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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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We believe no child should go hungry in North Dakota! That's why North Dakota Democrats fought to provide school lunches to all public school students during the last legislative session.
Unfortunately, for many kids, school is the only place they get a nutritious hot meal. So what happens during the summer?
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Thanks to President Joe Biden and his administration, 42,000 North Dakota students will have full bellies all summer. The USDA is launching the new, permanent summer grocery benefits program for children this year!
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You’ll find two articles about this program in our newsletter today. More still needs to be done in North Dakota to combat food insecurity, but please share these articles with your friends and family so they know this is one more way that Democrats are delivering for American families!
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- Laura Dronen, Communications and Digital Director
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District 28 Dem-NPL Monthly Meeting
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Monday, January 15, 2024 – 7:00 PM
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District 20 Dem-NPL Meeting
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Monday, January 15, 2024 – 7:00 PM
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MSU Alumni Larson Building
330 Third St NE, Mayville
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Meeting and planning for the coming year — Everyone welcome
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Cass County Democratic-NPL Policy Meeting
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024 – 6:30 PM
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Fargo Dem-NPL Office
1325 23rd Street South, Suite B, Fargo
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A meeting for the Cass County Policy Committee
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Democratic-NPL Policy Committee
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Wednesday, January 17, 2024 – 6:00 PM
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The Policy Committee will be having a virtual meeting in January. The Policy Committee consists of the Executive Committee and two representatives from each legislative district. For the login credentials please contact Adam Goldwyn at [email protected]
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District Dem-NPL 46 Meeting
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Thursday, January 18, 2024 – 5:30 PM
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Pepper’s
2510 South University Drive, Fargo
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First-timers welcome! District meeting for District 46 Democratic-NPL!
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District 16 Dem-NPL Meeting
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Thursday, January 18, 2024 – 5:30 PM
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Meeting for District 16 Democrats! Request log-in information from Judy Jabs [email protected]
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District 12 Winter Blue Dinner
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Friday, January 26, 2024 – 6:00 PM
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The Bunker
1520 3rd St SE Jamestown
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Celebrate 2024 and Dem-NPL community! Dinner and drinks will be served, and we’ll hear from guest speakers and enjoy a live auction of locally famous homemade pies.
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Whether it’s an evening gown or crewneck sweatshirt, wear your favorite blue for this fun, family-friendly event to support local Dem-NPL organizing.
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District 21’s Winter Gathering
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Saturday, January 27, 2024 – 11:00 AM
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Fargo AMVETS
1001 1st Avenue South, Fargo
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District 21 Democrats would like to invite you to our Winter Gathering on Saturday, January 27th at AMVETS Fargo from 11:00-1:00 PM.
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There will be Brats and sides available for purchase through AMVETS for $8 we will also have vegetarian brats available. Along with that, we will have baked goods for purchase. Let’s break up the winter blues and meet our District 21 neighbors!
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District Conventions
February 6, 2024 – March 16, 2024
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Legislative Districts will have District Conventions between Feb 6 and March 16. See below or contact your District Chair for information about your district’s convention.
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All districts will elect delegates to the North Dakota Democratic-NPL State Convention.
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Even-numbered districts will nominate candidates for the North Dakota State House and Senate
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North Dakota Democratic-NPL State Convention
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Thursday, April 4 – Sunday, April 7, 2024
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Join us in Fargo for the Official ND Democratic-NPL State Convention!
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Become a delegate and participate in active democracy! We will officially nominate candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Governor & Lt. Governor, State Auditor, State Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner, and Public Service Commissioner. Most activities will happen on Friday and Saturday.
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Get involved in your local district! District Conventions will happen between Feb 6 and March 16. We'll keep you up to date as more conventions are scheduled!
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Joint District Conventions
Cass County District Conventions
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Saturday, March 2 — 10:00 AM
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Ben Franklin Middle School
1420 8th St N., Fargo, ND 58102
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Join us for Legislative Candidate Endorsements, State Convention Delegate elections, and good conversation with other local Democrats. Stay tuned for more information to come!
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Cass County Democratic-NPL Districts include 10, 11, 13, 16, 21, 22, 27, 41, 44, 45, 46.
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Single District Conventions
District 28
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Sunday, February 11 — 1:00 PM
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Growing Small Towns
510 Main Ave. Oakes, ND 58474
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Join us for District 28 Dem-NPL officer elections, candidate endorsements, and an afternoon of lighthearted fun. Light refreshments will be served.
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Read what North Dakotans are talking about and learn how news right here in the Peace Garden State is impacting you.
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Press Releases from the Dem-NPL
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Trygve Hammer shares his platform; running to replace Armstrong
“Right now they’re controlled by Republicans, by a Republican majority, and these are not Reagan Republicans. They’re controlled by a subset of Republican conference that has no reverence for the institution, no desire for dignity or decorum, no affinity for the truth, and they just don’t care about getting things done for the American people. It shows on the slim record of things that they accomplished over the last year. It’s been historically incompetent, probably the worst since the Great Depression, “said Hammer.
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Bismarck lawmaker charged with conflict of interest crime
Court filings don’t name the property, but the criminal charge is tied to a Bismarck building owned by Stealth Properties LLC, Ladd Erickson, state’s attorney for McLean County, told the North Dakota Monitor. Dockter is a partial owner of the company.
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The Dec. 21 complaint filed in Burleigh County is based on a statute that states “if as a public servant he takes official action which is likely to benefit him as a result of an acquisition of a pecuniary interest in any property, transaction, or enterprise, or of a speculation or wager, which he made, or caused or aided another to make, in contemplation of such official action.”
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Created equal
I’m going to begin with one simple question: If President Biden, while being President, ordered the assassination of his top rival, Donald Trump, would he be subject to prosecution for murder? Of course the answer is yes. He should be treated no differently than any other individual in this country, because our President is equal to every other person in this country.
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But that’s the argument Donald Trump is going up against in the courts and with the American people
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Letter: As Thomas Jefferson warned us, the government we elect is the government we deserve
As Thomas Jefferson warned us, the government we elect is the government we deserve. Well, we deserve better. We deserve candidates that will lead with integrity and compassion. Candidates that are focused on serving their constituents and the State of North Dakota. Candidates that are team builders – able to work within and across the aisle to bring our communities back together – and ready to conduct the serious business of the people.
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We can do better. But we need to hold our elected leaders accountable. And we need to vote for serious and reasonable candidates this election season. The future is up to us.
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Judge orders new North Dakota legislative district for 2 Native American tribes
In an emailed statement, plaintiffs’ attorney Tim Purdon said the tribes welcome the ruling for the 2024 elections.
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“The map that will be used in 2024 is the same Voting Right Act-compliant map the Tribes originally recommended to the Redistricting Committee and the full Legislature during the 2021 redistricting process,” he said. “The time has come for the Legislature and the Secretary of State to stop spending taxpayer dollars litigating against fair maps in North Dakota.”
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Rios removed from committee after berating police during DUI arrest
North Dakota legislative leaders this week removed Rep. Nico Rios from the interim Judiciary Committee after the Williston lawmaker berated police officers during a December drunk driving arrest.
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North Dakota among states to join new summer meal program for low-income kids
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Erin Oban, state director for USDA Rural Development, said the program removes barriers to access and affordability.
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“School meals are often the most reliable source of food for kids of struggling families,” Oban said.
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Democrats schedule state convention April 4-7 in Fargo
“It should be a pretty fun convention,” she said. “There are a lot of social events too. We have the main business where we do the formal nominations of candidates, but then there’s also a lot of time to get to know like-minded individuals from around the state.”
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Anyone interested in attending or participating in the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party state convention should contact their district’s Dem-NPL chair for more details.
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Trygve Hammer announces run for North Dakota's House seat
Trygve Hammer is a North Dakota native and a graduate of Velva High School and the United States Naval Academy, and he is now a candidate for U.S. Congress. He joins Joel Heitkamp on "News and Views" to talk about his recent announcement to run for Congress against Rep. Kelly Armstrong, and tell his story to the listeners.
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Don't miss these national stories!
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Some Americans will get their student loans canceled in February as Biden accelerates his new plan
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The Biden administration will start canceling student loans for some borrowers in February as part of a new repayment plan that’s taking effect nearly six months ahead of schedule.
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Loan forgiveness was originally set to begin in July under the new SAVE repayment plan, but it’s being accelerated to provide faster relief to borrowers, President Joe Biden said Friday. It’s part of an effort “to act as quickly as possible to give more borrowers breathing room” and move on from their student debt, the Democratic president said in a statement.
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Trump Is Coming for Obamacare Again
In 2017, when Trump and congressional Republicans tried and failed to repeal the ACA, also known as Obamacare, they faced the core contradiction that many of the law’s principal beneficiaries were people and institutions that favored the GOP. That list included lower-middle-income workers without college degrees, older adults in the final years before retirement, and rural communities.
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‘In Charleston, you know the power of truth,’ Biden says in denouncing Trump, Jan. 6 lies
He then listed examples of his administration delivering for Black voters, such as appointing a record number of Black women to the federal bench, funneling $7 billion to historically Black colleges and universities, putting in place measures that will lower prescription drug prices, working to reduce student debt and designating a national monument to lynching victim Emmett Till.
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“Four years ago, this country was faced with a crisis,” U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., told the Emanuel audience before introducing the president. “Four years ago, presidential candidate Joe Biden offered himself to the American people and he made a lot of promises and commitments.”
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They were promises kept, Clyburn said.
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Behind closed doors, Trump eyes second round of corporate tax cuts
Privately, Trump has told allies that he is keenly interested in cutting corporate tax rates again … Three of Trump’s senior economic policy advisers also said privately that they see the corporate tax cut as an enormous success and believe it should be expanded in a second term.
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Biden administration to provide summer grocery money to 21 million kids. Here's who qualifies.
More families with children experienced food insecurity in 2023 following the expiration of pandemic aid that had helped boost household budgets during the health crisis. The sharp rise in inflation during the past two years, which has made groceries 25% more costly compared with prior to the pandemic, has also caused financial strain for many low- and middle-income families.
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"No child in this country should go hungry," Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told the Associated Press. "They certainly shouldn't go hungry because they lose access to nutritious school meals during the summer months."
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MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk calls MLK 'awful' and deems Civil Rights Act a 'huge mistake'
"He's not a good person. He said one good thing he actually didn't believe," Kirk said of the civil rights activist he referred to in 2015 as a "hero" and whom he called a "civil rights icon" as recently as 2022.
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“I have a very, very radical view on this, but I can defend it, and I’ve thought about it,” Kirk continued. “We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s.”
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FLOTUS: 'Americans have a choice between strong, steady leadership or chaos and division'
On Wednesday, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden joined “Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski for an exclusive interview to discuss the state of President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign, emphasizing the stark choice facing Americans: "strong, steady leadership" or "chaos and division." As well as her priorities as First Lady, and the attacks against Hunter Biden and her family. The full interview will air tomorrow, Thursday, Jan. 11 and Friday, Jan. 12 at 6:00 A.M. ET on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and across MSNBC’s Know Your Value platforms.
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Trump rekindles his rage against John McCain, taunting over POW's broken limbs
Former President Donald Trump returned to mocking the late U.S. Sen. John McCain, alluding to the former prisoner-of-war’s broken limbs to explain Republicans’ failure to pass health care legislation.
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Speaking to supporters Saturday in Newton, Iowa, Trump noted McCain’s 2018 vote that sank GOP efforts to repeal former President Barack Obama’s signature domestic law, known as Obamacare.
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Biden campaign focuses on abortion rights ahead of CNN Republican debate and Trump town hall
“During tonight's debate and Fox town hall voters are going to witness three MAGA extremists proudly tout an anti-freedom agenda that poses a dire threat to American women to the fundamental right to make their own health care decisions,” Biden campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez told reporters.
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IRS has already collected more than $500 million in back taxes from delinquent millionaires
On Friday, the IRS unveiled new numbers on the amount of back taxes paid by millionaire households ever since a 2022 upgrade brought tougher IRS enforcement on businesses and superwealthy tax delinquents and dodgers.
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IRS officials said they’ve pulled in a further $360 million from millionaire households with at least $250,000 in tax debts. That follows an October IRS announcement that $160 million in delinquent taxes had been raked back from wealthy households.
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Swing state Republican parties are engulfed in turmoil ahead of key 2024 races
Jason Roe, who served as executive director of the Michigan GOP until he was forced out for saying the 2020 election wasn’t stolen, but that Trump “blew it,” said that while there are workarounds for national Republicans to avoid dealing with “dysfunctional state parties,” it’s far from an ideal situation. And in Michigan, he says the fight may continue for a while longer.
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“We are now basically 10 months to the election,” he said. “And every week and every month this chaos continues is a setback for the candidates' campaigns.”
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The ugly reason Trump apparently wants an economic crash in 2024
But what mattered most in this on-air interview was Trump’s striking candor: He expects an economic crash, and he wants it to happen relatively soon so that it doesn’t hurt him politically. The likely Republican nominee is apparently rooting for economic conditions that cause widespread suffering in a way that wouldn’t make him look bad.
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