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GOP Voters in Early States Embrace a Trump Presidential Bid

Apr 19th 2011 – 12:10PM
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WASHINGTON -- Out with Sarah. In with The Donald. President Barack Obama has launched his re-election bid in a low-key manner, but the Republican Party's search for a challenger seems stranger by the day. GOP celebrities like Sarah Palin aren't getting much buzz. Mainstream candidates like Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty...

Budget Tricks Helped Obama Save Favorite Programs From Cuts

Apr 12th 2011 – 10:12AM

WASHINGTON -- Details of last week's hard-won agreement to avoid a government shutdown and cut federal spending by $38 billion were released Tuesday morning. They reveal that the budget cuts, while historic, were significantly eased by pruning money left over from previous years, using accounting sleight of hand and going...

Tea Party Rallies to Keep GOP Cutting Spending

Mar 31st 2011 – 5:15PM

WASHINGTON -- The tea partyers who helped drive GOP gains in the last election rallied in the city they love to hate Thursday, urging Republican House leaders - Speaker John Boehner above all - to resist the drive toward compromise in the protracted fight over the federal budget. Even, they say, if that means Congress...

GOP Presidential Hopefuls Hammer Health Care

Mar 26th 2011 – 9:32PM
Charlie Neibergall, AP

Charlie Neibergall, AP

DES MOINES, Iowa - A handful of high-profile Republicans who may be eyeing the White House told hundreds of conservative activists Saturday that most Americans agree with their values, and insisted that opposition to the president's health care overhaul could help the GOP make historic gains in 2012. Rep. Michele...

Michele Bachmann, After House Budget Vote, Takes a Victory Lap in a 'GOP Paradise'

Feb 20th 2011 – 1:07PM
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COLUMBIA, S.C. – Michele Bachmann said she didn't get much sleep after a House vote slashed programs and cut spending. But the GOP House member and tea party heroine was energized as she was greeted by standing ovations at a gathering of the South Carolina Federation of Republican Women on Saturday.

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Zachery Gray, Florida Teen, Suffers Brain Damage And Paralysis After Attempting Suicide Due To Anti-Gay Bullying

May 28th 2012 - 10:59AM

Though details of the 17-year-old Reese's April suicide are scarce, his boyfriend Alex Smith spoke frankly about the repeated bullying the teen had experienced at school.

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What Was The Best Meme Of The Year?

May 14th 2012 - 11:08AM

Noted astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson vs. Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann vs. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vs. a kitten with a Pop Tart for a body.

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Michele Bachmann Withdraws Swiss Citizenship

May 10th 2012 - 04:04PM

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has decided to withdraw her dual Swiss citizenship.

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Former Ex-Gay Leader On 'Reparative' Therapy: 'We Set Them Up For A Facade'

By Curtis M. Wong May 08th 2012 - 02:16PM

In July,gay advocacy group Truth Wins Out released video footage allegedly shot undercover at the Christian-affiliated Minnesota clinic owned by Michele Bachmann and her husband, and claimed to find evidence of conversion therapy being performed on the premises.

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Bachmann, Ludwig von Mises Would Not Endorse Romney

By Brian LaSorsa May 07th 2012 - 01:26PM

This week Michele Bachmann endorsed Mitt Romney for president of the United States, referring to him as our "only option [to] preserve the American dream of prosperity and liberty."

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  • 05/28/12 Zachery Gray, Florida Teen, Suffers Brain Damage And... Source: The Huffington Post Though details of the 17-year-old Reese's April suicide are scarce, his boyfriend Alex Smith spoke frankly about the repeated bullying the teen had experienced at school.
  • 05/23/12 Hotel CEO Looks to Unseat Michele Bachmann in Minnesota Source: U.S. News & World Report A Minnesota hotel CEO is gunning for a congressional seat currently held by one of the state's most polarizing leaders, a woman who has become a conservative celebrity not just in Minnesota, but across the country.
  • 05/21/12 Response to "Michele Bachmann renounces Swiss... Source: The Seattle Times - Seattle WA Regarding the letter addressing Michele Bachmann renouncing her Swiss citizenship, ["Michele Bachmann renounces Swiss citizenship," NWVoices, May 16] the writer (Ed Anderson) makes two missteps.
  • 05/21/12 Iowa Senate aspirant gets Bachmann boost Source: The Des Moines Register - Des Moines IA Echoes of last years Iowa caucuses campaign with a distinct Minnesota accent rang out over a heated state Senate race last week.
  • 05/20/12 City Lights: On the road, local news still looks... Source: The Billings Gazette - Billings MT I was going to try not reading the newspaper on vacation.

Background on Michele Bachmann

Michele Marie Bachmann (; née Amble; born April 6, 1956) is an American Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing , a post she has held since 2007. The district includes several of the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities, such as Woodbury, and Blaine as well as Stillwater and St.

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