Markos Moulitsas wants Democratic purity (UPDATED)

This is worth a read. If Markos Moulitsas had his way there’d be no Affordable Care Act, no Dodd-Frank, no economic stimulus package. That’s the price when purity tests are applied to Democrats. In a remarkable post yesterday, Moulitsas, founder and publisher of the progressive community site DailyKos, celebrates the departure…

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Milwaukee County Board overrides Abele veto of unenforceable resolution

This makes absolutely no sense to me. On Thursday, supervisors overrode a veto by County Executive Chris Abele of a resolution demanding that he work out an agreement with the city to have the county take over the regulation. This, despite the fact that state law gives that authority only…

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Not a moment, but a movement.

The day before the Reverend Dr. William Barber II spoke at Bethel Lutheran Church in Madison, the Reverend Curtis Gatewood, community organizer with the HKonJ/Moral Monday’s movement in North Carolina, spoke with Eric Schubring and Fightingbob.com founder Ed Garvey on WOJB community radio.  Scroll down on the WOJB website to find…

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Rep. Chris Sinicki: “Protect Wisconsin’s Veterans by Rejecting AB 19”

From my email inbox comes a press release from Democratic State Rep. Chris Sinicki on AB 19, which would create barriers for individuals affected by asbestos-related illnesses (a group to which many veterans belong) from having their day in court and seeing justice done. MILWAUKEE – Rep. Sinicki issued the…

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