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Coleman Exposes Credit Cards of His Website Donors: ‘Hannity’ Reacts to Latest MN Scandal…

‘Big Boat, No Walleye’: Franken Moves to Dismiss Coleman’s U.S. Senate Election Contest in MN

As the long slog continues, a legal analysis finds the Republican former Senator's case still 'dead in its tracks'...

Time to Bring Al Franken to Justice, GOP!

Oh, and about that ACORN voter fraud...

STEELE-ING MINNESOTA: New GOP Chair Joins Conspiracy-Theorist Choir Alleging ‘Franken Stealing Coleman’s Senate Seat’

Hysterical fund raising letter from Michael Steele charges MN's 'Democrat' Senator-elect's apparent victory a 'tragic injustice,' 'outrageous power grab'...

COLEMAN BUSTED FOR HIDING WITNESS, EMAIL

Franken team moves to strike Norm's claim of 100 'double-counted ballots' following revelation

UPDATE: Coleman fined by judges...

Dead In Its Tracks: An Anatomy of Norm Coleman’s Failed Effort to Contest MN’s U.S. Senate Election

Sanctions are now warranted against the former Republican Senator, according to the legal analysis of a veteran attorney and political science scholar...

Coleman Flip-Flops Yet Again on Counting Rejected Absentee Ballots

But there's method, of a sort, to the certifiable madness...

Coleman Attorney Says Election ‘Fatally-Flawed’

More evidence they may be preparing an appeal strategy to call for a 'do-over' in MN's U.S. Senate Election

UPDATE: 'Swiftboat' Ben Ginsberg declares trial a 'legal quagmire'...

RNLA Issues Fact-Free Fund-Raising Letter Claiming ‘Desperate’ Franken is ‘Stealing U.S. Senate Seat’

Republican National Lawyers Association Says Goodbye to Any Credibility They May Have Once Had...

BREAKING: Court Excludes ‘Huge Number’ of Ballots in MN’s U.S. Senate Election Contest

Late Friday ruling limits 'Ballot Universe' of those still under consideration for counting, to only those 'legally cast under relevant law'

Franken team pleased that at least 13 of 19 categories of previously rejected absentee ballots will not be counted...

Court Awards Votes to Franken in Coleman’s U.S. Senate Election Contest in MN

Even as the Republican argues to include ballots of voters who forged signatures and ballots they previously rejected

Plus: A bit more to bring you up to date with the latest...

God Backs Norm Coleman, Says Norm Coleman

‘The Ballot Universe’: Where We Are as Week 2 Ends at the U.S. Senate Election Contest in MN

Plus: An interview with TheUpTake.org's Noah Kunin, live from Minneapolis...

Filibuster Math: Dems Should Not Seat Gregg’s Replacement (Until Franken is Seated First)

With only 98 Senators seated, the number needed to hold off GOP obstructionism drops to 59...

‘Can We Get a Do-Over? Or Some Help From the Supremes?’: Week 2 Begins at the U.S. Senate Election Contest in MN

Wherein we all guess what the hell Coleman's ultimate endgame may be, even as he makes it up while going along...

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