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Christian Right Hopes South Dakota Becomes More Like Meloni’s Right-Wing Italy

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2022-10-10

I thought Hillary Clinton was flat wrong when she said electing fascist Giorgia Meloni prime minister of Italy would be “certainly a good thing” just…

Family Heritage Alliance: “Abortion Is Never Medically Necessary”

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2022-09-09

South Dakota’s Family Heritage Alliance weighs in with its studied medical opinion on abortion: South Dakota physician Jim Buchanan responds appropriately: In stating “Abortion is…

Family Heritage Alliance Cites Dakota Free Press in Argument Against HB 1212

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2020-02-28

I’ve had a couple people call this week and ask if they can use material from my blog in their discussions with others about various…

Anti-Trans Bullies Cite Jackley Court Brief in Petition Against WDT Protection of Gender Identity

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2018-09-02

It appears that Marty Jackley’s joining of South Dakota to an anti-transgender lawsuit by Nebraska in part does a political favor for the conservative Family…

Jackley Uses Education Initiative to Nick Noem; Can Kristi Spin Marty’s Suttonesque Pre-K Push for FHA Fire?

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2018-05-18

Marty Jackley takes my advice and spins Kristi Noem’s anti-task force sally as evidence that she doesn’t support education as much as he does: TOGETHER, WE…

SPLC Says TenHaken-Endorsing Family Heritage Alliance Stokes Anti-Muslim Hate

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2018-04-30

The Family Heritage Alliance, the conservative “Christian” organization endorsing Paul TenHaken for Sioux Falls mayor, has earned the attention of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Hatewatch for…

Lesbian Mom Asks TenHaken to Renounce Family Heritage Alliance Endorsement

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2018-04-26

Also grating Neal Tapio’s cheese is Stacey Burnette, a Sioux Falls woman who (gasp!) married a woman and (gasp!!!) is raising happy, healthy children: My…

Family Heritage Alliance Endorses TenHaken for SF Mayor

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2018-04-20

Hey, Sioux Falls! If Paul TenHaken’s pulpit-and-politics-mixing church and the hyperpartisan Minnehaha County GOP already convinced you that Paul TenHaken will bring nothing but wingnut…

Family Heritage Alliance Decides Dale Bartscher Works Too Hard

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2017-05-19

For once, I actually find some interesting comments at Dakota War College. In his ongoing effort to avoid discussing the disaster in the White House caused…

Bartscher/FHA to Head off Transgender Potty Initiative with Legislative Distraction

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2016-12-22

The main headline is that right-wing religious fundamentalists plan to distract the Legislature with more anti-transgender paranoia in the 2017 Session: Dale Bartscher, executive director of the Family Heritage Alliance,…

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Blog Roll: SD Mostly Political

SoDak Governors
Back to the Future: Huron’s Karen refugees recall SD’s settlement by ethnic communities: One doesn’t need to live in South Dakota for very long to see the legacy left by the European immigrants … More…

2023.09.18

SoDak Governors
“The Eighteen-Day Running Mate” recalls a strange chapter in SD political history: During one of my recent appearances on “The Dakota Town Hall” podcasts, I mentioned a book that I read several … More…

2023.09.18

South Dakota News Watch
‘Freedom Works Here’ has spent millions to promote S.D. jobs. Now businesses are being asked to pitch in.: South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem unveils a “Freedom Works Here” branded NASCAR car on July 27 at Falls Park in Sioux Falls. The partnership is estimated to cost $130,000. (Photo:... The post ‘Freedom Wor…

2023.09.18

The South Dakota Standard
Behave? Not them! Women Behaving Badly extravaganza to be held Sept. 20 in Rapid City at the Dahl arts center: Editor’s note: This is a media release from Women Behaving Badly that we edited to include links. The Women Behaving Badly extravaganza will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 20, at the Dahl Arts Center, 71…

2023.09.18

South DaCola
Much Ado about Nothing: South Dakota politics is turning into a real Shakespearean play; Count Claudio falls in love with Hero, the daughter of his host. Hero’s cousin Beatrice (a confirmed spinster) and Benedict (an eternal…

2023.09.18

The South Dakota Standard
South Dakota Democratic Party removes interim from Shane Merrill’s title, make him leader of troubled state party: You can take the interim off Shane Merrill’s title.Merrill, a rural Parker farmer, bus driver, substitute teacher, youth baseball coach, sportswriter and announcer on YouTube broadcasts of local sport…

2023.09.17

South DaCola
UPDATE: Dead Animal Task Force likely for Brockhouse Collection: UPDATE: Look what happened to Mr. Jump Thru Hoops City officials confirmed to me that it is highly likely a task force will be put together at the direction of the city council to determine what to do…

2023.09.16

South Dakota News Watch
Book chronicles how a frontier woman’s life in South Dakota morphed into a national scandal: South Dakota native Chuck Raasch wrote the book “Life Painted Red.” Editor’s note: Chuck Raasch is an author and journalist. A native of South Dakota, he was a national correspondent... The post Book…

2023.09.14

Bluestem Prairie
Iowa utility regulators want to finish Summit pipeline permit hearing by month’s end: Ethanol carbon pipelines haven't done so well her in South Dakota, as Bluestem noted Monday--via the South Dakota Searchlight--in State denies Summit permit; both ethanol carbon pipelines propose…

2023.09.12

Bluestem Prairie
On September 11, US Army began disinterment project to return remains of more children buried at Carlisle to tribal communities: Bluestem's been following the effort to return Edward Upright, from the Spirit Lake Tribe in North Dakota, and Amos LaFramboise, from the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation…

2023.09.12

Blog Roll: Greater SD Blogosphere

Idle Hands Dep't
Geography Div (Earthquake subsection): If you thought the recent earthquake in Morocco was bad .......…

2023.09.18

SleuthSayers
What Is A Hack: The answer, like the answer to so many questions, depends on how old you are. If you were born before the Flood, or even before the War (what Flood? what War? see what I mean?), a hack is a New York t…

2023.09.18

The Poetry of Barry G. Wick
The. Plastic Bag of Youthful Death: The Plastic Bag of Youthful DeathI threw away my journalsAfter many years of writingTiny letters upon painful pagesJust as I was making the meSo public that required IDestroy my life before itWent any…

2023.09.17

SleuthSayers
Toby or not Toby...: If you thought we were finished with weird English, I'm back with an even more… erm… entertaining take. You can blame the usual suspects, ABA and Sharon, who pass on interesting articles. Aaron A…

2023.09.17

Idle Hands Dep't
A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div (Willie Div0: Don't much care for Billy Strings, but this with Willie is getting a lot of airplay. Kind of a fun song.As Willie is said to have on his birthday, " I've outlived my d***" Mickey…

2023.09.17

Mark Haugen
Finished: Robert B. Parker's 'Bye Bye Baby': This is a continuation of the late RBP's Spenser series but written by Ace Atkins, chosen by Parker's estate to do so. This is Atkins' tenth and he does a really good job of keeping th…

2023.09.16

Rant-a-Bit by Scott Hudson
The Ledge #585: Hudson Compound Playlist: This week's show is another of those broadcasts where I simply air some of the records I've been playing around the house the last few weeks. There's no real format outside of that, but…

2023.09.16

Mark Haugen
How ya doin'?: Some time ago, albeit gradually, I started taking the "How ya doin'?" greeting more literally.I know it's basically a perfunctory greeting. To which you're supposed to respon…

2023.09.15

Native Hope Blog
Native American Boarding Schools and Education History: The earliest schools for Native Americans were most often mission schools, founded by different religious groups in the United States, Mexico and Canada. In 1819, Congress passed the Indian Civilizati…

2023.09.12

Native Hope Blog
Native Hope Supports World Suicide Prevention Day: The International Association for Suicide Prevention [IASP], in official relations with the World Health Organization, has deemed September 10 as World Suicide Prevention Day. Native American suicide…

2023.09.10

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