Hunter Woodall at the Star Tribune reports that Rep. Dean Phillips, in an interview with the paper over the weekend, commented on a possible presidential run: “Setting up a competitive campaign, the infrastructure, the people, the systems in multi-states, requires a tremendous amount of effort and time, and there are people who have laid that groundwork. I’m not one of them.”
Deena Winter at the Minnesota Reformer reports Minneapolis City Council candidate Nasri Warsame held a fundraiser in June featuring Hussein Farrah Aidid, whose father, the late Mohamed Farrah Aidid, was a key player in a 1990 coup, after which Somalia’s government collapsed in 1992 amid famine. Aidid’s militia engaged the U.S. military in the Battle of Mogadishu, as recounted in the book and movie “Black Hawk Down.”
Leyden Streed at FOX 9 reports that the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and Public Health Madison & Dane County have confirmed the first case this year of West Nile virus in a human.
Via WCCO: The Minnesota Vikings announced Monday the signing of quarterback Jordan Ta’amu. The 25-year-old most recently played in the XFL.
Lydia Morrell at KARE-11 reports many Minneapolis beaches and public pools are closing, limiting hours or reducing lifeguard services, citing staffing shortages. Reduced hours and closures start Monday, Aug. 21.
Josie Albertson-Grove Star Tribune writes that the future of Open Streets in Minneapolis is in question, after the city ended its partnership with the nonprofit that has orchestrated the pop-up festivals.
Nick Ferraro at the Pioneer Press reports four members of the reigning national champion Gustavus Adolphus College women’s hockey team were injured — one fatally — in a two-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon in west-central Minnesota.
Declan Desmond at Bring Me the News is reporting Denny Pechacek of Hovland disappeared while flying a personal aircraft this weekend, prompting an ongoing search in the Cook County area.
Jay Boller at Racket gets a sneak peek at Cloudland, the soon-to-open music venue at 3533 E. Lake St. in Minneapolis that hopes to fill the void left by Triple Rock and the Hexagon.
To nobody’s surprise, Dean Phillips said
“Setting up a competitive campaign… I’m not one of them.”
“This just in: Future event that was never going to happen will not happen after all.”
Damn, Dean isn’t running, shocker.
Dean had a “productive chat” with Hakeem Jeffries (Leader of the Democrats in the House) last week. I wonder if that had anything to do with this?
I wish Dean as part of House leadership would help get Democrats elected and not advocate for policies that interfere with that. Yes, older people who are unable to do the job need to step down or face primary opponents, but filling Congress with naive inpatient first timers is no solution. Trump perfectly illustrated that rich guys with no political experience should not be at the top of the food chain. Perhaps Presidential candidates should only be allowed to run once us they lose a Presidential election. Who would have been disqualified by this? Nixon and Trump.