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Sequestration: Anyone Surprised the GOP Chose Corporations Over the Middle Class?
Monday, February 25th, 2013
There is, and will be, a lot of talk about sequestration this week, as the across-the-board budget cuts are set to take effect on Friday. Republicans are desperate to pin …
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6 Thumbs That Explain the GOP’s Problems.
Thursday, February 21st, 2013
Lately there have been clusters of Minnesota Republicans gathering around fancy tables, elaborate powerpoints, college lecture halls of an appropriate size, and perhaps even tiny campfires peering deep into their …
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Minnesota’s middle class: The lost decade.
Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
“The sum of these parts leads to a conclusion that the middle class in Minnesota has suffered a lost decade.” “…for the first time in generations, more people are falling …
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What Republicans Don’t Seem to Realize About VAWA.
Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
In the U.S., 1 in 4 women are victims of domestic violence at some point in their lives. Every day, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or …
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Michele Bachmann + Erik Paulsen = Congressional Soulmates!
Thursday, February 14th, 2013
Imagine if Members of Congress did E-Harmony profiles or those old school computerized match games we did back in junior high. What if they were matched on a series of …
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Hungry kids can’t learn.
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013
This afternoon the Senate Education Committee considered two bills – SB 146 and SB 38 – in hopes of expanding Minnesota’s free lunch program to 61,500 students. “We can all …
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Paulsen says one thing to national media, the opposite to Minnesota.
Thursday, February 7th, 2013
The latest saga in Rep. Erik Paulsen’s “Will He or Won’t He?” PR blunder run for U.S. Senate in 2014 continued to play itself out yesterday. One thing has become …
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Mary Franson: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!
Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
Mary Franson is certainly no stranger to controversial statements and public blunders. Remember last year? When she compared feeding food stamp recipients to feeding wild animals? Well, she’s …