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She just might be
(Photo by Mark Lyons for The New York Times) On a visit to her husband’s campaign office in Akron, Michelle Obama made calls to undecided voters, mixing talk about policy with chitchat about Ohio, laughter about her life in politics and tidbits about her family. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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Suppressing the vote
Protect This Election By Andrew Gumbel This article appeared in the November 10, 2008 edition of The Nation. Not so long ago, when Karl Rove was still dreaming of a permanent Republican majority based on his “50 percent plus one” model for fighting and winning elections, 2008 was shaping up as possibly the dirtiest election…
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Republican war against voting
The GOP’s Blame-ACORN Game By Peter Dreier & John Atlas This article appeared in the November 10, 2008 edition of The Nation. An increasingly desperate Republican attack machine has recently identified the community organizing group ACORN as Public Enemy Number One. Among ACORN’s alleged crimes, perhaps the most serious is that it caused, nearly single-handedly,…
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Bring a trash bag to the polls
In my top-10 tips for avoiding problems when you vote, tip #5 was: Don’t wear political attire to the polls. As I explained, While some states do allow voters to wear campaign clothing and buttons in the polling place, most states do not. Free speech issues aside, in order to avoid any confusion or delay…
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The New York Times presidential endorsement
Editorial Barack Obama for President Hyperbole is the currency of presidential campaigns, but this year the nation’s future truly hangs in the balance. The United States is battered and drifting after eight years of President Bush’s failed leadership. He is saddling his successor with two wars, a scarred global image and a government systematically stripped…
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“Real Virginia” is changing!
The Central Virginia Progressive-The DAVISReport sent us What The Pfoek? The attached video from the Daily Show is a hilarious must watch, but also annoying to see how we in Central Virginia are represented to the rest of the country by this woman. FYI- Jon Stewart attended William and Mary so he knows Central Virginia…
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Strength of our faiths
Among the photographs taken by the photog Platon of hundreds of men and women who volunteered to serve in the military and were sent to Iraq or Afghanistan was this striking one of Elsheba Khan at the grave of her son, Specialist Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan. Gen. Colin Powell mentioned the photograph in denouncing the…
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KNOW YOUR VOTING RIGHTS ACT!
The ACLU Communications Department just produced this little YouTube video to present my 10 tips for avoiding problems when you vote. Pass it on! Practice “Safe Voting” — Top 10 Tips Do you practice “safe voting”? The ACLU offers 10 safe voting tips for when you exercise your right to vote. For voting problems or…
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Donnybrook
New Yorker Cover October 27, 2008 by Richard McGuire Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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Steal back your vote
Theft of the 2008 Election Will the GOP’s campaign to deter new voters and discard Democratic ballots determine the next president? by ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. & GREG PALAST These days, the old west rail hub of Las Vegas, New Mexico, is little more than a dusty economic dead zone amid a boneyard of bare…