the age of 22 as a felon with an obscure law because he owned two rifles without serial numbers. These firearms never had a serial number and were perfectly legal for him to own in Minnesota yet he has faced years of navigating the obstacle course we call our judicial system.

Anderson was charged under MN Statute 609.667 subd. 3 which reads “(3) receives or possesses a firearm that is not identified by a serial number.”. This Statute then references federal law that does not outlaw and criminalize these guns like prosecutors have been arguing. In short, this was a misapplication of law that leftist prosecutors and judges weaponized against owners of so-called ghost guns.

Since the MN Supreme Court issued their surprise ruling protecting citizens from this law being stretched beyond its written meaning and legislative intent, Anderson’s charges were totally dismissed as a higher court has ruled on the very same subject in another case. See the dismissal below:

As noted in previous A4L reporting, Anderson was charged in Sherburne County, proving that gun rights are not always safe in red counties. Incumbent County Attorney Dawn Nyhus and incumbent Sheriff Joel Brott (who previously spoke out against gun control) supported the charges against Anderson and provided the opportunity and setting for Anderson to have the law weaponized against him. Anderson’s mother has appeared on The Truth Hurts Show to give updates on this case.

Far-left gun grabber politicians like Attorney General ANTIFA Keith Ellison says there is a "gap" in state law (admitting the law was misused) while Sen. Ron Latz (SD46) has told the media that the Supreme Court ruling was a mistake and that he will be fighting to change the law in this regard. State house Republicans, with control of the Speakership, will have to be a blockade against such laws. Patriots will have to remain vigilant since 3 House RINOs voted with Democrats for gun control before and in 2024 every single House and Senate Republican, with exception to Sen. Nathan Wesenberg (SD10), voted for anti-2nd Amendment gun control (House voted on HF548 and Senate voted on SF733).  

Action 4 Liberty will never waiver on the 2nd Amendment and celebrates the total dismissal of Walker Anderson’s bogus charges. Patriots must keep up the momentum we see statewide and nationally to push the right-wing cultural movement as far as it can reach. Big government politicians should look to this case as an example to not just put more laws on the books willy-nilly because those laws can be used to destroy good, honest people’s lives. 

Congratulations once again to Walker Anderson on the big win! He never conceded and came out victorious!

The Minnesota Vikings are facing major backlash and boycotts from fans following their announcement of hiring two extremely feminine male cheerleaders. The Vikings are one of 12 teams with male cheerleaders and hired ultra-girly male cheerleaders, Blaize Shiek and Louie Conn. The woke feminist culture continues to insert itself into every facet of life and the NFL is no exception.

The conservative movement has been at odds with the man-hating feminist movement that decries anything with an ounce of machismo as “toxic masculinity”. The movement seeks to feminize men by celebrating men crossdressing, demanding men soften their language or actions, putting men in women’s sports/lockerrooms, and other ways of screwing up the natural order of life.

One might assume Republican legislators in Minnesota would be fighting this leftist culture war but RINO Rep. Mary Franson (12B) has instead chosen to embrace it! See below:

Of course, some cheerleading squads have had men for specific roles that required strength (lifting and throwing the girls), those roles were distinct and very different than the female roles. In the case with the Vikings, they’ve now got men on their team twerking like all the women and these men are taking spots that belong to women! While most fans don’t expect an Olympic level gymnastic performance from these cheerleaders, they expect girls at the very least! This is something Franson doesn’t seem to understand since she thinks men and women are interchangeable for cheerleader positions. See below:

Franson is not alone in the woke feminist camp within the MNGOP, even the party secretary, Joy Orvis, who put out an unhinged, raging feminist-type statement pretending to have been intimidated when A4L President Erik Mortensen showed up to a MNGOP Executive Committee meeting (where RINOs voted to condemn A4L). Mortensen has recounted the event on video where he revealed that Orvis went ballistic as soon as he sat down (at one of two available chairs), demanded he move away (so he scoots back), she says she’s still intimidated (he moves as far away as he can against the wall), she remains unreasonable and says she is moving to sit in the other available chair, she then walked by Mort and hit his leg with her knee, and then she has the audacity to play victim!

Franson is also a raging hater of Erik Mortensen, clearly indicating that feminist RINOs in the MNGOP lose their minds when a man challenges the status quo and doesn’t care who he offends.

The Minnesota Vikings will likely suffer financially due to their decision to cave to the woke mob because conservatives are fed up with immorality sitting on a high horse. The majority of football fans are right-leaning males who reject politics, nonetheless woke politics, taking place at games as seen by the total rejection of Colin Kaepernick and other complainers kneeling during the national anthem. Conservatives should take note of when RINOs like Mary Franson expose themselves for the socially liberal feminist they truly are.

A4L will never cower to the woke left mob and are taking notice of the quiet feminist, man-hating movement taking place within the GOP.

Despite the Minnesota Supreme Court containing only Democrat-appointed Justices, a majority of Justices voted to protect gun rights in a ruling on Wednesday, August 6th. This decision was 4-2 with Chief Justice Natalie Hudson and former Tim Walz legal counsel Justice Karl Procaccini and the two dissenting votes and Justice Theodora K. Gaïtas did not participate in the case or vote.

The Supreme Court Opinion for the Minnesota v. Vagle case (case #: A23-0863) written by former MN Speaker of the House Justice Paul Thissen reversed a Court of Appeals ruling that improperly used MN Statute 609.667(subd. 3) to criminally prosecute individuals for possessing firearms that never had a serial number. Leftists prosecutors across MN, led by Socialist Attorney General ANTIFA Keith Ellison, have misused MN Statute 609.667 by disregarding the federal law cited within the statute. In doing so, they have considered anything from 3D printed guns to vintage firearms that pre-date serial number requirements.

This case win was celebrated by Minneapolis criminal defense attorney Thomas Gallagher who celebrated the decision on his website. In short, Gallagher also points to differences between NFA (National Firearms Act) and non-NFA firearms as a contribution toward their legal victory. The Supreme Court Opinion also lays out the legislative intent for this law, which was put into effect in 1994, and how the intent was not to criminalize gun possession of firearms that do not require serial numbers under federal law. On the other hand, ANTIFA Keith called the ruling concerning and admitted there was a “gap in state law”. That gap means that the law did not allow for the prosecutions he pushed.

This surprise decision comes as Minnesotans and Americans often see ‘Activist Judges’ who seek to diminish the Constitution and rule of law using ideological and political motives. Law should be applied plainly and must be adherent to the U.S. and MN Constitutions. This win signifies that far left elements of the Democrats like Keith Ellison have stepped too far out of line for regular establishment Democrats. 

Another case (case #: 71-CR-22-923), in May 2022, a law-abiding then 22 year old named Matthew Walker Anderson was labeled a felon by prosecutors because he owned two rifles without serial numbers and was charged under the same statute the Supreme Court ruled on (609.667 subd. 3). His case is ongoing and he has refused plea deals. The Supreme Court decision sets an immediate precedent for all lower courts and should result in Anderson being cleared of his charge. Anderson’s mother has appeared on the Truth Hurts show twice to discuss the case and the recent Supreme Court victory. 

In Anderson’s case, he was charged in Sherburne County, highlighting that gun rights aren’t even safe in Republican areas sometimes. These charges have been supported by the Prosecutor's office and the Sheriff’s office in Sherburne County. The County Attorney where the charges originated, Kathleen Heaney, resigned earlier this year and the Commissioners appointed assistant county attorney Dawn Nyhus to replace her. At any time, Heaney or Nyhus could have stopped the misapplication statute and federal law and to drop Anderson of his charges but they failed to do so. Jennifer Lynn Clements is the lead prosecuting attorney according to court records. Sherburne County Sheriff, Joel Brott, also failed taken action to stop the weaponization of law despite previously speaking out against gun control. Sherburne County citizens should be looking more closely at the individuals they are electing to local office without competition.

Anderson is scheduled to have a pre-trial hearing on 11/12/25. The Sherburne County District Judge, Tim Walz appointee Judge Kristi D. Stanislawski, should take immediate action to dismiss the case and apologize to Anderson for the government falsely weaponizing the law against him.

Constitutionalists must stay vigilant as Democrats are seeing this as a renewed push for gun control. Two leftist Judges on the MN Supreme Court were bending the law in their dissenting Opinions, showing how two members of our state’s highest courts would criminalize gun ownership. 

Senate Democrat Ron Latz (SD46) has begun telling the media that the Supreme Court ruling was a mistake and that he will be fighting to change the law. With the state House likely to return to a 67-67 tie following the special election, Republicans must hold strong and refuse to pass ANY gun control. While GOP Rep. Paul Novotny (30B) said criminalizing “otherwise law-abiding gun owners is a non-starter”, he did not outright say that he would fight against any gun control and said he expects this topic to be discussed in the upcoming legislative session.

Action 4 Liberty will never waver on Constitutional principles and will defend Patriots’ 2nd Amendment Right to bear arms. The protection of our God-given liberties cannot be sacrificed. We will continue to champion our mission to protect liberty for the next generation and celebrate the Supreme Court victory!

Like many political conventions, corruption and vote manipulation took place at the National Young Republicans (YR) convention, which is held to conduct the business of the organization. Notably, this YR national convention centered around the Chairman election. 

The Chair election included two candidates with incumbent RINO Hayden Padgett leading the “Grow YR” slate and America First challenger Peter Giunta leading the “Restore YR” slate (who had 1977 to 1979 National YR chair Roger Stone’s endorsement). This race served as a microcosm of the current intra-party battles within the GOP. The National YR leadership had even selected neocon Nikki Haley as their preferred choice for President in November 2023 and Meatball Ron previously that year. While many young conservatives are rebellious and like to challenge the status quo, the Globalist RINO Tom Emmer loving MN Young RINOs voted for the Establishment slate of candidates amidst major corruption.

The National YR convention featured the Chair Hayden Padgett threatening to kick out pro-Trump delegates, the use of super-delegates positions like the DNC given to board members who serve with incumbent Hayden Padgett, so-called “state surveys” were used that manipulated delegate counts to hurt swing states, and delegates were blocked from being seated/had credentials pulled from delegates. Many online speculated that the election was rigged. Despite the obvious happening in their faces, the MN delegation voted for the Establishment incumbent slate. The RINO slate even passed around a bingo card mocking ideas like rooting out corruption, audits, and election integrity. See a map of how state YR delegations voted below, blue states voted for the Establishment slate and red states voted for the MAGA slate:

See the MN Young RINOs at the convention proudly proclaiming their allegiance to the corrupt RINO slate of candidates below:

Beyond being a Tom Emmer RINO social club to groom future RINOs, it led by a gay Nikki Haley & David Hann backer named Jacob Ringstand. The MN YRs are a party affiliate that are granted certain privileges like delegate and alternate positions at State conventions, Congressional district endorsing conventions, and State Central. This organization has become a breeding ground for young Republicans to get to rub elbows with politicians and become ingratiated into the social club RINO Swamp. While one might think this organization is simply a group of 20-somethings, it allows individuals up to the age of 40 to be members. See some of the members below including Neocon Nikki lover Jacob Ringstad & Mason Epeneter, Emmer puppet Joe Teirab, RNC Committeeman/woman A.K. Kamara and Emily Novotny Chance, former RINO David Hann MNGOP Exec. Dir. Anna Mathews, and others desperate to climb the RINO ladder:

The MNGOP should think twice before giving affiliate status and delegate positions to a group willing to look the other way on corruption. In part, the 12 MNGOP affiliates that exist represent the diversity, identity politics that conservatives seek to eliminate. It is likely true that the 12 MNGOP affiliates are largely serving Establishment interests because these groups must keep those in charge happy to keep their affiliate status.

Corruption at all levels must be rooted out and the MN Young RINOs are misrepresenting the voices of young conservatives across Minnesota who would never co-sign corruption, super-delegates, manipulated delegate counts, and kicking Trump supporters out of the convention. RINO leadership in place stifles participation from real America First young conservatives (evidenced by the MN YR "Get Involved" webpage that has 1 sign up in at least a year). Action 4 Liberty will continue leading the charge for grassroots MN conservatives and call out corruption in all elements of our state’s politics.

After losing the MNGOP Deputy Chair race, RINO Kip Christianson tried to fail upward and receive the GOP endorsement for SD29 Senator as a consolation prize. However, SD29 Republican delegates instead chose small business owner Michael Holmstrom to succeed deceased Senator Bruce Anderson. As seen in our previous reporting breaking this race down, this race is in a deep red Senate district that Anderson won with 68% of the vote in 2022.

Sources tell A4L that there were 116 delegates, all candidates agreed to abide by the endorsement, and that the convention took three rounds of balloting to reach an endorsement where Mike Holmstrom led the vote on each ballot. Additionally, Melinda Mihajlov did not seek the GOP endorsement despite being listed on the Wright Co. GOP website. Reportedly, The Establishment tried to rally behind Kip with Jason Franzen and Tina Diedrick endorsing Kip following the second round of voting but Holmstrom maintained the lead and finished with 61% in the third and final round.

A4L was told that Establishment Rep. Walter Hudson (30A) was at the convention and did not speak on Kip’s behalf to the convention despite loving the sound of his own voice and calling Kip his “brother in arms through political trench warfare” on social media. Hudson speaking on behalf of RINOs didn't work at the State Central where David Hann was canned and Kip was also defeated and it didn't work for Hudson when supporting RINO Ron Kresha at the HD10A endorsing convention, however, Hudson not speaking doesn't seem to help the RINOs either!

It comes as no surprise that Kip was unable to win with delegates in a deep red district considering his record of fooling a blind, wheelchair-bound veteran onto the ballot for Congress under a Marijuana political party, was labeled a “political stalker” while working RINO funded Jobs Coalition, partnering with RINO David Hann to control the MNGOP, fighting to remove pro-life items from the MNGOP and RNC platforms, and much more including him revealing the former Democrat, ultra-liberal Speaker of the House a “mentor” following her tragic assassination (a secret relationship he likely wouldn’t reveal otherwise). His campaign website, which may have been a total waste of time and money on his part, included a picture of himself and Globalist RINO Tom Emmer, showing who his true loyalties are to. Many see Kip as an untrustworthy political operative, not the type of leader required to be a Senator.

With the GOP endorsement, Holmstrom receives full support from the party to support his candidacy in the primary election. In recent history, the majority of GOP endorsed candidates win the primary. Attendees tell A4L that Holmstrom had a video package narrated by radio show host Joe Pags and that his campaign was put together very quickly. Despite Mike Holmstrom previously interning for RINO Marion Rarick (29B) according to his social media, sources tell A4L that she supported Kip over Mike at the convention.

It remains to be seen if Kip and other candidates who lost the endorsement battle will live up to their word and concede the race. Kip was never filed to begin with and Jason Franzen has withdrawn his filing (confirmed with SOS office). Candidates have until Aug. 6th (today) at 5PM to file for office and the withdrawal deadline is Aug. 7th (tomorrow) at 5PM. According to the filing page on the Sec. of State’s website as of writing this article, GOP endorsed Michael Holmstrom is joined by Bradley Kurtz (who filed after endorsing convention), Rachel Davis, Tina Diedrick, and Melinda Mihajlov as Republican opponents and one Democrat opponent in Louis McNutt. It is unclear which GOP candidates will remain in the race and if any more will jump in. [NOTE: Since the 5PM deadline only Kurtz, Davis, and Holmstrom remain filed according to the SOS webpage]

Additionally, the 34B and SD47 special elections are also on our radar with the GOP’s Ruth Bittner running in the 34B race against one of three Democrats in a generally blue district. SD47 is vacant due to Nicole Mitchell FINALLY resigning from the Senate after a unanimous jury conviction of burglarizing her widowed stepmother. No evidence can be found if Democrats are holding an endorsing convention between state Reps Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger (47A) and Ethan Cha (47B). The GOP has endorsed Dwight Dorau, who previously campaigned for office as “Not A Burglar” to mock and draw attention to then-Senator Nicole Mitchell.

As things stand, the MN House currently sit with a one person GOP majority (67-66, following Hortman’s tragic assassination) and the Senate sits with a one person Democrat majority (33-32, with SD29 and SD47 vacant).

Action 4 Liberty will continue to inform the grassroots about what is happening in our state and hold firm to our principles of limited government. Congratulations to the SD29, HD34B, and SD47 GOP party units for reaching endorsements and Action 4 Liberty looks forward to holding any new elected politicians’ feet to the fire to protect liberty for the next generation.

Minnesota is slipping further and further into third-world territory by accepting thousands upon thousands of lowly educated Islamic refugees from failed nations like Somalia. This issue has spiraled into out of control fraud schemes and barbaric violence from Somalis in our state committing some of the worst crimes known to man that are excused by Democrats and Muslim mosques.

42 year old Somalian, Qalinle Ibrahim Dirie, was convicted to a 12 year prison sentence for raping a 12-year-old girl in Minneapolis last year. 12 years is the lowest amount of prison time recommended by MN sentencing guidelines for first-degree criminal sexual assault. Dirie is currently locked up at the Minnesota Correctional Facility - Saint Cloud and it is not immediately clear if Dirie is even a citizen of the United States.

This sentencing decision was made by District Judge Michael E. Burns who was appointed to the Fourth Judicial District by Democrat Gov. Mark Dayton in 2016. According to the Star Tribune, this is seemingly what the prosecution requested for (Lead Prosecutor was Allison Elizabeth Reyerson). Burns made the decision on this case following a unanimous jury conviction. According to court records, Burns was the third Judge assigned this case. See Judge Michael Burns below:

The case number for this case is 27-CR-24-17247 and all related court documents can be found using the Minnesota Court Record search. On July 21st 2025, the court put documents into the record with people testifying on behalf of Dirie’s character. Included in these testimonies was the Al-Ihsan Islamic Center with a “Community Support Letter for Qalinle Dirie”. See full letter below:

As seen above, the Muslim mosque is praising Qalinle Dirie as a family-man father that faced “the challenge of starting over in a new culture”, alleges that Dirie has “never been involved in conflict” in the years they knew him, and suggests that he has made a “positive difference”. As many know, Islamic teachings tell their followers that deception is not only permitted, but obligatory in some cases. The Al-Ihsan Islamic Center is advocating for a Judge to go soft on a child rapist because he is a Somali Muslim in their community. As mentioned previously, Judge Burns gave Dirie the lightest recommended sentence and MN law allows Dirie to be released in 2033.  

Crooked MN politicians and judges have fallen victim to a radical Muslim contingency that demands they face no responsibility for repercussions for their actions. The influx of Somalis and other Muslims has led to Islamic mosques advocating for child rapists, if now is not a drawing line in the sand, nothing else will be. In the case of Qalinle Dirie, we see yet another example of violence from a group of Muslim immigrants who cannot and will not assimilate themselves into American culture. 

Minnesota Republican state Senator, Bruce Anderson, unexpectedly passed away on July 21st, prompting a special election in SD29. This district is deep red that Anderson won 68% of the vote for in 2022 while maintaining a conservative voting record and being a respectful conservative.

According to the Wright County GOP website, five candidates will be seeking the GOP endorsement taking place tomorrow, Tuesday, August 5th. The five GOP candidates include failed MNGOP deputy chair candidate Kip Christianson, Wright County Commissioner Tina Diedrick, Delano city councilman Jason Franzen, business owner Michael Holmstrom, and Marine Corps veteran Melinda Mihajlov. 

RINO Kip Christianson is a Monticello city councilman and shady political operative who lost against Donna Bergstrom in the race for Deputy Chair of the MNGOP while running in a so-called “unity ticket” with RINO David Hann. In 2020, Kip fooled a blind, wheelchair-bound veteran into getting on the ballot for Congress under a Marijuana-related political third party while being paid by the RNC and was labeled a “political stalker” while being paid by the RINO funded, anti-grassroots MN Jobs Coalition. Kip worked to change the MNGOP platform and the RNC platform to abolish pro-life language, something his district would not approve of. The idea of Kip being elevated to Senator with his stained record (including a DWI) should make him unqualified to conservatives for an office so critical.

Kip also credited David Hann and Globalist RINO Tom Emmer on the Jack Tomczack podcast for getting the MNGOP out of debt when it was truly President Trump speaking at the Lincoln-Reagan Dinner since the grassroots refused to support the party under Hann. This is in part due to the 1972-10 Wyoming company that received tens of thousands of dollars that A4L exposed was run by Kamala supporter Michael Brodkorb, who Kip also has a relationship with. Another strange relationship with liberals that Kip has was with Melissa Hortman, who Kip revealed was a friend and mentor to him following her and her husband's high-profile assassinations. Putting Hortman’s horrific death aside, why would an ultra-liberal Democrat Speaker of the House want to “mentor” Kip and what political advice will he follow? Many Republicans may wonder how close Kip is to others in the Democrat Establishment that he is keeping secret.

Establishment puppet Walter Hudson inserted himself into this race by calling Kip his “brother in arms through political trench warfare” and verbally slapped the hand of candidate Melinda Mihajlov for demanding the GOP endorsed candidate for the Senate be a “STRONG Constitutional conservative”. Mihajlov is a Marine Corps veteran and appears to be a standard line conservative but unfortunately looks up to RINOs like Patricia Mueller (23B) passing unconstitutional omnibus bills and may not rock the boat if elected. Interestingly, Melinda Mihajlov has been endorsed by Gonzalo Duran, the Conservative party & Republican nominee for New York City Public Advocate.

Another candidate for Senate, Michael Holmstrom, is a small business owner according to his campaign website and unsuccessfully ran for school board in 2024. Holmstrom is also the Deputy Chair of the Wright County GOP. Many conservatives may hesitate to support Holmstrom due to him being supported by social media addict RINO Dustin Grage, others in the district say not to hold that against him. Holmstrom also lost a County Commissioner race in 2022 which was ultimately won by another Senate candidate, Tina Diedrick.

If voters are looking for an anti-Emmer conservative, they likely won’t find it in Wright County Commissioner Tina Diedrick who poses with RINOs like him and Jim Nash for social media. Locals tell A4L that Establishment Republicans and Democrats supported Diedrick’s run for County Commissioner (since the primary and race is nonpartisan). She is additionally the former mayor of Norwood Young America and is clearly well-versed in government by serving on numerous committees and projects. While Diedrick certainly appears to be a hard worker and very involved in her community, she does not appear to be a hardcore conservative willing to buck party leadership.

The final candidate seeking the GOP endorsement is Delano city councilman Jason Franzen who is also the Wright Co. GOP Treasurer. From what can be gathered from his social media, he appears to be a standard Republican but he unfortunately shares HRCC and other Establishment material. Franzen, like all other candidates mentioned, will have the chance to make his case to the SD29 delegates at the convention.

In addition to the five mentioned candidates, Rachel Davis has filed for office but is not listed as a participant for the endorsement. Reportedly, the Wright Co. GOP alleges that Davis has not lived in the district for at least 6 months which Davis denies. Nora Greteman had a website for a Senate candidacy but the content has since been removed aside from a title saying “Coming Soon” and her campaign logo. The social media accounts linked on the website no longer go to pages so Greteman may have chosen not to run or to run in a primary (as it appears Davis will do and Mihajlov alluded to on X). Additionally, Greteman is the Wright Co. GOP event coordinator, which may have been seen as a conflict of interest if she organized the convention as a candidate.

One Democrat, Louis McNutt, has filed to run for the SD29 special election. Considering Republican Bruce Anderson received 68% of the vote in 2022, any hope for Democrats would be a longshot. 

Candidates and politics aside, there are serious issues with the process of the SD29 special election.

On July 29th, Tim Walz filed a writ of election for SD29 alongside another writ of election for SD47 following Nicole Mitchell FINALLY resigning from the Senate after her jury conviction for burglarizing her widowed-stepmother. Tim Walz scheduled primary election dates of Aug. 26th and a withdrawal deadline of Aug. 7th, giving voters very little time to vet candidates. The general election will take place on Nov. 4th. As A4L has exposed, Walz has a history of breaking special election laws to try to benefit Dems (which was even struck down by the liberal MN Supreme Court). With the timeline and leniency Walz has in scheduling elections while the legislature is not in session, he easily could have scheduled a primary in September or October to give voters more time to vet candidates in their unexpected vacancy. 

In addition, the Wright County GOP perhaps should have followed the routes that Cass, Crow Wing, and Itasca counties did in the SD6 special election by not holding an endorsing convention and allowing candidates to fight it out in a primary. By holding an endorsement on an unexpected short time notice, many delegates may be unable to attend and the process becomes rushed. Small portions of Hennepin and Meeker counties are also in SD29 and sources tell A4L that all delegates from these areas may not have received their required convention call. Of course, the endorsing convention could end with no endorsement resulting in a crowded primary, especially considering it begins at 6PM on a Tuesday night with five candidates. If run corruptly, there will almost certainly be a primary following it.

With the GOP endorsing convention taking place tomorrow (Aug. 5th), we will keep Patriots informed on this race as well as the SD47 special election. We will continue to lead the conservative movement by putting truth and liberty first and be unwavering in our Constitutional, small-government principles. 

Whenever free speech becomes regulated, blocked, or criminalized, you no longer have free speech. Unfortunately and unsurprisingly, the leftist newspaper Star Tribune is pushing for the criminalization of First Amendment auditing. While one might think that the longest-running newspaper in Minnesota might know something about the ‘Right to Free Press’, they clearly need a Constitutional lesson.

First Amendment text: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

First Amendment auditing is essentially an individual who films themselves and/or others in government buildings or other public areas. This activity has become popularized on YouTube and other social media and is an umbrella term that could be citizen journalists looking for answers, individuals looking to provoke an arrest to file a lawsuit calling the arrest unjustified, individuals looking to provoke the public/police to the limit of threat of arrest, satirized auditing, and sovereign citizens. On one hand it can expose a power-hungry, nit-picky government official but on the other hand, it is putting random people in an uncomfortable position for no reason other than getting their reaction. Some channels, like Long Island Audit, do great videos reminding officers and other government employees that the public has a right to audit them with a camera on property owned by taxpayers. Of course bad apples exist too which busy-bodies use as examples to justify why anti-free speech laws are necessary.

As to be expected, many people do not want to be filmed in public and have negative reactions to it. Filming someone without permission, regardless of being on private or public property, feels like an invasion of privacy to some and often the longer it goes on, the angrier the person being filmed gets. To make matters more frustrating, sometimes the filmers/auditors will choose to be masked to remain semi-anonymous and act extremely inconsiderate to trigger people for social media content.

In this case, Karen Tolkkinen from the Star Tribune wrote an article discussing a recent First Amendment audit video that took place in Albert Lea, MN and suggests people who do this be fined or arrested. The individual wore a mask to conceal his identity as he filmed a row of businesses hosting a community sale and would not speak when people approached him to ask why he was filming them. Long story short, he was attempting to provoke people and get them angry by silently filming them so the cops come and say he is allowed to film.

When the individual would speak, it would be things like “You have no expectation of privacy in public” and was clearly freaking some people out with his behavior.

All of this kept in mind, rude or unwanted filming in public is protected under the First Amendment. It would be a massive mistake to give a bloated government more power to police speech, public recordings/press, or other activities protected under the First Amendment. Minnesota already has a hate speech/hate crime database and Democrats like Tim Walz look to censor their opponents by applying labels like “disinformation” or “conspiracy theory” or “hate speech” on speech that is politically inconvenient or is actually true.

Speech you don’t like is free speech. Speech the Star Tribune doesn’t like is free speech. Speech that is hateful is free speech. Speech only becomes criminal (or punishable on civil penalties) when it incites violence or mass panic, is defamatory, or is harassing. 

The Star Tribune should know better than to push a policy objective that undermines our Bill of Rights and the Right to free speech and free press. Keep in mind, the liberal media warned President Trump was going to lock up journalists. Now, they want to criminalize certain forms of free press. Unfortunately, major corporate media like the Star Tribune completely conformed to the left and far from neutral and unbiased. The Star Tribune also knows that their access to politicians and government buildings will never be challenged like other regular citizens.

Unintended consequences of criminalizing individuals filming events in public would erode our Constitution and could be used selectively by those in power. While the creator of the YouTube video serves as a poor example of wielding free speech, it is none-the-less protected. Arbitrary judgments cannot determine how society is governed.

And of course, the creator of the YouTube video is going to have a hay-day with the fact that a woman named Karen is writing about him in the Star Tribune about his video titled “Recording Karens On The Sidewalk”. Karen also ridiculously suggests that people carry “collapsible privacy sheets” to block their face and even says it should read “Go play in traffic” (suggesting Karen wants First Amendment auditors to die). If Karen is to be commended for anything in her article it is her shaming of the filmer wearing a mask, it's about time the Star Tribune takes a stand against masks!

While the Star Tribune will continue to pretend to be neutral while subliminally or openly pushing the leftist agenda, keep in mind that the Star Tribune is run by billionaire Glen Taylor who previously was the Republican Minority Leader in the state Senate. The corruption in our state will never be fully exposed by the Star Tribune because they are controlled by the Uniparty.

Unlike the Star and Sickle, Action 4 Liberty lays out our biases upfront. We want a limited government that adheres to its basic Constitutional obligations and our mission is to protect liberty for the next generation. We understand that it is not just the speech that we like that needs protecting, it is also the speech we don’t like. With this in mind, Karen and the Star Tribune have every right to debate this idea but the government has zero right to implement it. A4L will continue to lead and stand shoulder to shoulder with the grassroots conservative movement to preserve freedom in Minnesota.