Maniacal Martin

When Ken Martin was chair of the MN Democrat party (aka the Minnesota DFL), he had the luxury of going all in on far left progressivism. The party never lost a statewide election on his watch and rarely went without controlling at least one chamber of the Minnesota Legislature. 

Within the past couple of months, Martin was elected to head up the Democratic National Committee in hopes he could bring that same electoral magic to the national level. But given that far left policies were soundly rejected across the country this past November, I often wondered whether or not Kenny could dial back the fringe rhetoric in his new role.

Well........

Robert Kennedy Jr. has murdered another child in Texas. https://t.co/N1ZhZmPoKG

— Ken Martin (@kenmartin73) April 7, 2025

Wait'll Kenny finds out that one of his party's largest donors takes out literally 1,000 times more than that on a daily basis. 

It's also pretty ballsy of Martin to make such a wildly outlandish statement while utterly ignoring the fact his own side is essentially creating an assassination caucus. 

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Box Score of the Week

Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays - September 30, 1988.

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This was the second consecutive start in which Jays pitcher Dave Stieb lost a no-hitter in the ninth inning. 

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The NARN Closer's playlist - 4/6/2023

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There is this old man who spent so much of his life sleeping......

Welcome to April!

It's Sunday, so that means another edition of my radio show The Closer. Today's 2-hour broadcast gets started at 1:00 PM Central Time. 

In the first hour I'll discuss national politics, particularly President Donald Trump's decision to slap tariffs on pretty much every import coming into America. The early returns indicate this is a calamitous decision. We'll look back over the past half century where leading economic voices sounded the alarm on such tariffs. 

The in the 2:00 hour I'll weigh in on the strange and hypocritical takes from Minnesota progs on Wisconsin's Supreme Court election from this past week. And finally, what was the purpose of this weekend's #HandsOff protests???

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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Just gonna leave this here.......

President Ronald Reagan called it nearly 40 years ago. 

My only hope at this point is this is some sort of effort by President Trump to engage other countries in revising trade agreements. 

Sometimes the best strategy in a negotiation is convincing the other side that you are crazy.

— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) April 3, 2025

Now that would legitimately be Trump playing 3D Chess. 

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Goodness, these people are gullible

Despite the fact President Donald Trump likely believes a good number of the untrue things he says, I'm convinced there's another facet to his ramblings. Specifically, he'll say something that is so outlandish that not even he believes it but he knows it'll get a rise out of his top adversaries in the prog media. 

Hence the headline from an NBC News story this past Sunday: 

Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so.

All the media would have to do in this case is roll their collective eyes and cite the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. 

No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.

Instead, several "think pieces" and prog podcasts have wasted countless words on how Trump is some authoritarian mad man hellbent on upending our Constitutional order. And it wouldn't shock me in the least if Trump himself were sitting back and laughing his orange arse off at all the leftist flailing that has ensued, as if that were his endgame all along. 

As Erick Erickson notes, this collective freak out just underscores the left's lack of faith in our institutional controls. 

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In reality, you'd think progs would desire to see Trump attempt to run for a third term. If he flatly refused to leave the White House on January 20, 2029, he would literally be frogged marched outta the joint, thus fulfilling a prog fantasy they've been fetishizing over since the days of George W. Bush.

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Box Score of the Week

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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The NARN Closer's playlist - 3/30/2025

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You've been running and hiding much too long.....

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. 

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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