ProPublica on Minnesota's 'Grandma Brigade'
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Lois Beckett, reporter for the national investigative journalism organization ProPublica, discusses with MPR News a report into an aspect of grassroots politicking in Minnesota.
The piece features a group of DFL volunteers that have labeled themselves as the "Grandma Brigade." And, these mostly middle-age to older women are taking political notes on their neighbors to try to get a leg up on Republicans nationwide.
The effort is feeding up to the national Democratic Party.
Read the story on ProPublica: 'In Minnesota, Democratic grandmas gather data about neighbors' political views'
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