Minnesota Independent

Ellison: ‘Rightwing ideologue’ Pawlenty ‘has drank the Kool Aid’

By Andy Birkey | 03.07.11 | 8:00 am

Rep. Keith Ellison told ThinkProgress on Friday that former Gov. Tim Pawlenty is interested in making sure the David Kochs of the world have their way and that Pawlenty has no connections to his blue collar upbringing. Earlier in the week, ThinkProgress asked Pawlenty about corporations such as Back of America that use tax loopholes to attain a zero tax liability. Pawlenty said that corporate taxes are still too high.

Coleman donations urged in anti-labor call hosted by bailout recipient

By Paul Schmelzer | 01.28.09 | 8:33 am

Did bailout money end up boosting Norm Coleman’s senatorial campaign? Hard to say, but damning new evidence unearthed by Huffington Post suggests that the former U.S. senator was heavily promoted by corporate opponents of the Employee Free Choice…

Coleman, Franken, Wall Street: Who’s received more campaign $$ from crisis and scandal-plagued FIRE sector?

By Steve Perry | 09.19.08 | 2:03 pm

During the 2008 cycle, Sen. Norm Coleman has received three and a half times more in campaign contributions than Al Franken from interests in the so-called FIRE (Finance, Insurance, Real Estate) sector at the heart of the continuing financial crisis–and over twice as much from the principal players in this week’s Wall Street drama.