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The anti-abortion lobby’s full court press against health reform light on the facts

By Andy Birkey | 10.29.09 | 10:40 am

caduceus healthcareMinnesota’s largest anti-abortion group, Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, is vigorously opposing all of the health reform proposals being offered by Democrats in Congress — and it’s not just about abortion. Several Republican talking points have crept into the…

Paulsen’s stimulus claims show political prevaricating didn’t stay in Vegas

By Chris Steller | 02.25.09 | 12:14 pm

False political smears involving Las Vegas? You’d think U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen wouldn’t want to go there after being on the receiving end of a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee ad last year that took a tortured, six-degrees-of-Kevin-Bacon route to link