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Betty Deberg is one of the Democratic leaders across South Dakota we're highlighting as part of our Faces of SD series. Thanks for all you do, Betty!
January 16, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Betty Deberg is one of the Democratic leaders across South Dakota we're highlighting as part of our Faces of SD series. Thanks for all you do, Betty!
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Trump wants to hijack the midterm elections. So, SD Secretary of State Monae Johnson gave him your private voter information, like SSNs.
That's a violation of federal law, Secretary Johnson.
That's why the DNC is fighting back.
That's a violation of federal law, Secretary Johnson.
That's why the DNC is fighting back.
DNC threatens South Dakota over voter data sharing with Trump administration
Democrats say cooperation with DOJ by Secretary of State violates National Voter Registration Act
www.thedakotascout.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Trump wants to hijack the midterm elections. So, SD Secretary of State Monae Johnson gave him your private voter information, like SSNs.
That's a violation of federal law, Secretary Johnson.
That's why the DNC is fighting back.
That's a violation of federal law, Secretary Johnson.
That's why the DNC is fighting back.
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"No longer should we think about our political process as settling for the lesser of two evils. We can demand a greater good.
And in doing so, we can make City Hall a place from which New Yorkers expect change, not failure."
And in doing so, we can make City Hall a place from which New Yorkers expect change, not failure."
October 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
"No longer should we think about our political process as settling for the lesser of two evils. We can demand a greater good.
And in doing so, we can make City Hall a place from which New Yorkers expect change, not failure."
And in doing so, we can make City Hall a place from which New Yorkers expect change, not failure."
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Kimmel: "The President of the United States made it very clear he wants to see me and the hundreds of people who work here fired from our jobs. Our leader celebrates Americans losing their livelihoods because he cannot take a joke."
September 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Kimmel: "The President of the United States made it very clear he wants to see me and the hundreds of people who work here fired from our jobs. Our leader celebrates Americans losing their livelihoods because he cannot take a joke."
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Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
September 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
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How about that.
September 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
How about that.
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More than 445,000 federal employees saw their union protections disappear in August, as agencies moved to comply with an executive order President Trump signed earlier this year that called for ignoring collective bargaining contracts with nearly one million workers.
Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights
The president, who has targeted collective bargaining contracts for nearly one million government employees, has said their functions touch on national security.
nyti.ms
September 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
More than 445,000 federal employees saw their union protections disappear in August, as agencies moved to comply with an executive order President Trump signed earlier this year that called for ignoring collective bargaining contracts with nearly one million workers.
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A barrage of Russian missiles and drones killed at least 15 people in Ukraine’s capital, including four children, on Thursday, officials said. The attack was the largest on Kyiv since President Trump’s summit in Alaska with President Vladimir Putin of Russia nearly two weeks ago. nyti.ms/4g0SJf9
August 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A barrage of Russian missiles and drones killed at least 15 people in Ukraine’s capital, including four children, on Thursday, officials said. The attack was the largest on Kyiv since President Trump’s summit in Alaska with President Vladimir Putin of Russia nearly two weeks ago. nyti.ms/4g0SJf9
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“This is about the President of the United States and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.” – Gov. J.B. Pritzker
August 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
“This is about the President of the United States and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.” – Gov. J.B. Pritzker
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If you aren’t uncomfortable learning our country’s history, you are learning propaganda.
August 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
If you aren’t uncomfortable learning our country’s history, you are learning propaganda.
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Truly being “pro-family” means ensuring access and cost of care - including IVF - never stands in the way of someone choosing to start or grow their family.
Trump breaking his promise about something as important as this might not be surprising, but it is cruel.
Trump breaking his promise about something as important as this might not be surprising, but it is cruel.
August 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Truly being “pro-family” means ensuring access and cost of care - including IVF - never stands in the way of someone choosing to start or grow their family.
Trump breaking his promise about something as important as this might not be surprising, but it is cruel.
Trump breaking his promise about something as important as this might not be surprising, but it is cruel.
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The Phelans ran the only bookstore in Vermillion, South Dakota.
But after the state passed a measure preventing transgender young people like their daughter from using girls’ bathrooms, they sold it and moved away.
But after the state passed a measure preventing transgender young people like their daughter from using girls’ bathrooms, they sold it and moved away.
A family opened a town’s first bookstore. A bathroom bill is driving them away.
The Phelans ran the only bookstore in Vermillion, South Dakota. They sold it and moved after a new law would’ve required their daughter to use a boy’s bathroom.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Phelans ran the only bookstore in Vermillion, South Dakota.
But after the state passed a measure preventing transgender young people like their daughter from using girls’ bathrooms, they sold it and moved away.
But after the state passed a measure preventing transgender young people like their daughter from using girls’ bathrooms, they sold it and moved away.
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Jeffrey Epstein took the fifth about Donald Trump. What else do you need to know?
August 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Jeffrey Epstein took the fifth about Donald Trump. What else do you need to know?
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17 million people might lose their healthcare but at least your tax dollars will be going to good use in other very, very important ways.
July 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
17 million people might lose their healthcare but at least your tax dollars will be going to good use in other very, very important ways.
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RFK Jr. plans to fire all 16 members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force calling them too “woke”. The panel sets free coverage rules for cancer screenings & more. A key meeting was quietly canceled.
Kennedy to oust care task force, WSJ reports; HHS says no decision yet
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to remove all the members of an advisory panel that determines what cancer screenings and other preventive health measures insurers must cover, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
www.reuters.com
July 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
RFK Jr. plans to fire all 16 members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force calling them too “woke”. The panel sets free coverage rules for cancer screenings & more. A key meeting was quietly canceled.
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For months, Leader John Thune, Senator Mike Rounds and Rep. Dusty Johnson have been hiding from their constituents. But Democrats have held 130+ town halls all over the country including 7 in South Dakota. Your voice deserves to be heard.
#townhall #Democrats #SouthDakota
#townhall #Democrats #SouthDakota
July 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
For months, Leader John Thune, Senator Mike Rounds and Rep. Dusty Johnson have been hiding from their constituents. But Democrats have held 130+ town halls all over the country including 7 in South Dakota. Your voice deserves to be heard.
#townhall #Democrats #SouthDakota
#townhall #Democrats #SouthDakota
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A new report by Human Rights Watch and partner nonprofits released today confirms that migrants at the downtown Miami ICE facility were indeed shackled with hands tied behind their backs, forced to kneel, and made to eat from styrofoam plates “like dogs.”
“You Feel Like Your Life is Over”
The 92-page report, “‘You Feel Like Your Life is Over’: Abusive Practices at Three Florida Immigration Detention Centers Since January 2025,” documents that people detained at Krome North Service Proc...
www.hrw.org
July 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A new report by Human Rights Watch and partner nonprofits released today confirms that migrants at the downtown Miami ICE facility were indeed shackled with hands tied behind their backs, forced to kneel, and made to eat from styrofoam plates “like dogs.”
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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz after touring "Alligator Alcatraz": "These detainees are living in cages. The pictures you've seen don't do it just. They are essentially packed into cages. 34 detainees per cage...they get their drinking water & they brush their teeth where they poop, in the same unit"
July 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz after touring "Alligator Alcatraz": "These detainees are living in cages. The pictures you've seen don't do it just. They are essentially packed into cages. 34 detainees per cage...they get their drinking water & they brush their teeth where they poop, in the same unit"
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We want ICE out of our Hospitals.
July 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We want ICE out of our Hospitals.
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There were a lot of folks here insisting yesterday that weather service cuts had no impact on Texas flood deaths. There’s zero way you can draw conclusions like hours later. Important follow up here. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
There were a lot of folks here insisting yesterday that weather service cuts had no impact on Texas flood deaths. There’s zero way you can draw conclusions like hours later. Important follow up here. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
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Rep. Joaquin Castro on Texas floods: "I don't think it's helpful to have missing key personnel from the National Weather Service not in place to help prevent these tragedies."
July 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Rep. Joaquin Castro on Texas floods: "I don't think it's helpful to have missing key personnel from the National Weather Service not in place to help prevent these tragedies."