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VIDEO: Florida lawmaker uses ‘Mickey Mouse’ argument to defend new elections rules

By | 12.09.11 | 9:10 am | More from The Florida Independent

Wednesday on MSNBC’s Politics Nation with Rev. Al Sharpton, state Rep. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, revived his defense of the controversial voting law he sponsored last session by saying that the new law was a way of ensuring that Floridians do not register fictitious characters such as “Mickey Mouse” to vote,

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Help us fight a ‘frivolous and blatant attempt to chill free speech’

By | 10.19.11 | 1:27 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Controversial anti-gay minister Bradlee Dean and his evangelical band/ministry You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International (YCR) are suing The American Independent News Network’s senior reporter, Andy Birkey, and are threatening to also sue our site The Minnesota Independent. Rachel Maddow, who also reported about Dean on her MSNBC show, More…

Lansing, Mich. mayor defends ‘Occupy’ movement on MSNBC

By | 10.14.11 | 2:45 pm | More from The Michigan Messenger

Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero appeared on the Ed Show on MSNBC Thursday night to forcefully support the Occupy Wall Street protests across the country, and specifically to support the Lansing protests.

What did Michele Bachmann really say about policy riders in the budget?

By | 04.08.11 | 12:22 pm

A statement from Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) on CNN’s John King USA received a great deal of attention in the blogosphere late Thursday night and Friday morning. When asked about the policy riders on social issues like abortion, environmental regulation and health care reform that are holding up budget negotiations, More…

Pawlenty Stands Behind O’Donnell, Hints at 2012

By | 09.29.10 | 9:29 am

Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) appeared this morning on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” where he remained coy about his decision to run for president in 2012 but stuck to his guns in his support for Delaware GOP Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell:

Lowrey Talks Small Business Bill on MSNBC

By | 08.02.10 | 1:51 pm

If you were on your way out of town Friday evening, you might have missed TWI economy reporter Annie Lowrey on MSNBC, discussing Republican obstruction of a Senate bill that would help small businesses. Not to worry: we have the clip for you, below the jump.

Lowrey Discusses Unemployed Netroots on MSNBC

By | 07.29.10 | 10:28 am

Last night, TWI’s Annie Lowrey talked to Chris Hayes, guest host of MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, about the burgeoning political consciousness of unemployed Americans — what she’s termed the “unemployed netroots.”

Weigel Discusses Steele, Strip Clubs and Tea Parties on Countdown

By | 03.30.10 | 9:59 am

TWI’s David Weigel appeared on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann last night, discussing the strange story of an RNC-funded outing at a Los Angeles strip club and its implications for Michael Steele’s chairmanship and the relationship between the Republican Party and the Tea Party movement. Video after the jump:

Weigel Patrols the Palin Beat on Countdown

By | 03.09.10 | 10:15 am

TWI’s David Weigel made an appearance on MSNBC’s Countdown last night, chatting with Lawrence O’Donnell about all things Palin: her hand scribblings, her religious pandering and her foray into the Canadian health care system. Check out the video after the jump:

We Can Interrogate Abdulmutallab Even After He’s Mirandized

By | 12.30.09 | 3:36 pm

Yesterday I debated Pat Buchanan on MSNBC about Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the would-be bomber of Northwest Airways Flight 253. Out of nowhere, he started saying how we needed to deny Abdulmutallab pain medication to get him to speak, and that by charging him in federal court and reading him More…