Around 60 percent of Americans support preemptive nuclear strikes under certain conditions, according to a study released by the University of Iowa Monday. And almost three-quarters of those surveyed support a preemptive nuclear attack if Iran is…
Democratic Reps. Tim Walz and Betty McCollum are asking Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to commit funds for the relocation of Iraqi Armenians — who, as Christians, face persecution — back…
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Peace Action West, a nonprofit created to “foster broad-based civic activism to create a strong voice for peaceful and pragmatic solutions to global problems,” has released its scorecard on congressional votes in 2009. None of Minnesota’s delegation had a…
Rep. Keith Ellison sat down with TCJewFolk.com, a “Twin Cities Hub for Hip Jewish Stuff,” to talk about his recent trips to Israel and Gaza. Ellison said that a…
Fox Business News brought Jesse Ventura on, presumably for ratings-boosting color, but what he delivered might not have been the kind of fireworks producers had hoped for. In a heated interview, Ventura proposed a tax on the war in…
“We must support the men and women who protect our nation,” writes Rep. Michele Bachmann on her campaign site. “That means giving them the tools and equipment they need, as well as the benefits and moral support…
Sen. Don Betzold, DFL-Fridley, told City Pages’ Matt Snyders on Thursday that Gov. Tim Pawlenty has diverted funds from the “Support Our Troops” license plate program to his Governor’s Office of Faith-Based Initiatives, an office that works to connect…
It’s a case of art imitating life imitating art: Last month, our sister site in Washington broke the story that employees at the military contractor Blackwater had diverted hundreds of guns from U.S. weapons bunkers in…
Employees of the CIA-connected private security corporation Blackwater diverted hundreds of weapons, including more than 500 AK-47 assault rifles, from a U.S. weapons bunker in Afghanistan intended to equip Afghan policemen, according to an investigation by the Senate Armed Services Committee. On at least one occasion, an individual claiming to work for the company evidently signed for a weapons shipment using the name of a “South Park” cartoon character. And Blackwater has yet to return hundreds of the guns to the military.
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