Category: DFL In the Know

2020 Election
For Trump, appeals to white fears about race may be a tougher sell in 2020: Reuters/Ipsos poll, Reuters

Agriculture
Corn’s hellish week has traders turning to fields for cues, Inforum
U.S. CORN, SOYBEAN CROPS ARE STILL GOING BACKWARD, USDA SAYS, Successful Farming
Maybe The Way To Control Locusts Is By Growing Crops They Don’t Like, NPR
‘Robot milking saved my dairy farm’, BBC
China pig farmer profits soar after disease wipes out third of herd, boosts prices, Reuters

Attorney General Keith Ellison
Attorney General Keith Ellison backs releasing list of Boy Scout leaders accused of misconduct, Star Tribune Continue reading “In the Know: August 20, 2019”

2020 Election
Eight Democratic presidential hopefuls to appear in CNN climate town hall, The Hill
Former GOP Rep. Mark Sanford Exploring Bid for 2020 Presidential Nomination, Time
Democrats keen to take on Cornyn despite formidable challenges, The Hill

Donald Trump
‘Fox is different’: Donald Trump slams Fox News, questions favored network’s poll, USA Today
FEC chairwoman to Trump: ‘There is no evidence of rampant voter fraud’, The Hill
‘I Don’t Think We’re Having a Recession.’ Trump Offers an Optimistic Outlook for the Economy, CNN
White House Economic Adviser Confirms President Trump’s Interest in Buying Greenland, Time
Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump, The Hill

Economy
Leading US bosses drop shareholder-first principle, The Guardian
Trump advisers are scrambling to sell the idea that a recession isn’t going to happen, Vox
Billion-dollar lawsuits: Will non-stick chemicals finally stick on 3M?, Pioneer Press
Grand Forks banking company, with large Twin Cities presence, files for IPO, Star Tribune Continue reading “In the Know: August 19, 2019”

Congress
Drug Stocks Sank After 2 Members of Congress Reopened a Price-Fixing Inquiry, Barrons
State officials beg Congress for more election security funding, The Hill

Economy
Wells Fargo Plans Layoffs in Shoreview, Workday Minnesota
‘Crazy inverted yield curve’ vexes Fed, with no clear resolution, Reuters
Trump accuses news media of trying to crash the economy, Politico
Is a recession coming to the US? Here’s what to watch for, The Guardian
The Markets Are Going Crazy and So Is Economics Reporting, Beat The Press

Environment
Scientists confirm July set new global heat record, Star Tribune
Predictably, You Can Now Buy First-Class Passage Through the Climate Crisis, Esquire Continue reading “In the Know: August 16, 2019”

2020
John Hickenlooper to End Struggling Presidential Campaign, New York Times
Inside The Ongoing War Over Ohio’s Extreme Voter Purge System, Talking Points Memo

Congress
Israel bans entry to outspoken US congresswomen, Star Tribune

Donald Trump
Trump: Israel should not let Tlaib, Omar visit, MPR
The Limits of Trump’s White Identity Politics, The Atlantic Continue reading “In the Know: August 15, 2019”

2020
Stacey Abrams Says She’s Open to Being Vice President for Any Democratic Nominee, New York Times
Trump’s base is very different than the swing voters he’ll need in 2020, CNN

Congress
How to close the massive gender gap in Congress, Vox
Pelosi vows no UK free trade deal if Brexit undermines Good Friday accord, The Hill
Ivanka Trump involved in congressional outreach on gun reform, CBS News

Donald Trump
‘So I think I was fine’: Trump defends promoting baseless conspiracy theory about Epstein’s death, Washington Post
‘Fredo unhinged’ T-shirts released by Trump campaign to mock Cuomo, New York Post
Trump Advisers Are Wary as President Considers Gun Proposals, Wall Street Journal
Do Trump Officials Plan To Break Centuries Of Precedent In Divvying Up Congress?, NPR Continue reading “In the Know: August 14, 2019”

2020
Why China may want a second Trump term, MinnPost
Suburbs spell trouble for Trump, The Hill
Trump’s State-by-State Approval Ratings Should Scare the MAGA Out of Him, NY Mag

Attorney General Keith Ellison
Ellison offers support to Liberians suing Trump, Grand Forks Herald
Minnesota School of Business, Globe University students eligible for loan discharge, Grand Forks Herald

Donald Trump
Trump Is Too Thin-Skinned to Protect the United States, The Atlantic Continue reading “In the Know: August 13, 2019”

2020
Focus group: Trump’s vulnerabilities with Minnesota swing voters, Axios
House Democrats’ offensive strategy in 2020 runs through Texas, Vox

Agriculture
U.S. Corn Yield Expected to Be Lowest Since 2012, Indigo Ag Says, Bloomberg
USDA DATA DROPS U.S. CORN MARKET 25¢ MONDAY, Successful Farming

Attorney General Keith Ellison
Ellison offers support to Liberians suing Trump, Inforum
Continue reading “In the Know: August 12, 2019”

2020
Too many candidates: Some Iowans tired of massive 2020 field, MPR News
Calling Trump a ‘Racist’ — Now a 2020 Dem Talking Point?, RealClear Politics

Attorney General Keith Ellison
Hundreds of former Globe University and Minnesota School of Business students could have loans forgiven, Pioneer Press

Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s support in Minnesota is plummeting, City Pages
Video shows Trump joking about crowd sizes while visiting shooting victims, CBS News
DONALD TRUMP’S ‘VERY PRESENCE, IT’S FRIGHTENING,’ SAYS EL PASO VICTIMS’ FAMILY MEMBER, Newsweek Continue reading “In the Know: August 9, 2019”

2020
Not in a good place: Trump and the state-by-state approval polls, Minnpost
Yes, the GOP Should Worry About Texas, Real Clear Politics
Kris Kobach: why Democrats hope the GOP won’t stop his run for US Senate, The Guardian

Donald Trump
WSJ: Banks Hand Over Trump Docs To House, State Investigators, TPM

Economy
U.S. Recession Odds Pick Up as Economists Cut Growth Estimates, Bloomberg
I was born into the 1%. I think having this much money is wrong., Vox
President Trump Wants a Weaker Dollar. But He Keeps Accidentally Pumping Up the Value, Time Continue reading “In the Know: August 8, 2019”

2020
Republicans’ Love of Guns May Cost Them Votes in the Suburbs, New York Mag
This Is What Brian Kemp Was Up to Before He Became Governor of Georgia, Esquire

Attorney General Keith Ellison
Minnesota lawsuit takes aim at family’s alleged role in opioid crisis, Grand Forks Herald
Minnesota, Dakotas attorneys general sign letter calling feds to lift regulations on opioid abuse treatments, Brainerd Dispatch

Business
The Donald Trump of St. Paul is in a Labor Dispute, Workday Minnesota
Apple stands in the global antitrust crosshairs, Politico Continue reading “In the Know: August 7, 2019”