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American Crossroads GPS, New Rove Group, Has Dems Questioning Obama's Political Operations

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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News that two former top Bush strategists have formed a spinoff organization to dig up dirt on Congressional Democrats before the 2010 elections has r...

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Schumer: Washington Post Story 'Burned Me Up'

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday at a progressive media summit that a front-page Washington Post story on Tuesday about unemployment benefit...

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Let's Not Help the Right Manufacture a Perception That Creates an Alternative Reality

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

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I have shifted from focusing on Republicans and the conservative/Tea Party movement during the Bush era to focusing more on Democrats and the progressive movement because this is no longer the Bush era -- Democrats are in power.

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Hope 2.0: Standing With Obama Over the Long Haul

Mark Klempner | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's not that I object to critical thinking. We need it. Yet, while we're reminding Obama of his promises and scrutinizing him on his decisions, we need to stand with him.

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Conservative Media vs. Progressive Media

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

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Do you know how many people read The Weekly Standard? 80,000. To put it bluntly, that's pathetic. Its main purpose is to spread Republican propaganda in the guise of news.

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Accidental Empire: The Rise of the Liberal Blogosphere

Eric Boehlert | Posted 05.25.2011

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The liberal blogosphere, at least at its inception, represented perhaps the most unplanned, un-thought-through media and political movement in modern America. It really was an accidental empire.

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The 35,000,000 Visitor Question This November 4th

James Boyce | Posted 05.25.2011

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When the votes are counted next Tuesday, this site and many others like it, deserve a share of the applause and a mention in everyone's victory speech.

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GOP Convention Violence Reviewed; Forum Attendees Struggle For Meaning

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

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No clear definition of a journalist was reached. The deputy had no solid suggestions to take back to the city of St. Paul to help prevent a repeat of the RNC protests and the aftermath, and members of the general public had no idea whom they could count on for solid information in this critical election year.

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A Tale of Two Obama Books: Why Do Progressives Still Not Get It?

Jennifer Nix | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama Nation is a pathetic excuse for a book and is just one more example of how the right effectively moves their lies into the national discourse while the left fails to do so with progressive ideas.

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Progressives Launch First Major Book Club

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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The progressive movement has prided itself on its ability to get its messages out by harnessing the Internet, through organizations like MoveOn.org an...

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