Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Quick Hits: Volume CCCLXXXI

 - It's rather disturbing that one of the two major political parties touts as a good thing a flatly unconstitutional executive order.





To be clear: I would never burn an American flag. In fact, I've said often I find it profoundly silly to burn a symbol of the very country which allows you that freedom via the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. 


Seth Dillon encapsulated this saga perfectly. 


 



The hardcore Trumpkins claim that President Trump is baiting progs into wanting to burn American flags, thus creating visuals of prominent Dems engaging in an activity which a vast majority of Americans oppose. But then why does Trump then turn around and declare that such actions will get you "1 year in jail?" And spare me the what-about-ism of stories of people burning LGBTQ+ flags being charged with crimes. In those instances, the jail time was due to actually thieving (and subsequent desecration of) someone else's property. Apples to bowling balls comparison. 



- It's been widely reported that Gov. Tim Walz is wavering on whether to run for a third gubernatorial term. Given his angry rants at Monday's annual meeting of the Democrat National Committee, I'm of the mind he's in desperate need of a mental health break. 





I'm being serious here. Walz served 12 years in Congress and almost 8 years as Minnesota governor. It's clear that the presence of Trump is causing him to become unhinged in a way that has never happened in his political career. And if you follow any of his daughter Hope's social media, it's having an adverse impact on his family as well. 



- Big news out of Minnesota Senate District 41. 





Seeberger won that 2022 election by 321 votes, which was less than 1%.  As such, that race decided the balance of power in the Senate, giving the DFL the trifecta and thus the opportunity to pass a far left prog agenda that rivals anything which has ever come out of California. Heck, Seeberger herself lamented that fact when then DFL chair Ken Martin was in the midst of a proverbial victory lap. 





Given Seeberger was essentially the deciding vote on the overwhelming majority of that far left agenda, she could have leveraged her vote by insisting on moderation. But she chose to walk in lockstep with her party as opposed to any principled stance, so her sentiments appeared to be little more than a lame attempt to appease the half of the constituents who opposed her. 

And lest we're tempted to believe she has moderate chops, the Fateh endorsement should put that notion to bed. That and her maniacal reaction to April's Wisconsin Supreme Court election where the Trump/Elon Musk backed candidate was defeated. 




There's a reason that Alpha News tweet said the 2026 SD41 race was a potential rematch. Specifically, Seeberger has likely run afoul of many of those who voted for her in 2022, so she's definitely vulnerable in her reelection bid. Being armed with that knowledge may cause her to not run again, which I am predicting will indeed be the case. 

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