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I'm "tired" of obnoxious liberals. A Rant. (Updated with Fighting Donkeys).
So...the comment started like this: "Sometimes liberals can be very obnoxious and this causes people to hate liberalism." Besides the numerous obvious fallacies in this ridiculous statement - fallacies...
View ArticleAfter the SCOTUS Ruling: A Plan To Ensure Secular Government
The day after the SCOTUS ruling, I think the best headline I read was by Andy Borowitz. It read: "In landmark decision, Supreme Court strikes down main reason the country was started." Painfully...
View ArticleThe Southern Liberal Resurgence That Has the GOP Scared
When you think of red states and red districts, especially in the south, the “conventional wisdom” has been that competing there is a lost cause; that the GOP's stronghold there is impermeable. But a...
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You only have one job.
The GOP is down. It may not always seem like it, but they are fast becoming a rump party led by the now no-longer-concealed outright hatred and hysteria revealed everyday by their base. They are...
View ArticleThis one thing will get more Dems elected in 2014 than anything else we could do
A "Nationwide Call Bank Army" for state and local Democratic candidates and progressive causes.
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It's Time for ACTION in #Ferguson
Crossposted to Bold Blue MagazineI stand aghast at the ever-mounting atrocities taking place in Ferguson, Missouri. I'm outraged out. Or rather, I'm ready to release my outrage from my head and heart...
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A blindsided GOP is the GOP for me!
Y'all know how I feel about the republican party. I'm mad. I'm tired and I'm ready to deliver a 1000 surprise pies to the faces of the GOP.
View ArticleI'm frustrated
My phone rings again. On the other end of the line is a candidate. She sounds tired and defeated and angry and hurt all the same time. She sounds like she's at her wits end because the election is only...
View ArticleThank You Daily Kos. You've Started a Movement.
I've been around here since 2007. I don't really blog anywhere else. This is my family. And when I came to you in spring of 2013 with this insane idea about how we could come together to make an impact...
View ArticleWe have a 1% problem. And it's not what you're thinking. A Rant.
Election 2014: 6,048 legislative seats and 2,161 school board seats. But who cares, right? Those numbers doesn't include the thousands of city and county commission/council elections that happened...
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We still have the power to change everything.
Well, the verdict is in. The DNC officially recognizes the need for aggressive state and local organizing and action. Of course, for those who have been paying attention, this is not a shock. But it's...
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So we did this thing where we filed a Title VI complaint to stop Rick Synder
It's been a couple of decades of Republican fuckery in Michigan education, and specifically in Detroit. Well, we got sick of it and worked together with the Detroit School Board to file a Title VI...
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God Speaks to Another GOPer. This Time: Michigan
When I set out to write this post, I decided that it was so absurd that I probably needed to preface it with a disclaimer. So, in the interest of ensuring that you are aware that this is an actual...
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Republicans Are Killing Americans And It's Time to Put A Stop To It
They are the party of death. Despite their faux-embrace of "pro-life" rhetoric, they are the party of death. There. I said it. I'm tired of mincing words.This week, I received yet more notices of yet...
View ArticleI'm done talking about rights.
Racism, sexism, gender equality, economic disparity and other important issues affecting our country have been talked to death. As liberals, we need to say, “That’s enough!” There’s only so much...
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This is not a protest. Get out of Oregon.
Don't get me wrong. As an American leftist and one with no small number of serious grievances about the state of affairs in my country, there's a part of me that gets the idea of political and social...
View ArticleNext Phase in LGBTQ Rights Picks Up in Virginia
Crossed-posted at Bold Blue BlogLGBTQ employment and housing protections pass a hurdle in Virginia's general assembly. Senate Bill 12 has passed a bipartisan senate committee and is now on its was to...
View ArticleSo about these "Make Rape Legal" Rallies...
So I've got just three things to say about the so-called "Make Rape Legal" rallies being planned for February 6.1 - MEN, you need to be the biggest group of counter protestors. Not women. Now is the...
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I'm probably a *^%! for saying this, but it needs to be said. We're running...
So everybody is all: #FeelTheBern and #ReadyforHillary. AWESOME! Except, at the entire end of the day, who is elected president in 2016 is mostly about SCOTUS because the U.S. legislature will still be...
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LET'S FINISH THEM!
"There are two kinds of people in this world: people who, when engaged in a fight, knock someone down and walk away when the enemy hits the pavement; and those who see the enemy's fall as an...
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