It’s time to celebrate your local Washoe County Democratic Party and what a great event!
Dirty Tricks: Politics from Watergate to the Silver State
Progressive author John Dean headlines Democratic Party dinner, Nov. 7
RENO — Former Nixon administration whistle blower John Dean will keynote the Washoe County Democratic Party’s (WCDP) largest [...]
It’s crunch time and reports have been confirmed that the Obama Administration favors Olympia Snowe style triggers rather than emphatically supporting what 70% of Americans want–a strong public option–it’s time for us to pressure the White House.
Today the Progressive Change Campaign Committee launched a new ad today asking [...]
Call Senator Reid and thank him for supporting the public option. We have to keep the pressure on in order to fight the resistance from the White House and conservative democrats. On to the highlights!
Here are the FDL Action health care highlights for Friday, October 23.
1. [...]
The New York Times reported Harry Reid is leaning in favor of a public health insurance option, and quoted a senior Democratic aide saying:
“There is a growing sense that we need to lead on this issue and not wait for it to [...]
And tell him to support the public option. The majority of Nevadans support the public option and more than 80% of Nevada democrats support the public option. Senator Reid has the power to push the public option into the senate bill during the reconciliation process going on right now. Please [...]
I had an interesting conversation with someone working on The Hill today about Harry Reid’s leadership style and the current political climate. I’ll be writing a longer post about that in the next few days, but I did want to make one point. It’s clear to me that the Obama [...]
And there will be free food!
From a press release from the campaign:
Rory Reid will launch his campaign for governor this Thursday, October 15 at 5:30 p.m. at the California Building in Idlewild Park in Reno.
At the event, Reid will formally announce his candidacy to Northern voters and speak about [...]
Last Thursday, I sent four questions to Senator Harry Reid through Erin Skinner Cochran, a member of Reid’s New Media team. Understandably, it took a few days for Reid’s office to respond thanks to Reid’s singular role in the health care reform battle.
I received Reid’s answers to my original questions [...]
If there’s one thing all Americans should be able to agree upon, its our right to privacy and a large, bi-partisan coalition has formed to pressure the Senate to pass the Justice Act.
Senator Russ Feingold and nine other senators have introduced S. 1686, the JUSTICE Act to reform our surveillance [...]
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Glenn Beck says that he organized the 9-12 Project to “bring us all back to the place we were on September 12, 2001. The day after America was attacked we were not obsessed with Red States, Blue States, or political parties. We were united as [...]
First, I apologize to all the other fine bloggers in Reno, but I am campaigning for Downtown Makeover Dude (DMD) to be named Reno’s Best Blogger and for his blog Downtown Makeover to win as Reno’s best website in the Reno News & Review’s Best of Northern Nevada [...]
A health care reform bill that even resembles what has come out of the Baucus Caucus. From TPM:
According to the Times, “[t]he hope is that employers would buy cheaper, less generous coverage for employees, thereby reducing the overuse of medical services.”
It would also provide some protection for people with [...]
Last night, I was shocked by Van Jones’ resignation. It seemed to happen so suddenly, but looking back that’s not really true as noted by Carl Pope, the Executive Director of The Sierra Club:
“This was a lynch mob and, when it started forming a month ago, we didn’t take [...]
I am compiling a list of Twitter accounts for those corporations currently listed as advertisers on Democrats.com’s Fox News Advertiser Boycott petition (which you should sign if you haven’t already).
Use this list to contact advertisers on Twitter and tell them you are part of the Fox News Advertiser [...]
TweetProgress is a Twitter activist project I launched with partners Jim Gilliam, Jon Pincus, and Gina Cooper. TweetProgress is a directory of progressives on Twitter meant to provide the basic infrastructure for social action on Twitter. TweetProgress aims to:
To help progressives find each other and follow [...]
I’m joining Gloria Feldt and thousands of other progressives in asking The Senate to pass real health care reform in honor of Ted Kennedy. In Memoriam: “The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.” Pass real [...]
UPDATE
It’s happened before we planned, but TweetProgress.us is up. We will be adding features (and an actual design) over the next few days, but what can you do? Progressives are enterprising folks and started spreading the word about TweetProgress.us before it was officially launched. Read the post below to [...]
Titus and Berkley are not members of the Progressive Caucus but I don’t care. It’s time to choose sides. Progressives helped get them elected. We raised money for them, blogged for them, attended their events, and voted for them.
77% of Americans indicated support for a public option in today’s [...]
Photo courtesy of Glennia
“I’m groovin’ with a free style nation
And maximum density”
“Yalla Yalla” by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
I just returned from Netroots Nation yesterday afternoon, and as I often do, I like to find a song or lyric to [...]
Today, Washington Post Editor Marcus Brauchli sent the following statement to Women, Action & The Media in response to our open letter about the MouthPiece Theater video in which Dana Milbank and Chris Cillizza find the idea of calling the Secretary of State a “mad bitch.”
Thank you [...]
It’s funny that just after writing a post about slacktivism I read yet another article on how to save ourselves from social networking in the Reno News & Review. As if we haven’t seen enough of these articles in newspapers about social networking. We get it–most journalists and [...]
The above charming video appeared on the Washington Post yesterday. The premise was funny; lampoon the over-exposed “Beer Summit;” Obama’s effort at healing relations between Henry Louis Gates and Sgt. James Crowley. But the skit went way too far when Dana Milbank said “And we won’t tell you who’s getting [...]
I expect all of you to sign up. We might not be able to flip Dean Heller on health care reform–he rarely ventures outside the bounds of his GOP talking points–but we can make things uncomfortable for him and the rest of conservatives (GOP AND Democrats).
It’s time for an [...]
It seems odd even to me that I’ll be attending Netroots Nation for the first time this year, and it turns out I have a lot to do. Not only will I be moderating my panel on crowdsourcing, I was also asked to be a [...]
Starting tomorrow:
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[...]For those of you who don’t know, I wrote about Ensign and The Fellowship way way back in 2006. At the time, I couldn’t confirm that Ensign lived in the C Street house, but it’s clear now that he has been a resident for some time now. For a quick [...]
Participatory journalism is extremely democratic in nature and that kind of freedom comes with flaws. The journalistic model of HuffingtonPost leverages the democratic nature of participatory journalism more successfully than any other online media outlet out there. If you’re willing to put in some work, a [...]
Ensign was the topic of conversation every where I went this weekend. It’s been my thinking since his initial refusal to resign that:
Ensign won’t resign. To resign would be admitting wrong doing and he can’t afford to do that now. Ensign would rather weather a Senate Ethics Committee investigation than [...]So now the nation knows that Ensign had an affair with Cynthia Hampton, wife of Douglas Hampton–both former employees of Ensign at some point during the already infamous affair. But Brandon Hampton, the son of Douglas and Cynthia Brandon, was also employed by the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which [...]
You might not believe this, but I don’t think we should stop automatically be calling for Senator Ensign to resign. Our knee jerk reaction to politicians caught with their hand in the adultery cookie jar should not be to call for their resignation. But for conservatives who find themselves [...]
The Fix (Washington Post political blog) is reporting that Nevada Senator John Ensign is about to acknowledge an extra-marital affair in a press conference later today–a sure bet that he’s trying to clear the air for a presidential run or that someone else was about to go public with [...]
If you haven’t already, buy your tickets to the Washoe Democrats’ Jefferson Jackson Brunch because radio show host and author Thom Hartmann is the special guest. The event is on Sunday, June 28th at 11:00am at the Reno Ballroom on Fourth Street.
I don’t know if you listen to [...]
If you voted for the Nevada Clean Air Act in 2006, you need to call your assemblyman on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday and tell them that you expect your original vote to count.
The act that took effect in 2007, banned smoking in any indoor space where minors may [...]
Sage Donnelly Kayaker
I case you missed it, the RGJ recently wrote a story on my niece, 8 year old kayaker Sage Donnelly, as a lead up to the 2009 Reno River Festival this weekend. She didn’t place, but, as the only girl and [...]
This weekend is THE weekend to venture into downtown Reno. The 4rth annual Reno River Festival officially begins tomorrow with a kick-off party in my front yard–West Street Market. There will be live music by Del Mar, Harmonic Prophecy, and Sturdy Beggars and you can get food and [...]
See, I am an equal opportunity critic. Change Congress launched the Stop Fake Reform campaign today asking the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to ban PAC and lobbyist contributions 365 days a year, not just when it’s convenient. They need 5,000 signatures so give them [...]
Remember back in 2006 when the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act (Question 5) passed in Washoe County by a solid margin? The act that took effect in 2007, banned smoking in any indoor space where minors may be present and where food is served.
Guess what your state senators have [...]
I tried to submit this as a comment on Amanda Williams’ latest and last editorial on the Reno News & Review site but there was an Amazon-like “glitch” and the comment was never submitted. So I am posting it below with a few minor adjustments.
I’m sorry to see that [...]
I don’t care what party you belong, the best way to clean up Washington D.C. and keep our lawmakers honest is to have easy access to their campaign finances. And the more accessible that information is, the better. That’s where Senate bill S.482 comes in. It’s a no brainer [...]
Cross posted at Frogloop.com
“We have brought the techies and the policy wonks together, and they aren’t that different.” Greg Elin, Sunlight Foundation.
After returning from The Sunlight Foundation’s TransparencyCamp last week, I described the vibe this way:
There were so many moments at TransparencyCamp when I felt [...]
Sometimes, I feel like all I can do is hope people change as they experience more. In the case of Amanda Williams, the Reno News & Review’s latest conservative columnist, I certainly hope that will be the case. But I would like to offer her a technical point and direct [...]
I think I’ve finally had enough time to absorb all of the people, projects, thoughts, and feelings I experienced while attending the Sunlight Foundation’s TransparencyCamp last weekend, but I still don’t know that I’ve found a good way to describe the spirit of the event, but I’m going to [...]
And taking the absurdity even further, the current winner in the ridiculous poll is Governor Palin–a woman who ran one of the most vicious campaigns for vice president we’ve seen in a long time. What have the other women done to make [...]
As a recent New York Times article pointed out, ever since The Chronicle of Higher Education published the results of its annual executive compensation survey, some college chief executives began to experience very public pangs of overcompensation in a down economy–particularly once said presidents began to see their [...]
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[...]That’s right, hoping that more Americans suffer from the current financial crisis is considered a viable political strategy by Republicans. From their national spokesman, Rush Limbaugh: “I want the stimulus package to fail. I want everything he’s doing to fail” (hair flip to Media Matters and Steve Benen)
Add [...]
Since working on Twitter Vote Report, I’ve been thinking about how to use Twitter effectively for social and political activism. My conversations with Jon Pincus about #topprog, #digg and the use of hashtags for action have inspired me to discuss it a bit further. And when we talk [...]
Call Ensign and Heller. They are hearing from Rush Limbaugh’s ditto heads. They should be hearing from you!
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[...]I just wanted to let you all know that part of the reason I’m not posting here as much is because I am also blogging several times a week for Care2 on their Women’s Rights blog. I’m trying to help them build up a readership and I’d love for [...]
I think McCaskill says it all for us. However, I would add that “these guys” think we’re idiots too.
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The Independent Women’s Forum must be paying Michelle Bernard A LOT. She may take over as the Republican Party’s more gentile version of Anne Coulter. With Bernard and new RNC Chair Michael Steele at the helm of two of their important institutions, Republicans look to be trying to remove [...]
That title is almost an exact quote from remarks House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) made last week at the Republican retreat at The Homestead, a posh Virginia resort. The full quote is below. From the Politico last week:
Before Gingrich offered that somewhat surprising praise, Boehner reminded Republicans that [...]
Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) has got a point and I certainly appreciate her passion for helping American families rather than the financial companies that have dragged this country into the gutter. I would like to see members of Nevada’s House delegation demonstration this kind of anger and indignation for Nevada [...]
Someone sent this email to me just moments ago:
“Why don’t you chicken shits go back to California!!! All you people want is more money for your stupid socialist ideas.”
From the references to “you chicken shits,” “California,” and “stupid socialist ideas,” I’m guessing the email was sent in response to my [...]
Last night, I drank a few beers, and spontaneously erupted in my happy dance after finding out that I was one of 230 people invited to attend TransparencyCamp sponsored by the Sunlight Foundation and iStrategyLabs. From the event details:
Convening a trans-partisan tribe of open government advocates [...]
Since I decided not to go to DC to attend the Inauguration, I did the next best thing. I attended the Washoe County Democrat’s Inaugural Gala which was a great event. Good food (especially dessert!), good wine, and good people. I even wore my ball gown–where else am I going [...]
I’ve got nothing wrong with the list itself, although I definitely would have made some different choices. What I do have a problem with is this statement by the Nevada Press Women’s President in the RGJ: “The Nevada Press Women say watching men is a time-honored tradition. ‘Women have [...]
Take a long hard look. This is where Nevada is now. Imagine what these numbers will look like two years from now. Thank god I I have a job. Thank god I don’t have kids. Hair flip to The Gleaner. Great work from the Las Vegas Sun reporters. [...]
In his continuing quest to become the biggest asshole that ever lived, Bush is extending DHHS Secretary Mike Leavitt’s ridiculously ideological regulation to “protect” the religious freedom of medical providers. What the regulation actually does is make it much more difficult for women and their families to access abortions [...]
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And this is why George W. Bush should never have been voted into the office of the president. ”So What.” From an ABC News interview with Martha Raddatz after the shoe-throwing incident:
Bush: There have been no attacks since I have been president, since 9/11. One of the major theaters against al [...]
From Senator Reid’s office (via email):
“Given the unhappy choice between a bridge loan and bankruptcy, Democrats have always believed that we must give the Big Three and the millions of Americans they employ every possible chance to succeed.
“By rejecting every good-faith bipartisan compromise – including those from the [...]
Tonight’s stand by Republicans is exactly that–they hate unions so much they’re will to screw the rest of us over over peanuts.
Republicans, especially Southern Republicans, have a deep and abiding hatred of labor unions. Why? I know WalMart does a spectacular business at the expense of their employees and [...]
More proof that George W. Bush and his administration is one giant asshole. Unfortunately, we’ll undoubtedly hear more stuff like this rather than less for quite some time now.Similar Posts:
2.5 million jobs by 2011? Now that’s a stimulus package! Add your Congressional Representatives’ and Senators’ office numbers on speed dial and contact me links bookmarked. Obama is going to need the their votes to pass this kind of far-reaching stimulus package. Congress better get the message of change [...]
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You’ve no doubt noticed that I am posting less these days. I am once again working on some new, big projects that I’ll tell you about soon enough. Right now, I am busy ignoring those who seem bent on denigrating the good work of respectable [...]
While Obama diligently prepares to take over the presidency on January 20th, Lame duck Bush is busy leaving his legacy all over the White House front lawn for everyone else to clean up. One of his most important last minute proposals will effect healthy policy is so potentially discriminating [...]
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Obama and his team are already starting to live up to their promise to use technology in new and innovative ways. Sure, it’s only the traditional radio address on YouTube, well, there’s actually an entire Change.gov YouTube channel that already has an update on the Transition from Co-Chair Valerie [...]
Tell everyone you know about this international protest. The Reno protest is at 5:30 at 10 North Virginia Street. City Plaza in front of Reno City Hall. 5:30 PM ( Yes, I know it’s supposed to be at 10:30 but for some reason the Reno organizers decided to hold it [...]
Tonight I find out that one of my fellow Twitter Vote Report activists helped organize today’s special edition of the New York Times. While driving home from work, I heard Beka Economopoulos on the radio talking about the event. I emailed her when I got home and she sent [...]
SFGate has provided us with a handy dandy way to see who donated money in support of California’s Prop 8 and where those people live. I wish it was a widget. You can search by name, state, city, and zipcode. I was relieved to not see any of my [...]
None of you heard it, but I was on the radio in Palm Springs (THE HOT TALK IS ON…. NEWSTALK 920, KPSI-AM) talking about the ceaseless prattling of Sarah Palin with the gracious Stan Layne. I really enjoyed my 7 minutes and was well prepared to talk about [...]
Frank Rich in “It Still Felt Good the Morning After”
The actual real America is everywhere. It is the America that has been in shell shock since the aftermath of 9/11, when our government wielded a brutal attack by terrorists as a club to ratchet up our fears, betray our [...]
That’s what the Gleaner would say anyway. It looks like “bitchy little area megalomaniac” Sheldon Aldelson is in danger of going bankrupt. You know what they say about karma. Take it from Bloomberg:
Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) — Las Vegas Sands Corp., billionaire Sheldon Adelson’s casino company, fell [...]
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Probably the most important things I did last year was read Doris Kearns Goodwin’s biography of Abraham Lincoln: A Party of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. It’s clear that Obama admires Lincoln and is seeking to approach his presidency in the same manner that Lincoln did–as [...]
Conservative pundits need to stop saying that America is a “center-right nation.” Bullshit. America is a centrist nation. End.Of. Story.Similar Posts:
An impromptu Star Spangled Banner in New York City’s Union Square:
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I just sent an email to my little sister, who is finishing up her tour in Mosul, telling her that Barack Obama is her new president elect. This morning, I also learned that my lifelong Texas Republican uncle voted for Obama today. He helped rebuild the city of Baghdad after [...]
John Mccain: private affair at a posh resort.
Barack Obama: 1 million people in a public park.
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Voter Suppression Wiki Action Alert
With long lines all over the country, the Voter Suppression Wiki is issuing another action alert with a reminder that as long as you’re in line when the polls close, you can still vote.
While most election workers are familiar with this rule, some [...]
An accident alert brought to you by the Voter Suppression Wiki. The video is the work of Baratunde Thurston:
BEFORE YOU GO TO VOTE
For those of you who haven’t heard, the Obama Campaign’s State Director, Terence Tolbert died last night of a heart attack. For those of us who knew him even a little, this is a truly sad day. A statement form Bloomberg’s Office (Tolbert’s employer, ht to Ambinder:
“Last night, [...]
And it’s a well-deserved roasting by DeeH at Blue Sage Views. Dean Heller is never going to distinguish himself outside of Nevada in anyway. Being a nice guy does not make you a good legislator. I’ll say it again, his insistence on voting against any bill that raises taxes [...]
What a snooze. I’m sorry Ed Pearce but It’s Not Just Politics needed some life on the Sunday before election day. Not only was it boring, it was full of incorrect information! I watched in horror as GOP Washoe County Chair Heidi Smith said that there was nothing voters [...]
