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Emmanuel Calls on Bush to Denounce Goode

By Jeff Fecke | 12.22.06 | 2:13 pm

Rep. Rahm Emmanuel (D-IL), the Majority Leader-designate for the next Congress, called on President Bush to denounce comments made by Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA).

Goode had criticized the decision of Rep.-elect Keith Ellison (D-MN) to take the oath of…

Goode Refuses to Apologize; Criticized by Fellow Lawmaker

By Abdi Aynte | 12.20.06 | 10:58 pm

The Virginia lawmaker, who expressed disdain with the election of a Muslim Congressman, Keith Ellison, and connected that to the tide of illegal immigration in the U.S., refused to apologize for his remarks on Wednesday.

An aide to Rep.…

Koch Calls for Prager’s Ouster

By Jeff Fecke | 12.11.06 | 8:29 am

Ed Koch, the former Mayor of New York City and a conservative talk show host, has called for Dennis Prager to either resign or be fired from the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, according to an interview published in…

Prager to Ellison: “Bring a bible along.”

By Paul Schmelzer | 12.07.06 | 8:26 pm

To counteract the “undermin[ing] of American civilization” and the “embolden[ing] of Islamic extremists” hell-bent on the “Islamicization of America” that’ll result from taking an oath on the Qu’ran, Keith Ellison need only do one thing, said Dennis Prager in…

Ellison Cheers Muslim Crowd

By Abdi Aynte | 10.01.06 | 4:44 am

Muslims’ favorite candidate for Congress in the Fifth District, Keith Ellison, cheered up a huge Muslim crowd that filled a Minneapolis Convention Center ballroom Saturday evening. The Iftar, or breakfasting, which marks the end of long, fasting days, drew more…