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Barack Obama

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2013

    Local man auctioned off bottle of Obama's White House Honey Ale homebrew for $1200 [RECIPE]

    Minnesotan Brad Magerkurth was lucky enough to be at Coffee Connection in Knoxville, Iowa, in August when President Obama walked in.A traveling brewer with Artisan Beer Company in the Twin Cities, Magerkurth and Obama started talking beer, and before long, the Beer Drinker in Chief asked an aide to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2012

    Norm Coleman praises Obama gun control speech that didn't use the word "guns"

    Last night, President Obama traveled to Newtown, Connecticut, and gave a speech at a memorial service for the victims of Friday's school shooting.SEE ALSO:-- Al Franken didn't want to talk gun control on Friday; Betty McCollum did -- Andy Parrish's response to Newtown school shooting: Arm teachers H ... More >>

  • Movies

    November 28, 2012

    Killing Them Softly argues crime is just business

    Hyper-violent Brad Pitt film takes a cynical view of Obama's America

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2012

    MN secession petition: Glenn Beck to be first president of 'Dumbf*ckistan,' Faux Nooz reports

    In the wake of President Obama's reelection, more than 500,000 people have signed official petitions filed with the White House asking for various states to be allowed to withdraw from the United States.Unsurprisingly, the state with the strongest secession movement is Texas -- more than 78,000 have ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 7, 2012

    Bruce Springsteen

    In the wake of President Obama's reelection, more than 500,000 people have signed official petitions filed with the White House asking for various states to be allowed to withdraw from the United States.Unsurprisingly, the state with the strongest secession movement is Texas -- more than 78,000 have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2012

    How to find your polling place

    It's been a long, excruciating road, but election day is finally here. The only thing left to do is vote, which apparently really matters now, given recent polls show the gay marriage and voter I.D. amendments are suddenly nail biters. (Obama, on the other hand, still has a commanding lead in Min ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2012

    "Hang in there Obama" sign, adorned with noose, displayed on Wisconsin roadway [IMAGE]

    In rural Redgranite, Wisconsin -- located smack-dab in the middle of the state -- an eye-catching sign is displayed alongside Highway 21.SEE ALSO:-- Ron Larsen, New Ulm politician, visited by Secret Service for threatening letter to Obama-- Mary Hoglund, 83, spits in Romney supporter's face during W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2012

    MNGOP Rep. Ernie Leidiger owes over $100,000 in overdue taxes, blames Obama

    Rep. Ernie Leidiger, R-Mayer, has three tax liens filed against him and reportedly owes $144,000 in overdue state and federal taxes.SEE ALSO: Rep. Ernie Leidiger outed for inviting Bradlee Dean to lead House prayerIs the failing small business owner from the party of personal accountability being ac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2012

    Ron Larsen, New Ulm politician, visited by Secret Service for threatening letter to Obama

    SEE ALSO:-- Issac Aguigui, alleged leader of Army plot to assassinate Obama, was a page at 2008 RNC-- Longfellow Park Obama threat: Is murdered cat a message for the president?In May, Ron Larsen was visited by the Secret Service after sending a what-the-hell-was-he-thinking letter to President Obama ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2012

    Pro-Romney group will air misleading 'Janesville' ad in Minnesota [VIDEO]

    SEE ALSO:-- Norm Coleman blasts Cali Democrat John Burton after he compares Paul Ryan to Goebbels-- Mitt Romney blames Wisconsin's problems on Obama, ignores Scott Walker [VIDEO]-- Obama shouts out Warroad-based, Romney-supporting Marvin Windows [VIDEO]The American Future Fund will spend $207,000 to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2012

    Obama up 7 in Minnesota, Klobuchar up 19, says new poll

    SEE ALSO:-- Romney has halved Obama's Minnesota lead since May, says new SurveyUSA poll-- Pro-Romney group will air misleading 'Janesville' ad in Minnesota [VIDEO]Barack Obama has a comfortable, if not insurmountable lead over Mitt Romney in Minnesota, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2012

    Obama shouts out Warroad-based, Romney-supporting Marvin Windows [VIDEO]

    SEE ALSO:-- Republicans sound the trumpet as Obamacare contributes to St. Jude's Minnesota layoffs-- Ross Murty, deli co-owner, caters for Obama, wears "Gov't Didn't Build My Business" shirt-- Romney has halved Obama's Minnesota lead since May, says new SurveyUSA pollMinnesota went atwitter after Pr ... More >>

  • News

    September 5, 2012

    Conservatives stir the pot again

    Tim Pawlenty and Michele Bachmann open their mouths

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2012

    Norm Coleman blasts Cali Democrat John Burton after he compares Paul Ryan to Goebbels

    SEE ALSO:-- Norm Coleman's "shadowy" American Action Network under fire for flouting law-- Norm Coleman most popular prominent MN GOPer; Bachmann "most unpopular politician"-- Norm Coleman: Obamacare won't be repealed, despite what Romney saysFormer Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman spoke on behalf of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2012

    Michele Bachmann explains why all the single ladies should vote for Mitt Romney [VIDEOS]

    SEE ALSO: Michele Bachmann says Romney is best presidential candidate because Obama is too wealthy [VIDEO]Ladies, Michele Bachmann wants you to know that you're best off voting for Mitt Romney this November because... he'll make gas cheaper?Strange as that may sound, it's Michele Bachmann's party an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2012

    Michele Bachmann says Romney is best presidential candidate because Obama is too wealthy [VIDEO]

    SEE ALSO:-- The Onion's "Bachmann Thankful No Americans Died In Sikh Shooting" story dupes dozens-- Michele Bachmann waves bag of gay-unfriendly Chick-fil-A [VIDEO]-- Michele Bachmann is making shit up in her latest fundraising e-mailDuring an RNC interview with USA Today, Michele Bachmann offered u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2012

    Barack Obama hands the National an opening slot in Des Moines

    See Also:Barack Obama brings Ben Harper and The National to Madison [UPDATE]Tom Morello rages against Paul Ryan's machineThe National at First Avenue, 8/6/10Band names are important in an election year. Pussy Riot's aware of it, so is Rage Against the Machine, but the National are so the band with t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2012

    Ross Murty, deli co-owner, caters for Obama, wears "Gov't Didn't Build My Business" shirt

    SEE ALSO: Paul Ryan's Iowa State Fair speech gets messy as protesters are hauled away [VIDEO]President Obama's campaign staff likes Ross Murty's Davenport, Iowa deli, but Murty isn't shy about not liking Obama's politics.Yesterday, Murty catered for Obama and his entourage during a stop on the presi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2012

    Longfellow Park Obama threat: Is murdered cat a message for the president?

    SEE ALSO:-- Romney has halved Obama's Minnesota lead since May, says new SurveyUSA poll-- Obama motorcade goes to Bachelor Farmer [VIDEO] [PHOTOS]-- Obama's Minnesota visit comes in wake of dismal jobs reportA burnt, dead cat found in a south Minneapolis park next to a Obama/Biden 2012 lawn sign is ... More >>

  • Arts

    July 25, 2012

    Brave New Workshop takes on presidential politics

    Rainbow Election is profane, biting, and very funny

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2012

    Romney has halved Obama's Minnesota lead since May, says new SurveyUSA poll

    SEE ALSO: Obama way ahead of Romney in Minnesota, says new SurveyUSA poll [GRAPHIC]Perhaps SurveyUSA's latest Minnesota survey should be taken with a grain of salt -- after all, as late as September 15, 2008, polls showed Barack Obama and John McCain tied in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, though of cours ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2012

    Mpls becomes first city to declare support for Obama's DREAM Act policy

    The Minneapolis City Council unanimously declared its support for President Barack Obama's recently announced policy suspending deportation for undocumented young folks. The Obama Administration announced the new policy June 15, which allows illegal immigrants who were brought here as children by ... More >>

  • News

    June 6, 2012

    The revolution won't be deported

    If legal remedies are exhausted, it's time to take to the streets

  • News

    June 6, 2012

    Voter ID is the new Jim Crow

    New laws in dozens of states could cost Obama votes

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2012

    Obama grants presidential pardon to hooky-playing Minnesota fifth-grader

    After receiving a presidential pardon from Barack Obama, Rochester fifth-grader Tyler Sullivan has a story to tell friends and family for the rest of his life.Sullivan skipped school Friday to take in the president's address at the Honeywell facility in Chanhassen. His dad gave Obama's official intr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2012

    Obama's Minnesota visit comes in wake of dismal jobs report

    If it really is all about the economy, stupid, then President Obama's reelection prospects are more precarious this morning than they were yesterday. Obama is in the Twin Cities today. He'll give a speech at Honeywell's Golden Valley facility this morning before heading downtown for a string of fund ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2012

    Obama motorcade goes to Bachelor Farmer [VIDEO] [PHOTOS]

    President Obama's motorcade was met with cheering crowds as well as several notable protests as it cruised through downtown on the way to Bachelor Farmer for lunch this afternoon.A crowd of several hundred people lined the streets and waited in eager anticipation as police cordoned off the intersect ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    President Obama comes out against Minnesota's proposed gay marriage ban

    Today, President Obama made clear that he does not support a proposal that would enshrine a gay marriage ban in Minnesota's constitution.Kristen Sosanie, spokeswoman for Obama's Minnesota campaign, said today in a statement: "While the President does not weigh in on every single ballot measure in ev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    MNGOP, $2 million in debt, decries Obama's "out of control spending"

    ​Pot, meet kettle. Late last year, figures released by the MNGOP's own Internal Finance Review revealed that the party is about $2 million in debt. Review committee chair Jeff Johnson characterized the MNGOP's balance sheets as containing "some ugly stuff."Yesterday, President Obama released his p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Poll: Obama crushes all GOP candidates in Minnesota [GRAPHIC]

    ​All signs point toward a blue November in Minnesota, at least as far as the presidential race is concerned.A new Public Policy Polling poll indicates that Barack Obama is on track to cruise to a comfortable win here no matter which Republican contender ultimately emerges as the GOP candidate.In a ... More >>

  • News

    October 19, 2011

    Obama's War on Weed

    In a strange about-face, the president tries to hack medical marijuana off at the knees

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    The largest employer in Minnesota is Minnesota

    Mark Dayton, Barack Obama: Minnesota's greatest bosses.​We have officially entered phase three of the plan to turn America into a socialist country: Everyone in Minnesota works for Mark Dayton or Barack Obama.Well, not everyone. But the top two employers in the state of Minnesota are the state gov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    Michele Bachmann rebuts Obama's jobs plan with her non-plan

    Michele Bachmann's got a plan, she just won't tell us what it is.​Barack Obama gave a speech before a joint session of Congress last night, introducing a wide-ranging second stimulus package to jolt the American economy back to life.Michele Bachmann says it wasn't even a plan, and said there are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    Tim Pawlenty calls Obama a "Doofus," but photo comparison tells the real story

    ​Tim Pawlenty unleashed a rank straight out of 8th grade when he called President Barack Obama a "doofus" on CNN. This bust is so old school  it doesn't even have a Wikipedia entry. So what exactly is a doofus, anyway? Does Barack Obama resemble a doofus?And should a doofus who lives in a gla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    Michele Bachmann wants to be prez so she can kill "the crown jewel of socialism"

    ​Unlike Tim Pawlenty, Michele Bachmann can answer the question of why she's running for president with one made-up word: Obamacare.In an interview with CNN, America's Craziest Congresswoman called Obama's healthcare program "the crown jewel of socialism" and said that anyone who is running for pre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Tim Pawlenty debates on Fox: What he said

    Pawlenty appeared with the also-rans.​Tim Pawlenty showed up last night in South Carolina to debate four other also-rans in the GOP presidential race: Herman Cain, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, and Gary Johnson. They didn't actually debate, of course. No one debates at debates anymore: They speech ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2011

    Obama punchlines Pawlenty and Bachmann [VIDEO]

    Obama laughs at Bachmann's and Pawlenty's expense.​It was open satire season on birthers Saturday night at the White House Corespondents Dinner in Washington. President Barack Obama, fresh off releasing his long form birth certificate, mocked Republicans whose party has become the official ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Five songs President Obama could sing to drive home our national indebtedness

    ​Let's not kid ourselves: our national fiscal house isn't anything close to in order these days. By all rights, our government should be shut down right now. Congress is perpetually fighting tooth and nail to figure out which budgetary sacred cows to sacrifice. And it's hard to make it through new ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Michele Bachmann not ready to debate Republicans

    Not ready to debate.​Michele Bachmann claims she's not afraid to debate President Barack Obama, but she's not sure she's ready for a prime time debate with other Republicans first, in what she calls the key stepping stone state of South Carolina. But in order to qualify as a serious White Ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Bachmann raises cash off Obama's call to abandon Defense Of Marriage Act

    Bachmann finds another way to make a buck.​When the Obama administration announced that it would no longer defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, Michele Bachmann didn't take to her microphone at Fox News, and she didn't rant on the House floor. She asked supporters for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    KFC China commercial stars fake Obama [VIDEO]

    KFC ChinaColonel Sanders teams up with Obama in China​The launch of the new Fish Filet Soft Roll at KFC in China gained a worldly spokesperson: Barack Obama. OK, so it's an Obama impersonator who promotes the "change" from fried chicken to fried fish. In one commercial, the fake president ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    Obama vs. UFC fighter Jacob Volkmann: The Video

    Obama smashes Jacob Volkmann's head into a wall.​By now you've heard of the UFC fighter who decided to call out the President after winning a fight--a decision that earned him a visit from the Secret Service.This video shows what might happen if Obama decided to get medieval on Volkmann's ass.

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    Michele Bachmann: The Year In Crazy

    Wingnut of the Year.​Rep. Michele Bachmann took us all on another ride aboard the crazy train this year, questioning the president's patriotism, defending BP, proclaiming herself the queen tea partier -- and winning re-election in the 6th congressional district. Here's a look back.

  • Calendar

    December 29, 2010

    Tracey Ashley

    Wingnut of the Year.​Rep. Michele Bachmann took us all on another ride aboard the crazy train this year, questioning the president's patriotism, defending BP, proclaiming herself the queen tea partier -- and winning re-election in the 6th congressional district. Here's a look back.

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Barack Obama polls highest with Minnesotans in a year

    Minnesotans kinda, sorta like this guy.​Just a hair more than half of Minnesotans approved of Barack Obama's job as president as of last week, according to a new Star Tribune poll. That's the highest poll rating Obama's seen in Minnesota in more than a year.

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Barack Obama recommends meditation for Republicans

    Screen grab via TheUptakeObama rallies at the U​Mark Dayton's campaign for governor got two big boosts this weekend: Yet another lead in another poll, and a pat on the back from Barack Obama. Obama flew in for a Dayton rally at the U of M, where he said Republicans would drive the economy bac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    Barack Obama booked for Mark Dayton rally

    Barack Obama will lead a rally at the University of Minnesota on Oct. 23.​President Barack Obama will headline an Oct. 23 rally on the University of Minnesota campus to boost Democrat Mark Dayton's run for governor. The White House won't confirm or deny the exact location, but all indications ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Barack Obama vs. Michele Bachmann: No contest in new poll

    Obama, or Bachmann? No contest.​A Humphrey Institute/MPR poll out this morning finds that President Barack Obama could struggle in Minnesota on Election Day 2012. Maybe. But Minnesotans sound pretty sure that he's a much better bet in the White House than, say, congresswoman Michele Bachmann ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Barack Obama loves Bob Dylan

    And the feeling is mutual.​Apparently, Barack Obama is a huge fan of Bob Dylan. In a Q & A featured in the Oct. 15 issue of Rolling Stone, Obama tells magazine co-founder Jann Wenner that Dylan is a perennial on the presidential iPod. That is, of course, when he's not listening to Nas and Li ... More >>

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