D.C. Memo: Hoping this email ends up in the right hands
Klobuchar calls the Capitol riot ‘planned’; Biden faces challenges ahead; COVID deaths reach a sad milestone; and more.
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D.C. Memo: Dour, sullen, but always smiling
The former president gets sued, impeachment vote divides a family and the GOP braces for the Tea Party, Round 2.
D.C. Memo: More like the BideMN Administration
Trump’s second impeachment trial gets under way; the parties do battle over pandemic proposals; and some Minnesotans gain influential posts.
D.C. Memo: Hot Investigations, Oversight and Regulations Subcommittee news inside
A look at the upcoming impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump; House votes to punish Marjorie Taylor Greene; and more.
How the Christian right helped foment insurrection
Christian-right activists inside and outside of government promoted the election fraud lie and claimed God told them to “let the church roar.”
D.C. Memo: It’s been one week
Biden’s COVID experts; new coronavirus relief package; GOP objects to impeachment; and more.
What is an executive order, and why don’t presidents use them all the time?
Executive orders are presidential written directives to agencies on how to implement the law. The courts view them as legally valid unless they violate the Constitution or existing statutes.
D.C. Memo: The Klobuchar inauguration
What Minnesota’s delegation said about the inauguration, and more.
D.C. Memo: Most impeached president, ever
Minnesota’s delegation splits on impeachment vote; Klobuchar prepares to take the lead on Capitol riot investigation; and the feds tell Minnesota to expand COVID-19 vaccinations.
Georgia wins have big ramifications for Minnesota Democrats in D.C.
Democratic members of the state’s congressional delegation will now have far more power, especially Sen. Amy Klobuchar.
‘Once you engage in political violence, it becomes easier to do it again’ – an expert on political violence reflects on events at the Capitol
Ore Koren: “What hugely contributed to all of this is misinformation. People mobilized based on a conspiracy with no evidence.”
‘I needed to find a place to shelter’: Minnesota’s congressional delegation describes pro-Trump mob overrunning U.S. Capitol
Hours after the Capitol was evacuated, lawmakers voted to certify Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election, with Sen. Amy Klobuchar announcing the final results on the Senate floor.
What the new federal COVID relief bill means for Minnesota
Among other things, the bill will provide the state with a share of $25 billion for rental assistance. Missing, however, is any direct aid to state and city governments.
D.C. Memo: Dean of the Problem Solvers
This week: House Republicans back a last-ditch election lawsuit; Omar softens her tone while Phillips toughens his.
Lacy Johnson had almost no chance of defeating Rep. Ilhan Omar. He still raised more money than any other congressional candidate in Minnesota
That may have been the whole point.
D.C. Memo: Pony up
This week: Stillwater’s Denis McDonough joins the Biden administration; Republicans remain silent; and Dylan keeps being Dylan.
The feds just announced over $400 million for rural broadband in Minnesota — three quarters of it is going to one small company with limited fiber optic experience
LTD Broadband’s CEO was confident the company could deliver on its big promises in Minnesota and other states. Others familiar with the challenges of wiring rural parts of the state were skeptical.
D.C. Memo: The Minnesota turkey vote
This week: Jake Sullivan talks diplomacy in a Biden administration, lawmakers eye more COVID relief, and the AP takes note of state Sen. Tom Bakk’s party switch.
Wisconsin GOP official bucks Trump and draws backlash: ‘There is no fraud in this election’
Lifelong Republican Rohn Bishop believes the GOP must stop trafficking in conspiracies and falsehoods, for the good of his party — and the country.
D.C. Memo: Discounting all the votes
This week in Washington, the president scrambles, Obama debuts, and the legend lives on from the Chippewa on down to the big lake they called Gitche Gumee.
