DAILYCALLER (Ashley Brasfield) - Peggy Flanagan Defeats Angie Craig In Minnesota Democratic Senate Primary
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AXIOS (Nick Halter) - Melissa and Mark Hortman's killer gets consecutive life sentences
Vance Boelter, the man who dressed up like a police officer and killed former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark last summer , was given two life sentences followed by 40 years in prison by a federal judge Thursday. The big picture: The sentence puts Boelter behind bars without a possibility of parole and brings some resolution to a politically motivated crime that rocked Minnesota. Catch up quick: Boelter, 58, pleaded guilty in June as part of a deal with U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen to avoid the death penalty , Rosen said. - Boelter, who was targeting a long list of Democrats, apologized before the sentencing. - "To every person I have caused loss, pain, heartache, confusion, sadness, shame, or loneliness, I am…
THEFEDERALIST (Chris Bray) - The Fight Against Blue State Fraud Is Probably Going Better Than It Seems
If you’ve been following the news this week, it might look like we’re losing the fight against the kind of fraud you remember from Nick Shirley’s visit to that government-funded Quality Learing Center. In Minnesota, two remarkable sentences delivered by the same federal judge in the “Feeding the Future” scandal make stealing from the government […]
THEFEDERALIST (M.D. Kittle) - Minnesota GOP Is Right To Run On Dem Fraud And Chaos This Election Year
The GOP is painting the ruling DFL as a party of fraud and lawlessness. If facts matter, Republicans will be back in power in the blue state.