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Outrage grows over Bachmann’s comments; groups say HPV vaccine is safe

By Andy Birkey | 09.14.11 | 6:01 am

Everyone from Rush Limbaugh to pediatricians criticized Bachmann’s continued assertions that the vaccine could be linked to autism.

Parent of radio’s The Patriot buys Hot Air

By Paul Schmelzer | 02.17.10 | 11:35 am

HotAirSalemOK, maybe it’s not quite the vast rightwing conspiracy, but the expansive conservative multimedia entity Salem Communications — which runs local radio stations including AM 1280 The Patriot and the national TownHall.com, home to Michele Bachmann’s blog…

Was ‘Birthers’ born in Minnesota?

By Paul Schmelzer | 11.23.09 | 11:36 am

BirtherIn yesterday’s “On Language” column in the New York Times Magazine, Leslie Savan wrote that while the term “birthers” — “those who insist despite all evidence to the contrary that Barack Obama doesn’t have a U.S. birth certificate and…

October Surprise: Bachmann raises more than $120,000 for Tinklenberg

By Paul Schmelzer | 10.18.08 | 10:29 am

UPDATED: Since Michele Bachmann’s Friday appearance on MSNBC’s “Hardball” with Chris Matthews, Democrat El Tinklenberg has racked up $120,000 in donations (as of 10:40 a.m.) at the website Act Blue. Bachmann, the incumbent Republican representative in the 6th…