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Retired paramedic. Political Conservative. One time Legislator. Hoosier.

Prior Lake, MN, USA
Joined September 2016
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The funny thing about this election is that Tim Walz would have probably won reelection.
Gov. Tim Walz said he hopes to teach again after leaving office in January of 2027, as he prepares Minnesota's post-election handoff. READ MORE at the link in bio.
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They also voted to protect fraudsters, violent illegal aliens, and roving gangs shooting at each other at homecoming football games.
Minnesota just voted to protect: Free school meals ✅ Paid family leave ✅ The Child Tax Credit ✅ Reproductive freedom ✅ Our natural resources ✅
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If you want real center right information with no spin, @thedispatch is the place for you. They are offering a discount for the first time since their launch in 2019. You won't regret it.
If you've been thinking of joining The Dispatch -- or giving a membership as a gift -- now is the time. I really do hate discounts. But in many ways The Dispatch was made for this moment. So, for the next week we are offering a full 50 percent off an annual membership. Join us!
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Liberals will look you straight in the eye and say they want life to be more affordable and then go vote for millions of illegal immigrants to get free benefits
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She will defend your ability to vote, regardless of your immigration status.
You have a right to vote without fear of intimidation. Our office is fully prepared to protect and defend your right to vote. Any reports of threats or harassment directed at voters or election workers will be investigated and, if appropriate, prosecuted.
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BREAKING ... In May. Stop this.
🚨BREAKING: Michigan Democrat Fay Beydoun, close ally and donor to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, hit with 16 felony charges for allegedly stealing $20 million in state taxpayer funds. Beydoun, a prominent businesswoman, was appointed by Whitmer to a key state board overseeing economic development grants. Prosecutors say she used forged documents to secure a massive $20 million earmark, then funneled the money for personal expenses and her own enrichment. Attorney General Dana Nessel announced the charges, including conducting a criminal enterprise.
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This is a list of available free agents at the time the Vikings signed Kyler Murray. Forgetting what we know now, who was your choice THEN? #Vikings Malik Willis Aaron Rodgers Russell Wilson Tua Tagovailoa Kirk Cousins Joe Flacco Mitchell Trubisky Gardner Minshew Kenny Pickett
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She rebounds. She's 6'4" She plays in a league where the average height is probably around 5'9" or 5'10" She should rebound. If she didn't rebound she'd be working retail somewhere.
Angel Reese has talent and lots of it. Those who focus on her Mebounds and pretend she has no basketball skills are delusional. She also has no class or humility. I respect her game, but not how she represents herself or women’s basketball. That’s why I’m glad that she’s not a WNBA champion this morning. ✌️
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It needs to be appreciated that most/all of the litigation you are seeing filed in connection with the election has either Mark Elias or Norm Eisen attached to it. There is simply no question -- as if there ever was -- that these two Democrat attorneys are being paid MILLIONS of dollars by Democrat backers and interest groups, and they are filing dozens of lawsuits involving hundreds of attorneys with the primary goal of overwhelming DOJ and the Courts. This is simply a bottomless well of money that Dems are willing to spend on lawyers to acquire power.
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Reading the declaration further, we learn that the DOJ electronic spreadsheet with 20,000+ names had 30 columns of data that went with every name. But remember that LA County refused to download the electronic file into its computer system out of "cyber security" concerns. To get over this hurdle, the Admin. sent a hard copy of the spreadsheet for LA County to use. It was from that hard copy that LA County "sampled" 200 of the names and declared the DOJ list to be full of inaccuracies. The experts in the CHIRLA case tell a little different story. They note that the hard copies that LA County relied upon had only 8 columns of data -- an Excel spreadsheet on a computer screen can have as many rows or columns as you create for data, and the user merely scrolls across or up/down to see them all. But a hard copy has limited physical space. The Experts say "The more data you have the better". DOJ/DHS built an electronic spreadsheet with 30 columns of data explaining their verification. LA County, California, and idiots in the press scream like stuck pigs that the list is inaccurate when their idiotic concern about "cyber security" meant they worked off a hard copy with only 8 columns of data. Bookmark this post for later -- it is going to turn out to be the case that the 20,000 name list is going to be quite accurate. Certainly not 100% because of multiple individuals having the same name in large counties, but it is going to be a significant percentage when all the analysis is done. Also -- this is only lawful aliens with either Permanent Resident status or in the U.S. on a long-term visa. That's where DOJ's names came from. This first list of 20,000 names do not include any illegal aliens who have been encountered by DOJ/DHS over the past decade, and were allowed to stall their removal for one reason or another. THAT is going to be a fun list to deal with when DOJ/DHS get that far. I wonder if they need any help?
Here is how the expert's describe their access:
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Makes sense.
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One question has been answered. Kyler will not be with us next year. We are in the market for a QB.
I know Carson Wentz is prone to miscues, but the Vikings should make the change for the second half. Kyler just can't operate this car and this defense deserves a show of support. Defense has been phenomenal against a really good offense.
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Quenton Nelson likes to serve up polite pancakes 😅 (via @NFLFilms)
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Democrats bill themselves as kind and the GOP as "cruel." Oh wow, it seems that when Democrats are the boss, they are really cruel to their staff. This was also true of Kamala Harris.
Klobuchar is a mean boss. Angry person. Her anger scares her staff, the reports say.
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/THREAD So I’m still living rent-free in @CedrickFrazier’s head! Hey Cedric, can you explain this transcript of a 911 call I received from the Hennepin County Sheriff? The call was placed on July 16, 2026 at approximately 10:08PM describing an “event” at your house:
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My son will graduate from a classical Christian education school this year before college. At the end of this year, he'll have to stand up before the faculty and argue his senior thesis, which will be centered around the argument that the further art and architecture have secularized in post modernism, the less objectively uplifting they are, based in part on arguments from Thomas Aquinas. He'll have to not only make his case, but will have to defend his arguments from a faculty that will argue back. His older sister went through the same and is now one of the few kids in her college class who can hold her own in class in debates with professors and has been offered more unique internship opportunities than her peers as a result. Classical education schools are where the future employers of America will come from as more and more public schools teach kids they are victims and indoctrinate instead of educate. cc: @JeremyTate41
I am speechless. Thomas Aquinas College just dropped a study on the rigor of the new SAT. It compares the 1980/87 test with 2026. The findings should terrify every parent and teacher... Vocabulary has collapsed. Old SAT: 70.6% of questions tested vocab. New SAT: 15%. The old test forced students to know a wide range of words through analogies, antonyms, and sentence completions. The new test abandoned that. Most vocab questions now just ask students to fill in one blank from context. Reading passages also got radically shorter (average ~97 words vs 300–340). The new test uses short expository passages and hands you the necessary background knowledge inside the text. The older tests leaned much more heavily on argumentative and persuasive writing, assumed far more historical, scientific, and cultural knowledge, and penalized students who lacked it. This is a redefinition of what "college readiness" means. If you believe that kids should develop rigorous vocabulary, be capable of sustained reading, and possess background knowledge, I have bad news for you. The SAT no longer measures these. If you want a future where children can actually read difficult texts and construct complex arguments, the SAT must be replaced now. This cannot go on.
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More than half a century later, Live at Fillmore East remains an all-time great album
What’s insane about the Allman Brothers is that they lost a Hendrix/Clapton level guitarist in Duane Allman who was also the soul and driving force of the band and they were STILL one of the greatest rock bands in the world. It’s as if the Beatles lost Paul McCartney but kept on going.
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So What?
ALERT: Federal judge orders special master probe into whether Trump Admin lawyers are lying to court
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