Roger McKellips, the last Democrat to lead a majority in the South Dakota Senate, died this week at the age of 94. The former Alcester…
Tag: history
Looking for the proper response to the specious “what-aboutism” that Donald Trump is aping to defend statues to swiftly toppling traitorous Confederates? You don’t have to…
Amidst his rambling, resignation-worthy reversion to racist absurdity yesterday, Donald Trump ran interference for the neo-Nazis, Klansmen, and other white-supremacists rallying futilely around Confederate monuments.…
Republican blogger John Tsitrian reads the responses of Congresswoman Kristi Noem and Senator John Thune (we still can find comment from Senator Mike Rounds in…
…But We South Dakotans Like Changing Our Constitution! Senator Jim Bolin wants to make it harder to amend the South Dakota Constitution. Last Session, Senator…
In trivial pursuits, SDGOP spin blogger Pat Powers decides to accuse “Dems” of historical amnesia by citing a statement by one Democrat, former state secretary…
Indivisible Rapid City is responding to the rampant hatred of the religious/Republican right-wingnuts by hosting “Activist Training: How to Combat Islamophobia” this evening from 6:30…
University of Minnesota political scientist Eric Ostermeier casts an occasional pessimistic glance at South Dakota Democrats (and so far, we haven’t done much to defy his…
Legislators, assemble! Governor Dennis Daugaard has called a special session of the South Dakota Legislature on Monday, June 12 (that’s next week!) to discuss who…
Tony Venhuizen maintains the SoDak Governors website, “dedicated to promoting South Dakota History, particularly through the study of our state’s governors.” Over the past few days,…