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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...
Join this special interactive live podcast with the Sensata workers of Bainport. They have been striving for an economy that works for everyone, not just “Vulture Capitalists.“ This is your opportunity to hear from,...
I’m reading Thomas Frank’s Pity the Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right. Great book! Depressing. It tells the vivid story of how right wingers were able to quickly recover...
From: Â http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/02/king-county-warns-that-gop-is-trying-to-collect-ballots King County Elections has posted an announcement on its home page about the GOP trying to collect ballots, and saying, basically, don’t give them your ballot. “We recommend that voters return ballots...
Below is the text of a resolution signed by 60 Washington State legislators, plus 8 candidates. The letter calls on the US Congress to end corporate personhood and to overturn Citizens United. As reported...
Progressives, Democrats, and others on the Left need to plan their post-election strategy. 1. If Obama loses If Obama loses, there will be panic and outrage on the left. Many people will claim that...
The current issue of the New Yorker has an article that well describes the culture of corruption in Washington, D.C. “Washington Man” by George Packer tells of Jeff Connaughton’s trajectory through our nation’s capital...
Colorado election integrity and transparency is now officially out the window, with a series of corruption protection rules and new laws. 1. Let’s begin with the unflappable Donetta Davidson, who collaborated with convicted embezzler...
While courts may be striking or watering down some voter suppression attempts by Republican governors and legislatures in key swing states, that does not mean Democratic organizations in those states can let down their...
