Ohio DOT Requires Fox News In Cafeteria
In the grand scheme of things this is nothing more than a triffle, but the Ohio Department of Transportation has decided no more CNN on the TV's, and has that Fox News is required on the TV sets in the...
View ArticleBlizzard Birds (Caution Photo Intensive)
As I sit here in Illinois enduring the Blizzard of 2011 (aka - Snowpocalypse, Snowmagdedon, SnowMG, the Snowtorious B.I.G.), I'm sipping coffee and watching the birds outside my kitchen window. I...
View ArticleIowa House passes resolution to ban gay marriage.
The Iowa Supreme Court in 2009 voted 7-0 that the Defense of Marriage Act that forbid same sex couples from marrying violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. The judges, appointed by...
View ArticleMarriage Equality, Iowa, and the Story of Zach Wahl
Iowa stands to be ground zero in the process of defining the 2012 GOP nominating process - on a number of levels. Tea party vs. establishment Republicans. Social conservatives vs. moderates (if they...
View Article"I was raised by gay parents, and I'm doing pretty well."
Iowa state representative Bruce Hunter (D-Des Moines) said it best: “Here’s the funny thing about rights – they’re not supposed to be voted on.” Except that’s exactly what happened today. And if Iowa...
View ArticleGulf Watchers - EPA Caving to BP on Spill Size - BP Catastrophe AUV #467
You are in the current Gulf Watchers BP Catastrophe - AUV #467. ROV #466 is here. Bookmark this link to find the latest Gulf Watchers diaries. Follow the Gulf Watchers tag on DK4 by going here and...
View ArticleKatrina Revisited, Some Stories
I was born in the summer of 1969 in Baton Rouge, LA. My father had just finished his PhD and was teaching. T. Harry Williams was his major professor. My mother, well she worked for Edwin Edwards....
View ArticleBlack woman unfairly tried and convicted - NOT!
Here's the latest info, along with a recap of the previously-known details, about Kelley Williams-Bolar, the mother in Akron, Ohio, was was found guilty of felony tampering with evidence about 2 weeks...
View ArticleBlack woman unfairly tried and convicted - NOT!
Here's the latest info, along with a recap of the previously-known details, about Kelley Williams-Bolar, the mother in Akron, Ohio, was was found guilty of felony tampering with evidence about 2 weeks...
View ArticleIncompetant, clueless, Kasich-OH caves
I'm sorry, but I just have to get this off of my chest.
View ArticleIncompetant, clueless, Kasich-OH caves
I'm sorry, but I just have to get this off of my chest.
View ArticleIowa legislature has a young American Speak...
I have to say this should be viral message because this kid demolishes to opposition it shows that this is a fundamental American right and one that we should be moving beyond and working on real...
View ArticleDes Moines Register Forgets Reagan's Devastation of Iowa
I couldn't let today's glowing Des Moines Register Reagan retrospective go unrebutted. Here is the link: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/...- Cross posted at http://leftturnsonly.wordpress.com/
View ArticleSeven sitting governors breaking laws with their social networks
There are numerous laws which make it illegal for governors to use taxpayer resources to promote or fund their political campaigns. This typically means that sitting governors can’t make fundraising...
View ArticleIn Ohio: The Looming Assault on Women & Choice
This is so regressive that my jaw visibly dropped when I read it. Ohio will be the staging ground for a new breed of abortion limit that would prohibit women from ending pregnancies at the first...
View ArticleIn Ohio: The Looming Assault on Women & Choice
This is so regressive that my jaw visibly dropped when I read it. Ohio will be the staging ground for a new breed of abortion limit that would prohibit women from ending pregnancies at the first...
View ArticleThree Jobs or No Job -- Still Struggling
Here are two stories from Working America field staff whose work focuses on building locally-based networks of activists for a just economy in cities around the country. Chase Brandau recounts the...
View ArticleThree Jobs or No Job -- Still Struggling
Here are two stories from Working America field staff whose work focuses on building locally-based networks of activists for a just economy in cities around the country. Chase Brandau recounts the...
View ArticleProgressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 288
Been slower than usual putting the newsletter together, but there is a lot of new stuff in the local pages, so please take a look if I cover your local area. AND, most importantly, Darwin Day and...
View ArticleThe Most Dangerous Man in America?
With Ohio in the hole by $8B, and the state house, state senate, and supreme court full of GOPers, long-time government-hater and new state Governor John Kasich is in a perfect situation to do the...
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