Minnesota legislators are considering abandoning parental control over social media content their children view and handing that responsibility over to the State of Minnesota and the state’s attorney general, Keith Ellison. Tossing aside First Amendment concerns, HF 3724 will enact a mandate that pretends to be protecting children from harmful Internet content. Instead, its clumsy approach …
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Minnesota legislators are considering a $1,000 fine on unruly youth sports attendees. A proposal to impose civil penalties on people who disrupt kids’ sports events has some bipartisan support.” According to the Star Tribune, Rep. John Huot’s proposal would require people to pay a civil fine, rather than a criminal one, if they interfere with a game by stepping onto the field, throw …
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Political prognosticators are predicting that the historical headwinds facing Democrats in Congress will translate into races further down ballot. Specifically, according to a new analysis from Ballotpedia, they found “that over the past century “Democratic presidents have seen their party lose an average of 388 state legislative seats in their first midterm elections. Republican presidents …
