Author: @SoDakCampaigns

It would not sound like everyone believes Minnehaha County Leah Anderson will do the job that she’s supposed to as the US Attorney has announced that the Department of Justice will be monitoring how elections are being conducted in Minnehaha County tomorrow night:

The press release does not say why the four counties were chosen for monitoring. There is a history of voting rights litigation in tribal areas, some of which helped redefine state legislative districts that a federal judge ruled had diluted the representation of Native Americans.

and..

In the June primary, 132 ballots from one Minnehaha County precinct were successfully challenged – at least initially – by an activist named Jessica Pollema, who claimed the ballots were fraudulent because the voters listed P.O. boxes for their address. The state Supreme Court later sided with the Minnehaha County state’s attorney and the Secretary of State’s Office, denying a request to invalidate the votes.

Read the entire story here.

When are the voters of that county going to wisen up and get her out of there?

Reserve your tickets here!

It might not be anything Monae did, but when you hold the throne, you’re also held responsible.

 

A Prayer for Our Nation

By: Gov. Kristi Noem
November 1, 2024

For those of you who read my weekly columns, you know that they can take on many forms. They’re often focused on updating you on changing policies or issues that I am focused on. Sometimes they celebrate major events in our state, holidays, or the achievement of something that we’ve been working on for a while.

This week, I want to do something just a bit just a bit different. I want to say a prayer for our state and our nation. If you’ll join me…

Dear God, we come to You in prayer. We thank You for the blessings that You have showered on the state of South Dakota and the United States of America. You have blessed us with greater Freedom and prosperity than any nation has ever known. You have made us one nation, under You, indivisible, built on the principles of liberty and justice for all. And You have helped make South Dakota a shining beacon of Freedom within that nation.

You helped form us as the United States, but this nation has not seemed as united in recent days, weeks, and months. We ask You to bring us together in the values and principles that You have used to make America special: that all men and women are created equal by You; that You endow us with rights including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that You give us free will to make our own decisions; that with that free will comes the personal responsibility to make the right choices for ourselves, our families, and our communities.

Lord, we ask You to strengthen families across our state and nation. Where there is pain, we ask You to bring healing and comfort. Where there are families struggling to make ends meet, we ask You to help them feed their families and keep a roof over their heads – and we ask that You help bring some economic relief to our people. Where there is conflict, whether within families or communities, we ask You to bring Your peace that surpasses all understanding. Where there is war around the globe, we ask You to bring that same peace – and we ask You to help America be the example that can help achieve that peace.

Lord, there is an election just a few days away that will shape our nation for the next several years and far beyond. We ask that Your guiding hand be present in this election and that You bless us with results that will set our state and nation up for success in the years and generations to come.

This great American Republic that You have blessed us with is possible because our people are actively involved in keeping it. Help us to maintain that focus so that we can hand Freedom down to our kids and grandkids.

Thank You again for the blessings you have given us – help us always to thank You and not to take them for-granted.

In Your name we pray – Amen.

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From Facebook, the Yes on 29 people are leaning into the fact that their position on the legalization of recreational marijuana is supported by President Trump with a new commercial that’s starting to air:

The SD GOP is in Trouble

Joe Kirby, Chairman of South Dakota Open Primaries announced, “Many Republican party loyalists are planning to vote No on Amendment H in the mistaken belief that they can go back to business as usual in South Dakota politics. They couldn’t be more mistaken. The SD GOP has undergone a significant change in the last few years that many Republicans have not noticed.”

“It began with the uprising at the 2022 Republican party convention in Watertown when the incumbent Secretary of State was not renominated. Then, 48% of the convention voted to not support Thune, Dusty, and Noem in the fall election. It continued in the June 2024 primary when a dozen incumbents were primaried. The party is engaged in an internal civil war.”

“Because of the uncertainty and infighting, fundraising for the Republican party and candidates has dried up. Many candidates received no or only minimal support from the party.”

Kirby continued, “Mainstream GOP traditions and history are under attack from a fringe group of ‘conservatives’ who aren’t really conservative at all. The only solution on the table is Amendment H. If it passes, the party will find itself recommitted to traditional South Dakota values, and answerable to the majority of our conservative populace.”

Republican SD Senator Michael Rohl said, “If Amendment H doesn’t pass, the future of our party and state looks murky. It could be a political train wreck. The decision is clear to me: A Yes vote means I need to listen to my district, a No vote means I should listen to party bosses.”

Republican SD Senate Leader Lee Schoenbeck said, “The Republican party we have built over the last fifty years is being taken over by fringe people that Bill Janklow, Jim Abdnor and George Mickelson wouldn’t recognize. Republican leaders were practical conservatives we could be proud of. The new fringe that’s taken over the South Dakota GOP are not conservatives, they are crazy. If Amendment H fails, we lose our party to extremists.”

Kirby added, “Amendment H is on the November 5th ballot. All candidates for an office would be listed on a single ballot. All legal voters would get that ballot. The top two vote getters would move on to the general election. Most importantly, all voters would get to vote. Democracy works best when all voters get to vote. Vote YES on H!”

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Saw there was a banner ad for D27 Senate Republican candidate Anthony Kathol on the Rapid City Journal website, so I clicked on it.

And down the rabbit hole we went, with such gems as:

I received a crash course from one of our state legislators who schooled me on how the senate leadership positions are selected. I mentioned to this legislator that I had been receiving some feedback from various legislators who are campaigning for leadership positions and asking for my support if I should be elected. This senior legislator informed me that it’s all about money and power. The lobbyists have the money to back or influence those who they want in leadership positions so that they can have the power. That was my lesson for the day.

Read that here.

Somehow I’ve never seen the public buy in to conspiracy theories to throw an incumbent out of office.. and as you keep reading, it goes from bad to worse.

Many of you are aware that my opponent claims she is from Pine Ridge; however, my investigation has uncovered a trail of corruption and election interference that one can only imagine.

and..

The following elected officials refuse to do anything about election interference and corrupt political activities by the Incumbent State Senator from District 27. They do not want to bring charges against her for breaking South Dakota Codified Law §12-18-3. Why don’t they?

• • Jena Griswold, Colorado Department of State
  • Sue Gange, Fall River and Oglala Lakota County Auditor
  • Lance Russell, Fall River and Oglala Lakota County States Attorney
  • Monae L. Johnson, South Dakota Secretary of State
  • Marty Jackley, South Dakota Attorney General
  • Ann Hoffman, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of South Dakota (Sioux Falls)

And read that here.

And if that wasn’t enough, apparently Kathol’s page shows how he’s advertising his campaign:

Because posting conspiracy theories on facebook might not be enough, Kathol decided he was going to go one better, and have giant banners that no can read while driving past with the same kind of nonsense.

This seat was in the Democrat’s column when the election started. I could always be wrong, but if this was the campaign being waged, I don’t think that it is going to change.

Happy Halloween from Senator Arch Beal!

Senator John Thune is hitting the trail to campaign for Senate Republican candidates – today in Ohio for US Senate Candidate Bernie Moreno:

Senator @johnthune needs an America First partner like Bernie Moreno, who will pass President Trump’s agenda to secure the border, reduce inflation, and make the world safe again. pic.twitter.com/18VyLsrp43

— Team Moreno (@teammoreno2024) October 30, 2024

I once caught a fish THIS BIG!  I have some great land in Florida to sell you!  And State Representative Tina Mulally collected over $110,000 in unitemized contributions for her State Legislative Campaign.

What’s the difference between all of these tall tales? Call me a cynic, call me from Missouri, but I’ll have to see it to believe any of them.

Read her report for yourself:

Tina Mulally claims over 110k in unitemized donations by Pat Powers on Scribd

$3,851 in individual contributions. $2,500 from PAC’s. And the big one..

Those numbers do not seem to match up in any universe. We’re somehow supposed to believe it when Tina Mulally claims $110,420.00 in individual contributions of $100.00 or less…. which would give her somewhere in the neighborhood of 1100 or more individual donors?

Sorry, but I call bullsh*t on this unsupported and ridiculous claim. And unless we don’t look into the ridiculous and unsupported claims made on campaign finance reports, why do we require campaign finance reports of anyone?

Without further information to prove otherwise, at least on the surface, this looks to be a shameful example of the reforms the legislature needs to start with on campaign finance laws.