2020 Election
How to Stop Russia From Attacking and Influencing the 2020 Election, Mother Jones
Agriculture
‘A slap in the face’: Trump’s ethanol waivers are sparking rebellion in farm country, Des Moines Register
Not Fair: State fair highlights struggle faced by Minnesota farm families trying to survive, Fox 9
Donald Trump has an ethanol problem, Think Progress
Donald Trump
The wild corruption of Trump’s golf courses deserves more scrutiny, Vox
Why Trump is furiously attacking Fox News, Vox
Trump Allies Attempting To Raise $2 Million To Dig Up Dirt On Journalists, Talking Points Memo
Economy
Donald Trump plays-off GOP Senator’s Recession concerns, Mesabi Daily News
With the Volcker Rule Now Dead, Democrats Need to Bring Back Glass-Steagall, The American Prospect
U.S. manufacturing shrinks for first time in three years, Reuters
Environment
Thanks for addressing issue of importance, New Ulm Journal
Governor Tim Walz
Walz Authorizes Emergency Team to Assist with Hurricane Dorian, KTOE
Walz tours Hastings hemp farm to tout crop’s potential — and ding South Dakota, Pioneer Press
Gun Violence
Gun laws were loosened in Texas the day after the state’s second mass shooting in a month, Vox
Mitch McConnell suggests Trump cannot be trusted to mean what he says on guns, Think Progress
Health Care
Public’s view of drug companies sinks to record low in Gallup poll, The Hill
What Would Trumpcare Look Like? Follow GOP’s ‘Choice And Competition’ Clues, NPR
Judge questions Alaska agency’s finding of ’emergency’ to cut Medicaid payments, The Hill
Immigration
Employers increase their profits and put downward pressure on wages and labor standards by exploiting migrant workers, Workday Minnesota
Labor
The Trump NLRB’s Anti-Labor Day, The American Prospect
“Unions for all”: the new plan to save the American labor movement, Vox
Representative Collin Peterson (CD7, D)
Noah Hultgren: Thank Rep. Collin Peterson for supporting farmers, West Central Tribune
Former Lt. Gov. Michelle Fischbach announces candidacy for Collin Peterson’s Congressional seat, Star Tribune
Representative Jim Hagedorn (CD1, R)
Farmers shouldn’t be used as pawns, Mankato Free Press
Minnesota News
Minnesota House Democrats plan 15 cannabis conversations, Austin Daily Herald
Before Martha Dorsett could become Minnesota’s first female attorney, she had to get the law changed, Minnpost
As refugee admissions hit record low, one Minneapolis school fights to adapt, MPR
3 shot outside Minnesota State Fair, teen critical after being hit by car, Pioneer Press
Red Lake Nation confronts a new invader: zebra mussels, MPR
News of the World
The U.K. is showing us that even the most venerable democracy is fragile, MinnPost
Republicans
The Tea Party–Trump Decade, The American Prospect
McConnell: GOP would ‘absolutely’ fill Supreme Court seat next year, The Hill
Trump Trade Wars
Trump warns China against dragging its feet in trade talks, Reuters
US stocks move broadly lower as new China tariffs kick in, Star Tribune
Where we stand in Trump’s trade war, Politico
U.S. News
Nearly 50,000 students unvaccinated in Wisconsin, Star Tribune
Betsy DeVos Just Made It Harder for Defrauded Students to Get Their Debt Canceled, Mother Jones
‘The Supreme Court Is Not Well. And the People Know It.’, The Atlantic
Upcoming DFL Events:
- September 3
- 7:00 to 8:30 PM — SD37 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Teamsters Local 120, 9422 Ulysses St NE, Unit 120, Minneapolis, MN 55434
- 7:00 to 8:30 PM — SD40 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Room C, Brookdale Library, 6125 Shingle Creek Pkwy, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430.
- September 4
- 6:30 to 8:30 PM — SD50 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Room C102, Kennedy High School, 9701 Nicollet Ave, Bloomington, MN 55420
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD33 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Room 172, Ridgedale Library, Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Dr, Minnetonka, MN 55305
- September 7 — SD47 DFL at Steamboat Days Minnesota Made
- September 8
- 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM — SD47 DFL Marching in the Carver Steamboat Days Parade
- 1:00 to 2:00 PM — SD40 DFL Book Club meeting, contact them for more information.
- September 9
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD44 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Council Chambers, Minnetonka Community Center, 14600 Minnetonka Blvd, Minnetonka, MN 55345
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD49 DFL Central Committee Meeting, 7001 Cahill Rd, Suite 21, Edina, MN
- September 12 — Presidential Debate airing on ABC and Univision, more information as it becomes available
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD48 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Glen Lake Activity Center, 14350 Excelsior Blvd, Minnetonka, MN 55345
- September 13 — Presidential Debate airing on ABC and Univision if necessary, more information as it becomes available
- September 14, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM — SD47 DFL members will be visiting Nickle Dickle Days in Waconia
- September 15 — SD47 DFL Blue Wav Rising Dinner, more information as it becomes available
- September 18, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — CD3 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Council Chamber, Minnetonka Community Center, 14600 Minnetonka, Blvd, Minnetonka, MN 55345
- September 21 — State DFL Business Conference, Redwood Valley Senior High School, 100 George Ramseth Dr, Redwood Falls, MN 56283. More information as it becomes available.