activism politics
summary .abelow are some noteworthy democratic liberal leaders and organizations.
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common cause
earl blumenauer aoregon a congressional website aa initiatives website aa wiki aa vote smart a
sherrod brown aohio a congressional website aa campaign website aa wiki a...... [Show More]
aaaa in practical terms thats sort of like asking should pink unicorns with saddles replace suv s maybe since its a little late for a challenge. cf. politico pelosis power reigns supreme .
aaaa still its not over until its over especially since the lieberman thing is weakening reid.
aaaa moreover in a recent daily kos p...... [Show More]
im with chris hard to focus today on anything other than the presidential election.
indeed im at pains to tear my eyes away from ben smiths blog over at politico which is keeping anecdotal tabs on voter turnout here in the united states. his latest post as of 1157am est the obama aide who told me last night that he was cautiously nauseous tommy vietor has up...... [Show More]
on thursday september 25 senator russell feingold gave a speech before the senate that got absolutely no coverage in the papers. coming in the wake of constitution day it should have it provides a capstone to a week of hearings held by senator feingold to remind us of the constitutional liberties we have lost and chart a course toward their restoration.
to help remedy the failings of ...... [Show More]
thank you
we would like to express our sincerest thanks and gratitude to all those who helped in the release of andrew berends from nigerian custody. andy has now left nigeria and will return to the united states shortly. once all the facts of his deportation have been established we will be posting a final press release about this situation.
this moment could not have been achieved in .... [Show More]
as many of you may know grassroots democrats are fighting hard to retake our district in kentuckys first congressional district. it was taken with exxon ed whitfields contract with america which devolved into a culture of corruption after generations of democrat control and will be taken back for our party again one day soon. no matter what the outcome of an...... [Show More]
much as everything rudy giuliani said in his quest to demonstrate his ronald reagan was biggest became a noun a verb and 911 everything john mccains campaign says in mccains defense is becoming a noun a verb and he was a pow. as brandon friedman points out this is hideously disgraceful. not only does having been a pow have nothing at all to do with ...... [Show More]
new england cable news necn had a report last night watch it here about the allencollins race one that wasnt terribly indepth nor all that flattering to allen. but one thing that jumped out at me was this claim from collins i am the one who worked to create a special inspector general for iraq reconstruction to have auditors and investigators on the g...... [Show More]
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yesterday i went up to bloomer wi with my parents to talk about thailand at a retirement home. on the way we decided to stop at culvers along highway 53 to have some lunch. i saw a man sitting in a booth that looked fimiliari had to do a doubletake but i was certain it was senator feingold . my mom and dad concurred when they joined me at our table. i alm...... [Show More]
theres been some excellent analysis of the fisa bill around the blogosphere. i particularly like technosailor for a clear concise and lay persons view. for the lawyers and people whove been deep in the weeds on this legislation enough to have a solid grasp of the terminology balkinization has featured a series of posts by david kris and an excellent summation and resp...... [Show More]
i know what youre thinking about said tweedledum but it isnt so nohow. contrariw ise8217 continued tweedledee if it was so it might be and if it were so it would be but as it isnt it aint. thats logic.
lewis carrol through the looking glass
as a self described lib ertarianl eaning82 21 independent i have strug...... [Show More]
...bevans coatchwork sfarm.com icarleton vtdemocrat s.org kevin mcdo naldleahy .senate.go v chuckrgmavt.net patnottergmail.com cewaliser hotmail.co m wisgovgov .state.wi. us mary irvin efeingold .senate.go v will seber nfeingold .senate.go v stevekage n4congress .com ellisshir sbcglobal. net raejasonyahoo.com lissa7453yahoo.com wineke10c harter.net beth prove... [Show More]
...bevans coatchwork sfarm.com icarleton vtdemocrat s.org kevin mcdo naldleahy .senate.go v chuckrgmavt.net patnottergmail.com cewaliser hotmail.co m wisgovgov .state.wi. us mary irvin efeingold .senate.go v will seber nfeingold .senate.go v stevekage n4congress .com ellisshir sbcglobal. net raejasonyahoo.com lissa7453yahoo.com wineke10c harter.net beth prove... [Show More]
tomorrow morning the constitution subcommittee of the senate judiciary committee will hold a hearing on secret law and the threat to democratic and accountable government . in chairman feingolds words senator feingold is talking about memos put out by the office of legal counsel olc a part of the department of justice. the executive branch needs guidance on how th...... [Show More]
for those of you who know the word dar fur but know nothing about the conflict here it is in a nutshell its a civil war. on one side is the sudanese governmentmilitary headed by president omar albashir and based in capital city khartoum and the janjaweed fighters as defined by the un the nomadic arabicspeaking african tribes who have historically been in...... [Show More]
yesterday the senate by a vote of 67 to 31 proudly went on record as supporting retroactive immunity for the telecoms which knowingly agreed to break the law governing wiretapping their customers just because the bush regime said pretty please when they asked them to break the law.
as i wrote on january 25th
these telecoms knowingly cooperated with the bush regime...... [Show More]
if you dont relish the idea of the government enlisting telephone companies to listen in on your phone conversations you might want to read about this.today the senate voted down thea doddfeingold aammendment to the fisa foreign intelligence surveillance act bill which would have stripped retroactive immunity from the surveillance bill.awhat does this mean exactly it means ...... [Show More]
from glenn greenwald
the senate today led by jay rockefeller enabled by harry reid and with the active support of at least 12 and probably more democrats in conjunction with an asalways lockstep gop caucus will vote to legalize warrantless spying on the telephone calls and emails of americans and will also provide full retroactive amnesty to lawbreaking telecoms ...... [Show More]
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