Paul Schmelzer

Minnesota Independent editors talk site shutdown

Minnesota Independent editor Jon Collins was laid off yesterday.​The Minnesota Independent is shutting down, according to its editor and the company's CEO. Jon Collins took the job as site editor earlier this summer but was laid off yesterday around noon, Collins confirmed to City Pages. The move ... More >>

Bachmann stapled to BP in new campaign ad

BP makes as much as Apple and Google combined​In the wake of widespread public outrage over GOP Congressman Joe Barton's apology to BP, Tarryl Clark has released an ad highlighting Michele Bachmann's own tender feelings for the Gulf Destroyer. Earlier this week, Bachmann offered up am utterly b ... More >>

American Apparel butts in on Robyne Robinson's moment

Robyne Robinson and Matt Entenza made official this morning what we told you Monday: they're running for office together. So far, the media roll-out has been anything but smooth, and this photo is no exception. The Entenza campaign couldn't get a shot from the front, so we could actually see the can ... More >>

Michele Bachmann junkies at Minnesota Independent?

Rep. Michele Bachmann​Eric Ostermeier at Smart Politics, the blog of the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota, reports today that of roughly 900 articles published by the Minnesota Independent over the last six months, 20.1 percent of them focused on the ever controversial and out ... More >>

Should bloggers get press passes?

Should any yahoo with a blogspot page access to the statehouse?

Trevor Paglen

Slashed MNIndy staff not singing praises for former employer

Since when did the Republicans get so good at graphic design?

Breakfast of Champions 4/11

The Real Scoop: Strib Columnist C.J. doesn't know how to use spellcheck?