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I’ll be subbing for Bill in Portland ME…


23 Feb

…on this Thursday’s substitute Cheers and Jeers! I’ll get some great PR for the PAC and have a whole lot of snarky fun cheering the good things and jeering the bad.

I’ll post around 9 AM eastern time, be on the lookout for it then – participate in the comments and give me a recommend, ok?

Round Up From Sites We Like 2: All Your Kos Are Belong to Us


02 Feb

Everything this time  from Daily Kos:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/2/2/833122/-IL-Sen-IL-Gov:-Primary-Day-In-the-Land-of-Lincoln

Only time will tell if Illinois gives us the right people to keep progressive ideals alive in the general election


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/2/2/832982/-DNC-funds-paid-for-anti-HCR-Nelson-ads

DNC:  Does that stand for Do Nothing Congresscritters?  Do Not Caucus? Disgusting Nauseating Corporatists?    Destructively Nonsensical Cannibals?   Donating to Nelson’s Cause?   Dinosaur Ninja Creeps? Looks like Kaine and gang are not getting any money or support from me this year.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/2/2/833056/-Senator-Specter-Gets-ItFIX-The-Bill-AND-Pass-It!

I don’t usually link to slinkerwink, since she’s paid by Firedoglake, but this is a great diary so it’s there (EDIT:  crossed out statement that was erroneous when I wrote it.  Slinkerwink is a great writer and organizer so I will link her stuff here in the future)


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/2/1/832757/-ABC:-Sarah-Palin-Uses-PAC-to-Buy-Her-Own-Book

Palin’s next hot must-have in her wardrobe:  a bright orange jumpsuit courtesy of you and me.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/2/1/832877/-Billy-Kennedy-Takes-Virginia-Foxx-to-the-Woodshed

Remember this name: Billy Kennedy.   Getting Foxx out moves the Overton Window to the left for sure.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/2/2/833185/-Muslim-faith-should-bar-me-from-serving-in-Congress.

Looks like a GOP challenger to a progressive is drinking the Bachmann Kool-Aid,  Quoted in comments from Meteor Blades citing Article VI of the Constitution.

..but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/2/2/833226/-Telling-The-Stories-Of-Those-Impacted-By-Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell

My hat is off to you, Senator Gillibrand.  Hopefully this will help us finally repeat DADT.

A lot of great content from DK today.

Sites we like: Round-up, version 1.0


13 Dec

Here’s a quick recap of some important posts at the sites listed in our “sites we like” section:

From DailyKos:

  • 30,000 pledge $1.5 Million against Lieberman if he filibusters Health Care Reform
  • Key Elements of Senate HCR Bill
  • There’s More Than One Way to Split an Atom
  • From Crooks and Liars:

  • UN Advisor: Drug Money Propped Up Banks During Crisis
  • Houston elects first openly gay mayor
  • Lieberman: Strip out major reform and I’ll vote for health bill
  • From Democratic Underground:

  • The Hashish Army- Afghanistan. Is this what we are fighting for?????
  • Sunspots do not cause climate change, say scientists; key claim of global warming sceptics debunked
  • COP15: Largest Climate Change March In History & An Event That Has Been Completely Ignored By US MSM
  • Tuvalu’s COP15 Delegate To Obama And The US Senate: “The Fate Of My Country Rests In Your Hands!”
  • We need to get this PAC going so we can max out to Lieberman’s primary opponent…