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Klobuchar on apparent Conservapedia hit list

By Chris Steller | 01.23.09 | 11:00 pm

Minnesota’s only U.S. Senator, Amy Klobuchar, is one of 14 “Senate Democrats from States with Republican Governors” that the Web site Conservapedia lists at an entry under that heading. Noting first that the U.S. Constitution gives governors the…

Blago’s bad hair meme (with Pawlenty cameo!)

By Paul Schmelzer | 12.11.08 | 2:31 pm

Forget Gov. Rod Blagovejich‘s “supercilious attitude towards government ethics, we’re more concerned with his super silly cilium (he was trying to line his coffers when he shoulda been lining up a new coiffure!).” That’s how pop culture…

Media Monitor: TROLLS — and a Strib debt-relief plea

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.02.08 | 1:03 pm

Strib asks for forbearance: The Star Tribune has asked creditors “to delay its debt payments for six months while it cuts costs and tries to rescue its ailing balance sheet,” the NY Post reports. Creditors…

Pawlenty sets TIME blogger a-Twitter

By Paul Schmelzer | 01.14.08 | 11:26 am

Blogging the presidential campaign for TIME, founding (and now former) Wonkette editor Ana Marie Cox wound up in an airport waiting room beside Minnesota’s main McCain man, Gov. Tim Pawlenty, on Sunday. She jotted down her thoughts using…