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Lincoln (Nebraska) Journal Star endorses Obama!

Months before the presidential election in 2008, the world’s financial system ground to a standstill — thanks to a system so devoid of regulations and enforcement that banks and financiers no longer...

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Poll monitoring in Tempe, AZ

I am one of 300 volunteers monitoring the polls this morning under the direction of Arizona Advocacy Network Foundation.  I just finished a six hour morning shift in a working-middle class precinct...

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From my RW "friends" on Facebook

So, I finally took a peek after avoiding Facebook for over two weeks due to the over heated and intentionally provocative links and comments posted by the right of center group.  The worst offenders...

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I saved $220 on prescriptions yesterday. Thank you Obamacare!

I received the results on some lab tests yesterday.  I didn't hear what I (or my internist) wanted to.  He called in two new prescriptions for me.  One is an expensive medicine I had previously used...

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Marlise Munoz Removed From Life Support

The family of Marlise Munoz released a statement through their attorneys confirming that John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas removed Marlise from life-support at 11:30 am.Family: Brain-Dead...

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Ugandan Government Raids HIV/AIDS Prevention & Research Center Due to...

From Agence France-Presse via Yahoo News: (http://news.yahoo.com/...)"Police today busted Walter Reed Project for training youths in homosexuality," Ugandan government spokesman, Ofwono Opondo told AFP...

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DSCC Still Involved in KY Senate Race

Yesterday, the DSCC "pushed back" (a.k.a. did damage control) after word spread that they did not purchase any new television ad time on behalf of Allison Grimes in Kentucky's senate race.From DSCC...

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Stuart Rothenberg: "Why Republicans Must Win the Senate in 2014"

Here at Daily Kos, we know how high the stakes are in the 2014 senate elections.  Republican control of the senate would mean worsening gridlock, with repeated "hostage taking" scenarios and resultant...

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Democrats' Midterm Drop Off Voters: Let's Get Them To The Polls!

Yesterday, Kos posted an excellent diary on how democrats can turn the majority of close senate and governor's races into democratic wins this November by getting all of our voters to the polls.These...

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Major KY Newspapers Whole-Heartedly Endorse Grimes For Senate!

This morning, the editorial boards of both the Louisville Courier-Journal and the Lexington Herald-Leader gave ringing endorsements of Alison Lundergan Grimes for the U.S. Senate.In addition to noting...

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Des Moines Register Endorses Bruce Braley for IA Senate!

After Joni Ernst snubbed the editorial board of the Des Moines Register, it's not surprising that the paper endorsed Bruce Braley for senate today.After a two paragraph pox-on-both-their-houses intro...

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BYU Poll Has Mia Love (R) Trailing Doug Owens (D) In Utah's 4th CD

Very interesting!  In a poll done October 15-22, BYU’s Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy found democrat Doug Owens ahead of republican Mia Love 45.8% to 42.2%.  The poll of 238 voters in...

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Call One Person Today And Ask, "How Can I Help You Vote?"

Last night I stumbled across a fantastic interview of Sam Wang from the Princeton Election Consortium on Up With Steve Kornacki on October, 19.  Some pearls of wisdom from Wang: On election day,...

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REWRITE! ME Gov. - Cutler Is Staying In The Race: Says Supporters Are Free to...

Well, that was strange!  This morning came word that Eliot Cutler, the independent candidate for governor in Maine, would hold a press conference at his campaign headquarters.From the Portland Press...

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NY Rep. Pete King Thanks Staten Island Grand Jury For "Doing Justice" Blames...

Rep. Pete King (R-NY) didn't get the memo from from Krauthammer and Company that conservatives were going to condemn the no bill handed down by a Staten Island grand jury in the police choke hold death...

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Staten Island DA Daniel Donovan: "No One Has Said There Is A Blemish On My...

In an August 22nd interview with Andrew Siff of NBC's New York affiliate, Staten Island (Richmond County) District Attorney defended his office's handling of the police choke hold killing of Eric...

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A Photo Worth A Thousand Words: POTUS Hugs RBG at SOTU

This made me smile tonight.  From the AP:   President Obama hugs Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before his State of the Union speech. Look at her face!

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Anti-Vaxxers Online: Confused & Defiant! (And funny too!)

The anti-vaxxer talking-heads are angry!  And they're feeling so, so hurt, because they are no longer able to promote their science denialism without getting pushback from the sane in this world who,...

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Dating App Survey Asks, "Trump Supporters: Dump or Date?"

Dating App Sapio surveyed 2,000 people in the United States about what types of people are considered more or less desirable to date than a Trump supporter. Apparently, being a single Trump supporter...

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Last Week For AZ In-Person Early Voting! What Voters Need To Know.

Last week, I had a text conversation with a young Mexican-American woman friend.  We were discussing the election and how exciting it is that Arizona is a battleground state.  I asked her if she had...

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What Is It With Trump Cabinet Members & Jets? Tom Price Using Taxpayer...

Well, Treasury Secretary and foreclosure multimillionaire Steve Mnuchin isn’t the only member of Trump’s cabinet who feels entitled to private taxpayer funded air transportation.  According to a...

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Laura Ingraham in 2013: "We want children to be in loving families, not cold...

Laura Ingraham is depraved hypocrite.  A shocker, I know.  Last night, on her Faux News show, Laura Ingraham did a segment on Donald Trump’s policy of separating children from their parents at the...

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NV Dems KILLED IT the First Day of Early Voting With Presidential Year...

So our Dotard in Chief wrapped up his western state campaign swing by holding one of his insane rallies in Elko, NV to get out the vote for Sen. Dean Heller and Nevada republican candidates.  The...

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NBC/Marist-AZ Sen: Kyrsten Sinema Leads With Likely Voters AND With Those Who...

As a political junkie and long time Arizona resident, I have been closely following the mail ballot returns that stated arriving at county elections offices last week.  What I saw worried me.  Garrett...

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This Political Scientist's Theory Is The Antidote To *Dems In Disarray*: Meet...

A little over two weeks ago, when the Kavanaugh effect/dems are blowing it panic became the obsession of the political punditry, I came across a comment by Scamperdo on an election related diary here...

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Something Amazing is Happening In Clark County, NV Tonight! (UPDATED Totals...

I have been closely following the early vote in Nevada these past two weeks.  I make sure my twitter app is open starting around 7:30 pm to get the Washoe county (Reno) early vote total from Nevada...

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Twitter is Full of Signs of Goodness and Hope for Team Blue

Before we get started. . . vote!  Take a friend with you to vote.  Volunteer to canvass, make calls, or drive people to the polls.  Make donations to candidates and organizations that GOTV.  Donate...

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The Narcissists Are Running Amok: Many Politicians Are Narcissists, Many of...

Sunday Daily Kos readers were treated to an epic troll diary this morning (I will not link to it) by someone who was offended by a post our own ursulafaw wrote about Green Party candidate, Angela...

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No Way In Hell Will Martha McSally Be Appointed To John McCain's Old Senate Seat

I am about to tear my hair out!  Since Democrat Kyrsten Sinema overtook Republican Martha McSally on Thursday in the race to become Arizona’s next senator, there have been a growing number of comments...

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Two Buried Nuggets in Vox's New Article on Tara Reade's Claims.

Vox has an article up by journalist, Laura McGann, about her investigation of Reade’s various claims against Joe Biden. McGann started working on the story over a year ago when she interviewed Reade...

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