Minnesota Politics:
Legislative session starts on sour note in Senate, MPR News
Lawmakers pause session for anti-harassment training, MPR News
2 parties, 2 hugely different suggestions from Minnesota to prevent mass shootings, Go MN
Minnesota Legislature’s two new members sworn in on session’s first day, Pioneer Press
Mourning [insert next mass shooting] in the NRA’s America, City Pages
Our View: Gun laws: Legislature must take the lead as Congress fails, Mankato Free Press
Secretary of State Steve Simon:
LWV offering civic engagement lessons, Park Rapids Enterprise
Sen/Lt. Gov, Fischbach:
Is this Fischbach Capitol fight really about the state constitution, or is it just politics?, Pioneer Press
Age of Trump:
Democrat Linda Belcher Takes Deep-Red Kentucky Seat, the 37th Flip Since, The Daily Beast
Another Trump Official Found Pushing Conspiracy Theories on Social Media, New York Magazine
Donald Trump Jr.’s tour through India is staggeringly corrupt, VOX
Other News:
‘Dirty meat’: Shocking hygiene failings discovered in US pig and chicken plants, The Guardian
In Minnesota, growing support for student walkouts, with plans for protest Wednesday, Star Tribune
Uninsured rate up in Minnesota, Duluth News Tribune
Students take fight for gun control to Florida legislators’ doorstep, The Guardian
Also check out our Real Erik Paulsen and Trump Administration pages for more information.
Upcoming Events
- February 21, 7:00 PM — CD3 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Council Chambers, Minnetonka Community Center, 14600 Minnetonka Blvd, Minnetonka, MN 55345
- February 23, 12:00 PM — Stand Against Trump, SD40 DFL Treasurer John Schafer is holding a weekly hour of protest and resistance on Fridays from 12pm to 1pm at the corner of Brookdale & Xerxes in Brooklyn Park.
- February 24 through April 1 — Senate District DFL Conventions to be held during this period
- February 24, 2:30 PM — SD46 DFL Convention 101, St. Louis Park Library, 3240 Library Ln, St. Louis Park, MN 55426. More information here.
- February 28 — Erev Purim
- March 1 — Holika Dahana
- March 1 — Purim
- March 2, 12:00 PM — Stand Against Trump, SD40 DFL Treasurer John Schafer is holding a weekly hour of protest and resistance on Fridays from 12pm to 1pm at the corner of Brookdale & Xerxes in Brooklyn Park.
- March 3, 9:00 AM — SD50 DFL Convention, Oak Grove Middle School, 1300 W 106th St, Bloomington, MN 55431
- March 3, 11:00 AM — SD33 DFL Precinct Chair and Vice Chair Welcome Bruch. If you were elected Caucus night in SD33 as a precinct chair or vice chair, you should have received an invitation. If you didn’t, please contact c.olson@dflsd33.org for details.
- March 6, 7:00 PM — SD34 DFL Central Committee Meeting, check their calendar for this month’s location.
- March 6, 7:00 PM — SD37 DFL Central Committee Meeting, check their Facebook page for this month’s location.
- March 6, 7:00 PM — SD40 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Brooklyn Park Library, 8500 W Broadway Ave, Brooklyn Park, MN 55443
- March 7, 7:00 PM — SD33 DFL Central Committee Meeting, locations vary.
- March 8, 7:00 PM — SD48 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Glen Lake Activity Center, 14350 Excelsior Blvd., Minnetonka, MN 55345
- March 9, 12:00 PM — Stand Against Trump, SD40 DFL Treasurer John Schafer is holding a weekly hour of protest and resistance on Fridays from 12pm to 1pm at the corner of Brookdale & Xerxes in Brooklyn Park.
- March 10, 10:00 AM — SD37 DFL Convention, Teamsters Local 120 9422 Ulysses St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55434
- March 11 — SD46 DFL Convention, more information as it is made available to us