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GOP loses popular vote in House, wins seats via gerrymandering
Analysis from Princeton finds GOP kept control of House but lost popular vote
Socialism and sex
Democrats flirt with Socialism. Progressives neck with Socialism. Only Socialists go all the way. (BTW, I’m not a Socialist, but I wrote that because I thought the metaphor is cool.)
Pat Robertson's Extremist Fantasies
“(T)he feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become...
If words have any meaning, charter schools are unconstitutional
The point of charter schools is to provide an alternative to standard public schools. As the text of I-1024 says, public charter schools are “independently managed public schools operated only by qualified nonprofit organizations.”...
Check whether your vote was counted
*From NARAL pro-choice Washington) Some counties have online ballot trackers so you can check the status of your ballot and confirm that it has been counted. Here are some links to ballot trackers: Ballot...
Thomas Frank on Obama and the Dems' Mistakes
[Note: see also Thomas Franks on progressives, Democrats, and Occupy.] Thomas Frank’s book “Pity the Billionaire: The Hard-times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right” explains how President Obama and the Democrats mismanaged...
Thursday rally in Seattle to stop Congress from extending the Bush Tax Cuts
We must stop Republicans in the “lame duck†Congress from extending the Bush Tax Cuts for the richest two percent at the expense Medicare and Medicaid. Please join Health Care for America Now and...
Washington State Democrats Chair Pelz Calls on Secretary of State Sam Reed to Denounce GOP Ballot Collection Tactics
For Immediate Release November 3, 2012 Contact: Benton Strong 206-552-0156 Washington State Democrats Chair Pelz Calls on Secretary of State Sam Reed to Denounce GOP Ballot Collection Tactics Seattle – Today, the Washington State Democrats...
Thomas Franks on progressives, Democrats, and Occupy
From Slate’s interview of Thomas Frank (Tom Frank: Obama’s made left “futile and irrelevantâ€): “The only honest way for progressives to assess the experience of these past four years is by coming unflinchingly to...