RNC
RNC revisited: Amy Goodman sues our cities; RNC8 pretrials!; Peter Erlinder in Rwanda
Labor Day week - September, 2008 - marked a shameful chapter in Minnesota and Twin Cities history. First, before the first gavel fell on the Republican National Convention at St.MORE »
RNC Civil Litigation Meeting
10/25/2009 - 5:30pm
Were you arrested on Sept. 4th, 2008, during the RNC in St. Paul? If so, you might be able to get involved in a civil suit from that day!
Come to our next organizing meeting:
Sunday, Oct. 25, 5:30pm
Mayday Books, 301 Cedar Ave S, Mpls
FREE SPEECH ZONE | The Grand Duchy of St. Paul
The feudal city of St. Paul and the lands outside the moat in Ramsey County continue a strange quest to return to medieval times with the conviction in Ramsey County Court of the, "Other RNC 8." (Previously superbly reported by Coleen Rowley.MORE »
Just an RNC Subcommittee?
Has the US Senate become a subcommittee of the RNC? It is certainly acting as a robotic extension of the Republican Party.
We expect the Republican senators to salivate and vote when the bell rings. They are completely separate from any concern about the populace. They collect their paychecks from the insurance, drug and other anti-people lobbies. Their primary objective is to destroy the Obama administration. They have no other interest and clearly no moral compass. If a bunch of citizens die in the process its just collateral damage.
The senate democrats are a disappointing story.MORE »
News Day: RNC acquittals / More Michelle / MN tax and budget wrangling/ Ethanol, books, coffee, more
I'm writing on the fly this morning -- literally -- and hoping to post when we land in Newark, so advance apologies if I miss any late-breaking news. I'm out of town until Wednesday, so Monday-Wednesday blog posts may be shorter, later, or just a little different.
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Two more RNC protesters acquitted
Two more protesters were found not guilty Thursday in St. Paul after a four-day jury trial. Ilana M. Radovsky and Gracia Logue-Sargeant were arrested on September 1, the first day of the RNC, at Seventh and Jackson in downtown St. Paul. (That's the same place where Democracy Now producers were arrested.) They were charged with parading without a permit, disorderly conduct, and unlawful assembly.MORE »
News Day: Homeless in Minneapolis / Reprieve for schools, library / Molotov cocktail sentence / Media gluttons / EFCA / more
Not now, but soon If I can find some time later today, I hope to get to a slightly longer look at the MN tax incidence survey, which shows the increasingly regressive nature of MN taxes, and also write a couple of paragraphs on the difference between the push for a MORE »
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