Category Archives: progressives

Not Your Personal Army: How Unite Blue Ignited A War With Anonymous And Then Tried To Blame Their Critics

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Not Your Personal Army: How Unite Blue Ignited A War With Anonymous And Then Tried To Blame Their Critics”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail The Anonymous hacktivist collective likes to say they are Not Your Personal Army (NYPA), meaning they do not … Continue reading →

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The Future of Progressive Security Policy

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “The Future of Progressive Security Policy”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI wasn’t at Netroots Nation this year, so I had to attend this panel by internet. As I keep saying, the noninterventionist argument is self-limited, and dissonant with the empirical evidence of … Continue reading →

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Why Progressives Don’t Get All Their Cookies

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Why Progressives Don’t Get All Their Cookies”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail While disappointed, marijuana activists have no one but themselves to blame if they invested too much in a president. For as I keep saying, presidents don’t make the laws — … Continue reading →

Posted in Civics, Congress, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Organizing, progressives | 26 Comments

When NO Means NO, Dennis Kucinich

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Emilia1956

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Share the post “When NO Means NO, Dennis Kucinich”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Not content with the fact that the newly redistricted Congressional district in Ohio chose Democratic Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur as their candidate to run against Joe the Plumber, Dennis Kucinich has traipsed … Continue reading →

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Progressives Have One Million Plans

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Progressives Have One Million Plans”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail One of the more hilarious right wing memes out there is the idea that every progressive is a Saul Alinsky acolyte. Alinsky titled his book Rules For Radicals because all too often, … Continue reading →

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The Bigger Bigot

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Emilia1956

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Share the post “The Bigger Bigot”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailWe’re only one day away from March, and after that we’re in April. Doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun, especially watching the Republican Klown Kar parade through primary after primary. Hard to believe that … Continue reading →

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My Valentine From Joan Walsh

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “My Valentine From Joan Walsh”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail The Salon editor doesn’t like one of my co-bloggers, and felt it necessary to say so Sunday night in a direct message on Twitter. I’m not sure she ever actually followed me, … Continue reading →

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Not Quite Getting There about Ron Paul

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Emilia1956

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Share the post “Not Quite Getting There about Ron Paul”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailWell, Romney’s taken Nevada, and Ron Paul’s still standing. The reason he’s still standing, largely, is due to the short-term memory on the part of the media. Most recently, Ron Paul … Continue reading →

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Football is Progressive

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Football is Progressive”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI have to hand it to Bill Maher on this one: football is the most progressive sport ever, and the perfect rejoinder to anyone who tells you that socialism is un-American, or that it doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Think The Republicans Are Splintering? Think Again

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Emilia1956

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Share the post “Think The Republicans Are Splintering? Think Again”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail By Emilia1956 Our biggest problem – the Left’s – is that we’re stupid. Or rather, we’re naive. So naive, we never learn from our mistakes. And we listen too much … Continue reading →

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Obotomapologies

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Obotomapologies”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailWhen President Obama was elected, he used the words “Armenia” and “genocide” in the same sentence because words are important. He was right to do so. He is wrong now for not using them in the same … Continue reading →

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