What?! I’ve got to argue against Venhuizen? O.K. fine…. As President Trump declared his Presidency is about giving power back to the people, South Dakota’s Republican Legislature moved…
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Donald Trump becomes the 45th President of the United States today. A moment parodied glancingly by The Simpsons in 2000 now becomes reality. Republican speechwriter Christopher Buckley…
In today’s demonstration of the shameless hypocrisy, the GOP spin blog complains about the South Dakota Gun Owners launching a pre-emptive strike against Governor Dennis…
Hey, Democrats! The route to winning elections again is no mystery. Barry Lynn says it’s as simple as reclaiming our Bryan–Wilson–FDR–Truman heritage and reminding Trump voters that…
Asked to respond to a basic question about proficiency versus growth as testing metrics, Betsy DeVos, Trump nominee for Secretary of Education, served word salad…
The South Dakota Republican Party begins this year’s attack on the people’s right to legislate at the ballot with Senate Bill 59, which includes two key provisions:…
My local paper reports that 27,909 South Dakotans signed up by December 24 for individual marketplace health insurance policies under the Affordable Care Act. That’s 27,909 South Dakotans who…
Al Novstrup talks a lot about how working in the Legislature is all about relationships. Maybe that’s why he keeps voting against banning sex between legislators and…
On the weekend of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, President-Elect Donald Trump responds to criticism from King ally and Congressman John Lewis by saying his district, metro Atlanta,…
Mark Winegar and Doug Kronaizl aren’t buying Todd Epp’s thesis on partial victory for ethics reform. To these Vermillion men, who also lead the new Represent South Dakota…