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The Most Important Election In The History Of The World

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November 3, 2009

So all day long I'm hearing the gasbags blather on about how this lame, off year election is a referendum on liberalism and Obama and things are looking grim, grim, grim.

The Democratic blue dogs have it all figured out:

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Man of the People

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October 7, 2009

The rich people, anyway:

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Chasing the Nut Beat

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October 6, 2009

As you know, under criticism for allegedly failing to "expose" ACORN, The NY Times recently made (yet another) commitment to following the buzz generated on the right wing noise machine. more »

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"I Can't Stand Those People!"

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October 6, 2009

Peter Drier and Todd Gitlin have written an important story in Columbia Journalism Review that will set any media critic's teeth on edge. It's so infuriating to find out what utter creeps the people who decide what you need to know are. more »

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Mandate For A Backlash

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August 17, 2009

Dean Baker raises a very important point about health care reform without a public option: what happens to the mandate? He argues that for political reasons, if they jettison the public plan, the Democrats should not include mandates either, since they will only line the pockets of the insurance companies until the political pressure becomes so great that a public option will have to be formed anyway. The best thing would be to get rid of mandates now and bring that day closer. more »

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Building The Progressive Road

By Digby
June 3, 2009

One of progressive politics' greatest challenges is to continue to evolve and expand even as its allies in government are in power. All the incentives change and motives and direction get complicated. It's a nice problem to have, but it's a problem nonetheless. more »

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War Without End

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June 3, 2009

Marcy Wheeler hosted a panel on torture at the AFN conference featuring Rep. Jerry Nadler and Christopher Anders of the ACLU, in which Nadler set forth a couple of ideas that are illuminating about the thinking among political players on the subject.

Marcy writes about one of them here:

Yesterday, Jerrold Nadler announced he will hold a hearing on state secrets on Thursday. more »

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Getting Their Backs On The Public Plan

By Digby
June 2, 2009

I was talking to Darcy Burner yesterday, who filled me in on the exciting work she's doing as the new head of the American Progressive Caucus Policy Foundation (APCPF), which is: more »

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CNN's Fiscal Madness

By Digby
January 12, 2009

 TAKE ACTION  CNN this weekend showed the Shock Doctrine documentary "I.O.U.S.A," an amazing piece of propaganda, which, if it isn't designed to destroy any chance of enacting a necessary stimulus, will persuade more than a few Americans that the biggest problem we face at this moment is long term debt caused by entitlements—and nothing short of massive spending cuts can save us. Here's why why the timing for this crusade couldn't be worse, and what you should do about it.

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(Card) Check Please

By Digby
November 19, 2008

I have long been amused by certain bizarre conservative rallying cries. This past election I noticed a new catch phrase. The minute a conservative breathes the word "card check," his or her supporters completely lose their minds. But where does the passion come from?

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