It’s Still Rape, You Idiots
SB2185 is legislation, introduced by Senator JoNell Bakke (D-Grand Forks), which adds rape to the list of reasons in the...
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Plain Talk: Senator Cramer Says Special Olympics Funding Unlike to Be Cut, Enbridge Says They’re Ready for Any Protests Targeting Line 3
On this episode of Plain Talk, Senator Kevin Cramer takes listener questions on the USMCA, President Trump's proposed space force,...
Auditor Says State Indian Affairs Commission “Misspent State Funds” on Gift Cards
State Auditor Josh Gallion's office has dinged North Dakota's Indian Affairs Commission for buying nearly $8,000 worth of gift cards...
Heidi Heitkamp’s New Job Is Working to Ratify a Trade Agreement She Once Described as “Disappointing”
According to this report from National Public Radio's White House correspondent Tamara Keith, former Senator Heidi Heitkamp has a new...
Something Is Terribly Wrong if the Only Thing Keeping a University Open Is the State Constitution
Today the Grand Forks Herald takes a victory lap over the defeat by the state Senate of HCR3016. That was...
Plain Talk: Jussie Smollett and Privilege, Plus North Dakota’s New Law Holding Anti-Pipeline Zealots Accountable
On today's Plain Talk, Jussie Smollett got away with something in Chicago. What does that mean for our notions about...
Print Column: Stop Throwing Pies
MINOT, N.D. -- In this moment of American politics we spend little time debating actual policy. For the politicians and...
Holding Political Extremists Accountable for Violence and Vandalism Is Not an Effort to “Chill Speech”
The ACLU opposes SB2044, a bill which clarifies law around tampering with critical infrastructure like power plants or pipelines and...
Democrat Lawmaker Offers Non-Apology for Hitler Memes
If your apology starts with "I'm sorry if" it's not really an apology. Yet that's how Rep. Mary Adams, Hitler...
Plain Talk: Do We Need the Electoral College? Former Clinton Appointee Says It Protects White Supremacy
Do we need the Electoral College? It, and not the national popular vote, has been the deciding factor in two...
