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Several days ago there was a diary on the Rec` list written by Slinkerwink informing us that Firedoglake was no more. The diary was read and rec`d many times over not just because of the excellent ...
by Ole Texan
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on Mon Aug 03, 2015 at 11:33 AM PDT
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Jane Hamsher made the announcement today that Firedoglake is shutting down , and all archived posts will be moved over to Shadowproof, a new site run by Kevin Gosztala and Brian Sonenstein.
I ...
by slinkerwink
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on Thu Jul 30, 2015 at 09:07 AM PDT
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I've been wondering what Jane Hamsher has been up to over these last few years. I literally hadn't seen or heard from her during the entire second term of Pres.Obama.
The last I heard from her she ...
by SpaceCityDemocrat
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on Sun Jul 20, 2014 at 08:00 AM PDT
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I know this kinda sounds like a no-brainer to some of us but this article in the American Journal of Public Health is actually the product of a whole bushel of brains.
The Role of Public Health in ...
by dougiemac in WA
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on Thu May 15, 2014 at 10:47 PM PDT
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This is suggested bt the Austrian newspaper Die Presse . According to this, the source of the info that ultimately led to the re-routing of the plane and the subsequent search is US Ambassador in ...
by Blue Wind
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on Fri Jul 05, 2013 at 10:44 AM PDT
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I was alarmed when I saw a post with the alarming headline of Pres Obama Signs Bill Killing Anti-Corruption, Pro-Transparency STOCK Act Provisions . Firedoglake had a similarly alarming headline: ...
by The Big E
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on Tue Apr 16, 2013 at 04:00 PM PDT
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From The Huffington Post :
NEW YORK -- CommonSense Media, a digital advertising network co-founded by film producer and Firedoglake publisher Jane Hamsher, has filed for bankruptcy to liquidate its ...
by ericlewis0
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on Wed Mar 27, 2013 at 05:19 PM PDT
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Please read this Reuters lead story from less than three hours ago. It speaks for itself.
[http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/04/us-usa-fiscal-idUSBRE91P0W220130304 Obama renews budget offer ...
by bobswern
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on Sun Mar 03, 2013 at 10:46 PM PST
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I'm growing quite tired of all the sequestration kabuki.
The bottom line is the Great Betrayal is in full implementation mode .
Democrats--I'm talking REAL DEMOCRATS--need to take a good look at ...
by bobswern
93 comments
on Fri Mar 01, 2013 at 09:25 AM PST
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(From TWD )
One of the few, great things about this ridiculous general election campaign filled with more peculiar, elitist, nutty, arrogant, unhinged, and downright idiotic Republican and ...
by sluggahjells
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on Fri Oct 19, 2012 at 01:21 PM PDT
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As one of my professors once said, "Anyone who asks a question deserves the answer." That was in the context of answers that open a can of worms, bringing up a lot more troublesome, worrisome ...
by david78209
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on Wed Apr 18, 2012 at 05:14 PM PDT
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Manning Charged with Espionage; FBI 25-Year Veteran Leaker of SEALED Indictment on Assange Gets Nada Thanks to Jane Hamsher of Firedoglake , we have another example of hypocrisy and disparate treatment associated with the Obama administration's unprecedented war on whistleblowers. Hamsher analyzes ...
by Jesselyn Radack
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on Fri Mar 02, 2012 at 05:18 AM PST
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The Firedoglake Writers' Foundation has put together a fellowship program called Ocuppy Exchange. Three fellows from Occupy Buffalo have already been selected: Samantha Colon, Robert Albini and John ...
by Words In Action
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on Tue Feb 28, 2012 at 07:03 AM PST
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For a minute, I might be turning apolitical, or not.
Back in the seventies -- this was years before AIDS devastated the San Francisco community -- my band, a bluegrass novelty act that broke ...
by calross
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on Wed Dec 21, 2011 at 10:50 PM PST
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Has anyone wondered why so many Republican politicians who say they hate the government actually do work in government? Some, like Rick Perry, have rarely if ever held a job outside of government. ...
by Libby Shaw
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on Wed Sep 14, 2011 at 10:43 AM PDT
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[Cross-posted at The Left Coaster ]
Politically it has been a strange and tumultuous year, yielding an unusually quiet third and fourth week of August. ...
by paradox
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on Sun Aug 21, 2011 at 06:01 AM PDT
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In the spirit of Ari Fleischer's "mental list" of all the supposedly terrible things done to the ...
by Black Max
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on Tue Aug 02, 2011 at 12:00 PM PDT
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So, you want to become a Professional Left blogger, huh? Ever since President Obama did that Rick Warren debate, and failed to properly fight back against every McCain attack ad, every Teabagger ...
by wilduntamed75
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on Sun Jul 31, 2011 at 02:49 PM PDT
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Today (yesterday for most of you), Firedoglake’s Jane Hamsher branded Obama’s staunchest supporters “the ...
by Sarge in Seattle
711 comments
on Thu Jul 14, 2011 at 10:57 PM PDT
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I was a bit dubious when I was asked to begin posting some of my stuff at My.Firedoglake.com. I haven't been a fan of the main site in a very long time and I detest most of what I see & hear from ...
by Eclectablog
979 comments
on Thu Jul 14, 2011 at 10:09 AM PDT
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