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In the Know: October 29, 2020

Days to the November Election: 5

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Early voting!
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Voter Protection
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Agriculture
Bonding bill also brought tax relief for farmersMankato Free Press

Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden
How Joe Biden Is Positioning Himself as a Modern FDRTime Magazine
Joe Biden: We can restore the soul of our nationCharlotte Observer
Biden draws contrast with Trump on coronavirus as pandemic worsens in campaign’s final daysCNN
John McCain and Joe Biden’s Friendship Shows Us How Politics is Supposed to WorkTime Magazine

Environmental News
On climate change, we’re completely out of marginNew Yorker
Trump’s EPA rewrote the rules on air, water energy. Now voters face a choice on climate change issuesUSA Today

Governor Tim Walz
In unprecedented ad, 4 Minnesota governors call for ‘civility’ around electionStar Tribune
Walz: State plans to launch COVID-19 testing effort among young adultsMPR

Health Care
US hospital systems facing ‘imminent’ threat of cyber attacks, FBI warnsThe Guardian
Attacks on Obamacare threaten coverage gains among minoritiesPolitico
Cuts to Medicare services would be disastrous for the countryCNN
Medicare, Medicaid will cover costs of future COVID-19 vaccine under new policyThe Hill

Immigration
Trump’s immigration policy on DACA, travel ban and family separations will be hard to fixWashington Post
ICE officials arrest 31 illegal immigrants in Minnesota in targeted operationKSTP
Trump Administration Proposes Eliminating H-1B Visa LotteryWall Street Journal

Minnesota Legislature
Minnesota legislative candidates make final pushMPR
Money pours into Minnesota legislative racesGrand Forks Herald
What’s At Stake In Minnesota’s Legislator Races: Balance Of PowerCBS Minnesota

Minnesota News
Minnesota health officials offer advice on voting, Halloween amid COVID-19Star Tribune
Feds in Minnesota charge 60 in $335M magazine fraud scheme that targeted seniorsStar Tribune
Minnesota teachers at ‘breaking point’ over pandemic stressStar Tribune
COVID cases, deaths up locally as rural Minnesota drives much of increaseFaribault Daily News
Grant should speed access to opioid recovery treatment in DuluthDuluth News Tribune
Thousands of Indigenous people newly registered to vote in northern MinnesotaMN Reformer

Representative Angie Craig (CD2)
Pot candidate upends tight U.S. House race even after his deathNBC
Before death, pro-marijuana candidate reportedly said GOP recruited him to “pull votes away” from Minnesota DemocratCBS

Representative Collin Peterson (CD7)
House Forecast Favors Democrats, But Ag Chairman Faces Tough Re-election BidProgressive Farmer

Representative Ilhan Omar (CD5)
FBI says extremist threatened Trump, Obama, Omar in online postsKSTP

Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump
Mayo Clinic, Rochester warn about risks of coronavirus infection at planned Trump rallySt. Paul Pioneer Press
Trump stumbles through final appeals to women as he vows to get their husbands back to workCNN
Trump claims he ‘ended’ the pandemic as cases surgeThe Guardian
Reality bites Donald Trump: He can’t hide from the COVID surge or the reckoning on race and criminal justiceNew York Daily News
DONALD TRUMP COURTS SENIOR CITIZEN VOTE BY NEARLY FREEZING HALF A DOZEN TO DEATHVanity Fair
New audio tapes show how Trump bet against scienceCNN

Republicans
At behest of Trump campaign official, Minneapolis police union calls for retired officers to act as ‘eyes and ears’ on Election DayStar Tribune
Trump, state GOP candidates seek to segregate late-arriving mail ballotsStar Tribune
Time is up for the racist know-nothingism of the GOP, Washington Post
Democrats see signs of hidden Biden voters flipping from GOPThe Hill
The GOP’s Education Extremism Is Alienating Moderate VotersThe Nation

Secretary of State Steve Simon
Trump, GOP campaigns ask for late mail ballots to be separated in MinnesotaThe Hill

Senator Amy Klobuchar
Klobuchar: Republicans are ‘politicizing’ tech while legislation stallsPolitico
Sen. Amy Klobuchar calls Google’s defense of its search dominance ‘offensive’ and ‘defiant’Business Insider

U.S. News
Tropical Storm Zeta racing along after slamming into Louisiana as powerful Category 2 hurricaneCBS News
Dr. Fauci warns of a ‘whole lot of pain’ due to coronavirus pandemic in the coming monthsCNBC
Pelosi presses Mnuchin for White House response on coronavirus aidThe Hill
Supreme Court denies GOP effort to fast-track ruling on Pennsylvania ballot deadlineCBS News
More than 40 states are reporting an increase in Covid-19 cases and many in the Midwest are seeing record hospitalizationsCNN

World News
France attack: Deadly stabbing in Nice ‘is terrorism’, says mayorBBC News
Germany and France announce new lockdowns as coronavirus cases spike in EuropeNBC News
Former South Korean President Ordered Back to Prison for BriberyNew York Times
Women begin national strike in Poland after near-total abortion banCBS News
US citizen detained in Belarus is released, Pompeo saysCNN

DFL Headquarters Office Hours
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Upcoming Events:

You can find campaign and election events on our Action Alert post.

  • Today through November 2 — General Election Early Voting
  • October 31 — Halloween
  • November 1 — Daylight Saving Time ends
  • November 2 — Last day for in-person early voting
  • November 3 — Election Day
    • 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM — Polls open for in person voting. Not certain where to vote? Visit the Minnesota Secretary of State’s website here.
    • 8:00 PM — SD33 DFL Election Night Virtual Results Watching Party, for more information on how to join, contact them for meeting specifics.
  • November 4, 6:30 to 8:30 PM — SD50 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics
  • November 5, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD46 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
  • November 9
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD44 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD49 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics
  • November 10, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD40 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
  • November 12
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD36 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD48 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
  • November 16, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — Anoka County DFL Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
  • November 18, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — CD3 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, more information as it becomes available.
  • November 26 — Thanksgiving Day
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