Central Minnesota Political

  My friend Rafael will likely be deported this week. He’s in the Kandiohi County jail waiting for a seat on the jet Immigration and Customs Enforcement uses to deport people to Mexico. Imagine that! A jet load of people, of Minnesotans, deported to Ciudad Juarez each week. I use “Minnesotans” intentionally. If all the people of that plane are like Rafael they are Minnesotans. Rafael is a good auto mechanic who was liked by his customers. He’s president of the local Catholic Knights of Columbus group. He’s father to six kids who are US citizens. He likes riding bicycle in the summer and, like the rest of us, makes the best of winter.  But winter will be different this year because he’ll be back in Agua Gorda in the state of Michoacan. He hasn’t been there, where he was born, for twenty some years. It’s tough to leave Agua Gorda. It sticks to you. A few years back his sister’s brother-in-law was kidnapped at a gas station in broad day light in Agua Gorda. They found his bod...

This letter from Bernie Sanders lays out a worst case scenario.  Dear Tim, Donald Trump is a pathological liar. According to documented reports he has told more than 20,000 lies and distortions since he has been president. This is, obviously, deeply disturbing behavior for anyone who is president of the United States. But what is even more disturbing is that Trump is now using his lies and misinformation to sow confusion and chaos in the election process and undermine American democracy. In other words, he does not intend to accept the results of the election if he loses and leave office voluntarily. This is not just a "constitutional crisis." This is a threat to everything this country stands for. In order to be effective in combating Trump's attempt to sabotage the November election, it is important that you, and everyone you know, recognize the warning signs as to what he and his Republican allies are doing. For months now Trump has been signaling that he may not accep...