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Rob Port

Columnist

Rob Port was a pioneer in political blogging in North Dakota, founding SayAnythingBlog.com in 2003. Before beginning his writing career, he spent 10 years working as a private investigator specializing in insurance fraud, accessing public records, and criminal defense.

He publishes digital and print columns covering North Dakota government and politics, and also hosts the Plain Talk podcast.

There is a growing consensus that synthetic kratom should be banned, but evidence and circumstance suggest our state lawmakers should ban the natural variety, too.
This year alone, North Dakota had dozens of local elections with no candidates, and one of the biggest reasons why is the public.
Sen. Jeff Magrum's call for clemency for right-wing extremists Scott Faul and Yorie Kahl was met with furious pushback from one of his colleagues who called it "offensive."
Demand for data centers is being driven by our demand for digital services, including AI. Those who think we can stop their construction are kidding themselves.
The most un-American thing you can do is try to define for others what it is to be an American.
Who in a position of leadership around this project is going to be held accountable for putting the taxpayers in this position?
On this Plain Talk, Sen. Tim Mathern talks about why North Dakota doesn't need a legislative session for kratom and his feeling that, if we're going to have one, data centers should be the issue.
State Sen. Jeff Magrum plans to introduce the resolution seeking presidential clemency for murderous extremist Gordon Kahl's son and an associate who were accomplices in his crimes.
On this Plain Talk, the American Kratom Association says North Dakota should ban synthetic kratom but only regulate the natural variety. Also, more controversy from Rep. Desiree Morton.
"We've had too many imports who do not support our way of life and do not honor our constitution or rule of law," Fargo Rep. Desiree Morton wrote in a group chat.