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http://www.nydailynews.com/opi...Americans should hunker down for more job losses...RoubiniThis is really eye-opening, but then again not surprising. Jobs, trade, and the economy need be the entire focus of all progressive populists. Massive unemployment and growing poverty can bring enormous change to politics, the probl (Read More)
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After all the attention given to The Family over the summer, Bruce Wilson--whose May 2008 video expose of John Hagee caused John McCain to renounce his endorsement--thought that progressive media would have gotten wise to Stupak. Not so much. From Wilson's DKos diary:Blindsided By Politicized Religion. Again. And 2010 Loo (Read More)
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I always viewed Congressman Dennis Kucinich (Ohio, USA) as the last of the liberal-socialists of the 60s kind, a left wing Democrat of course, who made it possible for America to come out of its centuries long hypocrisy concerning equality and human and civil rights. Today, Kucinich speaks up even when traditional liberals, (Read More)
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Several years ago, long before I had discovered Daily Kos, I started acclimating to a new political environment. Having just moved from a "liberal college town" and relocating only a few hours south, I didn't really expect much change. The landsacpe was similar, the cars didn't have gun racks - it was big-city suburban - (Read More)
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Nice to see Brunner taking a bold progressive stand on this topic.I am running for the United States Senate because I believe that public service is for the purpose of helping our fellow citizens realize improvement in their lives. I believe that a government that treats its citizens with fairness, equality and respect, br (Read More)
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From the front page of Huff Post and Sam Stein The White House, along with several progressive groups and high-ranking Democrats, is pushing back against reports that the administration is advancing a compromise proposal in which a public option would only be triggered by certain economic conditions.On Wednesday morning, l (Read More)
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David Letterman has waded more explicitly into politics over the past year. From his feud with John McCain after the Arizona senator lied about why he blew off a scheduled appearance on the Late Show, to reacting to Sarah Palin crying victim over a joke, Letterman's discussion of politicians and policy has been more explic (Read More)
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It is worth noting that Obama is a Chicago Pol. Chicago -- as in the system governed by Dick Daley and the other bare knuckled brawlers of midwestern politics. We don't pull punches here, we don't play nice, and fundementally, we don't sell well on the rest of the country. Those who come out of Chicago and succeed nation (Read More)
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Written by Paul Joseph Poposky Right-wing, anti-health care reform protesters disrupted yet another town hall forum on Thursday, August 6th at a middle school in Mehlville, MO a suburb of St. Louis; this time resorting to violence. The forum, scheduled by Congressman Russ Carnahan (D, MO), was originally meant to discuss se (Read More)
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Paul Krugman, The public option as a signal:. . . there are some good reasons for the prominence of the public option in our debate.One is substantive: to have a workable system without the public option, you need to have effective regulation of the insurers. Given the realities of our money-dominated politics, you really h (Read More)
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The problem with a third party is loyalty. So much of an American's political preference is based on preconceived notions and tradition. We know that Democrats are not "New Dealers" anymore and that Republicans have had conservatism co-opted by an extremist agenda. Yet so much of our identity is wrapped up in being this (Read More)
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Hello, my name is Sam. I have a blue dog. I know it is not my fault. It is about my geography, not my character. But it is tearing me apart. It started innocently enough at first. All I wanted was to be represented by an enlightened reasonable person. Someone who did not believe in the separation between their reason and (Read More)