Day: June 8, 2012

By now you might have heard that Republican Gov. Scott Walker is planning on holding a “brat summit” on Tuesday in a supposed effort to bring lawmakers from both political parties together to “mend political wounds” (wounds largely caused by Walker). Over on Facebook, Kurt Baron asked his listeners to…

Good to see our system of checks and balances is working as intended… The government may not rely on a disputed law enacted last year to hold people in indefinite military detention on suspicion that they “substantially supported” Al Qaeda or its allies — at least if they had no…

I’m a big fan of TED Talks, a nonprofit devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading”. The goal of TED Talks is to bring together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are then challenged to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes or less. The best of those…

I first met Mike Tate in 2003.  For a while, the Howard Dean campaign in Wisconsin was almost entirely being run out of my living room, with my wife and me organizing fundraisers, visibility events, MeetUps (remember those?), and whatnot.  But I was an amateur, no matter how many conference…

Why am I not surprised by this? The Obama campaign is warning supporters that unless they donate more money to the president’s reelection, what happened in Tuesday’s Wisconsin recall election may happen in November. “What just happened in Wisconsin wasn’t an accident,” reads an email sent by Obama campaign manager…

I’ve long been a fan of writer/activist/comedian Lee Camp’s “Moment of Clarity” series on YouTube, and though it’s not safe for work, Lee’s recent MoC breaking down 15 critical facts you’re likely not hearing about from the mainstream media in our country is worth watching.