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Beaudion Borrows from Bengs to Argue Rounds Lacks Integrity
8+ hour, 8+ min ago (415+ words) notes from a South Dakota expatriate Sometimes I look at candidates" arguments and wonder, "Who writes this stuff?" In Democratic U. S. Senate candidate Julian Beaudion"s case, the answer appears too often to be, not Julian Beaudion. Beaudion"s original post…...
Poll: 71% of South Dakotans Reject State Income Tax
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (128+ words) notes from a South Dakota expatriate A less surprising result of the latest KELO-TV/Emerson College poll is most South Dakotas still oppose implementing a state income tax: In our most recent poll, 875 voters were asked if South Dakota should…...
Poll Shows Republicans Losing Their Minds, Preferring Least Qualified Candidate for Governor
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (261+ words) notes from a South Dakota expatriate South Dakota Republicans, please, tell me you're not this stupid: A new KELOLAND Media Group/Emerson College poll has a new leader in the Republican primary race for South Dakota governor. Businessman Toby Doeden…...
Destruction of US Foreign Aid Makes Ebola Outbreak Worse
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (208+ words) notes from a South Dakota expatriate Hey, hey, Donald J, how many kids have you killed today? Well, probably a bunch in Africa, where his wrecking of USAID helped the latest Ebola outbreak spread undetected for months: There are 482 suspected…...
Tennessee County Arrests Former Cop for Criticizing Charlie Kirk, Pays $835 K to Settle First Amendment Lawsuit
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (326+ words) notes from a South Dakota expatriate Charlie Kirk was a hate-spreading Nazi who would have characterized his own death by gun as a small price to pay so we can all have a Second Amendment. No one has put me…...
Dodo Doeden Doesn't Know South Dakota Puts Inmates to Work
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (134+ words) notes from a South Dakota expatriate Republican gubernatorial candidate Toby Doeden says South Dakota needs to put inmates back to work like Bill Janklow did: Doeden is wrong on philosophy and facts. It's also self-sustaining, covering its $5, 174, 060 budget with the revenue…...
Dodo Doeden Admits Climate Changes But Denies Proven Link to Wildfires
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (464+ words) notes from a South Dakota expatriate Asked what the state should do about climate change and wildfires, Republican Toby Doeden denies any connection between the two phenomena: O'BRIEN: The western part of the state saw significantly less snow this summer…...
Dodo Doeden Can't Explain How He'll Eliminate Property Tax and Cut Sales Tax
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (728+ words) notes from a South Dakota expatriate Aberdeen car salesman and Republican gubernatorial candidate Toby Doeden wants South Dakota voters to believe he's just like Donald Trump: a loudmouth businessman with no political experience who can take over the state and…...
Majority of Noem's Unreviewed Commutees Reoffend
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (336+ words) notes from a South Dakota expatriate In further evidence of Kristi Noem's lack of good judgment, South Dakota Searchlightfinds that the majority of offenders who received the Governor's unusual, unreviewed commutations have gotten into new trouble with the law: "with…...
ICE Doing Long-Term Damage to Local Economies
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (224+ words) Dakota Free Press ICE Doing Long-Term Damage to Local Economies Donald Trump's murderous Immigration and Customs Enforcement rampages aren't just fascist violations of human rights. They are also an assault on the local economies of the blue cities Trump punishes…...