2018 Minnesota Elections:
This week in campaign coverage: guv tours, ‘wacky positions,’ and CD8 polling, MINNPOST
Supreme Court strikes down law banning political clothing at polls, Politico
2018 National Elections:
This new poll about Ohio’s 2018 election should worry Republicans, Cincinnati Enquirer
Who won and lost in the Nevada Primary Election, KTNV Las Vegas
Attorney General Candidate Matt Pelikan:
Matt Pelikan thinks he has a solid shot, Minnesota Lawyer
Congressman Collin Peterson:
Ted Yoho, Collin Peterson Propose Reforming Regulations on Transporting Livestock, Sunshine State News
Peterson: Senate farm bill proposal is promising, Crookston Times
DC Politics:
Sarah Sanders, Raj Shah planning to depart White House, CBS News
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel Blasted For Ominous Demand of Loyalty to Trump: “Is This a Threat”, Mediate
Minnesota News:
How an anxious, lost raccoon conquered a Minnesota skyscraper — and our hearts, Vox
PUC: Line 3 oil pipeline plan is necessary, safest option, MPR
Research Project Brings Bison Back to Central Minnesota Prairie, KSTP
Tim Pawlenty:
Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty on the campaign to get his old job back, MPR News
Trump:
Trump Takes His Party Back to the 1920s, The Atlantic
Donald Trump’s big fail on North Korea: He didn’t prepare and he got played, USA Today
Donald Trump owns all of Scott Pruitt’s scandals, Washington Post
Trump returns salute of North Korean general at summit, state media footage reveals, CNN
Trump calls Kim Jong Un a “tough guy” after dictator is described as a “killer” on Fox News, CBS News
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar:
Amy Klobuchar: A bipartisan farm bill that works for Minnesotans, Albert Lea Tribune
U.S. Senator Tina Smith:
U.S. Sen. Tina Smith on the farm bill, MPR
World News:
French MPs back Macron’s controversial rail reforms, BBC News
North Korea sanctions remain until complete denuclearisation, says US, BBC News
Merkel coalition at risk as talks on refugee policy falter, The Guardian
Other News:
Inside the Former Walmart Where Almost 1,500 Migrant Children Are Held, New York Times
Sylvester Stallone under investigation by Los Angeles sex crimes task force, NBC News
Comcast Offers $65 billion for 21st Century Fox, Challenging Disney, New York Times
Chicago taps Elon Musk’s Boring Company to build high-speed transit tunnels that would tie Loop with O’Hare, Chicago Tribune
For the first time, a black women is elected mayor of San Francisco, CNN
Upcoming Events
- June 14 — Flag Day
- June 14, 6:30 — State DFL Outreach and Inclusion Committee Meeting, State DFL Headquarters, 255 E Plato Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55107. Open to all DFL Senate District Outreach Officers and Senate District Officers.
- June 14, 7:00 PM — SD48 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Glen Lake Activity Center, 14350 Excelsior Blvd, Minnetonka, MN 55345
- June 15 — Eid al-Fitr
- June 15, 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.
- June 17 — Father’s Day
- June 18, 7:00 PM — Brooklyn Park DFL Meeting, Brooklyn Park Public Library, 6500 Broadway Ave, Brooklyn Park, MN
- June 19 — Juneteenth
- June 20, 7:00 PM — CD3 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Minnetonka Community Center, 146000 Minnetonka Blvd, Minnetonka, MN 55345
- June 22, 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.
- June 29 through August 13 — Primary early voting. More information here.
- June 29, 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.