Karl Bremer

Northwestern Professor Kent Kaiser on blogger Karl Bremer's death: "Good riddance"

Yesterday, Karl Bremer, author of Ripple in Stillwater -- winner of City Pages' Best Local Blog 2012 -- died at the age of 60 from complications related to pancreatic cancer.SEE ALSO: Karl Bremer on Bradlee Dean, Michele Bachmann's pastor problem [INTERVIEW] As the Pioneer Press put it in the headli ... More >>

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Karl Bremer, The New Republic settle lawsuit over Vennes photo

Last November, we reported that Stillwater blogger Karl Bremer had filed a civil suit against The New Republic, accusing the magazine of reprinting one of his photos without permission. Bremer tells us he has come to an agreement with the Washington, D.C.-based publication, and the two parties settl ... More >>

Easter Egg Hunt: Find the journalists hidden on this week's City Pages cover

This week's cover story, "The Fall of Michele Bachmann," features illustrations by local artist and author Ken Avidor, who also chronicled the Tom Petters trial for City Pages through comic strips a couple years ago. As usual with Avidor, there's more than first meets the eye to his Bachmann art. ... More >>

Michele Bachmann falls from grace

From top GOP contender to bottom of the barrel

Karl Bremer sues New Republic over Vennes photo

​Stillwater blogger and notorious Michele Bachmann foe Karl Bremer has a new enemy: The New Republic. Bremer recently filed a lawsuit against the Washington, D.C.-based magazine for using a photo he took of Frank Vennes Jr., the embattled Tom Petters fundraiser accused of helping bilk investors o ... More >>

Bigfoot sighting in Minnesota woods [VIDEO]

What is this thing?​Now that the Department of Natural Resources claims to have solved Minnesota's chupacabra mystery, they're going to have to tell us what the hell this thing is. A Minnesota farmer and his wife were walking in the woods north of Stillwater one July night, when they saw a strange ... More >>

Karl Bremer on Bradlee Dean, Michele Bachmann's pastor problem [Interview]

Courtesy Karl Bremer.Bremer has chronicled Bachmann and Dean on his blog, A Ripple In Stillwater.​For more than 10 years, blogger Karl Bremer has been doggedly chronicling the misadventures of Minnesota's craziest politician, Michele Bachmann. Now that Bachmann's presidential candidacy has earned ... More >>

Rolling Stone's Michele Bachmann story follows City Pages blueprint

Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi is a big City Pages fan.​We noted yesterday that Matt Taibbi's hit job in Rolling Stone on Rep. Michele Bachmann would sound familiar to local Bachmann watchers. As The Awl points out today, Taibbi's piece should sound even more familiar to City Pages readers, bec ... More >>

Michele Bachmann dropped $225 on makeup and hair before Election Day

No, not this makeup job.​Rep. Michele Bachmann had a record amount of money to throw around as Election Day drew near a few months ago, so she figured, what the heck, she'd drop a couple of Ben Franklins on looking good for the media swarm. Cost Cutters evidently didn't cut it for the sixth distr ... More >>

Meet Natalie Hale, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann's stylist-to-the-stars

Michele Bachmann's go-to glam artist, Natalie Hale.​News broke this morning that Tea Party Congresswoman Michele Bachmann spent $225 on hair and make-up for election day, and her stylist of choice is a woman by the name of Natalie Hale."The receipt was for the services of professional makeup artis ... More >>

Michele Bachmann protests taxes by refusing to pay hers

Ruby Ridge, anyone?​Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has taken a bold stand against government over-reach: She is five days late paying her property taxes.The darling of teabaggers everywhere has performed a Boston Tea Party of her own here in Minnesota. She's sending Washington (County) a mes ... More >>

Michele Bachmann's campaign organization hit for shoddy bookkeeping by FEC

The FEC finds "one or more contributions that appear to exceed" limits on campaign donations, and other issues.

Bad week for Michele Bachmann

Our crazy Congresswoman hits the trifecta

Crop subsidy data suggests Michele Bachmann is a welfare queen

As Michele Bachmann rails against government handouts, some of her critics point out she's feeding at the government trough.

In NH, Tim Pawlenty talks Ponzi: Tom Petters, anyone?

The governor throws some red meat to New Hampshire Republlicans.

Slashed MNIndy staff not singing praises for former employer

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