Minnesota Independent

McCain’s RNC heckler mounts GOP campaign for Congress

By David Weigel | 12.18.09 | 10:30 am

Just as Sen. John McCain was beginning his acceptance speech inside the Xcel Energy Center at the 2008 Republican National Convention, Adam Kokesh unrolled a banner that read, “MCCAIN VOTES AGAINST VETS.” Before he was removed from the site, the Marine and Iraq Vets Against the War leader shouted, “Ask McCain why he votes against veterans!” Today, Kokesh’s relationship to the GOP is quite different: he’s the party’s front-runner for Congress in a Ron Paul-inspired race in New Mexico.

Torgerson takes on Ellison — and Islam — in 5th District

By Chris Steller | 12.09.09 | 1:55 pm

Lynne Torgerson is for animal rights and alternative energy, against gay marriage and embryonic stem-cell research — and very wary of Islam’s influence in America.

AM.MN: Applause-o-meter again aimed at Bachmann, this time for Ron Paul speech

By Chris Steller | 09.28.09 | 8:30 am

It’s becoming standard poli-sci practice: watch when U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann applauds. Former Minnesota journo (and now “The Hill” editor) Albert Eisele did it for President Obama’s Sept. 9 address to Congress and was aghast at Bachmann’s feeble…

Bachmann: Fed does whatever it wants

By Chris Steller | 09.25.09 | 12:03 pm

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann had a chance Friday morning to question the top lawyer for the Federal Reserve Bank during hearings into an audit of the Fed proposed by Rep. Ron Paul (with whom she’ll share a stage…

AM.MN: Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann, welfare devotees?

By Chris Steller | 09.25.09 | 8:30 am

It’s a big day for U.S. Rep. Ron Paul. His bill to audit the Federal Reserve gets its first hearing this morning before the House Financial Services Committee. Then tonight, he and committee colleague Michele Bachmann host…

It’s a date: Bachmann and Ron Paul to host Minneapolis forum Sept. 25

By Paul Schmelzer | 09.10.09 | 2:42 pm

When we reported two weeks ago that Ron Paul will be joining U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann for a town hall meeting, the date hadn’t been set. Now it has: the duo will host a forum for students at…

Bachmann ‘hearing voices’ other than God’s, says top Dem

By Chris Steller | 09.02.09 | 1:38 pm

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s talk of stopping health care reform by fasting, praying and wrist-slitting has prompted not only lefty pundits but a top Democratic colleague to question what’s going on between her ears. Jim Oberstar, chairman of…

Bachmann to host town hall with Rep. Ron Paul

By Andy Birkey | 08.24.09 | 3:03 pm

In an interview with AM 1280 on Saturday, Rep. Michele Bachmann announced that she will have Rep. Ron Paul as her guest for a September town hall forum in St. Cloud.
“I’ll be doing another town hall up in…

Bachmann called ‘educable,’ Palin a ‘trained monkey’

By Chris Steller | 06.26.09 | 10:51 am

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann is “intelligent” whereas Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is a “trained monkey” in the estimation of Libertarian scribe Karen De Coster, writing at Taki’s Magazine.
Takimag has a paleoconservative/Libertarian take on the world, which Bachmann’s…

Chat with Ron Paul tipped Tim Walz to support audit of Federal Reserve

By Chris Steller | 05.11.09 | 3:05 pm

U.S. Rep. Tim Walz decided to co-sponsor a bill that requires an audit of the Federal Reserve Bank after a chat with the bill’s author, Ron Paul of Texas, last week. “I agree with the bill,” Walz told…