I'm John Carlson, and I am the Chairperson for the rural Cass County Democrats in northern Minnesota. AMA about getting involved in local politics. - Politics

I'm John Carlson, and I am the Chairperson for the rural Cass County Democrats in northern Minnesota. AMA about getting involved in local politics.
Trump blames Obama for 122 'vicious' Guantanamo prisoners returning 'to the battlefield' — but 113 of them were released under Bush
Donald Trump White House 'targeting US journalists with help from Russian intelligence', former NSA analyst says
Chaffetz: Low-income Americans will have to choose health care over iPhones
Reminder: iPhone-Shamer Jason Chaffetz Has His Healthcare Subsidized by Taxpayers
Former CIA Director Michael Hayden slams pro-Trump media for peddling 'illegitimate' and 'non-fact based world view'
Donald Trump's latest attack on Barack Obama over Guantanamo Bay releases turns out to be completely false
Donald Trump blames Barack Obama for allowing Russia to annex Crimea
Brzezinski: Trump team ‘doesn't realize Rome is burning’
Betsy DeVos Makes A Joke About ‘Free Lunch’ – Twitter Reminds Her Why It’s Not Funny
Clarence Thomas Questions Legality Of Letting Cops Take Innocent People’s Stuff
Hey, Trump voters: This fiasco is what you get when you “experiment” with the presidency
House Oversight chair: We won't probe Trump's voter fraud claims
The Real Goal of Trump’s Travel Ban Is to Make America White Again
Newsmax: Trump met Russian Amb. Kislyak last April, contradicting denials
Ex-British spy Christopher Steele breaks silence over Donald Trump Russia dossier
Trump Organization made deal with Azerbaijani oligarch linked to Iran's regime
Sketchy Donald Trump Deal Eyed For Ties To Iran | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
Trump tweets about Guantanamo following Fox News report
After Mitch McConnell shushed Elizabeth Warren, House Democrats raised $767,000 from emails
Trump hotel in Baku tied to ‘corrupt’ oligarchs, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards — report
Bernie Sanders: Donald Trump's new travel ban is 'ideological ammunition for terrorists'
Donald Trump's hotel in Azerbaijan linked with corruption, Iran's Revolutionary Guard
Dan Rather: Trump administration ‘in freefall’
Pope tells U.S. summit “No people is criminal, no religion is terrorist”
Ben Carson told HUD staff he could zap their brains into reciting whole books read 60 years ago.

I'm John Carlson, and I am the Chairperson for the rural Cass County Democrats in northern Minnesota. AMA about getting involved in local politics.

Posted: 07 Mar 2017 09:32 AM PST

About me: I'm John Carlson, a moderator of a popular subreddit covering the Minnesota Wild, a bartender at a rural roadhouse 15 miles from the nearest town (which is 156 people), and I'm also the Chairperson of the Cass County Democratic Party, (known as the "Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party"/"DFL" in Minnesota because reasons.) I'm a t-shirt and bluejeans wearing guy here to answer any questions about how to get involved in local politics, regardless of your party. We can cover anything, however: politics, social activism, political influence, the last election, the logistical challenges facing an exceedingly rural county – whatever you want to know about, that's what we can discuss. Hell, you can even find out about the actual inner workings of the political system, and how you can have a serious impact on it in less than two hours -- just ask me how.

About us: As a unit, the Cass County DFL oversees the campaign efforts for three separate state house districts and two senate districts. During the election season, we help co-ordinate our efforts spanning the local races, the state races, and our state federal races: a job that is made substantially easier by our fantastic national office holders - U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan and U.S. Senators Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar. Basically, we do everything that you think of when you think of a political campaign. And 100% of that work is done by unpaid volunteers like myself, covering a rural Northwoods Minnesota county more than twice the size of Rhode Island with a population of less than 30,000 people. About Cass County: We are exceedingly rural, our two largest towns have the same population – 1,004 people. We have a total of 4 stop lights in the whole county. We are the only county in Minnesota not to have a hospital. We don't have a Starbucks...but we have a population density of 14 people per square mile, which is roughly the population density of a Starbucks during non-peak hours. We have minimal use for blinkers on our vehicles, because up here everyone knows where you're going anyway.

...And because it needs to be said: Anything that I state as an opinion does not necessarily represent the beliefs of the Democratic National Party, the Minnesota State DFL, the Cass County DFL or even myself if I've had a few Grain Belts or Surleys. After a few drams of scotch, all I talk about is either old Jeeps or the Minnesota Wild and the joys of an impressive forecheck within the offensive zone.

Proof: Here's a link to a reddit AMA page on our official website – and yes, from our website you can find out ways of contacting me directly including my email and cell phone number. (#FaithInReddit or #MisplacedFaithInReddit and #PhoneCallsAboutOPsMotherDirectlyToOP, depending on how this goes.)

Let's do this, reddit.

EDIT: I'll be here until 7:00 ET/6:00 CT (best time zone, frankly) tonight trying to answer all of the questions that I can.

submitted by /u/JCarlsonCassCtyDFL
[link] [comments]

Trump blames Obama for 122 'vicious' Guantanamo prisoners returning 'to the battlefield' — but 113 of them were released under Bush

Posted: 07 Mar 2017 05:07 AM PST