Days Until the Election: 49
DFL Action Center
49 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 12:00-5:00PM 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!
Agriculture News
EPA rejects quota reductions in victory for corn farmers, ethanol producers, Star Tribune
4-H agriculture programs persevere during pandemic, AgriNews
USDA Seeking Input for Agriculture Innovation Agenda, Southeast AgNet
5% OF THE U.S. CORN CROP HAS BEEN PICKED, USDA SAYS, Successful Farming
Democratic Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
Biden says Americans “aren’t safe” under Trump due to climate change, CBS News
Joe Biden to visit Central Florida on Tuesday, WFTV
LTE: Joe Biden’s plans on pandemic make sense, MassLiveBusiness Matters – One-on-One with Joe Biden, WFMZ
In her three elections, Kamala Harris has learned to adapt — and win, The Hill
Sen. Kamala Harris interview with 8 News Now’s Orko Manna, KLAS
DFL News
“Minnesota’s Least Productive Congressman” Tries to Rewrite History, DFL.org
Environment
World fails to meet a single target to stop destruction of nature – UN report, The Guardian
20 states sue EPA over methane emissions standards rollback, The Hill
The Arctic Is Shifting to a New Climate Because of Global Warming, New York Times
Governor Tim Walz
Gov. Tim Walz sends Minnesota firefighters to Oregon to help fight wildfires, Star Tribune
Bar Buss: Walz powers challenge might go to Supreme Court, Minnesota Lawyer
Healthcare
Trump Health Aide Pushes Bizarre Conspiracies and Warns of Armed Revolt, New York Times
Minnesota Legislature
Minnesota Republicans reminded to talk ‘public safety,’ not COVID, City Pages
Minnesota News
Trump is trying to flip Minnesota. He’ll need the Iron Range, NBC News
Minnesota doctor survives 100-plus day COVID battle, Star Tribune
Smoke from West Coast wildfires to impact Minnesota, KARE 11
Representative Collin Peterson (CD7)
Peterson statement on the EPA decision to disallow gap-year waivers, Red Lake Nation News
Representative Dean Phillips (CD3)
Second stimulus bill? Bipartisan group offers $1.5 trillion compromise, New York Times
Representative Ilhan Omar (CD5)
Ilhan Omar says Joe Biden is ‘responsive’ to progressive policy positions, New York Post
Republican Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates Donald Trump and Mike Pence
Trump Health Aide Pushes Bizarre Conspiracies and Warns of Armed Revolt, New York Times
Another presidential assault on science as fires and pandemic rage, CNN
TRUMP IS DESTROYING THE ECONOMY OUT OF SPITE, Vanity Fair
Trump: Nothing more could have been done on Covid-19, CNN
Ex-WH economic adviser who left after dispute with Trump says he’s undecided about voting for him, CNN
Republicans
Op-Ed: The G.O.P. Plot to Sabotage 2021, New York Times
Republican Assembly candidate posted video featuring former KKK leader David Duke, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Trump, GOP no longer believe in law and order, Las Vegas Sun
Ohio GOP board members block plan to pay postage on mail-in ballots, The Hill
South Dakota AG fatally struck man with car, initially told authorities he hit a deer, NBC News
Senator Amy Klobuchar
Google faces grilling on ad business before U.S. Senate antitrust panel, Reuters
U.S. News
‘They’re still not taking this seriously’: Whistleblowing nurse warns of COVID-19 safety neglect at ICE facility, Washington Post
400,000 Immigrants can be forced to leave the U.S., court finds, New York Times
Firefighters pushed to the limits as unprecedented infernos rage across U.S. West Coast, The Guardian
Louisville has settled Breonna Taylor’s wrongful death lawsuit, CNN
Facebook found millions of fake followers in 2018 U.S. Elections: memo, Business Insider
World News
Kremlin critic Navalny posts hospital photo after poisoning as aide says he plans to return to Russia, CNN
As Arab Gulf starts opening to Israel, Palestinians face a reckoning, Reuters
Meet Japan’s new PM — installed by a gray coup of party insiders, The Spectator
Upcoming DFL Events
With COVID-19, we suggest you check with the hosting organization to see if meetings, etc. are being held.
- 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.