South Dakota | September 16, 2021
If President Biden mandates vaccines, South Dakota will see him in court
South Dakota | September 16, 2021
I’d encourage Americans to get vaccinated, as I did. But that choice is theirs to make – not the federal government’s to make for them.
Last week, President Joe Biden claimed “this is not about freedom or personal choice” regarding COVID-19 vaccinations. The value of personal responsibility far outweighs government mandates, especially as we learn more about COVID-19, the vaccine and therapeutic treatment options. The Constitution grants public health authority to the states. We will not be mandating COVID-19 vaccinations in South Dakota. The Biden administration has no business forcing vaccinations on the American people through executive decree or rule. Biden has no constitutional authority to do so. The case law cited by those supporting Biden’s actions does not defend what he is doing. Those cases are based on state and local public health powers. That’s a key distinction. Under the 10th Amendment, public health is left to the states: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”.. (Excerpts from the USA TODAY)
South Dakota | August 15, 2021
Lindell’s team alleges symposium attendees’ phones, laptops, information targeted
South Dakota | August 15, 2021
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell said Thursday that his team has identified attacks targeting attendees of his three-day Cyber Symposium and has received “credible” information that “there was a poison pill inserted in the data.”
Phil Waldron, the head of the “red team” hired by Mr. Lindell to interrogate the data Mr. Lindell presented at the symposium, which he said would prove his claim that the 2020 election was hacked by China, said he had begun identifying threats in the weeks leading up to the symposium.
“The big end game is to discredit all of the legislators who have had the courage to be here to listen,” Mr. Waldron said… (Excerpts from the Washington Times)
South Dakota | August 13, 2021
LINDELL CYBER SYMPOSIUM: State Legislators Announce Creation of Election Integrity Caucus
South Dakota | August 13, 2021
On August 12, the final day of Mike Lindell’s Cyber Symposium in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, a group of state legislators announced the formation of an Election Integrity Caucus. Led by Virginia State Senator Amanda Chase, who was joined by a dozen legislators from New Hampshire to Arizona, the group plans to meet once a month to collaborate with one another and complement individual strengths to bring back honest and open free elections in all 50 states… (Excerpts from the New American)
South Dakota | August 11, 2021
Mike Lindell’s 2020 election symposium delayed by ‘hacked’ livestream
South Dakota | August 11, 2021
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell said his website, Frank Speech, was hacked Tuesday morning, temporarily interrupting the livestream of his Cyber Symposium on how Chinese hackers defrauded the 2020 presidential election.
Mr. Lindell says he has 37 terabytes of “irrefutable” evidence that hackers, who he said were backed by China, broke into election systems and switched votes to support President Biden, which he plans to present at the event. “We’ve been attacked, they attacked,” Mr. Lindell told the in-person attendees in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. “We have backup. We’re going to be up and running. But I’m going to wait to run that live[stream] to start because everyone’s gonna see everything we got.” Mr. Lindell did not say who was responsible for the hack…. (Excerpts from Washington Times)
South Dakota | July 8, 2021
Devastating Situation’: South Dakota Governor Sends More Troops to Border
South Dakota | July 8, 2021
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem announced additional state National Guard members will be sent to the U.S.–Mexico border to assist immigration enforcement efforts.
The deployment, she said, would add 75 members to the 50-strong troops that are deployed there. Noem, a Republican, is one of several governors who have sent law enforcement or National Guard members to the border following a request from the governments of Arizona and Texas for assistance, although Noem said they are being sent to the border at the request of the federal government.
“Our South Dakota National Guard is the very best in the country, and they are prepared for the sustained response the national security crisis at our southern border requires,” Noem said in a statement Wednesday. “I am hopeful that this mission indicates the Biden administration is waking up to the devastating situation at the border.”
The Guard members will be deployed to the border for up to 9 or 12 months, according to her office….
(Excerpts from the Epoch Times)
California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont | June 2, 2021
Red States Top Those with Lowest Unemployment Rates
California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont | June 2, 2021
by Bethany Blankley
Republican-led states and Vermont reported the lowest unemployment rates in April, according to a new report by the U.S. Commerce Department. States led by Democratic governors recorded the highest jobless rates, according to the report.
Unemployment rates were lower in April in 12 states and the District of Columbia and stable in 38 states, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
States with the highest unemployment rates in April were Hawaii (8.5%), California (8.3%), New Mexico and New York (both at 8.2%), and Connecticut (8.1%). All five states with the highest unemployment are run by Democratic trifectas, meaning Democrats control the governor’s office and both houses of the state legislature.
The four states with the lowest jobless rates in April were all run by Republican trifectas: Nebraska, New Hampshire, South Dakota and Utah, with 2.8% each. Vermont, with a Republican governor and a Democratic-controlled state House and Senate, ranked fifth-best with an unemployment rate of 2.9%.
Overall, 31 states had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. national average of 6.1%. The majority – 26 – are Republican-led states. Of the 19 states and the District of Columbia with jobless rates higher than the national average, 14 are led by Democrats…
(Excerpts from the Tennessee Star)