Plain Talk: Tony Bender on ‘We the People’ rally, political tribalism, and special legislative session
On this episode, Rob talks to fellow columnist Tony Bender about the divides in the North Dakota Republican Party, the...
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On the ‘We the People’ rally, or when the Facebook bubble float into real life
MINOT, N.D. — We all know that the algorithms used to feed us content on social media platforms, Facebook in particular, can...
Anti-vax North Dakota lawmaker, an organizer of today’s We The People rally, comes down with COVID-19
MINOT, N.D. — Rep. Jeff Hoverson is a Republican from Minot who is deeply involved in the anti-vaccination and anti-masking movement in...
Don’t subdivide North Dakota’s legislative districts
MINOT, N.D. — The redistricting plan North Dakota's lawmakers will consider in special session next week includes two subdivided House districts. Currently,...
North Dakota’s special session is already so off the rails the lobbyists are calling for an end to distractions
MINOT, N.D. — It's come to this, my friends: The lobbyists have become the voice of reason. The special session of North...
Friday Mailbag: Rick Becker, ‘let’s go Brandon,’ Donald Trump and Chris Berg
MINOT, N.D. — Every once in a while a correspondent will ask why their email didn't get included in this...
Ultra-conservative North Dakota lawmaker took some big, fat, forgivable government loans
MINOT, N.D. — The story of White Coke is a fascinating one. Georgy Zhukov was Marshal of the Soviet Union during World...
Bismarck rally has ties to Jan. 6 riot and election conspiracy theories
MINOT, N.D. — A group of Republicans aligned with the Bastiat Caucus, including four NDGOP district chairs from the Minot area,...
Claim that Forum wouldn’t publish vaccine mandate column is completely false
MINOT, N.D. — The leftward tilt of the American news media, pronounced at the national level but problematic even locally,...
Perhaps the beginning of the end of the Trump movement
MINOT, N.D. — Political pundits like to read too much into off-year election outcomes. Starved for meaningful topics in non-campaign...
