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This Democrat Is Disappointed With His President and His Party

Andy Ostroy | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Florida Recount, Bill Clinton, Illegal Torture, President Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, Joe Wilson, George W. Bush, Health Care Reform, CIA Torture, Valerie Plame, Pan Am Flight 103, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, Abu Ghraib, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

Democrats not only own the White House, but also have an overwhelming majority in the House and a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. Yet oddly they're still acting as if they're on the outside looking in.

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Iran Gas Ban: Step Toward War With Iran?

Michael T. Klare | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

Read More: Oil, Iran, Israel, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Obama Iran, Natanz, President Barack Obama, Iran Oil Embargo, Iran Us Relations, Obama Israel Iran, World News
Michael T. Klare

A U.S. oil embargo on Iran appears risky, both because it would strengthen the hand of conservative clerics in Tehran and could entail a naval blockade, setting off a chain reaction.

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Why Obama Must Fully Prosecute Bush's War Criminals

Andy Ostroy | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, FISA Laws, Bill Clinton, Karl Rove, John Kerry, President Barack Obama, George W. Bush, CIA Torture, Health-Care Reform, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

We know more about abuses by the CIA in interrogating terror suspects. Republicans are claiming witch hunt -- this from a party that impeached a U.S president on charges over an adulterous affair.

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Fearless Tree-Sit in Coal Blasting Area Calls Out Failed Regulations

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Tree, Dirty Coal, President Barack Obama, Blasting, Nancy Sutley, Mountaintop Removal, Lisa Jackson, Ken Salazar, Ceq, Forests, Coal, Osmre, Green News
Jeff Biggers

In a stunning blow to mountaintop removal blasting operations in the Coal River Valley of West Virginia this morning, two fearless protesters scaled massive trees and unfurled banners.

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Turn Up the Heat on the Insurance Industry

Peter Dreier | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Evan Bayh, Boards of Directors, Lobbying, President Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Industry, Wellpoint, Max Baucus, America's Health Care Plans, Susan Bayh, Blue Dog Democrats, Campaign Contributions, Angela Braly, Politics News
Peter Dreier

A few hundred people serve on the boards of the nation's largest health insurance companies. They, the industry they serve, and the politicians who do their bidding, need to be held accountable.

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The Republican "Do Not Resuscitate" Plan to Let Medicare Die

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Social Security, Death Panels, Medicare Part D, President Barack Obama, Congress, Medicaid, Democrats, Organizing for America, Senior Citizens, Health Care Reform, Fox News, Medicare, Socialist, Republicans, Health Care, President George W. Bush, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

This is philosophical warfare, and for the Republicans, Medicare is an appropriate casualty.

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President Obama's Grandmother Powers Home With Solar Energy

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Kenya, Obama Grandmother, President Barack Obama, Solar Panels, Green, Mama Sarah, Environment, Greenpeace Solar Generation, Green Living, Green Energy, Greenpeace, Obama Kenya, Barack Obama, Solar Power, Green News

On Thursday, Greenpeace volunteers installed solar panels atop of the roof of President Obama's Step-Grandmother, Mama Sarah's home and on the roof of...

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I Want My Country Back! The Country That Elected Barack Obama

Linda Bergthold | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: What-Would-Jesus-Do, Health Care Reform, Health Care Town Halls, 538.Com, Republicans Health Care Reform, Health Reform, President Barack Obama, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

I want the focused, goal-oriented, real grass-roots supported, campaign mode for health reform.

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D.C. Delegate Calls For Ban On Guns Near Obama

The Hill | Jordy Yager | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Second Amendment, Eleanor Holmes Norton, President Barack Obama, Homeland Security, Secret Service, Politics News

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) called on the Homeland Security Department and the U.S. Secret Service on Wednesday to provide tighter restriction...

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Obama Protester With Semi-Automatic Rifle Part Of 'Publicity Stunt'

HuffPost's Eyes & Ears | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ar-15, Semi-Automatic Rifle, Rife, Town Hall Health Care, Phoenix, President Barack Obama, Obama Rally, Libertarian, Ernest Hancock, Ar-15 Obama, Obama Assault Weapons Ban, Obama Ar-15, Gun Arizona, Ar-15 Semi-Automatic Rifle, Politics News

A number of YouTube videos have shown a man carrying an AR-15 rifle to a pro-Obama health care reform rally outside the president's speech in Phoenix ...

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Obama Advisor Pete Rouse Improperly Claimed Property Tax Deduction

Lee Stranahan | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Peter Rouse, President Barack Obama, Pete Rouse, Politics News
Lee Stranahan

There's a surprising result of the work of investigator Joseph Culligan that I reported a few days ago about what appeared to be irregularities in the...

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I'll Say What Most Democrats Won't: Obama Needs to Grow Some Balls Quickly or His Administration Will Implode

Andy Ostroy | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kathleen Sebelius, Health Care Reform, President Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

Obama seems more concerned with peacemaking than reform-making. He seems more preoccupied with staying popular, despite his tanking approval ratings, than with pursuing an aggressive agenda of change.

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Gimme Some Sugar, Mr. President

Leighann Lord | Posted 09.18.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Ethanol, Sugar Shortage, Wall Street Journal, President Barack Obama, Sugar, Comedy News
Leighann Lord

President Obama, I know you're busy with Iran, North Korea, Health Care, Blue Dog Democrats, and The Economy, but this is serious. I can't do without sugar.

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Sarah Palin's "Death Panel" Mantra: Like it or Not, this Woman's Influence on the National Stage is Now Crystal Clear

Andy Ostroy | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Alaska, Death Panel, President Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Wasilla, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

It took Palin just three weeks into 'retirement' to prove that when it comes to major domestic policy, she is going to be right smack in the middle of it all.

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Gavin Newsom's Impressive Town Hall in Sacramento

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michelle Obama, Newsom Town Hall, Proposition 8, President Barack Obama, George Deukmejian, California Democratic Party, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Pete Wilson, Democratic Party, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Democrats, Democrats, Gay Marriage Ban, California Governor's Race, California Politics, Newsom for Governor, Newsom Town Hall Meeting, Gavin Newsom, California State Government, Gay Marriage, California Governor, Sacramento, Newsom's Gubernatorial Bid, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Mayor Newsom is the most exciting thing to happen to California politics in years. He promises to lift California out of the morass that the deadening hands of the GOP have submerged us in.

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Hechler's Wake Up Call to Greens and Liberals: Big Coal Denial Calls for Hellraisers

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Ken Hechler, Dirty Coal, Cilv Disobedience, Clean Coal, President Barack Obama, Big Coal, Renewable Energy, Social Movements, Mountaintop Removal, Ken Salazar, Lisa Jackson, Direct Action, Green Energy, Black Lung, Coal, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Tragic lessons in history remind us that the coal crisis and its deniers call for more hellraisers, not compromise.

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Health Care Debate Sizzles in Summer Recess

Mike Smith | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Barack Obama, Comscore, Cdc, Nih, Healthcare Reform, Obama Health Care, Pharma, Nacds, Politics News
Mike Smith

Now Americans can leverage the Internet, electronic medical records and telemedicine to support patient care. Now is the time to use technology!

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The Politics of Empowerment

Jennifer Brunner | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics of Empowerment, Politics, U.S. Senate, President Barack Obama, US Senate, Senate Races, Jennifer Brunner, Oh-Sen, Town Hall Debate, Ohio, Town Hall Meetings, Politics News
Jennifer Brunner

Fighting for the dignity of humanity is at the core of the politics of empowerment. It is exercised by protecting the right of every eligible person to vote with fairness, equality and respect.

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Health-Care Reform was the Key Issue in the 2008 Campaign...What Happened?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Campaign, Medicare Prescription Drug Bill, Corporate Media, Hmos, Health Care Debate, President Barack Obama, Health Care Town Hall Meetings, George W. Bush, Tea Baggers, Health Care Elites, Single Payer, Big Pharma, Health Insurance Industry, Health Insurance Corporations, Paul Baran, Elites, Tom Delay, Billy Tauzin, The Wealth of Nations, Health Care, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Pharmaceutical Corporations, Pharmaceutical Industry, Thomas Scully, Adam Smith, Town Halls, John McCain, Democrats, Sarah Palin, Republican Party, Health, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

For some, the system works best when elites make the most fundamental decisions for our society, unencumbered by the trappings of "democracy", and when the population is depoliticized, misinformed, or both.

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Orly Taitz Believes Obama Planning Labor Camps, Bloody Revolution

Esquire | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Conspiracy Theories, Esquire, Birthers, Orly Taitz, Obama Birth Certificate, Birth Certificate, President Barack Obama, Obama, Taitz, Politics News

What Really Happens When You Demand the President Produce His Birth Certificate? You get a bunch of outrageous people -- very nice people, mind you, ...

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Too Cute by Half on Honduras, Mr. President

Al Giordano | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

Read More: Millenium-Challenge-Corporation, Coup D'etat, Honduras, Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama, World News
Al Giordano

Less than seven months into the Obama administration, promise of progress in U.S.-Latin American relations is now at risk because of a ham-handed response to the June 28 military coup in Honduras.

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VIDEO UPDATE: Coalfield Uprising Grows: Will Feds Take Down WVA's Embarrassing DEP?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Mountaintop Premoval, Dirty Coal, President Barack Obama, Big Coal, West Virginia, Renewable Energy, Department of Interior, Coal, Osm, Wvdep, Green News
Jeff Biggers

The failed West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is emerging as an embarrassingly pro-coal anti-mountain public relations nightmare.

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Sonia and the Supremes

Shawn Healy | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts, Ronald Reagan, Robert Bork, Mel Martinez, President Barack Obama, Sonia Sotomayor, Senator Kennedy, Filibuster, David Souter, Samuel Alito, Lindsey Graham, C. Harrold Carswell, Clement Haynsworth, Clarence Thomas, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Sotomayor Confirmation, Obama-Sotomayor-Pick, Sonia Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings, Obama Sotomayor, Politics News
Shawn Healy

Given the alignment of stars in Sotomayor's strive for the Supremes, her sterling resume made confirmation all but inevitable.

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The Health-Scare Mobs: We're Missing the Main Point Here

Andy Ostroy | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Birthers, Brooks Brothers Mob, Sean Hannity, Town Hall, Sen. John McCain, Sarah Palin, President Barack Obama, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

I don't care whether Karl Rove himself packs town hall protesters on a bus, provides them scripts and hands them lunch. What is of concern is when they act in a bullying and violent manner.

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Are Baby Boomers Senile, Uneducated or Just Babies?

Ray Hanania | Posted 09.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: R Ightwing Extremists, Baby Boomers, Rush Limbaugh, Public Option, Ann Coulter, Civil Rights, President Barack Obama, Lou Dobbs, Michelle Malkin, Senior Citizens, Uninsured, Sean Hannity, Hate Mongering, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Glenn Beck, Politics News
Ray Hanania

Instead of acting like intelligent people, today's seniors, the Baby Boomers, are acting like crybabies who have set aside everything they once held sacred in order to insure that their selfish interests and their comfortable healthcare options are protected.

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