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Bachmann: No reason to question Obama’s citizenship

By Andy Birkey | 06.29.10 | 12:42 pm

Rep. Michele Bachmann told the Star Tribune Monday that she doesn’t question President Obama’s citizenship despite her upcoming appearance at an event organized by prominent “birther” Joseph Farah and featuring a half-dozen conservatives who question…

Paulsen skips out on Bachmann’s health care declaration

By Andy Birkey | 02.25.10 | 1:12 pm

PaulsenRep. Michele Bachmann is currently championing a Declaration of Health Care Independence (with the help of the conservative WorldNetDaily) that has garnered the support of 96 Republican House members. But missing from that list is Rep. Erik Paulsen.

Bachmann and WorldNetDaily, together at last

By David Weigel | 11.18.09 | 8:28 am

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My Washington Independent profile of WorldNetDaily made the case that the conservative website, which opinion-makers brush off as a conspiracy hub, is actually incredibly influential on the right. Here’s some evidence for that argument.

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…

Religious right watch: September conference promises birthers, Bachmann, infidels

By Andy Birkey | 09.02.09 | 12:19 pm

Some of Rep. Michele Bachmann’s comments in Denver this week — notably, that opponents of health care reform should “slit our wrists, be blood brothers” — generated plenty of attention in the media and blogosphere. But in just three weeks, she’ll have plenty of competition for those headlines. Speaking at the “How to Take Back America” conference later this month, she’ll be sharing the stage with a pastor who says conference attendees will be trained to “turn out the infidels”; a radio host who doubts President Obama is a U.S. citizen; and a columnist who opposes statehood for Puerto Rico because he says it’s a “Caribbean dogpatch.”

President Michele Bachmann? Only if God says so

By Andy Birkey | 08.16.09 | 7:50 pm

michele-bachmannRep. Michele Bachmann told hard-right news service World Net Daily that she would run for president if “the Lord” called her to run. Bachmann, one of the most high-profile and controversial…