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Will Thompson's 27th Birthday

Friday, August 2, 2024 – 6:00 PM (CDT)
2214 Victoria Rose Dr., Fargo

Birthday Party for Will Thompson's 27th Birthday. In lieu of presents, bring yourself, and a donation to Will's campaign for the North Dakota District 46 House seat if able.

Women’s Reproductive Freedom March

Saturday, August 3, 2024 – 10:00 AM
Mountain

Please join us in Mountain on August 3, 2024 for the “August the Deuce” festival. We will be marching in the parade with signs and chants in support of women’s reproductive freedom. We will meet at 10am to march in the parade at 10:30. RSVP to Lynnell Popowski at [email protected] or 701-520-4960

Jess Arneson’s Birthday Bash!

Saturday, August 3, 2024 – 3:00 PM (CDT)
3721 22nd St. S., Fargo

Join us for an evening of BBQ and backyard fun in celebration of Jess Arneson’s birthday!
It’s going to be an awesome summer evening with great conversation, backyard games, tasty food, and fun!

District 20 Barn Dance with music by Merrill Piepkorn for Governor

Sunday, August 4, 2024 – 6:00 PM (CDT)
Elroy Lindaas Farm
735 153rd Ave N, Mayville

Supper served, free will donation, no alcohol. Fundraiser for John Pederson, District 20 Senate candidate, with music by Merrill Piepkorn and the Radio Stars. Katrina Christiansen, U.S. Senate candidate, and Trygve Hammer, U.S. House candidate attending. Join us! Bring the whole family for food, fun, and fellowship.

2 miles East of Mayville on Hwy 200, 1.25 miles North on County Rd 12

Meet & Greet with Trygve Hammer – Grand Forks

Monday, August 5, 2024 – 10:00 AM (CDT)
Archives Coffee House
3012 University Ave., Grand Forks

Join Trygve Hammer Monday, August 5, for a coffee meet and greet in Grand Forks.

Trygve is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate and retired Major in the Marine Corps who served in Iraq. Outside of the Marine Corps, Trygve has been a roughneck on oilfield workover rigs, a freight rail conductor, and a science teacher for grades 7-12 at a rural North Dakota school.

If you’re unable to attend, but would still like to support the campaign, click here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/hammerfacebook

Community Canvassing with Congressional Candidate Trygve Hammer!

Monday, August 5, 2024 – 5:00 PM (CDT)
Grand Forks Field Office3001
S Columbia Rd, Grand Forks, ND 58201

Join the North Dakota Democratic-NPL and the Democratic nominee for Congress, Trygve Hammer, in talking to voters about our candidates up and down the ballot to discuss the issues are on their minds!

Sign up today!

Meet & Greet with Trygve Hammer – Park River

Tuesday, August 6, 2024 – 5:00 PM (CDT)
Mystic on Main
414 Briggs Ave S., Park River

Join Trygve Hammer Tuesday, August 6, for a meet and greet in Park River!

Trygve is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate and retired Major in the Marine Corps who served in Iraq. Outside of the Marine Corps, Trygve has been a roughneck on oilfield workover rigs, a freight rail conductor, and a science teacher for grades 7-12 at a rural North Dakota school.

If you’re unable to attend, but would still like to support the campaign, click here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/hammerfacebook

Dine or Dash – Lisbon

Tuesday, August 6, 2024 – 5:00 PM (CDT)
Mystic on Main
414 Briggs Ave S., Park River

Join your District 24 Democratic-NPL Candidates for supper or take it to go!

Power of the Purse Fundraiser for Katrina Christiansen

Thursday, August 8, 2024 – 5:00 PM (CDT)
Grand Forks Field Office
3001 S Columbia Rd St B, Grand Forks

Please join host committee members including: Thomasine Heitkamp, Kaye Carlson, the Northern Valley Dem-NPL, and Katrina Christiansen

Souris Valley August Saturday Morning Volunteer Event

Saturday, August 10, 2024 – 10:00 AM (CDT)
Main Street Books
8 Main St S., Minot

Join us on Saturday, August 10th at 10AM for our monthly Saturday Morning Volunteer Event! We’ll need volunteers for everything from doorknocking, phone calling, and letter writing.
This volunteer work is the best way to get the word out to our community about our great Dem-NPL candidates and how their vision for our state and national government is the best for working people.

We hope to see you there!

Fargo-Moorhead Pride Parade

Sunday, August 11, 2024 – 1:30 PM (CDT)
Northern Pacific Avenue & 3rd Street North

Walk with fellow Democratic-NPLers in the FM Pride Parade! Parade starts at 2, line up at 1:30 PM.

D45 Annual BBQ

Tuesday, August 13, 2024 – 5:30 PM (CDT)
Trollwood Park
3664 Elm St N. Fargo

DISTRICT 45 WANTS YOUR INPUT ON ISSUES
Join us for a family friendly BBQ at Trollwood Park in North Fargo

MEET & GREET WITH KATRINA CHRISTIANSEN,
ND US SENATE CANDIDATE

• Visit with neighbors
• Hear from district leaders
• Enjoy dinner and beverages on us
• Take advantage of the park
• Jot down issues important to you on available forms
• Update contact information with your district

2024 August Backyard BBQ

Tuesday, August 13, 2024 – 6:00 PM (CDT)
1724 5th St. SE, Minot

Join the Souris Valley Dem-NPL for our annual August Backyard BBQ! Come for tacos, drinks, friendly conversation, music from Dem-NPL gubernatorial candidate Sen. Merrill Piepkorn, and a dessert auction benefiting Lisa Hermosillo for D38 and Alexandra Deufel for D40!

This year’s August Backyard BBQ will be on Tuesday, August 13th at 6PM at 1724 5th St SE, Minot, ND. Free will donations encouraged, with all proceeds from this fundraiser being split equally between Lisa Hermosillo for D38 and Alexandra Deufel for D40 so that we can hopefully get some reasonable, common sense representation back for Minot and the Souris Valley in Bismarck.

DELEGATE SEND-OFF PARTY!

Tuesday, August 13, 2024 – 6:00 PM (CDT)
Brewhalla 2nd Floor Patio Facing East
Fargo

Catch the summer vibe and join us in giving our ND Dem-NPL delegates a festive send off to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago! This event takes place on August 13 from 6-9pm at Brewhalla in Fargo (2nd floor patio facing east). All districts are invited!

If you feel inclined to donate to help support our Democrat Delegates at the National Convention it would be greatly appreciated!

Dine or Dash – Valley City

Thursday, August 15, 2024 – 5:30 PM (CDT)
Chautauqua Park Picnic Shelter
933 12th St NE, Valley City

Join your District 24 Democratic-NPL Candidates for supper or take it to go!

Darrell Hansen Campaign BBQ

Thursday, August 15, 2024 – 5:30 PM (CDT)
7118 Maple Lane, Horace

Hosted in the best back yard in the state: By Hugo and Peter at 7118 Maple Lane, Horace, ND 58047

Time: From 5:30 to 7:30pm
Date: Thursday, August 15th.
Included: Special Hamburgers, Brats, Beer and Win. and many side dishes!

Please all attend but RSVP to: Darrell Hansen at 4150 Furnberg Place S., Fargo, ND 58104 but please RSVP by August 10th. Invite your hungry and generous friends.

Legislative Listening Session: Small Business

Thursday, August 15, 2024 – 6:00 PM (CDT)
Archives Coffee House
3012 University Ave, Grand Forks

We all have our favorite small business we support in Grand Forks!
The reality is many small businesses across ND are struggling to stay open with a shortage of employees, high inflation, and lack of capital to keep the lights on. It’s time to think creatively on how to keep our small town charm alive.

Join ND legislative candidate, Kyle Thorson, on Thursday, August 15th at 6:00pm at Archives Coffee House for conversation around small business sustainability and economic development in Grand Forks. Light refreshments provided & free parking in the lot behind Archives.

Burdick Dinner 2024

Saturday, September 14, 2024 – 6:30 PM
Delta Hotels Fargo
1635 42nd St SW, Fargo

Celebrate ND Democrats with Statewide Candidates and Keynote Speaker: Rachel Bitecofer
This years annual dinner will feature a keynote speaker you will not want to miss. Bitecofer is an advocate for a new strategy to win elections and with a proven record of doing so. Look no further than Michigan to see the results. The DNC has embraced her philosophy and we hope you will come hear from her in person.

Join us!

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Katrina Christiansen addresses voters after Kevin Cramer declines to debate


Katrina Christiansen joins Joel Heitkamp in the KFGO studio to cover a variety of topics, not the least of which is Senator Kevin Cramer declining to debate her in a KFGO-hosted debate. Katrina is running for U.S. Senate with support from the Dem-NPL, against the Republican incumbent, Kevin Cramer. They also dig into Katrina's views on the border crisis, women's healthcare, the Farm Bill, and Senator Cramer's support for former President Trump.

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Candidate for U.S. House Trygve Hammer


Afternoons Live with Tyler Axness welcomes Trygve Hammer to chat about his run for North Dakota's lone seat in Congress.

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What is a delegate to the national convention? Bismarck Democratic delegate explains


“It’s a huge honor to become a delegate to the national convention, but it can also be a little nerve-wracking because you’re going to Chicago, you don’t have a lot of control over your own schedule while you’re there, you’re taking buses around the city, you’re going to multiple locations, and you have different events every night,” said Selzler.

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Letter: A cabinet post for Burgum would not be a source of pride


This is not about feelings about Trump. This is about fact and documented behavior. Trump’s Republican party is grossly abnormal. Ask the Herald to stop ignoring recent history and normalizing the abnormal. As to Burgum being a role model? Not so much.

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Director of Red Women's Clinic is excited for the opportunity to have the first female President


Tammi Kromenaker is the Clinic Director of Red River Women’s Clinic in Moorhead, Minnesota. She joins Joel to talk about the importance for women now that Vice President Kamala Harris is running, and why the clinic is so necessary for women's healthcare.

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Plain Talk: 'There's a new pep in our step'


Ista pointed out that Democrats already elected to the North Dakota Legislature have been punching above their weight. Although they have only 16 seats in the state Legislature, over 50 bills sponsored by Democratic lawmakers passed in the last session.

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Viewpoint: Book bans are more than just empty shelves


Being able to learn about and engage with new ideas, especially those we may disagree with, is foundational to any healthy democracy. Censoring books by limiting people’s access to them does more than suppress the subject matter – it also disregards the lived experiences and identities of authors and readers. If community members don’t want to engage with certain ideas or topics – or let their kids engage with certain ideas or topics – they don’t have to, but they don’t have the right to impose their beliefs on others.

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Letter: We should take their word for it


When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time (M. Angelou). Trump promised to overturn Roe, and he did. The consequences have been borne on the backs of child rape victims fleeing their homes to seek health care in other states, and by women like Kate Cox who, due to Texas’ abortion ban, was denied care for 3 days after her water broke at 18 weeks. She became septic, nearly died, and suffered irreparable damage to her reproductive system.

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Port: Trump's racial comments were no joke, Sen. Cramer


But it's not a joke. Trump wasn't joking. It wasn't satire, the definition of which is, "the use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues."

What stupidity or vice is Harris guilty of in this context? Being born to two immigrant parents, one Black and one Indian?

Do you know what we call people who make jokes about that sort of thing?

Racists.

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Axios reporter says VP Harris will have her running mate chosen by Tuesday


Joel Heitkamp is joined by Erin Doherty for a conversation around Project 2025, the former President at the National Association of Black Journalists conference yesterday, and the Vice President's search for a running mate. Erin Doherty is a politics reporter at Axios covering breaking news and the 2024 election.

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Former Republican, now moderate Democrat, won't vote for Donald Trump again


Chris Gibbs is an Ohio Farmer, and former Chair of the Republican Party in Selby County Ohio, serving for seven years until 2015. Last year, he was elected as the Chair of the Democratic Party in Selby County in Ohio. He’s also the Chair of Rural Voices USA and the Chair of Gateway Arts.

Chris and Joel have a conversation about the political divide in the country right now, and how to approach policy and controversy as a moderate in rural America.

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Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan greeted by President Biden, VP Harris after landing on US soil


Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist, are back on U.S. soil.

As they stepped off the plane, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris greeted the three at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington.

The Americans were part of an extraordinary 24-prisoner exchange involving Russia, the United States and several other countries, the largest of its kind since the Cold War and one in which President Biden was directly involved, the White House said earlier Thursday.

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'Consistent history of racism': Trump making false claims about Harris, reposts conspiracies


Former President Trump has revived his oldest political instincts – by questioning whether Vice President Harris is actually Black at NABJ. Now many, including Simone Biles, are seemingly mocking Trump about his comment on "Black jobs". NBC News' Garrett Haake, former GOP communications director Tara Setmayer and MSNBC political analyst Eddie Glaude join Ana Cabrera to react to Trump's rhetoric around race.

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FULL: Kamala Harris speech at Atlanta rally


Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, held a campaign rally at the Georgia State Convocation Center in Atlanta on July 30, 2024.

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Senate GOP blocks bipartisan bill to expand child tax credit


Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) hammered the point about Republicans voting down a tax cut on the Senate floor Thursday.

“The next time that I hear them talking about the need to cut taxes, I’m going to ask my colleagues how did you vote today? How did you vote when you had an opportunity to provide tax relief for ordinary people? Maybe the issue is not so much tax cuts — as for whom?” he said.

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Counties most in need of cardiologists are the most likely to have none


Since January 2005, 192 rural hospitals nationwide have closed or converted to facilities that do not provide inpatient care, according to the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program. George H. Pink, the program’s deputy director, said many factors have been driving the hospital closures, including declining populations in certain areas, large numbers of uninsured patients, outdated medical technology and severe financial struggles.

“There’s a statement and I don’t know who said it, but I use it all the time: ‘Your Zip code tells more about your health outcomes than your genetic code,’ ” Harrington said. “And that’s certainly the case with rural America.”

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Watch Sen. Murphy debunk Trump’s lies on prisoner swaps: 'He talks a big game'


Sen. Chris Murphy sets the record straight about Trump’s ability to pull off the kind of extraordinary diplomacy deal that the Biden administration managed to get done in the historic prisoner swap with Russia. Murphy also points out Trump’s lie that he was able to secure prisoner releases without any swaps.

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J.D. Vance’s Views on Stepparents Are Straight Out of Project 2025


This claim has been made for decades, often to oppose parenting by LGBTQ+ people. Today it is a pillar of Project 2025. Under the heading “The Family Agenda,” the presidential transition blueprint declares: “Married men and women are the ideal natural family structure because all children have a right to be raised by the men and women who conceived them.” In other words, children should be raised by their biological parents—not by stepparents, adoptive parents, or parents who conceived with donor sperm or egg.

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‘Gen Z feels the Kamalove': Youth-led progressive groups hope Harris will energize young voters


“Gen Z loves VP Harris, and VP Harris loves Gen Z,” he said. “So we’re ready to get to work for her.”

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