A River Runs Through It: The Minot Flood Liveblog, Morning of Day 2
Update June 23, 4:45pm MORE EVACUATIONS AS MINOT FLOOD OUTLOOK WORSENSMandatory evacuation orders have been issued for one-third of Minot, ND and for Burlington, ND as well. Evacuation maps for Minot...
View ArticleA River Runs Through It: Levees Overrunning in Minot, ND
Minot, ND is in big trouble. The Souris River started overspilling the levees at 9:30am this morning. (At least it waited until morning.)Mandatory evacuation orders have been issued for the entire town...
View ArticleA River Runs Through It: Minot Flood Liveblog, Evening of Day 2
Update June 23, 4:45pm MORE EVACUATIONS AS MINOT FLOOD OUTLOOK WORSENSMandatory evacuation orders have been issued for one-third of Minot, ND and for Burlington, ND as well. Evacuation maps for Minot...
View ArticleA River Runs Through It: Minot Flood Liveblog, Morning of Day 3
THE WORST IS YET TO COMEText 'REDCROSS' to 90999 to donate $10.American Red CrossMandatory evacuation orders have been issued for one-third of Minot, ND and for Burlington, ND as well. Evacuation maps...
View ArticleHistoric Flood in my Hometown (PHOTOS)
I am currently with family in Burlington, ND, which is eight miles west of Minot (more photos at the WaPo link). For those that are not aware, Minot is currently being devastated by historic floods.For...
View ArticleA River Runs Through It: Minot Flood Liveblog, Evening of Day 3
Text 'REDCROSS' to 90999 to donate $10.American Red CrossMinot Community FoundationIf you are a Ham radio operator the Red Cross in Minot needs your help! 3937mhzFollow on twitter using #Minot,...
View ArticleA River Runs Through It: Minot Flood Liveblog, Morning of Day 4
A Levee has breached in Sawyer, NDMandatory evacuation for Sawyer, ND as of 11:30am June 25.Text 'REDCROSS' to 90999 to donate $10.American Red CrossMinot Community FoundationIf you are a Ham radio...
View ArticleA River Runs Through It: Minot Flood Liveblog, Evening of Day 4
A Levee has breached in Sawyer, ND (I found another brief article that stated the levee was overrun, not breached.)Mandatory evacuation for Sawyer, ND as of 11:30am June 25.Velva, ND under voluntary...
View ArticleA River Runs Through It: Minot Flood Liveblog, Morning of Day 5
Text 'REDCROSS' to 90999 to donate $10.American Red CrossMinot Community FoundationIf you are a Ham radio operator the Red Cross in Minot needs your help! 3937mhzFollow on twitter using #Minot,...
View ArticleA River Runs Through It: Minot Flood Liveblog, Morning of Day 6
Text 'REDCROSS' to 90999 to donate $10.American Red CrossMinot Community FoundationIf you are a Ham radio operator the Red Cross in Minot needs your help! 3937mhzBoil water order in effect for Minot....
View ArticleA River Runs Through It: Minot Flood Liveblog, Morning of Day 7
Text 'REDCROSS' to 90999 to donate $10.American Red CrossMinot Community FoundationIf you are a Ham radio operator the Red Cross in Minot needs your help! 3937mhzBoil water order in effect for Minot....
View ArticleLocked-Out Union Workers Can’t Get Unemployment Insurance In ND
This story affects my family because my sister is married to a sugar beet farmer. He’s quite reticent about his finances, but some years he does fairly well and some years the weather is bad and he...
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Fantasy Redistricting: Dakota
Enough of this nonsense, North Dakota had more population in 1930 at 680,845! South Dakota is growing but its very unlikely it will ever get a second district again, unless the US House is expanded. In...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Voter Fraud in North Dakota
Want to hear a story about North Dakota? What if I said it has medical marijuana, football players committing crimes (allegedly), the November election, and voter fraud? To be fair, I don’t think you...
View ArticleHeidi Heitkamp--ND Senate Race
I don't think Heidi Heitkamp's possible Senate election in North Dakota is getting the national attention it deserves.Heidi currently holds a 2,994 vote lead over Rick Berg. The Berg campaign has said...
View ArticleBreaking: Heitkamp is ND Senator Elect. Rick Berg Concedes
Rep. Rick Berg (R-ND) has just conceded the North Dakota Senate race to Heidi Heitkamp.+1 more for Dems. It's official!
View ArticleNorth Dakota: The Least Gay State?
I read an article today in the Fargo Forum (I live across the river from Fargo, ND, in Moorhead, MN). It said that a Gallup Poll reported that 1.7% of North Dakotans self-identify as LGBT, which means,...
View ArticleDuane Who?
Duane Sand is a conservative retired Navy officer who raised over a million dollars to run for the North Dakota Republican Party's Senate nomination. He lost the primary to Rick Berg, who lost in the...
View ArticleThis explains Quebec Train Disaster--Bureaucratic Buck Passing
So how could a train with over 70 full tankers of petroleum disengage from its locomotives while parked on a hill above a populated community? Here's how.http://www.usatoday.com/...The air brakes on...
View ArticleGay Rights in North Dakota (One Small Step at a Time)
Even in a deeply red state like North Dakota (which has a statewide version of Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage as man-plus-woman, only and ONLY only), there are perhaps a few...
View ArticleACA Signups Roundup: ND, SD, ID Payments, MN & the Mystery of the CMS...
Cross-posted at ACASignups.net; visit the links for full details. I normally do full cross-posts of full entries here at dKos, but things have been so busy lately that I'll probably be doing shorter...
View ArticleTwo Recent Scandals at Blue Cross/Blue Shield of ND
Yes, Blue Cross/Blue Shield (BCBS) of North Dakota (which the NY Times says controls 90% of the health insurance market in ND). There are a couple of problems. First, BCBS of ND lost a ton of money...
View ArticleWrite-In Candidate Wins (because the incumbent said vote for the other guy)
Joseph O'Meara, the two-term mayor of Hankinson, North Dakota (population 919 in the 2010 census), wanted to leave office, but nobody else wanted to run for mayor and he didn't want a blank spot on the...
View ArticleFor Oil-By-Rail, a Battle Between “Right to Know” and “Need to Know”
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlogSince the first major oil-by-rail explosion occurred on July 6, 2013, in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, citizens in communities across the U.S. have risen up when they’ve learned...
View ArticleNorth Dakota Bonanza Farms
From approximately 1875-1920, North Dakota had many (almost 100) large "bonanza farms," each with thousands or ten of thousands of acres, usually on land that was originally granted by the U.S....
View ArticleND House Votes No on LGBT Civil Rights Bills
The original bill passed the (Republican-controlled) North Dakota Senate by a close vote of 25-22 and the (Republican) Governor of ND, Jack Dalrymple, announced he would sign it. The (Republican) North...
View ArticleEqual Marriage in North Dakota: Good News and Bad News
First the good news: After the Supreme Court ruling on Friday, the Republican Governor of North Dakota, Jack Dalrymple, issued a terse one-sentence statement saying North Dakota will comply."The U.S....
View ArticleA Funny Thing Happened in the Forum (Letter to the Editor)
I’m a fan of Tony Bender who sometimes writes humorous/sarcastic letters to the editor of the Forum newspaper in Fargo, North Dakota. Here's his latest. Note: The first part is a reference to the NDSU...
View ArticleGay-Friendly Church Asks For Rainbow Logo, Is Turned Down
And guess what? The graphics company that refused their business has a logo with rainbow colors.This happened in my neck of the woods. Here's the article from the local newspaper: Firm with rainbow...
View ArticleHillary News & Views 06.08.16: "Stronger together"
*** SUPPORT HILLARY CLINTON ***Donate Today! So here we are, almost at the end of this long strange primary journey. I’ll get to a recap of last night’s races and of Hillary’s speech in...
View Article"Defending" with dogs. North Dakota candidates that support Standing Rock....
I first read of the violence at the pipeline protest on my regular newsfeed. A one sided version was given; “Security guards and dogs attacked and injured by protesters”. Hmm… as I said, the story was...
View ArticleHenry Red Cloud - Winterizing the camps for protesters at Standing Rock.
Just got this from Henry Red Cloud’s campaign manager, Richard Fox. He always includes a nice little note to me.I hope you are doing well this fine Wednesday night, Tracy.
View ArticleTop 5 reasons for Native Americans to VOTE.
Reprinted in full with permission from the author, Cara Currie Hall, a supporter of 90for90.1. Your Vote is your Voice. Sounds cliché, but it’s true. If you want your views heard, you have to vote....
View ArticleStanding Rock can Rock the Vote!
With the whole nation, and even many parts of the world, watching with growing interest what is happening at Standing Rock, this is the perfect time for us to reach out and help North Dakota.
View ArticleNorth Dakota has NO voter registration!?!?!
Now, before you get excited and go off to Pluto planning on how to get rid of voter registration in your state, let’s just check out the implications for North Dakota for a few minutes.We have a chance...
View ArticleNot only do I want to vote for Chase Iron Eyes for Congress, I now want to...
cross posted from DOWNWITHTYRANNY!That’s how inspiring he is. I had the good fortune of talking to Chase Iron Eyes by phone one day late this summer. I started off just like when I’m talking with any...
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Help Get Out The Vote for Standing Rock in North Dakota .
With the whole nation, and even many parts of the world, watching with growing interest what is happening at Standing Rock, this is the perfect time for us to reach out and help North Dakota.As outside...
View ArticleNorth Dakota Legislators And Their Wacky Ideas
Here are two crazy ideas for laws that have been proposed (but not yet passed) by ND legislators. You need to know that North Dakota is a very red state. Both the state house and state senate have huge...
View ArticleWhat Would Have Happened?
I am consumed with this question after today. We live in an unsettled era, for the first time in many decades civic protest is becoming the norm and many are getting involved in democracy for the first...
View ArticleA Democratic Senate would never seat a judge accused of sexual assault on the...
Just a reminder of what’s at stake this November. Want to make this a reality?Donate to the Flip The Senate fund ($12,000 and growing)!https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bm2018ftsVolunteer for Bill...
View ArticleNorth Dakota county to vote on whether to bar new refugees under Trump's...
A North Dakota county commission is set to vote on Monday on whether it will accept more refugee resettlements. Burleigh County, which contains Bismarck, the state capital, has a population of about...
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About That Trial Thing in the Senate - Don't Forget Russia
At the New York Times, Jamelle Bouie has a reminder that the founding fathers included those who had serious reservations about the Senate.Mitch McConnell’s Complicity Has Deep RootsWith or without...
View ArticleFlip Everything: A Downballot Guide To Create a Blue Wave Everywhere!
It’s been a while since I’ve written any diaries for both personal and other reasons, but in my lurking across different Democratic supportive websites I’ve always seen the same question over and over...
View ArticleFlip Everything: Help Turn the Country Blue!
It’s been a while since I’ve written diaries for both personal and other reasons, but in my lurking across different Democratic supportive websites I’ve always seen the same question over and over...
View ArticleFlip Everything: A Down Ballot All in 1 Activism Guide to Make a Blue Wave...
In the 2020 election let’s do all we can to Flip Everything!It’s been a while since I’ve written diaries for both personal and other reasons, but in my lurking across different Democratic supportive...
View ArticleCindy McCain Will Endorse Biden At Convention *UPDATE* Colin Powell too
WILMINGTON, Del. — Cindy McCain is going to bat for Joe Biden, lending her voice to a video set to air during Tuesday night’s Democratic National Convention programming focused on Biden’s close...
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Why the North Dakota Senate and House Races are Interesting in 2022.
I know, I know. You’ve lost interest in North Dakota, arguable the reddest red state in our dis-union. I’m not saying its going to flip blue, but this year it is a laboratory due to recreational...
View ArticleA North Dakota Republican’s Personal Pronoun Bill
A legislator from West Fargo, ND, has proposed an utterly crazy law that says any organization that receives state funding must use the pronouns based on an individual’s determined sex at birth, male...
View ArticleAnti-trans North Dakota Republicans want to change the definition of gender...
Another day, another hellscape of Republicans trying to scare the general public (and especially their voter base) by pushing anti-queer and anti-trans agendas by any angle necessary. Sadly, as...
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