Republicans in Senate District 5 have rejected career politician Paul Utke for the second time in a row and selected conservative Rep. Mike Wiener to take the seat in a landslide victory.

SD5 Republicans met on Saturday, March 21st and Wiener was endorsed with 80% of the vote from local GOP delegates. Results calculated to a sweeping 118-30 vote for Wiener. Attendees tell A4L that grassroots dissatisfaction was found throughout the district and that more voters saw their values represented in Wiener’s legislative track record versus Utke’s big government legislative record.

As seen in the 2025 A4L Scorecard, RINO Paul Utke has a pathetic, FAILING lifetime score of 45% while Mike Wiener has an imperfect, but much better lifetime score of 72%.

Utke’s underwhelming speech focused on his legislative experience and Wiener followed up arguing that it is the legislative experience of career politicians that has failed our state and burdened taxpayers with massive fraud. Mike Wiener’s speech for his insurgent candidacy can be seen below:

As mentioned previously, Utke lost the 2022 GOP SD5 endorsement as well. In that instance, conservative Bret Bussman was endorsed in his place. Utke was able to win the primary thanks to his connections with big money donors and corrupt MNGOP Chair David Hann ridiculously cutting off data access from Bussman and other endorsed GOP candidates. Since then, Bussman has remained in the fight by being elected CD7 GOP Chair until he was unjustly removed, to which he refused to concede.

Mike Wiener chose to oppose the Establishment and provide a conservative alternative to another four years of status quo Paul Utke. Grassroots conservatives know new blood is needed and Wiener’s endorsement solidifies this in SD5. Wiener will likely anticipate a primary challenge from Utke and must defeat him among the broader GOP electorate to ensure victory.

Utke is as Establishment as they come. As seen in recent A4L reporting, Utke is even in support of giving more debt for Minnesota taxpayers by funding politicians' pet projects!

The SD5 GOP convention also featured a contest for the SD5 co-director position on the CD7 Executive Committee. In this race, four candidates ran including RINO Fischbach puppet Craig Bishop appointed Jerry Hasse. The race allows two candidates to win and Hasse was unable to secure either of the top two spots with conservative candidate Jason Bach and Vicky Thompson receiving more votes.

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The SD15 GOP endorsing convention is taking place on Saturday, March 21st and will notably hold the endorsement for the DEEP RED Senate district 15 seat with Sen. Gary Dahms retiring. This contest features three candidates: President Trump-pardoned J6 defendant Brian Mock, power-hungry RINO Tiffany Lie-Master Knott, and Braxton Seifert, the son of a career politician Marty Seifert. 

Right ahead of the SD15 GOP endorsing convention, the ironic announcement of Tiffany Liemaster Knott’s ousting from the State Township board of directors due to litigation conflict was publicized. See email below:

As seen above, Liemaster Knott was accused of acting inappropriately by the Minnesota Association of Townships in regards to litigation conflict and her non-disclosure/non-transparency of communication with a lawsuit against their association. As a board member, she is supposed to place the interests of the townships above her own.

The reason Liemaster-Knott’s removal is so ironic is with the perspective that she and other RINO Michelle Fischbach cronies illegitimately removed conservative Bret Bussman as CD7 Chair after he was duly elected by the delegates many months earlier. In Bret’s place, the RINOs installed Tiffany Liemaster-Knott as CD7 GOP Chair. This ripple continues to divide grassroots conservatives and Establishment RINOs in the area.

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It is not only the radical left that supports woke laws to socially engineer society, the RINOs are in on it too! While foster homes save children from unfortunate living circumstances and provide stability to the child’s life, the legislature is seeking to add an element of nonsense and instability. RINO Jim Abeler (SD35) is a Senate co-author for SF3154 / HF3024 which mandates that operators of foster homes must affirm and support a child’s sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. See Abeler signed on below:

The bill is dubbed a “Bill of Rights” for foster youth and covers several areas of law. Average Minnesotans of course want to ensure that children in foster homes are given a suitable standard of living. Some provisions of the bill serve the purpose of preventing abuse, neglect, and other forms of failed guardianship. Besides noncontroversial measures in the bill, the chief concern among conservatives is mandating foster homes affirm cases of transgender mental illness. See the main section of the bill dealing with this issue below:

This is not the first time RINO Jim Abeler has supported woke transgenderism in public policy. In 2023, Abeler voted alongside Democrats and RINOs for HF197, the so-called “Equal Rights Amendment”, which supports biological males entering female locker rooms, restrooms, sports, and other spaces. Abeler voted to add the woke amendment to Minnesota’s State Constitution even after Democrats knowingly excluded religious liberty from the legislation. See vote below:

It is bad enough to confuse children with nonsensical pronouns but demanding foster homes support children transitioning from their gender is abusive. Legislation that supporters argue is intended to prevent child abuse is actually mandating child abuse. Children deserve fully-intact bodies and should not be pressured into doing surgeries, operations, or drugs designed to alter their natural being since they cannot consent to such actions.

This bill proves that liberals would rather kids have nowhere to go than a foster home operated by conservatives.

As seen in A4L Scorecards, Jim Abeler is constantly caving to the Left and backstabbing conservatives. Abeler pretends Democrats are good faith actors while they screw over the entire state.

As heard from the testimony against this bill in the House Children and Families Committee from True North Legal’s Renee Carlson, similar laws passed in Massachusetts and Virginia were struck down in court and the states had to remove these mandates. RINO Committee co-chair Nolan West (32A) argued he didn’t want the law to be struck down in court and wanted to keep as much of the bill as possible, with him even saying that not everything needs to be removed from the woke transgender section! 

Rep. Joe McDonald (29A) expressed concern with another section of the bill that allows foster children to refuse to participate in church services. McDonald’s concern was based on unruly children being very uncooperative. Democrats are happy to place burdens onto foster parents that limit their ability to practice religion so Democrats are unwilling to change the bill language. The full debate of the bill in the House committee meeting can be seen here.

The bill was laid on the table in the House Committee and A4L will continue to track it throughout the legislative session. The GOP controls the House and can BLOCK the bill’s passage until the woke transgender sections and anti-religious liberty sections are deleted. If Republicans pass the legislation as is, they are backstabbing the conservative base that elected them. RINO Jim Abeler’s support for this radical bill has been exposed. Patriots interested in contacting Abeler with their opinions can do so using the phone number and email seen below:

Phone Number: 651-296-3733

Email: [email protected]

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The Uniparty continues to find new ways to limit the personal and financial freedoms of MN citizens and they have now targeted crypto-currencies. While the value of the dollar continues to be depleted by inflation, MN legislators are pushing a ridiculous bill that makes crypto kiosks illegal (HF3642). What's next: Banning ATMs, gift cards, or any other item a scammer might use?

The use of crypto-currencies continues to grow with the expanding use of technology and the government’s fiscal irresponsibility. While some Americans prefer to use physical assets like silver and gold for the protection of their wealth, others have expanded into virtual assets with crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, and tens of thousands of others.

Currently, Minnesotans are able to access their digital wallets and buy/sell crypto-currencies at kiosks found in various businesses like grocery stores and gas stations. Legislators argue the bill needs to be enacted because individuals, typically the elderly, are getting scammed with phone calls and are using the kiosks to have their money stolen. Scammers will always find a new scheme and Minnesota citizens should not be punished for the actions of foreign scam call centers. See an example of a crypto kiosk below:

HF3642 is moving through the legislature and was debated on Wednesday, March 18th in the House Commerce Finance and Policy committee. During the bill’s “debate”, there was no concern expressed by any committee member for eliminating opportunities for Minnesotans to convert their dollars into crypto-currency.

The bill was introduced by its chief author, Democrat Erin Koegel (39A), and received praise from lunatic Democrat “Leigh” Finke (66A) and Republicans like the committee’s co-chair Tim O’Driscoll, who even made sure to note his total agreement with Finke's committee speech on the legislation and their shared appreciation of its bipartisanship. The bill and its Senate companion (SF3868) only had Democrat authors upon its introduction but GOP Sen. Karin Housley (SD33) and GOP Reps Bernie Perryman (14A) and Paul Novotny (30B) have been added as authors since.

The anti-crypto freedom bill then passed the House Commerce committee UNANIMOUSLY and is headed to the House floor. The following House Republicans joined Democrats in passing the anti-crypto freedom bill: Tim O’Driscoll (13B), Bernie Perryman (14A), Keith Allen (19A), Greg Davids (26B), Jeff Dotseth (11A), Josh Heintzeman (6B), Ron Kresha (10A), Max Rymer (28B), Scott Van Binsbergen (16A), and Nolan West (32A). The debate and vote for this bill can be viewed here.

The bill must be passed in both chambers and signed by Walz in order to become law. You can find and contact your legislator here to let them know exactly what you think of HF3642.

Several other states are passing or have already passed similar anti-crypto freedom legislation. Action 4 Liberty will continue providing Patriots with liberty-based reporting that cannot be found anywhere else. A4L will never waiver in our mission to protect liberty for the next generation.

RINOs always betray conservatives under the guise of bipartisanship while Democrats run roughshod over our state. Minnesota’s government is a national embarrassment thanks to the policies and spending done by Democrats and spineless Republicans. Instead of taking the fight to the radical left, Sen. Julia Coleman (SD58) is hobnobbing with them and selling them as reasonable!

Coleman joined radical Democrat Sen. Steve Cwodzinski (SD59) for free food to celebrate the status quo of the Uniparty’s bloated government. See below:

Restaurant Sweeney’s Saloon is offering a promotion where politicians who eat with the other party get their food and beer for free. It is no surprise that Coleman joined Cwodzinski for a free lunch considering she voted alongside him and every other Democrat to give away “free” breakfasts and lunches at schools! The program in that bill (HF5) was extremely over-budget, expanded government, and unnecessary for the vast majority of students. 

Grassroots conservatives have no common ground with Democrat career politicians and know exactly what is going on when their Republican legislators are telling them otherwise. Bipartisanship is only good when it is advancing the goals of shrinking government and expanding liberty. In the case with Julia Coleman, bipartisanship to her leads to unconstitutional gun control and caving to the left.

It is not bipartisanship if Democrats get everything they want and conservatives get nothing they want. As seen in recent A4L Scorecards, almost every time Coleman and Cwodzinski are voting the same on a critical piece of legislation, they are voting to grow government and/or diminish liberty! Coleman happily votes with Democrats for debt-ridden bonding bills (HF669), woke transgender Constitutional amendments (SF37 and HF197), rewarding the leftist education system with budget increases (HF4518), ridiculously banning racial hair discrimination (HF37), and imprisoning Minnesotans who make AI memes of politicians (HF1370).

The votes Coleman takes are bad enough but we must also consider the votes that she skips! Notably, the transgender sanctuary bill (HF146) was up for debate in the Senate and Coleman did not vote on a single one of the amendments for the bill. She ultimately voted against the bill's final passage after Minnesotans called her out online for not voting. If Coleman and the other skipping RINOs showed up, one of the bill amendments would've passed and the bill would've been stalled and forced to return to the House. Since Coleman was not there, she guaranteed the floor passage of a bill that makes MN a sanctuary for the mutilation of children.

Democrat politicians are destroying Minnesota and Julia Coleman wants you to be friends with them. RINOs like Julia Coleman live in a totally different head-space than regular grassroots conservatives. Action 4 Liberty will continue being a principled force for liberty and will continue providing Patriots with reporting that they cannot get anywhere else.

Minnesota’s out of control fraud problem has been exposed and now politicians must root it out of the government. Some government programs such as the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) are beyond repair, as we have seen our tax dollars fund shell daycare operations, often run by Somali migrants.

Some in the legislature have had enough of the fraud and are taking action!

In the House, Rep. Drew Roach (58B) introduced HF4336 as the chief author which would defund and eliminate the fraud-ridden CCAP program. As seen in previous A4L reporting, Sen. Nathan Wesenberg (SD10) introduced this bill in the Senate as the chief author. The Senate version, SF4421, became publicly available on Friday, March 13th and the House version, HF4336, became publicly available on Monday, March 16th.

The House and Senate bills have identical language and are the guaranteed way to eliminate child care fraud in Minnesota. A4L has been exposing CCAP fraud with reporting back to 2019 and 2020 but RINO politicians have continued funding the fraud-ridden program alongside radical Democrats.

Rep. Roach is joined in the House with the following co-authors on the bill: Reps Ben Davis (6A), Max Rymer (28B), and Isaac Schultz (10B). As seen in previous A4L reporting, Sen. Wesenberg also has three co-authors on the bill in the Senate. The maximum number of bill authors, including the chief author, is five in the Senate and 35 in the House. Conservatives can find and contact their legislators to ask why they have not signed onto this bill.

The bill will go to the Children & Families House Committee where legislators must fight to defund fraud or be exposed for protecting fraud. With GOP control of the House, it would be a failure of Lisa Demuth if she cannot get the GOP caucus to pass this bill.

Action 4 Liberty will continue leading the MN conservative movement with liberty-based reporting that you can’t get anywhere else. The Democrats and RINOs must be put to the test on fraud and the Sen. Wesenberg/Rep. Roach legislation is the best way to do so.

There are an estimated 20 million semi-automatic weapons in our country. There are an estimated 717 million firearm magazines that hold ten rounds of ammunition or larger in the U.S.

Banning semi-automatic weapons and large capacity magazines is unconstitutional and turns law abiding citizens into criminals. This far left policy has been gaining ground among Democrats and it is now advancing through the state legislature.

SF3655 is an unconstitutional, anti-gun piece of legislation that would send Minnesotans to prison for owning a semi-automatic firearm or a magazine that holds more than ten rounds. This bill appeared in front of the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee on Friday, March 13th and was advanced to the Senate Finance Committee by a party line vote.

Another bill, SF3836, makes certain data of firearm permit holders available publicly. This is a violation of Minnesotans’ 2nd and 4th Amendment Rights yet Democrats advanced the bill to the Senate floor in a party line vote. Part 1 of the committee meeting can be seen here and Part 2 can be seen here.

Several other gun control bills also appeared before the committee. Swing district Democrat Judy Seeberger (SD41) sits on the Judiciary Committee and votes like every other deranged leftist Democrat on the committee for any vote of substance. Despite pretending to be a blue-dog moderate, Judy Seeberger has done the bidding of the big government, leftist Establishment her entire political career and voted with Democrats on all gun control bills in Friday’s committee meeting.

By voting for radical gun control, Seeberger is voting to illegitimately turn some of her law-abiding constituents into criminals. Seeberger is constantly supporting far-left policies in a district that she won by just 321 votes in 2022. Now that she is up for reelection, Seeberger’s fake moderate image is a tougher sell. See 2022 election results below:

Seeberger endorsed radical Socialist Omar Fateh for Minneapolis Mayor, voted to allow transgender mutilation for kids of any age, passed a bill that protected pedophiles in the MN Human Rights Act, and voted in lockstep with Democrats on fraud-ridden spending and far-left policies. 

Judy Seeberger is no moderate. She is a gun-grabbing leftist tyrant and her latest actions on gun control prove that thoroughly. 

Republican Tom Dippel is now the State Representative for district 41B and is running against Seeberger in a rematch for the Senate seat this year. Voters can compare their voting records and scores in the 2025 A4L Scorecard. RINO Tony Jurgens backstabbed the GOP and endorsed Democrat Judy Seeberger in 2022, which has given the Democrats a one vote majority.

Action 4 Liberty will continue defending our Constitutional Rights and will be unwavering in our mission to protect liberty for the next generation. A4L will remain the cutting-edge, liberty-based reporting that Patriots cannot get anywhere else.

The only way to eliminate Minnesota’s multi-billion dollar fraud scheme is to drastically shrink the size of government, eliminate pork-barrel omnibus bills, and abolish/defund the fraud-ridden programs. The Uniparty is always looking to grow government and will only offer symbolic measures in opposing fraud. In contrast, Sen. Nathan Wesenberg (SD10) is striking at the heart of the issue by introducing a bill (SF4421) that abolishes and defunds the fraud-ridden Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP).

Independent journalist Nick Shirley shocked the world when he exposed that Minnesota was funneling billions of dollars into fake and fraudulent daycares, often run by Somali migrants. The outright deception seemed apparent with taxpayer funded institutions like the “Quality Learing Center” being incapable of properly spelling the word “Learning” in their signage. See below:

Childcare fraud is nothing new in Minnesota. Action 4 Liberty has been fighting this scam for eight years! A4L even created a petition to defund the CCAP childcare program seven years ago! As seen in A4L reporting from 2019 and 2020, we’ve been exposing how CCAP funds have been funneled to Somalia for years! A4L demanded that the GOP defund the program each legislative session but Republican leadership has failed to deliver.

CCAP spending has continued to increase in recent years and has led to uncontrollable fraud. See spending graph from the 2024 House Research report on the CCAP program below:

Rather than cut around the edges, Sen. Wesenberg wants to trash the program so Minnesota can start fresh! Wesenberg seems to understand that Minnesota’s fraud problem requires drastic action and fraud-ridden programs cannot be salvaged, they must be eliminated.

Wesenberg introduced the bill (SF4421) on Thursday, March 12th and it received its first reading. The bill now goes to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. Committee member RINO Senator Jim Abeler (SD35) has the opportunity to redeem himself on this issue after A4L previously had to inform his constituents of the fraudulent program he supported funding. See below:

Sen. Wesenberg is joined on the bills by Senate co-authors Cal Bahr (SD31), Steve Drazkowski (SD20), and Eric Lucero (SD31). A4L is told by sources at the Capitol that a bill to eliminate CCAP will be introduced in the State House on Monday, March 16th.

Action 4 Liberty will continue demanding our government shrink down to serving its core, Constitutional functions. Minnesota does not have time to cut the fraud one penny at a time, fraudulent programs must be eliminated and taxpayers must be able to keep more of their hard-earned money. A4L will never waiver in our mission to protect liberty for the next generation will continue providing Patriots with liberty-based reporting that they cannot get anywhere else.

Artificial intelligence is an emerging technology that incompetent politicians are too inept to navigate. The mass use of AI in the form of photos, videos, and audio has transformed the technological era we live in and the government is desperate to keep up with regulations. Unfortunately, those regulations may end up limiting the free speech of Minnesotans rather than having massive tech companies be held accountable for their products.

GOP Senator Eric Lucero (SD30) announced that he is teaming up with far-left Democrat Erin Maye Quade (SD56) on a series of AI regulation bills. Of course, it is perfectly reasonable to partner with a Democrat on issues like civil liberties if there is political overlap but it appears Lucero has gone beyond that point with several AI regulatory bills.

Lucero’s rhetoric in his partnership with radical Socialist Erin Maye Quade has been concerning to conservatives. In the Senate Judiciary Committee, he argued that they both absolutely support law enforcement, they’re both pro-business, and they both want to “improve quality of life across the board”. By making personal praises of Maye Quade as opposed to confining his praise to only the legislation, Lucero shows MN voters that he is not a very genuine actor in the legislature. The full committee meeting can be seen here.

One of the bills Lucero and Maye Quade are partnering on is a good, pro-4th Amendment (Right to no unreasonable searches and seizures) bill. This bill, SF1120, prohibits the government from using AI for reverse-location info. In essence, police agencies want to have the authority to capture data from all cellphones within a certain geolocation, likely near a crime scene. Of course, the criminal actions of others should not lead to the trampling of your rights. While SF1120 is a useful bill to protect our civil liberties, the bills go downhill from there.

Maye Quade and Lucero are proposing an Amendment to the Minnesota Constitution (SF4114) to declare that AI is not entitled to free speech. Since this provision would be enforced by radical leftist Attorney General Keith Ellison, it could easily be twisted to threaten the free speech of Minnesota citizens. The use of AI can be an expression of free speech and the bill is utterly ridiculous since it is unenforceable. AI does not care or stop just because some politicians added some words to the state Constitution! See bill below:

Lucero is known to be supporting two more AI bills with far left Erin Maye Quade including one to ban businesses from using chat bots posing as humans (SF1886) and another to ban minors from using chat bots (SF1857). While there likely are some examples of deceptive business practices taking place with AI chat bots, a one-size-fits-all regulation on all businesses is not the solution. If an AI chat bot effectively services a customer, why would it matter if the customer thought they were talking to a person?

In regards to the bill banning minors from using chat bots, this is an unenforceable regulation as there is no way for the state to prevent everyone under the age of 18 from using an AI chat bot. It additionally places regulatory burden across the board instead of singling out bad actors in the AI space. Both of these laws can be selectively enforced by Keith Ellison and are a threat to liberty. Interestingly, convicted burglar Nicole Mitchell was removed as a co-author from this bill (and several other AI bills) just one week ago (3/4/26) despite Mitchell having resigned from office in July of last year. See underlined section below:

There are two AI bills that Maye Quade is proposing where it is unclear if Lucero supports them or not. One bill bans health carriers from using AI to decide prior authorization requests (SF3984) and the other is a taxpayer-funded environmental impact study on the effects of AI for an undisclosed amount of money (SF1117). Lucero only singled out two of Maye Quade's AI bills that he does not support as seen in their joint press conference. One of the bills bans businesses from setting prices using AI (SF3098) and the other bans AI in utilization review (SF1856). Lucero is right to steer clear of these regulatory bills but he should have the same skepticism of many of the other previously mentioned bills.

Lucero partnering with Democrats to impose AI laws appears to be following in the footsteps of turncoat state Rep. Walter Hudson (30A). As seen in previous A4L reporting, Hudson partnered with Democrats to pass a bill that criminalizes AI memes of politicians and allows Keith Ellison to send Minnesotans to prison for five years for violating the law. 

Action 4 Liberty will continue to protect our Constitutional Rights. The government will take any opportunity they can to deteriorate our right to free speech and many of the bills being pushed by Maye Quade and Lucero are a threat to that liberty. A4L remains principled and unwavering in our mission to protect liberty for the next generation. 

The Never Again Pledge serves as a litmus test for conservative voters that distinguishes freedom loving Patriots from Establishment RINOs. Covid tyranny enforced by Tim Walz was only possible because he has unilateral Emergency Powers as Governor. A4L has demanded the Governor be stripped of that authority since one person should never be able to impose lockdowns and mandates across our entire state. The only legislation that can get the job done is the Never Again Bill (HF26/SF1191) and candidates can prove their support for it by signing onto the Never Again Pledge.

A4L can now report that businessman and Army veteran Kendall Qualls has officially signed onto the Never Again Pledge.

Kendall Qualls joins GOP Governor candidates Mike Lindell, John Krhin, Phillip Parrish, and Raul Estrada in signing the Never Again Pledge. Qualls signed the Never Again Pledge ahead of the GOP Endorsement Abiding Governor debate on 3/11/26. See below:

Up to this point, Qualls has refused to sign our pledge by arguing he wouldn’t sign any pledge for any organization. However, it appears that Qualls has realized how much this issue matters to conservatives and has corrected course. MN conservatives want prevent future tyranny and the Never Again Bill is the way to get it done.

Kendall Qualls will be benefitted by grassroots conservatives giving his campaign another look. As the race currently sits, Qualls is joined by Mike Lindell and Lisa Demuth as leading candidates who are expected to have a competitive contest for the party endorsement. By signing the Never Again Pledge, Qualls has further differentiated himself from Lisa Demuth.

As seen in recent A4L reporting, Lisa Demuth is campaigning on the Never Again Bill despite the fact that she blocked the bill on the floor and refuses to sign the Never Again Pledge.

Qualls recently announced modular home/building businessman Brian Nicholson as his running mate. Many were surprised to see he selected an outsider businessman as opposed to a career politician since Nicholson lacks in name ID and government experience. This in mind, conservatives are fed up with crooked politicians destroying our state and know new blood is needed. Republicans and Minnesotans have a history of electing outsiders into the highest levels of government and the Qualls/Nicholson ticket appears to be banking on that strategy.

Action 4 Liberty will continue leading the grassroots conservative movement in MN by setting a high bar for politicians to meet. We are unwavering in our principles and commitment in the fight for liberty. A4L will continue providing Patriots with liberty-based reporting that cannot be found anywhere else.