A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/minnesota" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Minnesota</a> Democratic state senator was arrested on Monday over an alleged burglary potentially compromising Democrat control of the state Senate. 
Police <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/22/minnesota-senator-burglary-arrest-nicole-mitchell/73419507007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> 49-year-old Sen. Nicole Mitchell on burglary charges after they were called to a home after a report of “active burglary,” according to the Detroit Lakes Police Department. Police arrested Mitchell at the home in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, at around 4:45 a.m. and she was later charged with first-degree burglary. 
Mitchell, first elected to office in 2022, was held in Becker County Jail after the arrest. The Democrat was released on her own recognizance on Tuesday after a court appearance before District Judge Gretchen Thilmony, <a href="https://www.dl-online.com/news/local/minnesota-state-sen-nicole-mitchell-makes-first-appearance-on-burglary-charge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Detroit Lakes Tribune. 
The home Mitchell was arrested in belongs to her stepmother, who now has a restraining order against her. 
The criminal complaint against Mitchell alleges that she was wearing all black and hiding in the basement of her stepmother&#8217;s home when police officers arrested her. &#8220;I was just trying to get a couple of my dad&#8217;s things because you wouldn&#8217;t talk to me anymore,&#8221; Mitchell said to her stepmother, according to the complaint, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-state-senator-nicole-mitchell-charges-burglary/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
The items she is accused of attempting to nab include pictures, a flannel shirt, and some ashes. &#8220;Clearly I&#8217;m not good at this,&#8221; Mitchell told police, according to the complaint. &#8220;I know I did something bad.&#8221;
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Democrats in Minnesota have just a one seat majority in the state Senate. A spokesman for the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Senate caucus told CBS it was &#8220;aware of the situation&#8221; involving Mitchell. 
Responding to news of the arrest, Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy said that the allegations against Mitchell were “upsetting.”
“The behavior alleged is far outside the character she has established in the Senate and in her distinguished career in the military,” she said. &#8220;We believe in due process, and Senator Mitchell has the right to a full defense of her case in court.”
Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson called on Mitchell to resign. “The public expects Legislators to meet a high standard of conduct,” he said. “As information comes out, we expect the consequences to meet the actions, both in the court of law, and in her role at the legislature.”

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Minnesota Democrat Arrested Over Alleged Burglary At Stepmom’s Home: ‘I Know I Did Something Bad’

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A Minnesota school district is hiring a new assistant superintendent who will be expected to &#8220;examine&#8221; the presence of “Whiteness.”
St. Louis Park Public Schools just outside Minneapolis <a href="https://slpschools.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=591" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> the job description for the position on the district&#8217;s job board.
The job, with a salary between $134,141 and $201,212, will focus specifically on injecting &#8220;anti-racism&#8221; into the district&#8217;s culture.
&#8220;[T]he Assistant Superintendent proactively supports the Superintendent to create and communicate anti-racist structures and systems, works to interrupt systems of oppression, and serves as a role model for culturally relevant pedagogy,&#8221; reads the job description.
The posting says the person who fills the role will be &#8220;unwaveringly committed to anti-racist actions&#8221; and will have a &#8220;clear personal commitment to advancing racial equity.&#8221;
It continues, &#8220;They prioritize their own racial equity journey and set clear expectations for themselves and others in their pursuit of racial equity goals.&#8221;
The new assistant superintendent will also &#8220;use data to adapt and sustain their efforts towards racial equity.&#8221;
&#8220;They actively listen for both spoken and unspoken racial concerns, seek multiple racial perspectives, examine the presence and role of &#8216;Whiteness&#8217; in systems and structures, and are open to feedback regarding their own racial blind spots,&#8221; the job posting reads.
Meanwhile, this person also &#8220;[f]osters joy and cultivates a culture of accountability for systemic racial equity transformation.&#8221;
Just last week, the district hired a new superintendent, Dr. Carla Hines, who appears to be focused on racial equity.
&#8220;Her educational leadership, dedication to student academic success, and vision for racial equity transformation is impressive and I&#8217;m confident she&#8217;ll lead our district with integrity and passion, advancing our strategic plan,” <a href="https://www.slpschools.org/default-board-post-page/~board/district/post/dr-hines-selected-for-st-louis-park-public-schools-superintendent" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> school board chairman Colin Cox in announcing Hines as superintendent.
The St. Louis Park district <a href="https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/minnesota/districts/st-louis-park-public-school-dist-103888" target="_blank" rel="noopener">serves</a> more than 4,500 students at nine schools. Just over half the students are white, while about 20% are black, nearly 13% are Hispanic, and the rest are mixed race, Asian, or another minority.
About 18% of students are economically disadvantaged, and 8% are still learning English.
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Only about 34% of high schoolers in the district are proficient in math, and 58% are proficient in reading. Among middle schoolers, 37% are proficient in math, and 52% are proficient in reading.
In recent years, parents in districts across the country have spoken out against critical race theory (CRT) and other race-related curriculum content they find divisive and objectionable for children.
In 2022, the Florida education board <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-judge-suspends-stop-woke-act-in-florida">banned</a> public schools from teaching CRT. Some individual districts, such as Temecula Valley Unified School District in California, have banned elements of CRT.

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Minnesota School District Hiring Superintendent To ‘Examine’ Role Of ‘Whiteness’

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A George Floyd memorial scholarship open only to “Black or African American, that is, a person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa,” students violates the Civil Rights Act, a federal complaint says.
North Central University in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has offered the scholarship since June 2020, and says on its <a href="https://www.northcentral.edu/george-floyd-scholarship-fund/george-floyd-memorial-scholarship-application/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> that the memorial scholarship “is a four-year, full-tuition scholarship awarded to one student each year based on two community recommendations and a written essay.”
William Jacobson, a Cornell Law professor who runs the conservative website Legal Insurrection and founded the Equal Protection Project, filed <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/717276341/Equal-Protection-Project-OCR-complaint-against-North-Central-University" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a complaint</a> with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights in Chicago, alleging the scholarship violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits schools from discriminating based on race.
“The George Floyd Scholarship eligibility requirements are openly racially discriminatory,” Jacobson <a href="https://www.thecollegefix.com/george-floyd-scholarship-violates-civil-rights-law-federal-complaint/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told </a>The College Fix. “Regardless of the purpose of the racial discrimination, it is wrong and unlawful.”
“NCU needs to come up with a remedial plan to compensate students shut out of the George Floyd Scholarship due to discrimination,” Jacobson added.
In addition to violating the federal Civil Rights Act, the scholarship also violates Minnesota’s Human Rights Act, Jacobson’s complaint alleges.
“Similarly, the [scholarship] defies the civil rights protections of Minnesota’s Human Rights Act, which makes it a criminal offense for an educational institution to limit access to any educational program on the basis of race,” a footnote in the complaint says.
Jacobson also told The College Fix that the Supreme Court’s decision last year on affirmative action should make clear that discriminating based on race is illegal.
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“After the Supreme Court’s decision in [Students For Fair Admissions], it is clear that discriminating on the basis of race to achieve diversity is not lawful,” Jacobson told the Fix. “As Chief Justice Roberts wrote in the majority opinion, ‘[e]liminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it.’”
In Justice Neil Gorsuch’s concurring opinion on the affirmative action ruling, he stated that it doesn’t “matter if the recipient discriminates against an individual member of a protected class with the idea that doing so might favor the interests of that class as a whole or otherwise promote equality at the group level.”
The Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-issues-landmark-ruling-on-affirmative-action-at-universities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruling</a> was based on allegations that Harvard discriminated against Asian and white students by enrolling students of other races over them, even when the Asian and white students had better test scores.

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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marco-rubio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marco Rubio</a> (R-FL) slammed President Joe Biden for starting to cave on his position on Israel, saying it&#8217;s because he is worried about losing support from anti-Semitic Democrats in swing states ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
Rubio made the remarks during a wide-ranging Sunday interview with Jonathan Karl on ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This Week&#8221; as Rubio&#8217;s name begins to be floated as a potential vice presidential pick for former President Donald Trump.
&#8220;I’ll be frank. I think the president is worried about losing Minnesota and Michigan,&#8221; Rubio said. &#8220;He&#8217;s getting a lot of pressure from the pro-Hamas wing of the Democratic Party, a lot of activists and people like that.&#8221;
&#8220;You know, he&#8217;s getting heckled at speeches. He&#8217;s hearing a lot of complaints, and so, I think he&#8217;s trying to have it both ways, still stick with Israel to some extent, but also do things that signal to these people and try to appease them,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I saw yesterday, Secretary Blinken was overseas. Protesters outside of his hotel. I saw at the State of the Union where these pro-Hamas people were trying to block the president from getting to the State of the Union. They’re under a lot of political pressure and that’s what’s happening here.&#8221;
Rubio said that it was imperative that Israel wins the war because it was not acceptable for any country to live in constant fear of Islamic terrorist attacks.
&#8220;You cannot have a country in which this threat continues to exist. They have to finish this job,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And this fighting can end tomorrow. You want a ceasefire in Gaza, it&#8217;s very simple. Hamas, just surrender. No one is calling for Hamas to surrender and lay down their arms. That would end the conflict. That would end the conflict immediately.&#8221;
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“This fighting can end tomorrow. You want a cease-fire in Gaza? It&#39;s very simple. Hamas just surrender…That would end the conflict immediately,” GOP Sen. Marco Rubio tells <a href="https://twitter.com/jonkarl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JonKarl</a>. <a href="https://t.co/lsaDteXN3y">https://t.co/lsaDteXN3y</a> <a href="https://t.co/Lv78bN5GPz">pic.twitter.com/Lv78bN5GPz</a>
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Vice President Kamala Harris will visit a Minnesota Planned Parenthood clinic, reportedly the first time a president or vice president has visited an abortion facility.
As part of her “Fight for Reproductive Freedoms” tour, which started in January to promote abortion, Harris will speak to staff at the clinic and may interact with patients, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/kamala-harris-will-visit-planned-parenthood-rcna143324?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&amp;taid=65f25daeb68d4b0001acc179&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Harris’ tour began with an event in Wisconsin on January 22, the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
“Extremists across our country continue to wage a full-on attack against hard-won, hard-fought freedoms as they push their radical policies – from banning abortion in all 50 states and criminalizing doctors, to forcing women to travel out of state in order to get the care they need,” Harris said in a statement before the tour launched. “I will continue to fight for our fundamental freedoms while bringing together those throughout America who agree that every woman should have the right to make decisions about her own body – not the government.”
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“Vice President Harris will also hold extremists accountable for proposing a national abortion ban,” a December 19 <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/12/19/vice-president-kamala-harris-launches-reproductive-freedoms-tour/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> from the White House declared.
The Biden administration has been using the issue of abortion to appeal to voters for the 2024 election. In his State of the Union address, President Biden accused, “Many of you in this Chamber and my predecessor are promising to pass a national ban on reproductive freedom. My God, what freedoms will you take away next?”
“Clearly, those bragging about overturning Roe v. Wade have no clue about the power of women in America,” Biden continued, bragging, “They found out though when reproductive freedom was on the ballot and won in 2022, 2023, and they will find out again, in 2024. If Americans send me a Congress that supports the right to choose, I promise you, I will restore Roe v. Wade as the law of the land again! “
Biden implied restoring Roe was a step in the right direction, saying, “America cannot go back. I am here tonight to show the way forward.”
After Roe was overturned, many state laws protecting unborn life went into effect in Republican-led states however leftist activists have pushed mail-order abortion pills and many corporations have decided to fund travel for their employees to go out of state for abortions.
“In the first 10 months of 2023, there were an estimated 878,000 abortions in the formal US health care system, 94% as many abortions as were provided in 2020 (930,000),” the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute <a href="https://www.guttmacher.org/news-release/2024/number-abortions-united-states-likely-be-higher-2023-2020" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in January. “Approximately 88,000 abortions have been provided in the formal health care system per month so far in 2023, so with two months of data yet to be published, it is very likely that the total number of abortions provided in 2023 will substantially exceed 2020 numbers.”

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A week after over 100,000 Democratic voters declined to cast a ballot for President Joe Biden in the Michigan primary, more than 45,000 Minnesota Democrats — nearly 20% of those who participated in the party&#8217;s Minnesota primary election on Super Tuesday — voted “uncommitted.”
With an estimated 80% of the vote counted as of Wednesday afternoon, Biden won the Minnesota Democratic primary with just over 70% of the vote, but his margin of victory was inhibited by 19% of Democrats who participated in the election voting “uncommitted,” according to <a href="https://elections2024.thehill.com/primaries/minnesota/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Decision Desk HQ</a>. Rep. Dean Phillips, a Democrat who represents Minnesota’s 3rd District, came in third behind Biden and “uncommitted” with 7.8%.
“Congratulations to Joe Biden, Uncommitted, Marianne Williamson, and Nikki Haley for demonstrating more appeal to Democratic Party loyalists than me,” Phillips <a href="https://twitter.com/deanbphillips/status/1765191271881064563?s=20">posted</a> on X on Tuesday night before suspending his campaign and endorsing Biden on Wednesday.
Like the results in Michigan a week ago, Biden’s hampered victory in Minnesota indicates a potential issue for Democrats heading into the general election as Muslim voters, a demographic that votes predominantly blue, have voiced frustration with the Biden administration’s support for Israel. Both Michigan and Minnesota have large Muslim populations, and far-Left activists have <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4507521-biden-wins-minnesota-democratic-primary/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">encouraged</a> voters to protest Biden’s stance on the Israel-Hamas war by voting “uncommitted.”
Both Minnesota and Michigan could be crucial for the president to hold onto in the 2024 election after his victories in both states helped propel him to a win in 2020 over former President Donald Trump. Biden won Minnesota by a safe margin in 2020, taking 52.4% of the vote to Trump’s 45.3%, while his win in Michigan was much closer, topping Trump by less than three percentage points.
A significant number of Democratic voters in other states also refused to support the president on Tuesday, with 88,000 Democrats—12.7% of those who went to the polls—voting “no preference” in <a href="https://elections2024.thehill.com/primaries/north-carolina/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">North Carolina</a> and 9.3% voting “no preference” in <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4510677-biden-wins-massachusetts-democratic-primary/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Massachusetts</a>.
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Besides Biden’s issues with Muslim voters, the 81-year-old president is also trying to assure voters he has the stamina for another general election campaign and four more years in office. Last month, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-calls-on-biden-to-take-cognitive-test-says-it-should-be-mandatory-for-all-presidents-or-people-wanting-to-become-president" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> on Biden to take a cognitive test, just hours after the commander-in-chief’s doctor said he was “fit to serve” following his annual physical exam.

Nearly 20% Of Minnesota Democratic Primary Voters Pick ‘Uncommitted’ Over Biden

Nearly 20% Of Minnesota Democratic Primary Voters Pick 'Uncommitted' Over Biden

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Two 27-year-old police officers and a paramedic were shot and killed in Burnsville, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis, early Sunday morning by a suspect who was killed during the shootout.
Officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge were called to a private home at roughly 2 a.m. Roughly three hours later firefighter/paramedic Adam Finseth, 40, arrived; soon after that gunfire erupted; all three were killed. Seven children between the ages of 2 to 15 were barricaded inside with the suspect, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/burnsville-incident-with-weapons-law-enforcement-responds/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Police had “spent quite a bit of time negotiating with this individual,” Superintendent Drew Evans with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension stated. Police officer Sgt. Adam Medlicott was shot but was expected to survive. At 8 a.m the suspect was reported dead.
“Several officers did return fire,” Evans said. “I will note this individual had several guns and large amounts of ammunition.”
“Today, three members of our team made the ultimate sacrifice for this community. They are heroes,” Burnsville Police Chief Tanya Schwartz said. “Every day we pray that they go home to their families. And today that&#8217;s not happening. We&#8217;re heartbroken. We are going to need time to be together. Our families need time to grieve.”
Officer Elmstrand&#8217;s wife, Cindy Elmstrand-Castruita, who had known him since kindergarten and shared their 5-month-old and 2-year-old together, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/wife-of-fallen-burnsville-police-officer-paul-elmstrand-he-had-to-do-what-he-thought-was-right/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, “He was the most generous, loving, patient person I&#8217;ve ever known. He could have a conversation with anyone and make them feel seen. He would drop everything to help someone who was in need, whether it be family, friend or someone on the street.”
“He was a very levelheaded person,” she continued. “He loved his job. He saw horrible things but never once did he say, would he come home complaining.”
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On Sunday, morning, before she had received news of her husband’s death, she received a text from a friend expressing sorrow. She said she thought it was some sort of mistake, but then, “I looked out my bedroom window and saw a squad car out there. I knew. That&#8217;s when I knew he was gone.&#8221;
“I think he just had to be the hero. He had to do what he thought was right to protect those little lives even if it meant putting his at risk and it breaks my heart because now he&#8217;s gone. But I know that he thought what he did was right,” she concluded.

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/minneapolis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Minneapolis</a> area school district says it will let families opt out of LGBT curriculum materials after several Muslim families threatened to sue.
St. Louis Park Public School District just west of Minneapolis said it will allow families to opt their kids out of reading books with LGBT themes.
Somali Muslim families had <a href="https://sahanjournal.com/education/st-louis-park-somali-families-receive-opt-outs-lgbtq-books/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">threatened</a> to sue the district, alleging that not allowing families to opt out potentially violates the Constitution and state law.
On November 2, the families&#8217; attorneys sent the district a letter explaining Islamic teachings around gender and sexuality and outlining the timeline of parents&#8217; complaints about the LGBT books.
Some of the families&#8217; elementary school children had been exposed to LGBT characters in picture books, which caused &#8220;significant confusion and distress,&#8221; the families&#8217; letter <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/st-louis-park-schools-says-parents-can-opt-students-out-of-lgbtq-books/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Back in October, several St. Louis Park elementary schools <a href="https://sahanjournal.com/education/st-louis-park-somali-families-receive-opt-outs-lgbtq-books/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> introduced a number of LGBT books, &#8220;Our Subway Baby,&#8221; which is about two men who adopt a baby, &#8220;My Shadow Is Pink,&#8221; which is about a boy who wears dresses, and “Ho’onani: Hula Warrior,” which is about a young Hawaiian girl who wants to lead a boys hula team.
Parents claimed that they had requested their children be opted out of reading these books, but two elementary school principals refused.
In a statement, the St. Louis Park district said that it has &#8220;always complied with the state law regarding parents’ statutory right to opt out of instructional materials, and we will continue to do so.&#8221;
However, classroom discussions are not subject to opt-outs because they &#8220;do not constitute instructional materials,&#8221; the district said.
The district added that it will not conduct a review &#8220;on behalf of any families or attempt to determine what materials may be considered objectionable.&#8221;
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“Opt-outs based on representation of protected classes do not uphold our values of creating safe and inclusive learning and working environments in our schools,” the statement continued. “However, because it is required within state law, any change would need to happen with the involvement of state lawmakers.”
Minnesota <a href="https://sahanjournal.com/education/st-louis-park-somali-families-receive-opt-outs-lgbtq-books/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requires</a> every school district to have a procedure for parents to review instructional materials. If a parent objects to material, the district must “make reasonable arrangements with school personnel for alternative instruction.”
The families who had complained hailed the statement as a win.
“We think this is a win for religious freedom for people of all faiths, without even having to go to court,” <a href="https://sahanjournal.com/education/st-louis-park-somali-families-receive-opt-outs-lgbtq-books/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Kayla Toney, an attorney with First Liberty Institute, which represented the families.
Hodan Hassan, a mother with four children in the district, said she was happy with the district&#8217;s move.
“We came to America for religious freedom in the Constitution, and so our kids will have a great opportunity,” Hodan <a href="https://sahanjournal.com/education/st-louis-park-somali-families-receive-opt-outs-lgbtq-books/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Sahan Journal.
“By granting us and other families the opportunity to opt out of teaching that violates our deeply held religious beliefs, families are able to raise their children according to the principle that they value the most,” the mother said.

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Minneapolis Area School District Says It Will Let Muslim Families Opt Out Of LGBT Lessons

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A parental rights organization has filed a civil rights complaint against a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/minnesota" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Minnesota</a> high school because the school has a student council exclusively for “Indigenous” students.
The complaint against the Minneapolis-area school, filed by Parents Defending Education with the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, <a href="https://defendinged.org/complaints/ocr-complaint-burnsville-high-school/">alleges</a> that Burnsville High School is violating federal civil rights laws through a student council that is only open to American Indian/Alaska Native students.
“PDE makes this complaint as an interested third-party organization with members who are parents of school children throughout the country. PDE and its members oppose discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, and political indoctrination in America’s schools. Burnsville High School is offering programming to affinity groups that is not open to all students,” a copy of the complaint obtained by The Daily Wire <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/02/OCR-_Burnsville-High-School.pdf">says</a>.
The club is <a href="https://bhs.isd191.org/activities/affinity-groups" target="_blank" rel="noopener">listed</a> on the school’s website alongside other clubs like the Black Student Union, the Muslim Student Association, and the Gender Sexuality Alliance.
“Unlike the other six affinity groups identified in the exhibits, the Indigenous Student Council (ISC) is the only group that explicitly states it is not open to the entire student body,” the complaint says. “Accordingly, we ask that the Department promptly investigate the allegations in this complaint, act swiftly to remedy unlawful policies and practices, and order appropriate relief.”
The complaint claims that the club violates the Equal Protection clause of the 14th Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which says federal funding cannot go toward racially discriminatory programming.
The Daily Wire reached out to the high school for further clarification on the nature of the council and response to the complaint.
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Caroline Moore, the vice president of Parents Defending Education, said the student council was “unabashedly unconstitutional.”
“Burnsville High School has two student councils,” Moore told The Daily Wire. “One that everyone can participate in, and another that only allows Native American students. If students cannot coexist in something as simple serving as leaders for their graduation class, where does this madness end?”
“If Minneapolis and its suburbs are any indication of where race relations in this country are going, I want no part of it. This is unabashedly unconstitutional and the DOE should conduct a thorough investigation of racial discrimination in this district immediately,” she added.
Schools across the country have faced backlash from parents who want teachers to focus on academic achievement as opposed to focusing on racial and sexual identity.

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Two offices belonging to conservative organizations were firebombed in late January, and the FBI has been assisting in finding the perpetrators.
Around 2 a.m. on January 28, at least one person broke into an office building in Golden Valley, Minnesota, and set two fires: One on the third floor and one on the first, John Hinderaker <a href="https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/02/they-firebombed-my-office.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a> at the Powerline blog. The third floor fire was set either just outside or right inside the Upper Midwest Law Center (UMLC), a <a href="https://www.umlc.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conservative legal organization</a> that has filed lawsuits battling &#8220;diversity, equity, and inclusion&#8221; discrimination and other Left-leaning causes, including a lawsuit against Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison for a law that would restrict free speech concerning election issues.
The first-floor fire was set in the hallway between the Center of the American Experiment’s offices and space leased to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/takechargemn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Take Charge</a>, another conservative organization that fights against progressive race myths.
Hinderaker, president of the Center of the American Experiment and a board member at UMLC, told The Daily Wire that while his organization is regularly “involved with things that tick off liberals,” there “wasn’t anything going on right at that moment of the preceding where you would say, ‘Uh huh. You know, that must be what it is.’”
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Hinderaker said he gave the FBI a list of categories of people who might have set the fires, including eco-terrorists, Antifa types, a public sector union, pro-Hamas terrorists, or “garden variety Libs who are really radical.” He stressed, however, that he does not have anyone in particular he believes committed the crime.
But while Hinderaker doesn’t know who set the fires, he says he&#8217;s positive the perpetrators — he believes at least two people were involved — will be caught. Hinderaker emphasized that, while many on the Right have come to distrust the FBI, the agents he has worked with are “not liberals,” and that he’s “confident that this crime is getting the full attention and resources of the bureau.&#8221;
“Now they&#8217;re gonna get caught,” he told The Daily Wire. &#8220;I&#8217;ll tell you that we&#8217;re gonna find out.&#8221;
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A camera inside the Center of the American Experiment’s offices captured one of the perpetrators put something down outside the door and leave quickly. Hinderaker believes the fire on the third floor had already been set at that time.
The person caught on camera is not recognizable, but there are also cameras on the outside of the office building facing the only road leading in that may have captured a vehicle driving up prior to the fires.
Hinderaker wanted the perpetrators to know that the fire has not stopped the work he and his organizations do. Those targeted by the fires are working remotely but continuing to do what they have always done.
Take Charge, the other group targeted, also said the fires would not impact their work.
“Regardless of the attacks, we’ll continue to educate all Americans on the truth Progressives want to keep hidden from public view,” the organization said in a statement. “We were targeted because we are a conservative black organization and we refuse to trumpet the mantra of systemic racism and march to the beat of the DEI drum.”
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Kendall Qualls, the president and founder of Take Charge, says he founded the organization to push back against false narratives such as white privilege and systemic racism.
&#8220;The racial disparities in our society are not because of systemic racism but because leaders and politicians in black community allowed the fatherless home problem to grow from 80 percent two-parent families to 80 percent fatherless homes in our lifetime,&#8221; Qualls said.
Because of the extensive fire and smoke damage, the entire office building has to be shut down for the foreseeable future, Hinderaker told The Daily Wire. The building also housed multiple small businesses, including, psychologists, chiropractors, and financial advisers. They too, have not been allowed back into the building due to the fire.
In a statement this week, Hinderaker said his organization “would be announcing a reward to any person who provides information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.”

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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) sparked calls for her removal from Congress over the weekend after she made remarks at an event in Minnesota in which she told a group of Somalis that she is advocating for Somalia — where she was born and raised during her early years — while serving in the U.S. Congress.
A three-minute <a href="https://twitter.com/ambrhodajelmi/status/1751669533171994655">video</a> clip of Omar went viral on Sunday that appears to have been translated by alleged officials from Somaliland, a breakaway region in Somalia that has claimed its independence from Somalia for decades but is <a href="https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/somaliland-horn-africas-breakaway-state">not recognized</a> by any other countries as being a sovereign state.
Omar made the remarks on Saturday while speaking at an event at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis celebrating the recent re-election of Said Abdullahi Deni as the President of the Puntland State of Somalia.
Omar&#8217;s remarks come as there have been recent tensions between Ethiopia and Somalia over Somaliland. Ethiopia <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/somalia-rejects-mediation-efforts-with-ethiopia-over-port-deal-2024-01-18/">reportedly</a> came to an agreement with Somaliland that would recognize Somaliland as a country independent from Somalia in exchange for Ethiopia, which is a landlocked country, gaining access to 12 miles of the coastline in the region through a lease agreement.
Somalia flatly rejected the agreement, saying in a statement: &#8220;There is no space for mediation unless Ethiopia retracts its illegal [memorandum of understanding] and reaffirms the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Somalia.&#8221;
According to a professional translation of Omar&#8217;s remarks acquired by The Daily Wire from an international translation service, Omar referenced the agreement between Ethiopia and Somaliland: &#8220;A few days ago, we heard the news about some people claiming to be Somalis getting into an agreement with Ethiopia.&#8221;
Omar continued:
<blockquote>I got calls from a lot of people saying, &#8220;Ilhan, you need to talk to the U.S. government; what is the government of the U.S. doing?'&#8221;My answer to their question was that the U.S. government will do what we tell them to do about it. We need to be confident in ourselves. We live in this country; it is the country that we pay tax to, and it is the country that one of your daughters is in. As long as I am in the U.S. Congress, no one will take a way in the Somali sea or water. And I will not support the U.S. government in supporting other people to rob us. Rest assured that it will not happen, Minnesota. The lady that you sent to Congress knows about you, and she feels your interest like you all do. </blockquote>
Omar thanked Somali President Hassan Sheikh for &#8220;reminding everyone that even if Somalia is in crisis, we are people of talent who know their country and whose country cannot be put in danger.&#8221;
&#8220;I want to congratulate the Somalis in Minnesota and the Somalis everywhere on how you all are united and how you all supported our President, who needs our support,&#8221; she concluded, according to the translation. &#8220;Somalia is Somalia, and Somalis are all one; we are all brothers and sisters. No one can divide our land; we are missing land, and we will search for it soon. No one will divide whatever land that we have now.&#8221;
A translation of Omar&#8217;s remarks that appeared in the video clip that went viral on social largely aligns with the translation provided to the The Daily Wire in conveying Omar&#8217;s overarching message, which is that she is advocating for her homeland from inside the U.S. Congress, and that it seems to be one of her top priorities, if not her top priority.
Omar clearly signaled that she is working in Congress to protect Somalia and make sure that &#8220;Somalia will never be in danger,&#8221; remarks that were included in the viral translation and verified by INGCO International, the service The Daily Wire contracted to perform the translation. The congresswoman asserted that Somalis love their homeland and promised that she is working &#8220;day and night to protect your interest.&#8221;
Omar responded to the viral translation in a post on her X account: &#8220;It’s not only slanted but completely off, but I wouldn’t expect more from these propagandists.&#8221;
Numerous top Republican politicians and conservative figures slammed Omar over her remarks.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis responded to the video clip: &#8220;Expel from Congress, denaturalize and deport!&#8221;
&#8220;Listen to it all,&#8221; said Donald Trump Jr. &#8220;It’s not hyperbole when we say our representatives are putting America last.&#8221;
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) responded: &#8220;Ilhan Omar’s appalling, Somalia-first comments are a slap in the face to the Minnesotans she was elected to serve and a direct violation of her oath of office. She should resign in disgrace.&#8221;
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&#8220;What if @Ilhan fought for Somalia from Somalia?&#8221; asked Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA). &#8220;Might be time to discuss expelling another member of Congress.&#8221;
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) commented in-part: &#8220;She flaunts using her position as congresswoman to protect Somalia’s border while our border is invaded by MILLIONS of illegals who are a danger to America.&#8221;
Rep. Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) posted on X: &#8220;Terrorist sympathizer Ilhan Omar has shown her true colors. Her treasonous comments and allegiance to Somalia are a violation of her oath of office. Our elected officials have a duty to our nation, and our nation only. We must be vigilant when deciding who is allowed to enter our country.&#8221;

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