“Rep. John Thompson won’t have the support of the Minnesota DFL as he heads into his first reelection contest.”

“A Minnesota nonprofit that was raided by the FBI last month announced Friday that it is dissolving, blaming “negative media reports.”  The FBI raided over a dozen properties connected to Feeding our Future Jan. 20. An FBI search warrant accused the “conspirators” of stealing “millions of dollars in federal funds” from child nutrition programs, but the nonprofit has denied any wrongdoing and nobody has been charged with a crime to date.”

“(Center of the American Experiment) — The Jan. 20 FBI raids on Feeding Our Future was just the latest escalation in a war between the state agency and two networks of nonprofits operating food giveaways to low-income children. The state Department of Education (MDE) has been battling Feeding Our Future and the related nonprofit Partners in Nutrition (aka Partners in Quality Care) in and out of court going back at least as far as 2017.”

“In a court filing, John Durham, special counsel for the Department of Justice, alleged that a tech firm paid by the Clinton campaign's legal team was "mining" White House servers to dig up dirt on former president Donald Trump.”

"A woman running for Minnesota Secretary of State is proposing a few changes to the state Republican Party platform."

In a Tuesday email to supporters, Kim Crockett linked to her “Eyes on Every Ballot Resolution,” which proposes to rid elections of what she calls “Zuckerbucks” and achieve a greater balance of Democrats and Republicans on ballot boards.

“Hennepin County Sheriff Dave Hutchinson won’t seek reelection in November, multiple sources told Alpha News.”

“Rep. Ilhan Omar and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey are accused of receiving donations from men who stole millions of COVID relief dollars. One of these men also runs a charity founded by a city council member and sits on a city working group.”

“President Joe Biden’s administration has reinstated a moratorium on renewed leases for Twin Metals to mine in northeastern Minnesota’s Superior National Forest.  The Obama administration was the first to decline a renewed lease, but the Trump administration revoked this move and approved a lease in 2019 that allowed Twin Metals to develop a copper-nickel mine in the town of Ely.  But in the continuation of his broken promises on mining, Biden has followed in the footsteps of his former boss. His presidential campaign privately told a group of miners in 2020 that he would “support boosting domestic production of metals used to make electric vehicles, solar panels and other products crucial to his climate plan.””

“Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is proposing a new budget package that includes $700 million worth of direct payments to Minnesotans called “Walz Checks.”  But Minnesota Republicans are blasting the checks as a distraction, an “election-year gimmick,” and something that’s no longer good policy.”

“In light of a recent FBI raid on a Minnesota nonprofit over alleged fraudulent spending, one Minnesota state senator is calling for an audit on all COVID-related funds and spending.  Sen. Roger Chamberlain, a Republican from Lino Lakes, serves as chair of the chamber’s education committee. He called for the audits in a statement released Friday afternoon.”