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2018 Election — Early voting open now
Ken Martin: Early voting opens June 29 for Aug. 14 primary, Owatonna People’s Press
What you need to know about early primary voting in Minnesota, Star Tribune
As early vote grows in popularity, candidates plan accordingly, Fox 9
Vote! Says DFL gubernatorial hopeful Erin Murphy in St. Cloud, St. Cloud Times
Election officials expect a big turnout for early primary voting, WCCO
2018 General Election
Obama offers Democrats tough love ahead of mid-term elections; ‘stop moping,’ CNN
Obama tells Democrats to get organized and start registering voters before mid-terms, MPR
An explosion is coming, Washington Post
Just like that, abortion is an issue in Minnesota this fall, Star Tribune
Two president rallies, two different outlooks for the GOP, Mesabi Daily News
Editor’s Note: Don’t whine: door knock; host a fundraiser or donate to candidates; make phone calls; and not only vote, but get your family and friends to the polls. #everyvotecounts
2018 Primary Election
5th District DFL primary features experience, symbolism, Star Tribune
Congress
Dean Phillips seeks to unseat five-term Rep. Erik Paulsen, WCCO
Restless Democratic newcomers bringing change to House, Star Tribune
Affordable Care Act
Elections
Steve Simon: Minnesota’s election system is the envy of the nation, Pioneer Press
Families Belong Together march – #familiesbelongtogether #nohumanisillegal #immigrantsmakeamericagreat
Minneapolis march to protest immigration policies, MPR
In 50 states, thousands protest immigration policy, with focus on midterm election, KARE 11
Hundreds in Rochester protest separating families at the border, KTTC
This weekend’s massive flash rallies to protest President Trump’s immigration policies — following the global women’s marches and the March For Our Lives after the Parkland school shooting — represent a unified, accelerated activism surpassing even what was seen in the late ’60s, social movement historians say.
The speed and scale of Saturday’s pop-up protests is fascinating:
- “Protesters flood U.S. cities,” AP writes in its roundup: “In major cities and tiny towns, hundreds of thousands of marchers gathered Saturday across America, moved by accounts of children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, in the latest act of mass resistance against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.”
- “Protesters flooded more than 700 marches, from immigrant-friendly cities like New York and Los Angeles to conservative Appalachia and Wyoming.”
- “They gathered on the front lawn of a Border Patrol station in McAllen, Texas, near a detention center where migrant children were being held in cages, and on a street corner near Trump’s golf resort at Bedminster, New Jersey, where the president is spending the weekend.”
Experts in social movements say that what we’re seeing is totally new — befitting, and powered by, our times and our technology. Axios
Farm Bill
Farmers look to Washington with concern, Waseca County News
Governor’s Race
Minnesota governor candidates (most of them, anyway) talk gridlock, breaking bread and ‘the next Amazon’ at forum, MinnPost
Pawlenty keeps corporate posts amid race for governor, MPR
Health Care
State faces deep health care funding cliff, Star Tribune
Immigration crisis
How one Minn. town is weighing the morals and economics of immigrant detention, MPR
How more migrant children separated from their parents at the border could end up in Minnesota, MinnPost
Tariffs
Which Minnesota businesses could feel the impact of Trump’s tariffs dispute the most? Pioneer Press
Trump’s trade war will hurt Minnesota companies, economy, Star Tribune
Trump Cites Car-Tariff Threat as Biggest Trade Leverage, Wall St Journal
Taxes
Six months later, Trump tax cuts are losing their popularity, Star Tribune
Trump
Trump ran to his golf course to hide, but 200 protestors found him, PoliticusUSA
The 26 major Trump-related headlines for the week of June 25 from CNN.
Monday:
- Prosecutors cancel Stormy Daniels interview, attorney says
- Trump insults restaurant that booted Sarah Sanders
- Trump says he doesn’t regret signing immigration order
- Pompeo says no timeline on North Korea negotiations
- Trump accuses Harley-Davidson of waving ‘white flag’ in budding trade war
Tuesday:
- Supreme Court rules on travel ban
- Federal judge orders reunification of parents and children, end to most family separations at border
- Trump-backed candidates win in South Carolina and New York
- Judge denies Manafort’s request to dismiss case in Virginia
- 18 attorneys general sue over Trump admin’s family separations
- Sarah Sanders to receive Secret Service protection
Wednesday:
- Details of Trump, Putin meeting are set
- Embattled FBI agent meets with Congress behind closed doors
- Trump’s nominee to lead the VA faces Congress in hearing
- Shine accepts top White House job
- Justice Anthony Kennedy to retire from Supreme Court
- Pompeo: North Korea remains a nuclear threat
- Trump visits Fargo to boost Kevin Cramer’s Senate campaign
Thursday:
- Trump casts doubt on Russian meddling ahead of Putin summit
- Investigators detail Manafort money from Ukrainian corruption, Russian oligarch
- Trump IRS nominee owns property at Trump-branded hotel
- Trump meets with key senators as he starts full-court press to nominate new justice
- Trump finally has an ambassador to South Korea
Friday:
- Trump’s controversial pick for top UN migration job voted down in Geneva
- Axios: Trump privately says he wants to withdraw from WTO
- Trump says Maryland shooting ‘filled our hearts with grief’
U.S. Supreme Court
Trump says he’ll name pick on July 9, Star Tribune
A lifetime investment: Big money pours into Supreme Court battle, MPR
Anthony Kennedy, You Are a Total Disgrace to America, The Daily Beast
Trump’s relationship with Justice Kennedy sounds shady in this new report., The New Republic
Upcoming Events
- Today through August 13 — Primary early voting. More information here.
- July 3, 7:00 PM — SD40 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Brooklyn Park Library, 8500 W Broadway Ave, Brooklyn Park, MN 55443
- July 4 — Independence Day
- July 4 — SD48 DFL will be at Eden Prairie’s Independence Day celebration at Round Lake Park (southwest corner for Valley View Road and Eden Prairie Road).
- July 4, 10:00 AM — SD49 DFL Float in Edina Parade, meet at Eden Ave & W 50th St, if you’re interested in participating, contact Tim at 952.484.3515.
- July 4, 1:30 PM — SD33 DFL Marching in the Chanhassen 4th of July Parade. Line up starts at 1:30 PM, parade steps off at 2:30 PM.
- July 6, 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.
- July 9, 7:00 PM — SD44 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Minnetonka Community Center, 14600 Minnetonka Blvd., Minnetonka, MN 55345
- July 9, 7:00 PM — SD49 DFL Central Committee Meeting, 7001 Cahill Rd, Suite 21, Edina, MN
- July 10, 7:00 PM — SD34 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Maple Grove Library, 8001 Main St N, Osseo, MN 55369
- July 12, 6:00 PM — SD34 DFL Marching in the Maple Grove Days Parade
- July 12, 7:00 PM — SD48 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Glen Lake Activity Center, 14350 Excelsior Blvd, Minnetonka, MN 55345
- July 13, 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.
- July 14, 10:00 AM — SD34 DFL at the Maple Grove Business Expo, Maple Grove Community Center, 12951 Weaver Lake Rd, Maple Grove, MN 55369.