My simple, civil, little idea for an Arizona boycott and protest

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Wednesday April 28, 2010 · 3:13 PM PDT

2010/04/28 · 15:13

"The weather is here. Wish you were nice."

Now, at long last, here's your chance to really use that infamous vacation zinger. When you go on vacation this year, drop a postcard from your travels to the Arizona Office of Tourism. Doesn't matter if it's a get away weekend or the grand tour, spend a dollar or two to send the people responsible for promoting Arizona tourism a little souvenir from your vacation to a place that isn't going to demand to see your citizenship papers.

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Monday February 15, 2010 · 9:34 AM PST

2010/02/15 · 09:34

Short and sweet: With the retirement of Evan Bayh the Democratic caucus has lost one of its sleaziest obstructionists. If Lincoln and Reid continue to lose to any Republican with a pulse, we can remove all of the Conservadems on the ballot this November.

But it won't help the progressive movement unless we get better Dems elected. It's time to quit whining about the Dems stopping the change we want and elect Dems who will work for us.

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Monday December 21, 2009 · 5:47 AM PST

2009/12/21 · 05:47

Well, on the bright side – if scream therapy actually works a lot of us should be feeling quite a bit healthier.

We’ve screamed at Obama, Reid, the conservadems, everyone who didn’t get it (which was everyone at some point) and each other for sins and slights both real and imagined. We discovered we’re really good at that. I’ve yelled at good friends on other boards and last week I unsubscribed to OFA’s mailing list with a "Go to hell" after Obama and Reid caved to Lieberman on expanding Medicare.

The problems in the system have been recited again and again. Harry Reid is a joke. Obama isn’t going to charge the barricades. The rules of the Senate would do Mao proud, and the media is an even bigger joke than Reid.

But we're not asking the hardest question: Why have we as progressives and activists failed to push this through? Why have we been so ineffective against the conservative Democrats? After two amazing Congressional elections and the most populist Presidential campaign in anyone’s memory, I think we started to believe a little of our own hype. We thought electing Barack Obama and getting sixty seats in the Senate was the finish line.

We were wrong. And we’re going to continue being wrong until we change.

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Tuesday November 18, 2008 · 9:10 AM PST

2008/11/18 · 09:10

Let's start brainstorming this. How do we get rid of Hoyer, Reid, and the rest of these spineless pieces of crap?

What can we do to make them feel pain?

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Tuesday May 06, 2008 · 9:16 PM PDT

2008/05/06 · 21:16

It's midnight Eastern. Lake County still has 70% out and Clinton has a 20,000 vote lead, but this is over.

What's left in Lake County will at least get him very close. The early vote in Monroe County/Bloomington is going to put him over the top. There are at least 5,000 ballots cast before today and not one has been counted yet. That is going to break huge to Obama. (Monroe county vote totals here.)

None of the networks have called it yet, but this is how it is going to end.

Obama wins Indiana.

Tea-leaf reading the March fundraising numbers

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Thursday April 03, 2008 · 11:21 AM PDT

2008/04/03 · 11:21

Here's what we know about the March numbers:

Obama's campaign says they raised $40 million in March. If you do the math on the average donation and the number of donors they supplied, it's over $42 million.

And that's all we know for certain.

Obama's statement didn't break down how much of the total is for the primaries, and they didn't say a word about how much they have left.

Clinton's campaign is saying even less. They won't officially release any numbers until the FEC reporting deadline on April 20. A Clinton adviser told Michael Duffy at Time that the March take will "come close to $20 million." (Emphasis mine.)

So far the press is treating this as just another month where Obama beats Clinton by $20 million. If you analyze the numbers, however, a much bigger story emerges.

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Monday March 17, 2008 · 10:44 AM PDT

2008/03/17 · 10:44

The Court of Appeals has thrown out the convictions of former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio and ordered a new trial with a new judge.

CNBC reports that the convictions were overturned because Nacchio was prohibited by the presiding judge and national security laws from presenting a proper defense. This is a stunning rebuke of a case that is at the heart of the illegal wiretap program.

Just broke on CNBC - no wire stories links yet. Will update.

UPDATE: Confirmation from CBS4 in Denver

A federal appeals court ordered a new trial for former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio on Monday.

The court said there was an improper exclusion of Nacchio's expert witness merits a new trial.

The court concluded that the evidence before the district court was sufficient for the government to try him again without violating the Double Jeopardy Clause.

The court ordered the trial be presided over by a different judge.

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Sunday March 16, 2008 · 4:32 PM PDT

2008/03/16 · 16:32

Incredible.

J.P. Morgan Chase agreed to buy Bear Stearns for $2 a share in a stock-swap transaction, people familiar with the matter say. J.P. Morgan will exchange 0.05473 shares of its common stock per one share of Bear Stearns stock. Both boards have approved the transaction.

Indeed, the Fed is taking the extraordinary step of providing special financing in connection with this transaction. The Fed has agreed to fund up to $30 billion of Bear Stearns' less liquid assets.

The deal values Bear Stearns at just $236 million, based on the number of Bear shares outstanding as of Feb. 16. At the end of Friday, Bear's stock-market value was about $3.54 billion.

What if winning Iowa doesn’t matter?

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Thursday January 03, 2008 · 10:18 AM PST

2008/01/03 · 10:18

It is a seductive thought for anyone who has spent days/weeks/months trying to run all of the possibilities for who could win the early states and how, only to be left with a three-way deadlocked race and too many variables to predict the sunrise with any confidence. If Hillary wins, does that mean more than if Obama finishes the deal? If Edwards surprises the pollsters, does that matter? Stack the outcome any way you want, does it really matter who wins 35% or 40% of Iowa’s handful of convention delegates, and who only gets 30%?

Maybe it’s an epiphany of convenience, but late last night I decided the answer was no, this year it does not matter who wins Iowa.

No, this year, the ultimate question is who loses. Tell me who is going to come in third next Thursday, and I think I can tell you who will win the Democratic nomination.

More after the jump...

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Sunday November 25, 2007 · 8:59 PM PST

2007/11/25 · 20:59

Damn.

INDIANAPOLIS — U.S. Rep. Julia Carson revealed she has terminal lung cancer in a statement Saturday in which she expressed her "eternal gratitude" to family, friends and her constituents.

The Indianapolis Democrat, who took a leave from Congress in September because of a leg infection, said her doctors discovered the cancer while treating her late this summer.

In her statement, Carson, 69, disclosed that she had battled cancer before and that it had gone into remission but was back with "a terminal vengeance."

We can talk about the politics below (except to say this isn't good news for our team.) For now, best wishes to the Congresswoman and her family.

Not one dime for the DCCC or DSCC.

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Sunday August 05, 2007 · 2:52 PM PDT

2007/08/05 · 14:52

I don't know how else to say it. Despite our best hopes, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi have shown us they will always, always, choose cowering to Bush over protecting our Constitution. And it is time for us in the netroots to make it clear that we will not tolerate it any more. Words have gotten us nowhere. They need to be punished.

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My simple, civil, little idea for an Arizona boycott and protest

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Looking Past HCR - A Proposal For Lasting Change

Okay, how do we get rid of these fuckers?

Obama wins Indiana.

Tea-leaf reading the March fundraising numbers

BREAKING: Nacchio convictions thrown out, new trial/judge ordered

Morgan Buys Bear for $2 a share, Fed supplies $30b bailout

What if winning Iowa doesn’t matter?

Rep. Julia Carson (IN-07) announces she has terminal lung cancer

Not one dime for the DCCC or DSCC.