Overnight News Digest: Science Saturday (Obama re-elected edition)
Welcome to Science Saturday, where the Overnight News Digest crew, consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors jlms qkw, maggiejean, wader, Oke, rfall, and JML9999, alumni editors palantir,...
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Let's Cut Ohio Some Slack
"Every four years, the American people ask themselves a important question: Why, again, do we let Ohio decide the fate of the free world?"Ohio Voters Are Sick and Tired of Deciding the Fate of the...
View ArticleCall to action: Local Dems needed because of GERRYMANDERING.
Please note this diary was written at 12:00 PST. It was scheduled for early morning publication. Some data in it might be outdated.@daveweigel on twitterGerrymandering, lesson one: PA goes 52-47 for...
View ArticleThe delegitimizing of the President has begun
I wonder if someone can help explain this, or provide the real facts? This seems to be how some on the Right intend to justify delegitimizing Obama's presidency -- by claiming it was an election stolen...
View ArticlePuppy mill dogs to be shot by Amish in Ohio
I am on an email list for rescuing dogs and cats and most of the ones I get refer to local pets that need fostering or adopting. I wish I had Romney's money to devote to these sweet, furry friends...
View ArticleCivil Rights Issue we can change: states can vote to legalize marijuana
A key reason that Marijuana legalization passed in WA State was the support of communities of minorities, such as LGBTs, Hispanics and African Americans. These communities are sick of police...
View ArticleHusted slapped on provisional ballot action
Andrew Cohen, CBS, via Twitter:Breaking: Federal judge in Ohio rules against Sec. of State Husted on provisional ballot fight. Calls Husted conduct "an illegal act."Here is link to Judge Marbley's...
View ArticleReal Stories of Higher Fuel Efficiency Standards Putting Industrial States...
Put a way the shine and the polish. Put away the talking heads and their excellent hair and confidence opining with a certainty that is inversely proportional to their accuracy.Give me a guy with...
View ArticleNo, Ed. It wasn't "shocking".
Still basking in the glow of our Nov. 6 win, I've been super extra scrumpdeliciously enjoying the opinion pages of both The New York Times and The Washington Post.Waaaaay down the page in today's WaPo...
View ArticleVoter ID: What Next?
VoteRiders transformed into Voter ID News Central from 4:00am to 7:30pm PT on Election Day. Our goal - to serve as a national voter ID news source for the media and the public – was achieved.We posted...
View ArticleWas Karl Rove hacked?
Both the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections were razor-close, and both turned on relatively small numbers of votes. We all know the story of Florida in 2000. In 2004 a single county in Ohio turned...
View ArticleNow that the election is over...let's talk Election Reform
I don't think anyone is completely happy with the way Presidential elections are run in this country; maybe some pundits and "beltway insiders" have grown to enjoy the predictability of the way...
View ArticleChallenging Republican Senators and Governors II
Today we are looking at the states with less Democratic support. In this states is difficult to think about the Democratic Party as the leading party, then the approach will be a little different.In...
View ArticleYou are the Green Job you've been waiting for
It's the holidays. You need a few extra bucks. You believe in clean energy, and you want to build a world where fossil fuels don't govern our lives anymore. And you REALLY believe green jobs are the...
View ArticleNumbers don't match reality in Wood County, Ohio voter 'fraud'
There's not much to add to today's story from the Bowling Green Sentinel Tribune. It is, however, a good source for Thanksgiving family get-togethers when Cousin Eddie starts with the conspiracy theory...
View ArticleDon't Overthink the 2012 Election: Why One Equation Seems to Explain (Almost)...
Daily Kos Elections does a lot of good by compiling information about the politics of different places all over the country. But there's a real danger if we focus too much on all of those differences....
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Ohio early voting--Franklin County
Data from the Franklin County, Ohio board of elections in Columbus shows how effectively the Obama GOTV effort capitalized on early voting in the blue, urban counties. In Ohio early voting is done both...
View ArticleThe GOP will lose in 2014 and 2016. Here's why.
I have been reading all kinds of articles in which various members of the GOP blustered and blithered and bleated about why Mittens lost, and why other "sure wins" lost. I have read all of them with a...
View ArticleSNAKE OIL SALESMEN
Monday morning, back to work. The day before the election, a week after the storm. So many still in darkness. Challenging times like these can be opportunities to reflect on the decisions we have made...
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