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MoveOn.Org Comes Out Against Senate Health Care Billl

AP | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The liberal group MoveOn.org is opposing the Senate health care bill and urging Democrats to block it. In a letter to members Frid...

Jeff Muskus

MoveOn Fighting Bernanke Reappointment

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics


If Ben Bernanke wants the people to give him a second term, according to a leading progressive advocacy organization, he'd better convince them he's o...

Sam Stein

MoveOn Launches Fundraising Drive For Anti-Lieberman Ad Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics


The progressive community is moving swiftly against Sen. Joseph Lieberman for killing the public option for insurance coverage and the provision to ex...

MoveOn Holding Emergency Rally At White House Over Health Care

Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics


MoveOn.org is once again battling President Obama -- this time over health care reform. The progressive advocacy organization recently clashed with O...

Why We Lost Healthcare

John Neffinger | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics


John Neffinger

For Obama to do his job, he needs progressives to do theirs: let progressives fight on the left flank to make room for the President to steer a middle course. Otherwise the "centrists" will always win.

The Do Good Web

Lee Schneider | Posted 12.11.2009 | Living


Lee Schneider

Swadeshi means self-sufficiency. It was a key part of Gandhi's strategy to free India from British rule. Today, there's a new kind of swadeshi with online social activism.

We Need a Clean Vote Now on Afghanistan Escalation

Robert Naiman | Posted 12.04.2009 | World


Robert Naiman

Already, President Obama has ordered Marine units to be deployed later this month. If Congress waits for months to debate the issue, most of the new troops may already be in place.

Putting the Power Back in the Hands of the People Against Rogue Democrats

Paul Loeb | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics


Paul Loeb

As the health care fight approaches its end game, there's now a way for us, as ordinary citizens, to exercise power, and create enough of a potential cost to deter conservatives standing in the way.

Sam Stein and Ryan Grim

Leaderless: Senate Pushes For Public Option Without Obama's Support

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics


President Barack Obama is actively discouraging Senate Democrats in their effort to include a public insurance option with a state opt-out clause as p...

Sam Stein

Dawn Smith, Brain Tumor Victim: How Her Story Became Rallying Cry For Health Care Reform Supporters

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics


The past few years of Dawn Smith's life have been a medical nightmare turned around only when her story became a rallying cry for health care reform. ...

Leaders Absent at Health Care Demonstration in Midtown

Glyn Vincent | Posted 11.22.2009 | New York


Glyn Vincent

Somehow not a single Democratic politician, official or one of their minions in the entire state of New York was available to make an appearance.

MoveOn Relaunches "Red-Handed" Campaign Against Anti-Reform Republicans (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics


MoveOn.org has brought back its "Red Handed" ads from the 2006 election to target vulnerable Republicans who have voted against health care reform. ...

MoveOn.org And R.E.M. Encourage Americans To Promote Health Reform

Posted 11.11.2009 | Impact


MoveOn.org members submitted photos last week with how them and their families were suffering from health care issues. MoveOn took these photos and cr...

R.E.M. And MoveOn.org Team Up For Health Care Ad (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics


An R.E.M. song provides the soundtrack for a new video from MoveOn.org in support of health care reform. The ad, which uses personal stories to make ...

A Party Is Not a Movement

David Sirota | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics


David Sirota

Though the 2006 and 2008 elections were billed as progressive movement successes, the story behind them highlights a longer-term failure.

Daily Pulse: Goldfish and the Public Option

Lindsay Beyerstein | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics


Lindsay Beyerstein

Perhaps the biggest drawback of Obama's hands off approach is that administration can't make a positive case for reform. So, the president has decided to step in and dictate terms to Congress.

Regaining the Momentum on Health Care Reform

Chris Shiflett | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics


Chris Shiflett

Our job -- liberals, progressives, union leaders, public health advocates, community groups, and even rock-and-roll performers -- is to challenge the lies and distortions put out there by the Fox News crowd.

Five Things You Can Do About Healthcare, In Ascending Order of Difficulty and Commitment

Ben Wyskida | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics


Ben Wyskida

If you voted last year, gave money last year, obsessed over the blogs and debates and Sarah Palin last year, then right now is the whole ball game. Here, in ascending order of difficulty, are five things you can/should do.

Limbaugh Yells "Nazi" (And The Press Yawns)

Eric Boehlert | Posted 09.11.2009 | Media


Eric Boehlert

Despite the fact that Limbaugh is continuing to compare the Obama White House and the Democratic Party with Nazis, many in the media don't consider it newsworthy and haven't condemned it.

The Rise of the Dick Armey, the Summer's Biggest Blockbuster

Suzanne Langlois | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics


Suzanne Langlois

If patriotism is their private bailiwick, are those of us who truly believe that access to health care is the most basic of civil rights, unpatriotic?

Sahil Kapur

New MoveOn Ad Blasts Insurance Companies: "They Kill People Each Year" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics


As the health care battle moves to the airwaves during the August recess, the progressive advocacy group MoveOn.org has likened insurance companies to...

MoveOn Threatens Blue Dogs Who Might Block Health Reform

The Plum Line | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics


MoveOn has produced a hard-hitting ad that will be unleashed in the districts of any Blue Dog Dems who vote against the House Dems' health care bill i...

MoveOn.org Releases Ad About Clean Energy Jobs Featuring Sarah Palin (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics


MoveOn.org has a new television ad featuring the now former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin that focuses on the Republican Party's opposition to green job...

Senatorial Silence on Single-Payer

Jeanine Molloff | Posted 08.24.2009 | Eyes & Ears


Jeanine Molloff

When you consider the vast resources of the US Senate, we should demand serious accountability and transparency when it comes to the health care debate.

Anti-Palin Fundraising E-Mail Raises $100,000 In One Day

The Plumline | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics


Wow, it looks like Sarah Palin is one heck of a prolific fundraiser -- for the left, that is. A fundraising email that MoveOn blasted out yesterday a...