No new Senator T-Paw told MSNBC that the Senate race will take “a few more months” until “we get a proper result.” Minnesota Independent reports that Pawlenty said he won’t sign an election certificate until the appellate process is over. The PiPress reports that only 387 ballots remain to be counted Tuesday. Judges originally ordered 400 ballots counted, but it turns out that 13 of those listed have already been counted.
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Somali teens and NPR fear-mongering In more of the irresponsible fear-mongering that has characterized National Public Radio’s reporting on missing Somali youth, this morning’s Morning Edition story by Dina Temple Raston repeated unsubstantiated and discredited allegations that the youth will return to the U.S. to commit acts of terrorism here — and said that at least four have returned to Minneapolis and that “Now it looks like they’ve gone underground.” The damage done by such sensationalist characterizations is not balanced by the report’s admissions that “The FBI doesn’t think they are dangerous,” and that “going underground” may mean that parents are keeping the young men home and safe. Just to add the emphasis that NPR lacks, let me repeat: “The FBI doesn’t think they are dangerous.”
The report goes on to discuss secret grand jury investigations, and doesn’t let the secrecy of grand jury proceedings deter speculation about what they might be focusing on. NOTE: In contrast to National Public Radio, Minnesota Public Radio has covered the on-going story without sensationalism.
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News Day: Michelle Bachmann’s call to arms / Lake Wobegon county / Somali college student and FBI / more
Is it just because I’m on vacation, or are today’s news stories odder than usual? More vacation tomorrow – and no News Day post.
Today’s Michelle Minute She’s at it again. This time, MN Representative Michelle Bachmann called herself “a foreign correspondent on enemy lines” and called on Minnesotans to get “armed and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax,” citing Thomas Jeffersons’ calls for revolution. Taxing carbon emissions, says Michelle, “has the potential of changing the dynamic of freedom forever in the United States.” The Smart Politics blog has links to more Michelle moments. And MinnPost reports that Bachman and John Kline are teaming up to push legislation that would bar the Obama administration from sending Guantanamo Bay detainees to MN. Nice move that — maybe they would accept a friendly amendment to bar the gummint from sending us any Martian space invaders or rabid alligators.
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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.
Not guilty for RNC protesters Two more RNC protesters were acquitted by a Ramsey County jury Thursday. That continues a solid winning streak, with no protesters yet convicted at trials. The jury evidently found police testimony not credible. Another RNC trial is still going on, with Sean McCoy facing misdemeanor charges of parading without a permit and fleeing a police officer. Some lawyers from the National Lawyers Guild suggest that St. Paul city attorney John Choi should just throw out all of the remaining misdemeanor cases. (He’s already decided that hundreds of arrests lack a basis for prosecution.)
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