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Blogger Threatens to Tase ABM Staff, Rep. Pat Garofalo Thinks It’s Funny.

Minnesota Republicans are all a Twitter today with their state convention starting up (#mngop12 if you want to follow all of the action, and there’s sure to be plenty), and …
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Calling All Students, New Media Fellowship Open Call!

Below is a posting for those interested in spending a summer learning about progressive politics online, while working with team ABM in our New Media Fellowship Program. Check it out …
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Thank Gov. Dayton for Standing Up to ALEC.

So far this legislative session, Gov. Mark Dayton has vetoed 10 bills that were written or inspired by the corporate front group ALEC–the same organization now facing national scrutiny for …
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Rep. Cravaack In Trouble for Supporting Middle Class Crushing Budget.

Perhaps the only thing more removed than Rep. Cravaack’s house in New Hampshire might be his vote for the House GOP budget last week. We all had some good laughs …
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Craavack Throws Seniors and Middle-Class Families Under the Corporate Giveaway Bus.

Cravaack votes to give trillions in tax breaks to the rich and end Medicare Today, Rep. Chip Cravaack once again turned his back on Minnesota’s seniors and middle-class families in …
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ALEC Takes Over House Committee This Afternoon.

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is back, folks. House Republicans passed an ALEC-inspired Voter ID constitutional amendment last night, which would do nothing but make it harder for law-abiding …
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Right to Work is Unsafe, Unfair and Unnecessary.

So-Called “Right to Work”: A Centerpiece of the ALEC Corporate Agenda Corporate America’s biggest goal is to keep their labor costs as small as possible and to prevent workers from …
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Thousands of petitions demanding apology delivered to Rep. Franson.

Today, the Alliance for a Better Minnesota delivered thousands of petitions to Rep. Mary Franson demanding she post a video apologizing for comments she made comparing people on food stamps …