MN Progressive Project

• Mud Soup, now 2009 Election free!

  In case you missed it:
  RT gets a slap on the hand from the Campaign Finance Board.

  Minnesota 2020's Hindsight blog looks at efforts to expand rural broadband infrastructure.

  MNPublius promotes the DFL response to Pawlenty's "Destroy Minnesota Amendment". Dave Mindeman at mnpACT! has [...]

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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:02pm EST
  

• Community-Partnered Policing Builds Communities

  Community-partnered policing or community policing is both a philosophy and a strategy where police and citizens cooperate as partners. The people of a neighborhood and their local police use relationships, trust, empathy and a common purpose to jointly use the resources of the community to solve the roots of crime. [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:21pm EST
  

• TPT On Your Radio - Today, Friday, November 6th!

  Ladies and Gentlemen, yours truly - the ol' TwoPutter - is hosting the Friday Edition of "Minnesota Matters" on AM-950 KTNF, The Voice of Minnesota!  The Friday Edition runs from 6:00 to 7pm. So, tune in your radio today to AM-950, or listen live on your computer, here.' [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 3:30pm EST
  

• Militaristic Style Policing Destroys Communities

  The militaristic or crime-fighting model of policing is characterized by the use of fear and the use of force.  This philosophy assumes that there is a continuing war against crime, where only superior firepower will win this war.

  The public is taught to be afraid, to be very afraid! The [...]

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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 3:27pm EST
  

• White House officially supports House health reform bill

  President Obama signaled in official manner his support for HR 3962 today -- which could be the key to putting the effort over the top.

  Strategically speaking, it seems more and more likely that somehow, Harry Reid will be able to piece together the 60 cloture votes he'll need to get' [...]

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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 2:33pm EST
  

• TPaw's bad week

  Not to be missed among a torrent of news this week: Tim Pawlenty had a pretty bad one in the realm of public affairs. Sez The Fix:Minnesota Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty, after making a series of smart strategic moves over the past few months in advance of an expected [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:55am EST