The Minnesota Sun

November 10, 2024

Commentary: Trump’s Tariffs Will Make America Great Again

Elections have consequences, and those consequences are dire for free market dogmatists in the Republican Party. The tariff debate is over. President Donald Trump won, and it is not even close. Americans overwhelmingly support efforts to punish countries like China...

November 9, 2024

ACLU Pledges to Block Trump Administration Actions on LGBT, Abortion, and Immigration

The far-left American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) issued a statement vowing to block the incoming Trump Administration on as many policies as possible, including abortion, the LGBT agenda, and immigration. As Fox News reports, ACLU’s executive director Anthony Romero published an open...

November 9, 2024

Commentary: Making America Safe Again Will Be Donald Trump’s Highest Priority as President

In my opinion, the most important of all of Donald Trump’s promises during the 2024 presidential campaign was to “make America safe again” by restoring American leadership and peace through strength. This is because Joe Biden will leave Trump with...

November 9, 2024

Commentary: Indoctri-Nation

An essential mission for many educators throughout the country is the indoctrination of their students. The newest arrival on the propaganda front is Israel. In August, one of the topics of a United Teachers of Los Angeles meeting was “How...

November 9, 2024

Music Spotlight: Robby Johnson

Robby Johnson is a Canadian transplant who has fallen in love with country music. Hear his latest single, “Road I’m On.”

November 9, 2024

Fed Chairman Powell Says Won’t Step Down If Trump Asks Him to Leave

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says he won't step down from his position if President-elect Donald Trump asks him to do so. “No,” he said Thursday when asked about the matter during a news conference.

November 9, 2024

Lame Duck Biden-Harris Admin Working to Undermine Incoming Trump Energy Agenda After Kamala’s Loss

The lame duck Biden-Harris administration is already working to undermine the energy agenda of President-elect Donald Trump after he handed Vice President Kamala Harris a crushing loss in Tuesday’s election. Less than 48 hours after Trump won decisive Electoral College and popular...

November 8, 2024

Trump Attorney to New York AG: We’ll ‘Put Your Fat A– in Prison’ If Lawfare Against Trump Doesn’t End

President-elect Donald Trump's attorney Mike Davis dared New York Attorney General Letitia James to continue her prosecution of Trump after his electoral victory. "Let me just say this to Big Tish James, the New York Attorney General … I dare...

November 8, 2024

Illegal Migrants Rush Across U.S. Border Before President-Elect Donald Trump Takes Office

More than 100 migrants crossed the border in Eagle Pass, Texas, just two hours after President-elect Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election on a promise to end illegal immigration. The migrants, who mostly came from Central and South America, along with two others from Africa, arrived...

November 8, 2024

Judge Grants Special Counsel Move to Pause D.C. Case Against Trump

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday granted special counsel Jack Smith's motion to vacate deadlines in his D.C. election case against President-elect Donald Trump.

November 8, 2024

Former Eric Adams Aide in Talks with Prosecutors over Potential Plea Deal in Witness Tampering Case

Mohamed Bahi, a former official for Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams, is in talks with prosecutors to resolve his charges in a witness tampering case, The New York Times reported Friday.

November 8, 2024

San Francisco Mayor London Breed Unseated by First-Time Public Office Candidate

Democratic San Francisco Mayor London Breed lost her reelection race to philanthropist and Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie, according to multiple reports.

November 8, 2024

Trump: ‘No Price Tag’ for Mass Deportation Effort, ‘We Have No Choice’

Former President Trump says there is no price tag for his mass deportation effort, which he pledged to carry out during the presidential campaign. "It’s not a question of a price tag. It’s not — really, we have no choice,"...

November 8, 2024

GOP, DFL State House Leaders Prepare to Negotiate ‘Power-Sharing Agreement’

With almost all the dust settled the day after the election in Minnesota, caucus leaders in the Minnesota House faced the media for the first time since they learned that Republicans and DFLers are likely to be deadlocked in a 67-67 tie...

November 8, 2024

Justice Department Files Criminal Charges in Thwarted, Iran-Linked Murder-for-Hire Plot on Trump

The Justice Department filed criminal charges Friday on in a thwarted plot linked to Iran to kill then-GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump before Tuesday's presidential election, which Trump won.

November 8, 2024

Jack Smith Signals End to J6 Prosecution Against Trump, Asks Judge for Month Delay

Special Prosecutor Jack Smith signaled Friday he may end his Jan. 6 election interference prosecution against Donald Trump, asking for a month delay in the case to consider options in the aftermath of the elections.

November 8, 2024

Analysis: A Survey of Trump’s Possible Education Secretary Candidates and His Commitment to Dismantling the Department of Education

President-elect Donald Trump said several times during his campaign that he would eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, but it’s a pledge that may be more rhetoric than reality.

November 8, 2024

Shoe Giant ‘Steve Madden’ Speeds Up Shifting Production Exit from China Following Trump Victory

by Ireland Owens Steven Madden said Thursday that it is accelerating plans to shift production out of China in anticipation of President-elect Donald Trump introducing increased tariffs on imported goods when he returns to office, according to Bloomberg. The...

November 8, 2024

Commentary: The Great Electoral Landside of 2024 and Its Consequences for Democrats

While there are a few close states not officially yet called, Trump is on his way to what we called several weeks ago, something close to a 312 – 226 Electoral College vote victory. He’s swept all seven swing states. He...

November 8, 2024

Tech Leaders of Amazon, Apple, Meta, Google Say They Look Forward to Working with Trump

Jeff Bezos, founder and chairman of Amazon, congratulated President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday for an “extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory” after he defeated Vice President Kamala Harris.

November 8, 2024

Victor Davis Hanson Commentary: Harris Was Always Doomed

The presidential race was not unpredictable, as the now once again discredited polls swore to us. Instead, the great Trump comeback victory was clear by the last weeks of the campaign.

November 7, 2024

Trump Announces Co-Campaign Chief Susie Wiles as His White House Chief of Staff

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday announced his first staffing position for his second administration, placing his co-campaign manager Susie Wiles as his White House Chief of Staff.

November 7, 2024

Trump’s 2026 Celebration Plans Include Great American State Fair, Patriot Games, and More

A video of former and president-elect Donald Trump has resurfaced since Tuesday’s election of him pledging to honor America’s 250th birthday by working with all 50 governors to hold a “Great American State Fair” in 2026 if he were elected.

November 7, 2024

Biden Admin Warns Migrants Ahead of Possible Border Surge After Trump Victory

The Biden-Harris administration is reportedly bracing for the possibility of a migrant surge at the border before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House in January, according to NBC News.

November 7, 2024

From Mnuchin to Musk: The Key Figures Who Could Shape a Second Trump Administration

Former President Donald Trump’s historic comeback marked the culmination of not just his own efforts, but those of his many surrogates and allies who will likely join him in the White House.

November 7, 2024

Referenda: Noncitizen Voting Prohibitions Go 8-for-8 in Emphatic Approvals

Voters across multiple states cast ballots on who should be allowed to join them in referenda directed at voting rights, including the issue of noncitizen voting. There's national divide, highlighted by recent conversations on election integrity and immigration. Tuesday's ballot...

November 7, 2024

Commentary: The Election Too Big to Rig

America has chosen a new president. But we may not know the results for days or even weeks. While there is a chance we will see a quick and decisive Trump victory, the media has prepared us for a protracted aftermath...

November 7, 2024

Voters Decide Future of Ranked Choice Voting

Voters in Western states and the District of Columbia voted on some form of ranked choice voting or “jungle primaries” that includes ranking the final candidates in the general election. Voters in Nevada, a battleground state in the presidential race, rejected Question 3, according...

November 7, 2024

Preston James Releases Debut EP

Preston James was the second person I ever interviewed for my Music Spotlight column. I saw him open for the iconic Tim Akers and The Smoking Section when he was just 15 years old at 3rd and Lindsley. I interviewed him...

November 7, 2024

Commentary: Trump Completes Greatest Comeback in Political History

Against all odds, former President Donald Trump was reelected on Nov. 5, ousting Vice President Kamala Harris, winning the popular vote for the GOP for the first time since 2004, decisively winning the Electoral College and reclaiming the U.S. Senate, all as only the...

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