Capitol Retort: T-Paw attacks; Farrakhan; a dentist’s superpower

Kevin Featherly July 18, 2018 Leave a comment

Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty spoke at a Minnesota Precision Manufacturing Association event in February. He is seeking the Republican nomination to get his old job back. (File photo: Matt Johnson)

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Capitol Retort: Mocking #MeToo, Amazon, gadfly in the ointment

Kevin Featherly July 11, 2018 Leave a comment

In this April 2017 photo, then-Fox News co-president Bill Shine, right, leaves a New York restaurant. (AP file photo)

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Capitol Retort: Diss-union, Rosenstein & Russia, King of the Wolves?

Kevin Featherly July 5, 2018 Leave a comment

Protesters gather June 27 in New York to oppose a recent Supreme Court ruling that government workers can't be forced to contribute to labor unions that represent them in collective bargaining. (AP photo)

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Capitol Retort: Taxing opinion, torn families, mental-health break

Kevin Featherly June 27, 2018 Leave a comment

The undated photo released by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows inside of the HHS unaccompanied alien children program facility at Tornillo, Texas. (AP photo: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

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Capitol Retort: Poll apparel, car-crash derby, Un American

Kevin Featherly June 20, 2018 Leave a comment

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Capitol Retort: Going to pot, circular firing squad, rude Rudy

Kevin Featherly June 13, 2018 Leave a comment

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo, left, addresses the media June 7 at City Hall in Minneapolis. Arradondo said the police will stop arresting people on low-level marijuana charges in the wake of sting operations that resulted in the disproportionate arrests of black people. (AP photo: Star Tribune)

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Capitol Retort: Dealing in secret, family divisions, video stars

Kevin Featherly June 7, 2018 Leave a comment

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Michelle Fischbach speaks as former Gov. Tim Pawlenty stands next to her during a news conference May 31 in St. Paul. Fischbach has joined Pawlenty's campaign as his running mate. (AP photo: Star Tribune)

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Capitol Retort: Poll vault, light-rail protest, lovin’ those Lynx

Kevin Featherly May 30, 2018 Leave a comment

Police officers arrest the Rev. Daniel Romero, of the First Congregational Church of Minnesota, after Romero and several other protesters blocked light rail tracks at the Fort Snelling Station on May 22, 2018. (AP photo: Star Tribune)

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Capitol Retort: Lost art of the deal; GOP infighting; Teflon Don

Kevin Featherly May 24, 2018 Leave a comment

Who’s at fault for the Capitol gridlock? Gov. Dayton? GOP legislative leaders? Or the accelerating decay of democracy itself? (Staff photo: Kevin Featherly)

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Capitol Retort: Turning on T-Paw, women donors, Beatles v. Stones

Kevin Featherly May 17, 2018 Leave a comment

On Oct. 1, 2007, then-Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s lieutenant governor and transportation commissioner, Carol Molnau, addresses a panel of state lawmakers who were discussing how to replace the collapsed Intersate 35W bridge in Minneapolis. At left is Finance Commissioner Tom Hanson. This year Molnau is endorsing Jeff Johnson over Pawlenty in the race for the GOP gubernatorial nomination. (AP file photo: Jim Mone)

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Capitol Retort: T-Paw attacks; Farrakhan; a dentist’s superpower

Capitol Retort: Mocking #MeToo, Amazon, gadfly in the ointment

Capitol Retort: Diss-union, Rosenstein & Russia, King of the Wolves?

Capitol Retort: Taxing opinion, torn families, mental-health break

Capitol Retort: Poll apparel, car-crash derby, Un American

Capitol Retort: Going to pot, circular firing squad, rude Rudy

Capitol Retort: Dealing in secret, family divisions, video stars

Capitol Retort: Poll vault, light-rail protest, lovin’ those Lynx

Capitol Retort: Lost art of the deal; GOP infighting; Teflon Don

Capitol Retort: Turning on T-Paw, women donors, Beatles v. Stones