Days Until the Election: 43
43 Days OUT – Let’s get to work!
If you’d like to help the DFL Party fight for criminal justice reform, better schools, wages, our environment, and health care, click here to get more involved there are events happening in your area!
Early voting!
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Democratic Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
Biden Has $466 Million in Bank, and a Huge Financial Edge on Trump, NYT
Joe Biden makes several stops during Twin Ports visit, KBJR
STATEMENT BY VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ON THE PASSING OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG, joebiden.com
Harris Op-ed: Three years after Hurricane Maria, Trump is still failing Puerto Rico, Tampa Bay Times
Environment
How CA Became Ground Zero for Climate Disasters, New York Times
World’s richest 1% cause double CO2 emissions of poorest 50%, says Oxfam, The Guardian
Healthcare
Obamacare’s chances of surviving Supreme Court diminished with RBG’s death, Washington Post
Obamacare could be doomed if Trump fills another Court seat, CNN
RBG Is Gone, and Trump’s Attack on Preexisting Conditions Is Alive, New Yorker
Governor Tim Walz
Walz wonders about ‘more bipartisan approach’ to COVID-19, Kare 11
“It only laid bare what was already there”: The Walz Reformer interview transcript“It only laid bare what was already there”: The Walz Reformer interview transcript, MN Reformer
Immigration
Calls to block DoJ official from court seat over role in Trump’s family separations, The Guardian
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court’s Feminist Icon, Is Dead at 87, New York Times
Justice Ginsburg’s Judicial Legacy of Striking Dissents, New York Times
Labor
Poorly Protected Postal Workers Are Catching COVID-19 by the Thousands. It’s One More Threat to Voting by Mail., ProPublica
Minnesota Legislature
St. Paul families gain rent relief in pandemic-battered economy, MPR News
DFL legislator’s family confronts COVID-19’s spread, Star Tribune
Minnesota News
Earlier major-party presidential swing through northern Minnesota shows the state in play, Star Tribune
University of Minnesota begins testing dorm sewage for COVID-19 at Twin Cities, Duluth campuses, Star Tribune
Minneapolis, St. Paul Mayors To Jointly Proclaim Monday As ‘Ruth Bader Ginsburg Day, CBS Minnesota
Representative Ilhan Omar (CD5)
Ilhan Omar Is Not Here to Put You at Ease, New York Times
‘This refugee is going to have a good time voting you out’: Ilhan Omar responds to Trump’s dog whistle rant at Minnesota rally, Independent
Republican Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates Donald Trump and Mike Pence
Who Is Going to Stop Him?, InTheseTimes
HR McMaster was ‘surprised and disappointed’ at Trump claim Putin didn’t interfere in election, The Guardian
Why President Trump is targeting the 1619 Project, CNN
Republicans
Republicans are speeding toward confirmation — even without a nominee, CNN
Chuck Schumer: Mitch McConnell is displaying ‘blatant, nasty hypocrisy’,The Week
The longer Trump stays in office, the crazier the GOP becomes, Washington Post
GOP hopeful Supreme Court battle will help shift election, Associated Press
Republican Senate Candidate Jason Lewis
Trump-backed GOP Senate nominee Jason Lewis mocked elementary school sexual harassment in 1999, CNN
Senator Amy Klobuchar
Klobuchar Says Democracy on the Line, KTOE
Klobuchar: GOP beholden to integrity, not McConnell, CNN
Klobuchar: GOP should follow their own ‘precedent’, NBC News
Senator Tina Smith
Sen. Tina Smith debates COVID-19, jobs and public safety with challenger Jason Lewis, MPR
Supreme Court of the United States
‘It’s down to five’: Trump says he’ll probably name SCOTUS pick Friday or Saturday as shortlist narrows, NBC News
2nd GOP senator a ‘no’ to filling court seat before election, MPR News
U.S. News
Justice Dept. Targets Portland, New York and Seattle over protests, Washington Post
The CDC says coronavirus is airborne and spread by aerosols, warns of poorly ventilated spaces, Washington Post
Dow tumbles more than 800 points as coronavirus fears mount, CNN
World News
What to expect at the UN General Assembly in the time of Covid-19, CNN
Hackers appear to leak personal data of 1,000 Belarusian police officers ahead of mass rally, NBC News
New Zealand ends all pandemic restrictions outside main city of Auckland,Reuters
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban endorses Trump and denounces the ‘moral imperialism’ of the Democrats, Insider
Jim Hagedorn
The Hagedorn rule: Government watchdogs say congressional family deals need oversight, MN Reformer
DFL Headquarters Office Hours
Looking to buy yard signs or Biden-Harris merchandise? Stop by the DFL Headquarters on 255 East Plato Blvd in St Paul, we are now open to the public from 12:00-5:00PM Monday-Friday.
Upcoming Events:
- September 18 through November 2 — General Election Early Voting
- September 21 — Anoka County DFL Meeting, contact them for specifics
- September 22 — Fall Equinox
- September 25
- 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM— DFL Pop Up Shop, 6990 Alpine Trl, Eden Prairie, MN 55346
- 2:00 to 6:00 PM — DFL Pop Up Shop, Plymouth, MN, location TBD, more information here.
- September 26, 2:00 to 6:00 PM — DFL Pop Up Shop, 4733 W 99th St., Bloomington, MN 55437
- September 27 to 28 — Yom Kippur
- September 28
- 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM — DFL Pop Up Shop, 14350 Excelsior Blvd, Minnetonka, MN 55345
- 2:00 to 6:00 PM — DFL Pop Up Shop, Wayzata, MN, location TBD, more information here.
- September 29, 8:00 to 9:30 PM — Presidential Debate, Case Western Reserve University, more information and it becomes available.
- October 1, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD46 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- October 5
- 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM — DFL Pop Up Shop, Excelsior, MN, location TBD, more information here.
- 2:00 to 6:00 PM — DFL Pop Up Shop, 6770 Chaparral Ln, Chanhassen, MN 55317
- October 7
- 6:30 to 8:30 PM — SD50 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD33 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- October 8
- 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM — DFL Pop Up Shop, Brooklyn Park, MN, location TBD, more information here.
- 2:00 to 6:00 PM — DFL Pop Up Shop, Maple Grove, MN, location TBD, more information here.
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD36 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD48 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- October 10, 1:30 to 3:00 PM — SD40 DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- October 12
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD44 DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD49 DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- October 19, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — Anoka County DFL Meeting, contact them for more information.
- October 21, 7:00 to 900 PM — CD3 DFL Central Committee Meeting, no meeting this month, please focus on supporting campaigns in your district.
- October 22 — Presidential Debate, more information as it becomes available