Dale Carnegie (bio here, unrelated to the steel magnate) was a self-improvement guru who’s famous for his 1936 book, How to Win Friends & Influence People. The title is self-explanatory, and the book is still popular (get it here). South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem either didn’t read the[...]
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How’s this campaign slogan?
BLOCKHEAD FOR GOVERNOR VICE PRESIDENT Hey that wasn’t my idea. To skip the partisan stuff, I’m gonna pretend I’m a campaign consultant who’ll work for a candidate of any party. (“Gun for hire” doesn’t work well in this context, for reasons you’ll soon [...]
May 3rd, 2024 - 8:14 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Is Kristi Noem a serial critter killer?
I know that’s a harsh thing to say, but an op-ed (here) by South Dakota Searchlight editor Seth Tupper raises the prospect. He says while everyone’s focused her dog’s fate, “If you really want to understand Kristi Noem, you need to consider the goat.” After Noem made th[...]
Republicans impeach GOP attorney general who killed a man and reported hitting a deer
Might a GOP-controlled legislature actually hold a fellow Republican accountable for gross behavior? Jason Ravensborg is a piece of work. Ravnsborg, South Dakota’s attorney general, killed a man walking along a road with a flashlight on September 12, 2020. Ravnsborg already had a rap sheet of [...]
March 29th, 2022 - 1:42 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
GOP legislators won’t impeach GOP attorney general who killed a man and thought he hit a deer
South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg, a Republican, killed a man walking on a road Saturday night, September 12, 2020, while driving home from a fundraiser, apparently scrolling through his phone instead of watching the road. Ravnsborg left the scene, called police. and reported hitting a �[...]
September 28th, 2021 - 8:11 pm § in Politics
To South Dakota’s GOP governor, blood is thicker than ethics
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (photo, left), who wants to be president, is embroiled in a corruption scandal. “Just days after a South Dakota agency moved to deny her daughter’s application to become a certified real estate appraiser, Gov. Kristi Noem summoned to her office the state employe[...]
September 17th, 2021 - 11:58 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Update: South Dakota’s AG problem
One Saturday night in September 2020, texting-while-driving on his way home from a fundraiser, South Dakota’s attorney general veered off the highway and killed a pedestrian. He drove off, and the next day reported to police he’d hit a deer. (See details here.) There was a big hole in hi[...]
August 25th, 2021 - 8:25 am § in Politics
GOP attorney general killed a man and reported hitting a deer
Update (8/25/21): Ravnsborg will plead guilty to misdemeanor traffic violations, NBC News reports (story here). South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg, a Republican (of course), killed a man walking on a road Saturday night, September 12, 2020, while returning home from a fundraiser. He calle[...]
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem isn’t as stupid as she looks
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is a staunch defender of the right-to-die from Covid-19. On the surface, this looks bad. But when you take some time to think about it, her policies make perfect sense from her state’s point of view: South Dakotans don’t need to wear masks. Their houses are 5 mi[...]
America’s FreeDUMBest states
… are, hands down, the Dakotas — America’s most intransigent mask and social distancing holdouts. (Source of charts here; mask mandate map here.) Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]