Happy Birthday, Paul Wellstone!
Yesterday, July 21, 2014 was Paul Wellstone's 70th birthday. I was fortunate enough to have met Paul when he was still a young guy, a 31 year old organizer, political activist, poly-sci professor and...
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MN-Sen: DFA Launches The "A Dollar A Day To Make McFadden (R) Go Away"...
Received this e-mail today from former Governor Howard Dean (D. VT) and Democracy For America on behalf of Senator Al Franken's (D. MN) re-election bid:Five years ago this month, Al Franken was finally...
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Political Opportunism: Sheila Kihne’s Race To The Right
Former U.S. Representative Steve LaTourette served 18 years (1995-2013) in Congress as a center-right Republican from Ohio. Yesterday, he had an op/ed in Politico, entitled "The Grifting Wing vs. The...
View ArticleA Resource for Parents and Teachers: "Running on Empty"
In my campaign for Minneapolis School Board at Large local journalists have done a decent job relating two of the major themes of my campaign, protecting the privacy of students from obvious online...
View ArticleTransportation Constipation: the High Cost of Low Investment
You can still get from here to there, but you'd best not be in a hurry...The schedule of what was once one of Amtrak's most timely trains, the legendary Empire Builder, has become a joke. Last "peak...
View ArticleMN-Gov: Honour stakes claim to being most conservative candidate
Minnesota's primary is Tuesday August 12. There are four Republicans considered serious candidates for governor. The race is thought to be a toss-up. Cross-posted at MN Progressive Project.MNGOP...
View ArticleVIDEO: Minimum Wage Earners Should Aspire To A Better Job Says MN GOP...
Minnesota Republican candidate for Governor Jeff Johnson says if elected he will slow the growth in the minimum wage. Not unexpected for a Republican, but the way he said it seemed to suggest workers...
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MN-Gov: Jeff Johnson (R) Says Minimum Wage Earners Should Aspire To A Career
Cough, prick, cough:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/... Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson (R), the GOP nominee for governor of Minnesota, said Wednesday that increasing the minimum wage isn't...
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Top Comments: A Model Apology
Top Comments recognizes the previous day's Top Mojo and strives to promote each day's outstanding comments through nominations made by Kossacks like you. Please send comments (before 9:30pm ET) by...
View ArticleMinnesota Primary Recap
Minnesota held their binding primaries on Tuesday August 12th, which was the last of a many-tiered nomination process. That means the November ballots are actually finalized now. Here is a recap of the...
View ArticleMajor Chaos in MN Independence Party
What the hecking heck am I talking about? The Independence Party of Minnesota?Yes, it's an officially recognized political party in the state of Minnesota and this erstwhile party automatically gets a...
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GOP endorsed candidate banned from State Fair booth for GOP endorsed candidates
This is getting good. The Minnesota GOP endorsed candidate for Supreme Court, Michelle MacDonald, could be getting ready for a fight Friday Morning at the Minnesota State Fair over access to the...
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Holy Pronto Pups! Banned MNGOP'er bum rushes GOP State Fair Booth
As I diaried yesterday, the sad but entertaining saga of MNGOP Supreme Court endorsed nominee Michelle MacDonald came to a head today as she attempted to enter the Minnesota State Fair GOP Booth after...
View ArticleMN-Supreme Court Race: Al Franken's Legal Genius can't stop Grinning
After the 2008-2009 US Senate Recount here in MN, David Lillehaug, leader of the Franken legal squad that ran circles around Norm Coleman's LSAT flunkees, went back to less-public practice. But in 2013...
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Republican House candidate on female senators: 'bimbos in tennis shoes'
You're not a bimbo, are you? I don't want the votes of bimbos. You really have to hand it to Republicans. Their ability to dredge up the worst sort of people to run for office just keeps getting more...
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Want to make sure every vote counts? Get involved in these key races for...
Ohio's Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted made it as hard as possible for Democrats to vote in 2012. Now Democrats can beat him. You often don't know how important a secretary of state election...
View ArticleThe Case for John Kline
Vote for Kline!Before you go hating me for supporting a Republican, this diary is about selecting the worst of the worst for Bill Maher's "Flip-a-District" campaign on his HBO show Real Time. In order...
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Minnesota Liberalism Trounces Wisconsin Conservatism
With the exception of major college sports in the upper-Midwest border-state battle, Minnesota is trouncing Wisconsin by every possible measure. In 2010, both states were suffering from the great...
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The forgotten guns of August
cross-posted at MN Progressive Project, thus the Minnesota tangentAugust marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, and certainly that deserves to be amply remarked upon (if all you know...
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St. Paul police violently arrest a black man for sitting on bench, waiting...
From the Twin Cities Daily Planet:The video, shot by the man’s cellphone, shows his interaction with officers as he attempts to pick up his children from New Horizon Academy in downtown St. Paul. As...
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