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Apology to my goverment officials re torture

By Chuck Turchick, A Parallel Universe

Dear President Obama, Attorney General Holder, Senators Klobuchar and Franken, and Congressman Ellison:
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FREE SPEECH ZONE | What Price Congress?

By Bill Sorem, Free Speech Zone

We are told by the US Senate "Leadership" and the White House that, "We don't have enough votes," to pass the public option. What? More Washington speak to cover loss of Congressional integrity.

Translated to human speak, "The insurance industry has purchased enough votes to block public option."MORE »

FREE SPEECH ZONE | Congressional Democrats: Do Your Job!

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By Bill Sorem, Free Speech Zone

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 »

Torturous Progress

By Chuck Turchick

Some time ago I wrote of my mission to get my Congressman and our two Judiciary-Committee-member Senators to say they supported the prosecution of torturers.

I made considerable progress yesterday.MORE »

Our Senators and Torture

By Chuck Turchick

I've been on a mission. Since the release of the torture memos in April, I have been trying to find out if my Senators and Congressman support the prosecution of torturers. (My efforts with Sen. Franken started the day after he was sworn in.)MORE »

FREE SPEECH ZONE | Members of Congress speak on health care

By Bill Sorem, Free Speech Zone
A Take Action Minnesota meeting on health care in Bloomington included comments from 4 Minnesota members of Congress.. The actual statements follow. They offer little surprise. Amy waffles and wobbles, Al doesn't know yet and Kline and Paulsen are congenitally opposed to anything that would benefit all people. MORE »

News Day: GM in MN / Franken-Coleman blow-by-blow / Health care saga / more

By Mary Turck, News Day blog
We’re trying out a new format – headlines here, individual articles when you click on individual headlines, or the entire blog on one page when you click on the News Day headline. We hope this will make it easier for you to comment — just click on a headline, read and comment. Let us know what you think of this format …MORE »

Fishing season and veto season open / Franken v. Coleman / Someting rotten / Aung San Suu Kyi ill / War news / more

By Mary Turck, News Day blog
GOOD NEWS And that's worth going to the top of the report - Roxana Saberi is due to be freed and flown home today, after an Iranian court suspended the eight-year sentence previously imposed on the North Dakota journalist.
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