Daily Digest: Dems in Minneapolis

Congratulations. You made it to Friday. Here are some news stories to read.

1. Four of the five announced candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination will be in downtown Minneapolis today to speak at the summer meeting of the Democratic National Committee. (MPR News)

2. Many of those in the audience don't think Hillary Clinton has responded well to the ongoing controversy over her private email account. (New York Times)

3.  Clinton may be trying to change the subject by comparing her Republican opponents to terrorist groups when it comes to their views on women. (CNN)

4. Donald Trump is a "huckster," and a planned Black Lives Matter protest outside the State Fair is "inappropriate." Those are just a couple of the things Gov. Mark Dayton said in an interview yesterday. (MPR News)

5. And finally, with fewer kids growing up on farms these days some of the animals at the State Fair are leased, not owned. (MPR News)

Have a great weekend.

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