September 15th, 2012

Washington State lieutenant governor candidate Bill Funkbeiner (R) campaign video, featuring vocals by Funkbeiner and bass/guitar by supporter Krist Novoselic. Production by Jack Endino. Full story here.

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August 20th, 2012

Ex-Babes in Toyland bassist Maureen Herman’s powerful appeal to Rep. Todd Akin

Dear Mr. Akin,

They say that Missouri is the “Show Me” state. Well, Rep. Akin, I’d like you to meet my daughter. I’d like to show you how dead wrong you are when you say that women rarely get pregnant from rape. I’m writing this letter to let you know that you definitely can, because it happened to me, and I have a 9 year old to prove it.

Read the rest of Maureen Herman’s achingly frank open letter here.

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September 15th, 2011
Huntsman also defended name-dropping the late grunge rocker Kurt Cobain during the debate in reference to Mitt Romney’s book, No Apology. ‘That just sort of came to me,’ Huntsman laughed. ‘You can’t say “no apologies” on the 20th anniversary and not have Kurt Cobain come to mind.’
CBS News report on GOP presidental candidate Jon Huntsman
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September 13th, 2011
Zoom Krist Novoselic’s Twitter response to this.

Krist Novoselic’s Twitter response to this.

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September 12th, 2011

Advance to 8:45 to hear the clumsy Kurt Cobain joke GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman made during tonight’s Tea Party debate on CNN.

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