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Family or Job? Choices of a single Mom
There are choices a single parent makes everyday regarding their kids and work. I have no clue other than reading an excellent diary this morning about taking a sick day for a family member and it...
View ArticleWe Are Blue...How Do You Do?
OK, so that isn't the most original title for a diary.....you don't know which Blue we mean, do you? Even so, I hope it got your attention, at least enough to discover.... Are we sad blue? Are we the...
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TPP and copyright law
I admit it: I am something of a TPP tinfoil hatter. I see it, and its proposed European twin, TAFTA, as one of the most dangerous items looming on the political horizon. We have limited knowledge of...
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Sharia law: North Carolina Republicans empower magistrates to refuse to marry...
Not on Magistrate Smith's watch, you don't.This is the first in a series of articles exploring how post-legalization anti-marriage equality bills, currently working their way through state...
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Will Boehner Get The Boot? Not Likely. BUT, He Will Remain Hobbled.
John Boehner had a really bad week last week culminating in a really horrid Friday. His GOP Conference is deeply divided. 50 or so very conservative members, associated with the Tea Party and Freedom...
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$12.25/hr. It's Not Just a Good Idea. It's Now THE LAW (In Oakland, CA).
Yup. Today is the day. The minimum wage hike to $12.25/hr, with accruing paid sick leave, passing as it did with more than 80% (!!) support in November, is now in effect in Oakland, CA. It began...
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As more families slip into poverty, Minnesota town turns parking tickets into...
Stillwater, Minnesota is tackling a food shortage for those in need in a unique way:Instead of paying the city $15 for a parking ticket in March, Minnesotans can instead opt to donate canned goods to...
View ArticleWisconsin is Open for Bankruptcy
For a bankruptcy lawyer, there is much to like about Right to Work.The following is a transcript of Attorney James Murray's testimony to the Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Labor today. Here's a link...
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An 8-year-old girl receives gifts from the crows she feeds
Pure of heart Eight-year-old Gabi Mann has been feeding crows in her family's Seattle backyard garden for about four years now. It started as an accident:Gabi's relationship with the neighbourhood...
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Why would Eric Holder accept Darren Wilson's lies? (STDDs, Week 27)
I have read the Department of Justice report on their non-indictment of Darren Wilson, and, quite frankly, I am very disappointed.The report reads as if Bob McCulloch, the St. Louis county prosecutor,...
View ArticleThe Constant Perils of Movement Conservatism's Unbloodied Nose
When was the last time you heard a specific indictment of the failures of modern Conservatism? Not on a liberal blog. Nor in a progressive magazine. But bluntly before low-information America. A...
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Our horrible immigration system: ICE moves to deport my family's pastor, a...
This is Pastor Max Villatoro, his wife Gloria, and their four kids. Gloria is a legal resident and all four children are American citizens. Max, a native of Honduras, is not. And because of a...
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Watch as Scott Walker Gets Served With Our Medicaid Expansion FOIA Demands
The Support the Dream Defenders group at Daily Kos has an ongoing FOIA Project to put pressure on Red State governors who Refuse to Expand Medicaid. We think that the refusal is blithely murderous...
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Florida Medicaid fraud? and where is my 15 dollars?
I am not in a good mood. I am going to get that right out front and when I am not in a good mood, a problem in Florida can get a lot of attention from me and anyone I contact. I am not in a good...
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We Mailed All Our FOIA Requests! #LetOurPoorPeopleLive #STDDs, Week 28
The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, has made a difference in the lives of another 11.4 million Americans. Eleven million, four hundred thousand people can breathe easier today knowing...
View ArticleOlder Americans Act Primer
About a year ago, I started working at the local Area Agency on Aging. Over the last several months, I've been amazed at the variety of services this Agency provides to older Americans through Federal...
View ArticleMy growing discomfort with radical liberalism
This is not an easy diary to write.I've considered myself liberal since I was young. My views on the world aligned (and still do) with thoughts we consider classically liberal.I believe in free...
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What Has Happened To Geraldo Rivera's Brain? With Poll!
Geraldo Rivera once, long ago in about 1972, was a decent investigative reporter. Now Faux seems to be zapping his brain so that he can no longer speak intelligently. He was recently a guest on...
View ArticleWater coalition to hold press conference regarding 'shutdown' of Nestlé Plant
The city of Sacramento is in the fourth year of a record drought - yet the Nestlé Corporation continues to bottle city water to sell back to the public at a big profit, local activists charge.The...
View ArticleFinally, A Way to Recapture Our Government From Special Interests: The...
Do you remember when giving money to elected officials to get laws you want was called "bribery" or "corruption" instead of "government as usual".Do you feel like the opportunity playing field is...
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