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Welcome to the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Insider, a newsletter that features regular updates about upcoming Dem-NPL events, legislative happenings, and news that affects North Dakotans! If you would like to have something added to the newsletter, email us at [email protected]. Spread the word of our newsletter by sharing our sign-up link today: https://demnpl.com/join-our-newsletter/.
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Don't forget to sign up for tickets for the 7th Annual Governors Dinner! We'll hear from our candidates, award winners, and Ken Martin! Ken not only serves as the Chair of the Minnesota DFL, he also is the president of the Association of State Democratic Committees and a vice chair of the DNC. In those roles, he's been working to build State Democratic Party infrastructures and get Democrats elected up and down the ballot in all 50 states and 7 territories! You won't want to miss this evening of camaraderie with fellow Dem-NPLers!
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- Laura Dronen, Communications and Digital Director
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Upcoming Events!
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District 12/29 Monthly Meeting
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 – 5:30 PM
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Shady's inside Gladstone Inn
111 2nd St NE, Jamestown
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We are working to inform and elect candidates of integrity and we’re stronger working together with you! Meeting starts at 5:30, but you can join early for dinner and socializing. Members of District 12, 29, and others are welcome to attend. Onward!
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5:00pm – 5:30pm Order dinner and socialize
5:30pm – 6:00pm Report out from State Convention
6:00pm – 6:30pm District Goals and Focus going Forward
6:30pm – 7:00pm Additional announcements
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District 16 Candidate Meet and Greet
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Thursday, April 25, 2024 – 5:00 PM
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Traditions
3330 Sheyenne St Suite 116, West Fargo
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Tired of extremism in the ND Legislature? You'll flip over for Julie West, Heather Tyulyandin, and Phil Weiss! Come meet them at Traditions in West Fargo at our candidate meet and greet!
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7th Annual Governors Dinner
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Saturday, April 27, 2024 – 6 PM
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North Dakota Heritage Center
612 E Boulevard Ave., Bismarck
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Join us to honor Governors Bill Guy, Art Link, and George Sinner with Minnesota DFL Chair Ken Martin! Martin also serves as Vice Chair of the DNC and President of the ASDC.
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Dem-Women’s Plus
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Monday, May 13, 2024 – 5:30 PM
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Membership Event for $10.00
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Other events you might like
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Dakota College at Bottineau Human Development & Gender Identity
Wednesday, April 24
Coffee Social 6:30pm
Presentation 7:00pm
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Dakota College at Bottineau, AlumniCenter
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105 Simrall Blvd, Bottineau, ND 58318
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How do societies define gender identity? How is this related to human development? Join us for a conversation with Guest speaker Alania Minyard, as we discuss the ways our understanding of gender is influenced by society, psychological and physical development.
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Workers Memorial Day - Grand Forks - East Grand Forks
Thursday, April 25 - 5:30pm
Bringewatt Park
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On April 28, the labor movement will once again observe Workers Memorial Day to remember workers killed or injured on the job and to renew the fight for strong safety and health protections.
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The Northern Valley Labor Council, AFL-CIO, will observe Workers Memorial Day on April 25th at 5:30 pm at our Workers Memorial at Bringewatt Park (2205 24th Avenue South Grand Forks, ND).
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In case of inclement weather, the observance will be held at the IBEW 1426 Hall (1714 N Washington St, Grand Forks, ND).
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Workers Memorial Day - Bismarck
Friday, April 26 - 9:00am
North Dakota State Capitol Lawn
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On April 26th at 9am, the Missouri Slope Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO will affix ribbons to trees on the ND State Capitol lawn. Workers are welcome to show up and help. Each ribbon will have the name of a worker who died on the job in North Dakota in the past year and will be on display until Sunday, April 28th.
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Workers Memorial Day - Fargo-Moorhead
Monday, April 29 - 5:00pm
Fargo-Moorhead Labor Temple - IBEW 1426
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On April 28, the labor movement will once again observe Workers Memorial Day to remember workers killed or injured on the job and to renew the fight for strong safety and health protections.
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Join the Northern Plains United Labor Council, AFL-CIO, in observing Workers Memorial Day on April 29th at 5pm at the Fargo-Moorhead Labor Temple/IBEW 1426 Hall.
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Help us spread our message—share these posts from the past week!
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Former lieutenant governor, political scientist Lloyd Omdahl dies at 93
“He was a true statesman. He studied issues thoroughly, asked pertinent questions and spoke respectfully to everyone. He loved a good debate on issues and encouraged us to disagree or question his opinions, which I did often. Mostly he loved North Dakota, both the land and the people,” state Sen. Kathy Hogan, D-Fargo, said.
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The Voice of the People — Episode 9: North Dakota politics with party leaders
Goldwyn: Right, like the narrative that illegal immigrants are flooding across our southern border. That’s an emotional claim that you’re making. But again, we’re talking about what are the policies that actually help North Dakotans, that actually help Americans? And there was a bipartisan border bill, and it was only, what, two, three months ago that that bill was, that bill supported by Biden, supported by congressional Democrats, was voted down by Republicans. So again, are we a nation in search of solutions? Are we holding on to problems so that we can try and indict the other party and hold the other party responsible and damage other party presidential prospects, while actual real Americans are suffering.
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Energy industry meetings with legislators postponed
Legislator-only meetings with agriculture and energy executives have been postponed.
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The meetings were set for Tuesday in Fargo and Bismarck and organized by the Friends of Ag & Energy group led by Scott Hennen of Fargo.
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Hennen said Tuesday they will be rescheduled to give legislators more notice.
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The meetings were to include Harold Hamm of Continental Resources and Bruce Rastetter of Summit Agricultural Group and a co-founder of Summit Carbon Solutions.
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Nicole Donaghy to receive “Hometown Hero” award at Dem-NPL Governors Dinner
Democratic-NPL Vice Chair and ND Representative Lisa Finley-DeVille (D-Mandaree) remarked, “In a world where our voices are often silenced, my fellow sister and I fearlessly worked to take on the injustices that our people face. Together we've worked on holding polluters accountable, continue to fight for clean air and water standards, educating our people on the injustices brought forth on our lands, and building power for Native communities in North Dakota. It's the tireless dedication of everyday citizens like Nicole, who believe in the power of collective action to create meaningful change. In the trenches of our communities, she worked to sow the seeds of progress, cultivating a future where justice, equality, and opportunity flourish. A natural grassroots organizer, her passion fuels the engine of democracy, and your commitment paves the road to a brighter tomorrow.”
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Letter: Repeal of the Affordable Care Act would harm our most vulnerable
Before the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies could deny claims to people with pre-existing conditions, which allowed them to deny coverage to millions of people for outrageous reasons. If Trump succeeds in gutting the Affordable Care Act, it would once again allow insurance companies to deny Americans coverage or charge them more for pre-existing conditions like asthma, heart disease, arthritis, and sleep disorders. Women would be especially impacted: pregnancy, breast cancer, and even domestic violence could be considered “pre-existing conditions” that insurance companies could use to deny a woman coverage or charge her more. Insurance companies used Americans’ pre-existing conditions to turn a profit by bringing financial ruin – or worse – to millions of Americans. If Trump’s plan to get rid of the Affordable Care Act passes, nothing will stop them from doing it again.
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Shaw: A refreshing speech and a fiasco
Merrill Piepkorn’s acceptance speech as the Democratic candidate for governor was a breath of fresh air. Unlike most candidates these days, he didn’t bash anyone. Instead, he superbly talked about how we need to love our neighbors, and that he would be the governor of everyone in the state. In this strongly partisan and divisive climate, Piepkorn said he would be glad to work with Republicans.
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Piepkorn emphasized the need to do things that would help so many of us. That included lower property taxes, free school lunches, affordable housing, access to mental health care, and more programs for drug and alcohol addiction. It was refreshing to hear Piepkorn say we need to take care of each other. We need more politicians like that.
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District 16 Dem-NPL to host candidate meet and greet
Voters will be able to meet and ask questions of District 16 legislative candidates on the Democratic-Nonpartisan League ticket at an event Thursday, April 25, in West Fargo.
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The District 16 Dem-NPL party will be held from 5 ot 7 p.m., at Traditions Restaurant and Bar, 3330 Sheyenne St. The event is free and open to the public.
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Minot man to receive Young Democrats award
“Logan Longtin’s energy and his dedication to the Souris Valley Dem-NPL have resulted in a five-fold increase in active membership, which continues to grow under his leadership. Logan has earned this recognition, and we Souris Valley Dems are proud to be associated with him,” said Democratic-NPL U.S. House candidate Trygve Hammer, Minot.
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McFeely: The problem with Republicans is Republicans
In a state where Republicans would just have to be a little normal to take control of the state legislature, they are openly promoting conspiracy theories instead of something that might gain suburban votes like, say, school lunches for all or day-care assistance.
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Republicans have gone 'round the bend not because of Democrats, but because the GOP sold out to the loons 30 years ago (see: Newt Gingrich) and the bill is coming due.
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The problem isn't Democrats, it's Republicans. This is, increasingly, who they are. And the dwindling number of mainstream GOPers remaining are having their faces eaten by the leopard they released.
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Who could've seen that coming, except everybody?
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Letter: Trump subverts GOP for undemocratic goals, power
This short paragraph from Washington informs us that Donald Trump, as unprincipled a man as this country has ever seen, has subverted the Republican Party in pursuit of his own undemocratic goals and lust for power. There isn’t an institution in our Government that Trump wouldn’t try to destroy on a whim if we allow him. Will the Republican Party stand up to Trump? No, they will scurry around saying they supported Trump the fustest with the mostest while ignoring the damage he has done, and plans to do to our country.
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McFeely: Is an endorsement from Matt Gaetz really worth bragging about?
On Friday, national news outlets reported the House Ethics Committee was looking into whether Gaetz used illegal drugs in 2017 while he was a congressman. Committee investigators have inquired about whether Gaetz was under the influence of drugs at parties in Florida.
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Don't miss these national stories!
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Tell the truth about Biden’s economy
We could have brought supply and demand into balance by throttling the purchasing power of the most vulnerable working-class households: If you condemn 10 percent of the workforce to unemployment and 20 percent of households to poverty, you’ll alleviate inflationary pressure, since fewer people will have the money necessary for bidding up prices.
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Instead, we chose to minimize the recession’s impact on the vulnerable to a historically unprecedented degree. A painful, but fleeting, period of high inflation proved to be the price of this decision.
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Unfortunately, most voters do not recognize the connection between the Biden era’s inflation and its low unemployment or strong wage growth. A new analysis of survey data by the Harvard economist Stefanie Stantcheva lends credence to an old hypothesis: People tend to attribute wage gains to their own efforts or their employers’ largesse — rather than to market dynamics — even as they blame price increases on government mismanagement.
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This is a potential problem for progressive macroeconomic policy. If voters will punish elected officials for presiding over inflation but won’t necessarily give them credit for engineering real wage gains, then Congress will have an incentive to err on the side of understimulating the economy during the next recession.
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The Middle Class Will Pay the Price for Trump’s Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, Including Repealing the Affordable Care Act
Just as importantly, Trump has proposed partially paying for these tax cuts for the wealthy with policies that would increase the middle class’s cost of living. Trump has proposed a blanket tariff on all imports, which would cost a typical family about $125 per month—roughly $1,500 annually. He would also likely attempt to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act’s electric vehicle tax credits and the Biden administration’s vehicle emissions rule, which would eventually increase the typical family’s gasoline bill by about $25 each month.
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Biden visits his Pennsylvania hometown to call for more taxes on the rich and cast Trump as elitist
“President Joe Biden made a nostalgic return to the house where he grew up in working-class Scranton on Tuesday, kicking off three days of campaigning across Pennsylvania by calling for higher taxes on the rich and casting Donald Trump as an out-of-touch elitist.”
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Jury selection ends in Trump hush money trial
Trump faces 34 felony counts alleging that he falsified New York business records in order to conceal damaging information to influence the 2016 presidential election. Trump himself is also making claims about election interference — though he is concerned about his own current 2024 bid.
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Ronan Farrow explains what he thinks is ‘a pivotal moment’ in Trump’s criminal case
“New Yorker” contributing writer Ronan Farrow discusses Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case and explains what he thinks is “a pivotal moment” in the former president’s case.
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Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom
“It is shocking, it’s absolutely shocking,” said Amelia Huntsberger, an OB/GYN in Oregon. “It is appalling that someone would show up to an emergency room and not receive care -- this is inconceivable.”
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It’s happened despite federal mandates that the women be treated.
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Federal law requires emergency rooms to treat or stabilize patients who are in active labor and provide a medical transfer to another hospital if they don’t have the staff or resources to treat them. Medical facilities must comply with the law if they accept Medicare funding.
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday that could weaken those protections. The Biden administration has sued Idaho over its abortion ban, even in medical emergencies, arguing it conflicts with the federal law.
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“No woman should be denied the care she needs,” Jennifer Klein, director of the White House Gender Policy Council, said in a statement. “All patients, including women who are experiencing pregnancy-related emergencies, should have access to emergency medical care required under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.”
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The Trump Trial Is Already Influencing Public Opinion
It’s important to remember that this is really an election interference trial, with a crucial trifecta of sex, money, and voter deception. So, yes, the public opinion data is one way to understand the influence—and in fact, it points toward this case being quite consequential. But the larger, as yet unquantifiable element of this criminal lawsuit currently playing out in the midst of a presidential election is the story it transmits. The trial is a long-awaited step toward accountability for a presidential candidate publicly performing the role of criminal defendant, sitting reluctantly before a jury of other Americans. This telegraphs a very loud tale about him and, more importantly, the stakes of this election. We don’t yet understand the effect that part will have on voters—it hasn’t happened yet.
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Kamala Harris hammers Trump on abortion in Arizona visit
“President Donald Trump hand-picked three members of the United States Supreme Court because he intended for them to overturn Roe, and as he intended they did,” she said in Tucson.
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Harris also pointed to Trump's previous comments about how women who seek abortions should be punished.
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"Joe Biden and I trust women to know what is in their own best interest," the vice president said. "And women trust all of us, to fight to protect their most fundamental freedoms. So Arizona, this November, up and down the ballot, reproductive freedom is at stake and you have the power to protect it with your vote."
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Is Trump the frontrunner in the general election? Not so fast
Politico's Jonathan Martin joins Morning Joe to discuss why former President Trump may not be the frontrunner in the 2024 election.
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The Century Club supports our year-round work to build party infrastructure supporting candidate recruitment, local district and regional leadership, issue-based education, and tools for Dem-NPL success.
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Help us elect great Democrats up and down the ballot!
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The North Dakota Democratic-NPL is launching a new grassroots program called “Neighbor to Neighbor” where volunteers will connect with voters in your community to elect Democrats up and down the ballot. As a volunteer, you will be responsible for connecting with voters in 25 homes in your neighborhood or friends and family to help elect Democrats up and down the ballot about 3-4 times this year.
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Grassroots organizers are the lifeblood of the Dem-NPL! Sign up to volunteer with the Dem-NPL!
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