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Jul 15th, 2011

Summary: Weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, compiled from U.S. Department of Defense news releases and iCasualties.org. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 15, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported the passage of two years since launching his campaign against incumbent U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann for the Republican nomination in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District.


Jul 14th, 2011

Summary: A new Quinnipiac poll shows Tea Party favorites Michele Bachmann (14%), Sarah Palin (12%), and Rick Perry (10%) are collectively running well ahead of Mitt Romney (25%) in the Republican presidential primary. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 14, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that eight American troops were killed in a series of attacks in the Kandahar offensive in southern Afghanistan.



Summary: Ahmad Wali Karzai, brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and one of the most powerful men in Afghanistan, has been assassinated by a bodyguard recruited by the Taliban. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 13, 2010, Aubrey Immelman provided his weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.


Jul 12th, 2011

Summary: Undercover video taken from Marcus and Michele Bachmann’s Christian counseling center reveals that therapists are using prayer and Bible scriptures in “reparative therapy” to help cure people of homosexual tendencies. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 12, 2010, Aubrey Immelman featured Part 6 of “The Rise of the New Right: A Hardball Documentary with Chris Matthews,” titled “How the New Right Exploits the Media.”



Summary: Three rockets fired from a mainly Shiite neighborhood hit Baghdad’s Green Zone during Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s visit to Iraq. Panetta said the U.S. is concerned about Iran providing weapons to Iraqi militants and will take unilateral action if needed to deal with the threat. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 11, 2010, Aubrey Immelman featured Part 5 of “The Rise of the New Right: A Hardball Documentary with Chris Matthews,” titled “The Rhetoric of the New Right.”



Summary: In a July 9, 2011 Townhall column, Bill O’Reilly opined on former President Bill Clinton’s seemingly glowing assessment of Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann as a “compelling public figure” who comes across as “real,” concluding it was merely “gamesmanship” to diminish Sarah Palin, whose major distinction from Bachmann is “personality.” However, empirical studies indicate that Palin and Bachmann, in fact, have very similar personality types. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 10, 2010, Aubrey Immelman featured Part 4 of “The Rise of the New Right: A Hardball Documentary with Chris Matthews,” titled “Who Runs the Tea Party?”



Summary: A bodyguard for Afghanistan’s second highest-ranking intelligence official shot dead two U.S. troops accompanying a reconstruction team convoy north of Kabul. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 9, 2010, Aubrey Immelman featured Part 3 of “The Rise of the New Right: A Hardball Documentary with Chris Matthews,” titled “The Tea Party Movement.”


Jul 8th, 2011

Summary: Weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, compiled from U.S. Department of Defense news releases and iCasualties.org. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 8, 2010, Aubrey Immelman featured Part 2 of “The Rise of the New Right: A Hardball Documentary with Chris Matthews,” titled “A Deep Dislike for Barack Obama.”



Summary: Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann’s husband, Marcus Bachmann, plays a central role in her campaign for the Republican nomination. The Bachmanns, who are born-again fundamentalist Christians, share a bond born of deep faith in a particularly conservative form of Lutheranism (WELS), a common abhorrence of homosexuality, and an extreme Christian nationalist political ideology. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 7, 2010, Aubrey Immelman featured Part 1 of “The Rise of the New Right: A Hardball Documentary with Chris Matthews,” titled “Don’t Tread on Me.”



Summary: An Oregon man, Darryl James Swanson, has been detained for a mental health evaluation after appearing in federal court to face charges that he threatened to kill President Barack Obama and the president’s family. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on July 6, 2010, Aubrey Immelman provided his weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Aghanistan wars.