In the Know: September 11, 2020

Days Until the Election: 53

DFL Action Center
53 Days OUT – Let’s get to work!
If you’d like to help the DFL Party fight for criminal justice reform, better schools, wages, our environment, and health care, click here to get more involved there are events happening in your area!

DFL Headquarters Office Hours 
Looking to buy yard signs or Biden-Harris merchandise? Stop by the DFL Headquarters on 255 East Plato Blvd in St Paul, we are now open to the public from 12:00-5:00 PM Monday-Friday. Click here to see our new shirts, signs, and stickers!

DFL Pop Up Shop
The DFL Party is traveling across Minnesota to distribute yard signs, buttons, t-shirts, and other campaign merchandise!  For more information on when we will be in your city, follow this link!

2020 Election
Microsoft warns of ‘unsuccessful attacks’ on campaigns from Russian, China, IranABC News

Agriculture News
MN Ag Commissioner on year of challenges and opportunities for renewable energyBrownfield News  

Democratic Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
Biden laughs about Trump’s ‘Slow Joe’ nicknameCNN

DFL News
DFL Party Statement on Trump’s Plan to Visit Minnesota Next FridayRed Lake Nation

Environment
Tens of thousands of fires are pushing the Amazon to a tipping point, CNN
The Arctic is burning like never before — and that’s bad news for climate changeNature
Animal populations worldwide have declined nearly 70% in just 50 years, new report saysCBS

Governor Tim Walz
Tim Walz to seek additional extension of public health emergency rules, Twin Cities Pioneer Press 

Immigration News
Federal court blocks Trump plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from census count used to allocate seats in CongressCNN

Minnesota Legislature 
Minnesota Legislature set to reconvene for 4th special session of 2020, KSTP  

Minnesota News
Trump and Biden both to campaign in Minnesota on Sept. 18, Star Tribune
Minnesota drafts $700 million plan to address PFAS in waterBloomberg Law
Minnesota health officials look to avoid ‘twindemic’ of COVID and the fluStar Tribune 

Representative Collin Peterson (CD7, D)
Collin Peterson, Michelle Fishbach spar in their first U.S. House DebateStar Tribune 

Republican President and Vice President Candidates Donald Trump and Mike Pence 
‘Keep calm and carry on’: Trump compared himself to Brits in the Blitz. But that phrase was never used in WWII.Washington Post
Trump bragged he ‘saved’ MBS after Khashoggi murder: Woodward bookBusiness Insider
Op-Ed: Trump’s Coronavirus response was beyond incompetentNew York Times
Trump says U.S. to cut Iraq troops to about 2,000 in ‘very short’ timeReuters

Republican Senate Candidate Jason Lewis,
GOP Senate Nominee Jason Lewis Founded A Social Network Where People Promoted A Pro-Hitler DocumentaryBuzzfeed

Republicans
Senate Republicans scramble to contain fallout from Woodward bombshellThe Hill
Republican worries rise as Trump campaign pulls back from television advertising, Washington Post
Mike Lindell threatens to sue Anderson Cooper over brutal CNN interviewCIty Pages

U.S. News
U.S. weekly jobless claims flattening; labor market recovery showing signs of fatigueReuters Western wildfires in California, Oregon turn more deadly, spurring mass evictionsCBS News
Three major decisions are upcoming in police violence cases in Louisville, Kenosha and Rochester, CNN
Trump’s $300 in weekly unemployment benefits extended to 6 weeksCBS News
New York City Marks 9/11 at a Time of Harrowing LossNew York Times

World News
India and China to ‘quickly disengage’ from border standoffBBC News
The world lost two-thirds of its wildlife in 50 years. We are to blame. NPR
France and Germany join forces to welcome refugees after Lesbos camp blaze, says MacronCNN

Check out our brand new Biden-Harris Campaign merchandise in the DFL Store!

Upcoming DFL Events

With COVID-19, we suggest you check with the hosting organization to see if meetings, etc. are being held.

  • September 11 — Patriots Days
  • September 14
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD44 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD49 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
  • September 16, 7:00 to 8:30 PM — No CD3 DFL Central Committee Meeting this month
  • September 18 through 20 — Rosh Hashana
  • September 18 through November 2 — General Election Early Voting
  • September 21 — Anoka County DFL Meeting, contact them for specifics
  • September 22 — Fall Equinox
  • September 27 to 28 — Yom Kippur
  • September 29, 8:00 to 9:30 PM — Presidential Debate, Case Western Reserve University, more information and it becomes available.
  • October 1, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD46 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
  • October 7
    • 6:30 to 8:30 PM — SD50 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD33 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
  • October 8
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD36 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD48 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
  • October 10, 1:30 to 3:00 PM — SD40 DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
  • October 12
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD44 DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD49 DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.