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Greetings DFL Friends and Happy Almost-Spring!
Please take a quick look at events that are almost here– one is tomorrow night–then come back for reminders of other events and links that stretch into March…
URGENT ACTION ALERT for EVENTS:
Meet the Candidates for State DFL Leadership– Right here in Coon Rapids– TOMORROW, TUESDAY 2/25!
Who will follow Ken Martin? Join DFL friends for a meet and greet for the statewide DFL party candidates on
Tuesday February 25th at
Alloy Brewing Company starting at
7PM.
2700 Coon Rapids Blvd Coon Rapids, MN 55433.
This is a partnership with CD3 and we’re really excited to show all our current and potential DFL officers the energy we have in Anoka County and how much swing districts matter. Please show up and bring your enthusiasm and your questions. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
Protest Emmer and Musk at the TOWN HALL MEETING Wednesday February 26!
Town Halls are erupting all over the country. Now we have one in our backyard. Indivisible North Metro has teamed up with Indivisible Wright to set up this meeting and have invited Tom Emmer to urge him to stop supporting Musk and Trump’s illegal actions– this Wednesday night. EVEN IF EMMER DOES NOT SHOW UP, YOU CAN!
Wednesday
February 26th
6:30-8:30 pm in
Monticello.
From Indivisible:
“We have invited Rep. Emmer, who hasn’t scheduled a Town Hall during this current recess, so we’re hosting the event. He may or may not attend, but we want to pack the house so we can demonstrate we have many concerns with our federal government and want answers from our representative. Questions will be read during the event, and submitted to Rep. Emmer if he doesn’t attend. The media will also be invited so we need as many as possible to attend!
Please follow this link to register and share this with other CD6 residents:”
https://mobilize.us/s/WuXkvG
Join other DFL’ers for a relaxing Movie Night this FRIDAY Feb 28!
This will be our third Movie Night hosted by SD31 and SD35. Again, we will be gathering at the Andover Community Center in the Teem Room. We will have a potluck dinner so plan to bring a dish or dessert to share. No worries if you don’t, there is always plenty to go around.
Please sign up by Thursday, February 27th so we can get a count on the number of people to expect. Also, we do have to pay a small fee to cover the cost of renting the room and we will accept any donations if you are able to make them– but don’t worry, just be sure to show up, no strings attached!
The movie this month is titled “Stonebreakers”. It chronicles the conflicts around monuments that arose in the U.S. during the George Floyd protests and the 2020 election. As statues of Columbus, Confederates and Founding Fathers fall, a nation’s triumphalist myths are called into question. The film interrogates the link between history and political action in a nation that must confront its past now more urgently than ever.
Mobilize Link: https://mobilize.us/s/OhJpIX
What: MOVIE: Stonebreakers
Date: Friday, February 28, 2025
Time: Meet at 5:30PM for the potluck. Movie starts at 6:00PM
Location: Andover Community Center, Teem Room
15200 Hanson Blvd. NW, Andover, MN 55304
Enter using door #13 located on the NE corner of the building
Don’t forget our Weekly and Monthly SD31 Meetings:
Weekly:
DFL Coffee Break
Every Saturday in March
Starbucks in Andover Target on Bunker Lk Blvd
8:30-11:00 AM
Monthly:
SD31 DFL Social and Business Meeting
These meetings are as much about getting together for mutual support as they are for business. So please brave the elements and come out to join your friends!
6:00 pm Social / 6:30 pm call to order
Andover Community Center — TEEN ROOM for this Month only– Same room as Movie Night.
Agenda to follow
END OLIGARCHY. FIGHT FOR WORKING FAMILIES
Please follow Bernie Sanders and his “Tour to Fight Oligarchy.”
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/14/headlines/bernie_sanders_launches_national_tour_to_fight_oligarchy
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bernie-sanders-launches-tour-to-fight-oligarchy-here-s-where-he-s-going/ar-AA1yZqFX
The tour started on February 21 in Omaha, Nebraska. Sanders is looking to visit “working class” districts that former President Joe Biden won in the 2020 election, but Republican House members took in 2024.
He also spoke out on the Senate floor about oligarchs on February 11.
The Vermont senator, like many of his counterparts, described Musk’s recent actions with DOGE to “dismantle government agencies” as “illegal” and “unconstitutional.”
“In my opinion, what Musk and those around him are aggressively striving for is not novel. It is not complicated, and it is not new. It is what ruling classes throughout history have always wanted and have always believed is theirs by right: more power, more control and more wealth,” Sanders said in the almost nine-and-a-half-minute video. “They don’t want ordinary people—that’s you—and democracy getting in their way.”and more wealth,” Sanders said in the almost nine-and-a-half-minute video. “They don’t want ordinary people—that’s you—and democracy getting in their way.”
Oligarchs vs. Workers
Oligarchs:
Musk’s wealth – $402 billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth – $252 billion
Bezos’ wealth – $249 billion
Workers:
60% live paycheck to paycheck
85 million uninsured or underinsured
800k homeless
End Oligarchy. Fight for working families.
Sen. Bernie Sanders: “The oligarchs’ nightmare is that we will not allow ourselves to be divided up by race, religion, sexual orientation or country of origin, and will together have the courage to take them on.”
And keep checking our ever-changing home website,
VoteBlueMN.org
Here are some of the good things you can find there:
On our Home Page:
Keep writing to our Representatives!
Check out State-level Connections for Bahr, Niska & Scott
as well as Smith, Klobuchar, and Emmer
On our page “Posts, Blogs & Links:”
See the new post on “Why do they hate America?”– why MAGA only pretend to be patriots
Also:
Help Stop the Misnamed “SAVE” Act
Don’t Change the School Board Election timing Do Not Defund Our Communities– NO on HR- 32
On our Calendar Page: MOVIE NIGHT– Friday, February 28, 5:30 pm
Contribute to SD31-DFL and get a REFUND
The cycle has started again for 2025: Contribute whatever you can to SD31 DFL–
GET A FULL REFUND for any amount up to $75 per person.
After donating atVoteBlueMN.org, just go to this site to find, print, and fill the following document— then send it in with your receipt:
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Email Updates and Submissions
Newsletters and other Emails from SD31 DFL will typically be sent out on Monday or Tuesday, but only if there is new information or announcements that need to be sent as reminders. And more often during the lead-up to the election. If you have an item to share, please submit it by noon on Friday to info@VoteBlueMN.org
We also welcome longer items for our website if you have articles, blogs, or letters that you would like to share! Check the site out at VoteBlueMN.org.
As always, Thanks for your efforts and PLEASE stay connected as we figure out next steps.
SD31 Communications
info@VoteBlueMN.org
Our Core Values:
A Good Economy for Working Families
Fighting Hatred and Racism
Liberty and Justice for ALL
Including Health Care, Women’s rights and reproductive freedom
Taking care of our Home– the Earth
Our Moral Guideposts:
Love Your Neighbor
Truth, Justice and Compassion
Non-Violence
Showing up to Do Your Part
And because they seem to have forgotten:
The Constitution of the United States of America!