Jane Hamsher

Hayley Miller

'Occupy Supply' Organizes To Help Protests Survive Winter

HuffingtonPost.com | Hayley Miller | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Video, Firedoglake, Occupy Wall Street, Ows, Occupy-Wall-Street-Support, Occupy Wall Street Donations, Occupy Dc, Unions, Occupy Wall Street Winter, Occupy Supply, Protesters, Jane Hamsher, Impact News

WASHINGTON -- As temperatures drop and snow begins to fall, thousands of Occupy protesters are beginning to fear the approaching winter while many of ...

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Elise Foley

Progressives 'Break Up' With Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Americablog, Netroots Nation, DREAM Act, Fire Dog Lake, Elections 2012, Dadt, Dan Choi, Obama, John Aravosis, Felipe Matos, Deportation, Jane Hamsher, Politics News

MINNEAPOLIS -- President Barack Obama is decidedly "not [the left's] boyfriend anymore," progressive supporters of gay- and immigrant-rights said on T...

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The Odd Timing of Shirley Sherrod's Lawsuit Against Andrew Breitbart

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Breitbart, Shirley Sherrod Andrew Breitbart, Farming, David Sirota, Bob Cesca, Chez Pazienza, Shirley Sherrod Resignation, Lawsuit, Black Farmers, Shirley Sherrod Racism, Farmers, Shirley Sherrod, Cpac, Pigford, Pigford v. Glickman, Shirley Sherrod USDA, Naacp, Jane Hamsher, Politics News
Lee Stranahan

Until Mrs. Sherrod plunged herself headfirst into the Pigford story by suing my film's funder, Andrew Brietbart, I wasn't clear on how central a figure she was.

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Jason Linkins

The Government's Case Against Julian Assange Is Falling Apart

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Wired Magazine, Adrian Lamo, Glenn Greenwald, Julian Assange, Bradley Manning, Wikileaks, Marcy Wheeler, Jane Hamsher, World News

The more you shine sunlight on this matter, the more the case that Assange induced Pfc. Bradley Manning to provide WikiLeaks with classified information, or otherwise assisted in the procurement of same, falls apart.

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Jane Hamsher: I Was Detained Trying To Visit Bradley Manning

FireDogLake | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bradley Manning Visitors, Bradley Manning, Quantico, Wikileaks, David House, Jane Hamsher, World News

At roughly 1:00 pm, upon driving onto the base at Quantico, David House and blogger Jane Hamsher were detained by military guards. House, who is on th...

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Hope We Can Belie In

Sunil Adam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, MoveOn.Org, Liberals, Afghanistan, President Obama, Democrats, Barack Obama, Daily Kos, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics, 2012 Election, Glenn Greenwald, Digby, Talking Points Memo, John Aravosis, Cartoon, Comedy, Marcy Wheeler, Jane Hamsher, Politics News
Sunil Adam

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UAW President: Critics of Korea Treaty Don't Represent Workers

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uaw, Jane Hamsher, White House, Bob King, Korus, Exports, Jobs, Gerard, Korea, Trumka, Politics News
Mike Elk

UAW President Bob King has sparked outraged among progressives and the labor movement by endorsing the Korea Free Trade Agreement. Here's what he told me about it.

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Obama vs. The Left: A Battle of Ideologies, Not Cults of Personalities

Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil Liberties, Social Security, Big Data, Public Option, Glenn Greenwald, Liberal Bloggers, Obama, John Aravosis, LGTB Rights, Robert Gibbs, Health Care, Jane Hamsher, Peter Daou, Marcy Wheeler, Politics News
Jane Hamsher

What Obama is facing, which other presidents have not, is moment-by-moment online documentation of the distance between his words and his actions by issue advocates on his own side.

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Where Was the "Professional Left" a Year Ago?

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Common Purpose, Approval Ratings, Rahm Emanuel, Climate Change, Progressives, President Obama, Immigration, Progressive Movement, Robert Gibbs, Criticism, Wall Street, Health Care, Agenda, Jane Hamsher, Professional Left, Mike Strautmanis, Valerie Jarrett, Politics News
Sally Kohn

I don't share Robert Gibbs' outrage that the "professional left" is being too critical of President Obama. What I am outraged about is that the professional left wasn't more critical of Obama a year ago.

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The Stupidity of the Gibbs "Professional Left" Reaction

Bart Motes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gibbs Professional Left, David Sirota, Jane Hamsher, Robert Gibbs, Glenn Greenwald, Professional Left, Politics News
Bart Motes

Man I wish I had bought stock in smug and snark today. Just my returns on twitter would have made me rich. Everyone is so upset with Robert Gibbs for...

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Netroots-Labor Solidarity: A Work in Progress

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aft, Afl Cio, Netroots Nation, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Leo Gerard, Campaign for America's Future, Seiu, Netroots, United Steelworkers, Nea, Matt Stoller, Jane Hamsher, Afscme, Politics News
Mike Elk

there is substantially more discussion in the blogosphere about cultural issues (whatever stupid thing Sarah Palin said today) important to urban professionals on the East and West Coast than trade issues important to steelworkers in the Midwest.

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Wall Street Reform: A Good First Step

Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Derivatives, Bernie Sanders, Obama, Alan Grayson, Financal Reform, Volcker Rule, Fdr, Mortgage Crisis, Aig, Fed Audit, Blanche Lincoln, Wall Street, Mike Elk, Financial Crisis, Jane Hamsher, Obama Wall Street Reform, The Fed, Business News
Zach Carter

This bill is unquestionably deserving of support. It will make the global economy a fairer marketplace. But it will not end the too-big-to-fail incentives that encourage Wall Street to take wild risks.

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Why Jane Hamsher Should Join the Sierra Club

Michael Brune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, BP Oil Spill, Sierra Club, Barack Obama, Jane Hamsher, Green News
Michael Brune

Jane thinks that somehow we can't criticize the president, nor challenge him to do a better job than he has so far. We can, and we are. So look a little deeper, Jane, and join us. I'll even waive your membership fee.

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The Personal Democracy Forum Is Back in Town

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anil Dash, Daniel Ellsberg, Scot Heiferman, Newt Gingrich, The Sunlight Foundation, Internet and Politics, Clay Johnson, Eli Pariser, Jay Rosen, Andrew Rasiej, Deanna Zandt, Micah L. Sifry, Cheryl Contee, New Media, Jane Hamsher, Personal Democracy Forum, Technology News
Marcia G. Yerman

Scott Heiferman proposed, "Use the Internet to get off the Internet!" His suggestion was applauded, despite the furious Blackberry scrolling in the midst of the proceedings.

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What Change Looks Like

Nancy Cronk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Andrew Romanoff, Michael Bennet, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Reconciliation, David Sirota, Jane Hamsher, Public Option, House of Representatives, Obstructionists, Colorado, Congress, Democrats, Tom Coburn, Organizing, Senate, Detroit, Denver News
Nancy Cronk

Romanoff appears to be so willing to sabotage Bennet that he is willing to risk health care reform for 32 million Americans to score a few political points in his campaign.

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Will Marcy Winograd Pull a Sestak and Beat Jane Harman in the June 8th California Primary?

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arlen Specter, House of Representatives, Debate, California Democratic Convention, Green Jobs, Ca-36, Jane Harman, Corporate, Congress, Marcy Winograd, Democrats, Norman Solomon, Incumbent, California, June 8th Primary, Change, Jim Hightower, California Congressional District 36, Joe Sestak, Primary Election, Jane Hamsher, Pennsylvania, Los Angeles, Cnn, Senator Bob Casey, Governor Ed Rendell, Jessica Yellen, Christine Romans, Los Angeles News
Linda Milazzo

A Marcy Winograd win over Jane Harman, akin to Congressional upstart Joe Sestak's win over three decade incumbent Arlen Specter, would further advance the push for change and an end to entitled incumbents.

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The Public Option: It's Alive

Wade Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Sirota, Andrew Romanoff, 2010, Public Option, Colorado, Michael Bennet, Primary, Senate, Jane Hamsher, Denver News
Wade Norris

Will Senator Michael Bennet answer to us and introduce the public option amendment -- or will he leave us with an easy choice for the Democratic voters of Colorado for the primary?

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The F Word: Where's the Party?

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Organizers, Primaries, Labor, Pennsylvania, Jane Hamsher, Laura Flanders, Party, Netroots, Afl-Cio, Grittv, Obama, Partie, Grit Tv, Democrats, Labor Movements, Parties, The F Word, Working Parties, Politics News
Laura Flanders

The winners were challengers -- right and left - and those who organized on the ground. As our friend Jane Hamsher put it primary night, "Between Obam...

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Abortion will NOT be a deal breaker

Linda Bergthold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stupak Amendment, Abortion, Hr 3200, HR 3962, National Health Reform, Jane Hamsher, Naral Pro-Choice America, Planned Parenthood, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

If you only watched TV or surfed the net, you would think health reform hangs by a thread over abortion. It does not. The media would like to pump t...

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President Obama, A CEO Would Change Up the Team

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Policy, Palace Intrigue, Edward Luce, Steve Clemons, Valerie Jarrett, US Politics, Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod, Leslie Gelb, Dana Milbank, Robert Gibbs, Health Care, Barack Obama, Jane Hamsher, Politics News
Steve Clemons

The Obama team is failing on most major policy challenges. The president needs to strategically redeploy his closest group of advisers, change up the game, move some others in, and alter their assignments.

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Milbank Shows Rahm Lots of Love

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palace Intrigue, White House, Valerie Jarrett, Edward Luce, Steve Clemons, Richard Wolffe, John Chafee, Dana Milbank, Immigration, Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod, Leslie Gelb, Robert Gibbs, Health Care, Gregory Craig, Jane Hamsher, Media News
Steve Clemons

Let's set aside for another post the fact that Milbank's column seems to channel Rahm directly. I wondered if there was a foundation in their relationship for this kind of adoration. Well, maybe.

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Jane Hamsher Gets It Wrong on Unions Not Leading the Fight Against the Banks

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Damon Silvers, Elizabeth Warren, Ed Yingling, Economic Crisis, Financial Reform, Jane Hamsher, Politics News
Mike Elk

AFL CIO President Richard Trumka has been the leading voice of the progressive movement on these issues, twisting the arms of Democrats behind the scenes to get them to push for tougher financial reform legislation.

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The Gruber Scandal

Harold Pollack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jonathan-Gruber-Health-Care, Massachusetts Health Reform, Jane Hamsher, Politics News
Harold Pollack

I recently read Jane Hamsher's lambasting of Jonathan Gruber on this site. I have a different perspective.

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Lanny Davis And Jane Hamsher Yell Over Each Other On The Ed Show (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ed Schultz, Fire Dog Lake, Health Care Reform, Jane Hamsher, The Ed Show, Lanny Davis, Video, Media News

Lanny Davis, former White House special counsel for the Clinton administration, and FireDogLake.com founder Jane Hamsher got into a shouting match ove...

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HuffPost Game Changers: Who Is The Ultimate Game Changer In Politics?

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Breitbart, Ellen Miller, Sunlight Foundation, Slidepoll, Act Blue, Joe Rospars, Alan Grayson, Game Changer Andrew Breitbart, Pam Spaulding, Politics Game Changers, Vivek Kundra, Avaaz, Ricken Patel, HuffPost Game Changers, Austin Heap, Huffington Post Politics Game Changers, Ricken Game Changer, Actblue, Game Changers, Jane Hamsher, Politics News

(VOTING IS NOW CLOSED) HuffPost's Game Changers celebrates 100 innovators, visionaries, and leaders in 10 categories who are harnessing the power o...

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