Keith Ellison (Politician)

Al Franken didn't want to talk gun control on Friday; Betty McCollum did

In the wake of a tragedy, when is it appropriate to start talking about its political implications?SEE ALSO:-- Betty McCollum speaks out on Arizona shootings [VIDEO]-- Al Franken doesn't want mobile app companies to sell your location data without permission Unfortunately, that's a question electe ... More >>

Keith Ellison takes shot at T-Paw, is kinda-sorta happy Paul Ryan got VP nod

SEE ALSO:-- Keith Ellison accuses Tim Pawlenty of drinking "the Kool-Aid"-- Tim Pawlenty calls a Ground Zero mosque unpatriotic [UPDATED]-- Pawlenty's website broadcasts cryptic "coming soon" message as VP speculation mountsWe're pretty sure President Obama doesn't have to worry about who Rep. Keith ... More >>

Gary Boisclair, congressional candidate, running graphic dead fetus ad on Twin Cities TV [VIDEO]

SEE ALSO:-- Chris Fields: I didn't call Keith Ellison a reverse racist in "reverse racism" ad-- Michele Bachmann's Keith Ellison comments: Media criticized for "unconscionable" headlinesCongressional candidate Gary Boisclair has absolutely no chance to defeat Keith Ellison in an August 14 Democratic ... More >>

Chris Fields says Keith Ellison isn't doing enough for black people

Chris Fields, Congressman Keith Ellison's Republican opponent for re-election, said in an interview yesterday that Ellison isn't doing enough for black constituents. Fields also claimed Ellison is unpopular with some "prominent Democrats" who have expressed their displeasure to Fields in private b ... More >>

Minnesota Republicans recited Pledge of Allegiance to a clown, says Lynne Torgerson

Earlier this month, Minneapolis criminal defense attorney Lynne Torgerson dropped out of the race for the GOP nomination to take on Congressman Keith Ellison this November. It looks like Ellison's opponent with be Chris Fields, who won the party's backing during the 5th District convention on April ... More >>

Keith Ellison says Herman Cain flunks Pledge of Allegiance

Herman Cain wants loyalty oaths for Muslims.​Herman Cain tried to put a moderating gloss on his anti-Muslim paranoia the other night during the Republican presidential debate, but he's pretty up front about his bigotry. Any Muslim wanting to serve in a Cain administration would have to take a ... More >>

Bradlee Dean flunks gay sex law 101

Bradlee Dean, scholar.​Everyone's favorite odious preacher Bradlee Dean has made a cottage industry out of anti-gay rhetoric on the radio, the internets and, most recently, Walmart parking lots. So is it too much to ask that he at least be familiar with the law around gay rights, since he's wo ... More >>

Keith Ellison isn't patriotic enough for Herman Cain

Godfather's Pizza millionaire Herman Cain.​In pizza millionaire Herman Cain's world, all Muslims are anti-American Sharia freaks bent on forcing their religion down everyone's throats. And Cain, a Christian Republican who is toying with a presidential run, and who figures it's OK to force his ... More >>

Keith Ellison breaks down in tears at Muslim hearings [VIDEO]

Ellison breaks down.​Rep. Keith Ellison spent weeks deriding the congressional hearings that opened today on radical Muslims, orchestrated by Rep. Peter King of New York, as little more than an attempt to spread fear and hatred of a religious minority. When it came his turn to testify and de ... More >>

Keith Ellison denounces "dictator" Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker [UPDATE]

Ellison joins in the debate over union busting in Wisconsin.​Rep. Keith Ellison, co-chairman of the congressional progressive caucus, ripped into Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker this morning, lambasting him as a dictator for his attempt to strip public workers of their collective bargaining rights ... More >>

Islamic law center opens on University of Minnesota campus today

Keith Ellison will speak at the Islamic law center's opening.​It's been almost 10 years since the 9/11 attacks. We're still stuck in Iraq and Afghanistan. Egypt is in the midst of a bloody revolution whose outcome is uncertain at best. And everyone seems to have an opinion about Muslims--informed ... More >>

Keith Ellison defended by Baptist, Jewish leaders after Allen West attacks

Allen West: Constitutional principles for me, but not for thee.​Muslim Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison just isn't American enough for Rep. Allen West. The Florida Republican told radio host Richard Peritz that Ellison is the "antithesis of the principles on which this country was established." Now, ... More >>

Keith Ellison launches Twitter campaign for ElBaradei's release

Keith Ellison demands ElBaradei's release.​Minneapolis Congressman Keith Ellison has taken to Twitter to denounce the government of Egypt as it tries violently to quash an uprising seeking the end of President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. Urging them on: Mohamed ElBaradei, the former head of the ... More >>

Keith Ellison scores Progressive Caucus chairmanship [UPDATE]

Keith Ellison wins another election.​Rep. Keith Ellison has just won election as a chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. That means the leader of of one of Congress's most liberal groups now shares a property line of sorts with the chairwoman of one of its most conservative, Rep. ... More >>

Keith Ellison seeks top Progressive Caucus post

Ellison keeps swinging left.​Regardless of the Election Day teabagger wave, a whole lot of Democrats won re-election to the House of Representatives two weeks ago, sent there by Americans who expect them to fight the Republican tide. One of those Democrats is 5th district Rep. Keith Ellison. ... More >>

Keith Ellison invokes Thomas Jefferson's Koran in 9/11 mosque fight

Keith Ellison wants to know why churches, but not mosques, are allowed near Ground Zero.​Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, invoked the Constitution and Thomas Jefferson's Koran when asked last night by Larry King whether he was being "insensitive" by supporting an Islam ... More >>

Tim Pawlenty calls a Ground Zero mosque unpatriotic [UPDATED]

Photo: marcnTim Pawlenty butts in on New York City's business​Updated: Rep. Keith Ellison trashes Pawlenty's "unseemly" pandering to extremists. Details after the jump. Muslims, evidently, are unpatriotic. That's the word from our ever-turning-rightward governor. He was asked by RealClearPoli ... More >>

Keith Ellison says, yep, there's "extreme racists" in the tea party

Photo: cometstarmoonKeven LawWhat about racism at tea parties?​The Republicans, led by Michele Bachmann, are trying to figure out how to co-opt tea partiers, and the Democrats said yesterday they're happy to let the Republicans do it. You want to stand with folks determined to end Medicare, pr ... More >>

Keith Ellison blasts "warmongers" in speech to Unitarians [VIDEO]

Image via YouTubeObama's no miracle worker, Ellison tells Unitarians​The first Muslim elected to Congress told a gathering of Unitarians recently that President Barack Obama is no miracle worker --especially when it comes to waging peace over war -- and that any of them who labor under that mi ... More >>

Keith Ellison defends Muslim complaints about "South Park"

Don't judge a faith by the actions of a radical few, Ellison says​If you're Jewish and you don't like the way your people are portrayed on TV, you can complain. If you're Latino and you don't like the way Latinos are depicted on TV, you can complain. So what's the big deal when Muslims take ... More >>

Keith Ellison rates a "Most Wanted" in teabagger card deck

Keith Ellison, Nancy Pelosi and John McCain are among the "Most Wanted"​Looks like Rep. Keith Ellison's in trouble with some self-described constitutional experts at something called the Shenandoah Valley Tea Party Patriots in Virginia. He's one of 54 members of Congress, "Republicans and De ... More >>

Keith Ellison's Mulsim faith attacked at D.C. Christian prayer rally

Ellison is the first Muslim member of Congress​Some fundamentalists just can't help themselves. Give them a microphone and pretty soon they're running down someone else's faith. God's on their side you see. It says so, right in their own holy book. And so it came to pass in Washington, D.C., ... More >>

Keith Ellison introduces bill to ban Atrazine

​It's Earth Day, and Rep. Keith Ellison is taking note by announcing that he's introducing a House bill to ban a herbicide that's long been the target of environmentalists: Atrazine. The news comes ahead of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Scientific Advisory Panel meeting next week tha ... More >>

Keith Ellison denied entry to Gaza

​"Denied entry to Gaza - hostilities. On to Rafah. Tweet cha when I get there," writes Rep. Keith Ellison Friday morning on his Twitter account. The Minneapolis congressman had been accompanying a trade delegation of 16 U.S. corporations to Saudi Arabia, helping to open doors for bilateral co ... More >>

McCollum gets condom in mail and Ellison is smeared as "sambo"

​Keeping it classy, someone angry about the passage of health care reform -- and unwilling to identify themselves -- has mailed a condom to Rep. Betty McCollum's St. Paul district office with the declaration: "Betty McCollum you've been dry f***** by the liberal party." Maria Reppas, McCollum ... More >>

Keith Ellison is poor

A Center for Responsive Politics analysis reveals the representative to be one of the least wealthy congressmen in the country.

Ellison denounces Republican call for investigation of Muslim "spy" interns

Rep. Keith Ellison spoke on the House floor Monday to denounce four Republicans who called for an investigation into Muslim interns in Congress who they believe could be spies.

Muslims like us: Ellison targeted again for his religion

Don't trust the Ellison, he's really part of a secret underground Muslim spy network.

Ellison in Sudan to discuss relief effort and peace plans

Rep. Keith Ellison will be in Sudan this week meeting with officials to discuss the ongoing humanitarian situation in Darfur and plans for the implementation of a peace agreement.

Ellison: Bachmann's flying imams claim is 'psycho talk'

On MSNBC, Ellison said her comments "could even be called psycho talk."

Bachmann spokesman: False 'flying imams' claim doesn't matter

This is a doozy: Rep. Michele Bachmann's spokesman doesn't think her false claims against Rep. Keith Ellison really matter. Because who cares if elected officials tell the truth?

Bachmann falsely claims 'flying imams' were here for Ellison celebration

Bachmann made false claims that the six "flying imams" who were briefly detained at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International airport in 2006 were here for a "victory celebration" for Rep. Keith Ellison.

Ellison heading to Saudi Arabia for Minn. trade mission

Rep. Keith Ellison announced a trip to Saudi Arabia with Minnesota companies for a trade mission to boost business relations abroad.

Despite Ellison's concerns, Israel says pasta isn't food aid

How did Israel respond to U.S. questioning about block pasta at the border? Americans are simply uninformed about food aid.

Ellison surveys damage in the Gaza Strip

Rep. Keith Ellison and a fellow congressman toured the Gaza Strip today to see the damage from recent attacks firsthand.

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Tibetan Freedom Torch Relay

The Meeting

Al Franken, Keith Ellison among "most influential US liberals"

So It's Come to This

After running out of old ladies to fire, the Star Tribune begins clipping the mentally handicapped

City Pages presents the Global Warming Day of Action

2/16 Morning Communiqué

In other news the terrorist warning alert level has been elevated to red

Local bloggers on last night's primary wins and losses

Running Man

Keith Ellison, the DFL's endorsee for Congress in the Fifth District, has spent the summer countering attacks from Republicans—and Democrats. What made him everyone's favorite target?