Days Until the Election: 36
36 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!
Early voting!
Check out iwillvote.com/mn to learn more about early voting in person or by mail!
Todays’s DFL Pop Up Shop
Minnetonka – With Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, 14350 Excelsior Blvd, Minnetonka, MN 55345
Wayzata — 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM, 665 Rosswood Lane Wayzata, MN 55391
Attorney General Keith Ellison
Attorney General Ellison announces $60M multistate settlement with C.R. Bard, Red Lake Nation News
Democratic Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
Minnesota Poll: Biden holds on to lead over Trump, MPR News
DFL CD1 Candidate Dan Feehan
1st District candidates Hagedorn, Feehan face off in debate, Albert Lea Tribune
Accusations fly at Feehan-Hagedorn debate, Mankato Free Press
VIDEO: Rep. Hagedorn, challenger Dan Feehan square off in KEYC News Now Congressional Debate,KEYC
Election News
The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip 5 weeks from Election Day, CNN
Environment
How affluent people can end their mindless overconsumption, Vox
Governor Tim Walz
Gov. Walz orders flags flown at half-staff for Fallen Firefighters Memorial Day, WDIO
MyPillow’s Mike Lindell is Trump’s choice vs. Walz in 2022, Star Tribune
Immigration
How Trump Is Privatizing the U.S. Immigration System, InTheseTime
Minnesota Legislature
Mail-in voting, police protests create fertile ground for disinformation in Minnesota, Star Tribune
Minnesota News
Minnesota schools seize on momentum to tackle racism, achievement gaps in education, Star Tribune
COVID-19 forced Minnesota’s reluctant mental health providers to try telemedicine. Now there’s no going back, MinnPost
Trump Returns to Minnesota Wednesday, Associated Press
Minnesota Poll: Most think Senate should wait on Supreme Court confirmation, MPR
Republican Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates Donald Trump and Mike Pence
Long-Concealed Records Show Trump’s Chronic Losses And Years Of Tax Avoidance, New York Times
Donald Trump ‘paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017’, BBC
$70,000 on hairstyling – Donald Trump’s taxes in numbers, The Guardian
The New York Times’ coverage of Trump’s taxes is an emperor-has-no-clothes moment, CNN
Trump suggested naming his daughter Ivanka as his running mate in 2016, according to new book by Rick Gates, Washington Post
Trump has lost more than $315 million on his golf courses over the last 20 years, bombshell report finds, Insider
Republicans
Big money flows to Trump to counter Bloomberg, Politico
Minnesota GOP political ad man’s side hustle as radio host could draw attention from regulators,MN Reformer
Secretary of State Steve Simon
Sec of State Simon touts safety of voting by mail in MN, Minnesota News Network
Senator Amy Klobuchar
Sen. Klobuchar introduces Climate P.R.E.P. legislation, News8000
Senator Tina Smith
Poll: Smith leads Lewis in U.S. Senate race, MinnPost
Supreme Court of the US
Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett as Supreme Court justice, CNN
Amy Coney Barrett, Supreme Court nominee, spoke at program founded to inspire a ‘distinctly Christian worldview in every area of law’, Washington Post
U.S. News
Multiple wildfires in California prompt fresh evacuations, NBC News
Amy Coney Barrett: A Dream For The Right, Nightmare For The Left, NPR
Newly published video in Breonna Taylor case appears to show possible violation of police policy, CBS News
World News
Armenia and Azerbaijan are clashing over a disputed region. Here’s what you need to know, CNN
Belarus: Tens of thousands protest in ‘people’s inauguration’, Al Jazeera
Switzerland votes to create nationwide paternity leave, The Hill
Final UK-EU trade talks begin this week as officials race to seal a Brexit deal, CNBC
Upcoming Events:
- Today through November 2 — General Election Early Voting
- September 28
- 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM — DFL Pop Up Shop with Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, 14350 Excelsior Blvd, Minnetonka, MN 55345
- 2:00 to 6:00 PM — DFL Pop Up Shop, Wayzata, MN, location TBD, more information here.
- September 29, 8:00 to 9:30 PM — Presidential Debate, Case Western Reserve University, moderator will be Chris Wallace, airing on C-SPAN as well as broadcast and cable channels.
- October 1, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD46 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- October 5
- 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM — DFL Pop Up Shop, Excelsior, MN, location TBD, more information here.
- 2:00 to 6:00 PM — DFL Pop Up Shop, 6770 Chaparral Ln, Chanhassen, MN 55317
- 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
- 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM — DFL Pop Up Shop, Brooklyn Park, MN, location TBD, more information here.
- 2:00 to 6:00 PM — DFL Pop Up Shop, Maple Grove, MN, location TBD, more information here.
- 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
- October 31 — Halloween
- November 1 — Daylight Saving Time ends
- 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.