Democrats lost their fourth straight special election last night since Donald Trump was elected President. Since 2010 they’ve been losing ground in both state and federal government. Why can’t they win elections? Congressman Kevin Cramer, speaking to me during our regular weekly segment, has some ideas. “They have to get better candidates I think,” he…
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John Andrist: Free Speech for Me but Not for Thee
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Legislature Opts to Sue Governor Doug Burgum Over Vetoes
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Audio: Kevin Cramer Says Democrats Caught in “Academic Bubble” Where “Socialism Makes Sense”
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Stenehjem Joins North Dakota to Group of 13 States Threatening to Sue California Over Coal Divestment Initiative
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Audio: Kevin Cramer Says Democrats Caught in “Academic Bubble” Where “Socialism Makes Sense”
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Where Is This Wave of Anti-Trump Backlash We Were Promised?
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That Supreme Court Ruling Won’t Change a Thing With the Fighting Sioux Nickname Controversy
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Megyn Kelly’s Critics Look Foolish Now That Her Alex Jones Interview Has Aired
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Don’t Let Local Property Tax Hikes Be Automatic
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Court Ruling in Favor of #NoDAPL Activists Illustrates Everything That’s Wrong With the Federal Regulatory Regime
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It’s Time for the Left to Cool Down the Hate
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Senators Introduce Bill to Stop Taxpayer Funding of Professional Sports Stadiums, but It Should Include College Sports Too
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Audio: Lawmaker Says Laws Need Reform, “We Need to Stop Treating Animals Like Human Beings”
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How Can the State Seize Property Without Due Process?
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Legislature Opts to Sue Governor Doug Burgum Over Vetoes
A meeting of the Legislative Management Committee today voted to proceed with litigation against Governor Doug Burgum over vetoes issued earlier this year, though there will be more meetings and votes before anything gets filed. “We need to make a statement that the governor was out of bounds on this,” Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner…
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Stenehjem Joins North Dakota to Group of 13 States Threatening to Sue California Over Coal Divestment Initiative
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Stenehjem Protects the Separation of Powers
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The Partisan Shooting of Rep. Scalise Is a Relatively New Thing in the History of American Political Violence
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Elections, Not Political Deal Making, Should Earn Democrats Control of Committees
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Why Shouldn’t We Have Free Speech in Church?
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Audio: Cities Representative Said Legislature Had No “Exit Strategy” From Property Tax Buydowns
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Audio: Rep. Kevin Cramer Says He’s Thinking About Security at Town Halls After Scalise Shooting
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Audio: Line 3 Pipeline Project Manager Says There Will Be More Environmental Impacts if Old Line Isn’t Replaced
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Governor Burgum: Higher Ed Leaders Need to Feel More Fear
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John Andrist: Free Speech for Me but Not for Thee
“It’s a free country; I can say what I want!” Indeed, almost all of us would say we strongly believe in the concept of free speech. Even as kids we learned to use that free country, free speech argument. Of course, in our generation it was pretty well bred into us that there would be…
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John Andrist: Is Changing Your Mind Good or Bad?
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John Andrist: The Last Time Trump Saw Paris
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John Andrist: Knowing Who Our Neighbors Are
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Judge Frank Racek: Offender Rehabilitation Needs to Be More Focused and More Flexible to Work
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John Andrist: Are Privacy Protections Good or Annoying?
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Matt Evans: An Attempt to Quantify the Criminal Justice Costs of Refugee Resettlement in Cass County
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Jeremy Rham: North Dakota Needs Wind Energy
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John Andrist: In Praise of a Quest for the Middle
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William Brotherton: UND Should Forget Expensive New Branding Effort
