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The Wisconsin Recall and Protecting Child Predators

By Frederick Clarkson On March 13, 2011  

Wisconsin Republican State Senator Randy Hopper is a top target of the recall campaign being waged by Democrats and unions over Republican efforts to eliminate collective bargaining rights for public employees. The backlash has already resulted in the surfacing of details of how his family values Republicanism may not be all that he would like [...]

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Ask A Dem!

By Beth Becker On March 9, 2011  

You read that right….welcome to another chapter in “Dems Discover Social Media Engagement”

Tue Mar 08, 2011 at 08:31 PM CST

Ask A Dem Anything You Want

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You read that right….welcome to another chapter [...]

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FactCheck.org Gets It Wrong When They Say Democrats Are Wrong on Social Security and the Deficit

By Kenneth Quinnell On March 8, 2011  

I’m writing a series of posts as a blogging fellow for the Strengthen Social Security Campaign, a coalition of more than 270 national and state organizations.

FactCheck.org gets it wrong on Social Security:

Here’s what they say:

Some senior Democrats are claiming that Social Security does not contribute “one penny” [...]

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Don’t Complain About “The” Democrats

By Dave Johnson On March 3, 2011  

Because there are Democrats like this. Here is video of Rep. George Miller talking about workers and the right to organize.

SOME Democrats are bad Democrats, others are GREAT!

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Senate Dems Cave

By Dave Johnson On March 1, 2011  

Because you’ve never seen a story with that title before.

Senate Dems agree to GOP bill to cut spending. Here is a video that illustrates Senate Dems in action: (The Dems are the ones in the blindfold.)

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Deval Patrick’s Regret

By Frederick Clarkson On March 1, 2011  

President Obama has been taken to task by many of those who earnestly supported his candidacy for turning away from the movement that swept him to power. The historic losses for the Democratic Party in 2010 are certainly partly attributable to grassroots disaffection, loss of hope, and lack of interest. That is what makes Massachusetts [...]

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State Labor Attacks — Not Just Wisconsin

By Dave Johnson On February 22, 2011  

The attack on public-employee unions in Wisconsin is in the news because of the large Egypt-style turnout of supporters at the state capital (70,000 on Saturday!), and the dramatic theater effect of Democratic Senators leaving the state to delay a vote on the measure, and give the public time to rally.

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