In the Know: October 8, 2018

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When Trump goes low, we get to work. Celebrate KNOCK-tober and check out this video from the Minnesota DFL.


GOP likens its chances after Brett Kavanaugh fight, Star Tribune
Candidates host health care roundtable at Oak Hills, New Ulm Journal
Demand in Minnesota for absentee ballots continues to climb, Star Tribune
2018 campaign further widening our gender gap, Star Tribune

2018 Election — U.S. House of Representatives
In competitive Third District race, Erik Paulsen, Dean Phillips clash at second debate, Star Tribune
Phillips v. Paulsen: 3rd District congressional candidates debate the issues, MPR
3rd District Congressional candidates square off in debate, WCCO
Dems see blue ‘tsunami’ in House as Senate path narrows, The Hill
Trump a big factor in race for Congress in northeastern Minnesota, MPR
Dan Feehan hosts final Service Saturday of 2018 election, KTTC


2018 Election — Governor
Republican icons set him on his path, Star Tribune

Environment
UN report on global warming carries life-or-death warning, Star Tribune

GOP
Chuck Grasley suggests absence of GOP women on the Judiciary Committee is due to heavy workload, Chicago Times

Immigration
Trump refugee policy leaves thousands stranded outside the U.S., Star Tribune

Kavanaugh, Brett
How they did it: The Republicans’ campaign to save Kavanaugh, Star Tribune
Kavanaugh sworn in as protesters chant outside Chamber, Star Tribune
Minnesota politicians, candidates react to Kavanaugh confirmation, MPR

Klobuchar, Amy
Washington is in ruins but Amy Klobuchar is still standing tall, Los Angeles Times


Lieder, Bernie
From Dillinger to World War II: Retired Minnesota legislator has witnessed history, Star Tribune

Media
Cable news networks are racking up record ratings around the sideshow of politics. Reporters, who previously kept their personal views private, suddenly pick sides on Twitter.

  • Since the president’s election, reporters on both sides of the political aisle, and from markets big and small, have shown less restraint on social media when it comes to their personal political viewpoints.
  • Just this past week, a Minnesota journalist was fired from a local NBC station for wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat while covering Trump rally. A longtime Palm Springs anchor was forced to resign after defending Kavanaugh from sexual assault allegations. The New York Times conceded it made a mistake when the news story about a Kavanaugh bar fight at Yale was co-bylined by a writer who had tweeted her disapproval of the nomination.
  • Since Trump was elected, by our colleague Sara Fischer’s count, nearly a dozen reporters have either been fired or lost their jobs for incendiary social media posts, mostly all of them over politically-charged subjects.

Trump
AP Fact Check: Trump fudges history on black vote, drug costs, Star Tribune

Unions
Behind enemy lines: My lunch with Kim Crockett, Rebecca Friedrichs and Mark Janus, Workday Minnesota

Upcoming DFL Events

  • October 8
    • 9:00 AM
      • CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
    • 10:00 AM
      • CD3 Bloomington Campaign Office Staffing Help, 2950 Metro Dr, Suite 117, Bloomington, MN 55425. Email Jens at jundin@dfl.org if you can help.
    • 1:00 PM
      • CD3 Brooklyn Park Office Open for Volunteers, 2937 Brookdale Dr, Brooklyn Park, MN 55444. Email Decontee at dsawyer@dfl.org if you can help.
      • CD3 Eden Prairie Campaign Office Staffing Help, 10165 Hennepin Town Rd, Unit 109, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. Email Laura at lhelgen@dfl.org if you can help.
    • 1:30 PM 
      • CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
    • 6:00 PM
      • CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
    • 7:00 PM
      • SD49 DFL Central Committee Meeting, 7001 Cahill Rd, Suite 21, Edina, MN
  • October 9
    • 9:00 AM
      • CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
    • 10:00 AM
      • CD3 Bloomington Campaign Office Staffing Help, 2950 Metro Dr, Suite 117, Bloomington, MN 55425. Email Jens at jundin@dfl.org if you can help.
      • CD3 Brooklyn Park Office Open for Volunteers, 2937 Brookdale Dr, Brooklyn Park, MN 55444. Email Decontee at dsawyer@dfl.org if you can help.
      • CD3 Eden Prairie Campaign Office Staffing Help, 10165 Hennepin Town Rd, Unit 109, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. Email Laura at lhelgen@dfl.org if you can help.
    • 1:30 PM 
      • CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
    • 3:45 PM
      • DFL Early Vote and Door Knock for Patty Acomb (HD44B), Rep. Laurie Pryor (HD48A) and Steve Elkins (HD49B), bus leaves DFL Headquarters at 3:45 PM. Early voting and door knock staging both at Minnetonka Community Center, 14600 Minnetonka Blvd, Minnetonka, MN 55345. More information and RSVP here.
    • 6:00 PM
      • CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
    • 7:00 PM
      • SD40 DFL Gun Violence Communications Workshop, Park Center High School, 7300 Brooklyn Blvd, Brooklyn Center, MN 55443. Workshop will be led by Rev. Nancy Nord Bence, Director of Protect Minnesota.  Use the Noble Ave entrance off the student parking lot
      • Robbinsdale School Board Candidate Forum (District 281), Education Service Center, 4148 Winnetka Ave N, New Hope, MN
  • October 10
    • 9:00 AM
      • CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
    • 10:00 AM
      • CD3 Bloomington Campaign Office Staffing Help, 2950 Metro Dr, Suite 117, Bloomington, MN 55425. Email Jens at jundin@dfl.org if you can help.
      • CD3 Brooklyn Park Office Open for Volunteers, 2937 Brookdale Dr, Brooklyn Park, MN 55444. Email Decontee at dsawyer@dfl.org if you can help.
      • CD3 Eden Prairie Campaign Office Staffing Help, 10165 Hennepin Town Rd, Unit 109, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. Email Laura at lhelgen@dfl.org if you can help.
    • 1:30 PM 
      • CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
    • 6:00 PM
      • CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
      • HD40B House Candidate Forum, Brooklyn Center City Hall, 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, MN. Doors open at 6:00 PM, forum begins at 6:30 PM>
      • Ethiopian Coffee Hour Hosted at the DFL Field Office, 4407 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55406
    • 6:30 PM
      • SD50 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Kennedy High School, 9701 Nicollet Ave, Room C102, Bloomington, MN 55420
    • 7:00 PM
      • SD44 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Plymouth CD3 DFL Office, 187 Cheshire Ln, Suite 700, Plymouth, MN (NOTE:  This is a location change for this meeting)
      • SD45 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Crystal City Hall, 4141 Douglas Dr N, Crystal, MN 55422
  • October 11
    • 9:00 AM
      • CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
    • 10:00 AM
      • CD3 Bloomington Campaign Office Staffing Help, 2950 Metro Dr, Suite 117, Bloomington, MN 55425. Email Jens at jundin@dfl.org if you can help.
      • CD3 Brooklyn Park Office Open for Volunteers, 2937 Brookdale Dr, Brooklyn Park, MN 55444. Email Decontee at dsawyer@dfl.org if you can help.
      • CD3 Eden Prairie Campaign Office Staffing Help, 10165 Hennepin Town Rd, Unit 109, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. Email Laura at lhelgen@dfl.org if you can help.
    • 1:30 PM 
      • CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
    • 3:30 PM
      • DFL Express Door Knock:  Maple Grove, 8001 Main St N, Maple Grove, MN 55369. The bus will leave DFL headquarters at 3:30 PM. If you’d like to meet the bus, come to the above address at 4:30 PM. More information and RSVP here.
    • 6:00 PM
      • CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
      • HD40B House Candidate Forum, Brooklyn Center City Hall, 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, MN. Doors open at 6:00 PM, forum begins at 6:30 PM
    • 7:00 PM
      • SD34 DFL Central Committee Meeting, more information as it becomes available
      • SD48 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Glen Lake Activity Center, 14350 Excelsior Blvd, Minnetonka, MN 55345
  • October 12
    • 9:00 AM
      • CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
    • 10:00 AM
      • CD3 Bloomington Campaign Office Staffing Help, 2950 Metro Dr, Suite 117, Bloomington, MN 55425. Email Jens at jundin@dfl.org if you can help.
      • CD3 Eden Prairie Campaign Office Staffing Help, 10165 Hennepin Town Rd, Unit 109, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. Email Laura at lhelgen@dfl.org if you can help.
    • 12:00 PM
      • Stand Against Trump, corner of Brookdale and Xerxes, Brooklyn Park. SD40 DFL Treasurer John Schafer is holding a weekly hour of protest and resistance on Friday on this corner. Open to all in the area who wish to participate.
    • 1:30 PM 
      • CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
    • 6:00 PM
      • CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
      • HD40B House Candidate Forum, Brooklyn Center City Hall, 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, MN. Doors open at 6:00 PM, forum begins at 6:30 PM
  • October 13
    • 9:00 AM
      • CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
    • 10:00 AM
      • CD3 Bloomington Campaign Office Staffing Help, 2950 Metro Dr, Suite 117, Bloomington, MN 55425. Email Jens at jundin@dfl.org if you can help.
      • CD3 Eden Prairie Campaign Office Staffing Help, 10165 Hennepin Town Rd, Unit 109, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. Email Laura at lhelgen@dfl.org if you can help.
    • 1:30 PM 
      • CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
    • 3:30 PM
      • DFL Express Door Knock:  Maple Grove, 8001 Main St N, Maple Grove, MN 55369. The bus will leave DFL headquarters at 3:30 PM. If you’d like to meet the bus, come to the above address at 4:30 PM. More information and RSVP here.
    • 6:00 PM
      • CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
      • HD40B House Candidate Forum, Brooklyn Center City Hall, 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, MN. Doors open at 6:00 PM, forum begins at 6:30 PM
  • October 14
    • 9:00 AM
      • CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
    • 10:00 AM
      • CD3 Bloomington Campaign Office Staffing Help, 2950 Metro Dr, Suite 117, Bloomington, MN 55425. Email Jens at jundin@dfl.org if you can help.
      • CD3 Eden Prairie Campaign Office Staffing Help, 10165 Hennepin Town Rd, Unit 109, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. Email Laura at lhelgen@dfl.org if you can help.
    • 1:30 PM 
      • CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
    • 3:30 PM
      • DFL Express Door Knock:  Maple Grove, 8001 Main St N, Maple Grove, MN 55369. The bus will leave DFL headquarters at 3:30 PM. If you’d like to meet the bus, come to the above address at 4:30 PM. More information and RSVP here.
    • 6:00 PM
      • CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
      • HD40B House Candidate Forum, Brooklyn Center City Hall, 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, MN. Doors open at 6:00 PM, forum begins at 6:30 PM