Days Until the Election: 48
DFL Action Center
48 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 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!
Here is today’s pop up shop schedule:
Anoka: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM, 427 Van Buren St, Anoka, MN 55303
Maple Grove: 2:00 PM – 6:00 PMLocation: Niagara Lane and 95th Ave. N, Maple Grove, MN
2020 Election
2020 Electoral Map Ratings: Landscape Tightens Some, But Biden Is Still Ahead, NPR
Agriculture
CARGILL TO ADVANCE REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE PRACTICES ACROSS 10 MILLION ACRES BY 2030, Successful Farming
LaborThese people won’t get Trump’s $300 unemployment benefit, CNBC
The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That’s Made the U.S. Less Secure, Time Magazine
DFL News
Democrats in Lyon County got creative this election year, swapping an office for outdoor ‘pop-up’ events, Marshall Independent
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.
Democratic Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
Joe Biden looks to boost Latino, veteran support in Florida, LA TimesJill Biden campaigns in Michigan for her husband, Michigan Radio
Science mag makes first endorsement in 175 years, taps Biden, ABC27
Kamala Harris makes trip to California as wildfires rage, CNN
Economy
US backs off Canadian aluminium tariffs, BBC News
Perpetual recession? Recovery in a year? Economists deeply divided on U.S. future, Reuters
Fed Meeting to Focus on Laying Out Interest-Rate Strategy, Wall Street Journal
U.S. consumer spending appears to slow in August, CNBC
Environment
World fails to meet a single target to stop destruction of nature – UN report, The Guardian
Ice shelves propping up two major Antarctic glaciers are breaking up and it could have major consequences for sea level rise, CNN
Governor Tim Walz
Walz urges Trump, Biden campaigns to comply with Minnesota COVID-19 guidelines, KSTP
Walz to visit Albert Lea, Byron on Wednesday, KTTC
Walz sends Minnesota firefighters, trucks to Oregon wildfires, Bring Me The News
Healthcare
Fewer Americans had health insurance last year before pandemic struck, Census Bureau report shows, Washington Post
Minnesota News
Close contest in Wisconsin; in Minnesota, not so much: Poll, ABC News
Minnesota moose will not be listed as federally endangered species, Star Tribune
Minnesota seeks volunteers for free COVID-19 tests to assess virus spread, Star Tribune
Doctors stress vaccine importance ahead of flu season, COVID overlap, Mankato Free Press
Sheriff warns of online scam involving Sleepy Eye company, Mankato Free Press
Duluth’s plan to reopen libraries begins to emerge, Duluth News Tribune
COVID-19: Area sees active cases slow since last week; state adds 432 cases Tuesday, St. Cloud Times
Representative Collin Peterson (CD7, D)
Why the agriculture industry is all in on sending Collin Peterson back to Congress, MinnPost
Representative Jim Hagedorn (CD1, R)
Exclusive: Minneapolis lawyer files first known ethics complaint against Hagedorn, MN Reformer
Republicans
GOP ramps up attacks on Democrats over talk of nixing filibuster, The Hill
Oregon state senator who stopped climate change vote loses home to wildfire, Independent
‘Nothing to Do With Climate Change’: Conservative Media and Trump Align on Fires, New York Times
Pro-Trump youth group enlists teens in secretive campaign likened to a ‘troll farm,’ prompting rebuke by Facebook and Twitter, Washington Post
Senator Amy Klobuchar
Klobuchar meets with Le Sueur, Nicollet County officials to talk rural needs, Le Sueur County News
Federal funds to aid Minnesota light rail, Transportation Today
U.S. News
Hurricane Sally makes landfall: Pensacola gets 30 inches of rain; ‘catastrophic flooding is unfolding’ in Alabama, Florida, USA Today
Covid-19 cases among Florida children jumped 26% in a month. It’s still hard to know which schools are safe, CNN
Louisville agrees to pay Breonna Taylor’s family $12 million and enact police reforms in historic settlement, CNN
House Report Condemns Boeing and F.A.A. in 737 Max Disasters, New York Times
World News
Law officer ‘offers resignation’ over Brexit bill row, BCC
Germany to Take In 1,500 Refugees, Easing Burden on Greece After Fires, NYT
Amid Democratic Street Uprising, Belarusian Strongman Gets Support From Russia, NPR
Republican Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates Donald Trump and Mike Pence
Trump says “I don’t think science knows” about climate, CBS
‘Tell the public the truth’ — Bob Woodward says Trump failed to rally U.S. around coronavirus fight, CNBC
Trump’s tariffs violated global trade rules, WTO says, CNN
After a month of bad news, White House officials hype Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize nomination, Washington Post
Trump fumbles during tough encounter with undecided voters, CNN
Trump attacks WTO after it says US tariffs on China broke global trade rules, The Guardian
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.
- October 19, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — Anoka County DFL Meeting, contact them for more information.
- October 21, 7:00 to 900 PM — CD3 DFL Central Committee Meeting, no meeting this month, please focus on supporting campaigns in your district.
- October 22 — Presidential Debate, more information as it becomes available