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Karl Rove, Jeff Larson and Red Leather

Paul Jenkins | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Neiman Marcus, John McCain, Karl Rove, Nancy Reagain, George W. Bush, Larry Craig, Minnesota, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, St. Paul, Norm Coleman, South Carolina, Jeff Larson, Fashion, Mississippi, Gay Issues, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

In a clear-cut case of wearing too many hats, Jeff Larson, until now mostly known as a guy who knows Karl Rove way too well, has been exposed as the man behind Sarah Palin's red leather top, and another $140,000+ of wardrobe changes.

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The Relentless Activism of Tom Morello

ZP Heller | Posted 09.17.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Republican National Convention, St. Paul, Progressive, Minnesota, Zack De La Rocha, The Nightwatchman, Activism, Rage Against the Machine, Grassroots, Protests, Tom Morello, Police, The Nation, The Fabled City, Entertainment News
ZP Heller

The St. Paul police should have known better than to try to stop Tom Morello. The Rage guitarist leads a growing number of musicians who have adopted an explicit antiwar, anti-Bush message.

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Hawkish GOP Delegate Drugged, Robbed Of $120,000 After One-Night-Stand At Convention (VIDEO)

Pioneer Press/Twincities.com | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republican Convention, Minneapolis, John McCain, Sarah Palin, St. Paul, Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Stupid News, Politics News

The Pioneer Press reports on the self-described "poor judgement" of Gabriel Nathan Schwartz, 29, of Denver. Schwartz was in Minneapolis last month fo...

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W&W: Joe vs Sarah the (Unlicensed) Barracuda? And Yes, Ted Got Arrested...

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 09.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Republican National Convention, Lipstick, St. Paul, Mccain, Rnc, Joe Biden, Ted Johnson, Obama, Barack Obama, Palin, Politics, Wilshire and Washington, Sarah Palin, Teresa Valdez Klein, Maegan Carberry, Steve Schmidt, Barracuda, Media News
Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

So, um, lipstick? Yes, lipstick is the main story of the day; but why? Is it sexist? Is it a diversion? Is it just... lipstick?

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Weird Sexual Vibes from the Republican National Convention Waft Across the American Heartland

Bill Katovsky | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: St. Paul, Barack Obama, Sex, John McCain, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Bill Katovsky

"Terminator: The Sarah Palin Chronicles" which premiered in St. Paul to overwhelming critical acclaim has now taken its show on the road. But I got ba...

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MediaBizBuzz on Democrats, Republicans, Gustav and Ike

Jerry Weinstein | Posted 09.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Sms, Pow, 9/11, Aim, Mccain, Stall, Perspctv.com, Craig, Texting, Vp, Rnc, Virtual Worlds, Fox, Minneapolis, Rove, Dncc, Alaska, Boxer, Nbc, Twitter, Platform, Biden, Blogs, Powell, Warner, St. Paul, Techpresident, Brave New Films, Politico, Northern Command, Celebrity, Myspace, Police, Huffingtonpost, Cheney, Kennedy, Romney, Obama, Jindal, Cbs, Bush, Dean, Lieberman, Lobbyists for McCain, Pawlenty, Giuliani, Daily Show, Clinton, Protest, C-Span, Big Tent, Keynote, Mccain's Mansions, Im, Abc, Gustav, Streaming, British Petroleum, Facebook, Cnn, Digg, Ike, Palin, Web Video, Rasiej, Rncc, Quik, Nagin, Mashup, Sifry, Fowler, Greenwald, Daylife, Secondlife, Hutchinson, Ridge, Kovic, Sanchez, Sheehan, Home News
Jerry Weinstein

Click for News, Photos and all the links to major press coverage of the Republican Convention and for the Democratic reaction. This past week could ha...

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Ted Johnson, Variety Editor, Discusses His St. Paul Arrest:

Variety | Ted Johnson | Posted 09.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Ted Johnson Arrested, Variety, St. Paul, Republican National Convention Arrests, Ted Johnson, Rnc, Variety Editor Arrested, RNC Arrests, Republican National Convention, Media News

Surrounded by police in riot gear on the Marion Street bridge in St. Paul on Thursday night, along with about 300 protesters and members of the media,...

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Dana Milbank Rocks The Eastern Media Elite

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 09.07.2008 | Media

Read More: St. Paul, John McCain, Rnc, Karen Tumulty, Republican Convention, Mitt Romney, Dana Milbank, Washington Post, Chris Cillizza, Sarah Palin, Media News

Here's one great by-product of the web for print media: The opportunity to loose your funniest reporters on the medium and see what the heck happens n...

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Peace Island in a Police State--When in Doubt, Hold a Picnic!

Coleen Rowley | Posted 09.07.2008 | Home

Read More: St. Paul, Rnc, Peace Island Picnic, Home News
Coleen Rowley

Just across the Mississippi from the RNC-created Police State in St. Paul, some brave picnickers turned out to form a message and enjoy a day of art...

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Meet the Bloggers: Henry Rollins and Paul Waldman Spurn the Media's Love for McCain

Robert Greenwald | Posted 09.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Leadership, St. Paul, Brave New Foundation, Paul Waldman, Minnesota, Daily Show, Experience, Meet the Bloggers, Media Matters, Media, Jonathan Kim, 2008 Election, Foreign Policy, Henry Rollins, Liliana Segura, Sarah Palin, Robert Greenwald, Fox Attacks, Larry King, Gop, Fox News, Tucker Bounds, Alaska, Campbell Brown, John McCain, Alternet, Republicans, Media News
Robert Greenwald

2008-09-07-meetblogg.jpg Make no mistake, FOX is willing to do whatever it takes to advance their conservative agenda. They will lie, smear, and distort to their hearts' content.

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The "P" in "POW" Does Not Stand for "President"

ZP Heller | Posted 09.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Republican National Convention, St. Paul, John McCain, Minnesota, Vietnam, Economy, Pow, Gop, Hanoi Hilton, Sarah Palin, Republicans, Politics News
ZP Heller

For all the talk of candidates needing "experience" in this election, the only real experience the GOP is concerned with is McCain's POW past.

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A Matter of Experience

Murray Fromson | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: St. Paul, Alaska, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, Rnc, Fred Thompson, Sarah Palin, Republican Convention, Republican National Convention, Barack Obama, Politics News
Murray Fromson

It is not Sarah Palin's shortage of experience, but her lack of sophistication that is most troubling. It was a cute applause line, describing herself...

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Logical Consequences

Robert Koehler | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: St. Paul, Police State, John McCain, Republican Convention, Sarah Palin, Media, Politics News
Robert Koehler

Call it creative self-destruction, maybe. How surreal it's been this week to watch the Republicans reap a small portion of the divine comeuppance du...

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Jason Linkins

What Happens In St. Paul Stays Between Y'All: An Unconventional Crappy Hour

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Community Organizer, Sarah Palin, Jezebel, St. Paul, Rudy Giuliani, Megan Carpentier, Levi Johnston, Joe Lieberman, Community Organizing, Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Republican National Convention, Bristol Palin, Crappy Hour, Politics News

I had the pleasure of joining Jezebel's Megan Carpentier this morning for another edition of Crappy Hour. On the docket for today: the Sarah Palin co...

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Sarah Goes Off, Rudy Goes To Mars

Rusty Russell | Posted 09.04.2008 | Home

Read More: St. Paul, Rudy Giuliani, Republican Convention, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Home News
Rusty Russell

Obama said we could disagree without being disagreeable. Palin doesn't have time for that kind of liberal chit chat. That stuff just won't bag the moose. Earlier, Giuliani tried to redefine the term "jerk."

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Journalist Amy Goodman Arrested/Released In MN (Update With Press Conference)

Linda Milazzo | Posted 09.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democracy Now!, First Amendment, Mayor Chris Coleman, Obstruction, Amy Goodman, Journalist, Amy Klobuchar, Republican Convention, Minnesota, Fourth Amendment, Pacifica Network, St. Paul, Constitution, Rnc, Norm Coleman, Tim Pawlenty, Republican National Convention, Arrest, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

Amy Goodman of Pacifica Network's Democracy Now! was arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota, while trying to free two of her producers, Sharif Abdel Kouddo...

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The Party of Big (and tiny) Flags

Paul Peete | Posted 09.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Flag Pin, Rnc, Old Glory, The Flag, Obama, Mccain, Republican Convention, Bush, St. Paul, Home News
Paul Peete

The Republicans have had their share of problems this week: their convention opening was delayed by Hurricane Gustav, Congressmen were avoiding St. Pa...

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Anarchist Protest At Republican Convention Gets Violent

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 09.01.2008 | Home

Read More: St. Paul, Protests Republican Convention, Protests GOP Convention, Police Republican Convention, GOP Convention, Republican Convention, Slideshow, Home News
Kelly Nuxoll

MINNEAPOLIS -- Police arrested protesters near the St. Paul convention site this afternoon and blocked off pedestrian and car traffic into the city ce...

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St. Paul Welcomes the GOP

Rebecca Shapiro | Posted 09.01.2008 | Home

Read More: St. Paul, Photos From St. Paul, John McCain, Slideshow, GOP Convention, Maximum Exposure, Republican Convention, Citizen Photographs, Home News
Rebecca Shapiro

HuffPost's OffTheBus is teaming up with USC Annenberg's Center on Communication Leadership and the Institute for Photographic Empowerment to support...

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Republicans Should Have Been Careful What They Prayed For

Monroe Anderson | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, St. Paul, Hurricane Katrina, John McCain, Rnc, Republican Convention, Hurricane Gustav, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Monroe Anderson

Republicans were performing a rain dance this time last week hoping and praying that a thunderstorm might wash out Barack Obama's parade.

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Preventive Detention

Howard A. Rodman | Posted 08.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: St. Paul, Constitution, Republican National Convention, Republican Convention, Politics News
Howard A. Rodman

Apparently, the St. Paul police and FBI are doing just what the Constitution (and the Courts) say you cannot do -- put people in jail for no reason because you think they might make a fuss.

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The Conventions: More Than Spectacle

Henry Miller | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, St. Paul, Mile High Stadium, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Obama Mile High Stadium, Republican Convention, Dncc, 2004 National Republican Convention, Politics News
Henry Miller

The current vitality of the conventions stems from their successful transformation from deliberative bodies into television studios, with large in-house audiences.

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Practicing the March on the RNC

Coleen Rowley | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: St. Paul, John McCain, March on the RNC, Not Another 100 Years, Politics News
Coleen Rowley

The final practice of the "March on the RNC" went off without a hitch Tuesday, July 1, in St. Paul. There were almost as many police on bicycl...

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Bring all the fathers home!

Coleen Rowley | Posted 06.16.2008 | Home

Read More: St. Paul, Christo, Father's Day, TC Peace Vigils, Home News
Coleen Rowley

And let's bring home all the children of fathers! And let's give back to Iraqi fathers and mothers sovereign control of their own country. In honor...

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Hillary: It Ain't Over Yet!

Beverly Davis | Posted 06.04.2008 | Home

Read More: St. Paul, Clinton Campaign, Bill Clinton, Baruch College, John McCain, Manhattan, President Bill Clinton, Hillary, Barack, Clintons, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Lanny Davis, Mrs. Clinton, Barack Obama, Home News
Beverly Davis

The Hillary speech not only ignored Obama's historic win but was so laden with self-preservation and -aggrandizement it's clear that, although she is at the end of her candidacy, she is not done with her self-deluded power plays.

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