Roger J. Skraba

Minnesota State Representative District 3A, Quetico Park Wilderness Guide and former Mayor of Ely, MN

[Walter Hudson @WalterHudson]

Got a text from a connected operative asking what I mean by the above.

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I'm saying we need a product, a prescription, a vision for what to use government for.

And that product should be developed like any other would be, by figuring out something that works, something that does the job.

Past that point, the marketing takes care of itself. Think Steve Jobs. You don't start with "what do people want." You start with "how do we solve a problem people don't even know they have."

I'll have a broader explanation soon.

[Walter Hudson @WalterHudson]

This is Dane Sehaj McLain, a social studies teacher in Minneapolis.

Every legal means to get this psychopath away from children must be taken now.

The failure to do so is complicity.

My understanding is that there's been no official response from the district.

How? Why?

[Nick Freitas @NickJFreitas]

I am told that as a state representative this is the moment where I'm supposed to express my heartfelt condolences and then stand in solidarity with those on the other side of the aisle as we condemn political violence and stand unified as one people.

But we aren't "one people" are we?

The truth is we haven't been for some time now, and there is really no point in pretending anymore, if there ever was.

We are two very different peoples. We may occupy the same piece of geography, but that is where the similarities seem to abruptly end.

I convinced myself for a long time that whenever the left called me a racist, a bigot, a sexist, a fascist, a "threat to democracy" for even the most innocent of disagreements, that it was simply hyperbolic rhetoric done for effect.

And now the "effect" is a widow and two orphaned children, because the left couldn’t bear the thought of a peaceful man debating them and winning.

I don’t think they realize it yet, but murdering Charlie is going to be remembered as the day where we finally woke up to what this fight really is.

It’s not a civil dispute among fellow countrymen. It’s a war between diametrically opposed worldviews which cannot peacefully coexist with one another. One side will win, and one side will lose.

Charlie tried to win that fight through argumentation, through discussion, through peaceful resolution of differences.

And the other side murdered him.

Not because he was “extreme” or “inciting violence” or any other hyperbolic slur they hurled at him. They murdered him because he was effective. Because he was unafraid. Because he inspired others and made them feel like they had a voice, that they were not alone. And he did it at the very institutions which have fomented so much hatred toward conservatives.

I don’t want to “stand in solidarity” with the other side of the aisle. I want to defeat you. I want to defeat the godless ideology that kills babies in the womb, sterilizes confused children, turns our cities into cesspools of degeneracy and lawlessness…and that murdered Charlie Kirk.

Social media is aflame right now with leftist celebration of Charlie’s death.

I wonder if any among them understand what has just happened. If there is a Yamamoto somewhere in their midst warning, that all they have done is awoken a sleeping giant.

I doubt it. I think they gave up such introspection and self-awareness long ago.

I don’t know exactly what will happen next. I just know that it won’t be the same as what has happened in the past.

There will be thoughts and prayers…Charlie would have wanted prayers. Not for himself but for those left behind and for the country that he loved.

But then there will be a reckoning.

My Christian faith requires me to love my enemies and pray for those who curse me. It does not require me to stand idly by in the midst of savagery and barbarism...quite the opposite.

So every time I feel tired, every time I feel discouraged or overwhelmed, I am going to watch the video of a good man being murdered in Utah…I will force myself to watch it…and then I will return to the work of destroying the evil ideology responsible for that and so much more.

Rest with God Charlie, your fight is over.

Ours is just beginning.

[Walter Hudson @WalterHudson]

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When I grow up, I want to be @NickJFreitas... one of the only people who makes me think, "Dang, I wish I said that."

[Walter Hudson @WalterHudson]

We watched Charlie Kirk viciously murdered today by an "any means necessary" socialist.

Leftists, both elected and on social media, responded with celebrations and victim-blaming.

This is an inflection point.

Nothing will be the same.

[Kaizen D. Asiedu @thatsKAIZEN]

After the Ukrainian woman was murdered, the mayor issued a statement exclusively defending the homeless and mentally ill.

No mention of the killer’s 14 arrests and multiple felonies.

Our empathy keeps getting used to excuse evil.

And it’s literally killing us.

[MNHouseInfo @MNHouseInfo]

The Capitol's electrolier is illuminated in honor of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, her husband, Mark, and their golden retriever, Gilbert, as they lie in state in the Rotunda June 27.

📸 Andrew VonBank

#mnleg

[Walter Hudson @WalterHudson]

Whether its Keith Ellison's dealings with Feeding Our Future or violating every rule in the book to pass the grand theft omnibus, House Democrats can't stand being called on their BS.

They weave Trump into every speech, but object to any mention of themselves.

[Walter Hudson @WalterHudson]

https://t.co/UPbahHe7UI

[Walter Hudson @WalterHudson]

Here's the curtain pullback moment.

Wanna know what all this is really about?

I'll tell you.

Melissa Hortman recently said, "The first 7 weeks of session don't matter."

What she means is - your testimony, your meetings, your input.

That's because they're looking to a special session where the state's entire governance will be decided by five people - governor & caucus leaders.

This is their view is "democracy," five people making decisions for 6 million.

I'm pledging now that I'll be a no vote throughout any special session, no matter the legislation.

I'm not playing the game.

I'm not boxing Minnesotans out of their own government.

Finish the work on time, or get nothing.

That's the deal. It's as fair as it gets.

[Rep. Harry Niska @HarryNiska]

He should have read more carefully.

In fact, the framers of the Minnesota Constitution rejected both Steve Simon’s intepretation and his profoundly anti-democratic policy choice.

On July 30, 1857, a delegate offered an amendment to adopt Sec. Simon’s view of the quorum requirement. It was opposed by another delegate because “this amendment if adopted, will allow a minority, by remaining out of either House, and refusing to be sworn in, to compel the attendence, and constantly per-haps, of all the other members—a case similar to what we saw at the commencement of this Convention.”

That amendment was rejected.

[Rep. Harry Niska @HarryNiska]

This is exactly why we need the House to get to work on oversight on Day 1. I’ll be there ready to work on January 14th.

[Pete Stauber @PeteStauber]

Thank you to the hard-working men and women who work through the holidays producing the raw materials that build America! Here’s a brand new, steaming, fresh batch of 2025 taconite pellets heading to the blast furnaces on the Great Lakes.

[Pete Stauber @PeteStauber]

Great visit this morning with a room full of patriots at the Crosby Bakery on the shores of Lake Superior in Grand Marais! The 5-day, 21-county tour continues!

[Walter Hudson @WalterHudson]

Compassion was absent under Tim Walz's Democrat trifecta over the past two years. Callous disregard for life. Callous disregard for liberty. Callous disregard for property. All delivered through an exclusionary process that ignored millions of Minnesotans.

[Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav]

Which one?

[Better In Our Back Yard @BIOBY_Official]

Thank you to Randy McGill, Vice President of Finance at ME ELECMETAL for the quote and for supporting America's Mining Industry.

Randy is absolutely right. If the administration is striving for bipartisan backing of mining projects for critical minerals abroad, it should be obvious win to advocate for bipartisan support for critical mineral projects here at home.

To read the full article, please visit the link below:
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[Twin Metals Minnesota @TwinMetalsMN]

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