“Right now, too many sexual assaults in our military go unreported. My daughter is a military veteran so I know exactly the kind of hard-working women we have in our armed forces. This situation is a travesty and we need to fix it now. As a doctor, I’m used to working with others to find [...]
PONDER THIS : What would be the reaction if instead of profiling based on “TEA Party”, “Patriot” or “9/12”, the IRS focused on “Inner-City Muslim Action”, “North American Islamic” or “Committee on American-Islamic Relations” ? For those wondering which scandal (military sexual abuse, DOJ reviews of journalists’ telephone records, the Obama administration responded to the [...]
The ink hadn’t dried on Betty McCollum’s (D-MN-04) press release before the news broke : A U.S. Army sergeant first class assigned as an equal opportunity advisor and Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention program coordinator to III Corps at Fort Hood, Texas, is now under investigation for pandering — a prostitution solicitation charge — abusive [...]
Of course, “When Did John Boehner Quit Beating His Wife” is a loaded question that presupposes that John Boehner may have beaten his wife prior to the question being asked. So, let’s ask another where there is a “prior history”. When Did John Boehner Quit Flying First Class ? Posted at 05:30 PM ET, 01/04/2013 [...]
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Last fall, voters in Minnesota’s Second District had a choice for who should represent them in the House for the next two years. Incumbent John Kline was seeking his sixth term and campaigned on the need to amend the US Constitution with a Balanced Budget Amendment while claiming “we are all conservatives” … not Minnesotans, [...]
While many House Members were visiting constituents this week, John Kline finally emerged from his Washington home on Friday for an appearance on TPT Almanac program. This was the cap-off to Chairman Kline’s media blitz day — MakingUp News with an OpEd and radio appearances on WCCO and MPR. Chairman Kline was last sighted the [...]
John Kline wanted to let all his FACEBOOK friends know not to miss the 2013 Taxpayers Rally held this past Saturday: The theme was to protest high taxes, economic freedom, the freedom to keep and bear arms, and the freedom to choose to join a union or not … with featured speakers Grover Norquist, Representative [...]
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Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) penned an OpEd with Jim Gerlach (R-PA-06) encouraging the repeal the Medical Device Excise Tax (MDET) … warning of dire consequences that thus far seem to be largely overblown. For example, John Kline (R-MN-02) visited a Covidien operation in Wabasha Minnesota on February 21st and reported on the need to repeal MDET. [...]
Daily, it seems the world is changing on the issue of same-sex marriage. This week, by a vote of 321 to 225, the French parliament approved same-sex marriage as well as gay adoption. France is now the 14th country to legalize gay marriage after New Zealand last week. In Rhode Island, the GOP caucus issued [...]
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 [...]
MN Blue Blogs: Ten articles from Minnesota blogs
Graphic artist and blogger Mario Piperni, that's who. Amazing graphics, great stories.
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