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How Will Obama Enrage The Left?

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

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Obama is going to do something to absolutely enrage leftists, progressives, and the few remaining Americans who actually call themselves liberals; and, furthermore, he's going to do it within his first 100 days in office.

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The Center-Right Myth

Cenk Uygur | Posted 12.16.2008 | Politics

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This is not a center-right country! In the last two elections Democrats picked up over fifty seats in the House, took control of the Senate and the White House. How much clearer can it be?

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A New Faith Coalition

Jim Wallis | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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Further polling results will help to answer the critical question of why religious voters cast their ballots the way they did. But three factors are likely key to understanding the religious shift.

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Praise God?

Paul Raushenbush | Posted 12.07.2008 | Living

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Obama's election does not wipe out the vicious racism of centuries, and Prop 8 shows that there is still work to be done confronting the discrimination of Gay and Lesbian people.

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Newsflash: More Than 60% See President-Elect Obama As "Liberal"

Bill Scher | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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The liberal boogeyman card could not be played, no matter how hard they tried. Perceived fear of liberals is far outweighed by the disgust of the actual damage conservatives have wrought.

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Barack Obama Is Smarter Than Us

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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The Obama campaign did not leak, and they did not squabble amongst themselves in public -- right there, two astounding feats that no other candidate in the race could manage.

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Conservatives Sowing The Seeds Of Their Own Demise

Bill Scher | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

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Conservatives continue to be addicted to misinformation, and allergic to new ideas that recognize the failure of their past policies.

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An Interview with Erica Payne, Author of The Practical Progressive

Julian Brookes | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

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Erica Payne's book, The Practical Progressive: How to Build a Twenty-First Century Political Movement, is the essential guide to what's happening, who's who, and how to get involved in the new progressive "infrastructure."

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Ky Dems Look to "Ditch Mitch" in Clean Sweep of Incumbent GOP

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 11.21.2008 | Home

Voters on November 4, 2008, will be genuine Deciders, using the election not only to select a president but to clean house--to clear a path by gettin...

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How Green is Austin?

Huffington Post | Posted 11.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Energy, Environment, Solar Panels, Progressive, Alternative Energy, Kilowatt Ours, Austin Texas, Austin, Texas, Green News

Austin, Texas is poised to set an example for the rest of the country, having successfully managed to shift its fiscal and social focus towards conser...

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Friday Talking Points [48] -- Throwing Out The Rulebook

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

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Back in Volume 36 of this Friday Talking Points column, I pointed out what seemed to me to be an obvious observation -- that the media was going a lot...

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The Relentless Activism of Tom Morello

ZP Heller | Posted 10.18.2008 | Entertainment

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The St. Paul police should have known better than to try to stop Tom Morello. The Rage guitarist leads a growing number of musicians who have adopted an explicit antiwar, anti-Bush message.

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Heading "Out of Doors" for Obama

Adam Lioz | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics

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The progressive online community has added real value over the past few years--bringing progressives together in a common (if virtual) space, holding ...

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Hands Off My Laptop, iPod, Cellphone, Pager, Beeper, Flash Drive, Pocket Litter, First Born (OK, Not My First Born)

Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics

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Customs and Border Protection just released its new policies for searching and seizing laptops at the border.

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Keep Your Hands Off My Laptop

Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Laptop, Progressive, Constitution, Customs, Border, Airports, Drdigipol, Privacy, Illegal Search and Seizure, TSA-Friendly Laptop Bag, Airport Security, Fourth Amendment, Politics News

As it stands, Customs can grab anyone at the border, seize their laptop, and demand passwords and encryption keys as a pre-condition to entering the country. And who knows when you'll get your computer back?

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The 'Pro-Family' Scam

Wayne Besen | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

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Right wing organizations can be considered many things -- but certainly not advocates for the family. They inhale money, exhale anti-gay pollution and have done absolutely nothing for the traditional families.

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Obama Will Break Our Hearts -- But Progressives Need to Walk and Chew Gum at the Same Time

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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We should not give Obama an easy pass on his FISA turnaround, but progressives need to maintain a nuanced view of the relationship between electoral politics and movement building.

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Interview With Al Franken

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics

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For all the people who scoffed at the idea of a former comedian running for such a high public office, it can now be strongly stated that Al Franken's Senate campaign is definitely no joke.

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Netroots Roar: $100,000 Raised For Primary Opponent Of Conservative Dem

Talking Points Memo | Greg Sargent | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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This really is a feat: Open Left, the liberal blog that's leading the charge on behalf of netroots heroine Donna Edwards' spirited primary challenge ...

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MoveOn.org Flexes Its Muscle Amid Iraq War Debate

The New York Times | MICHAEL LUO and JEFF ZELENY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Progressive, Liberal, Democratic Party, MoveOn.Org, Democrats, Anti-War, Home News

There is no mistaking the influence of MoveOn.org, with its 3.2 million members and powerful fund-raising apparatus, within the Democratic Party. Thi...

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