Dan Pollock

Future Governor Klobuchar

My morning radio news program from a legitimate news org was like, “The President is threatening to wipe out an entire civilian population today. And now let’s hear about more winter weather later this week.”

RCV Results SD50 #mnleg DFL convention After 3rd round RCV reallocation Holt 197 (51.84) Korman 170 (44.74)

SD50 DFL #mnleg Rumors: Karla Hult and Nelly Korman were the remaining two candidates for Senate after RCV balloting. Convention is currently electing state/cd delegates

I am shocked!

Worms in food. Medical crises. Measles outbreaks. Malnutrition. Several deaths, including one ruled a homicide, in the last few months alone. The reports out of the nation’s largest detention facility are horrifying.

1st round ballot in SD46 DFL #mnleg 457 ballots 229 Latz (49.89) 225 Dumalog (49.01)

The MN state official non-partisan budget forecast now includes an AI-impact section related to state productivity and GDP. Nothing in the revenue losses section for the destruction of human payroll (yet)

You've probably been following the story about fraud in MN. I wrote about the people who provide services who are being driven into bankruptcy, thanks to the Walz' administration decision to hire Optum AI to screen all payments. It's a disaster.

lol… total disaster for GOP if he wins by anything less than 12 pts. A +10 swing to the D’s

JAMA study: NIH grant terminations disrupted 3.5% of active clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 patients and resulting in a $1.81 billion funding loss. More than 115 active cancer trials were disrupted. www.ajmc.com/view/nih-gra...

Cuts to the federal Emergency Food Assistance Program have meant less selection at Minnesota food shelves.

Two KFF findings Republicans might want to consider when deciding how much they care about the looming 100+% premium spike: More than 1/4 of farmers and ranchers are marketplace enrollees. Almost 1/2 of enrollees are small business owners or work for them.

Gov. Walz issued an executive order directing the Minnesota departments of Health and Commerce to protect vaccine access and coverage, regardless of rollbacks and rapid changes from RFK Jr's HHS. minnesotareformer.com/2025/09/09/w...

Found a new favorite must read account: @oversightdemocrats.house.gov

Started/Going in Louisiana 368 cases of whooping cough 63 hospitalized, of whom 75% vaccines not up to date, and 41 were infants

Lots of people died from COVID in the U.S. as vaccines became politicized. @citizencohn.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/robert-ken...

Fire RFK Jr. now.

This image is every parent’s worst nightmare.

Maybe we could do something about gun violence in addition to all those thoughts and prayers.

Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.

Help remind people that we will now need to rely on national physician groups to get accurate vaccination schedule information via @startribune.com www.startribune.com/u-led-vaccin...

Fantastic event from Eastside Salvation Army in St Paul today, giving out 1200+ donated backpacks to families in need ahead of the school year

The CBO’s final dynamic score: “.. Because the bill’s red ink is not offset by more spending cuts or new revenue, CBO found, the legislation will drive up interest rates.” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

Voters wanted healthcare affordability and are about to see even bigger bills thanks to the new federal budget kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Unlike many of the Medicaid cuts in the Republican tax and spending bill, which are delayed until after the midterm election, ACA premium spikes due to expiration of enhanced premium tax credits will hit January 1, 2026.

Medicaid cuts are expected to disproportionately affect rural hospitals in Minnesota. Rachelle Schultz, president and CEO of Winona Health, told MPR how they are preparing: ow.ly/jOMK50Wqz4Q

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Paul Noth. #NewYorkerCartoons Sign up for our humor newsletter to never miss a Daily Cartoon: nyer.cm/kyxchAh

Happy 4th of July everyone!

President Biden here at #mnleg for Speaker Hortman lying in State

On Friday morning, West Coast port officials told CNN about a startling sight: Not a single cargo vessel had left China with goods for the two major West Coast ports in the past 12 hours. That hasn’t happened since the pandemic. cnn.it/3YA0Rf6

Cutting federal funding for Medicaid is a choice to cut health coverage. Hard stop.

This opinion doesn’t count because they didn’t say he was a “very fine” judge. [sarcasm]

@governorwalz.mn.gov hosting a #Medicaid budget panel discussion with @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social & MN Human Services leaders to discuss how federal budget choices could impact MN #mnleg

“Hi DOGE Commission, I’m calling to report waste fraud and abuse of federal taxpayer funds.”

"none of the nation’s top 10 revenue-generating firms signed the brief..." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/b...

Minnesota’s #reinsurance program for individual health insurance spent $245 million on under 5,000 patients — an 18% increase from 2023. $108m was for 700 people. #mnleg health policy debate

Local angle from @governorwalz.mn.gov talking about restructuring the MN DHS

Judge Alsup also ordered the federal government to rehire thousands of employees who were unlawfully laid off from six major federal agencies based on a "sham," in his words. Expect this aspect of his decision to be quickly appealed (which he invited, sardonically). But obviously, it is a huge deal.