Jesse Ventura

Jesse Ventura resurfaced this week with news that he’ll be hosting a new television series exploring conspiracy theories on TruTV. The show, dubbed “Conspiracy Theory With Jesse Ventura,” has been booked for seven episodes. After the show’s first taping in San Francisco, the former Minnesota governor found time to stop in at The Beat Museum. [...]

Legislation to rejigger the state’s redistricting system passed the state Senate last week. Stakes are high, as the state may lose a congressional seat after the 2010 U.S. Census, and whether it’s Michele Bachmann’s in the Sixth District or someone else’s will be decided during redistricting. But some people closest to the work of shaping Minnesota’s political boundaries last time around say the system worked pretty well.

Jesse Ventura called Norm Coleman a “hypocrite” last night for having advised Al Franken to concede to Coleman, then failing to take his own advice once the Republican fell behind in the Senate vote-count. The former Independence Party governor made the remark on CNN’s “Larry King Live.” That’s the same show on which the renowned [...]

In an item titled “Trouble’s Home Address,” The New York Times reviews notable (and alleged) scandals involving public figures and their homes. Except for former Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska, all are from New York, the latest being Adolfo Carrion Jr., a former Bronx Borough president who landed the top job at the new White [...]

Supporters of U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann rallied on a dead-end street outside Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) studios in St. Paul today, where the embattled member of Congress debated Democrat El Tinklenberg for 30 minutes (archived MnIndy liveblog here, archived MPR audio here). At his News Cut blog, MPR’s Bob Collins shows and tells scenes of [...]

The economic sky is not falling, according to Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley. Or at least the federal government hasn’t provided sufficient factual evidence to justify a hastily arranged, $700 billion bailout package for Wall Street. “I am not convinced that we have to rush to judgment on this,” Barkley said at a press conference this morning at the Capitol.

In a rousing speech at today’s Ron Paul Rally For The Republic, Jesse Ventura scampered all over the political map, variously declaring “the hell with the Patriot Act!,” engaging in 9/11 conspiracy theories, offering up a staunch defense of the right to bear arms, belittling anti-immigration policies as fear of “brown-skinned people coming across our [...]

Jesse Ventura, who is a featured speaker at Ron Paul’s Rally for the Republic today, just held an impromptu press conference of sorts with half a dozen people, myself included, who gathered round him in the hallway at Target Center. Here’s the transcript.
Q: Tell me what you think about the people who are fired up [...]

A source close to Jesse Ventura confirms that the former governor is indeed negotiating to play judge for a daytime courtroom TV show, as MnIndy reported yesterday. Further, Ventura is heading to Los Angeles next week to shoot a pilot for the show, which is scheduled to debut in Fall 2009. It sounds like the [...]

Former Gov. Jesse Ventura has been dropping hints all over the place that he may enter the race to replace Sen. Norm Coleman in November. On “Larry King Live” Wednesday night, King pressed him on recent statements that he may enter the race.

King: “How about that race in your old state, Norm Coleman, the incumbent [...]