Tag Archives: politics

Hillary Clinton In 60 Seconds

From Britain’s right-leaning Telegraph.

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LPAC Announces 2014 Endorsements

Via the Washington Post: The country’s only lesbian-backed political action committee, LPAC, will unveil a first wave of political endorsements Thursday — including five openly gay candidates seeking congressional seats and state offices ranging from governor to attorney general. The endorsement list includes 15 Democrats so far. Among them: gubernatorial hopefuls Wendy Davis of Texas, Heather Mizeur of Maryland, Martha …

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TRAILER: Citizen Koch

Clip description: In this searing exposé on the state of democracy in America and the fracturing of the Republican Party, Academy Award®-nominated directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin (Trouble the Water; co-producers of Fahrenheit 9/11 & Bowling for Columbine) follow the money behind the rise of the Tea Party. CITIZEN KOCH investigates the impact of unlimited, anonymous spending by corporations …

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State Of The Union: Open Thread

President Obama’s State Of The Union address begins at 9pm Eastern. Watch live here and give us your reactions. UPDATE: The address has concluded. Jason Collins appeared onscreen seconds before the president delivered these lines: “We do these things because they help promote our long-term security. And we do them because we believe in the inherent dignity and equality of …

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Barbara Bush: Family Dynasties Should Not Dominate The White House

Barbara Bush appeared on C-SPAN yesterday to say that while she feels Jeb is the most qualified person to be president in 2016, the same three families (Kennedys, Clintons, Bushes) should not dominate American politics. “I think this is a great American country, great country, and if we can’t find more than two or three families to run for high …

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PAC For Bearded Pols Launches

A political action committee was launched today to support candidates with beards.  The group has already filed with the FEC. Andrew Sullivan will be thrilled. The Bearded Entrepreneurs for the Advancement of a Responsible Democracy (BEARD) was founded by 30-year-old Jonathan Sessions, who sits on the Columbia, Mo., Board of Education, according to his website. “With the resurgence of beards …

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BULGARIA: Jammed Gun Foils Would-Be Assassination Of Political Leader

Reuters reports: A man jumped on stage and pointed a gun at the leader of Bulgaria’s ethnic Turkish party before security guards wrestled him to the ground during a televised conference on Saturday. Ahmed Dogan, the long-time leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) escaped unscathed, and it was not immediately clear why the attacker had targeted him …

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NEW YORK: Yet Another State Senate Democrat Arrested For Finance Scam

It never ends for New York’s insanely corrupt Senate Democrats. Sen. Shirley Huntley (Queens) has been hauled away in handcuffs. State Sen. Shirley Huntley was arrested this morning and pleaded not guilty to charges that she allegedly funneled taxpayer money through her Queens non-profit program. Huntley and several other defendants did not speak during their initial appearance in a Mineola …

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Chelsea Clinton Mulls Politics

Chelsea Clinton says she’s no longer totally against following in the footsteps of her parents. “Before my mom’s campaign I would have said no. Not because it was something I had thought a lot about but because people have been asking me that my whole life,” Clinton, speaking of her mother’s unsuccessful 2008 presidential bid, said in an interview for …

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Open Thread Thursday

Assuming that everybody here votes, what other election-related activities have you been involved in? Phone banking? Petition campaigns? Personal donations? Do you feel like you’ve personally made a difference?

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SEATTLE: Occupy Activists Dump $5000 In Marked Bills From A Hotel Window

Via Seattle Times: Activists tossed $5,000 off a downtown Seattle building Wednesday to protest money in politics. Dollar bills came swirling down just after 5 p.m. at Seventh Avenue and Pike Street, to the delight of tourists. The money was printed with the words “money as speech silences us all,” a statement of protest against court rulings that consider political …

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Full Video: Vladimir Putin’s Presidential Inauguration Ceremony At The Kremlin

Fascinating to see such stiff-legged pomp and circumstance. It all almost feels like a parody of the Soviet era.

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French Politician Gets Flour-Bombed

This makes glitter-bombing look rather mild, does it not? (Tipped by JMG reader Kevin)

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How The Public Views Political Terms

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NEW YORK CITY: JMG Wins Village Voice 2011 Web Award For “Best Politics Blog”

Tonight my loyal companion Dr. Jeff accompanied me to some new hipster nightclub on the Lower East Side where this here website thingy was feted as the 2011 Village Voice Best Politics Blog! Squee! Just like last year! Re-squee! Like last time, I wasn’t told who the other blogs in my category were. So I can’t congratulate anybody just for …

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MICHIGAN: Backlash At Anti-Gay Mayor

Last week Mayor Janice Daniels of Troy, Michigan made national news when a six-month old anti-gay Facebook post surfaced. Now Daniels is facing the music at home. She is getting a short, not too happy, education in the facts of political life — specifically that the kind of sweeping stereotypes that fringe groups applaud don’t play well with the wider …

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Approval Graph

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Death Metal Politician

Via Political Wire: “Polish parliamentary hopeful Jedrzej Wijas of the Democratic Left Alliance enlisted the help of a local death metal band to make a very unique political ad.”

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CANADA: Opposition Leader And LGBT Advocate Jack Layton Dies At Age 61

Jack Layton, Canada’s legendary progressive and the current head of the opposition New Democrat Party, has died of prostate cancer at the age of 61. An ardent friend of the LGBT community, Layton was a vigorous supporter of HIV/AIDS activism in the early years of the pandemic. In 2005, Layton was credited by many for the success of Canada’s national …

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The View From Space

(Via – Boing Boing)

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