In the Know: June 14, 2021

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Attorney General Keith Ellison
AG Ellison supports CDC pandemic eviction ban at Supreme Court, Red Lake Nation News

DFL Party News
8 Months After Election, MN GOP Refuses To Say It Wasn’t Stolen, DFL Press Release

Governor Tim Walz
Walz to extend limited peacetime emergency powers, call for special session, KARE 11
Gov. Tim Walz thanks Minnesotans for pandemic efforts, promotes beer reward, Star Tribune
State Human Services, waived burdensome regs during pandemic, wants to continue lighter touch, Minnesota Reformer

Minnesota Legislature
Minnesota Legislature to return to Capitol Monday for special session, KARE 11
Special session begins at noon, but no agreement on some major budget bills, KTOE
Minnesota Legislature Anticipates Monday’s Special Session With Unfinished Business, CBS Minnesota

Minnesota News
Activists, community members call for arrests and answers in child shooting deaths, Fox 9
1 Killed, 3 Hurt After Driver Plows Into Protestors in Uptown, CBS Minnesota
Minnesota schools prepare for summer classes with relaxed pandemic precautions, Star Tribune
Patients celebrate ‘huge win’ in adding cannabis flower to Minnesota’s medical program, Star Tribune

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris News
Biden says U.S. is ‘back at the table’ following G-7 summit, CNBC
5 Things To Watch At The Biden-Putin Summit, NPR
Erdogan and Biden meet at a tense moment for Turkish-US ties, Associated Press
Kamala Harris Is First Sitting Vice President to March in Pride Event, Slate

Republican Party News
Critical race theory is a lucrative obsession for Republicans because the party is ‘offended by the political focus on racism and racial justice’, Business Insider
How Republicans came to embrace the big lie of a stolen election, The Guardian
Op-Ed: My front row seat to the radicalization of the Republican Party, Los Angeles Times 
Fact check: Breaking down Mitch McConnell’s spin on the John Lewis voting rights bill, CNN 

Republican Party in Minnesota Party News 
GOP ramps up misleading attack on Democrats’ policing policy, Associated Press

U.S. Representative Dean Phillips (CD3, D)
Reps. Phillips, Houlahan Launch Congressional Stakeholder Capitalism Caucus, Press Office of Rep. Phillips

U.S. Representative Tom Emmer (CD6, R)
Interview: Rep. Tom Emmer On Trump’s Enduring Impact On Republican Party, CBS Minnesota

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar
Provisions from Klobuchar, Blunt Legislation to Protect Adopted Children Pass HELP Committee, Head to Senate Floor, Press Office of Sen. Klobuchar
As hope for federal voting rights rescue dims, state Democrats, advocates turn up the heat, NBC
Sen. Klobuchar highlights Rochester’s bus rapid transit project, KIMT

U.S. News
Novavax Offers U.S. a Fourth Strong Covid-19 Vaccine, New York Times
Experts warn that the drop in U.S. testing will make it harder to track outbreaks, New York Times
Apple Is Said to Have Turned Over Data on Trump’s White House Counsel in 2018, New York Times
A rainbow rose over the Pulse nightclub memorial on the fifth anniversary of the mass shooting at the Orlando venue, CNN

Upcoming Events:

You can find non-DFL events on our Action Alert post.

  • June 14 — Flag Day
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM – SD44 DFL Virtual Central Committee, contact them for more information
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD49 DFL Virtual Central Committee, contact them for more information
  • June 16, 7:00 PM — REPLACED BY CD3 CONVENTION CD3 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting
  • June 19 — Juneteenth
  • June 20 — Father’s Day
  • June 27, 12:00 to 4:00 PM — SD45 DFL Community Picnic, 8130 Bass Lake Rd, New Hope, MN 55428, more information here.
  • June 28, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD47 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
  • July 29, 5:30 PM — Minnesota DFL LGBTQ Leadership Pride Month Event with Gov. Kate Brown, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, State Sen. Scott Dibble and State Rep. Heather Keeler. More information and RSVP here.
  • July 1 — Somali Independence Day
  • July 3
    • 9:30 to 11:30 AM — SD49 DFL Marching in the Edina Independence Day Parade, contact them for more information or to volunteer.
    • 10:00 AM — Coffee with Hennepin County Commissioner LaTondresse, first Saturday of each month. Log in here.
  • July 4 — Independence Day
  • July 5 — Independence Day (observed)
  • July 7
    • 6:30 to 8:30 PM — SD50 DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD33 DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
  • July 8
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD36 DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD48 DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
  • July 12
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD44 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD49 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
  • July 14, 6:00 to 8:00 PM — SD48 DFL Electric Vehicle Event, location coming shortly
  • July 17, 12:00 to 3:00 PM — SD49 DFL Picnic, Rosland Park Shelter, 4300 W 66th St, Edina, MN 55435. Join them for a great opportunity to meet statewide, legislative officials as well as local office holders and candidates in Bloomington and Minnetonka
  • August 26 through September 6 — Minnesota State Fair
  • August 28 — DFL Volunteer Day at Minnesota State Fair, more information to come