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:

Former Washington County Commissioner and self-described moderate Wayne Johnson filed to run for Minnesota House in 41A as a Republican – despite briefly campaigning as an independent. Johnson had told delegates in email that he would not run in a primary after failing to secure the Republican endorsement.

Senate District 41 has become notorious in Republican circles. Here, former state representative Tony Jurgens ran in a primary against Republican Endorsed candidate for State Senate, Tom Dippel. When Jurgens lost the primary, he endorsed the Democrat candidate who went to win the district by 321 votes – less than 1% of the vote.

Wayne Johnson just sent his pledge over. All three candidates have now committed to our endorsement process! pic.twitter.com/ynQgdMKswX

— Minnesota Senate District 41 GOP (@SD41GOP) February 26, 2024

Wayne Johnson campaigned for Jurgens during the primary. It is unclear how he voted in the general election. According to Senate District 41 delegates, Johnson refused to apologize for supporting Jurgens.

That is likely a small factor in delegates rejecting his candidacy at the Senate District convention. After his defeat on the first ballot, Johnson stormed out of the building. A week later, he sent an email to delegates announcing that he will not run in a primary (see below).

On April 13th, Johnson updated his Facebook page and campaign website to state that he is an independent candidate for Minnesota House. Many believe this as a move to “spoil” his opponent’s chances of winning the general election – splitting the vote so that the Democrat candidate can win.

His independent campaign was short-lived, garnering nothing but condemnation from previous endorsees. Johnson decided to flip-flop (at least) one more time and re-launch a Republican campaign to run in the primary.

He notably removed references to “extremes... to the right” from his Facebook biography when doing so. Check out his campaign's Facebook page.

Johnson is no conservative, either. While he brags about his experience as County Commissioner, he mostly spent his time cozying up to far-left Democrats and spending your tax dollars. His campaign pages have featured pictures with Former Senator Karla Bigham, Congresswoman Betty McCollum, and Governor Tim Walz.

Not only did Johnson break his pledge to abide by the Republican endorsement, but he also failed to stay in the Republican Party. His primary opponent, Grayson McNew, was endorsed by the Senate District 41 GOP and previously served as a legislative aide for the New House Republican Caucus. 

The winner of the August 13th primary will face far-left Democrat Lucia Wroblewski, a professional Democrat activist, in the November election. You can find information about Johnson's campaign here.

Finding a hypocrite in politics is all too common. Unprincipled individuals will use whatever means necessary to cling onto whatever power they have (justly or unjustly). This unfortunate facet of human nature exceeds party lines and exists within the MNGOP, every so often the hypocrisy is just too obvious that it must be called out.

Tommy Merickel is a longtime RINO in Otter Tail County who was a part of the crew that removed 33 duly elected delegates from their BPOU meeting and kept them out of the CD7 Convention & State Convention. He was also a convener, who tried to make the OTC caucuses fraudulent by adding paperwork not approved by the state party or the delegates. Merickel is a perfect example of the corrupt rot within the party who has a disdain for grassroots patriots.  

He sought to add rules that allow party units to BAN individuals from the party for supporting unendorsed candidates. This type of manipulative, establishment gate-keeping is what regular people despise about the political process in the MNGOP. It is, of course, the obligation of party leaders to support endorsed candidates (assuming the endorsing convention was fair). If party leaders fail to support endorsed candidates, it is the duty of the delegates to remove them from leadership. However, grassroots people who have differences of opinion should NEVER be banned from the party for supporting a different Republican campaign.

To make the irony very rich, Merickel and his wife are donors to Un-Endorsed RINO Joe Tierab! They do not even live in this district yet they are shilling out money for a candidate that got SMOKED on the first ballot at the CD2 Convention! See below:

This is not the first time Merickel has supported unendorsed RINOs in primaries. As a leader in the Minnesota Jobs Coalition, he supported the primary opponents against conservatives Mark Bishofsky, Pam Altendorf,  Mike Wiener, and A4L President Erik Mortensen. Collectively the Jobs Coalition spent over $158,000 on these races, only for the conservatives to win each of their primaries!

If Tommy Merickel is a man of his word, he would lead the charge for his own removal from the MNGOP! 

Out of touch dinosaurs like Merickel can feel the grassroots energy pointed against them and they know that since they can’t beat the Patriots on the ground, they’ll just ban them! This strategy will continue to tarnish Merickel’s laughable reputation as an egotistical, ill-mannered, bad faith curmudgeon. Action 4 Liberty will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Patriots in Otter Tail who are fighting this corruption firsthand! The grassroots in Otter Tail have stood up to the bully and will continue the fight to save our state from the Uniparty!

The Olmstead County GOP passed a “no confidence” resolution against CD1 GOP Chair Aaron Farris on Thursday night. Many sources say that Farris was also trying to get Wendy Phillips removed from her position on the Olmstead County GOP executive committee after facilitating her ousting from the state executive committee. In a sharp rebuke, the BPOU said that they stand with Phillips.

Farris, a paid staffer for Congressman Brad Finstad, has come under fire for taking directions from GOP Chair Dave Hann. In a vindictive move, Hann and Farris called for CD 1 Executive Committee member Wendy Phillips to be removed from the board for her role in the Otter Tail County debacle.

After the State Party canceled the Otter Tail County BPOU’s convention, Wendy stepped up to lead the convention herself. As she soon found out, standing up to the establishment comes with consequences.

Thankfully, there are those in the grassroots movement that are standing up for Wendy. The “no confidence” resolution (pictured below) is a scathing rebuke of Farris and his leadership.

While there is no binding effect to this resolution from the congressional district's largest BPOU, it is a huge slap in the face to party leadership who stood against the Otter Tail County delegates.

Democrats use the levers of power to accomplish whatever means they deem necessary at the given time. Democrats do not guide their votes based on a principled analysis of the proper role of government, Constitutionality, or even the common sense that indicates what will result from legislation. For Democrats, it is all about expanding their power, growing the government, and falling in lockstep with the agenda and grift of the day. Too often, Republicans act just like the Dems, and choose “decency” over fighting to save our state.

That changed on Sunday. When Democrats looked at the calendar and realized just how little time they had to pass their bucket list of BS, they did what any corrupt politician would do; stuff the bills into one GIANT 2,800 page Omnibus bill (that initially started as the tax bill). This violates the Single Subject Clause: Article 4, Section 17 of the MN Constitution. This type of eleventh-hour, bureaucratic jimmy-rigged craftsmanship being served to Minnesotans is a slap in the face to our Republic, Constitution, and Freedom. 

After an entire session of getting run over, the GOP was fed up, particularly in the Senate. Once the House was bringing over this disaster bill (HF5247), Senator Jeff Howe had the floor and never relinquished it back to Senate President Bobby Joe Champion. This did not stop the Democrats from ram-rodding through votes while many of the GOP Senators yelled “Point of Order”, “You’re silencing the minority party”, “What are we voting on?”, “This is illegal”, “Follow the rules”, “This is unacceptable”, and “USA” for 25 minutes. This expression of chaos was perhaps the first time we’ve seen Republican politicians actually fight the swamp in a meaningful way in Minnesota. Champion refused to recognize any Republicans and ushered this illegal bill through the Senate while the yelling continued.

Senator Bill Lieske asked Champion what it felt like to be the dictator of Minnesota and Senator Nathan Wesenberg yelled at Champion “Sine Die” which is the highest motion to make for adjournment which MUST be recognized. Wesenberg also yelled that the Senate’s blind member, Torrey Westrom, did not have the ability to know what they were voting on or even when they were voting. In addition, no member had the ability to read the bill since it was not publicly available in any capacity so it was not just Senator Westrom who did not know what they were passing. It is incredible that Democrats will pass along a bill that they have not read and that they know addresses multiple subjects. It is especially incredible when you consider the corrupt circumstances of the events.

Among those multiple subjects includes gun control, insurance mandated transgender surgeries for minors, tax increases, green new deal BS, and all kinds of other trash. The corrupt Democrats have shown that they cannot be trusted with power. It should be noted that the Senate has 33 GOP - 34 Dem and that burglar Nicole Mitchell is the swing vote for the Democrat control! Democrats have a soon to be felon helping them tighten up criminal law! What a joke!

This bill must be fought in court because it is flagrantly unconstitutional. Senator Wesenberg stated on The Truth Hurts that he plans to file an Ethics Complaint against Bobby Joe Champion for his conduct on the Senate floor and refusal to recognize duly elected Senators making motions in line with the rules. Bobby Joe Champion should be removed as Senate President for forcing this bill through and for his coverup on the Nicole Mitchell Ethics committee Executive audio. Patriots must stick together because the Democrats are exposed as cheats and liars. 2024 may bring some great results!

Patriots in Otter Tail County have woken up conservatives across our state to the corrupt tactics the Establishment will use to silence their opponents. From the crooked 2022 SD9 Endorsing Convention to banning 33 delegates in 2023 to David Hann (unilaterally at first) and the State Executive Committee demanding Otter Tail do not hold a BPOU Convention this year which disenfranchises hundreds of conservatives. Otter Tail delegates have been through the ringer and they are sick of being run over.

When the MNGOP Exec. Cmte. took action on this matter, it was because RNC Committeeman Alex Plechash brought the issue to the Committee. Plechash made strong statements at the start, claiming that he was going to fight for Otter Tail delegates to be validated and allow their BPOU to conduct their business. The Exec. Cmte. voted to form a task force to determine how to handle the situation. The members of this group were kept secret by David Hann and regardless of the outpour of support for grassroots Republicans in Otter Tail, the Establishment had their minds made up.

According to Truth Hurts News, only 5 members of the 15 member committee voted against the motion to uphold David Hann’s decision to strip Otter Tail delegates of their duly elected roles. Those 5 included Alec Beck, Mark Bishofsky, Jenna Dicks, Joe Ditto, and Wendy Phillips. Alex Plechash voted with David Hann to screw Otter Tail delegates out of their elected duties and many delegates felt like they were stabbed in the back. Plechash later stated on an episode of The Truth Hurts that he made a mistake.

This retraction appears to be too little, too late for the State Central delegates because Plechash was removed from office and replaced with AK Kamara during Thursday’s convention. Sources say AK won nearly 60% of the vote. AK is a longtime GOP activist who has put in many years of work into the Minnesota Young Republicans. In conversation with this article’s author, AK stated that he voted in favor of a resolution that supported the Otter Tail delegates at the CD8 convention. The weight of these delegates now rests on AK’s shoulders, if he fights to restore them to their duly elected roles, he will be regarded as a hero by many. 

AK Kamara has thrust himself into a dynamic position in tumultuous political times. The RNC has long been an organization that grassroots conservatives feel detached from. Out of touch leadership has kept We The People divided and against each other rather than united against the radical left. Now is the time for the grassroots to unite against the broken, big government, globalist agenda!

Former NBA player and Steve Bannon ally Royce White successfully won the Republican Endorsement for US Senate on Saturday. Royce successfully beat out establishment candidate Joe Fraser on the first ballot with 67% of the vote (924-391).

Republicans began their state convention on May 17th in St. Paul, conducting two days of business before adjourning late on Saturday. Roughly 1,300 delegates participated in the vote to endorse. 

The establishment tried to push White to the curb through their nomination process, which requires the candidate to be interviewed by an appointed committee. While they certified Fraser as “qualified without reservations,” they certified White as “qualified, with reservations.” This classification from the nominations committee was an effort to sway delegates toward Fraser.

Delegates instead rallied behind White, with 67% of them throwing their support behind him on the first ballot. A candidate needs 60% of the vote to be endorsed by the party. Clearly, the Republican party has changed. Gone are the days of politics as usual. Grassroots activists are now America First conservatives.

Many see the endorsement of White as a slap in the face to Dave Hann’s Republican Party leadership. Hann had previously tampered with the delegate pool by disenrolling over 100 Republican delegates from Otter Tail County after caucus night.

With the Republican Endorsement, White will gain access to party lists, money, and volunteers.

A representative of the Fraser campaign refused to say whether or not he would launch a divisive primary that would divide the party. The winner of the primary in August will face Democrat Incumbent Amy Klobuchar in November.