Minnesota
December 4, 2024 — Scott Johnson
On the local front I have sought to draw attention to the case of JaycCee Cooper v. USA Powerlifting in several posts accessible here. Filed in Ramsey County District Court and assigned to Judge Patrick Diamond, the case raises the question whether USAPL’s separation of men from women in USAPL’s Minnesota competitions must yield to Cooper’s self-identification as a woman. Although a biological male, Cooper seeks to compete with the
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December 3, 2024 — John Hinderaker
Traditionally, conservatives have seen liberals as misguided and ill-informed, but well-meaning. Was that accurate at one time? I don’t know. Maybe. But it certainly isn’t true now. A large proportion of liberals–whether a majority, I have no idea–are downright evil. And whatever those statistics might be, it is evil, not ignorance, that mainly drives leftism in the U.S. and around the world. A case in point comes from my own
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December 3, 2024 — John Hinderaker
My organization, Center of the American Experiment, has been battling for four years to keep leftist indoctrination out of Minnesota’s public schools. A climax of sorts came in 2023, when Minnesota’s Democrat-controlled legislature mandated that Ethnic Studies be incorporated into every K-12 class. So, welcome to the world of Ethnic Algebra. Governor Tim Walz’s Department of Education appointed a committee to implement that legislation by drawing up Guidelines to be
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December 2, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Catching the early flight from Minneapolis to Washington, D.C. on Thanksgiving, we found a group of players from the Minnesota State–Mankato Mavericks women’s hockey team waiting for their teammates at the entrance to the G Concourse. We were sitting at the coffee shop off to the side. “There’s the Gophers women’s hockey team,” my wife said to me. Close, but not quite. The ladies looked happy hanging out together. They
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November 28, 2024 — Scott Johnson
We arrived early at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport this morning to catch the first flight to Washington, D.C. When we stopped for coffee, my wife pointed out the Minnesota State–Mankato Mavericks women’s hockey team. They stood together smiling at the entry to the concourse where we were headed. They told me they were traveling to Dartmouth for games this Friday and Saturday. That took me by surprise. I told them
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November 27, 2024 — Scott Johnson
In last year’s “let’s go crazy” session of the Minnesota legislature Democrats brought us the legalization of marijuana for adult use. The Star Tribune covered the bill (here) in the celebratory style they brought to the law mandating the placement of tampons in boys’ bathrooms, the law making Minnesota a mecca for abortion, and the law establishing Minnesota as a “trans refuge.” Of course, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz led the
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November 24, 2024 — Scott Johnson
I anticipated that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz would be a flop as the vice presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket with Kamala Harris. However, the campaign brought us a Walz we had never previously seen back home. I did not anticipate he would prove to be a freak. What was it with the mock humility? With the effeminate theatrics? With that wave? If only he were saying goodbye. Jake Schneider
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November 21, 2024 — John Hinderaker
The organization that I run, Center of the American Experiment, is Minnesota’s flagship conservative organization. We lead the effort to rescue Minnesota from its status as a failing blue state. Over the years, many Power Line readers have contributed to American Experiment. Today is Give to the Max day in Minnesota, when charities of all kinds make their pitch for contributions. American Experiment is participating, and a generous donor has
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November 18, 2024 — Scott Johnson
This is my November 7 Washington Free Beacon column on the failed 2024 vice presidential candidacy of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (republished with permission). * * * * * ST. PAUL, Minn.—A week before Kamala Harris selected Tim Walz as her running mate, I facetiously urged her to “Take My Governor—Please.” Walz has compiled an uber-woke record as Minnesota governor. When he was elected to a second term in November
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November 13, 2024 — Scott Johnson
President Trump has announced his nomination of Pete Hegseth to serve as Secretary of Defense. pic.twitter.com/qqerJdVj8V — Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) November 13, 2024 Pete is a native of Forest Lake, Minnesota, and an old friend of Power Line. Pete first wrote us in 2005 regarding his service at Guantanamo. He subsequently filed several reports with us during his service in Afghanistan. In a previous
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November 10, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Minnesota’s own Governor Tim Walz and the missus returned to Minnesota on the losing end of the stick last week. They each made a post-election statement at Eagan High School. The whole shebang is accessible here on YouTube. MinnPost has a straight news account here. Walz expressed a conciliatory sentiment or two. His ticket only carried Minnesota by four points. If he hopes to have a future in state politics,
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November 8, 2024 — Scott Johnson
The selection of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as Vice President Harris’s running mate and his performance on the campaign trail are not exactly at the top of analysts’ considerations in explaining the outcome of the 2024 presidential election. However, they give us a local hook on a national story and rate high in terms of the amusement factor. A week before she settled on Walz as her running mate I
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November 7, 2024 — John Hinderaker
The New York Post headlines: “Failed veep candidate Tim Walz couldn’t even beat Trump in his home county in telling final blow.” Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz didn’t just lose the overall election to Donald Trump — he lost his home county to him, too. President-elect Trump’s overwhelming win saw him net 49.6% of the vote in Minnesota’s Blue Earth County, where Walz’s family lived for
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October 31, 2024 — John Hinderaker
Minnesota law dictates that the validity of absentee ballots be evaluated in a bipartisan fashion. The law requires each county and other authority “with responsibility to accept and reject absentee ballots or to administer early voting” to “establish a ballot board.” Ballot boards must consist of election judges. Each party provides the county with a Party List, and county authorities are required to use these Party Lists to recruit election
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October 31, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Liz Collin is the Emmy Award-winning reporter who now works for Alpha News. Liz had Minnesota Governor Tim Walz nailed as a compulsive liar years before he was exposed as such in the glare of the national spotlight — not that anyone vetting Walz for Kamala Harris picked up on her work. They were certainly aware of Barack Obama’s approval and perhaps even of the cheerleading of the Star Tribune
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October 30, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Since I wrote the post below this past Sunday, Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has explained his decision to revert to the Post’s non-endorsement policy in “The hard truth: Americans don’t trust the news media.” My post was triggered by my old Weekly Standard editor Jonathan Last’s Bulwark column asserting that the Post’s non-endorsement and Elon Musk’s support of President Trump were inspired by fear of a pending Trump victory
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October 17, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Today Alpha News has released the documentary Minnesota v. We the People. The related Alpha News story explains: The documentary was made in memory of five first responders who were murdered in the line of duty over a span of 13 months in Minnesota. Matthew Ruge, Paul Elmstrand, Adam Finseth, Jamal Mitchell, and Joshua Owen were all brutally killed while sacrificing their lives for the people of Minnesota. “Minnesota v.
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