In the Know: September 4, 2019

2020 Election
Texodus continues as fifth Lone Star Republican bails on the House, Daily KOS
The 10 counties that will decide the 2020 election, The Hill
North Carolina court strikes down state legislative map, The Hill

Donald Trump
Amateurs identify U.S. spy satellite behind President Trump’s tweet, MPR

Economy
Chinese investment puts US government retirement funds at risk, The Hill

Education
New federal rules will damage school districts — ultimately harming the students they serve, The Hill

Environment
Trump to Miners, Loggers and Drillers: This Land Is Your Land, New York Times
Drowning in plastic, Reuters
Follow the Money to the Amazon, The Atlantic

Governor Tim Walz
Gov. Walz Greets Students On First Day Of School, WCCO
Tim Walz: Let’s make Minnesota the education state, Albert Lea Tribune
1A Across America: A Conversation With Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, NPR Illinois

Gun Violence
GOP faces new pressure to act on guns, The Hill
Walmart Will No Longer Sell Handgun Ammunition, Mother Jones

Health Care
The feds want Minnesota to adopt an opioid program that duplicates a system the state already has. Not doing so could cost the state millions, MinnPost

Immigration
Trump is diverting $3.6 billion from the US military to build his border wall, Vox
What Immigration Attorneys Are Telling Their Clients Now: ‘Brace Yourselves’, The Atlantic

Labor
Unions at the 2019 Minnesota State Fair, Workday Minnesota
Kaiser Hospital Workers Mobilize for Largest Strike in Two Decades, The American Prospect
Unions Have Won the War of Ideas. Will That Win Them Power?, NY Mag

Minnesota News
Duluthians Celebrate the True Meaning of Labor Day, Fox21
MN education officials: New immigration rules could strip funding from schools, students, MPR
2019 Minnesota State Fair sets new attendance record, MinnPost

Minnesota Republicans
How Minnesota Republican operatives are sowing distrust of Muslims, City Pages
Bloomington think tank ‘parts ways’ with staffer over breathtakingly racist emails, City Pages
Alpha News’ ‘Minnesota Crime’ coverage is just as racist as you’d expect, City Pages

News of the World
Hong Kong leader pulls extradition bill, but too little too late, say some, Reuters
British PM Johnson demands an election, opponents demand a block on no-deal Brexit, Reuters
Unlike U.S., Canada plans coordinated attack on foreign election interference, Politico

Representative Betty McCollum (CD4, D)
Cancer patients can now apply to have student loan payments postponed, Union Leader

Representative Dean Phillips (CD3, D)
Freshman Democrats to chairs: Follow PAYGO, get CBO scores before markups, Roll Call

Representative Jim Hagedorn (CD1, R)
Letter: ACA repeal a high wire act, Austin Daily Herald

Republicans
Russia, guns, aluminum, and Moscow Mitch, Daily KOS
Inside the shadowy think tank pushing to kick 3.1 million people off food stamps, Vox
The Boundless Grift of Right-Wing Media Watchdogs, The New Republic

Trade Wars
Fischbach says she’ll back Trump on trade, other issues, MPR

U.S. News
Owners near Foxconn say they were misled. Now their homes are gone., MinnPost
Google, YouTube to pay $170 million penalty over collecting kids’ personal info, MPR
Michigan becomes first state to ban flavored e-cigarettes, Fox 9

Upcoming DFL Events:

• 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 5, 6:00 to 8:00 PM — SD33 DFL Issues Door Knock, staging from Caribou Coffee, 325 Clydesdale Trl, Suite 100, Medina, MN 55340
• 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
  • 6:00 to 8:00 PM — SD33 DFL Issues Door Knock, staging from Caribou Coffee, 325 Clydesdale Trl, Suite 100, Medina, MN 55340
  • 7:00 to 10:00 PM — Presidential Debate airing on ABC and Univision
  • 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
  • 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM — SD33 DFL Issues Door Knock, staging from Caribou Coffee, 325 Clydesdale Trl, Suite 100, Medina, MN 55340
  • 1:00 to 3:00 PM — SD33 DFL Issues Door Knock, staging from Caribou Coffee, 325 Clydesdale Trl, Suite 100, Medina, MN 55340
• September 15 — SD47 DFL Blue Wave Rising Dinner, more information as it becomes available
• September 16, 6:00 to 8:00 PM — SD33 DFL Issues Door Knock, staging from Caribou Coffee, 325 Clydesdale Trl, Suite 100, Medina, MN 55340
• 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 20, 6:00 to 8:00 PM — SD33 DFL Issues Door Knock, staging from Caribou Coffee, 325 Clydesdale Trl, Suite 100, Medina, MN 55340
• 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.
• September 25, 6:00 to 8:00 PM — SD33 DFL Issues Door Knock, staging from Caribou Coffee, 325 Clydesdale Trl, Suite 100, Medina, MN 55340
• September 26, 6:00 to 8:00 PM — SD33 DFL Issues Door Knock, staging from Caribou Coffee, 325 Clydesdale Trl, Suite 100, Medina, MN 55340
• September 27, 6:00 to 8:00 PM — SD33 DFL Issues Door Knock, staging from Caribou Coffee, 325 Clydesdale Trl, Suite 100, Medina, MN 55340
• October 1, 7:00 to 8:30 PM — SD37 DFL Central Committee Meeting, check their Facebook page for specifics, locations change from month to month.
• October 2 through 4 — Minnesota House of Representatives Mini-Session
  • 6:30 to 8:30 PM — SD50 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Kennedy High School, Room C102, 9701 Nicollet Ave, Bloomington, MN 55420
  • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD33 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Ridgedale Library, Room 172, 12601 Ridgedale Dr, Minnetonka, MN 55305
  • 7:00 to 8:30 PM — SD40 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Brookdale Library, Room C, 6125 Shingle Creek Pkwy, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430