On Election Day, as Americans consider whether to place Sarah Palin first in line to become President of the United States in the event that the elderly John McCain dies, they ought to consider the advice of Jeannette Lacey: “We are the constituents who know what her actions have been, what her …
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Activism Across America
A focus on activism at the state and local level distinguishes this blog from other progressive political activist blogs. We look at opportunities for activism and the demonstrations of resistance other protesters have organized, divided by state.
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Juneau Protests Against Sarah Palin Again
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Claire McCaskill, Not All Missouri Democrats Are Religious
http://irregularnews.com/statesprogress/2008/08/claire-mccaskill-not-all-missouri-democrats-are-religious/Last night at the Democratic National Convention, Senator Claire McCaskill delivered a purposeful and nasty insult to her nonreligious constituents, declaring that the people of Missouri are “God-loving” and asserting that the United States of America is a nation “under God” It wasn’t an accident that these words came out. …
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Secular Americans Protest Democratic Exclusion Today
http://irregularnews.com/statesprogress/2008/08/secular-americans-protest-democratic-exclusion-today/When they found out that the Democratic National Convention was planning several days of meetings between religious leaders from tax exempt organizations and Democratic Party officials in order to plan for the use of tax exempt resources to support Democratic campaigns, and begin to coordinate for …
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That’s My Congress
http://thatsmycongress.comand then rushed it through to passage less than 24 hours later, Al Franken still hasn’t told voters whether he supports the proposed law? Why is it that, with the United States Senate scheduled to vote on the FISA Amendments Act this coming Tuesday, Al Franken still says nothing? Dan Maffei, running for the House of Representatives in the 25th congressional district in upstate New York, doesn’t have the big money connections Al Franken has. He doesn’t have the kind of experience Al Franken has speaking in public.
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The Difference Between Dan Maffei and Al Franken
http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2008/07/05/the-differen...No one should be above the law in America. Because of this I would not have supported the recent legislation.” Thanks, Mr. Maffei, for doing what politicians like Al Franken won’t. Thanks for telling Americans where you stand. Listen to the That’s My Congress podcast on the difference between these two Democrats.
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THEMESTOUR
http://www.themesmusic.com/tourbeen cruising around town talkin to local folk, and reading a bit of independent media, in hopes to educate myself, as to what the people of this fine city have been up to, and i came across this story through Activism Across America. (click for link) OBAMAWORKS in Missoula Helps Clean Up the Fork River! i also came across this story, which is very inspiring! protect your lands, and if you do decide to develop fertile land, please do it in a sustainable fashion! It’s Beautiful here, and there is a common ground.
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:: 05-26-08 MISSOULA, MT ::
http://www.themesmusic.com/tour/?p=35been cruising around town talkin to local folk, and reading a bit of independent media, in hopes to educate myself, as to what the people of this fine city have been up to, and i came across this story through Activism Across America. (click for link) OBAMAWORKS in Missoula Helps Clean Up the Fork River!
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Irregular Times: News
http://irregulartimes.complants in Kansas, Governor Sebelius has taken out her veto pen every time. Kathleen Sebelius seems a much more attractive candidate for Vice President than Hillary Clinton. She isn’t divisive. She’s strong, yet dignified. She shares Obama’s Kansas roots, and would bring Electoral College victory by adding midwestern states to the classic blue Democratic territory. Share This
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Get Oregon Obama News From Local Sources
http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2008/05/16/get-...primary is coming to a close, and Barack Obama is going to be the Democratic nominee for President in 2008. Democratic superdelegates are flooding to Obama, reflecting the popular vote preference for Obama. It’s this coming Tuesday’s primary in Oregon that will put Barack Obama over the top, with a majority of delegates committed to him, securing the nomination. It’s going to be an interesting weekend for news from Oregon, as Obama volunteers work to consolidate voter support and prepare for the
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Tim Murphy, Bayer’s PharmaCongressman
http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2008/05/15/tim-murphy-b...district? Would you be surprised to discover that Tim Murphy has taken campaign contributions from the Bayer political action committee? If they knew what Congressman Murphy has been up recently, the people of the 18th congressional district of Pennsylvania might wonder who Tim Murphy is really representing. Representative Murphy hasn’t written any legislation to help the people of his congressional district deal with the housing crisis, or the skyrocketing costs of health care, or food inflation, or
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Obama - Allen Button A Sure Sign The Primary Is Over
http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2008/05/15/obama-allen-...Barack Obama and U.S. Senate candidate Tom Allen - together. Tom Allen, who currently serves as one of the two members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine, appears to already benefit from the substantial coattails of the Obama presidential campaign. If I were a bookie, I’d look at increasing the odds of his victory in November. Nationally, the news is that Barack Obama has been recognized as the
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Superficiality, Thy Name is Steve King
http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2008/05/14/superficiali...When people talk about members of the House of Representatives who are known for their depth of thought, the name Iowa Republican Congressman Steve King is not on the short list. Congressman King’s work in Congress tends to be focused in two areas: 1) The mean spirited, and 2) the trivial. It’s a lucky combination, come to think of it, because if Representative
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Hillary Clinton Gets The Racist Vote
http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2008/05/14/hill...s campaign has been working, with increasing lack of subtlety, to drag the Democratic Party back to those days. The West Virginia primary reminds us of the dirty roots of Bill and Hillary Clinton in the politics of Arkansas, where Democrats are ideologically more like Republicans than like Democrats elsewhere in the country. Arkansas is the land of Democratic Senators Mark Pryor and Blanche Lincoln, who vote with Senate Republicans to support George W. Bush more than they
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