Deaniacs: What should I tell Teresa Kerry tonight?
Teresa Heinz Kerry will be speaking about education policy tonight here in Santa Barbara, and I'll be helping set-up the event. I'm pretty sure I'll get at least a minute or two of face time with her,...
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Was Aristede 'Forced Out'?
(Crossposted at Not Geniuses)Aristide wasn't forced out - the headline of a story that Drudge has linked to from Jacksonville, North Carolina's Daily News. The piece quotes one source, Jim Refinger, a...
View ArticleAnother Vicious Bush Lie
Crossposted at NotGeniuses.comPresident Bush, faced with slumping poll numbers over his handling of the economy, presented himself as a champion of free trade on Tuesday in a speech that warned of...
View ArticleMore on Dean-Kerry Teamwork
Word is that there will be meetings taking place on March 24-26 between Dean fundraisers and various party officials and representatives of other organizations. The individual in the know, whose name I...
View ArticleSuicide Bombing Kills 10 in Israel
[Crossposted at NotGeniuses.com] Ariel Sharon and Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qurei were to sit down for negotiations later this week. Sharon never agreed to one-on-one meetings with the last...
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Should Spain Withdraw?
[Crossposted at NotGeniuses, but I was curious what Kossacks thought...] Spain's Prime Minister elect Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has promised to pull his country's 1,300 troops out of Iraq. I found...
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Baddest. Frenchman. Ever.
Baddest. Frenchman. Ever.A French motorist has been given a three-month suspended prison sentence for doing his level best to run over a pedestrian he mistakenly identified as Osama bin Laden. The...
View Article'Dear Disgruntled Blogger,'... from Kerry?
I received this in my inbox today: Dear disgruntled blogger, Please stop busting my balls about the ski trip to Idaho. I needed it. You know I needed. You know my top campaign staff thought I needed...
View ArticleLOL - Noam Chomsky is now blogging!
Wow, I never thought I'd see that day. Should be a fun read... "Turning the Tide" - http://blog.zmag.org/ttt/ Also, here's audio from a speech he gave on the 20th, if you're...
View ArticleDemocrats Back Bill to Restore U.S. Trade Hammer
Hey Kossacks, I recently started up a new blog, Priority Wire, modeled after Goddard's Political Wire (while his deals with domestic politics, mine deals with progressive priorities - global poverty...
View ArticlePhoto collage of int'l May Day celebrations
World Workers, whatever may bind ye,  This day let your work be undone: Cast the clouds of the winter behind ye,  And come forth and be glad in the sun. Now again while the green earth rejoices...
View ArticleMcPanama
Panama's newest president is Martin Torrijos, the son of a former military dictator and a one-time McDonald's manager in Chicago, The Guardian reports. "'We have good relations with all countries of...
View ArticleCheney Speaks at a Wal-Mart
This is just too rich (from Priority Wire - http://www.prioritywire.org - modeled after Goddard's Political Wire) ++++++"Vice President Dick Cheney portrayed Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., as an example of the...
View ArticleIsrael to Reveal Nuclear Arsenal to El Baradei?
From http://www.prioritywire.org - modeled after Goddard's Political Wire, except Priority Wire focuses on globalization and trade, global poverty and disease, and weapons/small arms...
View ArticleUN site hacked with torture shots by 'Moroccans'
Was browsing around and happened on this... The UN's Environment Programme's site:http://www.unep.org/ Nico Pitney Author of Priority Wire - http://www.prioritywire.org (Priority Wire is modeled after...
View ArticlePhoto collage: Israel lauches largest Gaza offensive since 67
Israel is conducting its most extensive raids into the Gaza Strip since 1967. According to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Israeli military forces have...
View ArticleGeorgia Gov. Cracks Down on G8 protests
Gov. Sonny Perdue (R-GA) has - get this - declared a preemptive state of emergency in advance of the G8 meetings being held at Sea Island, GA, in early June. I'll be following this and other stories at...
View ArticleZinn, Jackson Jr, Hightower on new Workers' Rights Board
Cross-posted over at my globalization blog, modeled after Goddard's Political Wire: http://www.prioritywire.orgNew Activist-Oriented Workers' Rights Board to Launch On June 2, Jobs With Justice will...
View ArticleEvents are Aligning that May Push Kerry to Advocate Withdrawal
Crossposted at my globalization blog, http://www.prioritywire.org +++++++++++++++ The LA Times today described John Kerry's "stark new challenge": "As President Bush has moved toward his position, the...
View ArticleWal-Mart Pay Tweak is 'Shark Repellent Against Unions'
Crossposted at Priority Wire - a daily source for news on globalization and corporate power... +++++++++++ With more than 15,000 packed into the University of Arkansas' basketball arena for the...
View ArticleKerry Will Have Opportunity to Back Up 'Fair Trade' Rhetoric
Crossposted at Priority Wire - a daily source for news on globalization, workers' rights, and corporate power... +++++++++++ Should anyone believe career free-marketeer John Kerry when he makes...
View ArticleG8 Agenda: Extending Imperial Reach
FYI: this is crossposted at my blog Priority Wire - it's Political Wire for folks interested in globalization, trade, corporate power, and development issues. +++++++++++++++++ Differences over the...
View ArticleBreaking G8 News: Bush Backs Debt Relief
Bush Announces Support for Massive Debt Relief Plan: In a "last minute softening of his stance," George Bush has decided to back "an ambitious British-designed plan for more generous debt relief for...
View ArticleLooking for compelling G8 coverage?
FYI: I've been posting frequent news updates on the G8 Summit over at my blog, Priority Wire, and will continue to do so until Thursday. The Summit agenda is extremely ambitious, and the more public...
View ArticleO'Reilly's ultimatum: He says he'll leave radio if...
I was just watching the rebroadcast of O'Reilly's appearance with Paul Krugman on CNBC's Tim Russert show, and he made a wonderfully convenient ultimatum. Russert asked O'Reilly about the record...
View ArticleWhich convention is pulling higher ratings? Answers here...
The verdict isn't immediately clear. On Monday night, the three major cable nets pulled 5,984,000 viewers between 8 and 11:30. Compare that to the opening night of the Dem convention, when 4,789,000...
View ArticleRNC 'disaster' claims may not be justified
The RNC might turn out to be a disaster for Bush/Cheney, but I don't think it's because swing voters have been turned off, as many bloggers are saying. We already recognize that the number of actual...
View ArticleBreaking: Globe Says Bush Didn't Meet Guard Commitments
From Drudge:GLOBE: BUSH DIDN'T MEET GUARD COMMITMENTS President Bush fell well short of meeting his military obligation in the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War, the BOSTON GLOBE is...
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Never forget? I guess Heritage did...
Some photos from the balcony of my apartment on Massachusetts Avenue taken last night. Funny that, for all the conservative demands that we never forget the 9/11 attacks, the Heritage Foundation...
View ArticleHelp! Googling monkeys needed for a little research
Please help! I'm desperately searching for a full transcript of Hubert Humphrey's televised speech on September 30, 1968, in which he (for the first time) departed from the Johnson admin policy and...
View ArticleResearch question on Iraq contracts -- because Kossacks always deliver
Hey Kossacks... I'm trying to figure out which specific government agencies have been responsible for divying up the Iraq reconstruction contracts...? I'm told the Army Corps of Engineers has a lot to...
View ArticleEssential "Global Test" Response
The Quote: No president, though all of American history, has ever ceded, and nor would I, the right to preempt in any way necessary to protect the United States of America. But if and when you do it,...
View ArticleCalling googling monkeys!! Need fact on Afghanistan
Hey folks... Doing research for a project on Afghanistan. I desperately need a figure on how much -- in total -- the US has spent in Afghanistan (both military operations and reconstruction) since we...
View ArticleWSJ: 'Secret Meeting' b/w Top Bush Aide and Saudis
Why isn't this story getting more coverage?? Read this whole clip, from Friday's Wall Street Journal:KEEP THE MONEY, Snow tells lawmakers, after House votes extra $25 million for Treasury's unit...
View ArticleCO-7: Another awesome pick-up opp in Dave Thomas
An email I just received from Emily, a good friend of mine from California who is doing field work right now out in Colorado. Long story short -- the race is tight, and our candidate Dave Thomas needs...
View ArticleCalling the GoogleMonkeys!! Pre-Debate Research Needed
Hey folks... Help needed!! Bush is consistently talking about how Kerry cannot lead when he insults US allies. We now need a list with specific quotes from Bush or high-ranking admin officials...
View ArticleNeeded: DKos Researchers!! RE: Bush disparaging allies
Hey folks... I work for a think-tank in Washington (can't really mention which one) and I'm looking for your help on a project we're trying to get out ASAP. Bush is pushing the meme that Kerry has...
View ArticleMust-read clips from Time's cover story on '04 ground games
Time's cover story this week is on the campaigns' respective voter reg/GOTV efforts. Some take home clips after the break:
View ArticleKerry's essential response to NYT Mag, and more
C'mon Kerry, this is not hard."George Bush's is smearing me again, and this time it's because I told the New York Times that I intend to isolate, imprison, and kill so many terrorists that they will...
View ArticleImportant help! Question about election officers...
Hi kossacks... We're building a list of election officials with blatant political motivations -- i.e., Matt Blunt, Glenda Hood, and Ken Blackwell. Who else should we target? Which other partisan...
View ArticleMore NYTimes bombshells coming, and watch N. Korea
A few 'scoops' to share... I work at a policy shop in DC, and a good friend of mine is very well connected in Washington -- extremely well connected. I wrote him late last night when the weapons cache...
View ArticleOur Opening: The NAACP Story is HUGE
Good GAWD! ANOTHER October surprise in our favor?! The new narrative: The Bush administration is continuing its relentless antagonism towards this nation's oldest civil rights organization and one of...
View ArticleBlogs that focus entirely on framing
I know of the Rockridge Institute site, but are there any blogs that focus entirely developing and debating progressive frames? I'm sure there's go to be a few, but after scanning around for quite a...
View ArticleTurning Cox Into a New John Bolton
Hey all, I'm one of the writers over at CAP's blog, ThinkProgress. It's not often that we post here, but we're trying to spread the word on what we think is an amazing opportunity for progressives to...
View ArticleHelp! Who was Cooper's other OTHER source?
I'm trying to track down some information on Matt Cooper's other OTHER source (not Rove, not Libby) for his Plame information. How do we know he almost certainly had another source? Remember this...
View ArticleHillraisers Donated Less Than $20,000 To Obama In June
Hi all -- wanted to pass along this bit of reporting from my colleague Seth Colter Walls.By now, most political junkies know that Barack Obama raised a lot of money in June.But his campaign's $52...
View ArticlePoll: Obama Far More Popular Among Jews Than Lieberman
Wow -- this is quite a finding:If Barack Obama has a problem among Jewish voters, then Sen. Joseph Lieberman is in monumental trouble.Among the most high-profile Jews in Congress, Lieberman is viewed...
View ArticleWow: Brzezinski Takes On Afghanistan "Surge" Idea, Says Lieberman Wants World...
As usual, Zbigniew Brzezinski is running against the grain and making comments that others (even those who agree) wouldn't dare say publicly.First, on sending more forces into Afghanistan (or, as he...
View ArticleSarah Palin: George Bush In Lipstick? (with scary photo morph)
I just published an article at the Huffington Post detailing how Democrats, including the Obama campaign, are planning to tie Sarah Palin to George Bush on a wide range of issues.More after the jump:
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