Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Signing the Tribal Law and Order Act That MN Republican @MicheleBachmann Opposed
The Tribal Law and Order Act was signed into law on July 29, 2010. This is Whitehouse video of that event with a powerful introductory speech by Lisa Marie Iyotte of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe who recounted her own experiences being a victim of rape. The Act will improve enforcement and prosecution of these types [...]
Entenza Ties Tom Emmer To Sarah Palin
In another literature piece from the Entenza for Governor Campaign, Tom Emmer is portrayed alongside Sarah Palin with “Seriously?” prominently displayed above their pictures. Emmer is quoted as saying that Palin is the “gold standard” and Entenza hopes that this connection to the 1/2 term Alaska Governor will be as toxic in Minnesota as it [...]
Matt Entenza: Tom Emmer “Out of Touch”
Matt Entenza, in his quest to win the DFL endorsement, is hitting Republican endorsed candidate Tom Emmer hard in a mailer received today. Rather than hit his DFL opponents directly, Entenza takes shots at Emmer and explains that he is the only candidate who can stand up to the Republican. Entenza quotes Emmer from a [...]
MN Republican Endorsed Candidate Holding Political Fundraiser At Bemidji Church
One of the candidates vying for a position on the Minnesota Supreme Court may be defying laws that prohibit churches from intervening in political campaigns. Tim Tingelstad, an extremely conservative court candidate who appears to have connections with groups who deny all existence of the separation of church and state is planning to have a [...]
Central Minnesota Candidate Campaign Finance Reports
The Minnesota Campaign Finance Board has released the pre-primary fundraising data for candidates across Minnesota. Here are the reports from some of the Central Minnesota races that I have been following or keeping an eye on…
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Election 2010
TPM Interviews Bachmann Challenger Tarryl Clark (D-MN) At Netroots
Talking Points Memo interviews Tarryl Clark at Netroots Nation Convention.
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Entenza For Governor: “Rip”
The Entenza for Governor Campaign is out with a new television ad touting his opposition to “No Child Left Behind” and promising to end Minnesota participation in the program.
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The UpTake Showed The World “Our Victory Was Fair And Legitimate”
Al Franken talks about the importance of the internet and citizen journalism during his ’08 election recount.
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Clark: Michele Bachmann not fighting for Minnesotans
Tarryl Clark speaks at the Netroots Convention held in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Hal Kimball Reponds To Scott Newman Question: “Can We Really Afford To Teach Special Needs Children?”
Earlier this morning I posted a story about Republican candidate, Scott Newman, who responded to a question about protecting special education funding by wondering out loud if we can really afford to teach special needs children in the first place. In the process, I emailed both campaigns in order to get comment. The Kimball Campaign [...]
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Outstate Politics Summer Fundraiser
When creating Outstate Politics I considered setting up ads in order to maybe, just maybe, recoup some of the costs associated with running a hosted site as well as the time/travel costs of attending various political events. I ultimately decided against it because ads tend to clutter up the place and I doubt very much [...]
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SD15 Republican Officer, @Leo_Pusateri, Repeats @LFRgary MEXICAN INVASION Lies
Yesterday, in another episode of Gross Inaccuracies, I wrote about a post by Gary Gross that turns out to be a complete pack of lies. That didn’t stop Gross from repeating the lies and then blaming President Obama for the imaginary incident. This morning I clicked on the post to discover that rather than issue [...]
Election 2010
Scott Newman (R): “Can We Really Afford To Teach Special Needs Children?”
Scott Newman, Republican endorsed candidate for the open state senate seat in SD-18 attended a debate back in February with the rest of the Republican candidates at the time. The event was sponsored by the ultra conservative organization known as Camp America Grassroots who you may remember as the organization that doesn’t know the difference [...]
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Gross Inaccuracies: THE MEXICANS ARE COMING!!! [Disclaimer: Unsubstantiated Hysteria Should NOT Be Seen As Racist. Seriously, NOT RACIST!]
Sometimes I wonder if people can actually hear the giggle in my voice as I write about another completely false or misleading post by the mouthpiece of the conservative movement in St. Cloud. This time Gross has got it! He is reporting and it is totally CONFIRMED that the Mexicans are coming and they have [...]
Election 2010
The Uptake: Tarryl Clark At Netroots Convention
Tarryl Clark, the Democratic candidate challenging Michele Bachmann in the 6th District of Minnesota, spoke to The Uptake at the annual Netroots Conference.
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Gross Inaccuracies: The Poll, Boss, THE POLL!
It’s all over for you commu-fasci-socialist leftist types because the definitive poll has been taken to prove that you are the most super wrong people in the entire universe! Wait, it’s a poll touted by the conservative mouthpiece of St. Cloud? We better take a closer look in our next installment of Gross Inaccuracies.
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Weekly Address: Moving Forward on the Economy vs. Moving Backward
President Obama describes the steps his administration has taken to improve the long term outlook of the economy. He also compares his agenda to the just say no agenda of the Republican Party.
Election 2010
Lisa Fobbe (DFL) For Senate District 16
In 2008, Lisa Fobbe (DFL) was able to win the open state senate seat vacated by Betsy Wergin. Her win was due in no small part to the write in candidacy of conservative wife abuser, Mark Olson, that split the Republican vote. This year, however, she is going to have to win a one on [...]
Issues
President Obama’s Statement on the Economy
President Obama discusses the economy and help for small business that is working its way through the United States Senate.
Election 2010
House District 15A & 15B Candidates On The Air @kvsc881fm
The local college radio station, KVSC 88.1 FM, is doing a set of interviews with DFL and Republican candidates ahead of the primary elections on August 10th.
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St. Cloud Times LTE: Vote Dan Severson – “He believes in God”
A letter to the editor fawning over the candidacy of Dan Severson for Secretary of State appeared in the St. Cloud Times today. The crux of the argument made by the writer is to claim that Dan Severson is honest and he believes in God so we should vote for him to run elections in [...]
Election 2010
Nathan Hansen (R) For House District 55A
During the recent kerfuffle over slashing wages and tip credits and all the other less than brilliant things Tom Emmer was trying to get across to Minnesota voters, I had the opportunity to sit down and have a drink with Nathan Hansen (R), the Republican endorsed candidate running against Leon Lillie (DFL) in House District [...]
Election 2010
UMD College Republican Co-Chair @RyanLyk Admits He Will Vote In DFL Primary
Earlier tonight I received an interesting Twitter Direct Message from Ryan Lyk whose twitter page describes him as the Co-Chair of the University of Minnesota Duluth College Republicans. In the message he asked who I would be voting for in the upcoming DFL Primary. After asking why he wanted to know, Lyk appears to indicate [...]
Issues
Signing the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
President Obama and supporters of Wall Street Reform come together to sign the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law.
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What Wall Street Reform Means for You
The Whitehouse put out this short video explaining how we got to this point and what the recently passed Wall Street Reform legislation will do for regular Americans.
