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Eric Balderas ‘Posterboy’ for Immigration Reform

June 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment

By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger Just imagine for a moment that you are Barack Obama… I know it’s distasteful, but do it anyway… and assume that your number one goal, politically, is to make it possible for your party to win U.S. elections in perpetuity, with little or no chance of a strong challenge [...]

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‘I Wouldn’t Want to Wish This Upon Anybody’

March 25th, 2010 · 9 Comments

When Cynthia Rice told me, “I wouldn’t want to wish this upon anybody, especially with all the complications,” she was referring to the long and challenging road she and Jim, her husband of 16 years, have traveled prior to and following his successful liver transplant operation March 21, 2006.  After speaking with her at their [...]

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Anti-Socialism Rallies Continue in Missouri

January 23rd, 2010 · 3 Comments

Conservatives across the country may have celebrated Republican Scott Brown’s defeat of Democrat Martha Coakley in the race to replace Ted Kennedy as Massachusetts’ next U.S. senator. In O’Fallon, Mo., however, the “party” didn’t last long for members of the K and N Patriots. At noon today, about 75 people met at the intersection of [...]

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Brown Win Turns Oval Office Smiles Upside-Down

January 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment

Republican Scott Brown’s stunning defeat of Democrat Martha Coakley Tuesday has likely caused some of the smiles captured in one Pete Souza photo (right) featured in the White House’s  “The First Year” gallery to turn upside-down. Below is the caption that accompanies the photo: Dec. 24, 2009 “It was Christmas Eve. The Senate had voted [...]

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Labor Boss Says He Hopes to ‘Take the Corporate Community and Its Greed Out of the Picture’

November 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Advocates of single-payer health care will not stop there, according to Jerry Tucker, former member of the UAW International Executive Board who now represents the group, Labor for Single Payer.  Speaking during the opening session of the 2009 Healthcare-Now.org National Strategy Conference Saturday afternoon in St. Louis, he explained his vision for the future. “Health [...]

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Uncle Jay Explains the News: Aug. 31, 2009

September 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

I’m a little behind in posting the Aug. 30 installment of Uncle Jay Explains the News, but think you’ll find it was worthwhile for you to wait. In this week’s edition, Uncle Jay explains a lot of things about the previous week in this week’s edition.  Topics range from the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy [...]

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Senator Edward M. ‘Ted’ Kennedy Dead at 77

August 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Sen. Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy (D-Mass.), the super-liberal regarded by many as the “Lion of the Senate”, passed away at approximately 12:30 a.m. Central today. Senator Kennedy died at his home in Hyannisport after a long battle with brain cancer, according to a statement issued by the Kennedy family which appears below: “Edward M. Kennedy [...]

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