@robport
Reporter and columnist for the Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. Host of the Plain Talk podcast. Husband, dad, baseball nerd, and proud North Dakotan. My writing--> https://www.inforum.com/rob-port My podcast --> https://www.youtube.com/@PlainTalkND
DOGE and other types of federal chaos did not improve the federal deficit in a meaningful way. It did contribute mightily to a lot of local harm.
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The Republican candidates who earn your votes on the ballot represent the people.
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Former lawmaker a thrice-failed statewide candidate Rick Becker is upset that he gets too much criticism, but it’s more like he’s a child saying “look at me,” only to turn around and claim that people are obsessed with him when the attention he gets isn’t what he wants.
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Sen. Kevin Cramer is defending former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, despite clear evidence that she did a poor job implementing bad policy and was fired as a scapegoat for the latter.
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Sometimes politicians focus on their critics in the media as opposed to making their case to the voters. That never works. You can’t beat someone who isn’t on the ballot.
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On this Plain Talk, Chad Oban and I talk about Senator Kevin Cramer strange decision to go to the mattresses for disgraced former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Also, did the Trump administration's aggressive use of ICE in Minnesota bail Democrats out from Gov. Tim Walzs's fraud fiasco?
Through laziness and incompetence, the Fargo Police Department harmed and humiliated a Tennessee grandmother. There must be accountability for that.
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It’s hard for any political party to recruit candidates for the legislature. In North Dakota, where the winds are at the backs of Republicans, it’s especially hard for Democrats. Which makes the success the Dems are having recruiting candidates so remarkable.
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The populist wing of the North Dakota Republican Party has fought for years to drive out traditionally conservative Republicans. Now they’ve got their way, and they’re the only ones left in the room. But is that what they really wanted?
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Jason Thoms, a candidate for the North Dakota House of Representatives in Bismarck-area District 7, talks about his wife’s suicide, and the importance of “breaking the silence” on mental health.
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On this Plain Talk, leg candidate Jason Thoms talks the importance of music education and shares his deeply personal connection to mental health and suicide. Also, we discuss how the NDGOP lost its candidates. Click to listen!
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At their state convention in Bismarck, the Democrats were focused farming, trade, and honest political leadership.
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Who is the North Dakota Republican Party? We're about to find out.
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The development comes after years of rancor between the party's traditionally conservative members and a populist faction now in control of party leadership.
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It's important that the voters see this.
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Some reflections after a decade of working with some wonderful people at Forum Communications Company.
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This is a livelier Democratic-NPL than we've seen in some time.
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Now Noem is gone, and everybody is talking about the ad contract, her odd relationship with Corey Lewandowski and other scandals that didn't amount to a hill of beans until Trump needed a scapegoat.
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The public has a right to access court records, says incoming ND Supreme Court Justice Mark Friese, but that has to be balanced with protecting them from companies who exploit public information to harass and exploit the public.
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Mark Friese, recently appointed to the North Dakota Supreme Court, says elected judges are accountable to the public, but that might also mean they’re unwilling to issue unpopular rulings.
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On this Plain Talk, we interview new ND Supreme Court Justice Mark Friese. Also, the upcoming North Dakota Democratic-NPL and North Dakota Republican Party state conventions, as well as the latter's proposed rule to punish disloay members.
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President Donald Trump took us to war without authorization from Congress. Now Sen. Kevin Cramer says we can't debate war powers during the war.
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It's a good question. This same group would also like to do away with our primary, so that the only way to get on the ballot would be through the endorsement of party insiders through the convention process.
