Capitol Retort: End of Sessions, Wardlow withers, House goes DFL

Kevin Featherly November 14, 2018 Leave a comment

Happier days: President Donald Trump shakes hands with Attorney General Jeff Sessions, accompanied by his wife, Mary, after Sessions was sworn-in on Feb. 9, 2017. (AP file photo)

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Capitol Retort: Civil service, bursting birthright, royally inspired

Kevin Featherly November 8, 2018 Leave a comment

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Capitol Retort: Apolitical AG, absentees abound, ‘unite or die’

Kevin Featherly October 31, 2018 Leave a comment

An election judge, left, has an “I Voted” sticker ready to hand to a voter Oct. 18 as he inserts his ballot into the collection box at an early-voting station in downtown Minneapolis. (AP photo: Jim Mone)

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Capitol Retort: Divorce records, calm or contentious, cremated cookies

Kevin Featherly October 24, 2018 Leave a comment

State attorney general candidate Keith Ellison’s divorce records were recently unsealed. (File photo: Alex Kormann /Star Tribune via AP)

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Capitol Retort: Protest dismissal; union win; bye-bye Butler?

Kevin Featherly October 17, 2018 Leave a comment

Clearwater County District Judge Robert Tiffany abruptly dismissed charges against three climate change activists during their trial Oct. 9, saying prosecutors failed to prove that the protesters’ attempt to shut down two Enbridge Energy oil pipelines caused any damage. In this photo, defendant Emily Johnston, center, speaks outside Clearwater County courthouse in Bagley, Minnesota, with co-defendant Ben Joldersma, left, and his daughter, and former NASA scientist James Hansen. (Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

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Capitol Retort: Kavanaugh confirmed; police review; skol Vikings

Kevin Featherly October 10, 2018 Leave a comment

Chief Justice John Roberts, right, administers the constitutional oath to Judge Brett Kavanaugh in the Justices’ Conference Room of the Supreme Court Building in Washington. Ashley Kavanaugh holds the Bible. In the foreground are their daughters, Margaret, left, and Liza. (Cutline: Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States)

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Capitol Retort: FBI probe, new judges, moon dust

Kevin Featherly October 3, 2018 Leave a comment

State Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea plans to ask the Legislature for two new judgeships. (File photo)

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Capitol Retort: Teenagers, tight race, dystopian fat-shaming

Kevin Featherly September 26, 2018 Leave a comment

Protesters sit and chant against Judge Brett Kavanaugh as Capitol Hill Police officers make arrests Monday outside the office of Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP photo)

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Capitol Retort: Schimel schi-muzzle, rebel mom, American Apple

Kevin Featherly September 19, 2018 Leave a comment

Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel, shown in a 2016 file photo, has asked everyone who works at the state Department of Justice to sign a nondisclosure agreement covering their time in office and even after they have left. (AP file photo: Wisconsin State Journal)

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Capitol Retort: Anonymous op-ed, court access, State Fair poll

Kevin Featherly September 12, 2018 Leave a comment

This photo shows an anonymous opinion piece in The New York Times last week. (AP photo)

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Capitol Retort: End of Sessions, Wardlow withers, House goes DFL

Capitol Retort: Civil service, bursting birthright, royally inspired

Capitol Retort: Apolitical AG, absentees abound, ‘unite or die’

Capitol Retort: Divorce records, calm or contentious, cremated cookies

Capitol Retort: Protest dismissal; union win; bye-bye Butler?

Capitol Retort: Kavanaugh confirmed; police review; skol Vikings

Capitol Retort: FBI probe, new judges, moon dust

Capitol Retort: Teenagers, tight race, dystopian fat-shaming

Capitol Retort: Schimel schi-muzzle, rebel mom, American Apple

Capitol Retort: Anonymous op-ed, court access, State Fair poll