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Ed’s Back – Really
In mid-March when it was abruptly announced that Ed Schultz was leaving his 8pm weeknights timeslot for a weekend gig many feared that MSNBC was effectively putting him out to pasture. This weekend our fears were confirmed. What was originally … Continue reading
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Tagged 60 Minutes, Bernie Sanders, Bill Clinton, CBS, Chris Christie, Chris Matthews, CNN, Ed Schultz, Fox News, Howard University, Karen Finey, Leo Gerard, Mark Sanford, Melissa Harris-Perry, MSNBC, New Jersey, NFL, Paul Ryan, politics, Rachel Maddow, Steve Kornacki, television, The Ed Show, United Steel Workers, Up with Steve Kornacki, Vermont, Voter suppression
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All In
Very rarely do I use this column to be a television critic, but this is one of those rare occasions. Monday night was the debut of All In With Chris Hayes on MSNBC. The thing that surprised me the most … Continue reading
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Tagged All In With Chris Hayes, Arkansas, Atlanta Cheating Scandal, Bernie Sanders, Chris Hayes, environment, ExxonMobil, Keith Olbermann, Kevin Ware, MSNBC, N.C.A.A., NCAA, Oddball, oil spill, politics, Rachel Maddow, television, The Rachel Maddow Show, unions, University of Louisville, Up with Chris Hayes, Vermont
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Sexual Nullification
In 1870 the United States ratified the 15th Amendment to the Constitution which granted the right to vote to former male slaves. (Women, regardless of race or former status of servitude, did not get the right to vote until the … Continue reading
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Tagged 15th Amendment, 19th Amendment, abortion, Arkansas, bigotry, Bob McDonnell, Civil Rights, Constitution, Democrats, Dennis Daugaard, discrimination, Guttmacher Institute, Indiana, Jack Dalrymple, Jim Crow, Jimmie Crow, Mike Beebe, Mike Pence, Mississippi, North Dakota, Phil Bryant, Planned Parenthood, politics, Rachel Maddow, racism, Republicans, Roe v. Wade, sexual discrimination, South Dakota, Tate Reeves, Tea Party, transvaginal probe, transvaginal ultrasound, ultrasound, United States Constitution, Virginia, Voter suppression, voting rights, war on women, women, women's health issues, women's issues, women's rights, Women's Sufferage
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Least We Forget
Today is the anniversary of one of the darkest days in American military history. It is the 71st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. America’s greatest generation, (thanks Dad), rose from those ashes and defeated the mightiest foe it … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Budget Sequestration, Congress, Constitution, defecit, Defense Budget, Defense Spending, Democrats, Drift, Dwight Eisenhower, fiscal cliff, John Kennedy, military, military budget, military-industrial complex, money in elections, money in politics, national debt, Pearl Harbor, Penatagon, politics, Rachel Maddow, Republicans, United States Constitution, World War II, WWII
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SPECIAL NOTICE -New Book Review
I have just added Drift by Rachel Maddow. Please look for it in the Book Review section and click on the link to read the brief review.
Heed The Doctor’s Words
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/rachel-maddow-the-gop-war-on-birth-control/2012/02/10/gIQAbZ734Q_story.html?hpid=z3 That is the link to an op-ed Rachel Maddow wrote in the Washington Post on February 10, 2012. I often glean information from both the Washington Post and Dr. Maddow that becomes part of my postings. I seldom review … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, birth control, Buffalo New York, Canisus College, Catholics, contraception, Democrats, economy, First Amendment, Health and Human Services, health care, health insurance, insurance industry, jobs, Kathleen Sebelius, MSNBC, Obama, Obamacare, politics, Rachel Maddow, religion, religious freedom, Republicans, SUNY-Buffalo, unemployment, Washington Post, women's health issues, women's issues, women's rights
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Meanwhile Back In The Midwest
With the Occupy movement and the Republican Presidential field sucking up all the media oxygen it is easy to forget the events unfolding in the Midwest. That would be a fatal mistake for progressives to make!
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Tagged Badger Care, Citizens United, education, Fox News, Issue 2, jobs, John Kasich, Karl Rove, Koch brothers, Medicaid, Mike Huckabee, MSNBC, Occupy movement, Occupy Wall Street, Ohio, One Wisconsin Now, Quinnipiac polls, Rachel Maddow, recall, Republicans, SB5, Scot Ross, Scott Walker, senior citizens, taxes, Tea Party, unemployment, Voter suppression, Warren County Republican Party, We Are Ohio, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Department of Health Services
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Follow The Money If You Can
A conversation at a coffee shop/bookstore, a piece on a political commentary show utilizing a video from a politically oriented comedy show and an article in a newspaper. Those events are the genesis for this article. If you think that … Continue reading
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Tagged 501(c)4, C4, Citizens United, Democratic national Committee, Democrats, DNC, John McCain, McCain-Feingold, money in politics, Obama, political donations, politics, Rachel Maddow, Republicans, Russ Feingold, Steven Colbert, super PAC, superpacs, Washington Post
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They Know What They Are Doing
When I hear the words that come out of the mouths of a lot of Republicans, especially the religious right and the Tea Party people, I just shake my head in disbelief. I am reminded of the last words of … Continue reading