This is a bookend post to one written by my colleague Holly at the beginning of last week. My apologies to my colleagues, because I had promised this to be done earlier, to build on the theme of the early child. It is late, not because I failed to work on it, but because no [...]
John Kline (R-MN-02) held one of his favorite constituent outreach events on Monday, March 25th … a Telephone Town Hall. For those not familiar with the service, Mr. Kline sends your tax dollars to a company such as Citizen Dialog LLC in Alexandria Virginia so that you can hear him answer a few questions. Their [...]
Everyone WINS in John Kline’s (R-MN-02) Annual Congressional “Artistic Discovery” competition : “The Congressional art competition offers a unique way for young artists to display their talents and I am pleased to provide this opportunity,” said Kline. “I look forward to viewing the artwork and proudly displaying the winning entries in the U.S. Capitol and [...]
Trust … it’s something that is easily given … and difficult to achieve after it has been questioned. @reperikpaulsen c’mon Rep, we all know that was in the 112th Congress. I like & respect you, you’re a reasonable conservative. But don’t LIE — Evan Alexander Stern (@Jewinspace) March 5, 2013 From the reaction, Representative Paulsen’s [...]
The statement from the White House says it all : Today, President Obama signed a bill that both strengthened and reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Thanks to this bipartisan agreement, thousands of women and men across the country who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking will be able [...]
Some issues should not be considered in terms of Red States and Blue States … and what the Red Shawl symbolizes is one of those issues. Acclaimed author, Lousie Erdrich wrote an OpEd in Wednesday’s New York Times which should have made the Minnesota Congressional Delegation just a little embarrassed. (excerpts below) in Minneapolis, a [...]
Technically, the 520th anniversary of the arrival of Columbus will be this Friday, the 12th. I want to use the holiday to write about more than just good ol’ Christopher Columbus, specifically I want to address the notion of cultural dynamism versus stagnation, and the ideas of trans-cultural diffusion. I want very much to repudiate [...]
The MN GOP candidates have consistently held anti-women and anti-immigrant positions. When they tell us how much they are ‘on our side’, or ‘reaching out to us’——–do they think we don’t notice their positions? Is their strategy our ignorance? Are they so used to the Fox News misinformed and ignorant voter, the ideology fact averse Republican [...]
A week ago, one of my colleagues brought up the Dakota Conflict as he reminded us of today’s Indian struggle. Minnesota suffered a great conflict due to IOU’s causing starvation. The conflict ended with the largest mass execution in U.S. history. Thirty-eight men, some of them even being mistaken identities, were hanged. If someone would [...]
What’s Happening in Congress, Betty McCollum MN Blue Blogs: Ten articles from Minnesota blogs
Graphic artist and blogger Mario Piperni, that's who. Amazing graphics, great stories.
What’s Happening in Congress, Rick Nolan Union News: 10 articles from national union blogs
