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FREE SPEECH ZONE | Congressional Democrats: Do Your Job!
Angry Minnesotans gathered on a frigid January day to thank Senator Al Franken and 5th CD Congressman Keith Ellison for their past support on health care issues and to plead with them to wake up the rest of the Democratic members of Congress.MORE »
FREE SPEECH ZONE | "Abducted by Dreams" Showing of Williamson's Art Weaves Color and Myth
"Lucifer's right behind you," Roger Williamson's voice lilted, nodding in my direction.
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FREE SPEECH ZONE | Minnesotans Demand the Legislature restore GAMC
At noon Thursday, the Legislative session resumed. Just outside the chambers in the Capitol rotunda, hundreds of protesters demanded that the legislature restore the General Assistance Medical Care program.
Free Speech ZoneMORE » FREE SPEECH ZONE | Why I Did Not Caucus with my party (DFL) on February 2The next years are going to be about mediocrity, broken promises, and striving for second best. That's not the MN I grew up in. And it's not what I voted for, or was promised. Do we continue as part of a political institution that we feel in large part is not serving us or the common good, or do we strike out towards something that we can participate in with integrity?MORE » FREE SPEECH ZONE | A Cup of Tea for Congressman Paulsen![]() The 3rd district committee of the Minnesota Peace Project delivered a cup of tea to Congressman Erik Paulsen's Eden Prairie office Friday morning, Jan 29.MORE » FREE SPEECH ZONE | Emergency appeal from South Dakota reservationsYou may have heard the Dakotas had terrible ice storms this past weekend. The ice has brought down over 2,000-3,000 utility poles down on the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota. FREE SPEECH ZONE | Minnesotans arrested at White HouseJanuary 26, 2010 - 13 people were arrested at the White House today. Nine of them are from Minnesota including Steve Clemens and the Brauns and Mary Persich. They are in the DC jail. Evidently they will be held for 24 hours in a jail that is all stainless steel including the bunks. The water supply does not work that well if at all in the cells.MORE » FREE SPEECH ZONE | Who Can We Trust With Our Money In Haiti?To those of you who are moved by watching the tragedy of Haiti and want to help, I would like to say that of all the many relief groups I have know and for which I have raised money for over 40 years, the American Refugee Committee (ARC) stands on top. I have worked with ARC as a volunteer for over 11 years.MORE » FREE SPEECH ZONE | Guzzlemug debut "Away With the Wind and Noise" after much anticipationCharlie Werber, Shane Prendiville and Tom Kelly cradle their pints as they gather together in Merlin's Rest and consider what it's taken to get this far.MORE » FREE SPEECH ZONE | Who deserves health care? A personal experience.Recently I attended a greatly informative information meeting on the realities about, and need for, Universal Health Care. The meeting was facilitated by the Minnesota Universal Health Care CoalitionMORE » workaround
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