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Bachmann: State aid for teachers, Medicaid will really fund Dem campaigns

By Paul Schmelzer | 08.11.10 | 2:19 pm

Rep. Michele Bachmann, along with the rest of the Republicans in Minnesota’s delegation, voted against the $26.1 billion state aid bill (including about

Bachmann: Net neutrality is ‘censorship’

By Andy Birkey | 04.20.10 | 2:40 pm

Rep. Michele Bachmann appeared on Sean Hannity’s show on Monday to defend herself from critiques lodged against her for her claim that President Obama and the Democrats are running a “gangster…

AM.MN: Not the ‘gearin’ up’ Pawlenty had in mind

By Chris Steller | 12.31.09 | 8:35 am

am.mn logoGearin’ up for the new year” was Gov. Pawlenty’s self-described status on talk radio. Then Wednesday a different Gearin — Judge Kathleen — threw a wrench in his unallotment plans, prompting DFLers’ own status updates, declaring “v

Bachmann on media stalkers and government help

By Paul Schmelzer | 10.09.09 | 9:31 am

Picture 11While Rep. Michele Bachmann says she’s not afraid of MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann, it’s curious that her next big media appearance following that statement wasn’t Olbermann’s show but the friendlier Bill O’Reilly’s. Something else she’s not afraid of:…

Bachmann: 23 TV appearances since Sept. 1, 0 public meetings in her district since being elected

By Andy Birkey | 10.29.08 | 1:04 pm

Michele Bachmann has done over 20 major television appearances since the beginning of September — far more than any member of Minnesota’s congressional delegation. How does a freshman Congress member from the minority party find herself in the limelight so often?

Easy. You and I pay for it.

Video: Fox anchor channels Bachmann, implies Obama’s a Marxist

By Paul Schmelzer | 10.28.08 | 8:36 am

Burnin’ up the internet this morning is an interview by Orlando Fox news anchor Barbara West and Joe Biden, who had to endure some positively Bachmannesque questioning. West, who is married to a GOP media consultant, is now…

Paulose? Pelosi? Fox Gets Confused

By Paul Schmelzer | 09.19.07 | 3:38 pm

Paulose or Pelosi? When Republican Mark Foley resigned during the congressional page scandal last September, Fox News three times identified Foley as a Democrat. A glance at the website of the network’s local…

Fox’s “Border War” Report Draws Fire from Immigrant Advocates

By Paul Schmelzer | 02.07.07 | 6:40 pm

A few days after Fox News CEO Rupert Murdoch admitted that his network tried to shape the agenda around the Iraq war and “basically supported the Bush policy