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Posts published in “South Dakota”

CPAC Spokesmodel Tells Gov’t to Stay out of Her Body and Health Choices

I didn't expect today's blog cycle to be the Thoughtless Comments from South Dakota Republicans series, but the hits keep coming. Facebook friends share comments made at CPAC by Rapid City-born, San Diego-based former Noem intern turned conservative spokesmodel Tomi…

Gun Advocate Stalzer: Police Break Law, Lack Honesty and Integrity

Last week I noted Rep. Jim Stalzer's (R-11/Sioux Falls) insult to college students in defense of his dying guns-on-campus bill on the House floor. Evidently, Rep. Stalzer insulted cops, too: Mike Walsh, South Dakota’s president of the Fraternal Order of…

Rep. May: Common Core Kills Indian Kids

I'd love to see the state and the education establishment abandon Common Core and similar exercises in faux-accountability and paperwork. But that won't happen with opponents claiming that Common Core kills Indian kids: We’ve buried eight kids down on that…

Turner County Egg Factory Would Bring 6 Million Chickens and Serfdom

South Dakota chickens are apparently slacking off. About 2.63 million chickens laid 752 million eggs in South Dakota last year, but according to the USDA, that's a 4% drop laying chickens and an 8% drop in egg production. Sonstegard Foods…