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Erik Paulsen pushes medical device tax repeal while getting megabucks from medical industry

On Wednesday, Republican U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen introduced a bill to repeal the medical device tax included in Obamacare. In 2012, by a wide margin, Paulsen led the House in money received from medical supply companies.SEE ALSO: Republicans sound the trumpet as Obamacare contributes to St. Jude's Mi ... More >>

Kurt Bills, public school teacher, says: "I do not believe there is such a thing as climate change" [VIDEO]

Kurt Bills' no-good-very-bad U.S. Senate campaign will limp across the finish line today, but he couldn't help himself from offering up one last head-scratcher before fading out of our lives.SEE ALSO:-- Bills ad linking Klobuchar and Petters is "preposterous," says Republican bankruptcy trustee-- De ... More >>

Kurt Bills ad linking Klobuchar and Petters is "preposterous," says Republican bankruptcy trustee [VIDEO]

During last night's Vikings telecast, GOP Senate candidate Kurt Bills debuted his first TV ad.SEE ALSO: Daily Caller report linking Amy Klobuchar and Petters "is old rehashed stuff," Ken Avidor saysThe ad highlights accusations made in a Daily Caller report last week -- namely, "that U.S. Senator Am ... More >>

Big Bird emerges as somewhat divisive figure in Minnesota, new polling says

By now, you know the backstory. Last Wednesday, during the first presidential debate, Mitt Romney vowed to cut federal funding for PBS, saying "I love Big Bird... But I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it."SEE ALSO:-- Obama up 7 in Minnesota, Klob ... More >>

Dave Wellstone calls Kurt Bills' homage to his father "completely disrespectful"

SEE ALSO:-- "Quick Kurt" Bills pays homage to "Fast Paul" Wellstone in new ad [VIDEOS]-- Kurt Bills' creepy Staring at the Future political film is laughably bad [VIDEO]Kurt Bills views his new "Quick Kurt" ad as an homage to a candidate who, like him, was a major underdog when running for U.S. Sena ... More >>

"Quick Kurt" Bills pays homage to "Fast Paul" Wellstone in new ad [VIDEOS]

SEE ALSO:-- Kurt Bills' creepy Staring at the Future political film is laughably bad [VIDEO]-- Kurt Bills, MNGOP Rep., seeking Republican endorsement to challenge KlobucharKurt Bills is a Republican, so you'd think his advertising would pay homage to conservative icons like Ronald Reagan, Barry Gold ... More >>

Klobuchar, Franken aim to crack down on oil speculation

​Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken are sponsoring legislation aimed at reigning in oil speculators. The average price of gas in Minnesota around $3.73, and similar pump pain being felt throughout the country, there's pressure on lawmakers to do something, anything, to bring prices down.A group of liber ... More >>

Obama signs Stillwater bridge bill after Klobuchar, Bachmann write him letter

​Michele Bachmann and Amy Klobuchar aren't on the same page often, but they both agree the Stillwater area needs a new bridge to Wisconsin.Their agreement was so strong that they even joined forces to write President Obama a letter seeking his "prompt signature" on a bill approving the new bridge' ... More >>

Kurt Bills, MNGOP Rep., seeking Republican endorsement to challenge Klobuchar

​Today, state Rep. Kurt Bills, R-Rosemount, announced he is seeking the GOP nomination to challenge Sen. Amy Klobuchar this November.Bills, 42, a high school economic teacher and former Rosemount City Council members, will compete against former state Rep. Dan Severson and decorated war veteran Pe ... More >>

Justin Bieber says Amy Klobuchar should be 'locked up'

Photo via FreeBieber.org​First things first, can we all just take a moment and contemplate the fact that Justin Bieber and Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar have a beef? How did this even happen?Let's start from the beginning...

Al Franken issues hot dish challenge to Minnesota politicians

Politics makes strange kitchen mates. Who won Minnesota' congressional hot dish cook-off?​Politics in Washington can be pretty polarized these days, but among Minnesota's congressional delegation yesterday, it wasn't rhetoric that was heated, it was casserole. In the new and no doubt temporary s ... More >>

AG Lori Swanson sues Cheap2Dial for ripping off Minnesotans

Photo by samantha celeraThose phone bills are complicated.​Bargain long-distance phone carrier Cheap2Dial may soon be facing a heavy bill of its own: Attorney General Lori Swanson is suing the Pennsylvania company for charging Minnesota customers extra fees without their knowledge. The compan ... More >>

Target kept on giving to anti-gay politicians after Emmer fiasco

mmtzjr69out​The dust has settled in the wake of the 2010 elections, and the hot white glare on Target's controversial support for anti-gay Republican Tom Emmer's gubernatorial campaign has faded. But FEC records show that the Target political action committee kept up its donations to anti-ga ... More >>

Honey laundering stings Minnesota beekeepers

Image by cygnus921 on FlickrBees: We like the Minnesota ones​Minnesota beekeepers are so buzzing mad about "honey laundering" that they're holding a press conference about it today at the State Fair. Apparently, cheap honey from China is messing up their market.

Al Franken gavels Elena Kagan's Supreme Court vote to a close

Image Via YouTubeAl Franken does the honors during Elena Kagan's Senate confirmation vote.​Solicitor General Elena Kagan was confirmed for the Supreme Court this afternoon and Minnesota freshman Sen. Al Franken gaveled the vote to a close by declaring "the nomination is confirmed." The vote wa ... More >>

Erin Andrews of ESPN adds star power to Amy Klobuchar's stalker measure

Image via WikipediaErin Andrews goes to bat for Amy Klobuchar​Erin Andrews knows a thing or two about stalkers. A guy named Michael David Barrett once secretly videotaped the ESPN sportscaster through a hotel peepholes -- in one, she was buck naked, curling her hair -- and then posted the clip ... More >>

Al Franken doodles as Elena Kagan testifies

Screen grab via YouTubeFranken took some interesting notes as Elena Kagan testified​He's a cut up, a brawler and a napper. And it turns out Sen. Al Franken is also a pretty good doodler. Waiting his turn to question Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan before the Senate Judiciary Committee yeste ... More >>

Amy Klobuchar wants to kill "Murderabilia" websites

​Nothing, evidently, better brings together a conservative Republican senator from Texas and a liberal Democratic senator from Minnesota than a good old fashioned sale of murder relics. And so you have Sens. John Cornyn and Amy Klobuchar introducing a bill called the "Stop the Sale of Murdera ... More >>

Amy Klobuchar rips Washington Post sexism on Elena Kagan

Let's leave the leg-crossing out of it, shall we?​What a strange parlor game this whole Beltway press corps effort is, trying to suss out whether Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is a lesbian. "Folks are using fashion as a limited tool for making sense of her sexual orientation (Well, she's ... More >>

Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken back Elena Kagan for Supreme Court

Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken ​U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken voiced strong support this morning for President Barack Obama's nomination this morning of Solicitor General Elena Kagan as the next justice for the U.S. Supreme Court. Both senators sit on the judiciary committee, wh ... More >>

Amy Klobuchar gets audacious ink in Elle

​How do we look to the rest of America? A certain congresswoman from a certain northern suburb earns the lion's share of national ink these days for comments about anti-American presidents, Acorn plots and socialist-facist evildoers in Congress. She has her fans. And then there's The Audacity ... More >>

Al Franken, Amy Klobuchar, Keith Ellison, Jim Oberstar backing health care public option

The public option in the Democrat's health care reform package, known to Michele Bachmann as a communist conspiracy, looks like it may have risen from the dead.

Michele Bachmann: Wingnut of the Year

Minnesota's crazy congresswoman was 2009's battiest politico

Is Klobuchar warming up to full body scans at U.S. airports?

Thanks to a hip replacement, Klobuchar says she's used to extra screening precautions at airports.

Franken/Coleman featured in MAD Magazine's list of dumbest stuff in '09

Endless recount spotlighted in Cialis spoof

Minn. apparently has a lot of clunkers

Minnesota is one of the top-5 states in the country requesting to junk their clunker for something better.

Unlike Bachmann, Klobuchar trusts the Census

Sen. Amy Klobuchar came out against Rep. Michele Bachmann's recent tirade against the Census, urging Minnesotans to fill it out to ensure we get our congressional seats and funding in the coming years.

Hold Gitmo detainees in Minnesota? Two state Dems disagree

Earlier this week, Rep. Tim Walz of Minnesota said he would be open to housing some of the detainees in Minnesota in some of our high-level detention facilities. Sen. Amy Klobuchar disagrees.

Klobuchar joins McCain on visit to Vietnam prison

Sen. John McCain brought Sen. Amy Klobuchar along on his visit to the Vietnam prison he was held in for more than five years during the Vietnam War.

National Journal: McCollum has most liberal voting record of 2008

How did the others in the Minnesota delegation stack up?

Klobuchar has had tax problems too

Breaking news! Taxes are incredibly complicated and (GASP) even elected officials screw up once in awhile.

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CP in D.C.: A diary from the Obama inauguration

Emily Kaiser heads to D.C. to experience firsthand one of the most historic events in recent memory

Minneapolis exotic dancer forgets to report 80,000 dollar bills found in her panties,

Friday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

Rep. Ellison on violence in Gaza, calls for U.S. to support peace

Klobuchar: Seat the certified winner before court battles

Klobuchar against auto bailout

Sen. Amy Klobuchar came out against the U.S. auto bailout today, after previously saying she was inclined to vote for it.

Five others in the Minn. delegation have property vandalized

Klobuchar getting into trouble on Obama's campaign tour

Klobuchar and Tinklenberg rid their political funds of Petters

Both Minnesota senators vote for financial rescue bill

Anti-War Protesters Gather at State Capitol

When political ads go very wrong: an evening of laughs

Minnesota Congressional Power Rankings

Just Shoot Me

Par's Parting Shot

The ousted publisher goes out like a trust-fund punk

City Pages presents the Global Warming Day of Action

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Drinking Games

Two high-profile convictions rekindle a debate over what to do when drunk drivers kill

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