Box Score of the Week

Oakland Athletics at Kansas City Royals - September 27, 1986.

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The NARN Closer's playlist - 4/26/2026

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They tried to break us, looks like they'll try again......

We've reached the last Sunday in April, which means 2026 is about one-third of the way through. As such, we have a lot to get to on today's edition of my radio show The Closer. The 2-hour blitz will begin at 1:00 Central Time. 

In the first hour, I'll discuss the chaos which ensued at Saturday evening's White House Correspondents Dinner. The gun-toting, knife-wielding suspect is in custody. 

If time permits, I'll weigh in on the corrupt Southern Poverty Law Center allegedly staging racist rallies. 

Then in the second hour, I'll talk Minnesota stuff, including Gov. Tim Walz continuing to stick his head in the sand over the state's fraud problem. 

Finally at 2:30, Republican endorsed candidate in Minnesota's Fourth Congressional District Paul Wikstrom will be on to tout his candidacy. 

So please call (651) 289-4488 if you'd like to weigh in on any of the topics we plan on addressing.

 

You can listen live in the Twin Cities at AM 1280 or, if you're near downtown Minneapolis/West Metro area, 107.5 FM on your radio dial. In and out of the Minneapolis-St Paul area you can listen to the program on the Internet by clicking this link, or check us out via iheart radio as well as Amazon Alexa (just say "Alexa, play The Patriot Minneapolis"). If you're unable to tune in live, please check out my podcast page for the latest show post.

And if you're so inclined, follow along on Twitter at #NARNShow or "Like" our Facebook page, where we also conduct a "Live Stream" of the broadcast.

Until then.....

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Easy to be generous with other people's money

As he was ascending in the "Veepstakes" in the summer of 2024, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz uncorked this hot take. 

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a top VP contender for Kamala Harris, says socialism is actually just "neighborliness." pic.twitter.com/xISVQSxIUv

— Alpha News (@AlphaNews) July 30, 2024

In the nearly 21 months since that clip, it's been revealed that state of Minnesota taxpayers have been defrauded to the tune of billions of dollars. As such, that vapid statement takes on a whole new connotation. Nevertheless, Walz continues to spin it as basically erring on the side of generosity, as he did in an interview with prog boot licker late night host Jimmy Kimmel. 

KIMMEL: Did it take an extraordinarily long time for you to know what was happening with fraud?

WALZ: It happens in other states...Trump, Trump, Trump...we are a generous state. pic.twitter.com/JWCihDmaFO

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 23, 2026

With a significant decrease in adjusted gross income over the past 5+ years due negative net migration, that "generosity" is not going to be sustainable much longer. 

MN State Rep. Max Rymer (R-North Branch) breaks it down further. 

I want you to know “We are a generous state” are the most warped words in Minnesota government. And I hear them all the time.

(On Wednesday), as we are in the thick of session, Governor Walz decided to take a trip to California and do the Jimmy Kimmel show. When asked about fraud, he blamed the federal government and asserted that Minnesota is a "generous state" with our programs.

 

First, you can’t be “generous” with other people’s money.

Second, to the extent that you feel entitled to use other people’s money - you must be judicious and careful with it. Tim Walz and Minnesota Democrats are not, have not been, and are incapable of being judicious and careful. After everything that’s happened the past 5 years, Democrats will still tell you we have a “revenue” problem (aka we don’t tax enough).

“Generosity” in Minnesota government simply has meant taking as much as you can get away with from people who produce in your state (forcing many of them to leave), in order to fund ill-defined programs with little-to-no oversight, so you can justify your own political existence… even when it inevitably gets discovered a ton of the money went to fraudsters anyway.

That’s not generosity. It’s self-destruction.

More specifically, the problem with socialism is, as Margaret Thatcher so brilliantly stated, eventually you run out of other people's money. 

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Quick Hits: Volume CDVIII

 - As he prepares to exit the stage of electoral politics in about 8-1/2 months, the current Governor of Minnesota is already plotting his next move. 

Today, we’re launching Small Town PAC.

We’re going to show up in small towns, organize in places too many people have given up on, and build power with the folks who call these places home.

If Democrats want to win in more places, we’ve got to start showing up in more places. pic.twitter.com/2ZWpvyy59M

— Tim Walz (@Tim_Walz) April 20, 2026

As Dems have hemorrhaged support from outstate areas over the past decade, their strategy to woo those voters has been little more than donning flannel shirts in an attempt to appear "relatable."   

Whoa! Is that the sitting Minnesota Governor and Attorney General or a couple workin' fellas from the Iron Range??????

But seriously, showing up is one thing. However, advocating for radical trans ideology, pillaging of small businesses (which are the lifeblood of small towns) to pay for pet progressive projects and being hostile to Second Amendment rights ain't gonna go over well with voters in "small towns." 

- After the New York Mets defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 on April 7, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani embraced team mascots Mr & Mrs Met. 

The Mets now have an 11-game losing streak since Mamdani showed up and hugged them

The Mamdani curse pic.twitter.com/Bz4UUEwjAs

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 21, 2026

The Mets have won nary a game since that moment. As of Tuesday night, their losing streak reached 12 consecutive games. Yikes! 

- As Bill Glahn of American Experiment has said on multiple occasions, the demand for "white supremacy" vastly exceeds the supply. 

Allegations concerning the Southern Poverty Law Center, which has for years labeled conservative activist organizations as "hate groups," suggests they were willing to pay a pretty penny to perpetuate the hoaxes. 

The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that a grand jury indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center for making fraudulent payments of millions of dollars to members of the Ku Klux Klan and other neo-Nazi organizations.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said at a news conference that the 11-count indictment filed in an Alabama federal court alleged the left-wing nonprofit had in the past decade paid at least $3 million to eight members of the far-right groups.

One leader of the 2017 Unite the Right protest in Charlottesville, Va., received roughly $270,000 over an eight-year period. Neither that person nor others were identified in the 14-page indictment.

Ah yes, the Charlottesville rally. For years, progs used that as a cudgel to further the narrative that President Donald Trump referred to white supremacists as "very fine people." It took about 7 years before the fact check outfit Snopes (hardly a conservative milieu) acknowledged that was bull pucky, which was no doubt a significant blow to the "Trump is racist" true believers. But this SPLC business? That makes the Jussie Smollett ruse look like a children's theater production in comparison. 

No doubt this story is a blow to the hate crime hoax industry. But if you believe it's a death knell to the entire genre, you clearly have been sleepwalking since the Rev. Al Sharpton was a fat guy. 

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Box Score of the Week

Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia Phillies - August 25, 2017. 

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In just his 16th MLB game, Philly's Rhys Hoskins completed his second home run streak of three or more games. 

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The NARN Closer's playlist - 4/19/2026

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Strange but not a stranger, I'm an ordinary guy.......

Another Sunday, yet another edition of my radio show The Closer. The 2-hour broadcast will get started at 1:00 PM Central Time. 

In the first hour, I'll discuss all things Minnesota politics, specifically the 2026 campaigns for state and Federal races. 

Then in the second hour, I'll weigh in on the spectacular crashing and burning of Eric Swalwell's political career. 

So please call (651) 289-4488 if you'd like to weigh in on any of the topics we plan on addressing.

 

You can listen live in the Twin Cities at AM 1280 or, if you're near downtown Minneapolis/West Metro area, 107.5 FM on your radio dial. In and out of the Minneapolis-St Paul area you can listen to the program on the Internet by clicking this link, or check us out via iheart radio as well as Amazon Alexa (just say "Alexa, play The Patriot Minneapolis"). If you're unable to tune in live, please check out my podcast page for the latest show post.

And if you're so inclined, follow along on Twitter at #NARNShow or "Like" our Facebook page, where we also conduct a "Live Stream" of the broadcast.

Until then.....

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Oh well, Swalwell

It was 2018 when I first became aware of the name Eric Swalwell. While he was merely 1 of 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, he made a name for himself by suggesting the government could use nukes against law abiding gun owners. 

So when my wife and I visited Washington, D.C. four months later, I decided to troll him outside his Congressional office. 

I am, by nature, *not* a violent person. However, if anyone ever posed a hypothetical of which member of Congress I would most likely punch in the face if ever encountered, Swalwell would easily be in the top five. 

Given he represented a D+19 Congressional district in California, Swalwell was often used as the attack dog by his Democrat colleagues. Specifically, he could give Dems in swing districts political cover by advocating for some of the most insane leftist policy. As such, his vulnerable colleagues could have plausible deniability if there were attempts to bring such lunacy to the mainstream. In that vain, I often viewed Swalwell as a west coast Anthony Weiner. That is, he appeared to be little more than an egomaniacal, power hungry leftist who was using his time in Congress as a stepping stone to something greater. For Weiner, it was Mayor of New York City. And for Swalwell it was Governor of California (only after his 2020 presidential run predictably crashed and burned). How ironic that, much like Weiner, Swalwell allowed his base urges to ruin his aspirations. Not only did this result in Swalwell suspending his gubernatorial campaign, but also forced him to resign his Congressional seat. And the warp speed at which he went from being anointed the next gov of Cali to a unemployed loser needs to be studied for the history books. 

As I write this, there are multiple women who have come forward to allege that Swalwell sexually assaulted/harassed them. And as much as I am tempted to pig pile upon that smug jackass, I can't help but think of what his wife and three young children are having to endure. While Mrs. Swalwell likely understood that the spouse of a high profile politician will be under at least a modicum of scrutiny, I'm guessing she wasn't prepared for her husband to abuse his power and morph into a complete dirt bag. 

While we can rejoice that an elected official like Swalwell has slinked away from public life, our celebration should be tempered by the fact his ilk are like cockroaches: you can stomp out one, but such action only serves to attract more. 

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