Maine Governor Tells NAACP to "kiss my butt"
Governor LePage of Maine is at it again. Â Less than 10 days into this 4 year nightmare.
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Cross posted at Dirigo Blue Most of you know that then candidate for Maine governor Paul LePage promised to tell President Obama to go to hell; less known is that LePage had previously [told Obama to...
View ArticleIt's official: New coal is not cheap (and other lessons from an Illinois coal...
The coal industry and its allies in the press have long engaged in a creative bait and switch. Â First, they tout the cheap and efficient nature of coal as an energy source. Â Those facts are cited to...
View ArticleLouisiana Kossacks
Hey folks! I just created this new group on DK4 dedicated to all things Louisiana. I'm hoping that my fellow Louisianans will get involved with this group, as well as anyone interested in the state. At...
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No Gov. LePage, we will not "kiss your butt"
As many of you may already know, on Friday Maine's newly elected right-wing Governor Paul Le Page told critics of his decision not to attend celebrations for Martin Luther King to "Kiss my butt"....
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The 2012 Electoral Map: How D's Win w/o FL, OH, VA, NC or IN.
Minimal Victory. Democrats: 272, Republicans 266 This is a 'minimal' map for an Obama electoral victory in 2012. I constructed this using the new official Census numbers for electoral votes for each...
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The 2012 Electoral Map: How D's Win w/o FL, OH, VA, NC or IN.
Minimal Victory. Democrats: 272, Republicans 266 This is a 'minimal' map for an Obama electoral victory in 2012. I constructed this using the new official Census numbers for electoral votes for each...
View ArticleProgressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 285
Of course the big political story was the assassination attempt on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. I have been talking for years now about the dangers of the extremist rhetoric of hate coming from...
View ArticleHigh-Speed Rail in an Age of Ideology
Note: this is a cross-post from The Realignment Project. Follow us on Facebook. Introduction: To many, the decisions of the recently-elected governors of New Jersey (to reject Federal money for a...
View ArticleToday's Civil Rights Struggle
Today, we celebrate the amazing life and legacy of a minister who went far beyond his call to organize the movement that challenged the longstanding, paralyzing racial divide in our society. Â Dr....
View ArticleToday's Civil Rights Struggle
Today, we celebrate the amazing life and legacy of a minister who went far beyond his call to organize the movement that challenged the longstanding, paralyzing racial divide in our society. Â Dr....
View ArticleAn Open Letter to the Business Community of Maine
In November 2010, the people of Maine elected Paul LePage, the Tea Party candidate, to serve as Governor, with a 38% plurality in a three-way race. This week, the new Governor declined to attend an...
View ArticleOH: Gov. Kasich forms first all-white cabinet since the 1960s
<p><a href="http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/01/kasich_says_he_went_hunting_fo.html">So far anyway.</a></p> <blockquote> <p>John Kasich, like any...
View ArticleOH: Gov. Kasich forms first all-white cabinet since the 1960s
So far anyway. John Kasich, like any other chief executive, deserves an essentially free hand to choose his Cabinet and inner circle. After all, voters elected Kasich as Ohio's 69th governor, and they...
View ArticleWWMLKjrD wrt Election Reform? He'd say Single-Member Elections have helped...
Today, on MLKjr day, I'd like to point out that the tendency for a state's politics to be dominated by a single party has made life difficult for oppressed minority groups, especially in the South....
View ArticleGulf Watchers - New Wikileaks Embassy BP/Russia Cable - BP Catastrophe...
You are in the current Gulf Watchers BP Catastrophe - AUV #459. ROV #458 is here. Bookmark this link to find the latest Gulf Watchers diaries. Follow the Gulf Watchers tag on DK4 by going here and...
View ArticlePaul LePage is a Liar
Perhaps you've heard that Paul LePage had a little dustup with the NAACP. After telling the organization to "kiss his butt," he proceeded to fabricate exotic tales of reverse racism and "special...
View ArticleOhio's all-white cabinet first since 1960s
<p><a href="http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/01/kasich_says_he_went_hunting_fo.html">Wow</a>.</p> <blockquote> <p>[I]t is disconcerting -- in 2011 --...
View ArticleOhio's all-white cabinet first since 1960s
Wow. [I]t is disconcerting -- in 2011 -- to look at a composite of the 20 permanent state agency heads whom Kasich has hired so far and see only white faces and barely a handful of women. The new...
View ArticleWeekly Pulse: White House Takes Offensive Against Health Care Repeal
By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger
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