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#FinstadWatch Wow I guess the #FinstadForCongress team was correct that the outside money groups will be spending to #FlipMN01 ... proof is that the League Of Conservation Voters, Inc. has authorized $9.23 (Yep NINE DOLLARS) So much hype, so little accomplishments for #RepFinstad #OustFinstad
#FollowTheMoney #MinnesotaForward, which according to their most recent FEC filing had $2,496 Cash on hand, has filed paperwork to spend $28,022 to send text messages opposing @peggyflanagan.bsky.social #DarkMoney wants to ensure they have the #BestCongressMoneyCanBuy wannabe Sen #MicheleTafoya
@mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 4d ago#FollowTheMoney #MinnesotaForward, which according to their most recent FEC filing had $2,496 Cash on hand, has filed paperwork to spend $212,000 to oppose @peggyflanagan.bsky.social #DarkMoney wants to ensure they have the #BestCongressMoneyCanBuy (which includes multimillionaire #MicheleTafoya
#MN01 constituents have seen a number of commercials telling us to "Thank #RepFinstad" ... so it's appropriate to remember the #FinstadForCongress commercial from #Elections2024 Ask yourself, has #BradFinstad delivered and deserves another term or is it #TimeForChange youtu.be/jsU_A-hfyqk?...
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YouTube video by Finstad for Congress
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It's one thing to upset #Farmers (you know that #RepFinstad approved another bailout #HConRes113 $12 million July 22 2026) but #BradFinstad will change his tune when #JoeSixPack buys his/her next beer #TimeForChange in #MN01 #FinstadWatch #OustFinstad #VoteJakeJohnson youtu.be/KShWPtPIeNI?...
High diesel prices causing breweries to raise prices
YouTube video by FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
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Every time you hear #BradFinstad complain about education (i.e. test scores or reducing / eliminating the federal U.S. Department of Education), remember that at one time he was on the House Education Committee and bailed to get on the #ArmedServices Committee where their are donors with checkbooks.
Stop the Oligarchy MN@seminnesota.bsky.social · 3d agoFinstadWatch: ProPublica has a damning investigative article about how defense contractor bribery worked in the case of Senator Susan Collins. The circumstances with lesser figures like Cong. Finstad are less dramatic, but he takes much defense contractor money. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
Sept 22 2026 #MankatoFreePress #LetterToTheEditor #MN01 constituent writes that #BradFinstad support for #Trump policies ( #TrumpTradeWar, #TrumpTariffs, Argentina, Uruguay et al beef inports, DOGE) prove that #RepFinstad is " NO friend to #Farmers " www.mankatofreepress.com/opinion/lett...
Your View: Finstad no friend to farmers
Finstad no friend to farmers
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#FollowTheMoney #MinnesotaForward, which according to their most recent FEC filing had $2,496 Cash on hand, has filed paperwork to spend $212,000 to oppose @peggyflanagan.bsky.social #DarkMoney wants to ensure they have the #BestCongressMoneyCanBuy (which includes multimillionaire #MicheleTafoya
Sept 15, the House passed #HConRes93 which according to #GOP #IA01 #MariannetteMillerMeeks would : “Stop the record-breaking exports [of diesel] until every farmer, trucker and family here can fill up at a price they can afford” sell E15 year-round, end the #FinstadIranWar. #RepFinstad voted NO
@jodellm.bsky.social · 4d agoWhat’s at stake Is what news should cover •GOP Iran war closed ⛽️gas supply •federal budget deficit - huge, But we lost food /SNAP & Lost Healthcare •Trump buddies with North Korea, Putin & cruel dictators •lost trade partners & costs up from 🔴Trump tariffs Not so much /who’s ahead in polls
#FinstadWatch While @jakejohnsonmn.bsky.social is getting video endorsements from a #MN01 #SmallBusiness owner, the #FidstadForCongress campaign is fundraising off his endorsement from a National lobbying organization #RepFinstad is #DonorOwned #OustFinstad #FlipMN01 #BestCongressMoneyCanBuy
Jake Johnson@jakejohnsonmn.bsky.social · 5d agoI'm proud to be endorsed by Beth Benike, a 10-year Army veteran and the 2025 Minnesota Small Business Person of the Year, who couldn't even get a meeting with Congressman Finstad as he voted for tariffs that harmed her small business.
#FinstadWatch Men are concerned about their prostate and have increased their consumption of tomatoes due to the a positive effect of lycopene. Now that the gardens are over, #MN01 is paying more due to #TrumpTariffs impacting even tomato juice tin cans www.cbsnews.com/news/inflati...
Why have tomato prices surged nearly 40% in a year?
Experts point to several factors, from tariffs to weather, behind the rapid price increase in the humble tomato.
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#MicheleTafoya may be a multi-millionaire, but NOT from her YouTube earnings ... she has lost 200 subscribers in the last 30 days and her estimated revenue could be as low as $601 (which will buy her 94 Starbuck's Cinnamon Dolce Latte or Blonde Vanilla Latte socialblade.com/youtube/chan...
Michele Tafoya's YouTube Statistics
View the daily YouTube analytics of Michele Tafoya and track progress charts, view future predictions, related channels, and track realtime live sub counts.
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Norm Charlatan@normcharlatan.bsky.social · 8mo agoMore importantly, who is paying Michele Tafoya? She gets like 200 views per video on her YouTube channel.
#MichelleTafoya is just another multimillionaire that wants to follow the footsteps of former #MN Sen #RodGrams who evolved from TV to the #Senate Oh, yeah she invests in Tesla and her kids invest in companies involved in AI-driven #DataCenter infrastructure minnesotareformer.com/2026/09/03/g...
GOP Senate candidate Michele Tafoya reports assets totaling $10.7M to $37.9M • Minnesota Reformer
When Michele Tafoya said Americans could handle higher gas prices caused by the war in Iran with a “stiff upper lip” and “one less trip to Starbucks,” she likely wasn’t talking about herself. The reti...
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@gaynorguidoann.bsky.social · 5mo agoWho is Michelle Tafoya? I’m glad I don’t know.
Every time I see the #MicheleTafoya commercials talking about the need to prosecute fraudsters, I am reminded of her #Jan6 comment: "We have been told one side of the narrative, but there are so many stories from the Capitol that day ... these people were so mistreated by our justice system"
Stop the Oligarchy MN@seminnesota.bsky.social · 6d agoFinstadWatch: Today I’m posting the names of some of the fraudsters Trump has either pardoned or commuted sentences: #1 -Philip Esformes: A Florida nursing home executive convicted in 2019 for a $1.3 billion Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme. His 20-year prison sentence commuted in December 2020.
Pollster called asking about the #MN01 #RepFinstad @jakejohnsonmn.bsky.social contest. Won't know the results for weeks but struck by the issue they wanted to discuss - NOT the #FinstadIranWar, #TrumpTariffs NOT the cost of #Healthcare, #Gas, #MortgageRates NOT the #NationalDebt BUT Transgender
#GreaterMankatoGrowth and local television stations #KEYC (#MankatoMN) and #KTTC (#RochesterMN) announce a one-hour forum featuring #MNGOP @RepFinstad and #DFL @JakeJohnsonMN on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m File under #FinstadWatch #MN01 #Elections2026 www.keyc.com/2026/09/17/k...
KEYC News Now, KTTC to co-host Minnesota 1st Congressional District candidate forum
The live, commercial-free broadcast, presented in partnership with Greater Mankato Growth, will originate from the KEYC-TV studios in North Mankato.
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WOW ... that did not take long. The #FinstadForCongress is fundraising off the passage of #HR9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act which really wasn't a hard sell as 139 Democrats helped #BradFinstad get it approved. FYI #RepFinstad was just codifying what #Trump has already done.
#RepFinstad must be beaming as before #SpeakerJohnson shutdown the House until AFTER #ElectionDay, the House passed #HR9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act which codified #Trump's #ExecutiveOrder14395 establishing a government-wide Task Force to Eliminate Fraud in federal benefit programs
Had to go to #MankatoMN today for groceries ... had a full tank but still checked the price signs at #KwikTrip as I drove by ... it was $4.39 when I stopped for the red light ... sitting there my bride said, they just changed the price to $4.49 ... she said #ThanksBrad #FinstadWatch #TimeForChange
@mainstreetmn.bsky.social · last wk.I saved money today ... I stayed home ... had to after filling the tank yesterday $47 ... $4.19 / gallon in #MankatoMN But some people probably don't care ... like #RepFinstad #MN01 congressional staff who were paid $10,263.31 taxpayer dollars for re-imbursed mileage during 2QFY26 #OustFinstad
#FinstadWatch Stop the presses .... an event that everyone saw coming, #RepFinstad meets with a donor Meet the #FinstadForCongress #DonorOfTheDay #XPAC Xcel Energy which announced on Feb 24 2026 that it will power a new Google #DataCenter in #PineIsland #MN01 #BestCongressMoneyCanBuy #FlipMN1
Jake Johnson@jakejohnsonmn.bsky.social · last mo.I was proud to speak about the need for a data center moratorium until protections are in place to prevent the exploitation and extraction of our small towns. Thank you to everyone that joined me to stand up for Southern Minnesota!
Is the Democrats #RedToBlue changing votes ? 7 House Republicans, the most to vote for an #IranWar powers resolution voted Yes against future U.S. military action against #Iran without the approval by Congress, #ZachNunn #IA03 Dem challenger is Sarah Trone Garriott @sarahforiowa.bsky.social
Is the Democrats #RedToBlue changing votes ? 7 House Republicans, the most to vote for an Iran war powers resolution voted Yes against future U.S. military action against Iran without the approval by Congress, #MariannetteMillerMeeks #IA01 Dem challenger is Christina @bohannaniowa.bsky.social
Is the Democrats #RedToBlue changing votes ? 7 House Republicans, the most to vote for an Iran war powers resolution voted Yes against future U.S. military action against Iran without the approval by Congress, Retiring #NancyMace #SC01 Dem challenger is @nancylacore.bsky.social #FlipSC01
Is the Democrats #RedToBlue changing votes ? 7 House Republicans, the most to vote for an Iran war powers resolution voted Yes against future U.S. military action against Iran without the approval by Congress, included #BrianFitzpatrick #PA01 Dem challenger is @bobharvie-pa.bsky.social #FlipPA01
Is the Democrats #RedToBlue changing votes ? 7 House Republicans, the most to vote for an Iran war powers resolution voted Yes against future U.S. military action against Iran without the approval by Congress, included #RepTomBarrett #MI07 Dem challenger is Will Lawrence @wewill2026.bsky.social
I saved money today ... I stayed home ... had to after filling the tank yesterday $47 ... $4.19 / gallon in #MankatoMN But some people probably don't care ... like #RepFinstad #MN01 congressional staff who were paid $10,263.31 taxpayer dollars for re-imbursed mileage during 2QFY26 #OustFinstad
Rob Levine@roblevine82.bsky.social · last wk.Democrats should make an ad that takes place at a gas pump, as people first see the price, then pump their gas and get sadder and madder. Perhaps have moments of recognition between one or more customers.
#FinstadWatch #BradFinstad @jakejohnsonmn.bsky.social #MN01 Debate Question On Sept 15 #RepFinstad voted to allow the #TrumpAdministration to continue the #IranWar (#HConRes93), any problems if #Trump decides to invade : #Canada #Colombia #Cuba #Greenland #Mexico File under #FinstadIranWar
Jake Johnson@jakejohnsonmn.bsky.social · last mo.I've accepted a debate invitation from KAAL! I've spent this campaign showing up, listening, and answering unscreened questions in every corner of our district, and I'm looking forward to continuing to do that on the debate stage.
Guess who is freaking out over @jakejohnsonmn.bsky.social television message? The #FinstadForCongress campaign acknowledges that there are "49 days left" and #JakeJohnson is "on the air right now" and "he's talking to your neighbors" ... so send #BradFinstad some cash to whitewash #FinstadFailures.
Jake Johnson@jakejohnsonmn.bsky.social · 2w ago🚨 OUR FIRST AD JUST DROPPED 🚨 I'm Jake Johnson, the math teacher and father of four running for Congress to make things cheaper, fight corruption, and invest in our small towns. Watch our first ad here:
#FinstadWatch Sept 15 In a procedural vote, #MN01 #RepFinstad votes to table #HRes1486, to impeach #Trump for abusing his presidential powers by allowing #ICE and #CBP to operate without accountability, assault civilians, and cover up killings, including those of #RenéeGood, #AlexPretti and 3 others
#FinstadWatch In a procedural vote, #MN01 #RepFinstad votes to table #HRes1486, to impeach #Trump for abusing his presidential powers by allowing #ICE and #CBP to operate without accountability, assault civilians, and cover up killings, including those of #RenéeGood, #AlexPretti and 3 others
While @jakejohnsonmn.bsky.social has accepted a debate with #RepFinstad, will YOU accept the challenge to submit a question ? #ABC6NEWS (aka #KAALTV) wants input for debate questions ... great opportunity to get answers to what you want discussed. Click the link www.kaaltv.com/news/minneso...
Submit your questions for KAAL's Minnesota First Congressional District debate
KAAL is hosting the Minnesota CD-1 debate between incumbent Rep. Brad Finstad and challenger Jake Johnson on October 13, and we want your input on what questions should be asked during this debate.
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Jake Johnson@jakejohnsonmn.bsky.social · last mo.I've accepted a debate invitation from KAAL! I've spent this campaign showing up, listening, and answering unscreened questions in every corner of our district, and I'm looking forward to continuing to do that on the debate stage.