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AM.MN: Obama ‘causing civil unrest’ so Voight aids Pawlenty, Bachmann

By Chris Steller | 11.04.09 | 8:30 am

am.mn logoActor Jon Voight dances to Minnesota Republicans’ tune over the next two days, appearing tonight with Gov. Tim Pawlenty at the first local fundraising event for his new Freedom First PAC in Minneapolis and on Thursday with…

AM.MN: Economically, RNC left $170 million; politically, state GOP got nada

By Chris Steller | 09.01.09 | 8:30 am

am.mn logoA new study says the net economic impact of the 2008 Republican National Convention on Minnesota’s economy was $170 million, Minnesota Public Radio reports. (The research was done for the Minneapolis St. Paul 2008 Host Committee by…

AM.MN: Texan bankrolling Coleman’s new job has career highlights of his own

By Chris Steller | 08.27.09 | 8:30 am

am.mn logoMore trouble with Texans for Norm Coleman. Politics in Minnesota recounts some tales about Fred Malek, the leader among a group of Texans who recently hired the former senator to head a new organization called

Fact Check: MDE Wrongfully Attacks Rep. Dittrich

By Matt Martin | 08.23.06 | 1:31 pm

DittrichMichael Brodkorb has once again left truth and reason far behind in his endless pursuit of self-aggrandizement.  Who’s the victim this time?  Representative Denise Dittrich (HD 47A) from Champlain.

Brodkorb claims that Dittrich failed to disclose…