Days to the November Election: 8
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Early voting!
Check out iwillvote.com/mn to learn more about early voting in person or by mail!
Voter Protection
If you or someone you know has trouble registering to vote or casting a ballot, we encourage you to reach out to the DFL’s Voter Protection Hotline at 833-DFL-VOTE (833-335-8683).
Attorney General Keith Ellison
Attorney General Ellison wins assurance Atlas Aegis will not recruit or provide private security for Minnesota elections, Red Lake Nation News
Democratic Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
Biden’s Year-Old Pandemic Tweet Gets an Anniversary Boost, Bloomberg
Joe Biden: The 60 Minutes 2020 Election Interview, CBS News
Joe Biden Blasts Trump Admin Over Mark Meadows’ ‘We’re Not Going to Control the Pandemic’ Comments, Newsweek
The Joe Biden most Americans don’t get to see, Washington Post
Biden: Trump’s view of suburbs is ‘not who we are’, Politico
Harris responds to Meadows: White House is admitting defeat, CNN
DFL CD1 Candidate Dan Feehan
Round 2: Hagedorn, Feehan get aggressive in latest campaign, The Free Press
Democrats target districts in Trump territory as party grows optimistic about expanding House majority, Washington Post
DFL CD8 Candidate Quinn Nystrom
History will be made in District 8 race, The Bemidji Pioneer
DFL News
Republicans, Democrats weigh in on Pence’s upcoming visit to Hibbing, WDIO
DFL and Republican leaders speak out before Monday’s Vice Presidential visit, KBJR
Democrats talk mining and Pence’s upcoming Hibbing visit in Duluth on Sunday, Duluth News Tribune
Environment
Climate at a crossroads as Trump and Biden point in different directions, The Guardian
While We Focus on COVID-19, Trump’s EPA Is Quietly Killing Us, EcoWatch
As Colorado wildfires burn, fears that climate change is causing “multi-level emergency” mount, Denver Post
Governor Tim Walz
Gov. Walz to provide update to Minnesota’s COVID-19 response Monday, Bring me the News
Walz to visit Cannon Falls, announce funding for Lake Byllesby dam project, KTTC
Governor Walz visits Mankato to encourage voting, KEYC
Healthcare
Supreme Court power grab threatens Native health care during the pandemic, CNN
Hospital Bills For Uninsured COVID-19 Patients Are Covered, But No One Tells Them, NPR News
On health care, voters in 2020 face an easy choice, The Hill
Republicans Don’t Know What to Do With Their Bad-Faith ACA Case, The Atlantic
Lesley Stahl: Giant health care book in Trump interview had ‘no comprehensive health care plan’, The Hill
Labor
Increasing the minimum wage would help, not hurt, the economy, NBC News
To Reduce Racial Inequality, Raise the Minimum Wage, New York Times
Asian Americans facing historic unemployment during pandemic, CNN
Minnesota News
Pence to be in Minnesota on Monday after all, as Trump has 4 stops before La Crosse County on Tuesday, WIZM
To thrive despite climate change, build a water-smart Minnesota, MinnPost
Work by Minnesota researchers reveals deadly combo: COVID and major heart attacks, Star Tribune
Representative Collin Peterson (CD7)
Peterson, Fischbach answer on ag issues, AG Week
Peterson-Fischbach Race Stands Out In House Contests, Successful Farming
Republican Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates Donald Trump and Mike Pence
White House admission on pandemic overshadows Trump’s last push for reelection, CNN
CBS releases footage of Trump walking out of 60 Minutes interview, The Guardian
Fact check: Trump makes at least 16 false or misleading claims to ’60 Minutes’, CNN
Trump on Supreme Court opportunity to overturn Obamacare: “I hope they end it”, Vox
Trump’s dangerous isolationism weakens USA and strengthens our adversaries: Retired generals, USA Today
Trump Had One Last Story to Sell. The Wall Street Journal Wouldn’t Buy It., New York Times
All the president’s debts: to whom Donald Trump owes money, Financial Times
VP Mike Pence returns to Minnesota Monday despite staff COVID outbreak, KARE 11
Republicans
White House chief of staff: ‘We are not going to control the pandemic’, CNN
GOP candidate Madison Cawthorn’s website attacks critic for going to ‘work for non-white males’, NBC News
Pa. Republican Party Asking Supreme Court To Block Ballot Extension, Yahoo News
Trump privately tells donors it would be ‘very tough’ for GOP to hold Senate, Washington Post
Secretary of State Steve Simon
MN Secretary of State Steve Simon on Election Security, MPLS/St. Paul Magazine
U.S. News
Amy Coney Barrett set to be confirmed to Supreme Court on Monday, NBC News
A New Covid Outbreak at the White House, New York Times
House already won? Pelosi thinks so, and reaches for more, Associated Press
Colleges Slash Budgets in the Pandemic, With ‘Nothing Off-Limits’, New York Times
World News
Attack Drones Dominating Tanks as Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Showcases the Future of War, The Daily Beast
Japan’s New Leader Sets Ambitious Goal of Carbon Neutrality by 2050, New York Times
British special forces storm oil tanker in English Channel to arrest stowaways who threatened crew, Washington Post
France hits new record of daily COVID-19 cases: “We have lost control of the epidemic“, CBS News
Saudi G20 event slammed over kingdom’s treatment of women, NBC News
DFL Headquarters Office Hours
Looking for yard signs or Biden-Harris merchandise? Come on down to DFL Headquarters on 255 East Plato Blvd in St Paul to pick up a free yard sign! We are open from 12:00-5:00PM Monday-Friday.
Upcoming Events:
You can find campaign and election events on our Action Alert post.
- Today through November 2 — General Election Early Voting
- October 31 — Halloween
- November 1 — Daylight Saving Time ends
- November 2 — Last day for in-person early voting
- November 3 — Election Day
- 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM — Polls open for in person voting. Not certain where to vote? Visit the Minnesota Secretary of State’s website here.
- November 4, 6:30 to 8:30 PM — SD50 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics
- November 5, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD46 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
- November 9
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD44 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD49 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics
- November 10, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD40 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
- November 12
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD36 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD48 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
- November 16, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — Anoka County DFL Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
- November 18, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — CD3 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, more information as it becomes available.
- November 26 — Thanksgiving Day