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2018 election
Polling from navigator:
- When it comes to politics generally, Democrats feel more anger and Republicans feel more excitement — but Democrats are feeling more exhausted right now than Republicans by a 2-to-1 margin.
- The progressive base is most energized by focusing on big, substantive issue fights and being part of organized demonstrations and movements.
- Across partisan lines, Americans see Trump’s defining personality traits as narcissism and egotism, and self-interest as his primary motivation.
- Americans also view Congressional Republicans’ actions and agenda as leading to corruption and higher costs for them.
North Carolina GOP Primary Winner Says God is a White Supremacist, Jews are Satanic, Newsweek
Congress
Stauber campaign: Trump visit represents growing momentum, Bemidji Pioneer
Fall of Democratic leaders caps strong primary night for progressives, MPR
Trump is all in on Pete Stauber. Will the 8th District follow suit? MinnPost
Day Care
GOP thwarted DFL attempts to fix day care, Mankato Free Press
Health Care
With preexisting condition protections at risk, health care looms as top Minnesota election issue, Star Tribune
When An Iowa Family Doctor Takes on the Opioid Epidemic, NY Times
Hospital Lab Charges Spike Found at Rural Hospitals, Modern Healthcare
Immigration crisis
House rejects Republican immigration bill, ignoring Trump, MPR
Minnesota expects more migrant children separated from parents to come, MPR
Community groups present list of demands to curb deportations to Twin Cities county leaders, MPR
Janus ruling
Minnesotans speak out on SCOTUS union ruling, WCCO
What does Supreme Court union ruling mean for Minnesota? MPR
In Minnesota, split reaction to Supreme Court ruling on labor unions: ‘A win for freedom,’ ‘appalling,’ Star Tribune
Justice Kennedy
Trump list of candidates to replace Justice Kennedy, The Hill
Justice Kennedy retiring; Trump to get 2nd Supreme Court pick, MPR
Kennedy’s retirement is a serious, alarming development toward a partisan court, MinnPost
Justice Kennedy’s exit triggers major Supreme Court clash, Star Tribune
Kennedy swing votes from Axios
- Abortion: Kennedy voted with the court’s liberals to strike down some of the most aggressive efforts to limit women’s access to abortion. A more conservative court likely would be far more open to curtailing Roe v. Wade.
- LGBT rights: It’s hard to imagine the court ever overturning Kennedy’s historic 2015 decision on same-sex marriage. But it’s very easy to imagine a broader range of carve-outs and exemptions for people like the Christian baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding.
- Criminal justice: Kennedy was skeptical of the death penalty in certain cases, and had recently suggested that solitary confinement is unconstitutional.
Minnesota Legislature
DFL targets suburbs to flip control of Minnesota House, MPR
Trump
Trump puts Senate race front and center in Fargo, Star Tribune
Trump-Putin summit set for Helsinki, Finland on July 16, CBS News
Trump has wanted a summit with Putin for months. He finally got it, Vox
Trump Tariffs
A look at how tariffs and manufacturing are heating up Wisconsin politics, MPR
The Iowa Farmers on the Frontline of Trump’s Trade War With China, The Guardian
‘Don’t Forget About Us’: Farmers Rally for Better Prices, Steps to Buffer Trade War Impact on Agriculture, Grand Forks Herald
Trump Travel Ban
Travel ban ruling stirs fear, anguish among Minnesota Muslims, MPR
Four key takeaways from the Supreme Court’s travel ban ruling, Star Tribune
Upcoming Events
- 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.
- 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, 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.