The Progressive Electorate

• The Young Turks Protested @ CNN In LA And NY

  The Young Turks is the top channel on Youtube for politics, and yesterday they organized protests at the main offices of CNN. It was a little out of my range at 12 hours roundtrip, but I was there in spirit.

  Here's the video of the protest in Los Angeles
  
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 9:19pm EST
  

• How To Start Winning on Equal Rights Issues in Red States

  In October, The University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) announced a plan to extend health insurance benefits to same sex partners.

  Of course a reactionary dimwit state legislator has said he's going to draft legislation that would block the new policy.

  However, I believe that he's going to [...]

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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:03pm EST
  

• Markos Moulitsas Calls Out Chickenhawk Tom Tancredo

  Tom Tancredo tried to continue his tireless game of bashing government programs. When he started to attack the V.A. a real veteran spoke up and told Tancredo how it really is.
  
  Wow! Markos basically said you're a draft dodger I'm a veteran, we want the VA to be [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 5:45pm EST
  

• Great Chart! Gay Marriage Support Across The Nation

  What do you see when you look at this chart of opinion about support for same sex marriage?

  As a 18-29 year old in California, I'm a little surprised that we're 8th in the nation in that age group. But then again I was surprised when Prop 8 passed. My [...]

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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 5:00pm EST
  

• Grayson: "The Best Foreign Policy Is Just To Leave People Alone"

  In this video Rep. Alan Grayson from Orlando, FL talks about the Afghan war.
  
  This is why the Republicans are so afraid of Alan Grayson. His logic really tears down partisan divides. I know a bunch of Republicans that would agree with this. We've got a winner here' [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 2:16pm EST
  

• New meme: The GOP is Sabotaging America's recovery for political gain. They hope WE fail

       They don't just hope HE (President Obama) FAILS, they hope America fails, and they (The Republican party) are helping it happen by obstructing reform and fighting job growing legislation that will help America recover.

      They hope you lose your job and go broke so that you' [...]

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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:58am EST
  

• Is Today The Quiet Before the Storm or the Quiet After the Storm?

  I sense a bit of unusual calmness in the news cycle this morning. Perhaps that is because we have all been through an extraordinary week.

  We just wrapped up 2009 elections - except for a few runoffs and the City of Birmingham mayoral Special election. Then we had a day [...]

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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:45am EST