New Orders for Release of Five Guantánamo Detainees

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Thursday November 20, 2008 · 10:52 AM PST

2008/11/20 · 10:52

After the first hearing on the government’s evidence for holding detainees at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, a federal judge ruled on Thursday that five of the prisoners are not being lawfully held and ordered their release.

More after the fold.

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Friday October 17, 2008 · 9:36 AM PDT

2008/10/17 · 09:36

UPDATE: Due to the donations raised ($15,000) - the judge has delayed the auction!

War in Iraq took her son, Wall St. greed is about to take her home.

Minorityfilms here at Kos posted an American News Project video two days ago here and at Huffington Post that drew a response from several communities and led to a fund being set up by CODEPINK to save the house of Jocelyn Voltaire, who is a victim of an unscrupulous lender.

Jocelyn Voltaire is just one of many that are struggling today. However, we have a real chance to make a difference here. This woman has recently lost her son in Iraq, and she should not have to also bear the grief of loosing her home of over 20 years.

$20,000 is needed to save the house from an auction today, and $13,000 has been raised in the last two days.

Follow me below the fold to find out how you can help.

jawboneblues

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Friday October 10, 2008 · 4:45 PM PDT

2008/10/10 · 16:45

The New York Times ran a blog post in The Caucus, describing Obama making a surprise visit to rev up the campaign volunteers in Columbus, Ohio today.

Apparently, Obama made a surprise stop at a all-day training session attended by 750 Obama volunteers. According to the Times, "the room erupted into pandemonium when he walked in". The post describes Obama telling the campaign volunteers that "Now’s the time to really make this thing work."

Read the post to get a feel of him 'revving' the volunteers up. But he did far more than that. Follow me under the fold to see Obama demonstrate that he is not out of touch.

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Thursday August 14, 2008 · 9:28 AM PDT

2008/08/14 · 09:28

As Democracylover in NYC explained today in Netroots Platform Unveiled: The Mothership, members of the online progressive community - including many Kossaks! - worked together to collectively and democratically craft a Netroots Platform. (Democracylover in NYC's dairy is serving as the 'Mothership' as the planks are individually rolled out today, so please recommend that diary.)

Below the fold is the General Principles plank, which was created by 31 people using the collaborative writing tools at MixedInk.com. The plank below emerged from 19 original and remixed versions of the plank, which received 134 ratings

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