Elections stuff

- Here is a voter guide from Twin Cities Daily Planet. It has extensive information on elections for Hennepin and Ramsey counties, like commissioner, sheriff, etc.

- In the “I hope so, and it makes sense, but we’ll see” category, “Trump’s Immigration Stunts Are Driving Progressive Voter Turnout” here.

- Ditto for “Great News. Washington Post poll shows Baby Boomers and Silent Gen. turning on GOP!” here.

- Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN) is one of the Wall Street Flunkies website's “Bankers’ Dozen.” Considering that we’re talking about just 13 people out of the entire U.S. Congress, I suppose it could be heralded as a significant achievement for him. If you click on his portrait, the article is comprehensive and damning.

When it comes to the issues that matter to Wall Street, Paulsen has consistently ignored not only the interests but the clearly expressed will of the people he is sworn to represent. Ten years after the financial crisis, the great majority of voters—across lines of geography and political party—voice their support for existing regulations and say they would like to see the rules governing Wall Street and the financial world made made tougher. Yet in all the actions described here, Rep. Paulsen has not once called for stronger rather than weaker regulation of banks, lenders, and other financial entities.