Breaking: Someone tampered with critically important final mailing for Dan Seals (IL-10)

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Friday October 31, 2008 · 12:14 PM PDT

2008/10/31 · 12:14

Just received this in my inbox...

ALERT

Last week, thousands of Seals supporters should have received our campaign's final direct mailing. Unfortunately, those letters were tampered with and never left the post office. Authorities are now investigating the situation, but we have already missed a critical opportunity to raise funds and keep Dan on the air in the final days of our campaign.

(The rest of the e-mail is in the extended entry...)

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Friday February 15, 2008 · 9:04 AM PST

2008/02/15 · 09:04

A day after some impressive and good news from the Democrats in the House of Representatives, who have finally decided to go up against "Mr. 24%" (as Atrios says) I think it's time we reward good behavior.

Flaxter

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Sunday July 15, 2007 · 2:29 PM PDT

2007/07/15 · 14:29

(This isn't a full-fledged campaign or anything, but it very well could turn into that. First, I just wanted to run the idea by whoever sees this diary, in case it's already been proposed or covered by someone else. I've been a little out of the loop lately, so forgive me.)

Over at Open Left, Matt Stoller writes:

Now, if Reid had made the Republicans filibuster the Webb amendment last week, Webb would have been the face of the Democratic Party. Imagine the organizing that could have been done.

...in reference to Sen. Webb's appearance on Meet the Press with Lindsey Graham.

So my idea is some sort of a public push (makethemfilibuster.com?) letting Sen. Reid know that if the Republicans won't vote to cut off debate on Iraq, then he should let that debate proceed, like in the good old days.

Flaxter

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Sunday September 10, 2006 · 1:30 PM PDT

2006/09/10 · 13:30

I'm here, with Jill, on the ground floor of the Institute of Politics at Harvard University. We're supposedly 3 minutes away from the speech of former President of Iran Mohammed Khatami, which I'll be live-blogging in comments on Dem Apples (the Harvard Dems blog). This is probably a good time to plug the statement that the Harvard College Democrats released. Also, this is a good time to mention that the opinions below are solely those of the author(s) and not of the Harvard Dems. And away we go....

Read the rest...

Update: fixed the link to the statement above...

Another update: the speech is over, now the fun (questions) begin.

Time critical: theocon "culture of life" blocking U.N. Convention on Rights of Disabled

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Friday August 25, 2006 · 12:51 PM PDT

2006/08/25 · 12:51

Did you know that the U.N. is currently negotiating the critically important "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities," which would be the first human rights convention of the 21st century? Unfortunately, the U.S. is blocking its passage because of Article 25, which guarantees the "protection of the sexual and reproductive health of persons with disabilities." There'll be time to rail against the Bush Administration's twisted "culture of life" later, but right now is the time to act.

This is very urgent: negotiations need to be completed today, but if the U.S. doesn't agree to this, it could completely derail the convention. The call just came out from the International Disability Caucus, which you can find in the extended entry. Please take a few minutes to make some phone calls and put pressure on the Bush Administration and other politicians, as time is running out.

When you get through, leave a comment below if you get any kind of response. Read More

GOTV: Do it right now

Flaxter

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Monday August 07, 2006 · 12:53 PM PDT

2006/08/07 · 12:53

So, I don't know why this isn't more prominent and why it isn't attached to every post about the Lieberman-Lamont race. (If this is a dupe, let me know and I'll delete it.)

If you're in Connecticut today, kudos. If not, you can sign-up to phonebank with MoveOn.org right now. It's really easy, and fun, and a good way for those of us not in the Northeast right now to help out.

That's it. Go sign-up. Go make calls. Go!

A Terrifying Message from Al Gore or Creative and effective ways to get your message out

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Saturday June 24, 2006 · 12:22 PM PDT

2006/06/24 · 12:22

(cross-posted at Seth in CA)

Atrios remarked a few months back that if the right viral video came along, Lieberman would be toast. (Was Lieberman's bear ad the unintentional answer?) The PoliticsTV guys enlisted Moby's help in the fight for Net Neutrality. Now Al Gore and the creators of Futurama enter the fray.

When I saw Al Gore's global warming presentation at Harvard, he quite memorably used a clip from Futurama:

Now Gore appears with Bender in a short animation on YouTube advertising An Inconvenient Truth

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Monday June 19, 2006 · 8:51 PM PDT

2006/06/19 · 20:51

(Cross-posted at Calitics, MyDD, SethInCA)

The short version: I'm going to go interview Cynthia Rodriguez Matthews, the Democratic candidate for Congress who's challenging David Dreier in CA-26. I'd like to encourage her to become involved with the netroots, and as a start I want to reach out to her with your questions. Please post any questions you'd like me to ask her in the comments section.

The long version: Two weeks ago, Cynthia Rodriguez Matthews pulled a major upset and won the Democratic nomination for Congress in the 26th District of California. Her primary opponent and the assumed favorite of the race was Russ Warner, who had made a decent show of fundraising and received the endorsement of Gen. Wesley Clark. But Matthews, who was also the nominee in 2004, pulled an upset and won.

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Thursday June 08, 2006 · 6:54 PM PDT

2006/06/08 · 18:54

[cross-posted at SethInCA, MyDD and Calitics]

A week ago, I wrote a diary here asking for suggestions for starting a new blog to cover the race in CA-26. Two nights ago, I watched and reloaded, slightly disbelieving the preliminary results in the Democratic primary in CA-26, David Dreier (R-Closet)'s district. Russ Warner, endorsed by Gen. Wesley Clark, ran on a moderate platform of "protecting the middle class, promoting small business, and supporting our troops, honoring our veterans." Clark came to the district, raised money for Warner, and even recorded a robocall for him. Warner was supposed to be the best chance in awhile to defeat Dreier, a tough prospect considering Dreier's power as Rules Committee chairman and the Republican registration advantage in the district (46% R to 35% D).

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Wednesday May 31, 2006 · 10:11 AM PDT

2006/05/31 · 10:11

[cross-posted at calitics]

Hello Daily Kos! I'm spending this summer in Claremont, CA and I thought, what better way to spend some of my time then to start a blog to cover the local congressional race. CA-26 is home to Rep. David Dreier, 13-term incumbent. His opponent looks to be Russ Warner, recently endorsed by Wesley Clark; the primary isn't until next week, but no one else seems to be doing much fund-raising. I couldn't find much blog coverage of the race, and Warner's website, though nice, doesn't have a blog. I've been very impressed by other blogs covering specific races, like the various Ned Lamont blogs. So I took the plunge:

Seth in CA (for the summer)

And now I'm looking for tips on getting this blog going. Specifically, does anyone have tips for:

Connecting up with other Warner supporters
Exposing Dreier's various shenanigans
Letting other California blogs know I exist
Any other useful roles I can play?

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Domestic spying, security experts, and "reverse engineering"

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Friday May 12, 2006 · 12:55 PM PDT

2006/05/12 · 12:55

[cross-posted from Dem Apples]

In today's edition of the Boston Metro there's an interview with Bryan Cunningham, a "specialist in national, homeland and information security law" who served under Reagan, Clinton, and Bush.

Asked about the civil liberties ramifications of the NSA's illegal domestic spying program, Hayden reassures us:

Providers strip out the data [names, addresses] and information that could identify the person. Now on one hand, if people are concerned about their privacy and civil liberties, this ought to give them a lot of comfort. But could the government take the number and reverse engineer it? I don't know.
(emphasis added)

Well, now we know why Cunningham was awarded the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement in 2005: he asks the tough questions.

Can you take a phone number and "reverse engineer" it? Let's try. Take a random number, say 202-456-1111 and head on over to switchboard.com (hat tip: Rabbits and Robots).

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Monday February 20, 2006 · 8:46 PM PST

2006/02/20 · 20:46

By way of Dem Apples, the Harvard College Democrats blog:

Posted on February 20th, 2006 by KKrahel
So the big news is that our infamous President, Lawrence H. Summers, is resigning his post after years of pressure and constantly mounting tension with the faculty. From what I know, the Crimson got a tip from an ex-Wall Street Journal reporter who is a former Crimson editor. Apparently President Summers will announce the resignation tomorrow.
Currently, Harvard email lists are exploding with the rumors of the resignation (much based on my original email sent to the private HCS list Adams-Schmooze). The information keeps expanding as leaks from the Crimson are exposed. The news desk has gone into closed door session to discuss the matter (and prevent more leaks presumably).

and there's more commentary here.

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