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Bush White House used taxpayer money to campaign for Mark Kennedy

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By Andy Birkey | 01.25.11 | 10:17 am

In 2006, the Bush White House used taxpayer money to campaign for Republican candidates across the country, and George W. Bush took a particular interest in Minnesota, according to a report released Monday by the Office of Special Counsel. Former Rep. Mark Kennedy, who ran for the seat vacated by former Sen. Mark Dayton, benefited from a number of campaign appearances by Bush cabinet members, and those appearances were illegally paid for with taxpayer money, the report found.

Cash from Toussies is Coleman’s second brush with pardon scandals in six weeks

By Chris Steller | 12.25.08 | 7:13 pm

U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman received $2,300 from the family of Isaac Robert Toussie. Toussie, who is convicted of fraud, had his Dec. 23 presidential pardon revoked the next day by President Bush. Bush’s reversal…

Religious Right Watch: Waning influence, assigning blame and praising Palin

By Andy Birkey | 11.06.08 | 10:11 am

The religious right had a bad day on Tuesday. The election of Barack Obama and Democratic gains in the U.S. Senate and House put support for religious right policies further out of reach, and there’s plenty of blame to go around. Some say Republican John McCain coddled Obama on the issues, and others point to President Bush’s noncommittal attitude for issues the religious right cares about the most: gay marriage and abortion. The one bit of post-election hope seems to be the ascension of Sarah Palin as a religious right figurehead.

U of M grain disease research threatened by U.S. ag policies

By Tom Elko | 06.06.08 | 9:02 am

The global impact of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Cereal Disease Laboratory on the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul campus may not be instantly recognizable, but in the midst of a global food crisis its mission is…

Breaking – Bush in town, people hospitalized

By Robin Marty | 08.22.06 | 2:10 pm

As reported on KSTP, President Bush has just arrived.  Earlier this morning there was a notice of irritating fumes that some described as perfumy, others as peppery, possibly coming from something tossed into a trash can in the area. …