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A Parade of Propaganda
Comedian and liberal activist Lee Camp told off Fox News...live on Fox News. Yes, the Emperor, having been told he was naked (or in this case told that Fox "News" is nothing more than a "parade of propaganda") had no...
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America Is A Beautiful Mosaic...Literally
CREDO does not endorse candidates - that being said, this is one of the coolest things I've seen on the internet. Remember the Obama 'Yes We Can' video by will.I.am? Imagine thousands of Americans contributing pictures of their civic reengagement...
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Cuban Succession
Letterman gives us some insight into the complicated issue of who takes over after Fidel?...
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Election Eve Late Night Laughter
Before you go into the polls tomorrow -- or wait anxiously to see the poll results -- enjoy a little acerbic analysis from Lee Camp of Laughing Liberally on the subject of war...and on Tuesday's favored frontrunner, John McCain....
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What Do Fainting Goats...
...and Democrats have in common? You'll have to watch the video to find out. Another contribution to our cultural critique of those in power offered up by a viral videographer with a sense of humor, outrage and artistry....
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Some Things Never Change
Speakeasy Productions released this video when the wiretapping scandal first broke. And it's all still relevant. Keep the pressure on the Senate to change course....
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Prepping for the State of the Union
In five days, the President will offer his final State of the Union Address -- or, as Drinking Liberally likes to call it, "Bush's Last Dance." So while they prepare a drinking game, and the Pres prepares a new batch...
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Thursday Absurdity
The creators of Obama girl have come back to satirize themselves...with the immediately-wildly-popular "I Have a Crush on Hillary" viral video. Whether these guys just think they're being goofy, or realize they are doing a brilliantly sophisticated job of lampooning...
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What Else Does the End of 2007 Mean?
You know, as much harm as Bush has done as President, he's really been a goldmine for comedy writers. Videos like this -- which Cliff Schecter posted over at Brave New Films -- reminds you that maybe we'll look back...
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MoveOn Moves to '08
MoveOn just offered its members a 2007 year-in-review in a cool, new way. It's not the bulleted email so many of us are used to (hell, I've sent those myself) recounting successes and challenges. It's a video, conveniently posted to...
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The Real Effect of the Writers' Strike
Think about the main stories of 2007: - Bush stayed the course in Iraq - Congressional GOP blocked the restoration of Habeas Corpus - Neocons promoted a war based on faulty intelligence Some say history repeats itself. I think the...
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The War on Greed
It wouldn't be the holiday season without Bill O'Reilly's crusade against the "War on Christmas." Well, our friends at Brave New Films are focused on a more critical battlefield: the War on Greed. What better time of year to try...
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The Lamest of Them All
Greet this holiday weekend with a little laughter and a little music, courtesy of our friends at Brave New Films and Barely Political. And after you start singing along to how lame our duck-ish President is, add our countdown clock...
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Dodd Takes a Moment
Open Left delivers us a video of Dodd's response to yesterday's activities: Give the guy a minute of your time. He talks of the "army" of supporters that had his back -- that's all of you. (He also mentions his...
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Your Midweek Political Video Break
Enjoy! (And while you're at it, take two minutes to make a different choice for our energy policy.) (hat-tip to AmericaBlog)...
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Stocking Stuffers
The holiday season! Good food...family...singing...and a whole lot of holiday sales. Before you get caught in the commercial whirlpool, it's worth remember the real cost of all this "stuff" they want to sell us -- and as Eating Liberally reports,...
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What Would YOU Do To Protect Our Constitution?
It seems like every candidate for President should be asked what he or she would do to protect the Constitution...and now one candidate is doing the asking. As techPresident reports, Chris Dodd became the first candidate to use the YouTube...
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Childish But Funny
The latest in the ongoing work of Brave New Films to reveal Fox for exactly the hollow shell of a news organization it is: Fox News Porn. You'll never watch Fox in the same way again (not that you ever...
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"Freedom's Happening In Iraq"
President Bush claims "freedom's happening in Iraq," that "we're making progress" and that "if you lived in Iraq, you'd be saying, 'God, I love freedom'" Yes, he seriously claimed that. Without ever noting the massive civilian death doll, the growing...
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What's Your Credo?
"I think the next President should believe in science." "I think the next President needs to believe in arts education." "I want a President who believes it's important to buy beer by the pitcher." OK, that last one is mine...but...
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What We Believe: Registering Unmarried Women To Vote
CREDO wants to know what you believe -- and we want to share with you what we believe. Something we think is extremely important and can make a huge difference in the election that's 52 weeks away: voter registration. That's...
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The President Wishes You...
...a happy Halloween...courtesy of our friends at Headzup. What scares the President? Actually, one of the same dark spirits that scares us all: Dick Cheney. But you can do something about that fear -- it's time to call for Cheney's...
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Video of the Day
One more reason to impeach Dick Cheney: he's sleeping on the job. Yup, Think Progress has the video of the VP nodding off while the Cabinet discussed the wildfires in California. It's a hilarious video. Worth the click. Insert joke...
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If At First You Don't Succeed...
Nancy Pelosi is going to return to the fight for children's health -- according to Think Progress, SCHIP will be reintroduced tomorrow. It's good for progressives to be willing to go down fighting. What has frustrated so many of us...
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One More Reason to Block Immunity
Number 1 reason block immunity in the FISA bill: George Bush doesn't want you to. Take action now....
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Taking Care of Fox's Business
With Fox News bubbling with excitement over their upcoming business channel, our friends at Brave New Films have put together this great short to remind us that the business of Fox isn't business...it's mindlessness. Thanks, gang, for a laugh --...
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Tortured Comedy
Goodbye, secret torture memos. Hello, weekend. Don't worry -- torture will still be going on when we get back on Monday....
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No More Photo Ops
Another smart, fun video on Bush's decision to block healthcare for children. Well-made, inexpensive, sharp, funny, viral videos might be the key to achieving an override. Take action to beat the Bush veto and expand healthcare opportunities for children....
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Do It For the Families
Bush uses his vetoes judiciously: to prevent stem cell research, to keep on the same wrong course in Iraq, and now to prevent kids from getting health care. Do something about it. Below is a video message from Families USA,...
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Phone Companies Gone Wild
This has been a video-heavy day on the Working Assets Blog, so here's one more to send you into the night. In light of AT&T's new policy that it can dismiss customers who criticize it, and following on Verizon's little...
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Yes, Stop Believing
Will posted about our latest call to action: holding the administration and their collaborators in the telephone industry accountable for their illegal spying on the American public. Our friends at Headzup even put together a 30 second video on the...
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Speaking of Voter ID
A case is coming to the Supreme Court over what kind of ID can be required of voters at the polls. As this local Texas news station points out, no such standards are applied to the legislators of the Lone...
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We Don't Need Another War
Think Progress reports the chilling news that one of the biggest Neocons assumes "President Bush is going to order airstrikes [on Iran] before he leaves office". And, sadly, last week's Lieberman-Kyl Amendment is the sort of opening that Bush needs....
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Whither Iceland?
Start your new week -- and new month -- with a laugh: ...and with one more reason to demand a timetable for our exit from Iraq. I mean, even Iceland's one media representative had an out...it's now time for our...
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Dick Cheney Was Right
You know, 1992 Dick Cheney...the one who spoke about how complicated it would be to remove Hussein and build an Iraqi government. It's time to exit this situation....
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Meanwhile, in the White House...
...Things are going a little crazy-go-nuts: Catch this if you don't quite get the reference here....
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Fine With Feingold
I'd wear a button that announced, "I'm fine with Feingold." After all, his question of Petraeus was honest and smart and inspired. And it only took him 35 seconds to call the Iraq War the greatest mistake in the battle...
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Stop. Stop. Stop.
A new site called Stop The DC Establishment has been set up by our friends at OpenLeft and FireDogLake to tell the Beltway boys and girls to stop giving David Petraeus -- who has a history of wrong predictions about...
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Being Honest About Ending the War
We all know that trying to convince President Bush to change course in Iraq is absurd. Well, we don't need to convince the President -- there is a much softer target: enough members of either House to stop passing mindless...
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It's Almost Too Much Progress
While the President broke from his script with his joyous declaration that "We're kicking ass" with the surge, normally he stays to his notes to more somberly declare: "We're making progress." MoveOn thinks we've heard this claim before...and their new...
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How Low is the Moral High Ground?
The DCCC put out a video today on Republican hypocrisy about "morality." This is not an endorsement of the DCCC, members of which no doubt have dabbled in their own questionable activities. But two thoughts after watching this video: 1....
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To End on a Lighter Note
Olbermann's "special comment" on Bush's loss of credibility in Iraq and his intention to keep us in perpetual war, the new video revealing the shallow fraud of the President's false promises to draw down from the Occupation, and the tragic...
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Do They Mean It This Time?
The obvious and unfortunate answer is "no" to the rhetorical question posed in the latest ad from Americans Against the Escalation in Iraq. The question -- "Do they mean it this time?" -- refers to the President's optimistic statements about...
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Iraq, Iran...What's the Difference?
Other than one pesky letter, what's the difference between Iraq and Iran? Bush's plan. No, not an exit strategy. No, not a multi-lateral coalition. No, not diplomacy. It's a different part of the plan that Headzup focuses on. Say no...
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We Just Can't Say Goodbye
Yes, maybe we've been a little focused on Gonzales this week. We've remembered the highlights of his tenure. We've showed videos cheering his departure. We've even expressed regret that he resigned...before he could be impeached. We're just proud of the...
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Why?
A day after Gonzales resigned, one big question still looms. Why? What caused such a steadfast and brave leader to leave his post. Was it that there was more dirt than what we already knew? Could it have been about...
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More like Suppression's Watch...
There's been a lot written in the last few days about a new, well funded, pro-war organization called Freedom's Watch (funded by former Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer). This video reveals that they do this by suppressing dissent. We were...
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Durst for President!
On a week when our President refuses to support children's healthcare while he tries to bully us into a military confrontation with Iran, you may just want to scream. Good thing our friend Will Durst does it for us...in his...
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Do It for the Children...I Mean the Executives
What can one say to a President that opposes the easy expansion of health coverage for children? Yesterday, I could do nothing but groan and wail at the Administration's proactive steps to prevent states from responsibly taking care of their...
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A Different Kind of Escalation
I must have missed the memo, so I'm glad that Alternet reminded me: all this week The Daily Show will have a reporter in Iraq. Yes, a fake reporter...doing real reports...for a fake news show...in real Iraq. I guess they...
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"He's Lying Us Into World War III"
With yesterday's news of the Bush Administration's unprecedented and unbelievable plan to designate Iran's army as "terrorists," I find myself wanting to shout out loud the very candid line from the following video short: "Um, Democrats, hello? He's lying us...
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Don't Impeach the 1994 Dick Cheney
This sensible man articulates all the reasons not to go into Baghdad alone: you wouldn't have the ability to secure it, it would become an Occupation and eventually a mess. And yet this man is Dick Cheney -- in 1994...looking...
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The Daily Show Bids Farewell to Karl Rove
It's a two-parter. Jon Stewart listens for what was left out of Rove's goodbye speech. Then correspondent John Oliver talks about what he'll miss most with Karl gone: the lying....
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The Respectable, Measured Karl Rove
I'm sure that in the coming days we'll discuss all the reasons Rove's resignation is both long overdue and only the most visible step yet in the man's interminable fall from grace, but for now, let's take the time to...
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Why Dems Caved on FISA
Well, at least this 30-second video explains what the majority party was thinking when they approved unconstitutional powers for least-popular-president-ever Bush. If only this satire weren't so close to the truth...honestly, it seems as good an argument as any for...
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Oh Really, O'Reilly
Despite O'Reilly's screaming and shouting and huffing and puffing, he could not blow the McCormick Conference Center down...and YearlyKos took place. Working Assets' Will Easton and I were both there, and you'll hear more about it soon. But for now,...
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Late Night Laughter
If you're still up right now, you deserve a laugh break. And if you're reading this first thing Wednesday morning, consider it a reality-check. Headzup -- my fave flave of the week -- delivers another delightful dig at our President...a...
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What Were We Talking About?
The Pat Tillman story won't go away as long as the war sticks around -- it sticks in our minds as an example of an Administration that thinks in lies, speaks in deceit and never backs down. Here's the President...
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Bush and Brown Holding First Meetings
Given how close the Bush-Blair relationship was, and how supportive the government under Blair has been of the Iraq mission, one might hope that, now that Brown has taken over as Prime Minister, Bush might give the new PM's misgivings...
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Nature: The Store
Lee Camp of Laughing Liberally delivers a "Liberal Shot of Political Whiskey" -- a quick tirade on the nature of our "nature"...and a reminder that our culture of malls may also be a culture that mauls. No, that bad pun...
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Fox Is Scared
I don't know how a fox acts in the wild, but I do know that when Fox (the channel formerly known as "news") is scared, it attacks. Our friends at Brave New Films have released a latest video in their...
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George and the YouTube
Despite Tony Snow's claim that the President isn't "big on YouTube debates," there's reason to believe he may have snuck a few minutes to shoot a video for Anderson Cooper's consideration. Too bad this one didn't make it in: You...
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Getting Out The Youth Vote (Kind Of)
[Warning: You are about to enter a "toot your own horn" zone] Last night, The Daily Show asked whether the YouTube debate was just a gimmick to hook young voters. And they asked that by soliciting the sober views of...Drinking...
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More From the iPhone Hearings
It's all about naming and framing. Open Left decided that the "Wireless Innovation and Consumer Protection Hearings" on the Hill this week should be called the "iPhone Hearings." And since they're doing such a good job keeping us updated, they...
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Ant Bully...Menace to Society
In case you were worried that the right-wing's careful and considered scrutiny of pop culture would have passed away with Jerry Falwell, fear not. They've released a video that helps infer the socialist messages in Ant Bully...yes, the animated flick....
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Keith Olbermann Says What we're All Thinking
We all know that Karl Rove is a terrible person. Unfortunately, we're stuck shouting that news at our television screens or venting it through personal blogs or forcing our co-workers to hear the litany of his crimes again and again....
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And We Thought Foxes Would Love the Earth
The poor fox...an animal already known for its cunning and mischief-making ways...now its reputation is only made worse by a "news" agency that stole its name. And now that same news agency is helping polluters steal the fox's habitat as...
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Congress and the iPhone
The controversy surrounding iPhone's reactionary anti-innovation, anti-open-network policies (which Working Assets waded -- and fueled -- with our letter-writing campaign to Steve Jobs) is percolating into discussions on Capitol Hill. As Matt Stoller discusses at his new site, Open Left,...
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Impeach Cheney
For awhile, Working Assets has called for Congress to impeach Dick Cheney, and we have asked you to join us in this action. The events of the past week have included comedy and tragedy: the humor of Cheney claiming not...
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A Moment of Inspiration
When your own President stops caring about the rule of law -- as he long ago stopped caring about the Constitution -- it's easy to feel a bit deflated and defeated. But Keith Olbermann will send us into our 4th...
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Defunding Fun
Congress couldn't get it together to de-fund the war...but can we de-fund a war-monger? Rahm Emanuel spoke on the floor of the House today on cutting off the madman. TPM Muckraker offers coverage and a few of the funniest lines,...
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A Theme Song For Every Occasion
From Working Assets friend and former Activist-in-Residence Matt Stoller, we get word of a new online competition... Since Senator Clinton drummed up so much energy choosing a campaign song, why not choose a tune for every occasion...including the War?...
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The Defenders of Democracy
While the Supreme Court may want to aggregate electoral power in the hands of wealthy oligarchs, there are still Defenders of Democracy out there: CNN, YouTube and Google, who are inviting YOU to ask the Presidential candidates questions...that you submit...
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At Least O'Reilly Has a Bad Day
Not that it makes America's bad day any better, but at least O'Reilly's having a lousy afternoon as well. On a day when the Supreme Court ruled for the free speech of those buying elections and against the free speech...
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Start Off Your Monday
It's summertime. Shouldn't we be on vacation from school? If you're reading this, then you're at a computer...so very likely, you're at a desk...and chances are you're at work. So, it's just another Monday. All the more reason for a...
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The Revolutionary Internet
This might be the last comment I post on Take Back America (but given that 5 of us were out there, there is a lot to say): Alternet has posted the transcript of previously-pseudonymous blogger Digby's speech, accepting the Wellstone...
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More from Take Back America
Yesterday, we posted Michael Kieschnick's star turn as moderator of a session at Take Back America. There was more video fun from that session, which ended with a question from Working Assets friend (and former Activist Fellow) Matt Stoller. Michael...
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Lift The Ban
These folks at Brave New Films must not sleep much. Last week they produced a Father's Day short video; and this week, they are already out with a new on-line release: Lift The Ban. Over 11,000 service men and woman...
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As Mark Twain Said...
Governor Bill Richardson spoke at Take Back America this morning, and has so far offered the most clever line of the Presidential season. Talking about global warming, Richardson quoted Mark Twain: "Everyone complains about the weather, but nobody does anything...
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Welcome to Working Assets Wireless Television
You've known Working Assets Wireless...well, now we have wireless TV: from hand-held cam, to blogger alley with wi-fi, straight to you. This is Michael's introduction of the panel at Take Back America -- and his challenge to dream up with...
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Taking Back America Via Online Video
Take Back America is being seen like it's never been seen before: through the eyes of a YouTube-crazed, live-blogging, totally wired set of attendees. And it means that all of you can see the highlights. From this morning's opening session,...
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"Not On My Watch" - Oh, Really?
George Bush has long ago lost credibility. He lost America's standing in the global community. He's lost his way. Is it really possible that now he's also losing his watch? Or, rather, does someone in the Albanian crowd really steal...
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Promoting Democracy One Pint at a Time
In over 200 cities, Drinking Liberally creates informal, social gatherings around progressive politics. This makes sense to us at Working Assets -- we think everything you do can be political...including what phone you use and what credit card you swipe...so...
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Last Week's Top 10
Last week saw Fox News confusing two Black members of Congress, Senator Clinton taking a dig at Dick Cheney and Homer Simpson spouting right-wing talking points. Such gems can get lost in the relentless pace of the 24-hour news cycle:...
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TGIF: Thank God It's Fight Day
I guess they haven't had their T.G.I.F. moment in Alabama yet...because it definitely seems like they're suffering from a case of the Mondays. Why else would a Republican State Senator throw a punch (and land it!) at a Democratic State...
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Colbert Slams Dems on Iraq Funding
Colbert nails -- and thanks -- the Democrats for sending the president another blank check. This line is great and is quintessential Colbert: If you keep sending the president bills that provide the troops the funding they need with...
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Keith Olbermann: Special Comment about War Spending Vote
Keith Olbermann berates the entire government for the compromise to continue funding Bush's war without real plans to end it: The Democratic leadership has given Mr. Bush all that he wanted, with the only caveat being, not merely meaningless...
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SiCKO
Michael Moore takes on the US health care industry in his new film, SiCKO. And he's offered up this sneak peek to those of us who didn't make it to Cannes this weekend for its premiere. The American health care...
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30 percent of Republican Presidential Candidates believe in what?
What was the most jaw-dropping moment for you in last night's Republican presidential debate? For me, it was when 30 percent of our 2008 republican presidential candidates raised their hands to indicate that they did NOT believe in evolution. For...
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Because It's a Friday...
Yesterday, Dan posted about the lineage of Bush's self-proclaimed nicknames: the Uniter, the Decider and now...Commander Guy. It's fitting on the day that Spider-Man 3 hits the theaters that our President is also playing at being a superhero. So, while...
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The New, Stylish LG350 on WorkingAssetsWireless.com Now!
Well this is great news. Today we are releasing the very stylish LG350 flip, camera phone into the Working Assets Wireless store. The phone can take and play videos, has a 1.3 megapixel camera (which works very well, as can...
