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The 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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Paul LePage: The Real Motive

Yesterday, Gov. Paul LePage of Maine unveiled his budget proposal for the next two years at a joint session of the State Leg. Remarkable in many ways for what it did and did not contain, this is not...

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Louisiana Kossacks

(Reposting for DK4) Hey folks! I just created this new group dedicated to all things Louisiana. I'm hoping that my fellow Louisianans will get involved with this group, as well as anyone interested in...

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Why I Came Back (A DK4 Diary)

I haven't been very active on DKos for a while. The whining got to me, and also I went through a period of despondence over the serial compromises of the President on issues that I feel strongly about...

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So-called "Right to Work" and the assault on the middle class

"In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as 'right-to-work.' It provides no 'rights' and no 'works.' Its purpose is to destroy labor unions...

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Iowa's new congressional map

A decade has passed and another Census has been completed, you know what that means: Iowa loses another seat in Congress. Continuing its slow trod toward an at-large district (due when the American...

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DK4=the End of Rural Diaries?

My original plan was to kick off a diary series on midwest flooding today. Yea, I know it's still cold out there, but today is opening day at Sandbag Central in Fargo. Yup, they've got over 100...

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Driftglass and Blue Gal announce their engagement

Hey folks! Just wanted all of you at Daily Kos to know that the blogger known as Driftglass and I are engaged to be married. We announced our engagement on our weekly liberal politics podcast, The...

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Chicago suburbs: "Don't tread on me"

I went to lunch today with an activist friend in DuPage County. On the way there, I noted two things. First, I passed three "Don't tread on me" flags, the symbol adopted by many "Teapartiers"....

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Oh-Gov. Kasich meddling with state school board. Why?

We just learned that Ohio Governor John Kasich has replaced state school board member Martha Harris, a highly qualified retired teacher who is passionate about quality education, in the middle of her...

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Oh-Gov. Kasich meddling with state school board. Why?

We just learned that Ohio Governor John Kasich has replaced state school board member Martha Harris, a highly qualified retired teacher who is passionate about quality education, in the middle of her...

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IA GOP State Senator: Preschool = Nazi Indoctrination

I wish I was kidding. Or at least being hyperbolic. These days, though, political discourse is just sad and weird... The local IA GOP is trying to dismantle the state free preschool program in their...

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Why Sarah Palin will run and could win the GOP nomination

I'm convinced Sarah Palin is going to run for president. If you aren't equally as convinced than you most certainly underestimate the size and mania of Sarah Palin's ego. And why else would she have...

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H.R. 1 outrage! GOP won't waive the rules to defund health care

Teabagger Supreme Erick Erickson (the extra "c" stands for FREEDOM!!!) has emailed his list, looking for people to petition their Representatives to vote against the rule governing debate on H.R. 1,...

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Does it seem to you as if we are in a war? More Pro Choice Info

Yesterday I posted the first of two news aggregate diaries. A news aggregate is basically some place that is collecting news items on a particular topic. This will be the last news aggregate diary I...

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Does it seem to you as if we are in a war? More Pro Choice Info

Yesterday I posted the first of two news aggregate diaries. A news aggregate is basically some place that is collecting news items on a particular topic. This will be the last news aggregate diary I...

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2010 US Census: Metro East (IL)

Yesterday, the 2010 Census numbers came out for my home state of Illinois. The results were: As expected, the Collar Counties,especially the Outer Collar Counties of Lake, McHenry, Kane, Kendall,...

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My small part

Time-warner called, yesterday, wanting me to subscribe to their cable TV service.  Now, I already subscribe to their "high speed" Internet because it is the only decent one in town, but I've been a...

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My small part

Time-warner called, yesterday, wanting me to subscribe to their cable TV service.  Now, I already subscribe to their "high speed" Internet because it is the only decent one in town, but I've been a...

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Suburban Subversives: Activism in the Suburbs of Chicago

I'm in DuPage County.  And if you are familiar with Illinois, DuPage County is probably not what comes to mind when you think about progressive activism. There's a story my father tells.  It might be...

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