NYTimes Pitchbot: Donald Trump likes DoorDash and it spells political trouble for swing state Democrats

None of those pardons apply or prevent prosecution for state level crimes

Awesome!!

My morning radio news program from a legitimate news org was like, “The President is threatening to wipe out an entire civilian population today. And now let’s hear about more winter weather later this week.”

RCV Results SD50 #mnleg DFL convention

After 3rd round RCV reallocation
Holt 197 (51.84)
Korman 170 (44.74)

SD50 DFL #mnleg Rumors: Karla Hult and Nelly Korman were the remaining two candidates for Senate after RCV balloting. Convention is currently electing state/cd delegates

I am shocked!

No love for Andy Beshear!

Amy K is running for MN Governor. She would have to go from a Jan 2027 swearing in ceremony to immediately campaigning in ‘28 primary states. I mean really???

Why not Talarico?? 🤣

Worms in food. Medical crises. Measles outbreaks. Malnutrition. Several deaths, including one ruled a homicide, in the last few months alone.

The reports out of the nation’s largest detention facility are horrifying.

1st round ballot in SD46 DFL #mnleg
457 ballots
229 Latz (49.89)
225 Dumalog (49.01)

A current high school aged kid was between ages 5 and 9 when Obama left office in Jan 2017. Try explaining to them there was a time when the country was mostly hopeful about the future and the White House was a source of inspiration on most topics.

Why?

The MN state official non-partisan budget forecast now includes an AI-impact section related to state productivity and GDP. Nothing in the revenue losses section for the destruction of human payroll (yet)

And there is the 2026 Plan, laid clear in broad daylight.

Perry: Trusted providers are being unfairly swept up in Minnesota’s fraud crackdown As the state's new anti-fraud screening system went into effect, the Holland Center expected to receive $212,000 in payments. It instead received $22,000, David M. Perry writes. If nothing changes soo...

You've probably been following the story about fraud in MN. I wrote about the people who provide services who are being driven into bankruptcy, thanks to the Walz' administration decision to hire Optum AI to screen all payments. It's a disaster.

Next November and December might be better. Or worse!

What exactly is Santa’s visa status these days? I’m not seeing an H1B category for toy delivery plus his livestock registrations and employment records are super shady.

This reminds me of the drug dealer who came to talk to my 9th grade class about how dangerous it was being a drug dealer

Or actually talking about it caused a 10-point swing to the D’s with local excitement

lol… total disaster for GOP if he wins by anything less than 12 pts. A +10 swing to the D’s

NIH Grant Terminations Disrupt 1 in 30 Clinical Trials, Impacting Over 74,000 Participants | AJMC Infectious disease was hit hardest by funding cuts to NIH grant for clinical trials that did not align with the Trump administration's priorities.

JAMA study: NIH grant terminations disrupted 3.5% of active clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 patients and resulting in a $1.81 billion funding loss. More than 115 active cancer trials were disrupted. www.ajmc.com/view/nih-gra...

Wut? That’s a measure of a healthy risk pool

How does this compare to his Oct 2017 numbers? Would be interesting to compare

Federal cuts pulled 1 million pounds of food from Minnesota. Officials say things could get worse. Cuts to the federal Emergency Food Assistance Program have meant less selection at Minnesota food shelves.

Cuts to the federal Emergency Food Assistance Program have meant less selection at Minnesota food shelves.

How about mandatory drug and alcohol testing for the cabinet

Two KFF findings Republicans might want to consider when deciding how much they care about the looming 100+% premium spike:

More than 1/4 of farmers and ranchers are marketplace enrollees.

Almost 1/2 of enrollees are small business owners or work for them.

Walz announces order to ensure vaccine access after FDA restricts COVID vaccine • Minnesota Reformer Minnesota is joining a growing list of Democratic-leaning states standing up for vaccines and access to them in the face of an emerging anti-vaccine ideology in the federal government under prominent ...

Gov. Walz issued an executive order directing the Minnesota departments of Health and Commerce to protect vaccine access and coverage, regardless of rollbacks and rapid changes from RFK Jr's HHS. minnesotareformer.com/2025/09/09/w...