With such a large portion of our readers being from Minnesota, I thought it would be pertinent to announce that Barack Obama will be at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul this Tuesday, June 3rd for his victory speech after the last of the Democratic primaries, Montana and South Dakota. The speech will most [...]
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Now he’s taking questions for himself
It’s a good week for opponents of the Bush Administration’s closed-door cronyism. Yesterday Scott McClellan, President Bush’s former Press Secretary, released a new book chronicling the ugly side of his experience in the Bush White house, reflecting in particular on Mr. Bush’s propaganda campaign in the run-up to the [...]
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I apologize for not being at all newsworthy with this post, but I couldn’t resist having as many people see these pictures as possible. President Bush recently spoke at the Air Force Academy graduation, and showed off his “tough guy” side to these military men and women. Here’s a preview–follow the link for more. Please [...]
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Less than a week until this is all decided? Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, pictured above totally kicking your ass in a staring contest, seems to think so.
Uncommitted superdelegate and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., visiting San Francisco, told KGO Radio today that he spoke this morning with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and [...]
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Here’s a fun little PSA about the hazards of E-waste. This is a huge environmental and human health problem, and exporters of electronics from the United States need to be held accountable.
E-Waste PSA - [Good Magazine]
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New York Governor David Paterson is beginning the process of revising state documents to recognize the validity of same-sex marriages performed in other states, giving the same rights to straight and gay couples. Massachusetts, and most recently California, currently allow gay and lesbian couples to marry. With this start from Gov. Paterson, a full movement [...]
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In order to be perceived more “maverick-y”, John McCain recently embarked on a “Climate Change Tour” in which he visited such earthy places as Portland to speak on the environment and his plans to slow climate change including challenging China and India to reduce their emissions, introducing a cap and trade system, reducing US [...]
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As much as I’ve disapproved of, well, most of the Clinton campaign’s tactics over the past several months, the things Bill says make Hillary look like a saint. Here’s a funny story about his craaaaazy conspiracy theories that he’s now circulating in South Dakota. Here are a few choice (read: craaaaaazy) quotes from [...]
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Who should be Obama’s and McCain’s VP’s? CNN.com has a slick new site featuring nearly all potential running mates and the pros and cons of each. Huffington Post also did a nice breakdown recently of Obama’s potential number twos. Who’s your pick?
Who gets second billing on the presidential ballot? - [CNN]
Obama Vice President Picks: Who [...]
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Just a few minutes ago Ted Kennedy’s doctor announced that the cause of the Senator’s weekend seizure was a malignant brain tumor; specifically they diagnosed a malignant glioma in the left parietal lobe.
A potential course of treatment has not yet been released to the press and doctors offered no prognosis. Kennedy is expected [...]
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There will also be media
The Democratic National Committee released their newest campaign tool, McCainpedia, earlier this morning, according to the Huffington Post. McCainpedia is a wiki-based site, using the same platform that Wikipedia itself uses. The site is grouped into articles under broader categories like the economy, Iraq, and ethics. The DNC [...]
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No more of these, please
The New York Times gave your writer a bit of hope for the coming months as he slogged through an article early this morning.
There are early signs, though, that some of the more controversial elements of recent presidential campaigns might be somewhat muted this time around.
On Thursday, the leader of Progressive [...]
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Overheard on the House floor today was a comment by House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers saying,
We’re closing in on Rove. Someone’s got to kick his ass.
Conyers was asked later what the comment meant, Conyers said,
We want him for so many things, it’s hard to keep track.
Karl Rove is wanted by the committee to testify [...]
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Exciting news out of California today! The California Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. This overrules two state laws that had previously limited marriages to unions between a man and a woman. The state had twice voted to legalize same-sex marriage, but Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed it [...]
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