Mark your calendars — it should be online:

Wednesday, May 7

9:30 a.m. EST/8:30 a.m. CST

There are two public access channels: https://adbmich.org/about-us/public-access

I’d thought, in error, that it was regarding that Texas A.G. Paxton lawsuit that “our” Minnesota Legislators had written to Paxton about, urging that Minnesota be added — without any authorization!

SHAME on MN Legislators wanting MN added to TX suit December 11th, 2020

And their letter: MN-Legislators-to-TX

But NO! It’s not the same Michigan case trying to overturn the election results! It’s yet another one, King v Whitmer, 2:20-cv-13134, United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan.

Here’s the Notice of Hearing and Scheduling Order issued yesterday:

What are they charged with?

That’s from the formal Complaint, May 1, 2023 — it took a long time for this to move forward!

You can read everything here:

Documents filed in all the attorneys misconduct cases here

Xcel Energy’s 2024 SEC 10-K has been released.

Peak demand remains down!!

Xcel Energy’s peak demand has yet to meet the demand of 2006 — which was 18 years prior. And this is following that 2006 CapX 2020 claim that demand would rise 2.49% annually. Really!

From page 12 of the SEC 10-K filing, cutting to the chase, the peak was 8,822MW, down about 400MW from the 9,321MW of 2023:

Here’s the Xcel‘s 2024 SEC 10-K:

Cancel culture anyone? I’m remembering the furor over refugee resettlement and Goodhue County’s requirement to address refugee resettlement due to Trump’s Executive Order 13888. What a mess that was, and the ugliness was unreal. The county did do the right thing then, that’s good news, and that’s 5 years ago.

• Refugee Resettlement in Goodhue County  January 6th, 2020

• Goodhue County consents to continue to accept refugees  January 8th, 2020

And now, the above. Attorney General Keith Ellison was to speak, and apparently some parents loudly objected, though it’s not clear, so I’ve sent in a Data Practices Act Request to learn exactly what triggered this response:

If the School District did cancel in response to threats, that only encourages them to keep on threatening, so I hope it was not that. AND if there were threats, those should be prominently published.

I’d like to see this event rescheduled, and if there were objections, to send engraved invitations via mail, and a letter to all of them by name published in the paper, inviting any objectors to attend. If there were threats, objections, that should not be swept under the rug.

In the meantime, from A.G. Ellison’s page, there are forums scheduled in March:

PROTECTING MINNESOTA COMMUNITY FORUMS

March 6: Golden Valley – 7:00-8:30 PM

• Topic: Executive Overreach
• RSVP Link: https://forms.office.com/g/GHve4NscFw

March 13: Minneapolis – 7:00-8:30 PM

• Topic: Immigration
• RSVP Link: https://forms.office.com/g/R1XXc1Pein

March 15: Rochester – time and location TBD

• With: Sen. Liz Boldon
• RSVP Link: https://forms.office.com/g/trE6e6zWJ9

March 20: Westside Saint Paul – 6:00-7:30 PM

• Topic: Executive Overreach
• RSVP Link: https://forms.office.com/g/bKnBHxSS4B

Soon to be added: stops in Rochester and Moorhead

Be sure to RSVP today, share with your community, and make your voice heard!

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WE MUST STAND UP!

JUST SAY NO TO THREATS AND EXTORTION!

Minnesota under threat after Trump Justice Department sues ‘sanctuary’ states Illinois and New York

Read it… just read it:

H. CON. RES. 14

The Committee Report

Here’s the Congressional Record with some discussion of the bill:

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025; Congressional Record Vol. 171, No. 37 (House – February 25, 2025)

Really, take some time and read it, get an idea of what’s in store if this passes. THEN, call your U.S. House Representative and convey your thoughts and feelings in technicolor:

WHO REPRESENTS ME IN THE U.S. HOUSE

What went down in the prior Trump administration? SEVERE changes to USPS:

USPS to reverse service changes October 15th, 2020

Bye bye, DeJoy!