I had to laugh when I read this Politico piece this morning headlined, “North Dakota’s last Democrat?” It’s a profile of U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp – the only Democrat to win an election on North Dakota’s statewide since 2008, thus the headline – and it focuses on whether she wants to run for re-election in 2018.…
North Dakota
Heidi Heitkamp Is the Most Disingenuous Politician in North Dakota
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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”
National
The NRA Needs to Speak Out on Philando Castille
On Friday a jury acquitted law enforcement officer Jeronimo Yanez of manslaughter charges after he shot Philando Castile to death in Minnesota. After the verdict was made public so too was dashcam video of the shooting, which you can watch below. I’ll warn you that it’s quite graphic and harrowing to watch. It’s deeply troubling…
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Legislature Opts to Sue Governor Doug Burgum Over Vetoes
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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
This And That
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
