Jane Hamsher

Why Jane Hamsher and Howard Dean Can't Be Wrong

Cenk Uygur | Posted 12.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Political Spectrum, Howard Dean, Barack Obama, Uygur Doctrine, Rahm Emanuel, Jane Hamsher, Politics News

If you think Howard Dean has gone too far left on health care reform or Jane Hamsher has attacked Obama too hard from the left -- then, fantastic, you are now officially a moderate! And more importantly, so is Obama.

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A Fractured Left Might Not Be Such A Bad Thing

John Odum | Posted 12.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cenk Uygur, Health Care Reform, Climate Change, Employee Free Choice Act, Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama, Jane Hamsher, Progressives, Politics News

A progressive break of support for the administration over the health reform bill could be a risky political strategy. But, it could also be quite effective. Just think "divide and conquer."

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Jane Hamsher, Grover Norquist Call For Rahm Emanuel's Resignation

Firedoglake | Jane Hamsher | Posted 12.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Freddie Mac Investigation, Emanuel Resignation, Freddie Mac, Emanuel Freddy Mac, Rahm Emanuel, Rahm Emanuel Freddy Mac, Emanuel, Rahm Emanuel Resignation, Jane Hamsher, Politics News

Today, Grover Norquist and I are calling for an investigation into Rahm Emanuel's activities at Freddie Mac, and the White House's blocking of an Insp...

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The Killers Among Us (And Other Weak Arguments for the Senate Health Bill)

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Matt Taibbi, Howard Dean, Health Reform, Ezra Klein, David Leonhardt, Jane Hamsher, Jonathan Cohn, Glenn Greenwald, Politics News

Have you heard? Progressives who oppose the Senate health bill are the moral equivalent of mass murderers. That argument is actually being made - along with the charge, ironically enough, that they're being too emotional.

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

Posted 12.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Ed Schultz, Fire Dog Lake, Health Care Reform, Jane Hamsher, The Ed Show, Lanny Davis, 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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Celebs Urged To Help Dump Hadassah Lieberman

Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Komen for the Cure, Jane Hamsher, Breast Cancer, Hadassah Lieberman, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Joe Lieberman, Politics News

Last week, the progressive blog Firedoglake called on Susan G. Komen for the Cure to drop Sen. Joe Lieberman's wife Hadassah as its "Global Ambassador...

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Before We Pass Health Insurance Reform, We Must Do More to Limit Big Pharma's Monopoly on Biologics

Marcy Winograd | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pharmaceutical Industry, Hiv, Jane Harman, Breast Cancer, Biologics, Anna Eshoo, Health Insrance Reform, Big Pharma, Marcy Winograd, Aids, Jane Hamsher, Biolsimilars, Health Care, Politics News

In Congress, I will work to support affordable prices on biologics, so that victims of cancer, HIV, diabetes, Parkinsons, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis can afford the medicine they need to stay alive.

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Setting the Record Straight on Our Health Care Legislation

Rep. Anna Eshoo | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Affordable Health Care for America Act, Anna Eshoo, Breast Cancer, Health Care, Ted Kennedy, Jane Hamsher, Breast Cancer Awareness, Politics News

Jane Hamsher attributes nefarious motives to our health care reform effort and the resulting legislation. I fiercely disagree. It was carefully shaped to save lives and reduce costs.

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Fate of Healthcare Reform Is in Joe Lieberman's Hands

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Snowe, Public Option, Obamacare, Firedoglake, Olympia Snowe, Public Plan, Fire Dog Lake, Joe Lieberman, Reform, Obama, Healthcare Reform, Health Reform, Healthcare, Jane Hamsher, Lieberman, Bellows, Politics News

Progressive observers may be forgetting that the 60 votes in the Senate necessary to invoke cloture, in most people's calculations, includes Joe Lieberman (I-Hartford Insurance).

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

Huffington Post | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

(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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Foiled eBay Bidder Challenges Palin to $100,000 'On the Record' Dinner for Veterans' Charities

Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker") | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Former banker Ken Morris will donate $100,000 to veterans' charities for a dinner with Sarah Palin and guests, on-the-record and taped so as to minimize misrepresentations.

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Public Option Rides Again -- $100,000 In 24 Hours

Howie Klein | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Socialized Medicine, Blue Dogs, Public Option, Rachel Maddow, Jane Hamsher, Politics News

Leaving the obstructionists out of the equation, Democrats have the opportunity to come up with a bill that serves the needs of ordinary American families instead of the special interests

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An Alternative to the Public Option I Could Live With

Mike Lux | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Darcy Burner, Health Insurance Rate Regulation, Howie Klein, Bob Creamer, Public Option, David Atkins, 2009 Obama Administration, Dante Atkins, Blue Dogs, Democracy for America, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Jane Hamsher, Politics News

I want health care form like a drink of cold water in the desert. But without either a public option or strong rate regulation, health care reform is a nightmare for the public and the federal budget.

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George Soros Pledges $5 Million To Bankroll Health Care Push

The Plumline | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Richard Kirsch, Health Care for America Now, George Soros, Rahm Emanuel, Soros Health Care, Hcan, Health Care Reform, Obama, Obama Health Care, Democrats, Health Care, Jane Hamsher, Health Action, Politics News

In another sign of the urgency gripping the pro-health care reform camp, billionaire George Soros has pledged to sink $5 million into the fight, the g...

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Breast Cancer Survivors New Face Of Progressive Push For Health Care (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Landrieu Health Care, Progressive Health Care, Hamsher Health Care, Landrieu, Jane Hamsher, Breast Cancer, Health Care Reform, Move On, Organizing for America, Breast Cancer Survivors, Politics News

A highly personalized push for health care reform is being launched in several key states, with breast cancer survivors urging reluctant Democrats to ...

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How to Help Afghans When Congress Approves $100 Billion More in War

ZP Heller | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Progressive, Congress, Civilians, Troops, Military, Jane Hamsher, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, War, Taliban, Casualties, Anand Gopal, Death, World News

The increased presence of US forces in Afghanistan is the single greatest reason for the Taliban insurgency. And the more they surge, the more Congress will fund more war.

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Congress Should Vote No on War Funding Bill

Tom Andrews | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Firedoglake, Afghanistan, Jim McGovern, Iraq, Barack Obama, War Supplemental, Jane Hamsher, Politics News

After years of working and voting to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Congressional progressives have a chance to do just that.

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Jane Hamsher's Call to Action Against the War/IMF Supplemental

Robert Naiman | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Maxine Waters, Firedoglake, Jan Schakowsky, International Monetary Fund, Rahm Emmanuel, War, IMF Bailout, Keith Ellison, Imf, Afghanistan, Timothy Geithner, Congress, Jim McGovern, Jane Hamsher, War Supplemental, World News

The White House and the House leadership want progressive Democrats in the House to abandon their constituents, their commitments, and their principles and vote for the War/IMF supplemental. But when progressive Democrats tried to have input into the process earlier, they were locked out by the leadership, on orders from the White House and Treasury.

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Obama and the Left, Part 432 (And Counting)

Mike Lux | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama and the Left, Left Wing, Left Wing Bloggers, Activist, Activism, Bloggers, Jane Hamsher, Progressives, Politics News

We need progressive groups in regular in-depth policy meetings with the administration, even if that means they have to soft-pedal their criticisms some of the time to keep that access.

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Dennis Perrin Sounds Off on Jon Stewart, Barack Obama, and The Nation

Christian Avard | Posted 06.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Palestine, The Nation, Firedoglakecom, Gaza, Jon Stewart, Harry Truman, Glenn Greenwald, Israel, Viacom, Democratic Party, The Daily Show, Barack Obama, Torture, Jane Hamsher, Entertainment News

Dennis Perrin: I would like to see more direct action but I knew early on in the Obama administration that it was just not going to happen.

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Harman: "Maybe I'm Even Wiretapped Now"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hamsher, Npr, Wiretap Nsa, Jane Hamsher, Harman Nsa, Cg Harman, Hamsher Wiretap, Politics News

Reportedly wiretapped during an investigation into Israeli agents, Rep. Jane Harman expressed outrage on Tuesday that her phone calls were being overh...

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Rahm Emanuel's Think Tankers Enforce 'Message Discipline' Among 'Liberals'

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

Independent journalists have tried to shine a spotlight on how groups like the Center for American Progress and MoveOn are now supporting the continuation of wars because their guy is now commander-in-chief.

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Progressives Launch Campaign Targeting Centrist Senate Dems

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Reconciliation Process, Jane Hamsher, Budget Vote, Firedoglake, Centrist Democrats, Progressives and Centrists, Progressive and Bayh, Obama Agenda, Progressive Groups, Evan Bayh, Robert Borosage, Politics News

A coalition of progressive groups and officials announced the launch of a media and grassroots campaign Tuesday to target conservative Democrats they ...

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Serving Their Own Purposes

Mike Lux | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Speaker Pelosi, 2009 Obama Administration, Maria Leavey Breakfast, Jane Hamsher, Lobbying, Personal Agenda, Lobbyists, President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Obama Leaks, Politics News

I have no doubt that some of Obama's senior appointees will pursue their personal agenda even if it hurts their president, and progressives need to call them out on it.

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Obama, Lieberman, and "The Hug": Color It Purple

Lanny Davis | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Msnbc, Obama Hug, Bi-Partisanship, Senator McCain, President Obama, Rachel Maddow, Bloggers, Man Hug, Joe Lieberman, Politics of Hugging, Jane Hamsher, Politics News

We need pressures from the left in our party to remind us why we chose to be Democrats rather than Republicans.

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