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Itasca DFL @itascacountydfl.bsky.social · 1h

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Dems say the American Dream is dead. A lot of Trump voters agree.

The POLITICO Poll found more Americans say the country’s best times are behind than ahead.

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Itasca DFL @itascacountydfl.bsky.social · 1h

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How the US is preparing a Caribbean staging ground near Venezuela

The US military is upgrading a Cold War base in the Caribbean it abandoned 20 years ago. Experts say it’s a step towards sustained operations in the region.

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Itasca DFL @itascacountydfl.bsky.social · 1h

www.minnpost.com/state-govern...

Minnesota’s ACA marketplace is about to become unaffordable - MinnPost

Changing demographics, ballooning prescription drug costs, among other things, means Minnesotans are about to get sticker shock.

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Itasca DFL @itascacountydfl.bsky.social · 1h

minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/31/r...

Dozens of states tackle high prescription drug costs • Minnesota Reformer

In the absence of much federal action, states have enacted dozens of laws this year to lower prescription drug costs for their residents — and many more are considering following suit.

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Itasca DFL @itascacountydfl.bsky.social · 1h

www.welcomestack.org/p/deciding-t...

DECIDING TO WIN: How We Got Here

An analysis of the Democratic Party platforms from 2012 to 2024 gives us clues to the current Democratic Party struggles

www.welcomestack.org

Itasca DFL @itascacountydfl.bsky.social · 1h

www.axios.com/2025/10/31/t...

Trump can't require proof of citizenship for voter registration, judge says

Trump's order violated Constitution's "separation-of-powers," the judge ruled.

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Itasca DFL @itascacountydfl.bsky.social · 1h

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Trump faces critical point in government shutdown, SNAP cutoff

Trump, back from a weeklong trip in Asia, will have to confront how to handle deepening impacts from the shutdown on Americans.

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Itasca DFL @itascacountydfl.bsky.social · 1h

www.npr.org/2025/11/01/n...

Election Day is Tuesday. Here are 5 questions about what the results might mean

While too much shouldn't be made out of off-year elections, the Nov. 4 election will be the first major electoral sign of the political mood and what voters think of the president.

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Itasca DFL @itascacountydfl.bsky.social · 1h

minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/31/r...

Trump administration blocked from cutting off SNAP benefits as two judges issue orders • Minnesota Reformer

A federal judge in Boston ruled Friday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plan to pause a food assistance program for 42 million people was illegal — but gave the Trump administration until Mon...

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Itasca DFL @itascacountydfl.bsky.social · 1h

theconversation.com/the-shutdown...

The shutdown – and the House’s inaction – helps pave Congress’ path to irrelevance

With major shutdown impacts beginning to set in, a scholar of Congress says the House has all but abdicated its position as ‘The People’s Chamber.’

theconversation.com

Itasca DFL @itascacountydfl.bsky.social · 1h

prospect.org/2025/10/30/f...

The Flaw in Trump’s MAGA Media Empire Plot - The American Prospect

Warner Bros. Discovery has announced that it is for sale, and Trump is trying to force the company to agree to a merger with Paramount, consolidating media with his allies the Ellisons. But states can...

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Itasca DFL @itascacountydfl.bsky.social · 1h

portside.org/2025-10-31/g...

God’s Chief Justice

In early 2023, Paul Newby, the Republican chief justice of North Carolina’s Supreme Court, gave the state and the nation a demonstration of the stunning and overlooked power of his office.

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Itasca DFL @itascacountydfl.bsky.social · 1h

www.axios.com/2025/11/02/d...

"No one knew what the hell we stood for": Dems ease off democracy message for '25

Their strategies amount to a rejection of former Vice President Harris' approach in last year's presidential campaign.

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Itasca DFL @itascacountydfl.bsky.social · 1h

New this morning: On Shutdown Day 33, an NBC News poll — consistent with a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll this past week — finds more Americans blame President Trump and the GOP for the shutdown than blame Democrats.

Itasca DFL @itascacountydfl.bsky.social · 1h

www.axios.com/2025/11/02/m...

Trump's MAGA movement is embroiled in right-wing purity tests

Fault lines are surfacing over who should — and shouldn't — be accepted under its tent.

www.axios.com

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 1d

Shouldn’t take a court order to tell you to feed the hungry.

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Itasca DFL @itascacountydfl.bsky.social · 13h

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-1...

November 1, 2025

Yesterday I wrote that President Donald J.

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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 21h

The President’s priorities are gilded ballrooms and marble bathrooms, while the American people are trying to figure out how to afford health care and put food on the table.