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Sunday, December 25th, 2011Longtime progressive activist and donor Jason Sheedy was moving from his St. Paul home to a Minneapolis condo in 2007 when he reported to his insurance company that nearly $300,000 worth of his artwork and historical treasures were suddenly stolen. His insurance company wrote him a check for nearly all of the losses he claimed [...]
PEOPLE OF DULUTH BEGIN TO TURN ON KLOBUCHAR, SAY SHE’S ‘OUT OF TOUCH’
Friday, December 23rd, 2011The Duluth News Tribune today ran an opinion piece from one of Senator Amy Klobuchar’s many disappointed constituents who cites her recent failures to stay in touch with Minnesotans. The letter is one of many that have been submitted to newspapers across the state in recent months, but most never get printed. Although she polls [...]
KLOBUCHAR SIGNS ON AS LEADER OF STIMULUS #2
Monday, October 31st, 2011Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s office confirmed in the last few days to Minnesota media that she will take over the charge to pass Obama’s latest jobs plan in the Senate. The plan would spend $50 billion on infrastructure projects in hopes of creating temporary construction jobs that may do little to bolster the economy. The plan [...]
KLOBUCHAR AND FRANKEN BACK AN OVER-BUDGET, GOVERNMENT-RUN INTERNET PROJECT THAT BYPASSED MN TAXPAYERS
Sunday, July 24th, 2011Officials gathered in Lakefield, MN on Friday to hold a groundbreaking ceremony for another government-run broadband project that is already costing local taxpayers more than they bargained for. You may remember previous coverage of the northwoods broadband project cloaked in controversy that is now on hold. The group organizing the Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services (SWMBS) [...]
DAYTON REMOVES HIMSELF FROM BUDGET IMPASSE, TRIES TO APPOINT PARTISAN ‘MEDIATOR’ TO BROKER A DEAL
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011Governor Dayton’s inability to lead reached a new low today when he suggested a professional mediator be hired to break the stalemate between him and House and Senate leaders during a press conference. Dayton seemed so frustrated with the slow progress of budget negotiations that he openly suggested “outside help” be brought in to clean [...]
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. [...]
KLOBUCHAR BACKS BILLION DOLLAR OBERSTAR LEGACY TRAIN TO NOWHERE
Thursday, May 12th, 2011This week, federal officials announced they will award the Minnesota Northern Lights Express high-speed rail initiative with $5 million more in planning dollars as they continue pushing towards a long term solution. The Duluth media are reporting that Sen. Amy Klobuchar played a large role in securing these dollars and was part of the announcement with [...]
MN DFL CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION WILLING TO FORCE A GOVT SHUTDOWN TO PROTECT PUBLICLY-FUNDED ABORTION
Friday, April 8th, 2011With only hours remaining before a required government shutdown would take place, multiple sources are reporting Washington Democrats and Republicans are divided over a proposal by the GOP to stop funding public abortions through Planned Parenthood. Minnesota’s Representatives and both Senators Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar have voiced no opposition to their respective leadership teams [...]
PAGING SENATOR FLIP FLOP: KLOBUCHAR ASKS BOEHNER TO REPEAL HEALTHCARE TAX PROVISION SHE VOTED FOR
Thursday, January 20th, 2011Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced today she has reached a compromise on part of healthcare reform-with herself. The Star Tribune reports Klobuchar joined two other Democrats in writing a letter to Speaker Boehner asking for his support in repealing the controversial and over-intrusive small business 1099 tax requirement that was part of the Patient Protection and [...]
WILL WASHINGTON DFL’ERS LET AMERICA HAVE THE HIGHEST CORPORATE TAX RATE IN THE WORLD?
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010The press is reporting today that Japan announced they will be lowering their corporate tax rate by 5% to “spur growth.” Japan currently has the highest corporate tax rate in the world, followed closely by the United States. With this new tax cut by the Japanese, America will become number one with an average corporate tax [...]
EMBARASSMENT: MN SENATORS CO-SPONSOR UNCONSTITUTIONAL FDA BILL
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010Minnesota Senators Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar co-sponsored S 510, also known as the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. The bill passed the Senate on Tuesday, but now a constitutional question has risen as the House contemplates not accepting the bill. Section 107 of this legislation includes new taxes. The problem is that Article 1, [...]
KLOBUCHAR AND FRANKEN VOTE TO PROTECT PORK
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010Today’s cloture vote on an amendment from Sen. Coburn to ban earmarks from legislation in the U.S. Senate failed while both of Minnesota’s Senators voiced their lack of concern over pork-barrel spending by voting “no”. A similar measure was passed recently by the House of Representatives and the Coburn motion would have banned earmark spending [...]
SOURCES TELL MDE THAT KLOBUCHAR WILL REMAIN NEUTRAL IN 3RD CD ENDORSEMENT RACE; BONOFF WEBSITE, MAILINGS GIVE FALSE IMPRESSION THAT KLOBUCHAR HAS ENDORSED HER CAMPAIGN
Thursday, January 17th, 2008I received a tip today from a reader of Minnesota Democrats Exposed that State Senator Terri Bonoff's campaign is using pictures of Bonoff with U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar in mailings. I visited Bonoff's website and found a new picture of Bonoff with Klobuchar on the front page. An endorsement from Klobuchar would be a [...]
STATE FAIR POLITICS BY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF MINNESOTA
Thursday, August 24th, 2006The Republican Party of Minnesota is handing out informative flyers about select DFL candidates for statewide office. Click here to view a flyer about Mike Hatch and here for a flyer about Amy Klobuchar. ### This is a reminder that I am a part-time consultant to Mark Kennedy's U.S. Senate campaign. Minnesota Democrats Exposed is not [...]
MN GOP: EVER HEARD OF TOM RIDGE, AMY?
Thursday, August 17th, 2006"Amy Klobuchar’s failure to identify Secretary Tom Ridge as the nation’s first leader of the Department Homeland Security again demonstrates that she is not ready for prime time when it comes to national security. "At this dangerous time in our nation's history Minnesotans need a senator who doesn't need on the job training and [...]
KENNEDY CAMPAIGN: AMY KLOBUCHAR: FLYING (FILING) UNDER THE RADAR
Monday, July 10th, 2006St. Paul, Minnesota – U.S. Senate candidate Amy Klobuchar filed to run for office last Friday, the same day the entire Republican slate held a joint filing, but didn't inform the media. "It is baffling that Amy Klobuchar didn’t inform the media when she filed last Friday," said Heidi Frederickson, press secretary for Mark Kennedy [...]
MN GOP: THEY SAID IT! ELLISON ON HIS ENDORSEMENTS FROM HATCH AND KLOBUCHAR
Thursday, July 6th, 2006Keith Ellison on His Endorsements From DFL Gubernatorial Candidate Mike Hatch and DFL Senate Candidate Amy Klobuchar: Caller: "Keith, your candidacy has been pretty controversial so far, so I’m just wondering do you have the support of your top DFL endorsed candidates – you know, Mike Hatch for governor or Amy Klobuchar for senate?" Keith [...]
MN GOP: CORPORATE LOBBYIST AMY KLOBUCHAR REFUSES TO DISCUSS CORPORATE LOBBYING CAREER
Friday, June 30th, 2006"Amy Klobuchar's stubborn refusal to be straight with Minnesotans about her career as a corporate lobbyist will make it difficult for voters to trust her. Klobuchar often talks about open government and denounces corporate lobbyists, but she refuses to discuss her lengthy history as a corporate lobbyist and her campaign prevents citizens from documenting public [...]
MN GOP: DFL DEFINITION OF “SCRUBBINGâ€: 72 REFERENCES
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Ron Carey today released the following statement regarding today’s false and inaccurate attack on Mark Kennedy over his alleged “scrubbing” of President Bush’s name from his website. “With today’s false attack on Mark Kennedy, it’s clear the Klobuchar attack machine has once again fallen for the blogosphere’s misinformation hook, line [...]
MN GOP: KLOBUCHAR SAYS SHE OPPOSES “POLITICIZING CRIME†BUT HAS REPEATEDLY POLITICIZED CRIME
Monday, June 26th, 2006"Amy Klobuchar's ridiculous claim that she opposes 'politicizing crime' is contradicted by her own lengthy record politicizing crime. Throughout her campaign for U.S. Senate, Klobuchar has repeatedly shown a willingness to use her role as Hennepin County Attorney to advance her political ambitions. Minnesotans are going to have a difficult time supporting a candidate who repeatedly [...]
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