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Bradlee Dean sends letter to Wonkette threatening another laughable defamation suit

As we've chronicled in painstaking detail, the defamation lawsuit Bradlee Dean filed against Rachel Maddow was so preposterous, a judge ended up ordering Dean to pay thousands and thousands of dollars to cover her legal fees.SEE ALSO: In St. Cloud, Bradlee Dean speaks to more protesters than support ... More >>

Bradlee Dean booted from school grounds, so he gives planned speech at the nearest ditch [VIDEO]

We've been intentionally ignoring Bradlee Dean for months -- after all, America's foremost tracksuit-wearing homophobe just doesn't have the juice he did during the MNGOP's most recent heyday -- but this video is just too good to pass over.WHAT DEAN TALKS ABOUT DURING HIS SCHOOL SPEECHES: Bradlee De ... More >>

Bret Ernst

Bradlee Dean still won't pay Rachel Maddow, wants presiding judge removed from case

Last week, judge Joan Zeldon ordered Bradlee Dean to pay Rachel Maddow and the now-defunct Minnesota Independent the $24,625 in legal fees he owes them by this Tuesday.SEE ALSO:-- Bradlee Dean mocks Rachel Maddow's looks on Facebook [IMAGE]-- Bradlee Dean crank calls Keith Ellison, alleges that Musl ... More >>

Bradlee Dean ordered to pay Rachel Maddow legal fees he owes her by next week

Since late June, Bradlee Dean has owed Rachel Maddow and the now-defunct Minnesota Independent $24,625 in legal fees stemming from a ridiculous defamation lawsuit he failed against them.SEE ALSO: Dean foresees armed insurrection if Obama is reelected: "America deserves what it gets" [AUDIO]In the me ... More >>

Bradlee Dean mocks Rachel Maddow's looks on Facebook [IMAGE]

Bradlee Dean took to Facebook on Tuesday to take a cheap shot at one of his longtime rivals, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow.SEE ALSO: Bradlee Dean's troupe to Iowa public school: Homosexual lifestyle 'literally kills' gays [VIDEO] But instead of blasting Maddow for her lefty politics or support for "the r ... More >>

Ali Wong

Bradlee Dean's dishonest fundraising may land him in hot water with the IRS

SEE ALSO:-- Hy-Vee store director apologizes for letting Bradlee Dean's ministry fundraise on-site-- Bradlee Dean's troupe to Iowa public school: Homosexual lifestyle 'literally kills' gays [VIDEO]-- Bradlee Dean uses "suicide prevention" to raise money for anti-gay ministryIn June, Bradlee Dean's Y ... More >>

Hy-Vee store director apologizes for letting Bradlee Dean's ministry fundraise on-site

SEE ALSO: -- Bradlee Dean must pay attorney fees to Rachel Maddow, Minnesota Independent-- Bradlee Dean's troupe to Iowa public school: Homosexual lifestyle 'literally kills' gays-- Bradlee Dean uses "suicide prevention" to raise money for anti-gay ministry Last weekend, Bradlee Dean's You Can Run B ... More >>

Bradlee Dean must pay attorney fees to Rachel Maddow, Minnesota Independent

About a year ago, after filing a libel lawsuit against MSNBC host Rachel Maddow and the Minnesota Independent, controversial preacher Bradlee Dean sounded pretty confident. His attorney, Larry Klayman, even declared that Maddow's career was effectively finished. It turns out that might have been a ... More >>

Twin Cities 13th "most lesbianish" metro, says Jezebel

​Minneapolis-St. Paul is the 13th "most lesbainish" metro in the country, according to Jezebel's first-ever ranking of lesbian hot spots.Jezebel doesn't explain the list's methodology, so take it for what it's worth, but the Twin Cities gets kudos for our abundance of piercing-laden bicycle chicks ... More >>

Bradlee Dean: Michele Bachmann smells like rancid cheese

Michele Bachmann and Bradlee Dean: Friends no more?​Things are not looking good for Michele Bachmann's presidential campaign these days. Earlier this month, her entire New Hampshire staff jumped ship. Recent polls show she's slipped into a distant fourth place in the race for the nomination. A ... More >>

Rick Santorum and Bradlee Dean talked about gay sex last weekend

Bradlee Dean, Rick Santorum: Track suit, empty suit.​Rick Santorum, the former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, announces that he's running for president every few days, waiting for someone to finally notice. With Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, and Herman Cain (Herman Cain!) vacuuming all the oxygen from ... More >>

Bradlee Dean delighted by softball coverage in New York Times

​In the past, conservative pastor Bradlee Dean has been an outspoken critic of the media. Dean (real name Bradley Dean Smith) is even suing MSNBC host Rachel Maddow and Minnesota Independent writer Andy Birkey for their coverage, accusing the two reporters of defaming him by taking an excerpt fr ... More >>

Bradlee Dean on Andy Birkey: "He is trying to make me the biggest villain known to mankind"

Andy Birkey is being sued by Bradley Smith​Heavy metal pastor Bradley Dean Smith is at war with Minnesota Independent reporter Andy Birkey. Last week, Smith (a.k.a Bradlee Dean) filed a lawsuit against Birkey and MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, accusing them of taking an excerpt from his radio sho ... More >>

Bradlee Dean's lawyer: "Rachel Maddow's career is over"

Larry Klayman: lawyer, activist, character on West Wing.​Bradlee Dean's lawyer, Larry Klayman, is quite the character. Really. As in, there's actually a character in the show West Wing based off of him named Harry Klaypool. Klayman is also the founder of Freedom Watch, might have been the inspira ... More >>

Bradlee Dean sues Rachel Maddow

Smith wants more than $50 million from the MSNBC host.​Punk rock preacher Bradley Dean Smith will announce plans later this morning to sue MSNBC host Rachel Maddow for more than $50 million. According to Smith, better known as Bradlee Dean, Maddow and other unnamed news outlets defamed him by twe ... More >>

Bradlee Dean suing Andy Birkey of Minnesota Independent as well as Rachel Maddow

Photo by Nick Pinto, Village Voice.Sporting a Minnesota Twins t-shirt, Smith and his lawyer announced the lawsuit in New York this morning.​Controversial pastor Bradley Dean Smith announced this morning that, in addition to MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, he is also suing Minnesota Independent writer An ... More >>

Minnesota Independent, MSNBC respond to Bradlee Dean lawsuit

Birkey has won awards for his coverage of Smith.​The Minnesota Independent is standing by its reporting, denying allegations that writer Andy Birkey defamed punk rock pastor Bradley Dean Smith. Smith, a.k.a. Bradlee Dean, filed a lawsuit against Birkey this morning, alleging that Birkey and MSNBC ... More >>

Video of Bradlee Dean lawsuit press conference

Smith held a press conference this morning in New York to announce the lawsuit.​Minnesota pastor Bradley Dean Smith -- a.k.a. Bradlee Dean -- announced earlier today he is suing MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow and Minnesota Independent writer Andy Birkey. The civil suit, filed today in Washington, D. ... More >>

Chris Matthews gets a tingle from Michele Bachmann at Time 100 bash [PHOTO]

Mingling with the liberal media elite.​There was a time when Michele Bachmann's fans jeered at the way MSNBC's Chris Matthews dismissed her as a hypnotized zombie, and they cheered when she tweaked him on camera after her re-election. So we're wondering what they think of her being caught on came ... More >>

Keith Olbermann spits up on Michele Bachmann's island invite [VIDEO]

Keith Olbermann's reaction to Michele Bachmann's crush.​MSNBC's Keith Olbermann is spitting up at the news that Michele Bachmann said she'd like to be stranded on a desert island with him for a little platonic conversation. "I'm not often stumped. But I have to admit, she stumped me," he said ... More >>

Michele Bachmann wants to be stranded on a desert island with Keith Olbermann

Michele Bachmann wants to get all Swiss Family Robinson with Keith Olbermann.​Keith Olbermann has named Michele Bachmann the "Worst Person In The World" over and over, but given the choice she says she'd rather take him with her to a desert island any day than Rachel Maddow or Chris "Tingly Fe ... More >>

John Townsend blasts Star Tribune on outing articles

Do the ends justify the means?​The reporter who outed a homophobic pastor as secretly gay on the cover of Lavender has penned a letter accusing the Star Tribune of misrepresenting his investigation.John Townsend infiltrated a support group to get the goods on Rev. Tom Brock, who has famously blame ... More >>

Gastro Non Grata this Sunday

​ The 14th installment of Gastro Non Grata takes place at the Triple Rock this Sunday (doors at 6, $7 advance/ $10 at the door, gastronongrata.com). Triple Rock will provide the food and several of the band members of musical guests the Prairie Sons and Blood, Sweat, and Beers. As always, Nort ... More >>

Minnesota Zoo keeper digs scooping poop (video)

Into Dawn's Walker's day, a little barnyard poop -- maybe even a lot of poop -- must fall. Check out the video. It's the second in a series. The first drew the attention of MSNBC's Rachel Maddow.

Amy Klobuchar for U.S. Supreme Court?

Photo via americaspower/Flickr​U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, a Republican in a party that's moved so far to the right that he's now considered a liberal on the court, is likely going to retire while President Barack Obama is in office. Who replaces him? That's the latest Washin ... More >>

MSNBC mocks Michele Bachman-Sarah Palin photo op and plugs Tarryl Clark's spoof

Want to pose for a $10,000 photo op with Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann on April 7 in Minneapolis? Want to do it for free? Read on.

Air America, Franken's launching pad, goes out of business

The "Kennedy seat" in the senate goes to a Republican, health care reform dies, and now this. It's a bad week for liberals.

GOP steamed over Franken tactic; McCain did same to Dayton

Reminder: Nothing ever dies on the Internet. Addendum: If it doesn't die, it may come back to bite you.

Republicans still steamed over Franken's rape amendment

A two-month-old vote on a bill to protect rape victims still ties Republican senators in knots.

Bachmann rally coverage round-up

We've rounded up a collection of video and text in case you were "too busy" to make it to Washington, D.C. yesterday for the hoopla.

Rachel Maddow on Tim Pawlenty's trip to upstate New York

In part two of a double feature from MSNBC, Rachel Maddow calls out Tim Pawlenty for his recent trip to upstate New York.

Deathers: Palin and Bachmann aren't the only crazy ones

When Sarah Palin wrote about President Obama "death panels" and cited our very own Rep. Michele Bachmann, we put them both in the crazy box and called it a day. Not so fast.

Minneapolis's Metro Gang Strike Force strikes out

Also: Pat Buchanan's Minnesota, rubber-ball fetishist burglar

Buchanan: White Supreme Court not discrimination, just like white Minnesotans in Olympic hockey

If there's one way to truly date yourself as a white male bigot, Pat Buchanan nailed that viewpoint straight on the head last night on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show.

More on those CIA Death Squads Sy Hersh told us about

Rachel Maddow helps us connect the dots.

Rachel Maddow loves Minnesota Zoo's poop video

On yesterday's episode of her popular MSNBC show, she celebrated the Minnesota Zoo's Who Pooped?

Happy Teabagging Day!

We've really been tingling with excitement for the big day of Republican teabagging all across this great nation. Where everyone can put their sexual prejudice aside and teabag together.

MSNBC'S Maddow calls out Bachmann's false facts

Bachmann cited a fact from an MIT study and the author has repeatedly said that Republicans are misreading it and that fact is completely false.

MSNBC's Maddow talks with local IT expert about Coleman leak

Local IT consultant Adria Richards is believed to be one of the first people to find the database of personal data easily accessible on Norm Coleman's campaign Web site. She spoke to Rachel Maddow about her discovery.

Pawlenty can't piss off Limbaugh, defends him on Maddow

Gov. Tim Pawlenty made yet another appearance on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show yesterday. What's he doing this time? Trying not to piss off Rush Limbaugh.

Bachmann faux pas; nuts on a plane

Blotter has all the weird news that's fit to print

Pawlenty raiding the stimulus plan buffet

Don't worry Minnesotans. Pawlenty can't resist grabbing for the stimulus plan's "meandering buffet".

Franken: "It's going to get resolved in my favor, and soon"

Oh, and he thinks Rachel Maddow could be the next Air America senator. We can barely wait.

Franken tries to get the funny back during Air America party

Perhaps his most risky joke was retelling a line from Chris Rock, when he says, "And George W. Bus ... More >>