NOTE: Itasca Patriots should attend the next Itasca Commissioner work session on June 18th and the next Commissioner Board Meeting is June 25th. Both are on Tuesday at 2:30 PM at the Itasca Courthouse.

On Tuesday, June 11th, the Itasca County Commissioners met at 2:30PM with four Commissioners present and District 2’s Terry Snyder being absent. Although there were several interesting items on the agenda, almost all attendees were there to discuss the nomination of Antifa Keith lawyer James Austad to Itasca County Attorney. Action 4 Liberty is proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with common sense Americans in Itasca.

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To fully understand the pretext of this story, be sure to read our previous reporting on this.

With only two days' notice of our story breaking, over 30 Patriots attended the event, with many speaking at the microphone directly to the Commissioners. Notably missing from this public job interview was “candidate” James Austad. There was also not a single individual from the public who spoke positively about Austad. Itascans made it clear that they want nothing to do with carpetbagging liberal lawyers in their County Government.

Austad was truthfully attacked for: 

1. Not living in Itasca County
2. Demanding $185K a year 
3. Endorsing Antifa Keith Ellison in 2022 for Attorney General
4. Quitting his job as Lake of the Woods Co. Attorney to work for Ellison
5. Nominated for office illegitimately

While Commissioners decided to table the discussion until their next meeting, Austad saw the writing on the wall and withdrew his nomination for Itasca Attorney! See below:

This is thanks to the grassroots conservatives in Itasca who care deeply about their local government. This was an example of We The People taking back our government. Action 4 Liberty exposed a little known story that led to grassroots conservatives unifying against an Ellison outsider. This is proof that pressuring politicians to do the right thing works! Telling the truth ALWAYS works!

Itasca County Patriots must continue to stay active in the selection of their new county attorney. Several options may be underway so it will be massively important for the grassroots to continue to make their voices clear in this process. The Itasca Commissioners were fair to deal with during the public meeting on Tuesday, June 11th and if they continue to operate in a way that allows citizen input to shape their decisions then Itasca will be a model County for Minnesota.

Congratulations to Itasca County Patriots on this massive WIN and stay vigilant within local government!

For those interested in further reading on what took place during Tuesday's meeting:

All GOP Legislators from Itasca were contacted before the meeting to inform them of Austad's nomination. Despite enormous grassroots energy, Representative Ben Davis was the ONLY Legislator to reply and support the conservatives opposing Austad. Note: Rep. Matt Bliss also contacted the author since the Commissioner meeting showing interest in this fight.

At the beginning of the meeting, Chair Johnson laid out a policy that laid out some rules that were more about etiquette than law. The very first speaker, Itasca GOP Chair Ken Haubrich informed Johnson that his policy was in violation of the First Amendment. There was no mention or enforcement of these rules after that time. 

Commissioner Casey Venema spoke on joining Sheriff Joe Dasovich and local attorney Chad Sterle in interviewing Co. Attorney candidates. Venema stated in the meeting that he could not give the County Attorney candidate scorecards/rubrics out to other Commissioners until the meeting was underway because of open meeting laws. Venema is absolutely correct on that front. With a five member Board, Itasca Commissioners must be careful to not conduct business in a way that is not public. It was wisest to conduct this move in a public fashion.

However, this does not discredit the violation described in our previous article on MN Statute 375.08 which REQUIRES one day notice to Commissioners for appointing candidates and that it must be served personally. This was admittedly not met by Commissioners, which is not to allege bad faith in this procedure but a mistake nonetheless. It should go without saying, a County Attorney should be nominated and selected within the bounds of the law. However, with Austad's withdrawal, this is now irrelevant.

Commissioner Corey Smith took the boldest stance at the meeting, telling the citizens of Itasca that he stood with his constituents and that he is opposed to Austad’s nomination 100%. Smith made sure to note this was not an insult on the interviewing committee, but rather opposition to Austad. Commissioner Burl Ives raised concerns with the salary but also claimed it would cost up to $30K to try to find and recruit a new attorney. This is despite THREE other candidates who also applied for the job! That said, it would likely be easy to find a smart, Constitutionally-driven attorney who would happily take $185K and live in beautiful Itasca County! Now that the nominations may be re-opened, they may choose to require a candidate live in Itasca County.

Chair John Johnson noted that some of the comments about Austad were “political” and the role is to be non-partisan, along with his role of non-partisanship as a Commissioner. However, it is in fact Jim Austad that has used his “non-partisan” title to endorse Antifa Keith Ellison.

While the meeting was run respectfully by Commissioners, it was clear the citizens were not happy. Following the meeting in conversation with Commissioner Venema, he stated that he was not aware of Austad’s endorsement of Ellison in 2022. It appears some of the background research of Austad was not completely done and his deep Democrat ties are coming to the surface. Now that the air has been cleared, it is time for Venema and crew to go back to the drawing board and select an individual who will restore and protect our Constitutional and God-Given Rights!

Again, a big thank you to the Patriots of Itasca who stood up for freedom. The Grassroots beat the System!

Note: Itasca County Patriots should attend the Tuesday, June 11th County Commissioner meeting at 2:30PM and fight the nomination and salary of carpetbagger James Austad.

County Attorneys are elected in Minnesota as nonpartisan offices, however, some very partisan individuals fill these roles. While much of the job can be seen as procedural, there remains a blurred line of discretion that exists between government prosecutors and the citizens. This discretion is a double-edged sword that can lead to just or unjust charges being dropped against an individual. 

At a local level, this highly important office should be controlled by the citizens and residents of the county. Unfortunately, some partisan hacks are able to sneak into office by appointment without true public scrutiny or approval. That is exactly what is happening in Itasca County when former Co. Attorney Matti Adam resigned after she was appointed by Walz to the 9th Judicial District. In her place was an Antifa Keith Ellison employee, James Austad. Below you can see Ellison’s appointment of Austad to be an Assistant Attorney to the AG:

Austad was previously the Co. Attorney of Lake of the Woods making about $115K a year but he quit in 2023 and took a job with Ellison. Austad also used to be an assistant attorney for Itasca, a public defender, and solo practitioner at Austad Law Office. Now he wants to use and abuse Itasca taxpayers, likely to climb the ladder like his predecessor. His sister, Jana Austad, is already a Judge in the 9th District. Austad’s listed employment is in St. Paul and his only listed “real property” on the MN Campaign Finance Board website is a contract for deed located right below the US/Canadian border in Lake of the Woods County! See below: 

How radical is Jim Austad? Well, he publicly endorsed Antifa Keith Ellison's run for AG in 2022! See below:

Itasca County is in northern Minnesota, Iron-range territory, which was once a Democrat stronghold because of the big Union presence at the mines. This was until Trump carried Itasca County in both 2016 and 2020, giving the momentum for Scott Jensen to win it in 2022. It is clear that many of these voters are conservative socially, culturally, and fiscally but they fear their union job is dependent on the party in charge. This is despite the woke environmentalist Democrats being the real threat to their livelihoods. Itasca officials previously felt the heat from voters after agreeing to cover up the 10 Commandments in their jail facility, after initially standing by it. Now, instead of allowing voters with an honest election, a rushed and lazy process has been deciding the next Itasca Attorney with a candidate that the People would likely NOT support. 

In fact, proper legal notice was NOT given for this decision. In legal notices below, you will see NO MENTION of the County Attorney appointment or James Austad! The citizens must be informed of this key decision in a public meeting beforehand, without it, this decision is ILLEGITIMATE! See legal notices below:

Now Austad is demanding a salary increase before he even has the job! Says it is necessary to rebuild office!

Despite the fact that Austad appears to not even live in Itasca County, he is asking for $185K a year! That is higher than every state Executive office, including the Governor! Unfortunately, this is not a new problem for Itasca because previous liberal Co. Attorney, Matti Adam, continually asked for and received pay raises. However, Austad thinks Matti’s salary is too humble for him to start off with and wants $25K more than she made (since her 2023 pay raise). The Itasca Taxpayers Alliance continues to be the leading source in Itasca for exposing this local corruption. 

James Austad was an assistant attorney for radical Democrat Keith Ellison and has faced opposition from the public on several fronts. One Itasca resident, Rae Florek of Taconite, alleges that she was a victim of unconscious rape that the perpetrator (Randall Vannet) admitted to. Florek ultimately won a civil suit awarding her $5,000 in damages. Florek states that Austad reviewed her case in 2019 and decided not to prosecute along with making slanderous comments about her to her lawyer. On June 4th, Austad disputed those claims without specificity. 

In the May 28th Itasca Co. Commissioners meeting, District 5’s Casey Venema passed out a “scorecard” or rubric that he, Sheriff Joe Dasovich, and local lawyer Chad Sterle used to meet with four candidates who applied for the opening: James Austad, Ast. Co. Attorney Jacob Fauchald, interim Co. Attorney Todd Webb, and former Co. Attorney John Dimich. According to Venema, none of these candidates knew the results of this rubric. Venema admitted that this information should be public, yet it does not appear on the 101 page agenda packet produced by the county for the meetings. 

This secretive document was kept out of sight by other Commissioners until they were handed out during the meeting! We have since requested this document from each County Commissioner. This appears to be a violation of MN Statute 375.08 which states the procedures for filling county vacancies, including a requirement for a one day notice from the Chair to each member personally. This was CLEARLY not done because District 1’s Cory Smith requested information about what the Chair’s (John Johnson’s) intent was to accomplish at this meeting (which was to either accept the nomination or table motion). One would think the nomination of County Attorney should be done WITHIN THE LAW! 

Johnson noted that an individual must reside in Itasca County on the day they are sworn in, indicating that Austad still does not live in Itasca County! District 1’s Cory Smith raised concerns of only seeing this information for the first time right then and there. District 4’s Burl Ives stated he understood concerns about wanting to “digest” the information first, but then argued the board should move forward and try to see if they can even AFFORD to hire Austad! After Sheriff Dasovich refused to comment and an awkward amount of silence later, Ives made a motion to consider and it was passed 4-1, with Cory Smith voting no. Co. Administrator Brett Skyles was then directed to begin negotiations on James Austad’s overpriced salary…  

Once these negotiations are over, it must be approved by the County Commissioners. This means that Patriots across Itasca can still fight this nomination and get their Commissioner to disapprove of Austad. While there should be an election, state law does require the appointee fill out the remainder of the term. State Legislators should give local control back to the People. In the meantime, Itasca County Commissioners must (1) Reconsider their options (2) Present a public forum for candidates (3) Allow public input and (4) Move forward with a new nomination and reasonable salary. Backroom deals should never be tolerated! If the intent by the Commissioners was done in good faith, they should have no trouble admitting the error of their previous judgment and voters would reward their principled behavior. Ladder climbing, greedy leftists have no business serving in public office!

Itasca Citizens should go to the June 11th meeting this Tuesday and raise their concerns at 2:30PM! Commissioners cannot let their voters down, they can still take the necessary corrective measures!

Senator Kelly Morrison (DFL - SD 45) announced her early departure from the Minnesota Senate on Thursday. She is the Democrat nominee for US Congress, hoping to succeed retiring Congressman Dean Phillips. Governor Walz has called for a special election to take place on November 5th.

Morrison is a far-left Democrat who helped pass some of the most extreme legislation of 2023. She was a cosponsor on the “no restrictions” abortion bill (SF 1) and the mandated firearm storage bill (SF 5217). Of course, she was also a reliable vote for all the other extreme legislation passed. That includes making Minnesota a transgender “sanctuary state,” passing new sales taxes, the unconstitutional red flag gun law, and the overreaching paid medical leave legislation.

It should also be noted that Morrison has defended her Democrat colleague and alleged burglar, Senator Nichole Mitchell. She refuses to call for her resignation. 

(Above) Senator Kelly Morrison embracing Nicole Mitchell on the Senate floor days after her arrest.

Morrison will face off against Republican Tad Jude in the November election to replace Phillips. Meanwhile, the special election to replace her in the Senate is already taking off. Right now, Democrats hold a narrow 1-seat majority. If Republicans are able to succeed, control of the Senate will flip.

The filing period will be open on Monday and Tuesday of this coming week. As of writing, no Republican candidates have announced. On the Democrat side, former Senator Anne Johnson Stewart announced she will run.

The establishment loves to tell grassroots patriots to sit down, shut up, and wait their turn. Sometimes this stops Patriots in their tracks and the negative pushback is enough to scare them off. However, real conservatives face this opposition head on because there is too much at stake! When freedom-loving Americans double-down, instead of backing down, they emerge as a real threat to the Swamp.

Chris Corey knows this firsthand from his experience at the CD6 GOP Endorsing Convention. As a professional golf caddy, the world of politics is new to Chris but his conservative values are life-long. We previously reported on the illegitimacy of this convention, including that CD6 Chair/Convention Chair Bobby Benson is a PAID staffer for Emmer! 

The Emmer lackeys were so afraid of Chris that they wouldn’t even let him speak! They did this despite Chris meeting EVERY deadline and requirement set forth by the CD6 Constitution and Convention Rules. It was not until the night before the Convention that the scam Nominations Committee informed Chris that he was found to be “Unqualified”. Before the Convention, Chris told the CD6 leadership that he would abide by the Endorsement if the process was fair.

Chris Corey understood the fix was in so he has now taken matters into his own hands! See CD6 Filings below:

Chris Corey filed to run in the CD6 GOP primary against Globalist RINO Tom Emmer this morning. Tom Emmer is the 3rd most powerful Congressman in the country in his role as Majority Whip. The Whip is a role for corrupt politicians to control other Representatives and force them to vote for Uniparty BS. In this role Emmer has shepherded millions of dollars for Ukraine instead of prioritizing our southern border, spending packages that put our country in further debt, and certifying the tampered results of the 2020 Presidential Election. Emmer has also refused to impeach Joe Biden and had a paid lobbyist gig before he was in Congress, which sought to destroy the purpose of the Electoral College!

This primary challenge may force Emmer to focus on his own race instead of funding RINOs across the country. Emmer even has a joint fundraising committee for Un-Endorsed RINO Joe Tierab in CD2. Emmer's drive to cause a divisive primary in CD2 could hurt the GOP's chances of taking out Angie Craig in November.

Despite President Trump’s previous attacks on Emmer, including ending his Speaker campaign, Trump has endorsed Emmer for this cycle. Many Patriots are speculating that this is Trump’s attempt to increase fundraising and force Emmer to support the America First agenda. However, Trump might have a hard time not supporting an America First golf caddy! 

Chris Corey had the following to say:

“I am running to provide voters with a true conservative in this election. The Congressional District 6 Convention was rigged and will not hinder our campaign. The voices of the citizens deserve to be heard and I will step up to the plate.”

Chris Corey remains the lone GOP challenger to Tom Emmer, proving the daunting task he has taken. Patriots in CD6 will now have a Constitutional Conservative to vote for in the primary. If successful, Chris will shock the world and replace the status quo! The grassroots in CD6 now have the option that should have been provided to delegates at their convention; a simple vote between grassroots outsider Chris Corey and Uniparty Swamp-monster Tom Emmer.

Senator Nicole Mitchell has been exposed, even by her own admission to the police when she said she is "not good at this" as she was arrested for burglary/home invasion of her widowed, elderly stepmother. Despite all of the Democratic spin and coverup, citizens across our state have demanded her resignation/expulsion from the Senate. 

Action 4 Liberty has led this charge from Day 1, from exposing the details of this case for news articles to on-the-ground door-knocking/lit-dropping the constituents of Nicole Mitchell and other swing district Democrats protecting her. Demanding accountability from our elected officials is the very least they could do, but Democrats instead chose to pursue an Un-Constitutional agenda that made a mockery of our Legislative system. Because the State Senate is Democrat-controlled by a single vote (34-33), Nicole Mitchell has been the DECIDING vote on key pieces of legislation. There is no doubt that she has failed in representing her constituents since her arrest.

Now that the Legislature has adjourned sine die, the Democrats no longer have any use in carrying the Nicole Mitchell luggage around and plan on ditching her. 

Democrat Party Chair Ken Martin has FINALLY called on Nicole Mitchell to resign! This would not have happened if A4L and Patriots like you did not stand up and fight! Look at what the con-artist said below:

Even Ken Martin has to agree that Michell has refused to take responsibility for her actions, which is the very reason we have been at the forefront of this battle! However, Ken Martin shows his hand by admitting that he is only saying this because the Legislature has adjourned. After Dems got their tyrannical, Un-Constitutional, illegitimate omnibus bill rammed through illegally with Mitchell’s support, they now want to pose as honest leaders. They use anyone and everyone they can as a tool to further their Socialist takeover.

Corruption is rampant in Minnesota and we must continue to expose it, fight it, and change it. The Democrats will always lie and misrepresent the truth but ‘We The People’ have seen them for exactly what they are, Socialist Tyrants. Continue to pressure elected officials on this key topic, the Establishment is paying attention! The Democrats need to stop protecting their Criminal Senator!

For the first time in American history, a President of the United States has addressed the Libertarian Party (LP) and their most active delegates. President Trump’s choice to attend and make his case to Libertarian voters will go down as one of the wisest strategic moves of this entire election cycle. Trump’s strokes of genius were on full display as he spoke truth to power in a semi-unfriendly room.

The Libertarian Party is the third largest political party in the country and has gotten ballot access in all 50 states in the last two presidential elections. There is very little doubt that a majority of these voters would vote for Trump if there was no Libertarian on the ballot. In several 2020 swing states, incompetent LP nominee Jo Jorgensen received more votes than the difference between Biden and Trump’s (reported) results. With 2024’s election approaching, liberty minded individuals need to question whether their protest vote will help Joe Biden win. The only elected Libertarian President in the history of the world is Argentina's Javier Milei who endorsed Trump long before the LP Convention was underway, proving his liberty chops.

President Trump delivered an EPIC, One-Of-A-Kind speech that laid out his administration’s accomplishments in the pursuit of freedom and shrinking government. This included ending/preventing wars, eliminating regulations, fighting for free speech, draining the swamp, and defeating the radical left Marxist agenda. After mentioning the 91 BS indictments against him, Trump said "If I wasn't a Libertarian before I sure as Hell am now!" He also pledged to put a Libertarian in his cabinet and put several in senior advisor posts. These moments were not always met with full support by the party, but the party demands for Libertarian purity should instead become a symbiotic relationship with MAGA. America First is a movement all about restoring the Constitution and a government of and by the People. Libertarians now know that they have a fighter who has had the government weaponized against him, simply for fighting to Make America Great Again.

Trump went on to tell the LP to nominate him for President so we can ensure the defeat of crooked Joe Biden. He then told them to only do it if they want to win, if they don’t want to win they can choose someone else. He drove the point home by telling them “Keep getting your 3%.” This savage remark could even be considered a compliment to the party since they have only gotten 3% once, in 2016, only to barely get 1% in 2020.

The day after Trump’s incredible speech was the Presidential nominations. Trump’s name was thrown in but he was not allowed on the ballot because he is a registered Republican. He still received write-in votes during several rounds of voting. However, the LP ultimately decided to nominate radical leftist Chase Oliver in the 7th round; Chase won against ‘None of the Above’ (NOTA). If NOTA won, the LP would NOT nominate a candidate; NOTA received over 36.5%. His last remaining opponent, anarchist Michael Rectenwald, alleged backroom deals causing the results. 

Chase Oliver is a former Democrat who supported Obama in 2012, supports drag queens in schools, and arguably screwed Herschel Walker out of his Senate race in 2022. Oliver ran for the US Senate in Georgia and forced the state to do a costly (millions of dollars) runoff election at the taxpayer’s expense due to bad election laws. Here is a rundown of the con-artist helping Biden by trying to steal Trump votes:

Transgendering Children

Open Borders/Abolishing ICE

Vax Mandates/Covid Lockdowns

ANTIFA

Trump understands the power liberty minded individuals hold and he made a very strong case for MAGA and Libertarians to move forward as one. Trump is the most libertarian President in the modern history of this country and he is always seeking the votes of freedom loving Americans. Minnesota is in play in 2024 and if Patriots mobilize, our 10 Electoral Votes will be delivered to President Trump and his next Administration.

NOTE: The views in this article reflects the views of the author, not necessarily Action 4 Liberty.

With the MN Republicans eyeing to take back the State House, the 2024 election should have been a sign for radical Democrats to put their insane agenda to the side. Instead of running government in a fair, honest, and legitimate manner, Democrats have conducted themselves as bullies with no principles or shame. From legislative policy to procedural operations to providing cover for an admitted burglar of her elderly step-mother (Senator Nicole Mitchell).

The Democrat trifecta in Minnesota has led to a loss of freedom, increase of crime, increase of spending, and growth of government. Tyrant Tim Walz suggested that it was going to be a “normal off-budget year” that was going to “clean up a few things that need to be cleaned up.” This gaslighting was met with Democrats pushing through a sneaky, radical agenda then pulling one of the most Un-Constitutional moves in the history of our state!

To find a full list of bills that were passed during the 2023-2024 sessions you can see them listed here. Despite nearly every bill being terrible in one way or more, you can find a condensed, brief breakdown of top bills passed on several key issues below:

HF2609: This radical gun control bill bans binary triggers – a simple modification to semiautomatic firearms that slightly increases the rate of fire. This bill also increases penalties for transferring firearms in ways not approved by the state. This clear violation of the 2nd Amendment was passed with ease, thanks to the help of 3 RINOs in the House: Reps. Andrew Myers, Mark Weins, and Jeff Witte. Besides those three anti-gun RINOs, this was passed by an otherwise party line vote in the House before being added into HF5247.

HF3489: This bill is a coverup for the Democrats’ previous effort to tie the hands of school resource officers, security, and other employees of school districts to break up fights and keep kids safe. The bad intentions of previous legislation required political action by the Democrats, which they chose to take up near the beginning of session.

HF4518: This is a Socialist education spending bill that increases spending across the board for several pet projects and proves the incompetence of Democratic policy. This bill nearly DOUBLES the appropriations required for 2024 and 2025 for the “Free” breakfast/lunch program. Despite some obvious flaws with Socialist continuation bills like this one, it was passed UNANIMOUSLY in the House and only 16 Republicans voted against it in the Senate.

HF3377: This is an environmental pet project bill that wastes taxpayer dollars on unimportant, wastes of money. Is it the government’s responsibility to spend nearly $350K on characterizing tree cavities? Should the government spend $200K on turtle watching? How about nearly $1M for the woke, liberal University of Minnesota to do research for the anti-wolf hunting agenda? This bill expands our government and wastes your money on purposes to limit your freedom. This bill passed the House with a vote of 94-35 and the Senate passed it 41-25.

HF3631: The capital projects bill is special interests galore and wastes your tax dollars on local projects, further inserting the loss of local control in our state. This type of typical, crony bill is what politicians use to brag about how they are helping their district. In reality, they are letting the establishment roll us over, take our money, take our freedom, and keep themselves in power. It takes a certain level of conservative conviction to oppose legislation like this, and for that reason it passed handedly. This passed the House by 98-32 and the Senate by 57-9. 

HF3800: Big government housing bills always leads to bureaucrats and know-it-all politicians thinking they can plan for the development of areas better than local communities. This bill is filled will regulations regarding low and moderate income housing cooperations for seniors and poor people. This Democrat bill has RINO Rep. Danny Nadeau (34A) as a co-sponsor and this bill faced limited opposition. In the House, only one GOP Rep, Steve Jacob (20B), voted against it. The House vote was 128-1 and the Senate vote was 53-12.

HF3488: This bill requires new regulations surrounding children participating in online content creation and their compensation. This was an unexpected, strange regulation that the St. Paul Swamp made sure to pass this session. prohibit content creators from having children in their content – a totally harmless activity in most cases. Popular shows like the Outdoor Boys would no longer be able to have content featuring children under 14 that makes up 30% or more of the month’s content. While there is serious concern about children and their presence on the internet, this bill creates a barrier on good faith behavior. This bill passed in the House by 103-26 and in the Senate by 37-30.

HF4772: This is a crony election bill that covers everything from campaign finance regulations to election administration to deep fake AI videos to redistricting and the census. This bill even establishes a “Voting Rights Act” which further enforces our loose, easy to manipulate election laws. This 88 page bill goes on to further regulate the use of Artificial Intelligence, allowing citizens of our state to be fined and imprisoned for memes of elected officials. This type of bill should have never seen the light of day due to it’s Un-Constitutional nature but it was passed along party line votes in both the House and Senate.

HF5247: The Mother of All Omnibus Bills is a 2,800 page monster that covers everything under the sun. When Democrats realized they couldn’t pass their radical agenda piece by piece because of time constraints, they pulled the most blatant example of corruption in the Minnesota Legislature in recent time, and maybe ever. They stuffed all kinds of different bills and conference committee reports into a tax bill at the very last minute and Republicans in both chambers stood up to the corruption. Despite the arrogant power grab being captured live on the House and Senate floors, Democrats ram-rodded this bill through. In the Senate, the chamber erupted with chaos so that President Bobby Joe Champion could not control them. Regardless, the bills were pushed through along party lines with some Republicans voting no, some opting to abstain due to disgust with the process, and some who didn’t know what they were voting on like Senator Torrey Westrom (SD12) who is blind and was completely unable to know what was going on. This type of corruption has not gone unnoticed and Republican officials are planning different action items to hold Democrats responsible for their illegal governance.

Conclusion

If all citizens of Minnesota watched the Legislature and saw the inner-working dynamics of our broken government, all good faith people would come to the same conclusion that Democrats and RINOs are destroying our state. Our Constitutional framework was not designed for career politicians to do the bidding of their donors and special interests. The woke, Socialist takeover of our state has left our citizens worse off in nearly every trackable metric. This rampant corruption can only be fought with transparency, removing corrupt politicians, and restoring freedom for ‘We The People’. This is OUR government and WE want it back!

President Donald J. Trump’s visit to Minnesota gathered national attention as he delivered a speech of unity and winning. For the first time since 1972, Minnesota could deliver our 10 Electoral Votes for the Republican ticket. This moment in history cannot be squandered because Trump has given the ultimate hand-up to the MNGOP, holding a dinner event which eliminated the party’s debt.

While President Trump is fighting witchunts and kangaroo courts across the country for phony charges and could be doing a million other things, he took the time to come and speak to Minnesotans. He did this despite Chair David Hann’s continued attacks on President Trump’s character (calling Trump vulgar, rude, boorish, abusive, and obnoxious in 2022) and Majority Whip Tom Emmer fighting the MAGA agenda in Congress, President Trump was willing to forego their negativity in order to make Minnesota competitive. Even though Emmer is a Globalist RINO (who should never be Speaker), he is an influential person who can bring donors from DC and MN to Trump. 

President Trump did his best, with whatever information was given to him, to present a united front within the MNGOP. Many patriots questioned if Trump was getting played or if he was playing the party leadership. The most likely is a combination of both, where both sides feel as though they are getting something in return. Trump believes a debt free party will allow them to do the groundwork to deliver a GOP victory. Hann and company are happy because they are now debt free and can pretend to be MAGA alongside Trump.

The issue is that it is all a ruse and David Hann has no intentions of working with the anti-establishment, pro-freedom, MAGA grassroots that he desperately needs to be involved so Trump can win. Action 4 Liberty has been informed that an ENDORSED Republican candidate was told by the state party that they will receive no support unless they condemn and repudiate A4L! This is despite party leaders having an obligation to support the endorsed candidates because the delegates have spoken.This type of divisiveness is the very reason the MNGOP loses election after election. David Hann does not want to win elections, he wants to control the Republican Party so real conservatives don’t take it over! 

If David Hann and the MNGOP want Republicans to unify for this election, they must immediately suspend all calls and action attacking Action 4 Liberty. We are the largest grassroots oriented liberty organization in the state of Minnesota and our supporters should not be attacked simply because they are fed up with crooked politicians! The ONLY way Hann can repay Trump for the debt removal is to deliver a WIN for MAGA, not attack his supporters! If party leaders really want to unify for 2024, they must learn to bring outsiders and hardcore conservatives into the fold! That is the only way Trump can win Minnesota.

The House Republican Campaign Committee (HRCC) has announced via email they will host a fundraiser for three Republican incumbents who lost the Republican Party endorsement for re-election. These representatives include Greg Davids, Brian Johnson, and Ron Kresha. All three currently represent solid Republican districts.

Many Republican Party leaders were told that the HRCC would not support candidates not supported by the party. The organization had become notorious for spending tens of thousands of dollars against conservatives in years past.

Rep Davids, a sixteen-term legislator, lost the party endorsement to Gary Steuart, a longtime Republican activist. Rep Johnson lost the endorsement to Isanti Mayor Jimmy Gordon. In Ron Kresha’s race, neither candidate was able to secure the Republican endorsement. His opponent is Dianne Webb-Skillings, a local conservative activist.

According to the email, the event will take place in St. Paul on Wednesday. Guests are encouraged to donate $250 to one of the three sitting legislators. Instead of fundraising for swing district seats in the Twin Cities metro, the HRCC will be focusing talent and funds on some of the most conservative districts in the state.

This gesture shows that House Republicans are not serious about winning the majority in November. They only want to keep the good ol’ boys club they have made for themselves at the Capitol.

Con Artist Rep Dave Lislegard (DFL - Aurora) announced he is not seeking re-election to the Minnesota House of Representatives. Lislegard was one of six Democrat con artists who voted to remove Governor Walz' illegal Emergency Powers in 2020, then flipped and supported Walz' powers after the election.

After Lislegard conned his voters in January of 2021, Action 4 Liberty began a long door knocking campaign in Lislegard's Iron Range district, going to the doors of all his voters to EXPOSE his betrayal. In total, tens of thousands of voters were informed of Lislegard's actions at the door, by phone or in the social media and radio ads we ran in his district.

In late January, the pressure campaign against Lislegard boiled up and he used an official Minnesota House committee hearing to whine and complain about Action 4 Liberty. 

Eventually, Walz was forced to give up his emergency powers that summer, right before the vaccines were being mandated by the Biden Administration. Since Lislegard votes with metro Democrats on most issues, A4L continued exposing his actions in St Paul to his voters. He narrowly squeaked out a victory in November of 2022.

Here's a sample of the ads and lit pieces from our long campaign EXPOSING Lislegard: