As the trade war limps along exactly as you’d expect a policy launched by a failed casino owner would, real people are taking it on the chin. One of those folks is a farmer from a reliably red state that voted for Trump by a more than 2-to-1 margin. Yahoo! Finance: “This trade thing is what’s…
Category: NorthDakota
Trump Tariffs Hurt North Dakota Soybean Farmers, but Voters There Threw Out Heitkamp.
I know I am picking at a fresh wound here, but NPR had an interview with a soybean farmer — Josh Gackle – in North Dakota who sits on the American Soybean Association’s board of directors about the effect of Trump’s tariffs on soybeans. You could tell that Gackle didn’t want to directly say anything bad about…
Fed. Judge Named by W Rejects Restraining Order on N. Dakota Voting Law Targeting Native Americans.
Because of course he does… NBC News “A federal judge denied a last-minute emergency request to prevent North Dakota's new street address requirement for voting from applying to Tuesday's midterm election. The requirement presents difficulties for some Native Americans in the state who have traditionally used post office boxes, loose locators or even vouching from…
Democratic candidate in North Dakota running TV ad featuring arrest of her GOP opponent
TRIGGER WARNING: The following blog post contains a video featuring flashing lights. Although I am not a physician, I strongly recommend against watching the video contained in this blog post if you suffer from epilepsy or any other medical condition that causes seizures upon seeing flashing lights.
Kylie Oversen, candidate for North Dakota Tax Commissioner, is an AWESOME person!
AUTHOR’S NOTE: North Dakota is one of two states, the other being Minnesota, in which the state chapter of the Democratic Party operates under a different name. While most of the attention on North Dakota’s 2018 elections has focused on the U.S. Senate race in North Dakota, where U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp is seeking re-election,…