Republicans Not Keen on Serving Constituents in Aberdeen
As we discuss the merits of different districting schemes for better democratic representation, David Newquist notes that our Congressional delegation is leaving northeastern South Dakota out in the...
View ArticleGOP to Press Advantage in State Legislatures; Culture War Resurgent in Pierre?
Minority Leaders Sutton and Hawley must feel like Dwarves watching the Goblins and Wargs marching their way, with no prospect of Great Eagles swooping in to save South Dakota for democracy. Reid Wilson...
View ArticleHowie Says SDGOP Filled with Democrats
Gordon Howie says the face of tyranny is right here in South Dakota, with one-party rule corrupting the South Dakota Republican Party and state government. Yet like Cardinal Raymond Burke blaming...
View ArticleSD Republicans Open Attack on Minimum Wage Increase with HB 1094
Voters, the Republican campaign to overturn your will on the minimum wage has begin. Today, Representative Jim Bolin (R-16/Canton) filed House Bill 1094, which would repeal one small provision of the...
View ArticleHB 1175: Democrats Want One-Year No-Change Period on Ballot Measures
While South Dakota Republicans chip away at the initiative and referendum, South Dakota Democrats are trying to protect the will of the people. Every Democrat in the South Dakota Legislature is backing...
View ArticleAg Sec. Lentsch: Federal Regulation Beats Local Patchwork on GMO Labeling
Friend and blogger Don Carr has pointed out the scientific disconnect Senator John Thune and other tools of the plutocracy exhibit in their embrace of scientific evidence to defend genetically modified...
View ArticleAny Howie Supporters Left in Pennington County GOP?
The Pennington County Republicans send me their list of committee chairs for the 2015–2016 term: Membership: Burton Sly Events: David Fisk Media: David Johnson Bylaws and Ethics: David Johnson...
View ArticleSenate Passes Youth Minimum Wage to Exploit Child Labor, Defy Voter Initiative
South Dakota Senate Republicans yesterday declared that neither young people's labor nor the popular will matter when they want to cut business a break. On a party-line 26–7 vote, the Senate yesterday...
View ArticleCraig, Stalzer Insult Students for Lobbying Well to Beat Campus Gun Bill
The South Dakota House showed a little common sense yesterday and killed House Bill 1206, which would have allowed individuals to carry concealed weapons on our public university campuses. But some...
View ArticleSDGOP Spin Blog Repudiates Fellow Republicans for Hurting Party Brand
You think I've been hard on Republicans today? Pat Powers is so disgusted with his fellow Republicans that he interrupted his usual lazy Sunday press releases to write his own blog post to blast Rep....
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