To those who think that there's only in-fighting on the Republican side, Minnesota Democrats are back at each others throats again. It's getting vicious. This time over the Israel-Gaza war that broke over the weekend.

DFL Chair Ken Martin took to Twitter to lecture the Twin Cities DSA (Democrats Socialists of America) about their alleged anti-semitism. In his tweet, he accuses DSA supporters of "defending their garbage anti-semitic statement" and justifying "cold blooded murder." Martin then refers to a social media post by comedian activist Amy Schumer.

Here's Martin's tweet:

To every member of the @TwinCitiesDSA and their supporters who defend their garbage antisemitic statement - read this post from @amyschumer and then let's talk. Until then, stop justifying the cold-blooded murder of men, women, and children by terrorists. Period. End Stop. pic.twitter.com/YFhJjLJYfY

— Ken Martin (@kenmartin73) October 10, 2023

For the second time since the Legislature adjourned, a Democrat legislator has been arrested for suspicion of Driving While Intoxicated. Rep Brion Curran, vocal supporter of the Child Genital Mutilation bill, was arrested over the weekend in Chisago County. Curran prefers the pronouns she/her, according to her website, or "Gay They" according to her Twitter account. She worked for the Chisago County Sheriffs Dept as a deputy prior to 2018.

Curran follows Minnesota Police & Peace Officers Association "Legislator of the Year" recipient, Dan Wolgamott, who was arrested this summer for a DWI after concerned citizens witnessed him chugging a bottle of vodka in a rural Minnesota liquor store parking lot.

Rep Curran has not made a public statement on the arrest at the time of this writing. The last post on X (former Twitter) was praising the Public Safety bill. Let that sink in.

Taxpayers will be on the hook for $12.8 Million to renovate the Minnesota Governor's Mansion on Summit avenue. What was originally budgeted as a $7.1 Million renovation when crews arrived in June, has now ballooned to a price tag $5 Million more.

What's even more shocking is that the market value of the home, according to real estate sites like Zillow and Realtor.com, is listed at $3.8 Million. So taxpayers in Minnesota will be spending $9 Million over the market price of the home for renovations just so the Governor can host parties with crony insiders and Special Interests.

Here's the Zillow price:

Neighboring properties, which have recent sales history, show values in the $625k to $2.1 Million range. And if Mar-a-lago is only worth $18 Million according to a NY court, then the $3.8 Million market value of this property is greatly overvalued. 

Governor Walz is currently residing in the University of MN President's Mansion at a cost to taxpayers of $4,400 per month. As you may recall, Walz sold his home in Minnesota and is currently dependent on taxpayer financed housing. 

This outrageous renovation just shows how little politicians care about wasting our tax money. They want to be treated like royalty with mansions and the finest of pleasures. While Minnesotans are struggling due to out-of-control inflation, Walz is about to get a cozier life. 

History was made today in the United States House of Representatives. For the first time ever, the Speaker of the House was removed from office, led by a small group of conservatives. Rep Matt Gaetz of Florida was the one who made the motion and he was joined by 7 other Republicans and all Democrats present in removing McCarthy from office.

Here are the Republicans who voted to oust McCarthy:

Andy Biggs (AZ)

Ken Buck (CO)

Tim Burchett (KY)

Eli Crane (AZ)

Matt Gaetz (FL)

Bob Good (VA)

Nancy Mace (SC)

Matt Rosendale (MT)

The final vote was 216-210, with several Democrats and Republicans absent.

Kevin McCarthy made a deal with conservative members of the Republican Conference back in January when he struggled to receive the votes to become Speaker of the House. After 14 ballots, he made a deal that included a vote on a balanced budget amendment, single subject appropriation bills (instead of Continuing Resolutions or Omnibus bills) and many other items which were never delivered. After passing a Continuing Resolution on Saturday night to fund the government for another 45 days, and continue adding more debt to our children, Rep Gaetz and others decided enough was enough.

If we want to change the broken system in Washington D.C., drastic change is needed. McCarthy represented the status quo, as evidenced by his reckless spending bill and broken promises. This was a great move for the American people.

More importantly, it shows that a small group of patriots can affect real changes in politics. 

Watch our coverage of the vote in the video below:

Adam Fravel, the former boyfriend of Maddie Kingsbury, has now been charged with first degree murder and first degree murder while committing domestic abuse of Kingsbury. We covered this story shortly after Maddie went missing in March and as a community rose up to help a family find their young mother whose life was ended tragically.

As you may recall, it took two months for searchers to find Maddie's body. Immediately after finding her, Fravel was arrested and initially charged with two counts of murder in the second degree. However, a grand jury returned an indictment yesterday of two additional murder charges in the first degree after listening to 31 witnesses.

Here's the indictment:

At today's court hearing, unconditional bail terms were lifted from $2 Million to $3 Million and conditional bail terms were lifted from $1 Million to $2 Million. Fravel has been in custody since his June arrest, unable to post the previous bail amount. Trial in this case won't likely happen until next spring at the earliest. An omnibus hearing is tentatively scheduled for December 14th, 2023.

Let's get justice for Maddie and her family!

On Saturday, the Republican-held House passed a 45-day stopgap bill that would continue to fund the Federal Government. It was immediately passed by the Democrat controlled Senate and signed by President Biden, avoiding a partial government shutdown with minutes to spare. Republicans will now have over a month to negotiate a long-term solution among its members. 

Last week, former President Trump rightly called on Republicans to let the government shut down and defund the bureaucracy that targets Americans.

This stopgap measure maintains the status quo for everything except the Ukraine war. Further funding for the Ukraine military was stripped at the last minute. This was a good move but is perhaps the only good thing about this bill.

It's evident that Republicans should have held their ground and allowed a government shutdown to occur. This decision to capitulate to pressure from the left represents a missed opportunity to stand up for conservative principles and American taxpayers.

The GOP should be a beacon of fiscal conservatism, not succumbing to the demands of far-left Democrats. It's disheartening to see the party's leadership unable to unite its members and stand firm on important issues.

A government shutdown might have been a slight inconvenience, but it could also have been a powerful message to the American people. It would have demonstrated that Republicans are committed to reining in excessive spending and addressing the fiscal challenges facing our nation. A short-term shutdown would not have resulted in catastrophic consequences, and essential services would have continued. Instead, Republicans missed an opportunity to make a principled stand and protect the interests of the American public.

Here are the Republicans who voted with Democrats to fund our bloated, deficit-spending government for another 45 days:

CLICK ON IMAGE TO SEE TOTAL VOTE

School boards in Minnesota are typically hostile to all things traditional and American. In recent years, the Pledge of Allegiance has been attacked and even removed from some schools. Now, one of the most conservative school districts in the state of Minnesota is talking about removing the Pledge of Allegiance.

In a video shared on Tik Tok by Cassie Fredregill, the Little Falls school board chair Sharon Ballou states that “saying the pledge every day has been quite a discussion...that is actually considered a form of indoctrination when they do that.”

This clip is from a school board meeting held on August 21st and can be viewed in its entirety here.

Little Falls is the largest city in Morrison County. In 2020, the county voted to re-elect President Trump 75.78% to Biden’s 22.33%. .

The Pledge of Allegiance is not about worshipping government or a political leader. It is about maintaining the last few threads of a national identity that Americans share. When schools eliminate the pledge, there is truly nothing left that brings hundreds of millions of people together.

With the abrupt resignation of Democrat State Representative Ruth Richardson on September 1st, Minnesota 52B will see a special election to fill the seat on December 5th. Richardson served as regional director of Planned Parenthood while simultaneously legislating on their behalf. 

A field of candidates have announced their intentions to replace her, including four Democrats, a Republican, and a Libertarian. 

Those Democrats compete for the nomination in a primary election on November 16th. They include liberal activist Chris Whitfield, Mendota Heights City Councilman Jay Miller, District 196 School Board member Bianca Virnig, and Democrat legislative aide Cynthia Callais. From a quick glance at their campaign websites, all candidates campaign on “progressive” efforts to make Minnesota’s government even bigger and more wasteful. 

Cynthia Callais appears to be an early frontrunner for the Democrat nomination, raking in endorsements from far-left Democrats like Representative Heather Edelson and Senator Scott Dibble.

The Republican candidate, Cynthia Lonnquist, was the GOP nominee for 52B in 2022, losing the seat to Richardson by a large 23.5% margin. As of writing, her 2022 campaign website was not active. A 2022 voter guide says that she campaigned on creating "The BEST Economy," "The BEST Education," and "The BEST and Safest communities."

Libertarian candidate Charles Kuchlenz, on the other hand, does have a website that is available and accessible. His campaign appears to focus on “fiscal responsibility, limited government, and education choice,” things that are sorely lacking in Minnesota’s current bureaucratic apparatus. According to his X (formerly Twitter) account, he is a Navy Veteran.

Despite early predictions for this left-leaning legislative seat, anything can happen in a special election. Now that voters have seen what far-left Democrats can do with total and complete control of the government, they may have second thoughts about sending another one to St. Paul.

Since taking over the state, Minnesota Democrats have: 

• PASSED red flag laws.
• RAISED and CREATED new taxes.
• SPENT the record-shattering $21 billion taxpayer surplus.
• ELIMINATED any kind of remaining protections for the unborn.
• CREATED a dystopian “bias registry” to track unfavorable speech.
• AND so much more…

Now is the opportunity for voters to voice their opinions on these ridiculous policies. Should voters choose to reject the leftist candidate for this seat, it would send an overwhelming message to Democrats in the 2024 legislative session – stop the socialist games, or lose re-election.

Far-left Democrats have long pushed for overreaching and unconstitutional gun control legislation. Frustrated with the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, California’s Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom is proposing a constitutional amendment that would effectively repeal the right to keep and bear arms.

Newsom’s 28th amendment petition has many hoops to jump through before becoming a reality. This would need to be approved by 2/3rds of both houses of Congress and then be ratified by 3/4ths of state legislatures.

If passed, his amendment would:

• Raise the age to purchase a firearm from 18 to 21.
• Mandate extreme universal background checks.
• Institute unreasonably long waiting times on firearm purchases.
• BAN supposed “assault” weapons.

Last Friday, Newsom was particularly fired up about his proposal after a Federal Judge struck down his state’s unconstitutional “high-capacity magazine” ban. In a statement via X (formerly Twitter), the leftist Governor stated that “Our gun safety laws will continue to be thrown out by NRA-owned federal judges until we pass a Constitutional Amendment to protect our kids and end the gun violence epidemic in America.”

BREAKING: California's high-capacity magazine ban was just STRUCK DOWN by Judge Benitez, an extremist, right-wing zealot with no regard to human life.

Wake up, America.

Our gun safety laws will continue to be thrown out by NRA-owned federal judges until we pass a Constitutional…

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) September 23, 2023

Little did Newsom realize that he is reaffirming the liberty argument on guns. Gun control is unconstitutional and has no place being implemented by state or federal authorities.

Both Newsom and the Democrat machine know that their efforts spit in the face of the United States Constitution. Unfortunately, they do not care. 

Even if Newsom passed his longshot amendment to the United States Constitution, no government can restrict a God-given right. This includes the right to self-defense and self-determination.

Any narrative that criticizes the left-wing status quo is decried by the elites as “racist.” This couldn’t be more clear with a new petition gaining traction that is looking to ban a t-shirt and flag vendor from the Minnesota State Fair in future years. Their crime? Selling shirts that say “Lake Calhoun.”

That’s right, the left is so outraged that a vendor would refer to Lake Calhoun by its traditional name instead of the woke new “Bde Mka Ska” name. The name was changed to what the left calls its original Dakota name in 2018.

It’s not even an exaggeration to say this is what they are upset about. In fact, in their long list of grievances with the vendor, this is the first issue they mention.

Here's the letter I sent to State Fair officials along with the petition to remove The Minnesotan--a racist vendor--from the State Fair. You can still sign the petition! https://t.co/8D9X4fElBZ pic.twitter.com/ILpWtbEm7G

— MollyPeonies (@mollypeonies) September 16, 2023

Other merchandise they take issue with includes "try that in a small-town" t-shirts, which is a reference to the controversial (but accurate) Jason Aldean song.

Their petition is hosted on Change.org, a website used for several worthless left-wing outrage efforts. To the surprise of our team, the petition actually has 337 signatures. All of this to BAN a vendor that sells shirts that say “Lake Calhoun.”

Cancel culture is very real. It has nothing to do with fighting for what’s right, but instead forcing a worldview down everyone’s throats.

In the free market of ideas, the best ones deserve to win out. If you don't like it, you should introduce a booth at the fair with your own leftist propaganda (though I bet it won't be too popular).

We were actually surprised that our “Dump Biden” booth was not included in the petition of vendors that should be banned.