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The last protest of the RNC is the one organizers weeks ago described as “more militant.”
The convention is a bonanza for the security guard industry. Many restaurants have suffered.
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A map shows the hometowns of some of those arrested in St. Paul protests on Monday and Tuesday.
A couple of Republican commentators went off script when talking about the Palin pick, after concluding an appearance on MSNBC.
A news release from the people in charge of the police today appears to suggest that the police aren’t going to waste much time this week trying to determine who’s a real journalist, and who are the posers.
Candidates say the media shouldn’t focus on their children. Then they make them part of photo ops.
Given the way Republicans embraced 9/11 and the stories of heroism at the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York, it was mildly surprising that they wouldn’t do the same with the stories of the Minneapolis bridge collapse.