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Jane Hamsher

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
Marcy Winograd

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
Rep. Anna Eshoo

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
M.S. Bellows, Jr.

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

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

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

Read More: Thom Hartmann, Jeanne Devon, Ken Morris, Sarah Palin Dinner Auction, Oprah Winfrey, Ariana Huffington, Rachel Maddow, Randi Rhodes, Bill Kristol, Palin, James Carville, Glenn Beck, Keith Olbermann, Frank Rich, Shannyn Moore, Mudflats, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Ebay Dinner, Jane Hamsher, Politics News
Jeanne Devon (

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
Howie Klein

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
Mike Lux

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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Sam Stein

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
ZP Heller

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
Tom Andrews

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
Robert Naiman

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
Mike Lux

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
Christian Avard

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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Sam Stein

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

Read More: White House, Common Purpose Project, John-Stauber, David Brock, Politico, MoveOn.Org, Afghan War, Tom Matzzie, Iraq Occupation, Dick Gephardt, Center for American Progress, Ben Smith, Obama White House, Anti-War Movement, Rahm Emanuel, Center for Media and Democracy, Erik Smith, Miti Sathe, Jane Hamsher, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News
Jeremy Scahill

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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Sam Stein

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
Mike Lux

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
Lanny Davis

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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Sam Stein

'Accountability Now': Bloggers And Progressive Groups Plan To Challenge Elected Dems

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Progressive Effort, Washington Dc Incumbents, Jane Hamsher, Glenn Greenwald, Progressive Challengers, Jeff Hauser, Accountability Now, Progressive Accountability Now, Accountability Now Incumbency, Politics News

Some of the most prominent names in progressive politics launched a major new organization on Thursday dedicated to pinpointing and aiding primary cha...

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Live From Glamorous Washington DC!

Jane Hamsher | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Spencer Ackerman, Joseph Lowery, Crooks and Liars, Tina Brown, Morning Joe, La Figa, Huffington Post, Daily Voice, Jane Hamsher, Commonsensemedia, Obama Inauguration, Inauguration, Barack Obama Inauguration, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jane Hamsher

The celebrities who have descended on the town provide a sharp contrast to the old, stodgy (and let's face it, overly white) days of being overrun by the helmet heads of the GOP.

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Right-Wing Bloggers Leave Their Stain On The Campaign

Eric Boehlert | Posted 11.01.2008 | Media

Read More: Ace of Spades, Red State, Marc Ambinder, Ben Smith, Ethan Winner, Confederate Yankee, Matt Stoller, Glenn Greenwald, Bruce Wilson, Jawa Report, Michelle Malkin, Jane Hamsher, Media News
Eric Boehlert

Last week was a perfect example of how the conservative blogosphere's leading lights have been demoted to ridicule, simply because their efforts have become so thoroughly laughable.

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The Online War the Democrats Are Losing: Where's the Strategy?

RJ Eskow | Posted 08.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Web Politics, John McCain, Internet Politics, Political Technology, Internet, Glenn Greenwald, Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, Emails, Barack Obama, Daily Kos, Jane Hamsher, Howie Klein, Jeffrey Porter, Media News
RJ Eskow

The Right's winning the email war, which could prove decisive. It would be ironic if, after all these innovations, Democrats were beaten by a tool that's so crude yet effective.

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