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Reps Bachmann and Hoekstra Continue to Foster “Global Currency” Conspiracy Theories
Matthew Yglesias — ... Representative Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) continues to fight the good fight against the plan to replace the United States dollar with a new global currency. It’s true that there is no such plan, but her bill to ban the Treasury Department from implementing it already has 31 co-sponsors. And Dave Weigel reports that non-cosponsor Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) might be getting on the bandwagon: ...

Maybe there's something in the water
Political Animal — MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WATER.... If I didn't know better, I might wonder if the powers that be are distributing crazy pills in the House Republican cloakroom. I was just talking to Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.), who's leaving Congress to run for governor of Michigan, about his proposed Parental Rights Amendment -- a constitutional change that would, among other things, prevent "any source of international law" to override parents' rights. He gave me an example of how open some Democrats were to handing over American rights. "I'm watching Neil Cavuto," said Hoesktra, ...