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Rob Port

Columnist

Rob Port was a pioneer in political blogging in North Dakota, founding SayAnythingBlog.com in 2003. Before beginning his writing career, he spent 10 years working as a private investigator specializing in insurance fraud, accessing public records, and criminal defense.

He publishes digital and print columns covering North Dakota government and politics, and also hosts the Plain Talk podcast.

An ordinarily routine vote to excuse absent members was forced to a verification vote after pushback during a voice vote.
A board overseeing the Department of Veterans Affairs gave Commissioner Lonnie Wangen a 45% pay raise. An amendment would move the DVA under the governor's office.
"I really thought she was joking," Speaker of the House Robin Weisz said of Rep. Lori VanWinkle telling him she was taking a vacation this week.
The Trump administration slashed local infrastructure spending in North Dakota, calling it "wasteful" and "political," but is that really true?
Former NDGOP chair Robert Harms talks about corruption in the NDGOP's inner workings. Also, we discuss property tax reform progress and the closing weeks of the legislative session.
"My choice was Trump or a political party that wants to bankrupt my company," a Trump-skeptical energy industry executive told me recently. Will Democrats ever wake up to this dynamic?
Republicans should remember the tea party movement and what happened to Democratic majorities when our liberal friends didn't take it seriously.
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The NDGOP brand is a powerful one. Republican candidates are almost guaranteed victory in most parts of the state, yet the process through which those candidates are endorsed is compromised.
How much time do we need to waste listening to the ravings of fools?
🎙️ On this Plain Talk, Rep. Matt Ruby says lawmakers must improve the Senate's version of property tax relief or we'll see another ballot measure. Also Sen. John Hoeven talks tariffs, trade and DOGE.