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The Headless Donkey

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 01.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama 2008, Populism, MoveOn.Org, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama Martin Luther King, John Kennedy, Grassroots, Progressives, Democratic Presidential Candidate, John Edwards, Malcolm X, Democrats, Barack Obama, Robert Kennedy, 2008 Election, Wes Boyd, Joan Blades, Politics News

Liberals are trying to create a story for the death of the Democratic party. The cause may be as simple as basic biology: without the head, the body dies.

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What's Next for the Anti-War Movement?

Eli Pariser | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, MoveOn.Org, Anti-War Movement, Anti War Movement, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, MoveOn Iraq, Iraq, Anti-War, Politics News

Politicians who believe false media reports that claim the anti-war movement is shifting gears, or lost momentum, do so at their own peril.

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MoveOn Snags Editor From The Onion

Examiner | Posted 01.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Netroots, Blogosphere, Netroots Media, News Media, The Onion, The Onion News, MoveOn.Org, Politics News

Lots of people on the right think that the liberal group MoveOn.org is a joke. Well, now they'll have a bit more ammo in their argument. The powerful...

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Live Web Coverage of the Iowa Caucus

Cenk Uygur | Posted 01.03.2008 | Media

Read More: MyDD, Faiz Shakir, Cenk Uygur, Think Progress, The Nation, Ellen Brodsky, Ari Melber, Air America, The Washington Note, Ben Mankiewicz, Adam Green, Webstream, The Agonist, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Jr., Newsweek, Sean Paul Kelley, newshounds.us, Live Coverage, Steve Clemons, MoveOn.Org, Sam Seder, Iowa Caucuses, Richard Wolffe, Wes Clark, Open Left, Matt Stoller, Todd Beeton, The Atlantic, Matt Yglesias, Media News

If you love politics, you'll love the live Iowa caucus coverage on The Young Turks tonight.

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USO's Partnership With MoveOn Angering Some Board Members

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Uso and moveon.org, Moveon, Warwire, Iraq War, MoveOn.Org, War in Iraq, Uso and Moveon, Uso, Iraq, Politics News

The chairman of the United Service Organizations defended its decision to pair with MoveOn.org to provide phone cards to U.S. troops after some USO bo...

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My "McLaughlin Awards" For 2007 [Part 2]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: Stuart Bowden, Hong Kong, Ron Paul, Pakistan, Darfur, Bhutto, Best Government Dollar Spent, Mercenary, Primary Schedule, Do-Nothing Congress, Euro, China, Worst Political Theater, Wide Stance, CAFE Standards, President, Most Overreported Story, Surge, Mercenaries, Dollar, Blackwater, Worst Political Scandal, John Edwards, Katrina, Gas Mileage, Sorry to See You Go, Global Warming, Mark Foley, Airport Bathroom, Kurt Vonnegut, MoveOn.Org, Ethnic Cleansing, Democrat, Fema, Most Underrated, Private Security, Democrats, Barack Obama, Best Idea, Predictions, John Murtha, Oprah Winfrey, Don't Tase Me Bro, Bomb Iran, Honorable Mention, 15 Minutes of Fame, Fred Thompson, Schip, Edwards Hair Cut, Oprah, Hillary Clinton, Best Spin, Hail Eris, Senate, Steve Fossett, Taiwan, Destined for Political Oblivion, Cloture, Cia, Do-Nothing, Sidney Sheldon, Beijing, Molly Ivins, Cheney, Filibuster, Robert Anton Wilson, Iraq, Most Overrated, Larry Craig, Bush, Iran, Destined for Political Stardom, Biggest Government Waste, Obstructionism, Fake News Conference, Scooter Libby, Sectarian Cleansing, Evel Knievel, Hair Cut, Most Underreported Story, Best Political Theater, Boldest Political Tactic, Roadblock Republicans, Nie, Olympics, Fake News, Rudy Giuliani, Musharraf, Ahmadinejad, Columbia University, Oil, Most Honest Person, Fema Trailers, Worst Idea, $400 Hair Cut, Discordianism, Politics News

OK, here we go with Part 2 of my annual McLaughlin Awards. Last week's column covered the first half of these awards. Unfortunately (as of this writi...

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Fox Pundit Says MoveOn.org Is Responsible For Lieberman's Choices

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Fox News, John McCain, Joe Lieberman, Bob Beckel, MoveOn.Org, Lieberman McCain Endorsement, Joe Lieberman and John McCain, Politics News

The idea that it was the velocity of MoveOn.org, as applied to the mass of Joe Lieberman, that provided the Joe-mentum behind his endorsement of McCain is preposterous on its face.

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Actions Thursday Against War with Iran and for Real Diplomacy

Robert Naiman | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics

Read More: War With Iran, Iran, MoveOn.Org, Peter Welch, Peter DeFazio, Politics News

Reps. DeFazio and Welch are sending a letter next week to Bush asking for a "direct, unconditional, and comprehensive" dialogue with Iran in the wake of the Iran NIE.

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Facebook Bows To Privacy Critics

AP | Michael Liedtke | Posted 11.29.2007 | Business

Read More: Facebook Beacon, Facebook Privacy, Facebook, MoveOn.Org, Facebook Ads, Business News

Seeking to keep the peace in its popular online hangout, Facebook Inc. has overhauled a new advertising system that sparked privacy complaints by turn...

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MoveOn Takes On Facebook Ad Program

Los Angeles Times | Jessica Guynn | Posted 11.21.2007 | Media

Read More: MoveOn Facebook, Facebook Socialads, Socialads, MoveOn.Org, Facebook Stop Invading My Privacy, Facebook Beacon, Facebook Advertising, Moveon, Facebook, Media News

Liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org launched a campaign Tuesday on Facebook against Facebook, raising privacy concerns for users of the fast-growing soc...

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Feinstein Censure Killed Without a Vote

Rick Jacobs | Posted 11.19.2007 | Politics

While the censure resolution failed on procedural grounds, the movement succeeded in changing the entire conversation.

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Did MoveOn.org Have A Stroke?

Beth Arnold | Posted 11.08.2007 | Politics

Read More: MoveOn.Org, Hillary Climate Change, Hillary Clinton, Climate Change, Moveon Ad, Petraeus Moveon Ad, Global Warming, Hillary Global Warming, Politics News

A community brain injury is the only way I can fathom why they sent an email asking their group to thank Hillary for taking the energy and climate crises seriously.

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GOP Campaign Swings and Misses at Google and MoveOn

Art Brodsky | Posted 10.15.2007 | Media

Read More: Google Advertising, Verizon Censoring, Verizon, MoveOn Google, MoveOn.Org, Google, Media News

The conservative media world was all atwitter last week with what appeared to be a classic "gotcha" story of blatant hypocrisy.

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Our Cold Civil War...

Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 10.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Cold Civil War, Freedom of the Press, MoveOn.Org, Dan Rather, Corporate Confederacy, George W. Bush, Politics News

It took me sometime to process the whole MoveOn.org controversy and I finally realized that something truly monumental has happened in our nation. Whi...

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A Bad Ad In A Teachable Moment

Dave Johnson | Posted 10.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, True Majority, Usaction, MoveOn.Org, Schip, Health Care, Americans United for Change, Seiu, Afscme, Afl-Cio, Bush SCHIP Veto, Bush SCHIP, Politics News

People are upset that Bush is vetoing this bill, but they do not understand the deeper ideological principals behind what is happening to them.

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The Virtue of (Selective) Outrage

John Ridley | Posted 10.02.2007 | Politics

Read More: Harry Reid, Rush Limbaugh, MoveOn.Org, Bill O'Reilly Restaurant Comments, Rush Limbaugh Phony Soldiers, Petraeus Moveon Ad, Bill O'Reilly Harlem, Politics News

The good news is the Congress now has practice in fending our men and women in uniform from snark just in time to defend fake soldiers from being called phony soldiers by the likes of Rush Limbaugh.

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WDUH

August J. Pollak | Posted 10.01.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, Jena 6, MoveOn.Org, Blackwater, Petraeus Moveon Ad, Jena, Politics News

Some of the latest news isn't as surprising as the reports make it out to be. To see more of August J. Pollak's cartoon "Some Guy With a Webs...

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Friday Democratic Talking Points

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: Charles Grassley, Children, Compassionate Conservative, Chris Dodd, Bush, Politics, 2008, Insurance, Talking Points, Spin, Orrin Hatch, Poor, Health Care, Rush Limbaugh, MoveOn.Org, House, Tony Snow, Democrat, Congress, Joe Biden, Election, Barack Obama, Socialized Medicine, Bi-Partisan, Rudy Giuliani, Schip, Republican Elite, Veto, Phony Soldier, Hillary Clinton, Medicare, Free Market, Friday Talking Points, Cigarette Tax, Senate, Politics News

Time for another round of Democratic talking points, for the benefit of whoever's going to be on this weekend's Sunday morning talk shows (or for any ...

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Congress to MoveOn: Don't Mess With My Kid

Darin Murphy | Posted 09.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: Reaction to Moveon Ad, General Petraeus, MoveOn.Org, Petraeus Moveon Ad, Politics News

Sure, MoveOn may be right, but politicians like to think they reserve the right to say it themselves.

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On Race, Betrayal, and My Growing Appreciation of Hillary Clinton (UPDATED SLIGHTLY with a PPS)

Jon Robin Baitz | Posted 09.27.2007 | Politics

Read More: Petraeus, Hillary Clinton, MoveOn.Org, Race, Politics News

I'll tell you who the real betrayers are: every one of those GOP candidates for president who declined to show up at the African-American voter forum. To not go, is to fly over New Orleans and turn towards Washington.

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One Strong Ad

John Bruhns | Posted 09.27.2007 | Politics

Read More: MoveOn.Org, Petraeus Moveon Ad, Politics News

Up until now the swiftboating of heroic combat veterans was all fair game for Bush, his cronies in Congress, and his minuscule portion of left-over supporters.

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The Merger of Old School and Online Organizing

Mike Lux | Posted 09.27.2007 | Politics

Read More: Schip, Tom Swan, Truemajorityaction, Usaction, MoveOn.Org, Openleft, Politics News

I am very excited to see the interplay that will take place between the new USAction and the netroots community, who will team up to win big fights.

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Do Not Disturb

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 09.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Congress, MoveOn.Org, Petraeus Moveon Ad, Politics News

Without a strong and comprehensive no jibber-jabber measure, the mouthy American public might just push the whole system over the cliff.

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House Dems Sell-Out MoveOn, Condemnation of Free Speech Gets More Votes than Children

Lane Hudson | Posted 09.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Freedom of Speech, MoveOn.Org, Children's Health, Schip, Petraeus Moveon Ad, Politics News

By an embarrassingly significant margin, the House favors condemning the Constitutional right of free speech over providing health care to children.

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How the New York Times Betrays Us

John Ridley | Posted 09.25.2007 | Media

Read More: Arthur Sulzberger Jr., New York Times, MoveOn.Org, Petraeus Moveon Ad, Media News

A misplaced punctuation mark or an inaccurately reported date is far different than a culture where sexed up reporting by media stars and high bias has become the norm.

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