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Franken Blasts Supreme Court During Sotomayor Vote

The Minnesota Independent | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Judicial Activism, Minnesota, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Franken, Sotomayor Vote, Sonia Sotomayor, Al Franken, Wise Latina, Supreme Court, Amy Klobuchar, John Roberts Court, Politics News

Al Franken spewed fire and Amy Klobuchar threw brimstone this morning at the Senate Judiciary Committee's vote on Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the ...

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Franken's First Bill: Service Dogs For Vets

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan War, War Veterans, Military, Minnesota, Army Suicides, Iraq War, Al Franken, Minnesota Senator, Service Animals, Veterans, Politics News

Freshman Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) announced his first legislative initiative on Monday -- a bill to provide service dogs to wounded veterans. Franke...

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Ventura: "Palin Would Never Make It As A Navy SEAL" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Minnesota, Navy Seals, Sarah Palin Resignation, Cnn, Sarah Palin, Seals, Larry King, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Alaska, Jesse Ventura, Larry King LIve, Politics News

Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura called Sarah Palin a "quitter" on CNN's Larry King Live last night. "She is a quitter. Let me put it to you this ...

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Honoring Paul Wellstone's Legacy: Fighting Like Hell for Health Care Reform

Mike Elk | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Public Option, Lobbyists, Paul Wellstone, Public Health Insurance Plan, Minnesota, Conscience of a Liberal, Al Franken, Democrats-Health-Care, Clinton Healthcare, Mike Lux, Wall Street Journal, Al Franken Norm Coleman, Health Care, Politics News

Many Senators referred to Paul as "The Conscience of the Senate." Only 5 feet 4 inches tall and with a severe limp, Wellstone would stand on the floor of the Senate and rail against corporate interests.

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North Country Blues: Michael Jackson, Media, Community, and a Small Town Murder

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Murder, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson Death, Pequot Lakes, Dru Sjodin, Garrison Keillor, Community, Memory, Georgianne Nienaber, Alfoso Rodriguez, Media, God, Sexoffender, Minnesota, Congo, Death, Living News

It seemed as though Jackson chose his own path to death while there are so many others who are literally thrown into the Grim Reaper's grip like carrion to the wolves.

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DraftBachmann.com: Mock Website Plugs Michele Bachmann For Governor

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Michelle Bachmann, Michele Bachmann Obama Anti-American, Unemployment, Minnesota, Evolution, Bachmann, Minnesota Governor Race, Global Warming, Republicans, Politics News

With the 2010 Minnesota gubernatorial race approaching, and Representative Michelle Bachmann still mum on whether or not she will run, the Democratic ...

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Al Franken Interviewed On "Today Show" About Coming To The Senate (VIDEO)

Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

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Asked by Meredith Vieira on the "Today Show" if it was difficult to ignore his penchant for speaking out and keep a low-profile while the recount and ...

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How Green Is Al Franken?

treehugger.com | Posted 08.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Senate, Environmental Policy, Al Franken, Environment, Green, Filibuster, Minnesota, Al Franken Minnesota, Green News

Franken brings the number of Democratic senators to 60, meaning they'll have a filibuster proof majority in the Senate. So what does all this mean for...

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Republicans Identify Their Problem: It's the Packaging!

Jackson Williams | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Mark Sanford, Tim Pawlenty, Andy Card, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Gop, South Carolina, Minnesota, Politics News

We all know that political parties are sold like shampoo or a new car. Yet politics is a somewhat different commodity. The coin of its realm is ideas and good government, not extra conditioning and leather seats.

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WATCH: Congratulations, Senator Franken!

Lee Stranahan | Posted 07.31.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Minnesota Senate Race, Minnesota, Al Franken Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Comedy News

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GOP Committee Spent $900,000 To Pay Coleman's Legal Bills

The Star Tribune | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Minnesota, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Nrsc, Minnesota Senate Race, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Coleman-Legal-Bills, Politics News

In another sign of the high stakes in Minnesota's disputed U.S. Senate election, Republicans are giving big donations to a national fundraising organi...

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FEC Says Coleman Can Use Campaign Funds To Pay Some Legal Bills

The Hill | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Minnesota, Nasser Kazeminy, Norm Coleman, Federal Election Commission, Al Franken, Minnesota Senate Race, FBI Coleman, Coleman Lawsuit, Fec, Politics News

It looks to be a split decision on former Sen. Norm Coleman's (R-Minn.) request to use campaign funds for a legal matter...

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Bachmann Pledges To Break Law By Ignoring 2010 Census

Think Progress | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Norm Coleman, 2010 Census, Census, Acorn, Minnesota, Michele Bachmann, Al Franken, Bachmann, Bachmann Census, Rep. Michele Bachmann, Politics News

Next year, the 2010 Census will be sent to every American household, as required by the U.S. Constitution. The far right has issued dire warnings of t...

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Star Tribune Column: It's Time For Coleman To "Go Away"

The Star Tribune | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Minnesota, Minnesota Senate Race, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Star Tribune, Minnesota Supreme Court, Politics News

After the 2008 Senate race ended in a virtual tie last November, I wrote that Minnesotans had tossed a coin that landed on its edge: Many voters, it s...

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Norm Coleman Ordered To Pay Al Franken $95K By Minnesota Court

AP | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Minnesota Senate Race, Minnesota, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Norm Coleman Al Franken, Politics News

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Republican Norm Coleman must pay Democrat Al Franken $94,783 to cover court costs for his appeal of Minnesota Senate election ...

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Norm Coleman Raises $140,000 for Progressives -- Time for a Knock-Out Punch?

Adam Green | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Minnesota, Democracy for America, Pccc, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Dfa, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Normdollar, Recommended, Politics News

Either we lay the pressure on thick now and get Coleman to concede when the next ruling comes, or he appeals again -- keeping Al Franken out of the Senate for potentially months more.

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Norm Coleman: Key To Republican Success Lies In The "Ethernet"

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Party, Conservative Heartland Leadership Conference, Minnesota, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Minnesota Senate Race, Coleman, Politics News

Clearly, Norm Coleman isn't exactly tech-savvy. After a speaking engagement in St. Louis this week, he told a video-camera wielding supporter that the...

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A Pandemic Worse than the Swine Flu

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

Read More: Juliet Jeske, Swine Flu Pandemic, Al Franken, Peak Oil, 12 Monkeys, Global Warming, Minnesota, Will Menaker, Avian Flu, RJ Eskow, Jesse Ventura, World Health Organization, The Venus Syndrome, Jeff Horwich, World Wide Web, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, World News

Swine flu, though, conjures dark images of your mortality. The communications industry, like CNN, saturates air time on such issues because they know people will watch.

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Cornyn Lowers Expectations For Coleman Recount Appeal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Coleman Expectations, Minnesota Election, Minnesota, Coleman Recount, Cornyn Coleman, John Cornyn, Politics News

National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn seems to be softening his expectations for Norm Coleman's effort to appeal the Senate el...

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Tim Pawlenty Will Not Seek Third Term As Governor Of Minnesota

AP | BRIAN BAKST | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty erased one doubt about his political future while blowing open another, passing Tuesday on a third...

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Norm Coleman Escorted To Court By Criminal Defense Lawyer

Minnesota Post | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Minnesota Recount, Minnesota, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Minnesota Senate Race, Minnesota Supreme Court, Politics News

...Like an Agatha Christie mystery, all the key players arrived on the scene, as if reprising their performances since the recount began. Friedberg, t...

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Minnesota Judges Grill Coleman Lawyer On Lack Of Evidence

Talking Points Memo | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Minnesota Senator, Minnesota, Joe Friedberg, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Politics News

The oral arguments just finished at the Minnesota Supreme Court, in Norm Coleman's appeal of his defeat at the election trial, with Coleman's lead att...

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Klobuchar: Minnesota Needs A Second Senator

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Minnesota Senate Absence, Walter Mondale Klobuchar, Klobuchar, Minnesota Senators, Al Franken Norm Coleman, Minnesota, Franken Klobuchar, Politics News

For the past five months, Senator Amy Klobuchar has been operating alone, without a second senator from her home state to help handle the responsibili...

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Do We Have a Cap? Midwest Governors and Climate Leadership

Henry Henderson | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon, Cap and Trade, Midwest Governors Association, Illinois Governor, Minnesota, Carbon Cap, Midwest, Climate, Nrdc, Minneapolis, Governor Quinn, Clean Energy, Climate Legislation, Clean-Energy-Investments, Energy Policy, Green Energy, Green News

D.C. should take notice that the Midwest is opening the road to a reinvigorated economy and clean energy future.

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What's FISHY? -- PawLENTY!

Coleen Rowley | Posted 06.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Minnesota-Governor-Tim-Pawlenty, Department of Homeland Security, Tim Pawlenty, Pirates, Minnesota, No-New-Taxes, Domestic Extremism Lexicon, Homeland Security, Minnesota Fishing Opener, Politics News

Governor PawLENTY's been stealing from the poor to give to the wealthy! He must still think his "no new taxes" piracy is the surefire, cutthroat way to the GOP presidency.

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