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Heavy metal minister Bradlee Dean sues Rachel Maddow, Minnesota Independent

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By Todd A. Heywood | 07.27.11 | 2:07 pm

Controversial pastor and rock musician Bradlee Dean filed suit Wednesday in federal court alleging he was defamed by reporting from the Minnesota Independent as well as MSNBC star Rachel Maddow and her show.

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Rachel Maddow takes on Michele Bachmann, Bradlee Dean

By Andy Birkey | 05.12.11 | 11:50 am

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow made note of Rep. Michele Bachmann’s upcoming September appearance at the Freedom Jamboree, a tea party presidential nominating conference that will also feature Bradlee Dean of the religious group You Can Run But You Cannot Hide. Dean repeatedly has called for the incarceration of gays and lesbians, while Bachmann has frequently helped the group with fundraising.

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Klobuchar: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repeal vote will succeed Saturday

By Andy Birkey | 12.17.10 | 9:30 am

Sen. Amy Klobuchar appeared on the Rachel Maddow show on MSNBC on Thursday evening to share her support for a repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Klobuchar said there are enough votes to pass a standalone bill in the U.S. Senate on Saturday. Maddow was cynical about the possibility for Democrats to pass the remaining parts of their agenda, but Klobuchar said the likely passage of the DADT repeal is something to celebrate.

MSNBC’s Maddow looks into Emmer’s affiliation with anti-gay ministry

By Paul Schmelzer | 08.10.10 | 8:38 am

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow looked at Minnesota’s gubernatorial primary matchups last night, giving special emphasis to GOP-endorsed candidate Tom Emmer and his support for the Christian ministry You Can Run But You Cannot Hide. The story should be familiar to…

Dayton’s new fave movie? C-SPAN clip has McCain cutting him off

By Chris Steller | 12.22.09 | 4:41 pm

dayton maddowFormer U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton might want to reconsider whether “Glory” is his favorite motion picture. Newly salvaged C-SPAN footage from 2002 showing him getting cut off by John McCain on the Senate floor has given Dayton free…

What isn’t Bachmann telling us about Obama’s birth certificate?

By Chris Steller | 07.22.09 | 4:38 pm

minnesotachange-youtube-mb-hq-point2Why won’t Michele Bachmann come clean about her views on President Obama’s birth certificate? For a congresswoman who flaunts suspicions about the U.S. Census, foreign currencies, the Federal Reserve and Obama’s allegedly “

Coleman: ‘We will never know who won’

By Chris Steller | 04.16.09 | 9:02 am

“We will never know who won,” Norm Coleman said Wednesday. That’s after seven Minnesota judges — three on Monday and four in January — concluded that Al Franken won Minnesota’s 2008 election for U.S. Senate. His was a “close victory,” the Democrat conceded on Monday. But Coleman — now down by 312 votes — isn’t buying it. “Our system isn’t geared for this kind of closeness.” Still, some precision is possible in politics, as Gawker.com suggested Wednesday with its two-word description of Gov. Tim Pawlenty.

Klobuchar was off by 42 minutes in forecasting a new Senator

By Chris Steller | 04.15.09 | 11:57 pm

We knew she was killing, as in funny. Now it turns out Sen. Amy Klobuchar is also knowing, as in clairvoyant. Her prediction two months ago about when she’d gain a home-state companion in the U.S. Senate was within 42 minutes of a court ruling that Franken won. UPDATED with new video clip from Rachel Maddow’s show. UPDATED again with video of Klobuchar on CNN.

Pawlenty hems, haws on if he’ll OK new senator after state high court rules

By Chris Steller | 04.13.09 | 12:59 pm

pawlentyskyGov. Tim Pawlenty says he might not sign an election certificate to seat Democrat Al Franken or Republican Norm Coleman in the U.S. Senate, even after the Minnesota Supreme Court is done with the disputed election.
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Pawlenty bows to tea-partiers in GOP weekly address

By Chris Steller | 04.11.09 | 6:11 am

mary-pawlenty-bows-to-tim-pawlenty-stillIn the Republican response to President Obama’s weekly address today, Gov. Tim Pawlenty regurgitates the right-wing Tax Foundation’s discredited “Tax Freedom Day” calculation to claim that ”the average American has to work from January 1st until this Monday, April…