Category: DFL In the Know

2020
Amy McGrath Announces Her Run for Mitch McConnell’s Senate Seat: ‘Somebody Needs to Stand Up to Him’, Time
5 things to know about Amy McGrath vs. Mitch McConnell in the 2020 Kentucky Senate race, USA Today
Trump’s base is not enough, and his own advisers know it, Washington Post
CNN debuts new polling standards as 2020 race heats up, CNN

Big Business
Rising heat stress could cost 80 million jobs by 2030 – U.N., Workday Minnesota

Census
Barr sees a way for census to legally ask about citizenship, Star Tribune
Why Trump will likely lose the census citizenship fight, Politico Continue reading “In the Know: July 9, 2019”

2020 Census
The Census Case Could Provoke a Constitutional Crisis, The Atlantic
Justice Dept. to replace lawyers in Census Citizenship question case, The New York Times
The Citizenship Question Could Tell Us Just How Hackish the Supreme Court Has Become, Mother Jones

Attorney General Keith Ellison
Countering hate regardless of ZIP code, The Star Tribune

Big Business
Bankers sent home as Deutsche starts slashing jobs, BBC
Cargill promised to end deforestation. It’s telling farmers something else., Grist Continue reading “In the Know: July 8, 2019”

Big Business
Amazon’s former HQ2 location is doing just fine without Amazon, Vox
PAC gifts: Sometimes they clash with stated corporate values, MinnPost
Inside the conflict at Walmart that’s threatening its high-stakes race with Amazon, Vox
How ‘Big Soda’ used its clout to stop 5 of 5 California laws to regulate sugary drinks, Los Angeles Times

Census
Trump Administration Drops Effort to Add Citizenship Question to 2020 Census, NY Times
Trump Posts Cryptic Tweet On Citizenship Question Just As DOJ Backs Down For 2020, Talking Points Memo=

Congress
House Democrats file lawsuit to obtain Trump tax returns, CNN Continue reading “In the Know: July 3, 2019”

Economy
Will Income-Share Agreements Be the Next Payday Loans?, The American Prospect
We’re in the longest economic expansion ever – but it’s the rich who are getting richer, NBC
Millions of kids could lose health insurance and food assistance under Trump’s public charge rule, Pacific Standard

Environment
Floating Antarctic ice goes from record high to record lows, Star Tribune
Revealed: rampant deforestation of Amazon driven by global greed for meat, The Guardian

GOP
Religious Legislating, MN Political Roundtable
Can Democrats Stop McConnell and Trump’s Quiet Regulatory Takeover?, The American Prospect Continue reading “In the Know: July 2, 2019”

Attorney General Keith Ellison
Attorney General Keith Ellison goes on the road to counter hate, Star Tribune

Economy
What just happened also occurred before the last 7 US recessions. Reason to worry?, NPR
Minnesota, regional factories grow, but slower than national pace, Star Tribune

Environment
Cities are beginning to own up to the climate impacts of what they consume, Vox Continue reading “In the Know: July 1, 2019”

2020
14 political experts on why the first Democratic debates were history-making, Vox

Economy
White House Considers Capital Gains Tax Break That Would Benefit Wealthy, Bloomberg
Area tech monopolist worth $70 billion thinks fixing his platform is someone else’s problem, ThinkProgress

GOP
Oh jeez, Matt Dean’s college/student loans tweets got him owned, City Pages
Fox News host Pete Hegseth is working with the for-profit college industry against protections for student veterans, Media Matters
Trump reportedly wants the ability to deport active duty troops’ family members, Think Progress
Ken Cuccinelli blames drowned man in border photograph for own, daughter’s deaths, CNN Continue reading “In the Know: June 28, 2019”

2020
Democratic debates: Everything you need to know about the first debate of 2020 election season, CBS News
All of Trump’s Bizarre Reactions to the First Democratic Debate, New York Magazine

Congress
Democrats need a better answer to the Mitch McConnell question, Vox
Political interference at DOJ threatens the rule of law, and Congress needs to act, The Hill

Economy
Trump arrives at global economic summit with full agenda and list of grievances, Washington Post
U.S. Jobless Claims Increase to Highest Level in Seven Weeks, Bloomberg Continue reading “In the Know: June 27, 2019”

Agriculture
Difficult choices when crop insurance, disaster aid, and Trump’s bailout intersect, Successful Farming

Economy
The Trump Administration’s War on Federal Workers, Workday Minnesota
CEOs made 287 times more money last year than their workers did, Vox

Environment
Florida faces a climate crisis as Democratic candidates take the debate stage, CNN
As coal fades, natural gas becomes the climate battleground, New York Times Continue reading “In the Know: June 26, 2019”

Agriculture
A Minnesota robotic dairy survives amid trade war, Wisconsin State Farmer
Democrats demand answers from USDA on lack of climate science promotion, Politico

Attorney General Keith Ellison
Keith Ellison says he’ll defend Minnesota abortion laws in court, Star Tribune

Census
House Dems say they’ve found more political motivation for citizenship question, CNN Continue reading “In the Know: June 25, 2019”

Continue reading “In the Know: June 24, 2019”