South Dakota Democrats had a presser this AM that they live-streamed to make a big announcement:
So you don’t have to try to get the time back in your life, I took one for the team, as Democrat activist & former Minnehaha Dem chair Nikki Gronli droned on for far too long (8-10 min?) complaining about Trump and Musk, and Trump again until she got to the damn point: She and Julian Beaudoin are apparently hosting listening meetings across the state.
And once they are done? They are going to write a report and give it to our Congressional delegation. I’m sure it will be a strongly worded report. And there might be bullet points in it. I would also expect a chart and that they use the best comb binding they can find, unless it’s a long report. Then they will put it in a binder.
This was worth a press conference? I think they could have covered that in a press release. And not necessarily a long one.
Certainly, not as long as it took them to get to the point.
HA HA! Typical!
As Rush used to say, “Symbolism over substance.”
The Democrats have money in the bank, they have a game plan to hear concerns and court better candidates, so you keep telling yourself they’re stupid and Trump makes you all geniuses. I bet their plan counts on you continuing to act like you do too.
Based on this post, ya dems are stupid.
Excellent. Yes more of that please lol
Ok moron, you asked for more. Try not to completely lose your mind when Trump is proven to be right.
“Right” and “successful” are vastly different things. I think Trump will succeed at what he’s trying to do. “Right,” well… Please keep us all informed as only you can lol
How are those town halls going? I guess the Dems are going to actually show up. Let’s see if they do anything. While the Repubs don’t show up to listen and then don’t do anything while the oligarchy steal your 401ks.
It would be easy to predict that local Freedom Caucus types could show up and read their old Fox laundry lists of jokes about Sleepy Joe and Kackles, maybe do some of that Fox commentator Democrat sex pantomime and whatnot. It could be entertaining.
Is the sky falling?
We are a one-party state. Dems are as irrelevant here as Libertarians, Greens and commies.
Yes! A One party state has worked out very well for us.
Libertarians, led by grudznick’s good friend Bob and close personal friend Lar and that young Mr. Oakes fellow, are on the comeback. grudznick, myownself, was once nearly a candidate for Lt. Governor on the Libertarian ticket but they left me off at the convention. I am still a little peeved about that.
Grudz It is doubtful an old close and personal friend you had will be going anywhere anymore.
Lar has finally settled into his new home in Las Vegas, NM. About the only thing he does these days with his 1 hour of daily Internet access is copy and paste old phrases in social media he saved long ago. An orderly helps poor old Lar.
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas and Lar is staying in Vegas at the New Mexico Behavioral Institute. https://www.nmhealth.org/about/ofm/ltcf/nmbhi/
Larry (Lar) Kurtz has long been banned from the SDWC and other web sites for his profanity, misogyny, bigotry and other hate speech
Unbelievable. Nobody should go to their press conferences when they’re a massive waste of time. SDDP needs to learn not to cry wolf.
So when can they cry wolf? When a single person takes a booming economy and causes a recession? When the admin deports a legal citizen to a foreign concentration camp and try to tell a judge they shouldn’t have to get him back? Im just curious, when?
You mean like Russia, Russia, Russia? You mean like Hunter’s laptop is Russian disinformation? You mean like Trump is a dictator, he’s going to nullify the Constitution, he’s going to eliminate all elections forever, he’s going to jail his political opponents starting on day one? You mean like Trump can’t win an election unless he cheats? You mean like Trump won’t hire a woman unless he’s related to her? You mean like all those instances of “crying wolf?”
Wow Anon 5:16 makes a great Democrat!
One party rule has brought us:
* A personal SD taxpayer funded spending spree for personal gain by a former Governor.
* Numerous scandals and misuse of taxpayer funds.
* Legislators who because they have an R behind their name fearing zero consequences can represent one district and live in another district or state.
* Wacky legislators with an R also behind their names in the supermajority that want to legislate our national guard to shoot down military and civilian aircraft over SD airspace because they believe in chemtrails. That conspiracy theory has debunked over and over.
* Last session wacky R legislators tried to remove fluoridation from our municipal public water supplies, opt out or ban vaccinations. Again all debunked conspiracies.
* Last session led by wacky R legislators finding yet another solutions to problems that do not exist will end up with a law where we have genital and paperwork inspectors at all state owned plus affiliated facilities. It will be illegal to selectively enforce due to lawsuits so it will need to be enforced everywhere and every time. Cost to taxpayers? Bill prime sponsor was unable nor cared about that in her fiscal note but the South Dakota Office or Risk Management testified it was going to be expensive!
* Last session wacky legislators with an R behind their names wanted to jail librarians, attacked school counselors and pushed the public taxpayer funded for private school scam which would of decimated our public school systems and cost SD taxpayers a substantial amount of tax increases which has been a bottomless pit with poor results in other states.
* We could go on but the 100th legislative session was an absolute Sh**Show going down as the worst in state history. Very little productivity to show for it that helped everyday South Dakotans.
We desperately need a counter balancing opposition party completely separate from the super majority party to regain focus on real issues facing our state.
This.
And yet despite all the ills you have listed, most dumocrats are still worse candidates than any of these sitting reps, as demonstrated by no dumocrats getting elected.
Yeah. How’s your 401k? Or are you one of those hypocrites who fled to cash out of a nagging fear that your Orange Majesty’s amateur hour economic conspiracy theories would cause the markets to crash and burn?
I hope you enjoy a great retirement along with your awesome tinfoil hat Christian Taliban legislative crusaders who have infested the state Capitol.
My 401 is just fine. I even took the opportunity to by stocks that dipped, and sure as hell, those stocks regained what they lost. Woo hoo! And yes I am enjoying my retirement.
And in typical liberal form you launch angry personal attacks. Might I suggest you make a mental health visit? The stress of being liberal appears to be wearing on you. I think I’ll sit on my deck and watch the market begin it’s recovery.
On the internet, no one knows you’re a dog.
On the internet, everyone can see you’re stupid.
To be clear then – you’re most likely lying about your 401k and your savvy stock skills. We don’t know or care.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single town hall.
My money is on Gronli for U.S. House and Beaudoin for U.S. Senate in 2026
Gee whiz Pat. At least the “Dumocrats” are willing to hold in-person town halls and speak directly to — and hear directly from — voters in communities where R’s outnumber D’s by a wide margin. Why on earth would you belittle such a plan? All three of our current delegation have received thousands of requests from voters of both parties for in-person, unscripted town halls to explain their support for the unprovoked trade war that crashed the economy, for destroying our alliances with Canada and NATO, for decimating critical government services provided by HHS, FEMA, USPS, the VA, National Park Service, Social Security, USDA, BIA, education, libraries museums, Medicaid, food assistance, Meals on Wheels, Head Start, etc etc etc. Since the wholesale chainsaw-style gutting of most federal agencies and services needed by American citizens is undefensible, I guess it’s not surprising that the Three Musketeers are hiding out and unwilling to engage directly with their constituents. Sad!
Try to get ahold of a person in Thine’s office. Try to get past the automation. It’s infuriating. Our federal officers are completely unresponsive to us. I wont support turds like Doeden, but Im seriously considering voting for a dem or independent. The absolute refusal of our federal officers to be answerable to South Dakotans is wearing damn thin.
So,…..the voters elect people to go represent them in Washington, DC. They go to Washington DC. They attend committee meetings, vote, do all that stuff they were elected to do, and now you are complaining because they are not here in South Dakota. They were elected to leave the state and represent us in Washington DC; they were not elected to stay here in South Dakota and hold meetings..
Do you have some sort of comprehension problem?
Do you have a problem understanding what an elected representative does? Or that they take these things called “recesses” which are designed to allow them to return to their constituents and meet with them?
Or zoom meetings. No such thing as technology?
Dusty does tele-town halls frequently. I get email notifications about them, don’t you?
The “Dumocrat” comment was not mine, but if you look at the revised article, Dusty Johnson’s office responded.
Johnson’s office sent a statement: “Dusty’s commitment to town halls has earned him the ‘Most Accessible’ award from the Congressional Management Foundation. Since taking office, Dusty has held more than 100 town halls, including recent in-person town halls at senior living facilities, workplaces, and community organization forums. He also hosts monthly telephone townhalls which allow thousands of constituents to participate – which is a much higher attendance than in-person events could gather.”
Pat, don’t point out facts to dems that shows they are wrong. It makes them angry.
So he’s coming to one. Good.
Gronli did less than nothing while at USDA Rural Development. Now she thinks she can change the world with a whistle stop tour of complaints and no solutions. This is all a ploy to get her name out there leading up to a failed run for congress, plain and simple. No new ideas, just a big bag full of wind.
I’ll save them time. Knock it off with identity politics and maybe make an effort to relate to the people whom you want to represent. Offer solutions instead of petty complaints.
MAGA is consumed with identity politics way more than the Dems ever were.
Delusional….
Yeah MAGA’s delusional too. Thanks for the reminder.