The Ted Kennedy Health Care for All Act: Thursday Health Care Series
Those of us who care about health care reform in America have different goals. Barack Obama wants to make health insurance more affordable and available. Johm McCain wants to, uh, cut taxes or...
View ArticleThank You, John Edwards
I've just spent some time reading the various reactions to John Edwards' disappointing admission of his extramarital affair and his lying about it. I can sympathize with those who remember and honor...
View ArticleFaith Forum Liveblog VI
Jumping in here because so many comments have appeared on V.McCain spent ten minutes on his Hanoi Hilton days, which he's so reluctant to mention normally.Mothership by PLS. Live Blog II by MTmofo....
View Article"I've been to the mountaintop"
I sit here with tears in my eyes, just having watched Teddy Kennedy, the old liberal lion, give a loud and rousing roar. His speech was beautifully set up by the filmed appreciation of his family and...
View ArticleJust Lost My Virginity: Obama Donation Match
So far this year I've donated over $3000 to various candidates across the country, but not a dime to Barack Obama. I figured he had plenty of money and I saw a lot of other needy candidates who needed...
View ArticleNation of Service Liveblog III: Obama!
audiored's liveblog thread is the mothership. Please recommend that diary if you're inclined.Scubaval has Liveblog II.UPDATE:RoCali has posted Liveblog IV. Please decamp to that diary for the dial-up...
View ArticleMcCain Fell into Obama's Trap Tonight (with Poll!): Update -- Obama Won CBS Poll
Watching the debate tonight, I was shaking my head wondering why the last chance people have to hear from the presidential candidates was consumed by Ayers and ACORN and nasty attack ads against John...
View ArticlePlease Rescue: GOTV for Equal Rights in CA
Early this morning pico wrote an important diary pleading for help with the No on Prop. 8 campaign in CA. It is full of useful links and the latest information on polling in this tight race, where all...
View ArticleLieberman: Don't Get Mad, Get Effective
Yeah, yeah, I'm late to the party on the Holy Joe issue today. But listening to Harry Reid's pathetic excuse for a justification, and Lieberman's utter refusal to show any contrition -- or even...
View ArticleWhat Is It to Be a Citizen? (Updated)
I can't expect to live in a democracy if I'm not prepared to do the work of being a citizen. This was my signature line for much of last year. Some of you admired it, for which I give you thanks....
View ArticleFrank Rich Blows the Smoke Away from Washington
Frank Rich is perhaps our best national opinion columnist. His background in theater criticism gives him an unique and invaluable background for observing the goings-on in national politics. In the...
View ArticleObama's Katrina Moment: An Invitation to Radicalism (Updated)
Frank Rich's column this week, Has a ‘Katrina Moment’ Arrived?, is only a little hyperbolic in its thesis. In Rich's column, Tim Geithner and Laurence Summers play respectively the roles of Michael...
View ArticleIran: The End Game Approaches?
Tonight the invaluable Nico Pitney at HuffPo cites a very interesting analysis of Iranian clerical politics published at EurasiaNet, a project of the Open Society Institute which is sponsored by George...
View ArticleOne Year Ago: The Lion's Last Roar
A year and a day ago, Ted Kennedy gave a speech in Denver which stirred the soul of every listener, which summed up the courage and the humanity with which he had conducted his life and career. On...
View ArticleMacArthur at Incheon: How to Win Health Care Reform
On June 25, 1950, the Korean People's Army (KPA) of North Korea invaded South Korea, setting off the Korean War. The South Koreans were quickly routed, and despite an initial influx of US soldiers and...
View ArticleSenate Democrats Listen to Dallasdoc. Finally!
As a few of you may recall, on September 19th I wrote a diary suggesting some alternative tactics to take the pressure off the public option and distract its opponents by making them fight on new...
View ArticleOne Every Twelve Minutes
Five weeks ago a Harvard Medical School study revealed the estimate that 44,789 Americans die every year because of lack of health insurance. Forty-four thousand, seven hundred eighty-nine. That's...
View ArticleConsider Supporting a Kossack for Congress
Marcy Winograd is an outstanding progressive running in CA-36 to replace Jane Harman, Blue Dog and tool of the Bush administration in the worst years of the War on Terra. She gave Harman a great run...
View ArticlePlease Support a Great Progressive Candidate
Marcy Winograd is a terrific progressive Democrat who is taking on Blue Dog Jane Harman in the primary for CA-36 next year. She is also a legitimate Kossack, who has spent a lot of time here...
View ArticleUnanswered Questions
Barack Obama has presented a well-reasoned, closely argued case for his decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan. He delivered the message that Afghanistan would be left to Afghans, that the US...
View ArticleHelping the Victims of the Haiti Earthquake (Morning updates)
PLEASE RECOMMEND TO KEEP LINKS ON REC LIST.Just a few hours ago pantherq brought this community the frightening news of a Richter 7.0 earthquake just outside Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Two hours ago a...
View ArticleKeeping the Flame for Haiti Aid: An Broadened Appeal for Help
I am overwhelmed by the response my diary Helping the Victims of the Haiti Earthquake from yesterday received, both within this community and outside it. The support and the ideas that diary generated...
View ArticleCan We Stop Bickering While People Are Dying? (Updates)
I've been astounded by the incredible generosity of this community in the wake of the unspeakable disaster in Haiti. The prayers and expressions of support, the many offers to coordinate giving, and...
View ArticleHelping the Victims of the Haiti Earthquake: New Approaches
In the wake of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, this community has stepped up with unbelievable generosity, love and compassion. The expressions of concern, the sharing of vital information, and...
View ArticleHelping the Victims of the Haiti Earthquake: Four Star Organizations
There are so many organizations asking for money to aid Haitians in their time of extreme distress. So many worthy causes, so many tear-inducing appeals. If you, like me, can't donate to them all,...
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Helping the Victims of the Haiti Earthquake: Partners in Health and Portlight...
This is the 32nd diary on the earthquake disaster in Haiti. The first diary was by Dallasdoc, previous diaries linked below. The idea is to keep resources visible and easily available for those...
View ArticleHelping Haiti's Earthquake Survivors: Quadruple Your Donation Dollar!
Partners in Health is one of the premier aid organizations delivering health care in Haiti. The organization has been in the country for over 20 years, and after the earthquake last month it is...
View ArticleHelping Haiti's Earthquake Survivors: Quadruple Your Donation Dollar!
Partners in Health is one of the premier aid organizations delivering health care in Haiti. The organization has been in the country for over 20 years, and after the earthquake last month it is...
View ArticleRachel Maddow Tweet-Slaps Orrin Hatch
Last night Jahiz spotlighted Rachel Maddow's inspired takedown of Orrin Hatch's mendacious Washington Post health care OpEd in the recommended diary Maddow Battens Down the Hatch. The diary was...
View ArticleA Doctor's Voice on Health Care Reform
No,not mine. You've read my views plenty since this debate began. But an eloquent and insightful diary by DocWilliams gives a realistic view of how today's health care system affects practitioners...
View ArticleChristiane Amanpour to Host ABC's This Week
TV Newser reports today that CNN's Christiane Amanpour has accepted the permanent host job for their ABC's Sunday morning news show, This Week. She will take up the position in August, with the...
View ArticleStewart Udall Is Dead at 90
Sad news from Santa Fe today. Stewart Udall, former Interior Secretary under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, and father of Kossack Sen. Tom Udall, has passed away peacefully this morning at his home at...
View ArticleDo the Right Thing: Rachel Maddow Challenges the President (Update with...
Our tribune of the people, Rachel Maddow, has just led off her show with coverage of the DADT vote in the Senate. This is hardly surprising, but her take on it is as usual masterful.She leads with a...
View ArticleTest Your Religious Knowledge
As many of you may have heard, the Pew Research Center has just released a poll testing Americans' knowledge of basic religious questions. The questions they ask are not fine points of eschatological...
View ArticleRestoration: How to Fight Back and Win
I've been rolling thoughts over in my head since the election results came in, wondering what can be done to rescue the Democratic party and the country from this relentlessly tightening corporate...
View ArticleThe End of Obama's Presidency, According to Him (Updated)
Tonight Keith Olbermann leads his show with this report: ...The White House says the Congressman couldn't know firsthand, because the President hasn't spoken to him about this, nor said this to him...
View ArticleA Matter That Needs Your Attention: Please Unrecommend
pfiore8 has written a heart-rending diary called 400 cold dogs... about a shelter for abandoned dogs in Romania, asking for our help. Please go and read this sad story, and consider whether you can...
View ArticleA Call for Donuts (Updated, with thanks)
Yesterday a widely read diary by Dreaming of Better Days shared an exchange she had with a fellow Kossack, who didn't understand a reference she made to being "done" in reference to the Debt Ceiling...
View ArticlePlease Help
In this cheerful Christmas season, there are many who have a hard time finding cheer. Many needy and homeless and lonely souls, searching for help and warmth and companionship. Those who reach out...
View ArticlePlease Lend Your Eyes
Kossack Melody Townsel is someone most of us of, uh, fine vintage remember from the bad old Bush days. She gained fame for revealing what an abusive prick John Bolton is when he was nominated as...
View ArticleScarborough Agonistes: Conservative Extremism Shocks Conservative
So this morning I woke to Morning Joe, having fallen asleep watching Rachel's late rerun. They teased an interview with Tim Huelskamp, the wingnut who Boehner recently purged from a powerful committee...
View ArticleRachel Maddow on David Miranda and the White House
Tonight Rachel Maddow led her show with the story of David Miranda's detention at Heathrow yesterday, and gave a wonderful introduction to Laura Poitras. She starts with Poitras, her documentary work...
View ArticleSen. Heinrich on Syria, and a Response
This afternoon a communication from my junior senator, Martin Heinrich (D-NM), landed in my email. Heinrich is not a publicity hog, and you usually have to go searching to find out what he thinks...
View ArticleNo Scapegoats. Time to Face Facts.
It doesn't matter how great your marketing campaign is. You can't sell your dog food if the dogs won't eat it. ---Old Madison Avenue proverb So here we are once more. Another electoral drubbing at...
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There, but for the Grace.... An Appeal for Help, with a Match (UPDATED)
Holiday season is upon us, and, as seems always to be the case, beloved friends are in trouble. Our own TiaRachel has fallen on hard times: her electric service has been cut off, she has no reliable...
View ArticleRead. Rec. Bookmark.
NBBooks has just posted an important diary outlining one of the most exciting projects I've seen here or anywhere else in a long time.HAWB -- Introduction -- How America Was BuiltThis ambitious project...
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Bernie Sanders for Our President: Contribution Match (with new morning match!)
The day has finally arrived! Bernie Sanders has announced that he's running for president, to save the country and the Democratic party. He's a brave man with a big heart, a sharp mind and...
View ArticleEnough.
Dartagnan has written an important diary currently sliding down the Rec List featuring a post by Simon Head in the New York Review of Books blog section, entitled “The Clinton System.” In this post,...
View ArticleThe Wound Has Been Reopened
As the world knows by now, Hillary Clinton lit her credibility on fire yesterday in an interview with Mrs. Alan Greenspan: “It may be hard for your viewers to remember how difficult it was for people...
View ArticleHey Democrats! Do you ever want to win again? (Updated)
Update: So I’m out of the penalty box, and wanted to put in one last word. Thanks to all of you who read and responded to what I wrote. To those who clearly didn’t read or didn’t consider my points,...
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