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Democratic blog author, and former press person for Tim Bjorkman, Tom Lawrence is writing today and lamenting South Dakota Democrats for having nothing when it comes to candidates for the 2022 election cycle:

Earlier this year, party chairman Randy Seiler told me he is optimistic about the future.

But in a little more than a year, voters will be casting ballots on three major races as well as numerous other ones. So far, no candidates have emerged for senator, Congress or governor.

I raised this point in February, and now, six months later, no one has stepped to the fore. The clock is ticking louder now.

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So, SDDP, just checking in. How goes the search for candidates? Are you ready for 2022?

Read it here.

The word most recently was that State Sen. Troy Heinert was telling colleagues a few weeks back that he was running for Governor, and rumors abounded that Remi Bald Eagle was going to be running for Congress.

Heinert remains the most likely sacrificial lamb.. er, democrat candidate for Governor. And I notice remibaldeagle.com is now off-line and parked via go daddy, as someone would do if reworking it. Or maybe it’s down to go away.

That still leaves Democrats hunting for someone to take on John Thune on their behalf. Which would be a problem, as that person realistically just doesn’t exist.

Moving on..

Rep. Fred Deutsch Pledges to Support Congressional Term Limits 

Watertown, SD – U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national, non-partisan movement to limit terms for elected officials, is gathering support from state lawmakers across the nation. Its mission is to get 34 states to apply for an amendment proposal convention specific to term limits on Congress. South Dakota state Rep. Fred Deutsch (district 4) has committed support for term limits on Congress by signing the U.S. Term Limits pledge.

USTL President, Philip Blumel, commented on Deutsch’s pledge saying, “Fred’s support of term limits shows that there are individuals who are willing to listen to the majority of voters who want term limits. America needs a Congress that will be served by citizen legislators, not career politicians.”

The U.S. Term Limits pledge is provided to candidates and members of state legislatures. It reads, “I pledge that, as a member of the state legislature, I will cosponsor, vote for, and defend the resolution applying for an Article V convention for the limited purpose of enacting term limits on Congress.”

In the 1995 case, Thornton v. U.S. Term Limits, the Supreme Court of the United States opined that only a Constitutional Amendment could limit the terms of U.S. Senators and House Representatives. According to Nick Tomboulides, Executive Director of USTL, the best chance of imposing term limits on Congress is through an Article V Proposal Convention of state legislatures.

“The Constitution allows for amendments to be proposed by either 2/3 of Congress or 2/3 of the states. While we’d like for Congress to take the high road and propose term limits on itself, our goal is to trigger the latter, a national convention specifically for a term limits amendment,” claims Tomboulides. “That is why it is important to get buy-in from state legislators,” he added. Once proposed, the amendment must be ratified by 38 states.

Blumel noted, “More than 80% of Americans have rejected the career politician model and want to replace it with citizen leadership. The way to achieve that goal is through a congressional term limits amendment. Fred knows this and is willing to work to make sure we reach our goal.”

According to the last nationwide poll on term limits conducted by McLaughlin & Associates, term limits enjoys wide bipartisan support. McLaughlin’s analysis states, “Support for term limits is broad and strong across all political, geographic and demographic groups. An overwhelming 80% of voters approve of a Constitutional Amendment that will place term limits on members of Congress.”

View Deutsch’s signed pledge here.

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Kevin Jensen was one of the very few South Dakota State Legislators that attended the Mike Lindell Cyber Symposium. And as they whipped up the conspiracy theories, what he claims he found there has him troubled. Because he claims South Dakota voting machines could be part of a fraudulent voter scheme to change votes:

I attended Mike Lindell‘s Cyber Symposium for all three days, from open to close. I did not attend because I am a “right wing conspiracy nut.” I attended because I do not believe both sides were heard. I do not think justice and due process have been served regarding their claims.

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The courts have refused to hear their case stating the plaintiffs have no “standing,” which simply means the ones bringing the case were not in the proper jurisdiction. None of the evidence they laid before us was ever allowed in court. The amount of information the Lindell team produced was impressive to say the least.

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So, what about South Dakota Tabulators used in the 2020 election. A 10-minute Google search revealed troubling information about the tabulators. In an NBC News story from January 10, 2020, by Kevin Monahan, Cynthia McFadden and Didi Martinez, they reported “We found over 35 [voting systems] had been left online and we’re still continuing to find more, Kevin Skoglund, a senior technical advisor at the election security advocacy group National Election Defense Coalition, told NBC News.” Let me remind you this is the mainstream media worried that Russia interfered with the 2016 election.

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Interestingly, the response I received from the SD Secretary of State office said “As you’ll note, our election machines are never connected to the internet.  The only time an internet system is accessed is when the unofficial numbers are displayed on the election night reporting page for the public, which is directed by SDCL 12-20-13.” So then, are we or are we not connected to the internet???

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We should all want to have a forensic audit in all 50 states. Any state not willing to audit maybe holding the smoking gun.

Read the entire opinion piece here.

Like a malt-liquor hangover, I have the feeling the goofy MyPillow Symposium’s after-effects are going to linger for longer than anyone cares for them to.

If @joebiden illegally mandates vaccines, I will take every action available under the law to protect South Dakotans from the federal government.

— Governor Kristi Noem (@govkristinoem) August 23, 2021

From the Watertown Public Opinion, liberal columnist Brad Johnson is taking a shot at three of the legislators who want a special session on COVID, claiming that their rhetoric resembles that of the pro-choice movement:

• Thumbs down to three South Dakota legislators who want the Legislature to prevent employers from requiring their employees be vaccinated against COVID-19. Republican Reps. Scott Odenbach of Spearfish, Taffy Howard of Rapid City and Jon Hansen of Dell Rapids want a special session to consider their proposals.

That’s not likely to happen. Still, it’s ironic these conservative legislators are using language similar to the liberal pro-choice movement.

“Medical decisions should be made through patients and doctors not through corporate coercion or government mandates,” Hansen was quoted in an Argus Leader story. “Free and informed consent requires freedom to choose without punishment or adverse consequences.”

Read it all here.

Ooo.. I might think the call for a special session involves more government, but those sound like fighting words.

From the comment section:

“Fathers need to be present to identify and thwart the social engineering attacks vectoring through the woman-folk.”       – SDWC Commenter John Dale. 8/23/21

You got me there. I’m out on this one.

I’m not sure if that’s one best responded to by those who don’t believe in conspiracy theories, or women in general.

With his wife installed as pastor at a Lincoln, Nebraska Lutheran Church, and his house now appearing to be “off market,” I notice Dakota Free Press’ ultra-liberal ranter Cory Heidelberger still appears to be maintaining a hard press blackout on his move to another state.

Gen Z could be catalyst that restores critical thinking to our nation
By State Rep. Trish Ladner

There are those special moments in life when you meet someone who renews your faith in the next generation and gives you hope for the future. That is exactly what happened to me at the closing of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s Annual convention in Salt Lake City a couple of weeks ago.

One of the keynote speakers to close out the conference was a young woman named Rikki Schlott. Rikki, is a beautiful, articulate young woman who is a 21-year-old junior at New York University.  Six months ago, she was just your typical college student keeping her head down and as she put it, simply trying not to get “cancelled!”

She was always quietly political, but after the pandemic hit, simply going along, to get along became impossible for her. For the first time in her young life, she saw the liberties and freedom she had always taken for granted, suddenly in question and ultimately, in jeopardy of being taken away and she found herself speaking out more and more.

Gen Z’s were raised in the “lessor of two evils” era where communities and Thanksgiving tables were torn apart by partisanship and as a result, Gen Z’s political window is very narrow however, they are still open, receptive and independent thinkers and are actually more moderate than we are led to believe by the radical fringes. Did you know that forty percent of Gen Z college students consider themselves moderate and over half are registered Independents?

As the pandemic dragged on, Miss Schlott became a bridge or moderator between Zoomers (Gen Z born between 1997-2012) and Boomers (born between 1946-1964). Her message resonated with many and her role began to quickly expand with speaking engagements around the country and writing articles for the NY Post and the Wall Street Journal.

After listening closely to her, I had to wonder if this upcoming Gen Z generation could be the catalyst that restores critical thinking and normalcy to our nation? Something that we have all been longing for.

I share this story of new found hope with you because you have a chance to judge for yourself. Rikki will be the key-note speaker at the upcoming Pennington County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner on 9/11 in Rapid City. This is an amazing opportunity for you and our young people to hear her speak and learn what the next generation values, thinks and believes. It gave me new hope in the upcoming generation, and I believe that it will encourage you too.

Rep. Trish Ladner
District 30