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Bachmann views bin Laden photos, confirms kill

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By Paul Schmelzer | 05.12.11 | 1:07 pm

At CIA headquarters in Virginia today, Rep. Michele Bachmann viewed photos of the late Osama bin Laden who was killed in a U.S. military raid in Pakistan and confirmed his identity. “I am convinced that this was Bin Laden,” she said, according to the Star Tribune. “We got our man.”

Rep. Keith Ellison. Photo: WDCpix.com

Ellison, Muslim community applaud elimination of bin Laden

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By Paul Schmelzer | 05.02.11 | 2:40 pm

Calling Osama bin Laden a “truly evil man,” Rep. Keith Ellison commended the U.S. military, American intelligence officers and President Obama for the raid yesterday that killed the al Qaeda leader. Meanwhile, Muslim groups locally and nationally also applauded the military raid.

Video: Would a bin Laden tape — or a lawsuit against Franken — help the GOP next Tuesday?

By Paul Schmelzer | 10.30.08 | 3:04 pm

Yesterday CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asked GOP strategist Ed Rollins if a Hail Mary pass from Osama bin Laden might save John McCain’s electoral prospects. He cited the 2004 election, when a new video by the al-Qaeda…

Media Monitor: A GOP welcome, a Fox hit job, an AP farewell

By Paul Schmelzer | 08.26.08 | 5:16 pm

A new ad campaign urges Twin Citizens to “make an effort” to be nice to visiting Republicans. The Strib is reportedly cutting ties with the Associated Press. And Fox News, again, shows its news mettle. All in this edition of Media Monitor.

Still Crazy After All These Years

By Jeff Fecke | 09.10.07 | 2:56 am

Jeff FeckeSo Osama bin Laden released a tape last week.  You may have heard about it, what with all the screaming and pants wetting and fawning obsession that it was greeted with by the right-wing types.  After all,…

Blogs React to Osama bin Laden Tape

By Jeff Fecke | 09.08.07 | 3:38 pm

The blogging community reacted fear, scorn, and disdain to the recent video released by Osama bin Laden, timed to coincide with the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

oblConservative blogs generally took bin Laden’s statement as…