For a little over $2 million, a bored Texas billionaire can impose a brand-new voting system on a state 1,200 miles away.
The saying used to go, “All politics is local.” Not anymore. To be competitive in Minnesota politics, at least within the state’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) party, you need to have a…
The political campaign of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz returned a maximum $4,000 donation from Nishad Singh, a key figure in the FTX cryptocurrency scandal. The money was originally donated by…
Nishad Singh, Director Engineering for failed cryptocurrency firm FTX, pled guilty in New York today to criminal charges arising out of the firm’s collapse late last year. The counts included…
Lawyers for the failed Bahamian cryptocurrency exchange FTX are attempting to recover political contributions made to American politicians. Indicted CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was the 2nd largest donor to Democratic candidates…
The personal care assistant (PCA) program is slated to receive an additional $247 million per year, according to budget documents filed this week (page 25). The proposal (p. 28), would…
In political science, it’s very difficult to conduct controlled experiments. However, in this month’s general election, a natural experiment appears to have occurred in Edina, MN. Statewide, Democrats swept to…
On terms favorable to his firm, of course. As recently as last month, Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX, was promoting a bill in the U.S. Senate that would place new…
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, donated to both Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig and Sen. Tina Smith this election cycle. According to records at the Federal Election Commission…
One of the features of the Feeding Our Future scandal from the beginning has been the connections between the alleged fraudsters and well-placed politicians. This post will focus on a…
The public has been begging for a complete list of political donations from figures indicted in the Feeding Our Future scandal. See below: A few caveats are in order. The…
With the election less than two months away, lefty money groups continue to register in Minnesota, in case they are needed to prop up the ruling Democrats. Late last week,…
Something called the “314 Action Victory Fund” registered last week with the state Campaign Finance Board. Sadly, the group is named after the number 3.14, shorthand for the mathematical concept…
Literally. The newest political action committee to register with the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board is named “The PAC for Minnesota’s Future-IE.” Sometimes the metaphors are too blatant to ignore. The…
With this November’s governor’s race rated only a “lean” to the Democrats, national groups are taking no chances. In case they are needed late in the race, national groups are…
A centrist Minnesota political action committee just got a big pile of cash from an unlikely source. On Monday, former Enron executive John Arnold of Houston, TX, gave $150,000 to…