Meet the Invisible Hands Behind Some of Minnesota's Biggest Bills
Kevin Cannon
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
January 20, 2010
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Congresswoman Michele Bachmann: Crazy Like a Foxnew
Many worry that her remarks are detrimental to the national Republican Party's credibility, which is why not everyone inside the GOP is thrilled at the prospect of Bachmann becoming the face of their party. Nevertheless, GOP higher-ups have shown no effort to muzzle her, which suggests she fills an important role.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
11-18-2009 |
Politics
Minnesota's Legislators Didn't Get Obama's Mideast Memonew
The state's push for divestment from Iran came on the heels of President Obama's call for diplomacy. Just last week, Obama reiterated that Iran has some right to nuclear energy, provided it can prove it's for peaceful purposes.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
06-10-2009 |
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How a Minnesota Mental Health Patient Was Forced into Electro-Shock Therapynew
There were 41 cases of the controversial practice of forced, court-ordered electroconvulsive treatment in Hennepin County last year. Ray Sandford was one of them.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
05-22-2009 |
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From top GOP contender to bottom of the barrel.
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Minnesota Shutdown: No End in Sightnew
Minnesota's state government shutdown is officially the longest in state history, but elected officials aren't in a rush to end the gridlock.
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Mike Mullen |
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Michele Bachmann Was For The Stimulus While She Was Against Itnew
Remember the Fox News gabfests, the D.C. rallies and the campaign ads where Michele Bachmann brags about voting against President Barack Obama's stimulus bill? Turns out she had her hand out at the same time. Saddling our kids with the federal debt is OK when she does it.
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Hart Van Denburg |
10-18-2010 |
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Michele Bachmann Asserts Health Care Reform is Unconstitutional. Is She Right?new
"There is no precedent for requiring an American citizen, as a condition of citizenship, to purchase a product or service against their will because government mandates they must buy it," Rep. Michelle Bachmann said yesterday. She recently admitted she was wrong about another legal issue surrounding the health care debate -- the Slaughter Solution -- so we couldn't help wondering whether she was off base again.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Hart Van Denburg |
03-24-2010 |
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Man Sparks 'Louisiana Watergate' After Allegedly Gaining Access to Senator's Phonenew
A man arrested for his involvement in a bungled Watergate-style phone-tapping of U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu's office was once the editor of a monthly conservative publication at the University of Minnesota-Morris. Joseph Basel, 24, was arrested in connection with the bizarre incident.
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Kevin Hoffman |
02-03-2010 |
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