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Hannity: Jon Stewart Was Right About Protest Footage (VIDEO)

Posted 11.13.2009 | Media


Fox News' Sean Hannity responded to Jon Stewart Wednesday evening after the Daily Show host called out the network for using old footage from a larger...

Dean Allen: GOP Candidate Raffles Off AK-47 At South Carolina Campaign Rally Called "Machinegun Social" (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics


GREENVILLE, S.C. — A candidate to be South Carolina's next National Guard leader skipped the fiery speeches for firepower, launching his campaig...

Climate Week NYC Is Here!

treehugger.com | Posted 09.18.2009 | Green


The 'Week' officially starts on Monday, but events start in earnest tomorrow. There's a full event listing on the Climate Week NY°C website, but here...

Fistfight Breaks Out Over Healthcare Reform At Nelson Event

Miami Herald | Toluse Olorunnipa | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics


A 65-year-old man rallying in favor of healthcare reform was knocked to the ground by a man who disagreed with the call for a government-run health pl...

Health Care Town Hall in Chicago -- Let them Speak!

Aemilia Scott | Posted 10.17.2009 | Chicago


Aemilia Scott

I attended Jan Schakowsky's Town Hall in Skokie, Illinois Monday. All the anti-healthcare reform people want is for you to let them speak! Okay, we'll let them speak.

American Flags Not Welcome At Oil Astroturf Rally

The Wonk Room | Brad Johnson | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics


At a "grassroots" rally organized by the American Petroleum Institute in Houston on Tuesday, activists bearing American flags were turned away. Oil co...

Robert Reich Calls For 'March on Washington' in Support of Public Option

Politico | Fred Barbash | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics


Robert Reich, the former Labor secretary, scholar and commentator, called Tuesday for a "march on Washington" on Sept. 13 --"Grandparents Day" -- in s...

The Madness Of The Media

Dan Dorfman | Posted 08.31.2009 | Media


Dan Dorfman

Newsweek, the New York Times the Wall Street Journal are proclaiming the end of the recession. It seems unlikely that the army of 14.7 million unemployed Americans will share their exuberance.

A Lot of Tired Feet Can Reform Health Care

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 07.27.2009 | Home


Miles J. Zaremski

The train has left the station; the steam roller is moving onward. Heaven help officials who stand in its way. The message from the constituents is clear: reform must include a public health care option.

Your Moment Has Come: DC Rally June 13 to Support Obama's Peace Corps Vision

Laurence Leamer | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics


Laurence Leamer

You will be there because you listened to Obama's promise during the campaign to double the size of the Peace Corps, to send Americans out in new lands with outreached hands and open hearts.

Lt. Dan Choi Takes "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Directly to Obama

Linda Milazzo | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics


Linda Milazzo

Outside the hotel on Wilshire Boulevard across from the Beverly Hilton, Lieutenant Dan Choi was surrounded by several hundred gay rights/equal rights supporters who hung on his every word.

Obama Supporters' Tires Slashed In North Carolina

Talking Points Memo | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics


Still more ugliness and hostility on the campaign trail, courtesy of North Carolina's Fayetville Observer: Someone slashed the tires of at least 30 ...

Campaign Journal: Negative Campaign Tactics Backfiring?

Lori Jewett | Posted 11.20.2008 | Home


Lori Jewett

Lori Jewett is an OffTheBus grassroots correspondent. Each week she contributes a campaign journal documenting her life out on the trail. "He's a t...

Ooh, That Smell: McCain and His Mob Waltz with Death

Pete Cenedella | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics


Pete Cenedella

What's happening at these McCain-Palin rallies is a series of convulsions and spasms no less primordial than those we make at the end of life -- a kind of death dance.

Insane in the Middle Name

Tina Dupuy | Posted 11.09.2008 | Media


Tina Dupuy

Who cares if Obama's middle name is like a former dictator that we preemptively invaded? If anyone should want to forget about Saddam Hussein - it's the right-wing.

McCain's New Strategy Incites Violent, Racist Reaction

Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics


Eric Schmeltzer

Are you proud, McCain? In your quest for power, you threw out your morals, your principle, your past disdain for low-ball gutter smears. And now we know the reaction it has incited.

Jed Lewison

Obama-Biden Rally In The Virginia Rain

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics


Here's the full video of Barack Obama's speech before 26,000 rain-soaked but enthusiastic supporters in Fredricksburg, Virginia on Saturday, September...

Jed Lewison

Despite Rain, 26,000 Virginians Show Up For Obama-Biden Rally

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics


Update: Here's the full video of Obama's speech. So it's Saturday evening in Fredricksburg, Virginia, and the rain has just started to fall. How man...

With All The Attention, Palin Still Escapes Scrutiny

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics


Stephen C. Rose

By Stephen C. Rose When Sarah Palin returned to Alaska last week, the MSM focused on a rousing airport welcome where the ebullient governor heard not...

Photos From MoveOn Renewable Energy Rally, Denver, CO

Rebecca Shapiro | Posted 09.22.2008 | Home


Rebecca Shapiro

HuffPost's OffTheBus is teaming up with USC Annenberg's Center on Communication Leadership and the Institute for Photographic Empowerment to support...

Online and Off, Millennials Redefine Civil Rights Activism

Tanene Allison | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


Tanene Allison

Many believe that if Millenials are online activists and information seekers, we are not also at rallies or organizing at our schools. This is just patently untrue.

Philly: Ugly Clinton Victory Rally

Laura J. Mansfield | Posted 05.02.2008 | Home


Laura J. Mansfield

First Democrat: "This is a Hillary victory party, not an Obama loser party." Second: "If Obama loses, I'm not going to vote at all in November." Third: "I will vote for McCain if Obama wins." Et cetera.

Sam Stein

Clinton's Speech At MLK Rally Creates Awkward Environment

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Sen. Hillary Clinton found herself in an ironic scheduling quirk on Monday when, in the midst of a controversy over statements she made about Martin L...