DFL News
MNGOP BPOU Chair Threatens “Casualties” for Officials Upholding the Integrity of Elections, Dfl.org
Minnesota’s Republican Members of Congress Partly to Blame for Violence in D.C., DFL.org
DFL Party Podcast
As we prepare for 2022, the DFL Party is exploring new opportunities to get our message out to Minnesotans, including starting a podcast! We create a short, 3 minute survey to learn what you’d like to hear from a potential DFL Party podcast. Please take a few minutes to fill out our survey and help shape this new DFL Party venture today using this link: https://forms.gle/TW3z8dWJ9UF3798GA
Georgia Senate Election
Ossoff projected to win in Georgia, delivering Senate control to Democrats, CBS
Map: How did the Democrats win in Georgia? By improving virtually everywhere, NBC
Governor Tim Walz
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz says COVID-19 cases nearing pre-surge levels as indoor dining restrictions ease, CBS News
Gov. Walz relaxes restrictions on bars, restaurants, entertainment venues, Kare 11
Governor’s office outlines plan to relax certain indoor dining, entertainment restrictions, KSTP
2,300 COVID-19 cases reported in Minnesota as restaurants, movie theaters cleared to re-open, The Bemidji Pioneer
Walz loosens virus rules for bars, restaurants, other venues, Associated Press
Restaurant, bar owners feeling more optimism as openings allowed, Mankato Free Press
Minnesota Legislature
Walz and Gazelka urge peaceful transition of power amid protests in D.C. and Minnesota. Other MN pols react, Pioneer Press
COVID, budget, top agenda as Minnesota Legislature convenes, Associated Press
Minnesota News
At State Capitol, several hundred Trump supporters decry certification, Star Tribune
Minnesota Trump Supporters Held Peaceful ‘Storm The Capitol’ Rally, While Mob Stormed U.S. Capitol, CBS Minnesota
Minnesota’s restaurants prepare for reopening, again, MPR
Minnesota leaders comment on Capitol rioting, WXOW
Minnesota’s congressional delegation denounces mob activity at U.S. Capitol, MPR
Frustrations build over COVID-19 vaccine delays in Minnesota nursing homes, Star Tribune
President Elect Joe Biden and Vice President Elect Kamala Harris
How members of Congress voted on counting the electoral college vote, Washington Post
Biden win confirmed after pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol, Associated Press
Pence announces Biden’s victory after Congress completes electoral count, CBS News
Joe Biden Is Certified as the 46th President of the United States, New York Times
Republican Party News
Minnesota
After failed insurrection, 2 Minnesota Republicans still voted to block Biden win, Bring Me the News
‘Get the f*** out of the White House’: Ex-MN GOP political director calls on Trump to resign, Bring Me The News
National
Rep. Matt Gaetz and other GOP politicians baselessly suggest antifa is to blame for pro-Trump mob rioting into Capitol, Washington Post
GOP pollster: Republicans must explain why they didn’t stand up to Trump before Capitol riots, CNBC
Romney: ‘What happened here today was an insurrection, incited by the President’, CNN
Video Shows Newly Elected W.Va. Lawmaker Among Mob That Stormed The U.S. Capitol, NPR
Trump News
Isolated Trump reluctantly pledges ‘orderly’ transition after inciting mob, CNN
‘I can’t stay here’ — Mick Mulvaney resigns from Trump administration, expects others to follow, CNBC
President Trump blocked from posting to Facebook, Instagram ‘indefinitely,’ at least through end of term, USA Today
How pro-Trump insurrectionists broke into the U.S. Capitol, Washington Post
U.S. Capitol Riots
Chaos, violence, mockery as pro-Trump mob occupies Congress, Associated Press
‘It didn’t seem real, until it did,’ says Star Tribune reporter at U.S. Capitol, Star Tribune
Four dead, police injured, dozens arrested after siege at the U.S. Capitol, MPR
Capitol rioters planned for weeks in plain sight. The police weren’t ready, MPR
Capitol violence sparks a social media reckoning with Trump, Associated Press
U.S. News
Protesters swarm statehouses across U.S.; some evacuated, MPR
Biden to introduce Garland as attorney general, other top DOJ nominees, The Hill
CDC has found more than 50 US cases of coronavirus variant first identified in UK, CNN
U.S. Representative Angie Craig (CD2)
Rep Craig on chaos in DC; calls on colleagues to condemn the violence, KTOE
U.S. Representative Betty McCollum (CD4)
Rep. McCollum sad, outraged about events at U-S Capitol, KTOE
U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (CD5)
Rep. Omar Says She Is Drafting New Articles Of Impeachment Against Trump, NPR
‘Nothing Less Than An Attack On Our Republic’: Rep. Ilhan Omar Decries Objections During Congress Vote Count, CBS Minnesota
Rep. Ilhan Omar drawing up articles of impeachment for Trump, Fox 9
Minnesota representatives react to violent protest at US Capitol, Rep. Omar says she’s drawing up articles of impeachment, KSTP
Ilhan Omar says she is drawing up impeachment papers on Trump after mobs storm Capitol, Brainerd Dispatch
The Squad Takes a Stand, Demanding Accountability After Insurrection at the Capitol, Harper’s Bazaar
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar
‘Coup Fighters’: Amy Klobuchar Shouts Out Senators Supporting Election Results With Foo Fighters Reference, Variety
Senator Amy Klobuchar, WCCO Radio
Inside the assault on the Capitol: Evacuating the Senate, Washington Post
‘This Had Been Brewing’: Sen. Klobuchar Blames Trump For Inciting Violence At The Capitol, CBS Minnesota
World News
World reaction to the storming of the US Capitol, Associated Press
Japan Declares State of Emergency in Tokyo Area After Days of Hesitation, New York Times
Quebec locks down further, fearing a collapse of its hospitals, CNN
Upcoming Events:
You can find non-DFL events on our Action Alert post.
- January 6 — Congressional Electoral Vote Count
- 6:30 to 8:30 PM — SD50 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics
- January 7, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD46 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics
- January 11
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD44 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD49 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics
- January 13, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD33 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics
- January 14
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD36 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD48 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics
- January 18 — Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — Anoka County DFL Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics
- January 20 — Inauguration Day
- January 27, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — CD3 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting with Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon for and election debrief, more information as it becomes available
- January 28, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD47 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- February 2 — Groundhog Day
- February 3
- 6:30 to 8:30 PM — SD50 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD33 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- February 4, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD46 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- February 8
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD44 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD49 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- February 11
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD36 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD48 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- February 14 — Valentine’s Day
- February 15 — Presidents’ Day
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — Virtual DFL Anoka County Meeting, contact them for more information
- February 16 — Mardi Gras
- February 17 — Ash Wednesday
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — CD3 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, more information as it becomes available
- February 25 to 26 — Purim
- February 28, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD47 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information