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The Rachel Maddow Show - Aug. 8, 2012
Tonight will be the last diary for this week barring a news development of gargantuan proportions - like DICK surrendering himself to the DOJ for his shenanigans during GWB's reign, $aint $arah from...
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Ohio sets up one early-voting system for Republican counties, another for...
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted In Ohio, Republican-approved cutbacks in early voting will disproportionately disfranchise African American voters who live in the state's most heavily populated...
View ArticleRepublicans Proving Their Critics Right
I saw segments on this on The Rachel Maddow Show over the last two nights, but seeing Meteor Blades' diary on the subject of the despicable actions by the Republicans in Ohio counties finding new and...
View ArticleThe Coming Constitutional Crisis in Ohio
Before I begin, let me first apologize for this longer than usual diary. I did my best to edit it down, and remove unnecessary paragraphs. I hope you find it interesting and informative. For those who...
View ArticleJon Husted Doesn't Want You to Vote!
To steal a line from the GOP playbook - our fundamental rights are under attack. Except unlike the GOP this statement is not just political hyperbole used for partisan gain. Across the country,...
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This Simple Graphic is All You Need to Flush Out Senate Obstructionists
Download in high def P.S. And perhaps the House, too.
View ArticleWhy I'm a Liberal, Veteran, Democrat ... in Oklahoma
(Previously titled: "Why I like Taxes.") I appreciate living in a "society." I'm a Democrat, but I happen to like former Republican President and World War II general Dwight D. Eisenhower... because I...
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Registration, Identification, Participation, and YOUR Vote
It used to be a given, a basic right of citizenship. These days when you ask the question: Am I ready and able to Vote? The answer may be: It Depends. Depends on where you live. Why New Photo ID...
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Ohio SoS thinking about doing the right thing on extended voting hours
Ohio secretary of state Jon Husted (R), looking at the possibility of a lawsuit and some ugly unpleasant publicity, has said that he may set uniform statewide early-voting hours. As Hamilton County...
View ArticleOhio Crowdfunding Clean Mobile Power Project
Hey Kossacks. My name is Aaron LeMieux, I'm the founder and CEO of a Triple Bottom Line Green Plus Certified clean energy startup in Cleveland, Ohio called Tremont Electric. We're the makers of the...
View ArticleTequila Party Blasts Tea Party Ohio's Joe the Plumber
So much for the so-called pro lifers on the Republican side. What makes an outsider think he knows the situation on the border? Did he forget about how the minute men vigilantes have killed children...
View ArticleRepublicans don't believe their own propaganda
This awful story about restricting voting on a partisan basis shows that Republicans do not believe their own propaganda. According to the GOP, many Democratic votes come from the unemployed who want...
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Ohio secretary of state may end Jim Crow voting disparity with uniform...
Protesters may have changed Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted's mind about his profoundly partisan decisions on early voting Ohio's Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted may be cracking under...
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Ohio secretary of state sets early voting hours the same for all counties
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted had the chance to extend early voting hours to increase turnout. But he chose otherwise. Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted has directed all 88 of the state's...
View ArticleFighting on the second front
I'm angered by the voter suppression moves we're witnessing from the Republicans. Legal challenges to the voter-suppression laws are worthwhile, and I hope they succeed, but in the mean time we need...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Two new polls confirm NH-Gov race is a...
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here. Leading Off: • NH-Gov: University of New Hampshire (PDF) for WMUR. 8/1-12. Likely...
View ArticleA "Solution" in Search of a Problem
Cross-posted from deciminyan.org While neither of the two major political parties is known for altruism, it is clear the Republicans place their lust for power above the needs of the electorate. This...
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Watch Jon Stewart blast GOP voter suppression in OH and PA
Last night, Jon Stewart covered the various ways the GOP is trying to suppress the votes of people who would normally vote Democratic in both Pennsylvania and Ohio. As you know, and you well know...
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Michigan Needs American Legislative Exchange Council Accountability Act NOW...
Michigan needs the “ALEC Accountability Act” NOW or yesterday or actually over a decade ago. Since it should be abundantly clear by now that the Michigan State Legislature, like dozens of other...
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Yeah, Paul Ryan is also a dick
Dick. As we saw a short while ago, Paul Ryan is retroactively blaming Pres. Barack Obama for a plant closing, in Ohio, in 2008. He's got this whole spiel about Obama's terrible energy policies and how...
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