In the Know: July 24, 2019

Agriculture
Perdue will come to Farmfest, Rochester Post Bulletin
CORN, SOYBEAN CONDITION RATINGS DON’T IMPROVE, USDA CROP PROGRESS REPORT SAYS.Successful Farming
USDA Report Sees Dire Climate-Change Impact on U.S. Crops, Wall Street Journal
Chobani CEO: America is failing its dairy farmers, CNN

Attorney General Keith Ellison
Ellison, Hamilton talk high drug costs in Worthington, Worthington Daily Globe

Congress
White House and Congress Reach Deal on Spending, Debt Ceiling, Wall Street Journal
Congress passes 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund extension championed by Jon Stewart, CNN
Trump sues to block New York law allowing Congress to get his state taxes, NBC News

Donald Trump

The Trump administration is kicking 3.1 million people off food stamps, Vox
Trump transition adviser convicted on foreign-agent charges, Politico
Trump attacks congresswoman at conservative teen summit, CNN

Environment
Animals failing to adapt to speed of climate crisis, study finds, The Guardian
As climate changes, taxpayers will shoulder larger U.S. payouts to farmers, MPR
Climate change: 12 years to save the planet? Make that 18 months, BBC
Beaches across America showed unsafe levels of pollution last year, a study finds, CNN

GOP
Top GOP Senate Campaigns Aren’t Rushing to WinRed, Real Clear Politics
How Much Trouble Could Mark Sanford Cause Trump In The 2020 GOP Primary?, FiveThirtyEight
Republican lawmakers who backed Trump’s tax cuts now freak out over bipartisan spending deal, ThinkProgress

Governor Tim Walz
Area cities, counties look to benefit as Walz administration rolls out highest local government funding since 2002, Brainerd Dispatch

Healthcare
GOP, Dems offer compromise to reduce drug costs for seniors, MPR
How Big Pharma and insurers are leaving Minnesotans sick, hospitalized, even dead, City Pages
Study: the US could have averted about 15,600 deaths if every state expanded Medicaid, Vox

Minnesota News
In a suburban first, four metro cities to adopt local sales tax, Star Tribune
Andover reckons with past pollution as landfill’s hazardous waste cleanup begins, MPR
Minnesota is one of the early leaders in 5G wireless. What does that mean for the cities where it’s being rolled out?,… MinnPost
Riversedge project in downtown St. Paul to cost $788 million, developer seeking $80 million in public money, Star Tribune
MN researchers roll out revolutionary approach to school safety training, MPR

Mueller Testimony
LIVE UPDATES: Mueller testifies report did not exonerate Trump; president could be charged with obstruction once he leaves office, ABC News
7 key takeaways from Robert Mueller’s testimony, CNN
Read Robert Mueller’s opening statement: Russian interference among ‘most serious’ challenges to American democracy, CNBC
After Trump’s DOJ instructed Mueller not to answer questions, House GOP attacks him for complying, ThinkProgress

News of the World
The U.S. and Europe are pursuing sharply different plans for patrols in the Persian Gulf, Washington Post
China’s military warns against growing threat from Taiwan ‘separatists‘, CNN
A No-Deal Brexit, Just in Time for Christmas, Has U.K. Businesses Worried, Wall Street Journal
U.S. military took defensive action against second Iranian drone last week, Reuters

Representative Collin Peterson (CD7)
Peterson Opposes Changes in Eligibility for SNAP Food Stamp Program, KWLM

Representative Dean Philips (CD3)
GOP businessman files to run against Rep. Dean Phillips in suburban House district, Star Tribune

Representative Ilhan Omar (CD5)
Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Republican Challenger Appears to be a QAnon Conspiracy Theorist, Daily Beast

Representative Jim Hagedorn (CD1)
After six months in office, U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn sees strength in his ties to Trump, Star Tribune

Senator Amy Klobuchar
Klobuchar fires back at Trump: ‘You’ll never win Minnesota’, The Hill

U.S. News
U.S. New-Home Sales Miss Estimates After Downward Revisions, Bloomberg
ICE Releases a U.S. Citizen, Wrongfully Detained Near the Border for Over Three Weeks, Time
Trump immigration agenda gets bogged down in courts, The Hill
RNC host city Charlotte condemns Trump’s past ‘racist and xenophobic’ attacks, CNN

Upcoming DFL Events:

• July 25, 4:00 to 8:00 PM — SD47 DFL at Glad Days, 107 John Ave N, Cologne, MN 55322
• July 26
  • 4:00 to 8:00 PM — SD47 DFL at Glad Days, 107 John Ave N, Cologne, MN 55322
  • 5:00 to 8:00 PM — SD47 DFL at River City Days, City Square Park, 300 N Chestnut St, Chaska, MN 55381
  • 6:00 to 8:00 PM — 2019 Minnesota DFL Women’s Leadership Event with Special Guest U.S. Sne. Kirsten Sinema, 1908 Girard Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55403. More information and tickets here.
• July 27
  • 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM — SD47 DFL at Glad Days, 107 John Ave N, Cologne, MN 55322
  • 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM — SD47 DFL at River City Days, City Square Park, 300 N Chestnut Street, Chaska, MN 55318
• July 28, 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM — SD47 DFL Marching in the Chaska River City Days Parade
• July 30,
  • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — DNC Presidential Debate airing on CNN. Live stream on CNN.com and the CNN app for iOS and Android, as well as via the CNNgo apps for Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire, Chromecast and Android TV.
  • 7:00 to 8:30 PM — UPDATED: SD37 DFL Central Committee meeting, visit their Facebook page for specifics, locations change from month to month.
  • 7:00 to 8:30 PM — Environmental Conversation with Rep. Laurie Pryor (HD48A), Rep. Patty Acomb (HD44B), Eden Prairie Mayor Ron Case and Minnetonka Council Member Deb Calvert, Cambria Room, Eden Prairie Community Center, 16700 Valley View Rd, Eden Prairie, MN 55346
• July 31, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — DNC Presidential Debate airing on CNN. Live stream on CNN.com and the CNN app for iOS and Android, as well as via the CNNgo apps for Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire, Chromecast and Android TV.
• August 3, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM — SD47 DFL at Volksfest, Victoria, MN
• August 6, 7:00 to 8:30 PM — SD40 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Mississippi Room, Brooklyn Park Public Library.
• August 7
  • 12:00 to 10 PM — SD47 DFL at the Carver County Fair, 501 W 3rd St, Waconia, MN 55387
  • 6:30 to 8:30 PM — SD50 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Room C102, Kennedy High School, 9701 Nicollet Ave, Bloomington, MN 55420
  • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD33 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Room 172, Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Dr, Minnetonka, MN 55305
• August 8
  • 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM — SD47 DFL at the Caver County Fair, 501 W 3rd St, Waconia, MN 55387.
  • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD48 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Glen Lake Activity Center, 14350 Excelsior Blvd, Minnetonka, MN 55345
• August 9, 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM — SD47 DFL at the Carver County Fair, 501 W 3rd St, Waconia, MN 55387.
• August 10, 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM — SD47 DFL at the Carver County Fair, 501 W 3rd St, Waconia, MN 55387.
• August 11
  • 10:00 AM TO 8:00 PM — SD47 DFL at Carver County Fair, 501 W 3rd St, Waconia, MN 55387.
  • 10:30 to 11:30 AM — SD40 DFL Marching in the Long Lake Corn Days Parade, Willow Drive N and Watertown Rd, contact them for more information.
  • 1:00 to 2:00 PM — SD40 DFL Book Club, contact them for more information.
• August 12 — Deadline for 2019 DFL Women’s Hall of Fame Women of Distinction and Rising Star Applications, more information here.
  • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD44 DFL Central Committee Meeting — Council Chamber, Minnetonka Community Center, 14600 Minnetonka, MN 55345
  • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD49 DFL Central Committee Meeting, 7001 Cahill Rd, Suite 21, Edina, MN.
• August 14, 6:00 to 8:00 PM — SD33 DFL Issues Door Knock, Caribou Coffee, 325 Clydesdale Trl, Unit 100, Hamel, MN 55340. For more information or to RSVP, email s.holte@dflsd33.org.
• August 16, 6:00 to 8:00 PM — SD33 DFL Issues Door Knock, Caribou Coffee, 325 Clydesdale Trl, Unit 100, Hamel, MN 55340. For more information or to RSVP, email s.holte@dflsd33.org.
• August 17
  • 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM — SD33 DFL Issues Door Knock, Caribou Coffee, 325 Clydesdale Trl, Unit 100, Hamel, MN 55340. For more information or to RSVP, email s.holte@dflsd33.org.
  • 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM — SD48 DFL “United in Diversity” Picnic, Round Lake Park, 16691 Valley View Rd, Eden Prairie, MN 55346
  • 2:00 to 4:00 PM — SD33 DFL Issues Door Knock, Caribou Coffee, 325 Clydesdale Trl, Unit 100, Hamel, MN 55340. For more information or to RSVP, email s.holte@dflsd33.org.