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Posts tagged as “Rick Weiland”

Noem Votes For Keystone XL Again, Nebraska Court Fails to Block

Yesterday Rep. Kristi Noem and the U.S. House voted for the tenth time to usurp executive authority and force immediate federal approval of the Canadian tar sands pipeline and eminent domain land grab known as Keystone XL. Rep. Noem retreads…

Bosworth Lawyer Backed Democrats in House and Senate Races

In political trivia, Democrat Corinna Robinson netted a meager $3,765 in the final two weeks of her Congressional campaign. Robinson received 6.6% of that couch-cushion change from her Rapid City neighbor Robert Van Norman, who donated $250 on October 17.…

Weiland Consultant Spins 2014 Election as Near-Win for Weiland Message

The South Dakota Democratic Party needs to channel Elizabeth Warren and adopt an unapologetic populist progressivism in defense of the working class. Rick Weiland speaks that Warrenesque language. Rick Weiland also got beat 50–30 in the Senate election. Down with…

Meade Dems Advocating Weiland for State Party Chair

Following Minnehaha County Commissioner Jeff Barth's announcement that he'd like to chair the South Dakota Democratic Party, the Meade County Democrats are spending money to promote a different candidate: A lot of People for Rick Weiland want him to be…

Vermont’s Sanders Preaches Weilandesque Working-Class Politics

Independent-Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders is awfully popular among progressives. He may run for President in 2016. Our modern Eugene V. Debs tells NPR that Democrats could get their traction back by rediscovering the working class: ...people look out and they…

Thune Climate Comment Hints Presidential; Weiland Vows Left-Tea Fight?

John Thune is running for President. How else can we explain our soon-to-be-senior Senator's seemingly sensible statement on climate change on Fox News Sunday? Asked about the overwhelming agreement among experts on the cause and trajectory of global warming, Thune…