Happy Hour in the Heartland: Recent Episodes
Happy Hour in the Heartland
The former CEO of Equifax, Richard Smith, had a tough week. Smith faced Congress to explain how in the world 145 million Americans’ personal information was compromised on his watch. His answer, blame it on one guy who was supposed to update software. U.S. Senator Al Franken was unimpressed with the answer and joined me […]
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Former U.S. Attorney for North Dakota, Tim Purdon, joined me on “Afternoons Live” to break down the bombshell report that Donald Trump’s former campaign chair, Paul Manafort, was under surveillance. According to multiple sources, Paul Manafort was the subject of a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant in 2014 and again in the later part […]
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Brandon Delvo Brandon Delvo sat down to visit with me at Tapps Lounge in Jamestown, North Dakota. I wanted to get his take on veteran issues, agriculture policy, and his experience running for elected office in North Western North Dakota. An Iraq war veteran, Delvo has been an outspoken supporter of making sure he and […]
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Josh Swanson Josh Swanson a.k.a. “Swanny” joined me at Bar 9 in West Fargo for the return of Happy Hour in the Heartland. Swanson is an Attorney at Vogel Law Firm where he focuses on energy and natural resource law, business law, property law and land use. He has been at the practice since 2011 and […]
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Over the weekend, I visited with former U.S. Attorney Tim Purdon about the state’s process to pipeline siting in North Dakota. Specifically, we focused on the Dakota Access Pipeline siting and protest. Purdon is now a partner at Robins Kaplan LLP and Co-Chair of American Indian Law and Policy Group. Earlier in April, he delivered a speech […]
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Efforts to combat human trafficking have taken a more visible role in public policy discussions over the passed few years. U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp has been a strong leader in this anti-trafficking effort, holding numerous roundtables across the state and sponsoring federal legislation to combat this horrendous industry. However, federal efforts alone will not stomp […]
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(The following was submitted as a guest post by Perry Miller of Wahpeton, ND. Miller expands on a conversation we had when he was a guest on “Happy Hour in the Heartland”. The audio of that podcast can be heard above.) Why do people belong to political parties? Is it because our parents did? Our […]
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Perry Miller I joined Perry Miller for happy hour in Wahpeton, ND. We couldn’t find the right atmosphere to suit our needs, so we went to his basement bar, turned on some tunes, and talked about politics. I challenge you to find a better happy hour special than free beer at Miller’s “Red Dog Bar.” […]
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Mac Schneider (Episode 1) Our first guest on Happy Hour in the Heartland is Mac Schneider. Schneider was the Senate Minority Leader in the North Dakota Senate. Like myself, he lost his bid for reelection in 2016. We sat down and visited over a beer at Duffy’s Tavern in downtown Fargo. Why Duffy’s? Because five […]
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Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of visiting with Sally Boynton Brown. Sally is currently the Executive Director of the Democratic Party in Idaho. In December, she announced her candidacy to be the next Chair of the Democratic National Committee. Sally reached out to me after I published an Open Letter to the Democratic […]
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