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Stephen Wolf's Governors Race Ratings 04/2014 With Interactive Map
This 2nd quarter update to my initial gubernatorial race ratings looks at the probability that either party will win the November governors elections for each state. Many pundits like to assign races...
View ArticleMoyers: Minnesota Becomes Fifth State to Hike Minimum Wage
Via Bill Moyers:A growing number of localities have also raised their minimum wages significantly above the federal and state level. Cities and counties that have enacted higher minimum wages in recent...
View ArticleTea Party Cachet for Senate Hopefuls in MN, IA, OK, and GA--Sarah Palin...
Earlier it looked like Juliann Ortman was the one candidate running for Senate against Al Franken in Minnesota who might be serious. Although her record doesn't hold a candle to Al's resume, as her...
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MN-Sen: Al Franken (D), "FCC net neutrality proposal would destroy open...
Preach it Al: http://www.cnet.com/... Sen. Al Franken criticized as "misguided" a plan being considered by the FCC's head to let companies pay for preferential access to ISPs, warning that it would...
View ArticleJohn Kline enters Maher flip a district
Finally, some national attention for Rep. John Kline, (R – for-profit education industry). Kline is chair of the House Education Committee, and his record, well, Kline must be hoping young adults don’t...
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MN-Sen: Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) Joins Al Franken (D) In Going After The...
Senator Al Franken (D. MN) gains another ally in the fight for net neutrality: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/... Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) blasted the Federal Communication Commission's recent...
View ArticleMN teen had plans for Columbine-style mass shooting
Yesterday, police in Waseca, Minnesota made a chilling announcement--they had uncovered evidence that a local teenager had planned to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Columbine High School...
View ArticleKeith Ellison and the broken edge of the bottle
"You see the red? That's the Republicans. They're lower than us by a lot. But guess what. That line, it waves up and down, but it's pretty steady. Don't you think so? Look at our line. It looks like...
View ArticleBradlee Dean Loses Appeal in Lawsuit Against Maddow
$24,625.23. That's how much a judge in 2012 ordered homophobic wingnut preacher Bradlee Dean to pay lawyers for Rachel Maddow and NBCUniversal to extricate himself from a defamation lawsuit he filed in...
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MN-Sen: Al Franken (D) Puts The Pressure On FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Over Net...
Received this e-mail today from Senator Al Franken (D. MN): When it comes to your daily commute, a “fast lane” is a good thing. But when it comes to the Internet, allowing big telecom companies to set...
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MN-Sen: Al Franken (D) Joins Forces With PCCC To Tell Obama To Keep His...
I like this:http://thehill.com/... Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is lending his voice to a campaign aimed at holding President Obama accountable to a pledge he made during his 2008 campaign to uphold net...
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Pulling back the curtain on Sam Brownback's Kansas financial meltdown
My lies about why Kansas's state finances are in the toilet are THIS big. Let's review, shall we? First there was the bad news from Kansas:TOPEKA — Tax revenue in April dropped 45 percent from a year...
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MN-Sen McFadden's Lazard royally robs British taxpayers
MNGOP senate candidate Mike McFadden, challenging Democratic incumbent Sen. Al Franken, is running on his business background as co-CEO of Lazard Middle Market. Since McFadden won't even answer policy...
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MN & NJ-Sen: Franken (D) & Booker (D) Call On The FCC To Save Net Neutrality...
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Received this e-mail today from Senator Al Franken (D. MN) on behalf of himself and Senator Cory Booker (D. NJ) regarding the FCC and net neutrality: Fast Internet is good....
View ArticlePerske endorsed to win Bachmann's seat
The Minneapolis Star Tribune ran a front page story in last Sunday's paper on how MN's most awkward politician has some sort of career choice to make. Michele Bachmann leaves Congress under the cloud...
View ArticleMN-Gov Los Angeles private equity guy seeks to buy his own Minnesota governor
So someone with a private equity firm in Los Angeles which employed MNGOP gubernatorial candidate Scott Honour* decided to buy Honour a governorship. Well, I guess having your own governor is a trinket...
View ArticleRedistricting US House maps for MN and IA
With the time, the initial temporary maps, becomed in a series of maps, that find the limits for a Democratic Gerrymander of an increasing number of states. Being a person that like doable things I...
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MN-Gov: Mark Dayton (D) Gives You 26 Reasons On BuzzFeed To Love Minnesota
Joel & Ethan Coen, two of Minnesota's finest, made Gov. Dayton's list. Received this e-mail today from Governor Mark Dayton's (D. MN) campaign and I think you'll all appreciate this, especially if...
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MN-Sen: Al Franken (D) Keeps Up The Pressure To Stop The FCC's "Fast Lanes"...
I'm out of town for Memorial Day weekend so I don't know if I'll be able to write a lot of diaries but I wanted to pass two along. The first one is from Senator Al Franken (D. MN): If you haven’t seen...
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Grow Your Own Resistance-Twin Cities March Against Monsanto
A beautiful day in so many ways here, some real spring weather at last, a festive family-friendly atmosphere, great speakers, music and dancers all combined to protest the corporatocracy's...
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