New York Mets at Colorado Rockies - April 26, 1995.
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In their third season of existence, the Colorado Rockies christened their new stadium in grand style. In the first ever game at Coors Field, the Rockies won on a walkoff home run by Dante Bichette.
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Closing out March with another power-packed edition of my radio show The Closer. Today's 2-hour festivities get started at 1:00 PM Central Time.
In the first hour I'll weigh in on "Signal-gate" and how leftists' outrage is hypocritical and kinda hilarious. Speaking of leftists, their preferred political party is still an absolute mess.
In the 2:00 hour, former Crystal city councilman and current political observer Jeff Kolb will join the broadcast to discuss all things Minnesota politics.
The Trump administration is withdrawing its nomination of Representative Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) to serve as the next Ambassador to the United Nations to help protect the slim Republican majority in the House.
“With a very tight Majority, I don’t want to take a chance on anyone else running for Elise’s seat. The people love Elise and, with her, we have nothing to worry about come Election Day. There are others that can do a good job at the United Nations. Therefore, Elise will stay in Congress, rejoin the House Leadership Team, and continue to fight for our amazing American People,” President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social.
This ensures the Republicans will keep a majority, regardless of what happens on Tuesday in the Florida contests. But if the unthinkable happens and the GOP drops both races, that puts Trump's agenda in grave danger given Thomas Massie (R-KY) isn't afraid to go rogue. And since the opposite party of POTUS typically gains seats in the House in the midterm elections, it's a safe bet Dems will regain a majority in 2026 despite the fact they're completely nuts right now.
Long story, short - there's a nonzero chance that Trump's entire second term (from a legislative standpoint) could be a lame duck session.
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- With Minnesota State Sen. Justin Eichorn (R-Grand Rapids) having resigned last week, his seat in MN Senate District 6 is now up for grabs. Given it's a safe GOP area, there are a good number of Republican candidates looking to vie for the party nod in an upcoming special election. Included among that group is the current mayor of Nisswa who also happens to be a former mutli-term chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota.
I’m not sure the best way to move on from a guy who was charged with federal sex crimes against minors is to elect a lady who had to resign as MNGOP chair for her friendship with a guy convicted of federal sex crimes against minors. https://t.co/t06zGvW5wT
— Jeff Kolb (@jpkolb) March 24, 2025
Yet Carnahan dismissed that connection in the video saying that convicted felon Anton Lazzaro was merely a "past Republican donor, who was one of over 30,000 (donors) to the party and gave to Republican candidates all over this country." Well, unless all the other 30,000+ donors to the MNGOP attended her 2019 wedding to Jim Hagedorn or co-hosted a podcast with her, that rationale ain't gonna cut it. And I'm certain GOP voters in SD 6 will agree.
- Update: the Democrat party remains a raging dumpster fire.
Top Democrats tell us their party is in its deepest hole in nearly 50 years — and they fear things could actually get worse:
- The party has its lowest favorability ever.
- No popular national leader to help improve it.
- Insufficient numbers to stop most legislation in Congress.
- A durable minority on the Supreme Court.
- Dwindling influence over the media ecosystem, with right-leaning podcasters and social media accounts ascendant.
- Young voters are growing dramatically more conservative.
- A bad 2026 map for Senate races.
- Democratic Senate retirements could make it harder for the party to flip the House, with members tempted by statewide races.
- There are only three House Republicans in districts former Vice President Harris won in 2024, a dim sign for a Democratic surge. There were 23 eight years ago in seats Hillary Clinton won.
- And, thanks to the number of people fleeing blue states, the math for a Dem to win the presidency will just get harder in 2030.
Other that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?
- If the media reported on Republican presidential administrations like they do Dem presidencies, the headline regarding the latest saga involving Team Trump would be something along the lines of "Democrats pounce on Trump's national security team texting out plans of a military strike."
But in all seriousness, this was a major screw up.
Maybe you've seen this already. It seems to be everywhere today so we might as well talk about it. Just over a week ago the Trump administration announced a series of strikes on the Houthis in Yemen.
Planning for the strike had been carried out secretly the week before but in this case something appears to have gone wrong. Mike Watlz, the Trump administration's national security adviser, accidentally added Atlantic journalist and editor Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal chat where the strike was being discussed. Today Goldberg wrote about the experience, describing in detail how he was added to the chat and initially thought it was a hoax.
Unfortunately, it was not a hoax. And to his everlasting credit, Goldberg removed himself from the chat as soon as he ascertained that fact. The frightening thing is what if this had gotten into the hands of one of the plethora of lefty journalists infected with TDS to the nth degree? People like that would be willing to go all scorched earth even if it only slightly dinged Trump.
This incident also underscores a bigger problem in that high ranking government officials are so wary of the susceptibility of telecommunications being intercepted by China that this caused the National Security team to use a messaging app to communicate. Granted it's a totally secure app, but adding someone to the chat who shouldn't be seeing such sensitive information kinda renders that moot.
In the end, the lesson here is simple: always assume online chats are susceptible. In this case, use code for military operations and then if specifics need to be discussed, meet in person at an undisclosed location.
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Opening Day of the Major League Baseball season is set to occur this week! Yeah, I know, it technically happened in the Tokyo series last week with the Cubs & Dodgers squaring off for two games. However, it feels more legit with games on North American soil.
Anyhow, let's go back to Opening Day 1973 when the Cleveland Indians hosted the Detroit Tigers.
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The 74,420 fans in attendance marks the largest opening day crowd in MLB history.
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Is it officially spring now? Doesn't exactly feel like it, but it'll get here soon enough.
Regardless, my radio show The Closer will indeed be airing today, with the 2-hour blitz getting started at 1:00 PM Central Time.
In the first hour I'll discuss Minnesota political news, including the sleazy incident which led to the resignation of Minnesota State Sen. Justin Eichorn (R-Grand Rapids). Also, Gov. Tim Walz takes his dorky shtick on the road, and (SURPRISE!) it didn't go well.
Then in the second hour, I'll react to the Democrats appearing determined to go even lower than their current absurdly low approval rating.
Despite being a Massachusetts lefty at heart, comedian Bill Burr has never been afraid to ding his own side of the political aisle. Part of being a successful stand up comedian is to combine the funny lines which contain at least a grain of truth.
Like his riff on abortion.
Bill Burr On ABORTION pic.twitter.com/Dd7pG7Hfh4
— Daily Dose Of Masculinity (@ManlyDose) August 19, 2023
And given the pain of leftists was still pretty raw less than a week after the 2024 presidential election, Burr's monologue on Saturday Night Life that weekend definitely poked at that active wound.
This is one of the funniest sets I’ve seen on SNL. Bill Burr talks about Trump’s big win. pic.twitter.com/Gdcj7lhKjk
— Justin Hart (@justin_hart) November 10, 2024
Yeah, I know Burr still took gratuitous shots at Donald Trump, but those were standard fare lines one would hear regularly from the late night leftist triumvirate of Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Meyers. Hardly shocking. But what was eye-opening was Burr's willingness to put a hilarious spin on the left's dysfunction.
After I indulged in that monologue the weekend after the election, I theorized that Burr had reached a point where he was "un-cancelable" since a lesser known comedian may have been drummed out of the business altogether. And while I don't know how much (if any) blowback Burr received for that performance, I feel as though he started to go from edgy comedian to frothing leftist.
Stephen Miller at The Spectator noticed this as well.
Beginning some time last year, however, Burr’s act started to risk taking a backseat to his media armchair-political scolding, whether it’s Israel, Ben Shapiro or now Elon Musk. It’s one thing to work material about any of those topics into a stand-up routine, as Burr has done with Israel, when he spoke about “launching missiles at people using kids as human shields.” Last year, he had a spat with Bill Maher on Maher’s podcast over the Middle East and Maher’s defense of Israel. He fired volleys back at Ben Shapiro, who criticized that back-and-forth and in several promotional appearances has decided to target Elon Musk and his “shitty cars.”
Look, if Burr really believes all this and appears on TV shows and/or podcasts to convey these viewpoints, so be it. But if spewing prog invective is what his standup act will ultimately devolve into, then I don't see that having much of a shelf life.
As Miller points out, we've already seen what's happened to late night "entertainment" when it chose that path.
Late-night comedy shows are a great case study. Hosts would often poke fun at the politics of the moment or a president, but around the time Obama entered the stage, and Trump after, late-night hosts turned into self-affirming lecturers. Jimmy Kimmel, for instance, built a career on crude, male-driven humor, only to go on and take over ABC’s late-night spot, which he transformed into a grievance vessel for Hollywood liberals. In place of comedic monologues and jokes are political diatribes that have driven away a good part of the audience to places like Greg Gutfeld and Fox News. Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers and to a certain extent even Jimmy Fallon have followed suit.
On a recent appearance on The Breakfast Club, Burr lamented that Musk threw out several “Sieg Heil” salutes and was at a loss at how the Democratic Party just let him get away with it. Burr here is sourcing his material from the bowels of ActBlue Twitter/X influencers. He can do far better than ripping off Harry Sisson and JoJofromJerz.
Trump has broken a lot of high profile entertainers, media types and elected officials. Given how Burr has railed so hard against "cancel culture" over the past decade, I genuinely thought he'd be able to resist going full TDS. I'm not saying he's there yet, but a recent interview on NPR where he went off on Elon Musk sounded quite deranged.
Bill Burr blasts Democrats for cancelling comedians over jokes, but doing absolutely nothing to stop Elon Musk & the rise of neoliberal proto-fascism pic.twitter.com/yJPfQ8HIPk
— Psychedelic Socialist (@Acid_Communist) March 11, 2025
Between that and his appearance on The View, Burr seems to be actively seeking out platforms to spew his leftist rhetoric. And the hosts of those programs are A-OK with him being a useful idiot, especially since he's one of the biggest names in comedy.
Miller concludes his piece with what could be considered a stern warning regarding Burr's career, to the extent he still cares about it.
Burr should not have to temper his comedy for anyone, or any moment, and Donald Trump and Elon Musk are certainly fair game; however, when you turn into just another Hollywood liberal ranting into a microphone during an interview, people will simply move on. It would be a shame if that happened to a great talent such as Burr.
As someone who has seen Burr in person, I'm hoping that doesn't happen.
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While campaigning for Vice President of the United States in 2024, Gov. Tim Walz came off as a giant doofus. Basically, the rest of the country got to see what we in Minnesota have been enduring since he was elected our state's top executive in 2018. The most hilarious part of that campaign was he and running mate Kamala Harris trying to pawn it off as being "joyful."
Since that election loss last November, Harris has at least had the dignity to slink off into exile. However, Walz doesn't have that luxury given he has two years remaining in his gubernatorial term. But instead of staying in Minnesota where he might have to be reminded of the nearly $1 billion in government waste, fraud and abuse which has occurred under his watch, Walz has decided to take his goofy schtick on the road. And in a recent townhall gathering, he's apparently eschewed the dorkiness to portray himself as the very type of person he accuses President Donald Trump of being.
Tim Walz says the one thing that brings him joy during the day is watching Tesla stock go down.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) March 19, 2025
The Democrat VP candidate is openly rooting for the destruction of a top 10 American company while his supporters destroy its cars.
Whatever you thought life would look like with… pic.twitter.com/V4BDzjFCle
- How tone deaf is Nebraska Fats Walz when he openly roots for a stock to tank, not to mention one which is part of many Americans' retirement portfolios? Democrats were basically drummed out of office this past election cycle due in large part to working class folks feeling as though government didn't much care about their struggles. This was borne out when leftist politicians would basically tell us not to believe our lying eyes when pointing out the unaffordability of daily life.
- You would think an immigrant to this country who started multiple successful ventures (including an environmentally friendly automobile line), which resulted in the creation of thousands of private sector jobs, would be someone the left would edify to the hilt. But since his name is Elon Musk and he's associated with Trump, it's axiomatic that he will be the target of progs' vile rhetoric and behavior.
- Finally, how utterly irresponsible of Walz to give tips on how to remove the Tesla logo from vehicles. Said cars have been the target of excess vandalism lately, yet you have the most recent Democrat VP candidate (and a sitting governor) essentially sanctioning the destruction of private property. Yeah, I get that he was telling Tesla owners how to do that to their own cars, but how much ya wanna bet this kind of destruction will soon be happening to unwilling participants?
The first two months of President Trump's second term has been (to be charitable) uneven. But I'll take the general chaos over orchestrated lunacy six days a week and twice on Sunday.
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Just reading this story gives me the creeps.
Minnesota Republican Sen. Justin Eichorn has been arrested on suspicion of soliciting a minor for prostitution, according to Bloomington police.
Bloomington police said in a press release that detectives communicated with Eichorn, who thought he was talking to a 16-year-old female, and arranged to meet him at a location near the 8300 block of Normandale Avenue in Bloomington Monday.
According to police, Eichorn was observed arriving in the area in a pickup truck and was arrested without incident outside of his vehicle by uniformed officers.
Police said he was booked into the Bloomington Police Department’s jail and will be transported to the Hennepin County Adult Detention Center. Felony charges of soliciting a minor for prostitution are pending from the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, the press release said.
“As a 40-year-old man, if you come to the Orange Jumpsuit District looking to have sex with someone’s child, you can expect we are going to lock you up,” Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said. “I have always advocated for stiffer penalties for these types of offenses. The recent case involving Michael Gillis who was arrested in Bloomington is a prime example of why we need stronger penalties. We need our state legislature to take this case and this type of conduct more seriously.”
Literally within minutes after this story broke, the MN Senate Republicans called on Eichorn to resign.
I'd like to think that GOP activists would universally agree that Eichorn needs to move on in order to focus on his legal troubles, so I'm hoping I don't hear of any of 'em invoking the Dems' lack of principle regarding Sen. Nicole Mitchell's legal woes. If you believe that the DFL woefully lacks strong moral character by not having their caucus call on Mitchell to resign, then we ought not be playing the same game with Eichorn's situation.
Politics aside, my heart breaks most for Eichorn's wife and four children. Just an awful situation for them all around.
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Dem Senate leader Chuck Schumer mocks Americans who want to keep their hard-earned income and praises the government as a "barrier" to them:
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) March 18, 2025
"You know what their attitude is, 'I made my money all by myself. How dare your government take my money from me?' ... They hate… pic.twitter.com/vb4oDxPQ3V
Again, the only rationale for doing this is Schumer believes a Senate majority is out of reach for Dems in addition to members of his own party turning on him for his CR stunt. Might as well burn it all down.
It's impossible to overstate how much Donald Trump has broken these people.
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A lot to get to on today's edition of my radio show The Closer. My 2-hour stint in the Patriot bunker begins at 1:00 PM Central Time.
I'll discuss the latest happenings in Minnesota politics in the 1:00 hour, including another Democrat entrant into the 2026 U.S. Senate race. Also, elected DFLers are still ghoulish.
Then in the second hour I'll weigh on President Trump getting a win on avoiding a government shutdown but taking some L's on the economy.
The next time Dems use the labels "extreme" and "weird" to describe Republicans, just remember this.
(On Thursday) the Minnesota House of Representatives failed, on a party-line 67-66 vote, to pass a bill to require medically appropriate lifesaving care for infants who survive abortion (68 votes were needed for passage). The House also voted down, 67-65, a measure to provide grants to organizations that assist new mothers, babies, and families.
When elected Minnesota progs passed the most radical abortion legislation in the U.S. (and arguably the entire world) back in 2023, they had shot down every single solitary amendment the GOP offered, including a measure requiring basic medical care for a newborn surviving an abortion. Their rationale for voting down a seemingly common sense proposal was that such an instance is so very rare that a solution such as lifesaving techniques for an actual human being is irrelevant. Funny, but these same people use the philosophy of "if it saves just one life" whenever they put forth draconian gun control proposals, but can't be bothered to bring that same energy to preserving the life of an innocent baby.
But I digress.
Just you watch: during the 2026 election cycle, House DFLers will use the occurrence of this particular vote in campaign ads by essentially saying "Welp.....Republicans once again tried to ban abortion." Book it.
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Welp.....the GOP majority in the MN House was fun while it lasted.
As expected, DFL candidate David Gottfried ran away with a victory in Tuesday’s special election for District 40B, securing shared power for his party in the Minnesota House.
Gottfried won 70% of the vote against Republican challenger Paul Wikstrom and will represent the Roseville-Shoreview area. The victory will lock the two parties into a 67-67 tie in the House.
“It feels great,” Gottfried said of the results. “This has been a really, really hard-fought election. We knocked on doors every day. It feels good that we can get back to the substantive work.”
The election comes four months after DFLer Curtis Johnson won the same seat against the same opponent with 65% of the vote. But a judge later found Johnson ineligible to serve because he failed to meet state residency requirements, which ultimately prompted Tuesday’s special election.
It was probably only a decade ago where a district such as this was a "toss up," maybe even leaned GOP. But now? Well, this is who represents that area as of Tuesday evening (pardon the language).
DFL 40B candidate David Gottfried compares getting stiffed as a waiter to being enslaved in antebellum America:
— MN Up North Lake Guy (@MNUpNorthLakeG1) March 10, 2025
“Ironically enough it is me suffering from the last vestiges of slavery in America, which I suppose is appropriate in America, being that I am a white guy.” pic.twitter.com/ZlDZY8XXyt
No word on whether or not the first bill he drafts is to a proposal to award menial servants like himself reparations.
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- I've been reading the writings of Twin Cities sports scribe Patrick Reusse for 40+ years, whether it was his time with the St Paul Pioneer Press, the Minneapolis Minnesota Star Tribune or his tenure on Twitter. In all that time I've viewed him as a top notch, Grade-A agitator who dings overzealous Minnesota sports fans as well as his political opposites on the right.
But when I heard of a blowup over the weekend accusing him of being a racist, my first inclination was to summarily dismiss it. The following tweet is what got the ball rollin':
Former Democratic state Sen. Melisa López Franzen announced on X early Monday morning that she will be running for U.S. Senate.
“I’m running for the United States Senate to protect our Minnesota values, restore sanity and bring decency and common sense back to Washington,” she said in a video announcement.
The U.S. Senate bid comes after her Feb. 21 announcement to step down as executive director of Government and Community Relations at the University of Minnesota. López Franzen formerly served in the Minnesota Senate for District 49 from 2012 to 2022, representing parts of the Twin Cities metropolitan area, as well as parts of Edina, Eden Prairie, Bloomington and Minnetonka.
I'd been hearing for nearly two years that Sen. Tina Smith was unlikely to seek reelection in 2026, so I'd be willing to bet López Franzen was hearing the same rumor. Hence her kumbaya sentiments at the end of the '24 session was a preemptive strike ahead of a possible Senate bid.
Cynicism in politics makes for a great b.s. detector.
- Ever since the end of the 2024 NFL season, I've had several back and forths with fellow Minnesota Vikings fans over the fate of QB Sam Darnold. Despite Darnold being in MVP conversation as late as Week 17, I felt it was a fait accompli that he was moving on after his unexpectedly stellar year. When I expressed that sentiment, I got a lotta pushback from many fans incredulous over the possibility the team would let a "proven commodity" walk away and then pivot to a guy (JJ McCarthy) with zero NFL game reps. It never did much good to have a nuanced discussion since most never appeared interested in that.
Regardless, I was proven correct.
The Seattle Seahawks have found their replacement for Geno Smith, agreeing to a three-year, $100.5 million deal with former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
The deal includes $55 million guaranteed, sources told Schefter.
Given his new deal is a $33.5 million average annual value, it now makes sense why the Vikings opted not to place the franchise tag on Darnold and then attempt to trade him. A franchise tag would have carried a $41 million cost, which Darnold's representation would have set as the floor for AAV in a mutli-year pact. It's obvious now that this year's QB market isn't as robust as the past few seasons when the likes of Tua Tagovailoa, Jordan Love, Jalen Hurts, Trevor Lawrence and Dak Prescott got north of $50 million per season. As it turned out, QB needy teams this offseason weren't even going to approach $40M AAV for Darnold, much less throw in a 2025 draft pick on top of that.
With that......bring on the JJ McCarthy era!
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Has spring finally sprung? Regardless, I'll be in the Patriot bunker for today's edition of my radio show The Closer. The 2-hour festivities get started at 1:00 PM Central Time.
In the first hour, I'll weigh in on the disgraceful performance by Democrat members of Congress during last week's address given by President Donald Trump. It was so pathetic that many fellow Dems were abhorred.
At 1:30, Vice President of Legal Affairs at Landmark Legal Foundation Michael O'Neill will join the broadcast to discuss how legal challenges to President Trump's executive orders can be overcome.
Then in the second hour I will weigh in on Minnesota political news, specifically the upcoming budget forecasts being worse than initially thought. Also, Minnesota Dems (like their national counterparts) continue to show how out of touch they are with regular folks.
So please call (651) 289-4488 if you'd like to weigh in on any of the topics we plan on addressing.
Let's face it. Gov. Greaseball Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is gearing up for the 2028 presidential race. Heck, had Joe Biden declared in 2022 or 2023 that he was not seeking reelection, Newsom likely would've thrown his hat in the ring for 2024. But since Biden waited until about 100 days before election day to bow out, the Dems were saddled with VP Kamala Harris.
Anyhow, Newsom knows full well his far left Cali progressivism is a loser in a national race, so he figures he needs to moderate his positions a bit. He began his quest earlier this week on the debut of his podcast This is Gavin Newsom, where he had a discussion with Turning Point USA founder (and uber MAGA loyalist) Charlie Kirk.
...Newsom, a pioneer for LGBTQ+ rights who decades ago upset leaders in his own party when he defied state law and issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples, suggested Democrats were in the wrong in allowing transgender athletes to participate in female college and youth sports.
“I think it’s an issue of fairness, I completely agree with you on that. It is an issue of fairness — it’s deeply unfair,” Newsom said in his debut podcast episode of “This is Gavin Newsom.” “I am not wrestling with the fairness issue. I totally agree with you.”
This isn't the first time he tried to appear less insane than his fellow progs on the trans issue. Back in the fall of 2023, the California Legislature overwhelmingly passed legislation to allow judges to consider a child's gender identity when litigating a custody dispute. Basically, a judge could have used a parent's refusal to acquiesce to their kid's desire to transition as a black mark against them. Newsom shocked many by vetoing the bill, though it was a clear signal that he was looking to exercise political expedience in the event of a presidential run.
Expect Newsom to officially announce his aspirations about 5 milliseconds after the 2026 midterms.
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I don't recall the exact quote from Sean Davis of The Federalist, so I'll paraphrase: "President Trump's greatest asset continues to be the idiocy of his most fervent detractors."
Never was that more apparent than during (and after) Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night.
The thing is, there was plenty to critique about Trump's rhetoric, specifically his dubious comments about the economy. But the increasingly deranged and out-of-touch Democrats (as well as their media lapdogs) continue to show their stunning disdain for regular Americans.
First off, their intention to hold up protest signs when Trump said something they felt was objectionable.
Symone Sanders and Michael Steele HATED the Democrats' "bingo signs."
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 5, 2025
SANDERS: "This is an indictment, in my opinion, on the Democratic leadership... The visuals are not taking back the House in 2026."
STEELE: "I don't know who thought up the bingo signs, but they should be… pic.twitter.com/oi89ZQBg4V
This is Jason. His dad, grandfather and great grandfather were veterans. Jason lost his dad when he was young. His dream is to go to West Point. And guess what, it’s where he’s going.
— Mish 🎗️ (@Mish_K_) March 5, 2025
Watch till the end. Your heart will melt. pic.twitter.com/HUUxSOLuF5
❤️ This touched my heart.
— Terrence K. Williams (@w_terrence) March 5, 2025
President Trump honored a 13 year old boy who was diagnosed with Brain Cancer 6 years ago!
He was given 5 months to live and survived
He dreamed of becoming a Police Officer
Trump & the Secret Service Director made him an official Agent of the… pic.twitter.com/kYRrUo3zt5
Not to be outdone, MSNBC gal Nicole Wallace with a rather deranged take on DJ's career aspirations.
JUST IN: MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace politicizes young DJ’s moment at Trump’s speech, says she hopes he doesn’t k*ll himself because of something like Jan 6.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) March 5, 2025
Holy sh*t
“I hope he has a long life as a law enforcement officer, but I hope he never has to defend the United States… pic.twitter.com/2wHSzECggL
I don't know that it was Trump's intention to show how firmly entrenched in a bubble these Democrats seem to be. If indeed that wasn't his motivation, I'm not sure an actual concerted effort could have achieved a better outcome.
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- One of the issues which catapulted Donald Trump to being reelected President this past November was the economy. Given the Biden administration was busy gaslighting the public on how the economy was actually sound despite prices of everyday goods spiraling out of control, voters began to realize that for all of Trump's flaws when he was POTUS, trips to the grocery store weren't a stomach churning endeavor.
Unfortunately, Trump's obsession with tariffs is undermining the trust voters placed in him.
As JP Morgan's David Kelly observes - “The trouble with tariffs, to be succinct, is that they raise prices, slow economic growth, cut profits, increase unemployment, worsen inequality, diminish productivity and increase global tensions. Other than that, they’re fine.”
I'm the furthest thing from an expert on any political advantage tariffs may garner, but it doesn't take a King Banaian to ascertain that there's no upside for the American consumer.
- One undeniable advantage President Trump has over his political opposites? The Dems continue to show how woefully out of step they are with regular Americans.
At the state level here in Minnesota as well as both chambers of U.S. Congress, every single solitary Democrat voted against legislation barring biological males from participating in female sports. This in spite of the fact that recent polling shows 79% of Americans supported Trump's executive order banning trans women from women's sports (including a majority of Democrat voters).
It never ceases to amaze how progs sell their political souls on these niche issues.
- After a shockingly great season that had him in legit MVP discussion late, Vikings QB Sam Darnold will likely be moving on to another team this season. I was holding out hope that the Vikes would place the franchise tag on Darnold and then trade him to the highest bidder. However, that meant they would have to find another team willing to not only pay him market value (likely $40-$50 million AAV) but also surrender a draft pick or two. My guess is the Vikings' brass had back channel discussions with quarterback needy teams at the NFL Combine last week but found no takers.
NFL insider Adam Schefter pretty much confirmed that Tuesday afternoon as the tag deadline approached.
Vikings officially will not be tagging QB Sam Darnold, per sources.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 4, 2025
There are still national reports circulating that the Vikings would like to retain Darnold on a short term deal, like 2-3 years maximum. As a Vikings fan, I am ready to usher in the McCarthy era, so I will be extremely disappointed if they bring back Darnold. However, that frustration will be tempered by the fact I have the utmost confidence in the decision making of head coach Kevin O'Connell. Given he coached up several QBs in his three seasons at the helm, I will trust that he can elevate Darnold to the next level, which would be him not pissing down his leg in, say, a game that determines the top overall seed in the NFC or in an actual postseason contest.
By this time next week we'll know how this has all shaken out!
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It's March!
So much to get to today on this week's edition of my radio show The Closer. The 2-hour extravaganza begins at 1:00 PM Central Time.
Right at 1:00, Senior Legal Fellow at The Heritage Foundation Sarah Parhsall Perry will join the broadcast to discuss a federal court ruling that schools can hide kids' gender identity from parents. Ms. Perry has also been on the frontlines regarding the issue of biological men being allowed to participate in women's sports.
In the non-guest segments I will react to some of the support (yes, support) that the accused murderer of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson is receiving, where some loons are outright justifying the act.
In Minnesota news, Gov. Tim Walz will not run for U.S. Senate in 2026. Also, the Northstar commuter rail which runs from the northwest suburbs to downtown Minneapolis may be going away.
So please call (651) 289-4488 if you'd like to weigh in on any of the topics we plan on addressing.
