In Minnesota, Democratic Grandmas Gather Data About Their Neighbors
By Lois Beckett, ProPublica
In Minnesota, Democratic volunteers scour their local newspapers each morning for letters to the editor with a political slant. They pay attention to the names of callers on radio shows. They drive through their
WA Congressional Candidate Darcy Burner: Criminal Bankers Should Go To Jail
Cenk's guest Friday on the "Aggressive Progressive" segment was Darcy Burner, who is running in Washington's first district in the Democratic primary for that seat.
Republican Plan To Deal With Students Angry Over Crushing Student Loan Debt: Keep Them Out Of The Polls
With so many students - who are known to tend to vote liberal - what's a Republican to do but try to keep them from the polls?
Occupy Iowa Caucus Launches
This is hot off the press. Their website isn't fully up yet. But they have a plan:
(Dec. 19, 2011) – Des Moines, IA
Today Occupy Iowa Caucus (#OIC) launches a campaign that calls on all Iowans to show our dissatisfaction with the current
One Of The Many Things Pundits Don't Get About Occupy Wall Street
Wednesday night, broadcasting from Liberty Square in lower Manhattan, MSNBC's Ed Schultz rhetorically asked his guests if the Democrats were the biggest winners of the Occupy Wall Street movement. The crowd laughed a little at the myopic
Handshake Down In Alabama
Like Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, and many other states, Alabama has a big, new Republican legislative majority working hard to undermine unions. The House passed HB 64 yesterday, which would amend Alabama's 1901 constitution to require secret
C&L Opening Bell: The Need For Alternative Economic Thinking
So a week or so ago, Freddie deBoer wrote a widely-cited post bemoaning the lack of an actual pro-labor left among most widely read liberal blogs. Instead what we have is mostly a neoliberal consensus that supports many of the same things that
Rove/Gillespie Organizations American Crossroads And Crossroads GPS Spend Millions In One Day
On October 12th, big donors laid down some very, very big money to defeat Democratic Senate candidates. While it's not a surprise, the size of the expenditures was eye-opening, even to someone like me who thinks she's seen it all. They are at least
Andrew Cuomo Pulls Out The Dukakis Playbook
I normally wouldn't worry too much about one poll showing Andrew Cuomo beating racist thug Carl Paladino by a mere six points. But when you combine it with Cuomo's eerily familiar campaign style, it's time to get worried.
Take a look:
Stung
James Clyburn: 'I Saw In The Democratic Primary Elephant Dung All Over The Place'
James Clyburn smells elephant dung in the South Carolina Democratic primary race for U.S. Senate and heaven forbid Mrs. Greenspan has her Villager sen
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