Residual Forces: It's the Army Bases Stupid!
The American Prospect hits the nail on the head in Spencer Ackerman's discussion of continued American-military presence beyond the so-called war on terror. The story on Iraq keeps changing precisely...
View ArticleObama may still keep my vote: Politics of Fear
There has been a lot of discussion about Obama's campaign faltering, and his failure to bring together a progressive coalition and act as a progressive candidate. And he has fallen in my view as of...
View ArticleProgressive Family Values: The Anti- SCHIP-Veto, Toxic Toys, NCLB Package
We all know by now that millions of China-produce toys have been recalled by manufacturers due their lead-taint. We all know that Bush and many Republicans have opposed the SCHIP health bill which...
View ArticleNet Neutrality: Comcast blocks file sharing!
The battle for the internet is starting. According to an AP article, Comcast is blocking the sharing of certain files between users, thereby violating the concept of Net Neutrality. Below is an except...
View ArticleNew Iran Bill: Obama Vs. Clinton
On Thursday Clinton and 29 other senators sent a letter--yes a letter- to Bush saying he had no authority to invade Iran without congress. Thursday evening Obama introduced a piece of legally binding...
View ArticleA strike against the Democrats
Democrats.com has announced a donor strike against the core Democrat institutions, DSCC and DCCC until specific demands are met. They specificially mention the Bush Democrats as a block agains...
View Article(TX SENATE) DFA's FIRST 2008 Endorsement: Rick Noriega & why he matters
There are going to be many national races which the progressive netroots will watch carefully, discuss and donate to. I think there will, however, be a small handful which will have particularly...
View ArticleBush Dogs Targeted by Freedom's Watch Group
Today Freedom's Watch is launching an ad campaign targeting specific Democrats in their districts, urging them to continue funding for the Iraq war. Below is a brief summary of Freedom's Watch and then...
View ArticleWag the Bush Dog: On Bush Dogs Not Voting Their Districts
I have been following Open Left's Bush Dog campaign since its start. Over and over I have been stunned when Democrats enable Republican victories, and when Democrats help defeat Democrat-sponsored...
View ArticleTX- SEN Support Rick Noriega over Republican John Cornyn
Just a brief post and a plea for donations to Rick Noriega. Noriega has received a ton of endorsements from John Kerry to DFA to numerous bloggers...http://www.ricknorie... Cornyn is a...
View ArticleSpeaking of Primaries: IA-03: Boswell vs Progressive Fallon
AN EMAIL FROM DFA: Last Tuesday, our Primaries Matter campaign delivered results and helped lead Donna Edwards to a resounding 24-point victory over Bush-Democrat Al Wynn in MD-04. Ed Fallon is the...
View ArticleFeingold on Iraq, and Why we need more better Democrats
An incredible amount of political ink has been spilled in the praise, justification, apologies, and criticism of the Iraq war than. But occasionally a statement breaks through the murk and sticks with...
View ArticleChange Congress joining with a Blue Dog?
Yes it is true. From the press release email...Last week we launched Change-Congress.org. After that event, I made my first call on a Member of Congress, to ask him to join. I knew he was a supporter...
View ArticleGlobal Net Neutrality: Support the Global Online Freedom Act
There is a new law entering congress of which every woman, man, and blogger should take notice. Called the Global Online Freedom Act (H.R. 275) it will prevent U.S. companies from carrying out or...
View ArticleFBI Seeks Expanded Powers--again!
The gist courtesy of NYT...WASHINGTON - A Justice Department plan would loosen restrictions on the Federal Bureau of Investigation to allow agents to open a national security or criminal investigation...
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