Sixth-district podiums left empty by U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann are getting grabbed by public figures who pepper their talk with revolution and profanity. Avowed socialist, one-time Most-Wanted radical and now University of California-Santa Cruz professor emerita Angela Davis…
Two Star Tribune reporters have answered the charges former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman made yesterday against them. Coleman told WCCO-TV the reporters ambushed him last October with questions about alleged money funneling and…
All but lost in the shuffle by her comments Friday about “anti-American views” are Rep. Michele Bachmann’s controversial words about immigrants at last Thursday’s candidate’s debate in St. Cloud. According to the St. Cloud Times, Bachmann again blamed programs that encourage home-buying among minority and low-income people for the recent economic crisis. But Bachmann reserved her sharpest words for immigrants. She referenced an early 2008 car crash by an undocumented immigrant who hit a school bus near Cottonwood as proof of the need for stricter immigration laws.
Of immigrants unlawfully in the U.S., she added, “They’re bringing in disease and violence and every sort of difficulty. We need to protect ourselves against that.”
The cost to replace the Minnesota Highway 23 DeSoto Bridge is between $30 and 35 million, a lot of which will likely come from the transportation bill passed by the legislature earlier this year after a contentious debate.…
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