My local paper keys in on one dire phrase that our Congressional delegation used in its please-stop-the-beatings letter to Donald Trump, “the brink of economic collapse” facing…
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Give someone too much guff on Facebook, and you can be busted for stalking, but you can still demand that the judge be specific about…
Among the interesting details in Bob Mercer’s conversation with Game Fish & Parks wildlife administration chief Scott Simpson about South Dakota hunting data are a…
A friend of the blog introduces me to John Stockwell, who served in the Cold War CIA for thirteen years in Congo, Vietnam, and Angola…
If Maria Butina was working for the Russian government under Alexander Torshin’s direction, she and her boss hid their effort to infiltrate American decision-making apparati…
Speaking of taxes, my morning Governing newsletter says that supermajority requirements like South Dakota’s don’t really affect tax rates: A total of 14 states impose some kind of…
In for a penny, in for a pound—Donald Trump says he’s considering tariffs on everything China sells us: President Donald Trump has indicated that he…
Billie Sutton remains wrong-headedly triangulative on income tax. Todd Epp asks the Democratic gubernatorial candidate what he thinks of a state income tax, and Sutton…
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Billie Sutton continues to criticize his Republican opponent, Congresswoman Kristi Noem, as a political insider. Asked by Todd Epp how he responds…
The good news: Bob Mercer keeps his job! After the Trump economy drove Dakota Media Group to can South Dakota’s best Pierre-based reporter, Mercer found…