Email Author Nick Pinto

Awards

• 2011 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists

  "Pawlenty Pardon"

• 2011 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists

  "Pawlenty Pardon"

• 2011 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, published September 29, 2010

  "So Unionized You'll Freak"

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2011 Stories by Nick Pinto

• Basilica Block Party boycotted over Church's gay marriage opposition

  published Jun 15, 2011

  We've got more than 16 months to go before Minnesotans vote on whether to make gay marriage unconstitutional. But the battle lines are already being drawn, and they're showing up in some surprising pl... More >>

• Minneapolis Mayhem: Ruthless gay rugby

  published June 15, 2011

  On a blisteringly hot Saturday afternoon in Eagan, a fierce-looking gang of gay men gear up to beat the hell out of some Catholic school... More >>

• Jimmy John's food-poisoning poster fight moves to Washington

  published Jun 10, 2011

  This fight's going all the way to the top. The latest battle in Jimmy John's workers fight for better pay and working conditions is getting adjudicated in Washington, D.C. Remember the poster union s... More >>

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  Restraining order claims Bill Pulkrabek is an alcoholic cat abuser who freaks over skin cream

  published Jun 08, 2011

  A restraining order filed against Washington County Commissioner and former Michele Bachmann campaign manager Bill Pulkrabek claims that he is an abusive alcoholic who refuses to get help. The restra... More >>

• Target fights union with ominous flyers

  published Jun 03, 2011

  Employees at least one New-York-area Target store are trying to join a union, complaining of wages and hours that have forced some into depending on food stamps to feed their families. Target doesn't... More >>

• Bill Pulkrabek girlfriend assault update: Decision on charges expected today

  published Jun 01, 2011

  The Ramsey County Attorney's office tells City Pages it will make a decision today on whether to bring charges against Bill Pulkrabek, the Washington County Commissioner arrested Monday for allegedly ... More >>

• GOP mistress choking happened at Pawlenty adviser's house

  published Jun 01, 2011

  Presidential contender Michele Bachmann has already been tied to the Bill Pulkrabek mistress domestic assault scandal, but it now appears that there is a connection to Tim Pawlenty as well. Pulkrabek... More >>

• Bill Pulkrabek domestic assault victim: Married GOP politico dragged mistress by her hair

  published May 31, 2011

  "Male beat up female," reads the incident report from yesterday's domestic assault arrest of Washington County Commissioner Bill Pulkrabek, one of Michele Bachmann's early mentors. But the full accou... More >>

• Dayton signs synthetic drug ban

  published May 27, 2011

  Governor Mark Dayton this week signed legislation that bans a variety of synthetic recreational drugs. Synthetic marijuana compoundsr Now listed as Schedule-I drugs. Bath saltsr The same. Designer ps... More >>

• Target workers in New York want a union

  published May 27, 2011

  Here at the center of the empire, the Target name is golden (if you ignore the whole gay thing). The hometown retail giant is one of the biggest employers in the metro, and the brand is synonymous wit... More >>

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  Bradlee Dean uses "suicide prevention" to raise money for anti-gay ministry

  published May 27, 2011

  When Julia Miller pulled into the BP station on Lexington and St. Anthony in St. Paul last month, she was immediately approached by a young man from an organization called You Can Run But You Cannot H... More >>

• Cub Foods cleaning workers on day five of hunger strike

  published May 25, 2011

  It has now been five days since Cub Foods cleaning workers began their hunger strike to protest low pay and what they say are unsafe and degrading working conditions. "Over the last 10 years, our wag... More >>

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  Bradlee Dean lied to Walmart about his church, is now banned from parking lot

  published May 25, 2011

  It's been a rough week for Bradlee Dean. On Friday the gay-baiting minister was universally denounced by just about every state lawmaker who could get near a microphone. Now it turns out that not onl... More >>

• Bradlee Dean's church spotted in Walmart parking lot

  published May 24, 2011

  Bradlee Dean wants very badly to be taken seriously. He begged Republican lawmakers to let him give the Legislature's opening prayer, then turned around and attacked them once the appearance blew up i... More >>

• Xcel says 11,000 tornado victims still without power

  published May 23, 2011

  The tornado that swept through north Minneapolis and the West Metro downed power lines and left more than 27,000 people without power yesterday, according to Xcel energy. By this morning, that number... More >>

• Timothy Bakdash indicted for first-degree murder

  published May 20, 2011

  Timothy Ayman Bakdash, the man who drove his car into a crowd of pedestrians April 15 after an argument at the Library Bar in Dinkytown, has been indicted for murder one by a Grand Jury. Bakdash was ... More >>

• Amy Myers receives rape threats after challenging Michele Bachmann to debate

  published May 20, 2011

  Amy Myers, a 16-year-old high school sophomore from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, has become the target of disgusting sexual threats after she dared to challenge Michele Bachmann to a debate. Amy and her ... More >>

• Bradlee Dean, homophobic preacher, gives creepy opening prayer at Legislature [VIDEO]

  published May 20, 2011

  There's something fitting about this: On the day that the Minnesota Legislature is likely to vote forward a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, the Republican leadership invited the most not... More >>

• Bachmann's boning up on Edwards's infidelity

  published May 19, 2011

  As she advances inexorably toward declaring her candidacy for president, Michele Bachmann is preparing by reading books about the havoc wrought when megalomanaical politicians run for president. At t... More >>

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  FBI accidentally left behind secret documents in peace-activist raids

  published May 18, 2011

  When the FBI launched an early morning raid on the home of local peace activist Mick Kelly last September, it was supposed to be a precision operation. Backed by Minneapolis police officers, more tha... More >>

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  Watch Nick Ayers, Tim Pawlenty's presidential campaign manager, get arrested for DWI [VIDEO]

  published May 18, 2011

  It was well known, even before Tim Pawlenty hired him to manage his presidential campaign, that Nick Ayers was pulled over and arrested for DWI in 2006. What hasn't been available for the public to v... More >>

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  Meet Amy Myers, the teen who challenged Michele Bachmann to a debate

  published May 16, 2011

  rSince we wrote about the high school sophomore who is challenging Michele Bachmann to a debate, news of the youngster's gutsy move has been burning up the internet. It seems the idea of the factual... More >>

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  Is Michele Bachmann smarter than a high school sophomorer

  published May 12, 2011

  Michele Bachmann is famously reluctant to put herself in positions where she might have to talk to someone who disagrees with her. But Jesus God do we hope she makes an exception in this instance. A... More >>

• Minnesota senate votes to put anti-gay amendment on the ballot

  published May 11, 2011

  You can't marry your gay partner in Minnesota. It's illegal. But for a majority of Minnesota lawmakers, it's not illegal enough. State Republicans want gay marriage to be unconstitutional, and today... More >>

• Al Franken skewers Apple over iPhone tracking [VIDEO]

  published May 11, 2011

  Al Franken pounced on Apple yesterday in a Senate hearing on privacy and mobile devices. Franken had summoned Apple executives as well as representatives from Google and others to discuss the compani... More >>