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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012Michael Meehan likes to host parties, a lot of parties. Meehan is CEO of Venn Squared, a lobbying and communications group in Washington with some high profile clients. Tonight, Meehan and his firm threw a cocktail celebration for Sen. Al Franken’s new Chief of Staff, Casey Aden-Wansbury. She was elevated to run his office after Drew [...]
COLEMAN CALLS OUT OBAMA ON IGNORING CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012President Obama’s non-recess recess appointment today of Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau set off a firestorm of protests in Washington and around the country. For those of you keeping score at home, the President not only appointed a man to an position unaccountable to Congress, but he did so through [...]
NAMED: FORMER FRANKEN AIDE IS WHITE HOUSE STAFFER THAT LOST IT WITH REPORTER OVER SOLYNDRA
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011Eric Schultz, a former aide to Senator Al Franken is playing a small role in the ongoing Solyndra scandal that is plauging the Obama Administration. Schultz, whom one reporter called the Franken campaign’s “chief purveyor of skullduggery“, reportedly screamed at one CBS investigative reporter looking in to the President’s role in the now-bankrupt company that [...]
FRANKEN CHIEF OF STAFF BAILS TO HELP STIMULUS RECIPIENT LOBBY FOR GREEN FUEL
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011National and local sources are reporting that Senator Al Franken’s former Chief of Staff, Drew Littman, will be taking on a role lobbying for California-based biofuel producer, Solazyme, Inc. Littman left the office a couple weeks ago and is part of a mass exodus by several staffers from Franken’s circle in recent months. But Littman’s [...]
NEW AD HITS FRANKEN FOR OVERREGULATING YOUR INTERNET
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011From Powerline, a new ad released hitting U.S. Senator Al Franken on his steadfast support of Net Neutrality: “Net neutrality” is the Left’s euphemism for regulation of the internet. It is a solution for which no known problem exists. Also, you can tell it is a bad idea because it is being promoted by Al [...]
FORGET JOB CREATION, KLOBUCHAR WANTS TO REGULATE INTERNET STREAMING
Saturday, May 28th, 2011For Sen. Amy Klobuchar, bringing America’s economy back to life is one of those back burner issues. However, in the lucrative world of internet content streaming, Minnesotans can feel confident their senior senator is well versed. This month, Sen. Klobuchar introduced S. 978, a bill to increase penalties for those that stream internet content illegally. [...]
REPORT: SNL CAST MEMBER SNUBBED FRANKEN FOR BIG CASH AFTER HE CONTINUOUSLY BEGGED
Thursday, April 14th, 2011The Philadelphia Daily News is reporting in their Celebrities section this morning that SNL star Tina Fey and U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken had a somewhat testy exchange during the ’08 campaign over his request for thousands in contributions. Fey made a comment during her appearance at the Free Library in Philadelphia. She was asked [...]
DESPITE COMMON SENSE AND OVERWHELMING PUBLIC SUPPORT, DFL FALL ON A SWORD TO STOP VOTER ID BILL
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011A House committee will take up Rep. Mary Kiffmeyer’s Voter ID bill this morning-just one of several similar pieces of legislation introduced in the first month of session. Kiffmeyer oversaw the State’s election process for eight years as MN’s Secretary of State. One huge opponent has been Rep. Ryan Winkler. HF210 would bring Minnesota’s election [...]
MDE EXCLUSIVE: ETHICS COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST SEN. AL FRANKEN
Thursday, September 16th, 2010Senate Accountability Watch filed an ethics complaint against U.S. Senator Al Franken. Here is an excerpt from the letter: You can read more of the documents here. Check back with MDE for more on this developing story…
GOV. PAWLENTY DISCUSSES RECOUNT ON HANNITY & COLMES
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008Gov. Pawlenty was on Hannity & Colmes to discuss the recount: “HANNITY: What is happening on the ground and what do you see happening in the future? PAWLENTY: Well, in short, Sean, Norm Coleman maintains his lead of approximately 192 votes. The canvassing board reconvenes later this week. They’re going to go through the recount, [...]
TV CLIPS ABOUT AL FRANKEN’S FAILURE TO PAY WORKERS’ COMP INSURANCE
Friday, March 7th, 2008This is a collection of TV clips about Al Franken’s failure to pay workers’ comp insurance. Bill O’Reilly of FOXNews labeled Franken “a pinhead.” Dan Abrams of MSNBC called Franken “our big loser of the day.” It’s been a tough week for Team Franken. ### This post also appears on Blogs for Norm!, an [...]
AP: “ANOTHER SENATE CANDIDATE WITH WORKERS’ COMP PROBLEM”
Friday, March 7th, 2008"MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Another Democratic Senate candidate finds himself playing catchup on unpaid workers' compensation insurance. This time it's Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer. Just two days after Al Franken was reported to have an unpaid $25,000 judgment in the state of New York, Nelson-Pallmeyer's campaign reported that it hadn't covered its employees. Campaign manager Chris McNellis says [...]
FOX NEWS/MSNBC DISCUSS FRANKEN’S LEGAL TROUBLES
Thursday, March 6th, 2008Al Franken's legal troubles were mentioned during shows tonight on FOXNews and MSNBC. I'll try and post the clips tomorrow.
FRANKEN’S SPOKESWOMAN CLAIMS THE FRANKENS NEVER RECEIVED THE NOTICES FROM THE WORKERS’ COMP BOARD
Thursday, March 6th, 2008"McIntosh said the Frankens never received the nearly one dozen notices that New York officials had sent them since April 2005. 'Had they gotten the notices, you know they would have paid them,' McIntosh said. 'The Republicans were going to jump on this eventually, so it wouldn't have been politically expedient [for the Frankens] to [...]
STAR TRIBUNE: “2ND SENATE CANDIDATE FAILED TO INSURE STAFF FOR WORKERS’ COMP”
Thursday, March 6th, 2008"Another DFL Senate candidate was caught in a workers' compensation bind Thursday, as the campaign manager for Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer acknowledged that the campaign has failed to insure its employed staff members since late last year. The news came as Al Franken's corporation agreed Thursday to pay a $25,000 penalty to New York state for failing [...]
TEAM FRANKEN TRIES THE OLD “BAIT AND SWITCH” TRICK TO DISTRACT FROM FRANKEN’S LEGAL TROUBLES
Thursday, March 6th, 2008"Sandberg said that the rumors that Ciresi won't honor the convention endorsement are being floated by the Franken campaign. 'This is a classic case of them saying, 'Let's deflect the attention from Al's workers' compensation problem to something else,' Sandberg said. 'Look, he's got a lot of union support. Workers' compensation is a key issue [...]
MDE FROM THE ARCHIVES: FRANKEN CALLS HIMSELF A “CORPORATIONâ€; BOASTS HE EMPLOYS A “BUNCH OF PEOPLEâ€
Thursday, March 6th, 2008This video was shot of Al Franken in September during a DFL debate at Augsburg. Franken said “I’m a corporation, I employ a bunch of people.” Franken also said “I love corporations that play by the rules, and we have to make them play by the rules.” Alan Franken Inc. clearly did not play [...]
STORY ABOUT FRANKEN PAYING $25,000 FINE MOST VIEWED STORY ON STAR TRIBUNE WEBSITE
Thursday, March 6th, 2008This story about Al Franken paying a $25,000 fine for failing to have workers' comp insurance is currently the most view story on the Star Tribune's website. Team Franken can't be happy. ### This post also appears on Blogs for Norm!, an online community and blog covering the 2008 U.S. Senate campaign in Minnesota. [...]
MN GOP PRESS RELEASE: “REPUBLICAN PARTY OF MINNESOTA FILES FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST WITH NEW YORK STATE REGARDING AL FRANKEN’S BREAKING OF WORKERS’ COMP LAW”
Thursday, March 6th, 2008St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Ron Carey today filed a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request with the state of New York’s Worker’s Compensation Board regarding Al Franken's breaking of the state’s workers’ compensation law. "Al Franken now says he will finally pay the $25,000 he owes for breaking the state of New [...]
FRANKEN’S SPOKESWOMAN LASHES OUT AT MEDIA & MN GOP OVER FRANKEN’S $25,000 WORKERS’ COMP FINE
Thursday, March 6th, 2008"'We're not actually sure what happened at this point. As most small business owners know, when you're dealing with bureaucratic entities sometimes they make the mistake, sometimes you do,' she said. 'We don't know which one happened in this case but we're going to pay the fine in good faith so our accountant can deal [...]
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