Alan Grayson on bipartisan sellouts, progressive champions, and climate change

Bye Bye, Bybee

Bye Bye, Bybee Jay Bybee is the notorious author of the torture memo that the Bush Administration used to justify harsh treatment of prisoners. Here are new lyrics for the song Bye Bye, Birdie that Ann-Margret sang for the 1963 movie by the same name. Original lyrics New Lyrics (by Don Smith) Bye, bye, Birdie […]

Link: How to Save the Democratic Party

“In short, the time has come for a showdown—if necessary, even a parting of ways—between the reformist and accommodationist wings of the Democratic Party. ”  from How to Save the Democratic Party Progressives need to expose and kick out the corporatist Dems. It would be an ugly fight, and many people on the further Left […]

Roger Goodman speaks, Dennis Kucinich's possible opponent for Congress

On Sunday State Rep. Roger Goodman spoke at a meeting of the King County Democrats’ Legislative Action Committee. Goodman has filed for Congress in the first Congressional District, which Jay Inslee is vacating to run for governor. Apparently, Dennis Kucinich may be running for the same seat, since his congressional district in Ohio is being […]