Parallels to Watergate: Doomed to repeat history?
It’s not the crime, it’s the cover up, or so the saying goes. This phrase, along with “Follow the money" came from the Watergate scandal of 1972-74, which ended Nixon’s presidency. The parallels to...
View ArticleMagic Ritual Planned Tonight In PDX to "Raise the Energy" for Bernie
So this showed up in my feed today. I’m just going to leave this here and you all can put in your two cents. www.portlandmercury.com/...
View ArticleBREAKING: Malheur Occupier ARRESTED, updated
Kenneth Medenbach, 62, of Crescent, OR has been arrested in the Safeway parking lot in Burns, OR for driving a stolen federal truck belonging to the Malheur Wildlife Refuge. A second federal vehicle...
View ArticleUPDATED: Militia men occupy federal building in Burns, OR
Been following this story for a few days- Hammond family ranchers are supposed to surrender to the Feds on Monday morning to serve time for illegally burning federal grassland adjacent to their...
View ArticleSen. Ron Wyden's (OR) DC office in lockdown for suspicious package
A package was recieved at Senator Ron Wyden's DC office today, and was opened by staffers to reveal a suspicious substance. The DC police are on the scene investigating, and Capitol police are keeping...
View ArticleWhat's Next? Go Local! Yeah, I mean you!
We've just experienced a terrific night with the President's re-election, so many great women being elected to the US Senate and other equally satisfying wins. We have so many reasons to celebrate,...
View ArticleAngie's List responds to my questions about Rush Ads
Last week, a diary here alerted me to the fact that Angie's List, a home maintenance and repair referral service (oh, and they do referrals for medical care now, too), has recent chosen to return to...
View ArticleWI GOP wants to make single parents into child abusers
Today in the War On Women, Wisconsin GOP state senator Glenn Grothman (R- West Bend) introduced a bill to make the act of single parenting a contributing factor to child abuse and neglect. How does...
View ArticleRun for Local Office: A NYE Resolution You Should Consider
It's time for resolutions and goals for the new year. Are you putting the same ones at the top of this year's list as you did last year? Lose weight. Stop smoking/drinking/pick-your-poison....
View ArticleWhat the Boycott Means to Me
I have many roles in life. I am a woman, a daughter, a wife and mother. I am a white, Jewish college graduate. I am a union activist, a community activist (elected), and a non-profit volunteer. I...
View ArticleBachmann Rats Jump Sinking Ship
Michelle Bachmann may have been feeling good giving speeches all weekend, talking up her Tea Party credentials to anyone who will listen, but as of today she's got reason to be concerned about the...
View ArticleAndy Card is a jerk
Actually, he's worse than that, but I'm not allowed to put that in the title. Andy Card, former Bush II White House Chief of Staff, has really broken all his own rules this time. In an interview...
View ArticleWI Assembly strips workers of rights
Truly breaking news: the AP is reporting that the Wisconsin Assembly has passed a bill that effectively strips workers of their rights to collectively bargain. The only thing that stands in the way...
View ArticleWorkplace Issues Series for Kos? Need your feedback
In reading the diaries of people here at Kos who have trouble at their workplace, I'm always compelled to put in my two cents because it's what I do for a living. I've sat on both sides of the table-...
View ArticleStart a new Workplace Issues series at Kos?
In reading the diaries of people here at Kos who have trouble at their workplace, I'm always compelled to put in my two cents because it's what I do for a living. I've sat on both sides of the table-...
View ArticleArrests made in CO for threats against Senator Bennet & President Obama
A tragedy averted? I sure hope so. Today in Denver, 44 year old John Troy Davis was arrested with making threats to shoot staff members and set fire to the offices of Democratic Senator Michael...
View ArticleHoly Smokes! Pat Robertson says legalize pot!
I couldn't believe my eyes when I read this headline: Shock: Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson favors marijuana legalization I read it to papabigdog in utter disbelief, and he posited that...
View ArticleUPDATED: Terrorist bomb plot foiled by FBI sting in Portland
Huge and scary news tonight from my hometown... A Somali-born immigrant was arrested for trying to set off a van-sized bomb at the crowded Christmas Tree lighting ceremony in downtown Portland's...
View ArticleRW Media in Texas asks "Will Homosexuality be the downfall of America?"
Out of the land of East Texas, which brought us Louis Gohmert (R-Crazytown) of "baby terrorist" fame, we now have the shining example of KETK TV, an NBC affiliate who has joined forces with their local...
View ArticleHCR Reform in trouble? Judge agrees to trial on mandate, GOP AGs swoon
Today is Florida's US District Court, Judge Roger Vinson has ruled that parts of a lawsuit filed by GOP State Attorneys General will go to trial. The Judge feels that hearing arguments over whether...
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