The 16 year incumbent that's never actually shrank government just said the quiet part out loud on X.  Rep. Mary Franson admitted on X this evening that the members of the Rules committee will KILL articles of impeachment that have been filed against Keith Ellison and Tim Walz.  

The rules committee is comprised of two Republicans, Harry Niska and Elliott Engen, and two Democrats, Athena Hollins and Jamie Long.  

Harry Niska and Elliott Engen COULD choose to actually fight their committee members to get articles of impeachment out of committee.  Or any member of the body could make a motion to discharge Articles of Impeachment out of committee and force a floor vote.

One would think Elliott Engen, who's primary message as a State Auditor candidate is "accountability", would at least put up a fight.  

But that's too much work for Mary Franson and her RINO colleagues that refused to support Articles of Impeachment against Walz 5 years ago when I originally authored them.

So Mary is throwing in the towel already and she knows that's exactly what Niska and Engen will do also.  But should we even be surprised?  Franson wore her precious little mask every day during COVID.  She votes for bigger government and bigger budgets all the time.

The problem with Minnesota Republicans is they have NO FIGHT in them.  They're so scared of losing that they don't even know how to win - electorally or legislatively.  

What I do find comical though, is just 3 days ago Franson was expressing her envy about the new MN Freedom Caucus on X.  She was clearly emotionally charged by the fact that she wasn't accepted as a member of the MN Freedom Caucus.  She even went so far as to pull from the radical left's playbook and accuse the Freedom Caucus of being sexist against women...simply because she wasn't chosen to be a founding member.

Of course the reality that I suspect is that the Freedom Caucus actually has standards - you know like voting conservatively or favorably towards freedom.  I may be taking too big of a leap here with this assumption but something tells me the Freedom Caucus promotes...Freedom, less government, smaller budgets.  And that's not what Mary's legislative scorecard looks like with her 33% 2025 voting record.  

What Mary Franson and her colleagues ought to be working on is holding the Walz administration accountable for the BILLIONS of dollars of fraud that's occurred under his watch.  She should be locking arms with the MN Freedom Caucus and going to war with them to Impeach Tim Walz, Impeach Keith Ellison and defund the CCAP program.  That's what liberty-loving Minnesotans want!

We're done being taxed into oblivion and watching pale, palpitating mounds of political Play-Doh like Mary Franson get so squishy and fearful of taking meaningful action.

Tell Mary and her worthless, weak-kneed, cowardly RINO friends to either FIGHT NOW or get the hell out of the way so someone else can.

Legislators are supposed to be fighting for their constituents every single day using every lever at their disposal to deliver results. Unfortunately, the St. Paul Swamp lures politicians in to maintain the status quo, grow government, and undermine the fight for liberty. 

Many politicians are know-it-alls who have inflated egos but nobody fits that bill better than Walter Hudson. Anyone that takes a look at Hudson’s social media will see that it is flooded with self-congratulatory, ego-driven posts that attempt to make him sound profound. While he usually frames things as if he is opposing the Democrat’s far-left agenda, he revealed that he collaborated with a Democrat to do nothing on the House floor on Thursday, Feb. 26th. Rather than fighting for his constituents by bringing forward popular, single-subject bills for floor votes, Hudson would rather go home and tweet all weekend in just the second week of the legislative session.

See X post below:

Hudson is a prime example of how political power can change someone. Hudson loved Action 4 Liberty while he was a regular citizen but now that he is the one in office, it’s turned upside down. In Hudson’s first term in the House, he championed A4L’s Never Again Bill but never forced a floor vote. Once Hudson began working for the MNGOP to be the Somali/minority outreach coordinator under the direction of corrupt MNGOP Chair David Hann, Hudson began to change and ultimately started arguing that A4L supporters should be purged from the party (an action he opposed when Jennifer Carnahan was MNGOP Chair). See announcement of MNGOP hiring Hudson below, including his (self-admitted) failed focus on Somali voters in the final paragraph:

The GOP House could be proposing single-subject bills that shrink the size of government, lower taxes, eliminate fraud, reduce regulations, and protect our God-given liberties. By calling a truce with Democrats, Hudson made sure the GOP did nothing to deliver for their base. Democrat politicians have shown that they will vote against measures that have 80-20 or even 90-10 support levels among Americans, Hudson could be showing how radical they are with pointed floor votes but it appears he does not want to actually fight legislatively. Perhaps it is actually a good thing that Hudson and Dems are collaborating to do nothing as opposed to doing something like when Hudson did when he worked with Democrats to pass anti-free speech legislation that made it illegal to share AI memes of politicians or you could face 5 years in prison and/or a $10K fine.

As seen in previous A4L reporting, Hudson started the Uniparty domino effect on the House floor earlier in the week by supporting a Democrat, anti-ICE bill to advance from one committee to another right after the Democrats refused to advance the bill that creates an office of the Inspector General to investigate MN fraud. Grassroots conservatives continue to be fed up with the GOP getting played by the Democrats while getting nothing in return. As seen in the reporting, only 18 GOP Reps voted no and saw through the Democrats and Walter Hudson while another 6 Republicans abstained.

While in office, Hudson has chosen to protect RINOs like Ron Kresha from allegations of PPP loan fraud and protect Tom Emmer from conservative opposition for the GOP endorsement. Rather than fighting for grassroots conservatives, Hudson has been a loyal member of the Establishment RINO cult and refuses to oppose them on anything. 

Action 4 Liberty will never waiver in our conservative principles or defense of liberty. The St. Paul Swamp does not have the answers and Establishment henchmen like Walter Hudson only pretend to fight corruption. A4L will continue to be consistent in the fight to shrink the size and scope of government to protect our Constitutional liberties.

Minnesota’s latest budget forecast was released today by the office of Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) and it reveals that the budget package passed by Demuth and RINO House Republicans was billions more than anticipated. This forecast revealed how much our government is actually spending and how politicians are currently sitting on a roughly $7.2B surplus! 

Many may remember Republicans, notably Empty Suit Lisa Demuth, touting that the state budget faced its largest cut in MN history thanks to the House GOP following out of control leftist spending during the Democrat trifecta. Upon digging into our state's finances we learn that is not true.

Demuth and House Republicans initially proposed a state budget that eerily totaled $66.6B and Minnesotans were told that the final state budget number agreed to behind closed doors with Tim Walz was a little over $66B. A4L and grassroots conservatives demanded the budget be brought back to pre-Covid spending levels but RINOs instead cemented in Democrat trifecta spending. See a graphic below that shows spending levels over the years. Purple represents a split legislature while blue represents the Democrat trifecta. As seen below, Demuth and RINO leadership did not give us a spending cut from the Democrat trifecta, we are actually on pace to spend MORE in this biennium than the Democrat trifecta:

When you view the February 2026 budget forecast, you realize that the GOP was not telling the truth about the spending levels they passed within unconstitutional omnibus bills. The spending total for the budget will be over $70.2B! This is barely a cut from Democrat spending levels and it maintains the fraud and corruption our state has been nationally exposed for. See circled section below showing how much Minnesota’s government is actually spending:

It is no big surprise that crooked politicians over-spent and lied for political benefit, but that does not mean the well is dry! There is STILL money sitting around and it should ALL go back to the taxpayers!

Minnesota currently has an over $7.2B surplus!

A surplus is when there is money left over after the state has already passed their biennial budget. Since this money was not spent, they are over-taxed dollars that should be totally returned. In the graphic below, the state currently has over $7.5B with over $3.4B sitting in the Budget Reserve fund. The Budget Reserve fund has become obsolete and unnecessary as it was not even tapped during Covid, proving it does not serve a useful function anymore. There is also $350M in the Cash Flow Account, which allows normal government operations to continue. The surplus is calculated by subtracting the Cash Flow Account from the Balance Before Reserves, bringing us to nearly $7.27.B. See below:

If this surplus was evenly distributed among taxpayers, each individual would receive around $2,400! You would never know this listening to Democrats, RINOs, or the mainstream media! As seen in previous A4L reporting, the media and politicians are lying by claiming that there is a deficit, not a surplus! The truth is that there will be a deficit in the next biennium if the legislature does not cut spending. Simple solution to that: CUT SPENDING!

As seen in a press conference following the release of the budget report, Lisa Demuth strung together an AOC-style word salad about the report! It is painfully clear that Lisa Demuth has no idea what she is talking about and is blurting out random budgeting words. With Demuth's incompetence on full display, Republicans may look elsewhere for leadership in the Governor race.

Action 4 Liberty will continue informing Patriots with information they cannot get anywhere else. The Establishment does not want you to know that they overspent and that taxpayers should have the $7.2B surplus completely returned. The legislature has done enough harm with their spending and supplemental budgets will only make it worse. They should relieve taxpayers while they struggle economically by returning the budget surplus immediately!

Republicans used to argue that the government was the problem and its interference in the free market stifled competition. As conservatives know, competition brings prices down and the artificial influence of government rigs the system. One of the industries that the failures of government is most prevalent is healthcare insurance as Americans and Minnesotans see undeserved outrageous costs thanks to government intervention.

This is not just a Democrat issue, there is a Republican issue too! The Uniparty loves to frame bailing out healthcare companies with nicer terms like “reinsurance” so the average citizen doesn’t know what is happening. Now, RINOs in the MN House are pushing to make the socialized healthcare “reinsurance” program permanent!

RINO Tim O’Drisocoll is the sole author of HF3388 that makes the healthcare bailout program permanent. This bill does not presently have a Senate companion but if it is a GOP priority, we may see the RINOs in the Senate pounce on this.

As seen in a recent House GOP press conference, the official stance of the Republican leadership is to make a broken government program permanent! GOP Floor Leader Harry Niska (31A) specifically brought up the bill as the GOP’s way to deal with affordability with Lisa Demuth nodding along in the background. Minnesotans are struggling to make ends meet and THAT is all the GOP leadership has to offer? A socialized healthcare bailout!?!

What Republicans should be doing is passing laws to remove regulations and mandates. This would drastically cut costs and allow each individual to tailor their health insurance to their circumstance. Things like allowing truly free telemedicine, ending evil "Certificate of Need" laws that restrict healthcare services to build hospitals, add beds at medical facilities, eliminate laws that prohibit medical equipment in geographic areas without a government permission slip of "need", and allow access to healthcare across state lines.

Action 4 Liberty will continue to expose the corrupt agenda of the Establishment and will fight for smaller government, lower taxes, and more liberty.

The St. Paul Swamp is in session and Republicans are already caving to radical left Democrats! While the obstructionist Dems withheld their votes for a fraud prevention bill, RINOs are bending over backwards to advance the Dems’ pro-illegal alien, anti-ICE agenda!

The House floor session on Wednesday, Feb. 25th, featured two votes where legislators sought to move legislation from one committee to another. One bill was pushed by the GOP and another bill pushed by Dems. This began with Rep. Jim Nash seeking to re-refer a bill (SF856) from one committee to another that creates an Inspector General.

The bill could be stronger to combat fraud but more government oversight is necessary. The main reason the House GOP is pushing this bill is because it has already passed with bipartisan support in the Senate and only requires House approval before it can be signed or vetoed by Tim Walz. Democrats refused to vote to advance the bill because they are playing games to gut the bill and give all of the appointment power to Tim Walz.

After all Democrats voting against the Inspector General bill advancing, they hypocritically offered their own bill and asked it be advanced by moving it from the Judiciary Committee to the State Government Committee.

The Democrats offered HF3477 which allows new lawsuits for alleged civil rights violations and supposed racism. The bill permits lawsuits that can come from anyone in the country, even illegal aliens. The legislation would even turn Minnesota into a total sanctuary state by requiring all state and local law enforcement to not cooperate with ICE if ICE does not comply with their judicial nonsense! See the bill below:

This bill has obvious Constitutional violations that should not jump to the State Govt. Committee until the legal issues are resolved in the Judiciary Committee! Minnesota’s judicial system should not become the hub for illegal aliens and radical leftists to file frivolous lawsuits that undermine the deportation operation that President Trump was elected to complete.

While lunatic leftists like Brad Tabke pontificated from their phony moral high horse on the topic of ICE and immigration, GOP Rep. & House Judiciary Committee co-chair Peggy Scott initially argued Republicans should vote no on advancing the bill to another committee but she ultimately caved. Then, Establishment tool Walter Hudson began speaking and set off the Uniparty domino effect by telling Democrat Leader Jamie Long “you got my vote” to advance the bill to the State Govt Committee because there was no harm in having another discussion. Of course, there is serious harm in liberalizing our already broken judicial system.

RINO Jim Nash then stood up to say that he will also vote to advance the bill so that Democrats can enjoy their stench of hypocrisy. NEWS FLASH: Democrats do not care about being hypocritical and manipulative. Jim Nash didn’t play the Democrats, the Democrats played Jim Nash.

The majority of RINO Representatives caved and advanced the bill, falling for Democrat tricks yet again with only 18 having the guts to vote no. See vote below:

As seen above, 43 GOP Reps voted with the radical left and six Republicans were present but chose not to vote on the motion at all which includes Ben Davis (6A), Elliott Engen (36A), Danny Nadeau (34A), Duane Quam (24A), Drew Roach (58B), and Mike Weiner (5B). Since none of these legislators should have any kind of personal conflict of interest with the legislation, they could have easily voted no to prevent the Democrats from advancing their leftist agenda. By not voting, these legislators ensured Democrats had a majority of legislators voting. Of course, these GOP legislators would likely argue that they did not have enough information to vote on the bill since the vote was unplanned and sprung upon them. With Engen seeking statewide office (State Auditor) and is seeking the MNGOP endorsement, he is proving that he will sit idly by as Democrats pull hypocritical stunts.

The GOP got played by Democrats yet again even with Republicans controlling the gavel. Demuth and GOP leadership gets fooled while Democrats continue to get everything they want. To make matters worse for Republicans, Democrat Cedrick Frazier was absent so if the GOP stood strong and voted no, the bill would not have advanced!

If the GOP wanted to be serious with negotiations with the bad faith Democrats, they could've argued that they will not advance any Democrat bill until they advance the Inspector General bill. Or, even better yet, the GOP will not advance any Democrat bill until the entire surplus is returned to Minnesota taxpayers!

The Establishment can stop wondering why grassroots conservatives are fed up with RINO politicians because the reason why was on full display in the House floor session. Democrats obstruct GOP bills while the GOP advances the Democrat bills. Conservatives know that they’ve been getting the short end of the stick for a long time and know Action 4 Liberty will continue to be their premier resource. A4L will continue exposing MN corruption and will never waiver in our mission to protect liberty for the next generation.

Once politicians feel entitled to stay in power, you know they’ve been in political office for too long. Career politicians like Tom Emmer (CD6) have made a living off of serving the interests of the Establishment while giving just enough lip-service to their districts and their party’s base to continue to get re-elected. Eventually, the grassroots becomes fed up with the bad votes, double-speak, and crony behavior of swampy politicians and Tom Emmer is no different.

The SD31 BPOU held their convention on Saturday, Feb. 21st, and this legislative district sits in Congressional District 6. Beyond the regular business the party unit had to conduct, it is typical for candidates to show up and make their case to delegates. Tom Emmer appeared at the convention to pretend to show interest in his constituents’ concerns while his cronies tried to block his opponent, Mike Foley, from being allowed to speak or even be present at the convention.

Mike Foley is a Marine and Iraq War veteran who is running for the CD6 GOP endorsement. One of the focuses of his campaign has been Tom Emmer’s unwillingness to engage with constituents which Foley evidences by stating that he has tried for a year concerning an issue related to stolen valor claims against Republican Congressman Cory Mills (FL-7). 

Foley politely confronted Emmer at the SD31 convention, shook his hand, Foley told him “You’re a hard person to get a hold of” and Emmer snapped back. Rather than having a friendly conversation with Foley, Emmer ran off after giving an insincere ‘thank you for your service’. See the video below:

Been trying to speak with @GOPMajorityWhip for over a year. He finally showed his face in Minnesota and lasted 20 seconds before running away. This is what Emmer's representation looks like in the 6th District. pic.twitter.com/HPWOAlZsgv

— Mike Foley For Congress (@MikeFoley4REAL) February 21, 2026

Emmer is a shape-shifting politician that now occupies the GOP Whip position (3rd most powerful while GOP has control) and is tasked with demanding other Representatives vote however their special interests want. Emmer is not whipping votes to cut federal spending, eliminate bureaucracy, slash regulations, or protect our Constitutional liberties; He’s been whipping votes for bills that add to our national debt, send billions upon billions of our tax dollars overseas, hide unconstitutional laws in massive omnibus bills, protect Epstein co-conspirators, and much more.

Tom Emmer pretends to be an America First conservative despite President Trump trashing him as a “Globalist RINO” in his 2023 Speaker bid (a Truth Social post that has never been deleted). This effectively ended Emmer’s Speakership chances so this time around he has attempted to be as loyal of a lapdog as possible in hopes for another chance at the Speakership or other higher office. While Trump tries to put lipstick on a pig by selling pork-filled omnibus bills, Republican members of Congress have not delivered on a majority of issues they were elected on and Emmer is maintaining the status quo by not demanding the passage of hundreds of single issue bills that are pro-liberty, government-shrinking, and tax-cutting. 

As seen in previous A4L reporting, Emmer previously teamed up with Keith Ellison to send U.S. money to Somalia and did nothing to stop the mass Somali influx into CD6 while Obama was in charge. He and Ellison co-chaired the Congressional Somali Caucus in order to represent Somali interests in DC while also Emmer was teaming with Amy Klobuchar to give Somalia welfare. Emmer had a press release published about this Caucus but DELETED it after it became viral following Nick Shirley’s exposure of MN Somali fraud. The press release can still be viewed using internet archive websites. Emmer even scolded conservative constituents concerned with mass Somali migration into their communities and argued Somalis were some of the fastest integrating cultures in the world. President Trump trolled Emmer about this by saying in a speech “He’s a big fan of Somalia” and he also re-truthed Laura Loomer showing Emmer was a lobbyist working to destroy the Electoral College and install a national popular vote. Tom Emmer was even labelled “the worst of all of them” by Charlie Kirk during Emmer's Speaker bid.

Flip-flopping Tom Emmer goes with the wind and the constituents of his red district are getting fed up. Emmer has faced Republican opposition in each of his primary elections for Congress and 2026 will be no different. Another expectation to have is a rigged endorsing convention. As known by conservatives like Chris Corey, A.J. Kern, and others, the RINOs will rig the convention every which way to block you from even competing from the CD6 GOP endorsement. 

A4L founder Jake Duesenberg interviewed Foley on Monday, Feb. 23rd about his interaction with Tom Emmer and the lead-up. Foley discussed how he was not allowed to speak in front of the SD31 convention and why he will not abide by the endorsement controlled by paid Tom Emmer staffer Bobby Benson. See interview below:

Foley’s confrontation with Emmer has gone viral on Facebook and he has drawn a ton of new attention to his campaign. He may struggle to win hardcore conservatives due to his overt defense of the Somali community, as he was critical of Emmer for turning his back on them. Foley also has been critical of ICE and called it federal overreach, which puts him in a minority among GOP primary voters. People can learn more about him and his positions on his campaign website.

2024 GOP primary candidate, professional golf caddy Chris Corey, tells A4L that he is also exploring another run against Emmer. As seen in previous A4L reporting, Corey was blocked from seeking the party endorsement despite following every rule in place. He argues that CD6 deserves representation that adheres to the Constitution and has a strong conservative voting record. Corey out-performed primary challengers to GOP incumbents in CD1 and CD8 with a limited campaign and says that if he runs again, he will run a stronger and more fierce campaign than the one previous.

Pressure is mounting against Establishment RINOs because grassroots conservatives have raised their standards. Tom Emmer has major conservative opposition in his district because he has failed to represent their interests. Action 4 Liberty will continue exposing Minnesota’s political corruption and will be Patriots’ cutting-edge source in doing so.

The Senate District 10 GOP endorsing convention has been a long time coming with tensions boiling over between the Establishment and the Grassroots. The convention took place on Saturday, Feb. 21st, and featured three legislative endorsement contests. Most notably, the grassroots endorsed a conservative to replace RINO Ron Kresha in the House after he announced his retirement due to A4L exposure of his alleged PPP loan fraud. 

As seen in previous A4L reporting, bad faith Establishment RINOs were attempting to block an endorsing convention from happening at all. Aitkin County RINOs Dale Lueck and Jennifer Cummings were being uncooperative in selecting a convention date and lied to obfuscate the truth while 6 out of 7 other BPOUs were in total agreement. The majority of the MNGOP State Executive Committee failed to initially schedule the convention but did so following A4L and Grassroots pressure.

Sen. Nathan Wesenberg (SD10) and Rep. Isaac Schultz (10B) each ran unopposed in their respective races and were endorsed by the delegate body. While Sen. Wesenberg has upset the RINO Establishment by holding firm to conservative principles in the legislature, the constituents of his district made it clear that they stood by his side. After battling through a rigged endorsing convention and competitive primary in 2022, the support for Wesenberg has become insurmountable for the Establishment. Attendees tell A4L that Sen. Michael Kruen (SD32) was fair as the convention’s Chair, which is much more than can be said of RINO Tony Albright or RINO Justin Krych.

For the 10A race, three candidates competed for the endorsement: former Dept. of Agriculture county director Bernie Penner, former police chief Brian Lindquist, and healthcare businessman Mark Striemer. As seen in previous A4L reporting, RINO Ron Kresha failed to win a delegate position within his own precinct at the caucus! Local conservatives did not want Kresha in office or even influencing who would be his successor. Sources tell A4L that Kresha and the Establishment’s preferred and recruited candidate was Brian Lindquist. However, Lindquist could not count on Kresha because he no-showed the SD10 endorsing convention!

Five rounds of voting took place in the 10A race and grassroots Republican Mark Striemer led each ballot. Following the 2nd round results, Bernie Penner, another conservative candidate, was eliminated which left the race down to Lindquist and Striemer. Striemer won over delegates as a new candidate with his pro-life, anti-woke, and Constitutionalist agenda. On the final ballot, Striemer won 66% of the vote, passing the 60% requirement for the endorsement, while Lindquist had just 27% and the “no endorsement” option had an additional 7% of the vote. Sources tell A4L that Lindquist left the convention after losing and did not endorse Striemer.

Each candidate signed a pledge to abide by the party endorsement and Bernie Penner has posted on social media that he will live up to his word and has ended his candidacy. Brian Lindquist has not publicly announced on his campaign social media or elsewhere he will end his campaign or endorse Mark Striemer, making many conservatives question if he will betray his endorsement pledge. If lying to Republican delegates is the first impression 10A voters have of Brian Lindquist, he may be in for another trouncing in the primary election.

A4L congratulates grassroots conservatives in SD10 for remaining active in the political process, fighting the corrupt Establishment, and unifying behind a conservative candidate to replace RINO Ron Kresha. The conservative delegation that Sen. Nathan Wesenberg has cultivated replaces decades of RINO politician control. A4L encourages all Patriots to be involved locally and to support candidates that will advance the liberty agenda. A4L will remain the cutting-edge, liberty-based reporting that Minnesotans cannot get anywhere else. 

Minnesotans have the opportunity at local conventions to endorse candidates for State Representative and State Senator. Many of these conventions are quickly approaching, with some happening this Saturday (2/21/26). In the case of the SD57 GOP (Lakeville, Credit River, Elko New Market area), they are protecting their RINO incumbent by falsely claiming he holds the GOP endorsement ahead of the convention.

The SD57 GOP website was updated to include rules and other documentation in relation to their quickly upcoming BPOU/endorsing convention but the endorsements are from the previous cycle. As seen on the SD57 GOP website as of 2/19/26, they claim that RINO career politician Jon Koznick is endorsed. See below:

Koznick has seemingly not met with the Nominations Committee yet and is contested for the 57A State Representative endorsement by Grassroots conservative Rick Stidger. It is a violation of MNGOP bylaws to support a candidate pre-endorsement and it is even a violation of state statute for a candidate to falsely claim a party endorsement as seen in MN Statute 211B.02.

The 57A delegates are the only individuals who can decide who is and isn’t endorsed. The SD57 leadership listing this on their website stabs those delegates in the back by showing favor to a RINO incumbent. The delegates have every Right to elect conservative outsider Rick Stidger over a RINO career politician who has spent over a decade of his life voting for unconstitutional omnibus bills (as seen in A4L Scorecards).

In 2024, the SD57 GOP faked an endorsing convention to pretend Koznick was endorsed ahead of the real convention. As seen in previous A4L reporting, the fake convention was celebrated by the Establishment-controlled HRCC despite competition and delegates being shut out from the process. 

Republican delegates in SD57 do not have to automatically award RINO Jon Koznick with the GOP endorsement. Just last year, Koznick voted for all kinds of liberal garbage like voting to spend $2M for a DEI center for the MN Dept. of Education. Koznick appears to have lost touch with the grassroots conservatives who put him in office and he could pay the cost of those votes at Saturday’s convention.

Action 4 Liberty will continue to advocate for honest, fair, and truthful political actions. The SD57 GOP must IMMEDIATELY remove the false Koznick endorsement to allow their delegation to decide for themselves. A4L will remain the cutting-edge, liberty-based reporting that MN Patriots rely on. A4L will never waiver in our mission to protect liberty for the next generation.  

The 2026 MN legislative session gaveled in today, Tuesday Feb. 17th, at noon in both the House and Senate. Instead of serving legislative purposes, the opening day of session centered around the remembrance of Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their dog and the near loss of life of Senator John Hoffman, his wife, and his daughter.

The tragic shootings of Hortman, Hoffman, and their families immediately garnered national attention. The shocking nature of this event shook MN’s political landscape to its core and everyone wanted the shooter to be found and be held responsible by our Judicial system.

The shooter was identified as Vance Boelter and little was known about him beyond videos surfaced of sermons he gave in Africa and his appointment to the Workforce Development Board by Tim Walz in 2019. Emily Gruenhagen, wife of Sen. Glenn Gruenhagen, posted on social media that Boelter had never been involved locally in their local Sibley County GOP and that he was not a participant in their BPOU. Boelter allegedly wrote a letter to the FBI claiming that Walz set him up to commit these assassinations. No evidence has been shown publicly to corroborate this insane conspiracy. A4L has remained level-headed and rejected nonsense theories. 

Toward the beginning of the opening day session, Speaker Lisa Demuth gave the oath of office and accepted the election certificates of three Democrats elected in special elections: Shelley Buck (47A), Meg Luger-Nikolai (64A), and XP Lee (34A). This would normally be an uncontroversial, standard practice but as seen in previous A4L reporting, XP Lee posted the code “8647” multiple times and that code has been linked to support for assassinating Trump. Demuth could’ve rejected his election certificate based on these comments, making him ineligible and since he could not vote on his own eligibility, the GOP would have a 67-66 vote advantage. Lee made these posts after James Comey was confronted and apologized for posting the same exact thing. One would think that a refugee replacing a politician who was just assassinated (Melissa Hortman) would be more appreciative of the nation and would not seek violence against elected leaders.

No legislative action was taken in either chamber beyond first introductions of bills. Senator John Hoffman was able to speak on the floor and expressed his gratitude for all of the members’ kindness while he recovered. The prayer for the Senate chamber mentioned Renee Good alongside mentioning the Hoffman/Hortman family shootings, which is quite insulting for Hoffman and Hortman considering they were innocently in their homes during these tragedies while Renee Good was out looking for problems and hitting federal law enforcement with her vehicle.

In what seemed incredibly out of place, Indian tribe flags were paraded into the House toward the beginning of Hortman's remembrance. Speeches were given in the House, with Senators present, by Tim Walz, Dem Senate Leader Erin Murphy, Speaker Lisa Demuth, and Dem House Leader Zack Stephenson. Much of the sentiment expressed was kept focused on the remembrance of her life and were perfectly fitting. Surprisingly, Tim Walz did not grandstand or turn the speech into a leftist, anti-gun lecture. Stephenson and Murphy did lean more into the politics of the situation by arguing that legislators should concede to Hortman’s political positions because of this tragedy. The tragedies of these shootings should not be weaponized by Democrats to serve political ends. 

Hortman was clearly effective as a politician but her efforts were typically directed at causes that reduced liberty, expanded the government, and allowed corruption to fester. While Demuth did nothing but praise Hortman in her speech, Minnesotans remember Hortman steamrolling Demuth and the GOP on the final day of the 2024 session passing unconstitutional omnibus bills. 

Action 4 Liberty understands the magnitude of today’s events and the tragic assassinations. Recognizing the actual legislative record of Hortman does not excuse the evil shootings committed by lunatic Vance Boelter.

Minnesotans are hoping that legislators can rise to the occasion and use this moment to understand how precious life and liberty are. Instead of pushing unconstitutional omnibus bills and giving our state more debt, legislators should prioritize the values of life and liberty this session. If the legislators began to serve the interest of We The People, Minnesota will finally start heading in the right direction.

A4L will continue providing Minnesotans with in-depth reporting that they cannot get anywhere else. We will keep Patriots updated as the 2026 legislative session continues to unfold.

The 2026 MN legislature kicked off today (Tuesday, Feb. 17th) at noon.

In 2025, the MN Legislature passed a $700M Debt (bonding) Bill (HF18) that funded pet projects across the state to benefit incumbent legislators. Bonding Bills are a tool for politicians to spend more than the government has collected in taxes by putting our state in debt. While Minnesota taxpayers have to live within their means, the MN state government has never seen a dollar that they don’t want to spend.

Instead of leading the charge against big government spending, House Speaker Lisa Demuth is advocating for ANOTHER Debt Bill!

Empty Suit Lisa Demuth discussed a 2026 bonding bill in a recent press conference and argued that there are more projects that need funding. She even bragged about the $700M Debt Bill passed last session but said some projects were left out. While Demuth says she will make no promises on another bill passing, she clearly has no issue with giving our state more debt.

As seen in the February 2025 MMB Budget and Economic Forecast, the legislature spent the MAXIMUM amount that they could put our state in debt! If they were allowed to do a billion dollars of debt, they probably would’ve done it! See below:

Lisa Demuth states in the press conference that the MN government “doesn’t have money right now and that is a choice that was made over time” however she leaves out that SHE was the one who made the choice to waste away our tax dollars! In the 2025 legislative session, Lisa Demuth voted for every single bill that was signed into law by Tim Walz and led the passage of the 2nd LARGEST budget in MN history (that was negotiated behind closed doors) As seen in the 2025 A4L Scorecard, Demuth voted for every single omnibus bill funding all of the fraud, corruption, and leftist agendas last year. Conservatives know they are not well-represented in the state legislature because only 10 GOP Senators and 15 GOP Reps opposed the Debt Bill in 2025.

As seen in previous A4L reporting, politicians and the media are lying by claiming there is a deficit when there is actually a $6.2B surplus! Also seen in previous A4L reporting, Uniparty legislators even took a taxpayer funded bus to celebrate the massive $700M debt where RINOs like Mary Franson (12B) and Carla Nelson (SD24) showed just how out of touch they are with grassroots conservatives.

A bonding bill requires 60% support from both the House and Senate which means that Republicans can BLOCK the big government debt! Recent A4L reporting showed how several RINO Senators have already punted the ball on fiscal responsibility and want to make sure their chosen pet projects are funded in another Debt Bill.

With Lisa Demuth running for Governor, all eyes will be on her during this legislative session. Conservatives are sick of the out of control spending and Lisa Demuth holds a lot of blame on that topic. The bonding bill will likely be the biggest ticket item for the 2026 legislative session and Republican voters will not want to see Lisa Demuth spending recklessly as she has done throughout her term as Speaker.

Action 4 Liberty will continue to champion conservative principles and will never waiver in our mission to protect liberty for the next generation. Another Debt Bill would stab conservatives in the back and Lisa Demuth has the power to prevent fiscal irresponsibility. A4L will provide Patriots with the latest.