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Sequestration: Anyone Surprised the GOP Chose Corporations Over the Middle Class?

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.

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.

“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.

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!

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.

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.

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!

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 …