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  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Chipotle wants immigration reform after losing half its Minnesota employees

    Chipotle boss says immigration system "is really messed up."​Chipotle boss Monty Moran wants comprehensive immigration reform after immigration raids cost the company hundreds of jobs in Minnesota. Chipotle began a mass-firing of Minnesota employees last December after immigration authorities ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Tim Pawlenty endorses Mitt Romney [VIDEO]

    Tim Pawlenty endorsed Mitt Romney, thus guaranteeing... probably nothing.​Tim Pawlenty waited only a month after dropping out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination before endorsing another candidate. This morning, Pawlenty made his announcement on Fox News, choosing to throw his s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Pawlenty coins "Obamneycare," no one laughs

    Watch out Mr. Romney.​It's on! Tim Pawlenty, seizing the rhetorical moment by the throat, is getting down to some gutter level insults ahead of tonight's Republican debate in New Hampshire. He's summoned up all his courage and coined a devastating soundbite. "Obmaneycare."

  • 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 6, 2011

    PolitiFact: Pawlenty mostly honest about Obama on health care

    ​When we hear the words "PolitiFact" and "Minnesota" in the same sentence, it's usually because Michele Bachmann has scored another "Pants On Fire" award for spouting more unbelievable crap about Barack Obama. Today is different. Even though he's getting tepid reviews for his debate with the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Tim Pawlenty attacks Obama's healthcare as "one of the most flawed and misguided laws in modern history"

    Matt VisionquestBravepaw tweets his feelings on Obamacare.​Tim Pawlenty just excitedly tweeted that we should all check out his statement on the "1 yr anniversary of Obamacare."For such a momentous twitterduction, the statement is decidely brief--just about three tweets worth of text. In it, Pawle ... More >>

  • News

    December 22, 2010

    Return to Sender

    What Would Comprehensive Immigration Reform Look Like If the Feds Got Off Their Duffs?

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Chipotle's Latino firing binge: Comment of the day

    Do illegal immigrants depress American wages?​We're not going to solve the illegal immigration debate here and now, but the story we broke yesterday about Chipotle going on a mass-firing binge of Latino workers prompted some smart comments from some of our readers. We want to highlight one.

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    Fair-y Tales

    Do illegal immigrants depress American wages?​We're not going to solve the illegal immigration debate here and now, but the story we broke yesterday about Chipotle going on a mass-firing binge of Latino workers prompted some smart comments from some of our readers. We want to highlight one.

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    Tim Pawlenty vows to run on repealing 'Obamacare'

    T-Paw says he'll decide on a presidential bid by early next year.​As his final term as Minnesota's governor winds down, Tim Pawlenty is upping the anti-Obama rhetoric. In an interview on CNN yesterday, Pawlenty bashed 'Obamacare' by bragging about how he commanded Minnesota to pass on federal ... More >>

  • News

    August 11, 2010

    Seized: Inside the brutal world of America's kidnapping capital

    Part of the Amongst Us series

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Michele Bachmann revives BP, death panel bunk

    ​Up for re-election in November, congresswoman Michele Bachmann must figure it's time to haul out the scare tactics again. Two weeks ago the White House was fomenting socialism and One World Government. Now, we're back to Obama creating death panels with health care reform and opening a politi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Michele Bachmann finds little love for health care repeal

    Bachmann's repeal effort has a long way to go.​Michele Bachmann is going to kill health care reform if it's the last thing she does. And it may well be the last thing she does, because it may take forever. Her congressional colleagues are not exactly beating a path to sign on to her bill see ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Tony Sutton rips into Collin Peterson

    ​Here's the issue: Democratic U.S Rep. Collin Peterson, who represents the 7th congressional district, voted against the health care reform bill. Later, he said that since it had become the law of the land, he would work with it. To Republicans who have made "repeal and replace" their new batt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    Al Franken, Amy Klobuchar, Keith Ellison, Jim Oberstar backing health care public option

    The public option in the Democrat's health care reform package, known to Michele Bachmann as a communist conspiracy, looks like it may have risen from the dead.

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Al Franken, reproductive rights, and a debate that goes nowhere

    This is not news: Both sides of the abortion debate are dug in tighter than a stubborn mule. Here's a perfect example.

  • Articles

    September 16, 2009

    Pawlenty's Death Cult and Coleman's Face

    This is not news: Both sides of the abortion debate are dug in tighter than a stubborn mule. Here's a perfect example.

  • News

    September 16, 2009

    Pawlenty's Death Cult and Coleman's Face

    Governor T-Paw backs off constitutional threat

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Minn. Republicans, Blue Dogs stand up against Obama health care plan

    Republicans and some Democrats spoke out this weekend against the plan, citing lack of details or unease with the public option.

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Pawlenty believes there could be death panels in 10 years

    Great... Now Pawlenty is a borderline deather.

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    Dan Savage: Bachmann trying to get Obama killed

    Savage said "the Michele Bachmanns of the world and the Glenn Becks of the world are actively and consciously, or subconsciously, trying to get... the president killed."

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2009

    Bachmann featured in new "real" death panels ad by Dems

    Americans United for Change released a new ad attempting to turn the tables on the much-debunked Republican claim that President Obama's health care reform plan would create death panels.

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    Minn. reports two more swine flu deaths

    Two more Minnesotans died from complications related to the swine flu, according to Minnesota Department of Health officials.

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2008

    Warm up your jaw...the immigration debate is heating up again in Minnesota

    Two more Minnesotans died from complications related to the swine flu, according to Minnesota Department of Health officials.

  • News

    November 7, 2007

    Crossing Borders

    The agent who ordered the arrest of "20th hijacker" Zacarias Moussaoui joins a law firm known for its aggressive defense of immigrant rights

  • News

    January 17, 2007

    Workfare Revolt?

    Minnesota's welfare-to-work program draws increasing fire

  • News

    June 14, 2006

    White Noise

    KSTP targets a U of M instructor in the name of protecting America's borders

  • News

    March 8, 2006

    The Final Frontier

    A little-noticed movement led to a law that bans abortion in South Dakota. How it will play out nationally?

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2006

    "Classroom expenses": Pawlenty's latest education shenanigans

    A little-noticed movement led to a law that bans abortion in South Dakota. How it will play out nationally?

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2005

    No exit: Keyse Jama waits to be deported

    A little-noticed movement led to a law that bans abortion in South Dakota. How it will play out nationally?

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2005

    It's the economy, stupid

    A little-noticed movement led to a law that bans abortion in South Dakota. How it will play out nationally?

  • News

    July 27, 2005

    Scuzzy Math

    Was the education budget the "big winner" at the Capitol? The truth is in the numbers.

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2005

    Supremes: John G. Roberts on Roe v. Wade

    Was the education budget the "big winner" at the Capitol? The truth is in the numbers.

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2005

    Anti-Tax Talk Is Cheap. Education Isn't

    Was the education budget the "big winner" at the Capitol? The truth is in the numbers.

  • Columns

    February 23, 2005

    Savage Love

    Was the education budget the "big winner" at the Capitol? The truth is in the numbers.

  • News

    January 12, 2005

    Schoolz Suck

    New numbers show public education in Minnesota trending down, down, down

  • News

    February 25, 2004

    Marry or Burn

    The White House's new anti-poverty program: Shotgun weddings

  • News

    January 14, 2004

    Pawlenty's Education Switcheroo

    Keep a close eye on my left hand...

  • News

    December 10, 2003

    The Taskmaster

    The education commissioner changes her tune

  • News

    February 12, 2003

    The Wisconsin Way

    Pawlenty's welfare reforms are modeled on ideas that have already failed in the state next door

  • News

    June 27, 2001

    No Choice

    Dr. Mildred Hanson is one of the few Minnesota physicians who hasn't been bullied out of performing abortions. At 77, she's more afraid of what will happen when she retires.

  • News

    January 28, 1998

    Strictly Business

    County officials such as job developer Dana Woods offer businesses "packaged and presentable" workers--with subsidies attached.

  • News

    August 20, 1997

    Bedtime Story

    Managers at the Twin Cities' first 24-hour day-care center, set to open in September, are betting that with welfare reform propelling more low-skill workers into graveyard-shift jobs, it will fill up fast.

  • News

    April 30, 1997

    Welfare reform through the ages: a talk with Frances Fox Piven

    Managers at the Twin Cities' first 24-hour day-care center, set to open in September, are betting that with welfare reform propelling more low-skill workers into graveyard-shift jobs, it will fill up fast.

  • News

    April 30, 1997

    The End of Welfare as we Know it

    The outlook for Minnesota

  • Feature

    February 5, 1997

    Getting Well Off Welfare

    Poverty pimps, like nature, abhor a vacuum.

  • News

    December 4, 1996

    The Hard Line

    Poverty pimps, like nature, abhor a vacuum.

  • News

    August 14, 1996

    Welfare as We've Never Known It

    Calculating the real impact of the welfare bill for Minnesota.

  • News

    March 20, 1996

    Welfare Grandstanding

    Calculating the real impact of the welfare bill for Minnesota.

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