Complete Round-Up of Tea Party News and Coverage
Overt the past week, there has been a lot said about the tax-day tea parties. Here is my attempt at a complete round-up of facts and coverage from the protests.Nate Silver has used reports from local...
View ArticleVIDEO: Glenn Beck shows his bias and gets teabagged for it
The guys over at Teabag Fox News saw the mention I gave them in an earlier diary and sent over this video:I think it's pretty funny.I'm interested to see how Fox News is going to respond to all of this...
View ArticleNRSC Removes Fundraising Page for Coleman
Breaking news - the National Republican Senatorial Committee has given up on Norm Coleman! For the past few months, the NRSC has been pushing their visitors to a donate page supporting Coleman's...
View ArticleTAKE ACTION: Tell Specter to give cancer research money back!
Adam Green did great work coining the term cancer-gate to describe Arlen Specter tricking the public into thinking they were funding cancer research when really they were funding his 2010 reelection...
View ArticleMSNBC Host Yells at Republican over Limbaugh
Amidst the smothering coverage of President Obama's speech in Cairo, there was a very fiery exchange between MSNBC host Tamron Hall and Republican strategist Alex Conant.During a conversation about...
View ArticleDAILY KOS COMMUNITY BUILDING TWITTER-MANIA! List your Twitter handle here
Found this idea over at Open Left. I don't think such act has been tried here (correct me if I'm wrong).I feel like this practice should be more commonplace among community blogs. We'll see if it...
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DNC, OFA Dump Demand for the Public Option
Organizing for America has dropped the demand for the public option from their open letter to members of Congress. As recently as Sept. 11, the letter featured on OFA's Health Care Action Center stated...
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John Boehner's constituent shares sad story -- invites Boehner to meet.
Yesterday, House Republican leader John Boehner said: "I'm still trying to find the first American to talk to who's in favor of the public option....I've not talked to one and I get to a lot of...
View ArticleA different type of jobs campaign
UPDATE 2: Just one day and over 500 members! We're starting this from scratch, and have been blown away by the support. This is the beginning of a true grassroots effort. Spread the word!UPDATE: A...
View Article23 Senators say jobs should be priority of super committee
Senator Bernie Sanders announced that he joined 22 senators in calling for the congressional super committee to make jobs the top priority."Let us be very clear: our fiscal challenge is directly linked...
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Claire McCaskill Doubling Down on Deficit
Senator Claire McCaskill continues to ignore America's need for new jobs, instead focusing on reducing the deficit through spending cuts.If you haven't already, sign our petition to tell Sen. McCaskill...
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Tax Cut Hypocrisy
Earlier, Jed Lewison wrote that "Republicans want to raise your taxes." His headline was exactly right - we should continue to call them out.The same Republicans who demanded an extension of the Bush...
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