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#LetterToTheEditor
#Rochester #PostBulletin
Jan 31 2026

Writer probably did not know about #RepFinstad's #StPeter constituent who was confronted by armed #ICE agents on Jan 30 otherwise that would have been mentioned also

#FinstadFails
#TimeForChange in #MN01

www.postbulletin.com/opinion/lett...
Letter: Finstad's response on ICE fails his constituents
As a constituent of Congressional District 1, I am calling on Rep. Brad Finstad to resign.
www.postbulletin.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
#FinstadInTheField
Jan 30 2026

#MN01 #RepFinstad proudly notes that some of his ideas are being included in the #RepublicanStudyGroup's #Reconcillation2 but does not highlight every change

$1 Billion INCREASE in spending for “Safe Cities Fund” to deport illegal aliens & empower the National Guard
February 2, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Meet #FinstadForCongress #DonorOfTheDay
American Security PAC donated to #MN01 #RepFinstad
#AmericanSecurityPAC collects monies from #SpaceEx (Elon Musk), Blue Origin (Jeff Bezos), military contractors (General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin) and more
#BestCongressMoneyCanBuy
February 2, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Jan 30 2026
#FinstadInTheField

#RepFinstad trails @jakejohnsonmn.bsky.social to learn how a #MN01 company is turning cutting-edge science into real-world solutions.

ICYMI #SenAmyKlobuchar visited Agricultural Utilization Research Institute on April 18 2025

#BradFinstad is learning from #DFLers
February 1, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Don't expect #MN01 #RepFinstad to take sides between #DanielRosen and #GregBovino

#NewYorkTimes reports that Greg Bovino mocked Prosecutor Daniel Rosen’s Jewish faith

#FinstadWatch
February 1, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Democrat Christian Menefee said on #TrumpAgenda “The results here tonight are a mandate for me to work as hard as I can to oppose your agenda, to fight back against where you’re taking this country and to investigate your crimes. And I look forward to doing so.”
www.texastribune.org/2026/01/31/c...
Menefee defeats Edwards in special election for Congress
The former Harris County attorney defeated Amanda Edwards in Texas’ 18th Congressional District. The two will face off again in the March 3 primary for a redrawn version of the district.
www.texastribune.org
February 1, 2026 at 4:28 AM
#FinstadWatch

Will #RepFinstad every acknowledge that DHS Agents detain a US Citizen at GUNPOINT from her SUV in #StPeter #MN01 #Minnesota ?
No media report that #BradFinstad even attempted to intervene on her behalf ... and no press release, tweet

#OustFinstad

www.newsweek.com/video-shows-...
Video shows DHS agents detain US citizen at gunpoint from SUV in Minnesota
The video comes amid heightened tensions over federal agents' tactics following the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
www.newsweek.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:09 AM
#Trump likes to talk about States that he won (like #Idaho 2016 59.3% 2018 63.8% 2024 66.9%), ya gotta wonder when thousands show up to protest the "highly militarized #ICE force unleashed by the #TrumpAdministration.”

Which sign do you think is most accurate ?
==>We can't repeat Germany's mistakes
January 31, 2026 at 4:31 PM
#FinstadWatch

Regular order?

Jan 30 2026
White House Budget Director memo "As it is now clear that Congress WILL NOT COMPLETE ITS WORK before the expiration of appropriations, affected agencies should now execute plans for an orderly SHUTDOWN"

Good Job, #BradFinstad

#TimeForChange in #MN01
January 31, 2026 at 3:35 AM
#FinstadWatch

CBO says Guard deployments to US cities cost $496 million in 2025

What has #FiscalFraud #RepFinstad said about the taxpayer's cost for #Trump's deployment of the military to US cities ?

#TimeForChange in #MN01

Copy @jakejohnsonmn.bsky.social
www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
Guard deployments to US cities cost $496 million in 2025, CBO says
The Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday that maintaining current troop levels could add $93 million per month to the total.
www.militarytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Have you marked your calendar for #MN #Caucus Night Tuesday February 3rd ?

Candidate #JeremyMunson has already filled #SD22 mailboxes with an invitation to attend the #MNGOP caucus .... remember when he left the #MNGOP to join the #NewRepublican Caucus in the #MNLEG ?
January 29, 2026 at 3:55 AM
THANKS to #MN02 @repangiecraig.bsky.social and #MN03 @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social for being part of the 107 Bipartisan co-sponsors of #HR768 #HEALact to require a study on #Holocaust education efforts in States public elementary and secondary schools.

#PeteStauber has NOT sponsored
#StauberWatch
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day.
January 28, 2026 at 6:18 AM
#FinstadWatch

Very disappointed that on #HolocaustMemorialDay, #RepFinstad has not joined the BiPartisian effort to enact #HR768 - #Holocaust Education and #Antisemitism Lessons Act (aka #HEALAct)

#TimeForChange in #MN01

#OustFinstad

#WeNeedNewLeadership

gottheimer.house.gov/posts/releas...
January 28, 2026 at 5:33 AM
#FinstadFlashback
May 14 2024
In a fundraising appeal #MN01 #RepFinstad said that "Rep. Omar has not been shy about where she stands."

#MN05 @repilhan.bsky.social "We are Minnesota strong, and we will stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us”

#FinstadWatch
#TimeForChange
January 28, 2026 at 5:12 AM
#FinstadWatch
Amid ongoing debates over government funding with a potential partial shutdown and questions of #ICE procedures,
#MN01 #RepFinstad and the House of Representatives is not in legislative session, the House is effectively in recess until Feb 2, 2026

#BradFinstad is nowhere to be found.
Imagine being a congressman from Minnesota and caring so little about what’s happening here that you just copy and paste talking points.

If you’re not writing your own statements and you’re not holding town halls, what exactly are we paying you for?
January 27, 2026 at 6:15 AM
January 26, 2026 at 5:32 AM
#PaulKrugman thoughts seem to describe #MN01 #RepFinstad :
"the cowards and opportunists enabling #Trump are more to blame for where we are than Trump and company themselves: monsters are monsters and can’t help themselves, but the enablers have a choice."

#TimeForChange in #MN01
#FinstadWatch
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM
#LetterToTheEditor
#MankatoFreePress
Jan 25 2026

#NorthMankato constituents writes on #Trump's assault on the people of #Minnesota

"It's time for Brad Finstad and Tom Emmer to decide whose side they are on."

#FinstadWatch

Copy @jakejohnsonmn.bsky.social

www.mankatofreepress.com/opinion/lett...
Johnson would stand up for Minnesotans
It's time for Brad Finstad and Tom Emmer to decide whose side they are on.
www.mankatofreepress.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Will #Trump take away retired Justice's Presidential Medal of Freedom for protesting in Minneapolis ?

www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nfl/ar...
January 25, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti "Please get the truth out about our son"

“He hated that, you know, people were just trashing the land,” Susan Pretti said. “he loved this country, but he hated what people were doing to it.”

www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...
Man killed by US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was VA nurse
Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was an intensive care nurse at a Department of Veterans Affairs, his family said.
www.militarytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:07 AM
#FinstadWatch

The #TrumpAdministration wants to freeze funding on programs that support childcare in #Minnesota. Farm families and farm workers are impacted when there isn’t appropriate access for #ChildCare, yet #MN01 #RepFinstad (a farm investor who lives in the city of #NewUlm) says nothing.
Since 2000, child care capacity in Greater Minnesota has been cut in half.

Families can’t stay because they can’t find childcare, and businesses can’t hire because families are leaving.
A lack of child care is the single biggest economic factor holding back rural Minnesota, according to reports from the Center for Rural Policy and Development. Greater Minnesota has half the child care capacity it had in 2000, a 2022 report from the center shows.
January 24, 2026 at 2:34 PM
#FinstadWatch

#Veterans are increasingly paying the price for the #TrumpAdministration’s decision to allow the VA to lose 40,000 employees in the past year (and plans to cut an additional 26,000 jobs in 2026)

#RepFinstad has FAILED #MN01 #Vets

#TimeForChange
www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
VA leader’s policies delaying care, destroying work force, report says
The VA has lost 40,000 employees in the past year, 88% of whom worked in the Veterans Health Administration, according to the report.
www.militarytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:23 AM
BREAKING
Jan 22
#FinstadWatch
#FischbachWatch

House approves #HR7148 which REJECTED an amendment to deny funding for J-HAP (Jewish Housing) supporting adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

How will #MN01 #RepFinstad and #MN07 #RepFischbach defend their vote to deny funding ?
January 23, 2026 at 5:03 AM
BREAKING
Jan 22 2026
#FinstadWatch

House approves #HR7148 which REJECTED an amendment to deny funding for #Minnesota Assistance Council for #Veterans

#MN08 #PeteStauber approved funding;
#MN01 #RepFinstad and #MN07 #RepFischbach wanted to deny funding;
#MN06 #TomEmmer DID NOT VOTE

#TimeForChange
January 23, 2026 at 4:41 AM
BREAKING
Jan 22 2026
#FinstadWatch

House approves #HR7148 which REJECTED an amendment to deny funding for Girls on the Run MN program

#MN08 #PeteStauber approved funding;
#MN01 #RepFinstad and #MN07 #RepFischbach wanted to deny funding;
#MN06 #TomEmmer DID NOT VOTE

youtu.be/nwDw5LPXek8?...
Midwest Access: Girls on the Run Minnesota
YouTube video by KTTC
youtu.be
January 23, 2026 at 4:32 AM