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Political Punch (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
In profile of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, Newsweek writes that the "Republican Party has been successfully scaring voters since 1968, when Richard Nixon built a Silent Majority out of lower- and middle-class folks frightened or disturbed by hippies and student...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Niigata, Japan - Labour ministers or high ranking officials from eight of the world's most powerful economies gathered in the central Japanese city of Niigata Sunday for a three-day summit on labour issues. The talks focused on problems such as socia...
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The Volokh Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
The Ohio Democratic Party officially withdrew its 2006 endorsement of Marc Dann for Attorney General. (The official resolution is reproduced here.) Though largely symbolic, this move strips Dann of...
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Gay News Bits (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
WASHINGTON, (PRNewswire-USNewswire) — A new partnership between the David Bohnett Foundation and the Gay & Lesbian Leadership Institute (GLLI) will help openly gay public leaders take advantage of one of America’s most prestigious mid-career executive training programs, the two organizations announced yesterday. GLLI also announced the first ten fellows who will benefit from the program. The [...]
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DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
I took an extra shower today after writing about Hoyer and Carney and all those reactionary Blue Dog candidates. I feel like celebrating a really good Democrat after that. A couple weeks ago I spent an hour or so on the phone with Gary Peters, a former Michigan state senator and state lottery commissioner. Gary is running against a garden variety, 8-term Bush rubber stamp, Joe Knollenberg. The suburban...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
WASHINGTON, May 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The China Currency
Coalition ("CCC") today praised Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) following his
announcement that he has become a co-sponsor of S. 796, the Fair Currency
Act of 2007, also known as the Bunning-Stabenow-Bayh bill after Senators
Jim Bunning (R-KY), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), and Evan Bayh (D-IN).
Richard L. Trumka, co-chair of the coalition and...
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Political Intelligence (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
While Barack Obama snagged the most interesting superdelegate today -- former Democratic Party chief Joe Andrew, who switched from Hillary Clinton -- Clinton has held her dwindling lead among the party leaders and elected officials. John Olsen, head of the...
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Freakonomics (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
Last week, we asked to see your photos and you responded with vigor –- and from around the globe (Burma, Buenos Aires, Canada). Keep sending them here. Here’s a photo from Omair Khan, who took this in 2005 in New York City: On his blog, Barry Popik cites a 1982 Times article in which Mayor Koch [...]
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
TAMPA, Fla. _ In his first major healthcare speech since becoming the Republican presidential nominee, Sen.
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
Experts Say McCain Health Plan Dismantles Employer-based Health Care
AFL-CIO Announces Mobilization to Educate Millions on Negative Impact
WASHINGTON, April 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sen. John McCain's
health care plan would dismantle the employer-provided system that covers
more than 60 percent of non-elderly Americans and drive up health care
costs, according to experts responding to the...
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Where's the Outrage? (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
I watched a U.S. Trade mission to Colombia a few days ago on C-Span. You can watch it by clicking the link that says Vignette on U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. The video will remain up on C-Span for another week or two. The roughly half-hour I watched of the show involved U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab and nine [...]
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Glass City Jungle (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
Michael Friedman, the Democratic State Committeeman for District 2, along with the rest of the elected Democratic committeemen and women were sworn in tonight in Columbus, Ohio at the Democratic headquarters. From what I’ve been told Tim Burga, Ohio AFL-CIO Chief of Staff was the one who nominated Chris Redfern, Michael Friedman seconded and [...]
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Alertnet (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
Source: Reuters TEGUCIGALPA, April 24 (Reuters) - Masked gunmen killed the leader of Honduras' largest union group in an attack authorities said was a robbery attempt, but fellow unionists said she was targeted ...
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my days at the office (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
John McCain went to Youngstown a couple of days ago and attempted to sell free trade. AFL-CIO leader Jack O'Connell told McCain that NAFTA is a four-letter word. McCain responded, ""Jack, I am prone on occasion to make mistakes, but the last time I checked, NAFTA is five letters," he said, laughing with the crowd, according to USA Today. Meanwhile, Obama apparently comes from the true Chicago wing...
