There is one thing that Americans can count from Donald Trump … whatever he says one day, can be changed the next. After all, candidate Trump promised that Mexico would pay for a border wall while he rebuilt the military …. now, not only is Mexico not paying for the wall, but earlier this month, […]

“People should fend for themselves.”  That’s the takeaway from Minnesota’s First District Congressman Jim Hagedorn’s Fillmore County townhall event. That comment was in response to a constituent’s question about SNAP and 782 Fillmore County children getting kicked off the hot school lunch program. “We don’t want anyone to starve, we don’t want anybody to live […]

Anyone who watched yesterday’s House debate on H. J. Res. 79 (to remove the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment), had to be impressed by the way that the GOP leadership gave the floor to GOP congresswomen. Debbie Lasko (AZ08), Jackie Walorski (IN02), Kay Granger (TX12), Carol Miller (WV03) and Virginia Foxx […]

My mailbox brought my family another taxpayer-funded mailer from Congressman Jim Hagedorn … the second in just a few weeks (Fun Fact : On September 4, 2019 Congressman Hagedorn paid $41,088.00 to INVOCQ TECHNOLOGIES LLC for printing and reproductions, so you can only imagine how much the latest mailings will cost.) This one, like the […]

Jim Hagedorn must be thinking it is time to pull the old campaign lawn signs out and alert Minnesota’s First District that he will be running again in November. The big difference between his 2020 campaign and his unsuccessful 2010, 2014, and 2016 campaigns (before winning in 2018 when Tim Walz decided to seek the […]

Two stories that you may have missed : Dean Phillips (MN03), Collin Peterson (MN07) and 82 of their colleagues wrote in a bipartisan letter that funding for homeless veterans needed to be approved noting a report that in January 2018, there were 37,878 homeless vets including 14,566 unsheltered or living on the streets. The Trump […]

Today, the official 2020 Election season starts … pitting Jim “Mr. Conservative” Hagedorn against the re-branded Jim “working-across-the-aisle delivering for Minnesota’s First District” Hagedorn. Today, the House is scheduled to vote on H R 4405 The Women’s Business Centers Improvement Act of 2019 which Congressman Hagedorn is the lead Republican and authored by Kansas Third […]

The phrase “Trust but verify” was appropriate in 1987 warned Ronald Reagan after the signing of the INF Treaty with Mikhail Gorbachev …. today, the new phrase is “Never trust Trump, Always verify” … and that needs to apply to his sycophants also. Hence read Congressman Jim Hagedorn’s press release “Hagedorn Lends Support to Renewable […]

Finally, MN01 Congressman Jim Hagedorn has authored his first legislative bill … on September 24, 2019, H R 4469 the American Workforce Employment Act was introduced. Note : Some constituents may have read that Congressman Hagedorn “is author of the Student Empowerment Act” … which implies that he was the originator and driving force behind […]

I miss John Kline … well sorta … don’t get me wrong Angie Craig is a vast improvement … but sometimes Kline would say thing that just made sense. Take shutdowns … remember when Kline said “Minnesotans don’t want a government shutdown. I’ll continue to fight on their behalf and call on the Senate to […]