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From my mailbox comes something pretty darned unusual for a Republican organization, as not only are they using donor funds to pay for Senator Julie Frye Mueller's legal fees for her misconduct with an employee, they discuss spending donated funds to attack legislators for doing their job. If this doesn't get your attention, it should:…

Well, those 44,405 votes Brian Bengs received running against Senator Thune (125,483 votes) were expensive. Bengs Termination by Pat Powers on Scribd In the 2021-2022 cycle, Bengs raised $497,968.04, including a 20k loan he gave himself, against $492,266.64 in expenditures. Basically, he spent $11 per vote to get to 25% against the Senator. In the…

The South Dakota Board of Regents has given first reading to a Minors on Campus policy which in in response to last years' advertising of a "family friendly" drag show on the South Dakota State University campus. As noted in the document, "The proposed Minors on Campus Policy will provide consistent protocol and process across…

You have to read this. The Brookings Register has a bombshell of a story regarding Brookings School Superintendent Klint Willert. Apparently he was allowed to resign, because the alternative was him being fired by the School Board. Outgoing Brookings School Superintendent Dr. Klint Willert was in the midst of being forced to resign or be…

You have to read this. The Brookings Register has a bombshell of a story regarding Brookings School Superintendent Klint Willert. Apparently he was allowed to resign, because the alternative was him being fired by the School Board. Outgoing Brookings School Superintendent Dr. Klint Willert was in the midst of being forced to resign or be…

Gone from our Earthly presence, but never to be forgotten. Nathan was born May 9, 1992, and passed away suddenly on March 5, 2022 at home, where he lived with

POLL: South Dakotans Support Grocery Tax Cut PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA – Today, Governor Kristi Noem released polling data indicating that South Dakotans strongly prefer the elimination of the grocery sales tax to other potential tax cut options. A memo summarizing the poll results is attached. The poll was conducted by Front Porch Strategies on behalf of…

This is an interesting development. A Political Action Committee involved in the Julie Frye-Mueller/Tim Goodwin legislative primary in 2022 campaigning against Tim Goodwin has taken to the internet to start a campaign against this last weeks' suspension of Julie Frye Mueller in the South Dakota State Senate. The "Not One Step" political action committee was…

The Legislative Research Council has released the redacted transcript of the Hearing with their employee in executive session, after redacting the appropriate sections. And much like the statement which started the scandal involving Senator Julie Frye Mueller, if you believe the employee as many do, it is a story of a legislator who acted inappropriately:…

Senator Thune filed his post-campaign/cleanup FEC Report for the last month of 2022 showing that he continues to be one of South Dakota's strongest and most popular elected officials. Thune 2022 Ye Fec by Pat Powers on Scribd This only represents the period of 11/29 - 12/31, so it's a very abbreviated time period. Senator…