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After Questlove, the drummer from The Roots, the house band on the Jimmy Fallon show played a song by Fishbone called “Lyin Ass Bitch” during congresswoman Michelle Bachmann’s introduction he said he received several racial epithets via Twitter. Questlove also apologized for playing the song and offending women’s groups who were not necessarily supporters of […]

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — GOP Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann received an apology from an NBC executive after an off-color song was played during her appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s “Late Night,” her spokeswoman said late Wednesday. The Minnesota congresswoman received a personal letter from NBC’s vice president for late night programming, Doug Vaughan, a day […]

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After The Roots played a song by the punk rock group, Fishbone called “Lyin Ass Bitch” during Michelle Bachmann’s introduction on NBC’s “The Jimmy Fallon Show,” Michelle Bachmann has accused NBC of sexism. Bachmann also accused NBC of having a double standard for conservative women. The Roots also played “Crooklyn Part 2” featuring rapper Chubb […]

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If you watched the Tea Party debate Monday, you probably saw Michelle Bachmann condemning Texas Governor Rick Perry’s ties to special interests like the Merck corporation. Specifically, she was condemning his 2007 executive order of requiring Texas teenage girls to take Gardisil, an HPV vaccination made by Merck. After the debate, Bachmann went on Fox […]

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NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Republican congresswoman Michele Bachmann says that if she’s elected president “it won’t take that long” for her to turn around the ailing economy. Speaking to reporters ahead of next week’s straw poll in Iowa, Bachmann says the economy would start to improve shortly after she becomes president if signals are sent […]

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Presidential candidate and Tea Party favorite Rep. Michele Bachmann is once again stirring up  controversy for comments she made against Black farmers. Bachmann told reporters on Monday that Pigford v. Glickman, a class action settlement that awarded billions to Black farmers who were discriminated against, is rife with fraud and should be diverted to flood […]