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Framing the Progressive Victory

Even though polls show majorities of the public favoring progressive positions on issues, Bernie Horn—senior fellow at the Campaign for America's Future and author of the book, "Framing the Future"—fears that the movement could lose opportunities to win elections this year because of how advocates talk about issues with swing voters. more »

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Don't Let Anyone Question Your Patriotism

Our political disagreements over the direction of the country and who is best qualified to lead it in the right direction should never be used as a weapon to question our love for this country. In fact, the willingness to be intensely engaged in the struggle to being this nation closer to its ideals is the very mark of a patriot. That's why we're telling Fox News and the right in general: Stop attacking patriotic Americans simply because you don't agree with them. more »

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Help AFSCME Tell Congress to invest in America

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All Aboard the McCain Express

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thenation.com — The most important glue binding conservatism together is a shared sense that someone, somewhere is looking down their noses at them with a condescending sneer. And to conservatives, McCain has been too often one of the sneerers. That helps explain the strange McCain contortions Republicans have been forcing themselves into in recent weeks.

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Take Back America: Podcast Preview

Take Back America 2008Listen as our communications director, Toby Chaudhuri, offers a preview of "the progressive convention," Take Back America 2008, on my "LiberalOasis Radio Show."

Links to the complete schedule and more on the main conference page. more »

Progressives Rising

2008: A Sea-Change Election

Progressives-rising-240px.gifThe 2008 election has the potential to be not simply one of change, as conventional wisdom suggests, but of sea-change—an election that marks the end of the conservative era that has dominated our politics for the past three decades.

"Progressives Rising—2008: A Sea-Change Election" details the signs of the emergence of that era, and cautions that progressives will not only have to continue to drive the debate in the election season, but will also have to define, expand and claim the mandate after the election.

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DMI Sends Members of Congress Home with Their 2007 Grades!

If the middle class could give your Congressmember a grade, what would it be? Today, DMI releases grades for every senator and representative, evaluating their votes on key legislation that affects the current and aspiring middle class. more »

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Obstruction Alert: Renewable Energy Stalled in Senate

Take Back America: New Power, New Vision for New EnergyAs oil prices hit record highs, all indications are that a stubborn conservative minority in the U.S. Senate will stand in the way of sensible energy legislation that would shift tax breaks away from Big Oil, which doesn't need them, and toward renewable energy companies that do. more »

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Parting the Red Sea

Take Back America 2008Why should you take a progressive politics vacation in Washington D.C. March 17-19? Thinks of it as a Nation cruise, only without Alexander Cockburn in beachwear. Plus, in one of the first sessions of the conference, we will be parting George Bush's Red Sea. more »

Jobless Claims Up

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money.cnn.com — The number of newly laid off people signing up for jobless benefits climbed to its highest point in more than six years as companies cut back given the faltering economy. The Labor Department reported that new applications filed for unemployment insurance rose by a seasonally adjusted 7,000 to 455,000 for the week ending Aug. 2. The increase left claims at their highest level since late March 2002. A program to locate people eligible for jobless benefits played a role in the increase, a Labor Department analyst said. However, the analyst couldn't say how much of a role.

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A Glossary of Iraq Euphemisms

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prospect.org — The Iraq War has been characterized by euphemism since its inception. Here's a guide to some of the most pronounced, and pernicious, euphemisms of the Iraq War.

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Hawk vs talk: America’s Foreign Policy Choice

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