MINOT, N.D. — North Dakota’s law enforcement vehicles keep getting darker, and I think it’s because the cops just want to look cool. I arrive at that conclusion because their other explanations for this trend are as nonsensical as they are contradictory. According to a recent report , “the North Dakota Highway Patrol is rolling out…
North Dakota
Port: Let’s make the cop cars pink
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Port: Conservatism can’t just be about making liberals angry
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Port: Wrigley responds to report about his call for recounts in 2020 election
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Cayler Ellingson deserves better than to be an avatar for cheap political talking points
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Port: Wouldn’t it be nice if political leaders respected both immigrants and the need for border security?
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Port: As Trump embraces the Qanon movement, when are North Dakota’s Republicans going to turn away?
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Port: Congratulations to Mac Schneider, but we need to pick up the pace with these appointments
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But property taxes’ is not a good argument against flattening North Dakota’s income taxes
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On Respect for Marriage Act, Rep. Armstrong is right and Sen. Cramer is wrong
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The campaign to bamboozle us into limiting our own voting rights
National
Port: A state lawmaker got a sweetheart deal from the state and it just plain stinks
MINOT, N.D. — Lawmakers this week received a report about that cost-overrun fiasco in the Attorney General’s Office from state Auditor Josh Gallion’s office. This mess just keeps getting messier. To catch you up, Attorney General Drew Wrigley was appointed to that post earlier this year to replace his long-time predecessor Wayne Stenehjem who had…
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Port: Let’s talk about why Cara Mund’s campaign is sputtering
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Port: Brett Favre, selective outrage, and our deeply unhealthy obsession with sports
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Port: North Dakota Republicans increasingly getting burned by Trumpy loons
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Online idiocy takes over a small-town tragedy
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Port: North Dakota’s open records laws, election conspiracies, and the tyranny of the confidently incorrect
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Port: Let’s acknowledge the deceit at the heart of Cara Mund’s US House campaign
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Port: A national abortion ban isn’t any more constitutional than Roe v. Wade was
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Here’s 12 minutes of Senate candidate Rick Becker whining about how Republicans don’t like him any more
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ND election officials being flooded with ‘canned’ records requests from election conspiracy activists
This And That
Plain Talk: Secretary of state candidates debate election integrity, voting, transparency, and more
MINOT, N.D. — Election integrity is a hot-button issue. Rancor continues around the outcome of the 2020 election, with many claiming that, at least nationally, former President Donald Trump was cheated out of another term in the White House by fraud. North Dakota election officials have been flooded with open records requests from people seeking information to…
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Plain Talk: Are term limits really what’s right for North Dakota?
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Plain Talk: In second debate, Democratic-NPL ag commissioner candidate says vote for the Republican
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Plain Talk: Gov. Burgum says North Dakota’s baby boom is driving a need for new child care policy
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Plain Talk: In first debate, attorney general candidates clash over crime, marijuana, and more
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Plain Talk: Cramer talks Russia, student loan forgiveness, Mund and Becker
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Plain Talk: Cara Mund, Rep. Kelly Armstrong square off in first U.S. House debate
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Plain Talk: What do you think of this proposal exempting most North Dakota households from income taxes?
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Plain Talk: NDGOP chairman says party may pull support for candidates in slurs controversy
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Plain Talk: Cass County prosecutor candidate talks conflict of interest and campaign, ACLU talks abortion