TPP: The Fight Against another Bipartisan Fail
The Wall Street Journal is all excited about the latest deal between some Corpadems and Repubs in the Senate:The Wall Street JournalA Lift for Free Trade The Hatch-Wyden compromise deserves Congress’s...
View ArticleSaudis Ending Yemen Bombing Fail
Hey, let's go bomb somebody! Then lets go invade on the ground!Middle East Saudis Announce Halt to Yemen Bombing Campaign By RICK GLADSTONEAPRIL 21, 2015Civil war. Religious War. GWOT. Which is...
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Dems Stop Fast Track in the House ?
For those who want Congress to have more input from constituents on TPP and TTIP there's still time to stop TPP Fast Track Authority in the House!http://www.oregonlive.com/...Senate panel OKs 'fast...
View ArticleHRC Goes OWS? 1% Requires Toppling
Well kiss my grits, the HRC for President Campaign REALLY goes populist, with HRC even reportedly calling for the 'toppling' of the 1%!http://www.nytimes.com/...PoliticsCampaign Casts Hillary Clinton...
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OMG Obamatrade Is On Facebook
Have read several commenters recently joking calling TPP "Obamatrade".I never have liked calling ACA 'Obamacare' and I don't like this moniker either.For me the President's selling of the TPP has been...
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The Raiders Of Your Lost Retirement: Saudi Solar, Carbon Bubble, TPP
Its almost embarrassing to say how much we have enjoyed these past 10 years of retirement because so many do not and will not have the wherewithal to do what we have done because of the 'theft,' if you...
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PBO. Pls "Stop Sneak Attack on Medicare" via TPP Fail
My wife just read a startling email from DFA about medicare cuts. Stunned, I went to read it myself. Thought I would put up a diary but stopped when could not find a source for this very serious DFA...
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Warren Kicks @SS in California -- w RunWarrenRun Bonus Photo
Just in for me, this 2016 sh*t just got more interesting. Democrats convene --Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times-- "Run Warren Run" merchandise being sold before the first panels at the Democratic...
View ArticleDFA: Help Stop Swiftboating of Elizabeth Warren
Progressive ideas have been getting a metric fck ton of increased media coverage due in a large part to the efforts of PCCC, DFA, and Dkos to get the word out on the courageous work of Senator...
View ArticleBreaking: Repubs, Dems, Lobbyists Win 60 Votes, Fast Track Advance
Just saw Senate voting on Motion to Advance on CSpan, Durbin a no, but next two brought vote to 60. Not sure how many are Dems, vote is continuing.Damn.How does this continue to happen, and what are...
View ArticleTeacher Twitterstorm: NO WAY to Hillary
Recently I was stunned to read that American Federation of Teachers, the union I belonged to before retiring had come out with anearly endorsement of HRC.Sorry, but my initial reaction was WTF? The...
View ArticleBarack Obama's history of dealing poorly with protesters is troubling &...
Leaders lose their temper from time to time. Fact. Diary up just now criticizes Sanders using PBO as an example of how leaders should remain cool.Heh.Sanders has in common with the President the...
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Hillary's , and Our, Immigration Problem
Credit: http://inthesetimes.com/...One of my family has an 'illegal' friend with kids that were caught up in a cross border custody thing and spent quite a long time in a detention center waiting to...
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Campaign as Populist, Hire Wall Streetsters
Gah. People have been trying to gin up some HOPE after reading HRC eco and tax ideas , but then read this. Meh.http://www.theguardian.com/...Hillary clinton Hillary Clinton gives an economic speech...
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Hillary Ditched Obama's No Lobby $ Policy
Forward! Hope! Nope. Now we are headed backward.Our Party is headed back to the bad old days, ditching change FTW!!! It will come as no surprise to some that Hillary is following the coaching and...
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Kos Petition For More Debates
Credit:http://cbsnews2.cbsistatic.com/...====================Ahhhh, the good old days, huh? Exciting times for our Party and our country. We sat on the edge of our chairs and watched the debates,...
View ArticleCNN Dem Debates Unfair? Who talks?
Question for you....How were the debate rules structured as to who would get to talk ? Did this lead to unfairness?Was this 'fair?' Did O'Malley, Webb, Chaffee get a fair amount of time ?Well---wait...
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Updated; Occupy Reports: #BLM Occupies Baltimore City Hall
"All night, all day, we will fight for Freddie Gray!" the activists chanted amid calls to postpone the vote. "No justice, no peace!" [(see update below)] In the city where Freddie Gray died at the...
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Whoa, Nat'l Geo! " Climate Change is Here "
CREDIT: Mahebourg, Mauritius by divineorder, October, 2015Hello from the remote Africa island country of Mauritius where we have been visiting and more than once wondering what the impacts of...
View ArticleAction! Medicare Premium Fairness Act 2015
No time to give you my full rant but quick heads up with hope kossacks will take action on this.We retired teacheres have been somewhat successful in Texas getting the Republicans to continue to fund...
View ArticleRachel to Mod Dem Pres 'Forum' in SC!
Hahaha, got to love it! Rachel Maddow rocks!For those of us who are still peeved about the limit on debates, here is a welcome way to get more on candidates positions/plans, this time with an...
View ArticleAt Least Deb W Sch OKd MoveOn Net Forum
As millions watch the Republicans and the Corp Media gets richer, some of us still want the limit on number of debates removed.Not breaking news but since the issue of limiting the number of Dem...
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Obama Smacks Republican Governors Re: Refugees (updated with petition)
Credit: Rescue.orgGreat to see the Administration push back against the Governor Fail on Refugees.On Wednesday President Obama stepped up to counter the Republican campaign to widen its use of wedge...
View ArticleFrench Petition Hollande: Restore Liberté #Paris #COP21
The news felt like the time when I was in grade school and had gotten a permit to go to the toilet, and the Principal had come on the PA system to announce that President Kennedy had been shot.We had...
View ArticleBreaking: Global Climate March Activists Arrested, Dissent Stifled Under...
When the French Government announced that in response to terror attacks they would prohibit the long planned Global March For Climate in Paris during the climate talks, stunned citizens around the...
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Thousands Defy #Paris Global Climate March Ban, Face Gas, Arrest #COP21 (...
Paris fog taken earlier in November by divineorderDefying a new law that Amnesty International and French Human Right groups fear will trample civil liberties unnecessarily, thousands came to...
View ArticleSheriff Says Still Crime Scene After Press Flood Home of Farook Family.
Ashamed hell, they should be jailed and sued:Published on Friday, December 04, 2015 by Common Dreams Crime Scene Becomes Media Circus as Journalists Rifle Through Shooters' Home"Everyone responsible...
View ArticleIt's the Economy Stupid? Stocks Tumble, Bernie Rumbles
xAn Ex-Obama aide was slamming Bernie's bank plan. He markets himself as "Hedge Funds' Secret Weapon"https://t.co/DdNJDfpIso— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) January 6, 2016Goolsbee is now a partner at 32...
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"Nurses Blast Clinton Attack on Healthcare"
http://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/entry/nurses-to-send-off-the-berniebus-from-los-angeles ACA remains anything but affordable for many given the high deductibles, and millions still remain...
View ArticleObama LA applauds Medicaid Expansion; Sanders Continues Work for Medicare for...
xObama to offer in budget to extend deadline for Medicaid expansion: BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Jan 14 (Reuters) -... https://t.co/d7FCo4n3FV— Healthcare Industry (@JT_Healthcares) January 14, 2016 The...
View ArticleRootsAction: "Hillary, Stop Lying About Single-Payer"
xHillary, Stop lying about single-payer https://t.co/zoIPUHQKL8https://t.co/VyuX4mGtZ1— RootsAction (@Roots_Action) January 14, 2016The actions by the Clinton Campaign in the primary has concerned and...
View ArticleHealthcare-Now ! : "Join 81% of Democrats and Support Single-Payer Healthcare...
Yay private insurance company profits. Really? With huge deductibles, millions uncovered, we need change.x.@BernieSanders: single payer "has got to be the vision that we fight...
View ArticleShaun King: Treat Black Protest Like Bundy
x"African-American protests deserve to be given as much deference as Ammon Bundy’s armed militia in Oregon"https://t.co/B3UgbP1Ect— Michael Wright (@attymikewright) January 14, 2016After OWS and BLM...
View Article"He Has Summoned a Political Revolution"
Rolling like thunder across this land, this elder has ignited the young with his truths…The urgency, the honesty emanates from him and it is clearly not just for THIS campaign.He says ‘This is not...
View ArticleBreaking: Bernie's Qualifiers To Clinton Response on More Debates
Break out the popcorn, we may just get more debates . And not just debates on teh weekend !Sorry, from the WSJ, but found this news interesting addition to the back and forth over more...
View ArticleBernie Revolution Rockin' Like A Hurricane All The Way To The Convention
Don’t tell me, let me guess: you are feeling a little queasy about today’s outcome? Froze up, afraid to get on the phone for Bernie, afraid to go block walk, afraid to go hear him speak afraid someone...
View ArticleVan Jones: #BernieVeep? "@TulsiGabbard ..."
x#BernieVeep? "@TulsiGabbard gave Bernie Sanders an endorsement. He gave her a platform on war + peace. https://t.co/uUYctOKJVG" MUST READ!— Van Jones (@VanJones68) March 11, 2016This primary just...
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Pssst: The REAL Reason Trump Rally Canceled Is Revealed
@DTrumpHairDonald Trump canceled a planned rally at a University in Illinois yesterday, leaving police, protesters, and supporters to speculate as to the reason for the cancellation.Trump’s campaign...
View ArticleDemos/MoveOn: Leveling Inequality by Talking About Race
xYouTube VideoThere you go again, Republicans. Trump operating from the establishments’ playbook using dog whistles and worse to try to get elected and continue the downward slide into hell for more...
View ArticleReport Bill Clinton ....
…. or anyone else you feel is violating voter protection laws. Yes, even report a former President of the United States if in violation of our voter protections.x@BernieSanders@MMFlint Brazen...
View ArticleUpdated: Obama Eases SOME Travel Restrictions To Cuba
UPDATE: Dang, erm, well I was wrong, read the NYT headline and jumped to conclusions. Only some restrictions have been changed that could be done under current law. Have updated title to be less...
View ArticleWhoa ! DC Metro to Shut Tonight 24 Hrs Safety Inspection
xAll Metrorail service will be suspended Wed., March 16, for emergency inspections: https://t.co/OPr8Ia6Vgt#wmatapic.twitter.com/YEXPL1cm2s— Metro (@wmata) March 15, 2016Having been in DC for a...
View Articlekos has OPOL on Timeout
I read it, I read kos’ comment objecting, but hmmmmm, well okay I guess. Made me wonder what do we do now, now that OPOL is out?xThe OPOL Report – The #BirdieSanders edition...
View ArticleIt has begun. Democracy Spring in US has begun!
xYouTube VideoEmails from several groups have sent out invitations to a coordinated effort of diverse groups whose action includes a march from Philadelphia to an occupation in Washington DC :Via...
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The Independent: Panama Papers Could Give Bernie Whitehouse
x"It has been revealed Clinton pushed through the Panama Free Trade Deal at the same time that Sanders vocally... https://t.co/ey2fr08WUN— Milli Gazette (@milligazette) April 5, 2016People have been...
View ArticleBill Clinton 'Almost' Apologizes to #BLM
I cannot believe he is doubling down. How is this supposed to help someone win a primary?xHow dare Bill Clinton shout over Black Lives Matter protesters? | Steven W Thrasher: The former president...
View Article#NotMeUS Plans A Brand New Congress #StopTrump
xSee Brand New Congress leaders Saikat Chakrabarti, Corbin Trent + Alex Rojas in this Dutch TV doc! @saikatchttps://t.co/3avqtEW0avâ Brand New Congress (@BrandNew535) November 7, 2016Many,...
View ArticleBreaking: Nope about dubious Russia Election Influence
xCNN/ORC Poll: Most say Russian hacking didn't change election outcome. https://t.co/RWN8CTPJN5pic.twitter.com/MfYCQU8Vp2â CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) January 17, 2017 Further, 56% say that...
View ArticleNaomi Klein: " .. how Trump and the Mar-a-Lago set might exploit Harvey"
That President Trump went ahead with pardoning Arpaio after Charlottesville on a Friday night when one of the most populated states in the nation faced a historic hurricane Harvey is enough for...
View ArticleWhat will you do to save Medicare, Medicaid from huge cuts?
It was close, but….. xTerrible GOP budget, which threatens Medicare & Medicaid, passes, but by a razor thin margin. They are feeling the pressure - keep it up! https://t.co/akGruFK5HaâÂÂ...
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