“Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité” -- Nous Sommes Tous Charlie

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Wednesday January 07, 2015 · 7:59 PM PST

2015/01/07 · 19:59

How we act/react right after a senseless tragedy such as the murders in Paris is important.

How we act/react next week, in two years, is more so. Will the current phrases "Je suis Charlie" "Nous Sommes Tout Charlie" "Not Afraid" be the lasting French response, or will they follow the American/British path?

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Thursday June 06, 2013 · 5:48 PM PDT

2013/06/06 · 17:48

I completely understand the outrage over the latest revelations that the National Security Agency has been sucking up great gigabytes of data about Americans...

...except I don't.

What exactly did folks (not necessarily here but okay maybe here) think was going on?

How did people think NSA was spending about $8 billion and growing per year?

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Wednesday April 17, 2013 · 8:23 PM PDT

2013/04/17 · 20:23

I wish I could say I was surprised by how too many Senators voted today. I wish I could say I was surprised that Reid once again agreed to the 60-vote "painless" filibuster as a means of subverting democracy. I wish I was that naive. Then maybe I wouldn't be so saddened by the spectacle of our dysfunctional democracy.

Oh, it's easy to be angry at the NRA or the Republicans or the tea party or some "other." But I am most saddened not by the callous acts of those "others" but by the cowardice of our own.

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Friday November 07, 2008 · 6:17 PM PST

2008/11/07 · 18:17

cross posted from ProgressiveBlue.com

Senator-elect Jeff Merkley met with some members of the netroots this afternoon for a brief conversation. Before we had the chance to congratulate him, he was thanking us.

The netroots world was critical to my winning. ... I knew the enormous difficulty of taking on and defeating an incumbent. It was no small challenge, and the netroots got out the word on the feasibility and the viability of this race. ... You leveraged my voice with yours and brought resources and energy.

The results of the election are just sinking in for Jeff Merkley, the task before him is huge, the opportunities many. But this most progressive Senator since Paul Wellstone took the time to reach out with thanks and encouragement to those of us who supported him and broke through the corporate media for him as he too made history Tuesday.

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Tuesday August 26, 2008 · 7:16 AM PDT

2008/08/26 · 07:16

[cross-posted from EENRblog.com]

The Democratic National Convention is in Denver this week.

Energy is a big issue this week at the DNC Convention.

The same folks who financed the Swiftboaters for "Truth" in 2004 are financing hateful and lying ads against Obama.

Interestingly, there is a link between these three statements, and that link is the answer to this question: Who is appearing at the Big Tent (the place for progressive bloggers and new media journalists) in Denver on Wednesday?

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Sunday June 08, 2008 · 7:53 PM PDT

2008/06/08 · 19:53

Good evening, and welcome a special edition of EENR For Progress. Please welcome the newest member of our team, michaelconrad, as he provides you with more than enough reasons to join us in endorsing and actively supporting the next Senator from the great Northwest, Jeff Merkley.

Cross-posted from EENRblog.com.

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Many of us have been counting down the days to this year's general election campaign since the moment we heard that President Bush had won re-election. While the presidential race is obviously critical, if we want to really turn things around, we need to get rid of the Republicans who have been not only enabled Bush, but would also do everything within their power to block a Democratic agenda. This is the year that we can reclaim our party's identity, make it clear what we stand for, and expose Senate Republicans as the clueless right-wing sycophants that they are. And perhaps no Senate race provides a better contrast of the parties' priorities than the race in Oregon.

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Sunday June 01, 2008 · 7:00 PM PDT

2008/06/01 · 19:00

Good evening and welcome to another edition of EENR For Progress, cross-posted from EENRblog.com. This evening, I want to focus on poverty, particularly global poverty and children. So often during a presidential campaign year, Americans tend to focus inward, to look primarily or at times exclusively at the issues and problems we have here at home. It's not completely surprising, particularly this year when we know we will be facing so many self-inflicted problems next year regardless of who wins the election in November. While we focus inwardly, however, the crippling oppressive poverty faced by children living in poverty around the world will continue unabated -- in large part because of a lack of will from countries such as the United States.

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Monday April 28, 2008 · 7:56 PM PDT

2008/04/28 · 19:56

Hi there, folks. In our ongoing search for more and BETTER Democrats, tonight the editorial team of EENR blog are endorsing two fightin' progressives from California and Florida: Charlie Brown out of CA-04 and Faye Armitage from FL-07!

While the nominating process for the Democratic standard-bearer continues, out in the states, other races are already moving along at a good clip and deserve our attention.

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Monday April 07, 2008 · 8:27 AM PDT

2008/04/07 · 08:27

[cross-posted from EENR blog; while we normally publish our EENR For Progress series here on Sunday evenings, we thought we offer it this week on Monday morning to catch some of you early birds! Enjoy!]

"I believe in a sacred contract between our country and America's veterans and military families. We must stand by those who stand by us. When our service men and women sacrifice so much to defend our freedom and secure peace around the world, we have a moral obligation to take care of them and their families." - John Edwards

Yes, I know, John Edwards is not in the race for president any longer. But that does not diminish the power of his efforts to ensure that we treat our military with the respect they deserve -- the active military and their families and the veterans.

[For the troll hunters and other game players here at DKos, please see the new note at the end of the diary for your enjoyment.]

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Wednesday March 19, 2008 · 8:06 AM PDT

2008/03/19 · 08:06

(Cross-posted from EENR blog)

"The more you listen, the more you gonna hear the truth"

Listen, folks, listen first -- then I'll tell you more...

Sess 4-5, No Surrender No Retreat

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Tuesday February 19, 2008 · 5:55 PM PST

2008/02/19 · 17:55

Recognizing I am probably breaking any number of rules here, there is a diary that deserves to be noticed NOW but is slipping quietly off the page. So, this is a personal diary rescue.

DO NOT REC THIS DIARY!

Instead go to the deserving one and rec it. Prairie View Students March to Vote (TX) - now w/photo link

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Wednesday January 30, 2008 · 9:34 AM PST

2008/01/30 · 09:34

I'm not going to start this out with tears or with false gaiety, but with the same determination I have felt since I made my decision to support John Edwards on that beautiful afternoon last January when he came home to Chapel Hill after announcing his candidacy. I drove from Northern Virginia that day because I wanted to see if my instincts were right, that this was the candidate I would fight to the end for. I met some fantastic people that day, and saw a candidate who was unafraid to speak the truth with a refreshing directness. He could tell us what was wrong at the same time he could tell us what we together could do to make it right.

For the next 12 months, I have stood with John and Elizabeth Edwards. I can't be more proud of a candidate and his family than I have been all year and as I am right now.

So, today, as the Edwards return again to New Orleans, let's look back at the impact the Edwards campaign has had on this race and on many many people along the way.

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