Minnesota Independent

(Video) Anti-abortion activist challenging Ellison launches anti-Islam ads

By Andy Birkey | 11.10.11 | 8:47 am

Boisclair titled his press release for the ad, “Christian challenges Muslim for congressional seat.”

Campaign finance board temporarily upholds disclosure requirements

By Andy Birkey | 11.02.11 | 6:32 am

As the battle around the 2012 vote on a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage heats up, the board declined to open more disclosure loopholes.

(Video) Rove-led Crossroads lays down cash in Iowa

By Andrew Duffelmeyer | 10.25.11 | 10:22 am

The video released by the group, which is not required to disclose its donors, depicts Pres. Barack Obama and Iowa U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell as peas in a pod.

Anti-abortion activist campaigns against Ellison to exploit legal loophole

By Andy Birkey | 10.24.11 | 6:05 am

Boisclair is also running Randall Terry’s campaign for president in 2012, who announced earlier this year that he would challenge Pres. Barack Obama in the Democratic primaries in order to exploit the federal elections law that says media outlets cannot refuse to run a candidate’s advertising.

Pawlenty’s presidential campaign still almost half-million dollars in the hole

By Jon Collins | 10.18.11 | 1:11 pm

Pawlenty also picked up his first post-election job on the board of a Georgia-based company that cited his experience running Minnesota’s budget.

(Video) Labor ad targets Cravaack on jobs bill

By Andy Birkey | 10.13.11 | 2:10 pm

Earlier this week, 8th Congressional District residents held a “jobs vigil” to pressure Cravaack to vote for the jobs bill.

Norm Coleman to head new GOP Super PAC

By Jon Collins | 10.13.11 | 11:26 am

The group doesn’t need to disclose any donors and can accept unlimited donations.

Supporters of same-sex marriage ban have vastly outspent opponents

By Andy Birkey | 09.29.11 | 6:00 am

In the last five years, groups supporting the constitutional marriage ban have spent five times as much as opponents.

Facebook forms a Political Action Committee

By Yana Kunichoff | 09.28.11 | 8:30 am

Amid a furor over its recent redesign, and with privacy concerns tailing its every move, Facebook has filed paperwork to start its own political action committee.