We have a lot of debate and conversations about government. What it is – and isn’t, what it does, what it should and should not do – there is relatively little agreement, but a lot of opinions. Some of that opinion is better informed than others. This post presumes to take a look at some [...]
Thirty-five votes … that’s all it may take to determine who the winner of the Special Election in House District 19-A which is required due to the resignation of Terry Morrow (DFL- St. Peter). It is rather interesting as the area has previously been served by Republicans such as Glen Taylor who was a Minnesota [...]
Minnesota voters will have an opportunity to determine the fate of two amendments to the state constitution. “Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to provide that only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Minnesota?” “Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to require all voters [...]
cross posted from Penigma The only fraud in elections is the claim of voter fraud, made pretty much exclusively by the Republicans in order to try to justify voter suppression and to legalize election tampering by Republicans. I am particularly pleased with the timing of this study, because it addresses the crazy extremist who are making unfounded claims [...]
cross posted from Penigma.blogspot.com Today Jared Loughner was found sufficiently competent, although neither cured nor sane, to make a plea bargain deal in court for his life, agreeing to life in prison for the shooting of 19 people in Tucson, Arizona, including the attempted assassination of a serving U.S. Congresswoman, the injuring of 13, and [...]
While many Americans are focused on the challenges being made to ensure that “only legal” voters participate by showing a “government-approved photo ID”, there is an active effort being made to encourage absentee voting … “Imagine it’s Nov. 6, you wake up, you don’t vote, you hear we have another razor-thin election,” Ari Fleischer asked [...]
Dear Governor; You have spent your entire term in office dividing people and oppressing people; it was your stated goal, to divide and conquer. People don’t like it. The people who actually live in Wisconsin are wise to you being a paid puppet for outside special interests. When it takes spending money at a ratio [...]
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 [...]
cross posted from Penigma.bogspot.com: If they cheat to get elected, how can you expect those people from that kind of a party to give you honest government? Clearly, you can’t expect honest government, and the conservatives who do it won’t deliver it to you – and neither will those who don’t engage in corruption, but still are [...]
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
