Days Until the Election: 41
41 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!
Check out iwillvote.com/mn to learn more about early voting in person or by mail!
DFL Pop Up Shop
The DFL Party is traveling across Minnesota to distribute yard signs, buttons, t-shirts, and other campaign merchandise! For more information on when we will be in your city, follow this link!
Democratic Presidential and Vice Presidential CandidatesJoe Biden and Kamala Harris
Citing family friendship, character, Cindy McCain endorses Joe Biden, USA Today
13 Nobel Prize-winning economists back Biden, Axios
Economy
The second wave’s economic challenge,The Hill
Fed’s Evans sees ‘recessionary dynamics’ without fiscal aid, Reuters
US economy showing improvement but path ahead ‘uncertain’, says Fed chair, The Guardian
Governor Tim Walz
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz visits St. Cloud’s South Junior High School Tuesday, St. Cloud Times
Walz praises Moorhead Public Schools’ plans to keep kids safe amid Covid-19, KVRR
Healthcare
Medicare open enrollment begins Oct. 15. Here’s what you need to know., USA Today
Minneapolis-based health insurance company raises another $500M, bringing total to $1.5B,Star Tribune
Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan
‘I don’t want you to go through what I did’: Peggy Flanagan says her brother’s death shaped Minnesota pandemic response, Rochester Post Bulletin
Labor
$300 unemployment benefits end in at least 9 states as stimulus hopes fade, CNBC
We can end America’s unemployment nightmare, Vox News
CEOs and unions come together in 11th hour plea for Congress to save airline jobs, CNN
Minnesota Legislature
Read side-by-side opinions of House 14B candidates Paul Brandmire and Dan Wolgamott, St. Cloud Times
Minnesota News
What happens to your Minnesota absentee ballot after you mail it?, Star Tribune
Spit test: State opens first COVID-19 saliva testing facility in Duluth, MPR News
New community ‘learning pods’ aim to bridge achievement gap, address racial equity in Twin Cities, Star Tribune
University of Minnesota reviewing video of weekend ‘Superblock’ gathering amid COVID-19 concerns, Star Tribune
High court vacancy adds ‘urgency’ to Minnesota legislative races, MPR News
Minn. dairy farmer, county commissioner hopes his COVID-19 experience teaches others how serious it can be, Duluth News Tribune
Representative Angie Craig (CD2)
Candidate Profile: Angie Craig For U.S. House, Patch
Representative Collin Peterson (CD7)
Chairman Peterson on the future of combating climate change, RFDTV
Representative Ilhan Omar (CD5)
Rep. Omar blasts Trump after he complained ‘she’s telling us how to run our country’, Business Insider
Omar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: ‘This is my country‘, The Hill
‘She’s telling us how to run our country’: Trump again goes after Ilhan Omar’s Somali roots, Politico
Rep. Omar to Trump After His Attack on Her Somali Roots: Why Are You So Obsessed With Me?, Daily Beast
Republicans
The Republican Party is an authoritarian outlier, Vox
How Republicans Are Trying to Use the Green Party to Their Advantage, New York Times
Trumpy Cable Network Is Now Selling Emojis to QAnon Cultists, Daily Beast
Republicans in Minnesota
Republican lawmaker sues Minnesota’s top elections official to block mail-in ballot changes, MN Reformer
Minnesota GOP chair hints that MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell could be governor pick, Bring Me the News
Republican Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates Donald Trump and Mike Pence
The Election That Could Break America, Atlantic
Women in President Donald Trump’s White House earn 69 cents for every $1 paid to male staffers, USA Today
Trump makes bizarre claim that protesters are throwing cans of Goya Foods products and Bumble Bee tuna fish, Insider
Trump Preached White Supremacy in Minnesota, America Barely Noticed, Rolling Stone
Allegations of racism have marked Trump’s presidency and become key issue as election nears,Wapo
Secretary of State Steve Simon
Minnesota voter registration reaches 3.5 million as swing-state status draws attention, KMSP Fox 9
Senator Amy Klobuchar
Where Minnesota senators stand on appointing a new Supreme Court justice before Election Day, KEYC
In SCOTUS Fight, Democrats Target Trump’s Weakness on Health Care, Sound Alarm About ACA, Newsweek
Senator Tina Smith
Sen. Tina Smith Calls Rush To Nominate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Successor ‘The Height Of Hypocrisy’, WCCO News
Supreme Court of the US
With Court Prize in Sight, Republicans Unite Behind Trump Once Again, New York Times
U.S. News
Mourners pay respects to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Supreme Court, NBC News
200,000 people have died from Covid-19 in the US. That’s more than the US battle deaths from 5 wars combined, CNN
5 of the 6 largest California wildfires in history started in the past 6 weeks, Sacramento Bee
Fauci: ‘Divisive nature’ in US hampering coronavirus response, The Hill
Wisconsin declares new public health emergency after surge in coronavirus cases among young people, CNN
World News
Boris Johnson says Britain is at a ‘perilous turning point’ as he introduces new coronavirus restrictions, Washington Post
Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, discharged from hospital after poisoning, must now weigh his next moves, CNN
India and China agree to stop sending troops to disputed Himalayan border, CNN
Effiel Tower Briefly Evacuated After Bomb Threat, New York Times
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:
- Today through November 2 — General Election Early Voting
- 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