NC Early Voting Final Statistics
Apologies if this has already been diaried. That said, I thought I'd let all of the numbers people out there play with the data that's on the North Carolina State Board of Elections Website. I'll...
View ArticleAP uncalls Minnesota Senate
Sorry for the short diary but I haven't seen it up yet. I hope the diary police are still asleep.AP "uncalls" Minnesota. Story below the fold.
View ArticleSingle-payer Health Care--the Domino Effect
This diary is not about the health care system and how it needs fixing, although we all know that is an understatement. I am instead interested in how the institution of single payer universal health...
View ArticleTrusting Obama—Vision v. Strategy
During the 2008 election we progressives often worried about strategy and tactics. We learned to trust Obama and it worked out.But tactics and strategy are different from ideas, vision, hopes and...
View ArticleHarkening to the Revolution
The Inaugural ceremony yesterday harkened to the American Revolution and to the true principles inherent in the founding of this country in more than just the obvious references.The American...
View ArticleThe Gordian Knot of health care--how is it solved?
I am inspired by Paul Krugman's column today on the need for more publicly-funded health care. His column suggests that the state of spiraling unemployment demands a broad government solution to...
View ArticleMr. Santelli's Potterville
Mr. Santelli's rant has already been described in detail elsewhere here. I just had to turn off Hardball where Santelli was interviewed and showered with accolades by that ol' working class plagiarist...
View ArticleFace the Truth Budget
Every Republican is shocked, shocked by Obama's budget. And while the budget does contain new spending, much of what is there that makes it excessive is the cost that was hidden in previous Bush...
View ArticleDo wise Latinas swagger?
I'm so sick of Democrats taking this whole "wise Latina" thing seriously. It was obviously hyperbole, used to make a speech interesting. Don't try to explain it any other way. Identity politics...
View ArticleLetter on Health Care to Hagan
I just sent this email to Kay Hagan. I urge all North Carolinians to do the same, if you have not already done so. I urge all Kossacks from states with Democratic senators to do so.Hagan has been a...
View ArticleObama's false choice on healthcare
Republicans and insurance companies know that they are so unpopular now that they can't win, like they did in the 1990s, by overtly fighting health care reform. So they want it to look like they are...
View ArticleOur Health--It’s Time to Get Personal
On July 22, 2009, TrueBlueMajority wrote a diary about how we need "Health Care Reform Ads With Emotional Punch."http://www.dailykos.com/... In his diary, he linked to the heartwrenching personal story...
View ArticleWhy wasn't this bigger news?
In March of 2006, Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, an American citizen born in Iran, drove an SUV into "The Pit," a popular gathering place for students at University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill). The pit...
View ArticleChange guidelines please!
Perhaps now that this site has reached blog "adulthood," its fantastic and wonderful administrators—those who have built this community, those who are in great part responsible for giving voice to the...
View ArticleWomen, gender, equal marriage and the 14th amendment
Yesterday, Andrew Sullivan wrote that he believed Walker may have overreached in his decision legalizing equal marriage when he stated:"the exclusion exists as an artifact of a time when the genders...
View ArticleHealth Reform Law Works in NC—Greater Coverage, Refunds
Today, because of the new health insurance law, my adult 24 year old son could be one of the 215,000 North Carolinians who will be getting a refund on the money he overpaid into the individual plan...
View ArticleTrouble in paradise? GOP claiming machine fraud
There are two letters currently posted at the North Carolina Board of Elections site that deserve widespread attention.The State Republican Party is claiming that electronic voting machines in certain...
View Article“No one could have known”
Interesting how in spite of the grace of Obama, the end of Osama Bin Laden is bringing to the fore once again the myriad failures of the Bush Administration.Last night with Condoleezza Rice, Lawrence...
View ArticleCookiegate and the war on women
Cookiegate seems to be a one-day story and not for the reasons that I think it's important. People are talking about how Mitt is rude and out of touch and robot-like, but I think he showed something...
View ArticleTrack voting on NC Amendment 1
The point of this diary is to let you all know about an excellent web page that provides a great way to track votes in the NC Primary Election. This election is of special importance to progressives,...
View ArticleMy Grandparents wouldn't have voted
My grandparents came to this country as young adults. They got their citizenship after many years of residency. I don't think it would have occurred to them to vote until they were citizens, because...
View ArticleLearning to Play the Game
Studying the 40+ year struggle of the first Progressive movement is a good lesson in "you win some, you lose some." It can teach us pick ourselves up the next day, win or lose, take a few hours to...
View ArticleWe Built That, Then It Blew Away
The “We Built That” theme of the Republican Convention will now go down in history as an act of overweening hubris on a par with the naming of the Titanic. The Ayn Randian ideal that the “Masters of...
View ArticleMSNBC says Dems are the Racists
Beware of this bizarre new meme. Within the last 24 hours I've heard Andrea Mitchell, Chuck Todd and others on MSNBC, impressed with a speech by Condleezza and a few Hispanics scattered here and...
View ArticleAre we better off?
Thanks to Joe Biden for saying it in bumper sticker language--Osama bin Laden is dead, GM is alive. However, when Republicans ask us if we are better off than we were four years ago, it would do us...
View ArticleStop giving in to the New GroupThink
In her book "Quiet," Susan Cain talks about the overwhelming influence of the "New GroupThink." That's what we've got going here, and if we don't stop it now and move on it's going to grow like a...
View ArticleWhy Chris Christie's change of heart?
This diary is not about digging deep into political machinations of either Christie or Obama. It is a look at how loss and grief prompts one to see others. It is deeply personal, deeply emotional....
View ArticleThe new GOP--same as it ever was
Reince Preibus and the RNC have come out with a report criticizing the GOP loss in the 2012 elections and proposing a new model for victory going forward. Fortunately for them, the media has a short...
View ArticleThankful Tuesdays FAIL in NC
Yesterday's Moral Monday, an event that has become a regular occurrence in Raleigh, NC in the last few months, attracted it's usual thousands, with 101 people getting arrested. Here's some eye candy...
View ArticleMcCrory Learns from House of Cards?
As most people on this site know, yesterday Pat McCrory, the illustrious governor of North Carolina, brought cookies to women who were protesting the fact that he signed a bill restricting reproductive...
View ArticlePeggy Noonan is an Idiot
There. I said it. I insulted Peggy Noonan.Maybe someone will ban me. And if they do? Guess what Peggy Noonan thinks about that? She thinks she's the one who owes ME something.Follow me below the...
View ArticleSyria--a Zen moment?
I must state at the outset that I am a supporter of Obama. I am also against military action in Syria. I have no problem with holding these two thoughts in my head at once.Unfortunately, most...
View ArticleGOP seeks to replace Medicare with Obamacare
Most Democrats would at least privately admit that they would eventually like to turn Obamacare into Medicare for all.What Republicans are not admitting, however, is that they would like to do the...
View ArticleMoral Mondays: Thom Tillis--Senator for some?
Thom Tillis is the GOP nominee for U.S. Senate, running against Kay Hagan. However, yesterday he refused to meet with or talk to the peacefully gathered citizens who made an effort to meet him in his...
View ArticleNC Moral Monday Protest 5/27/14
Sorry for the short diary. I just wanted to share this awesome video. It's twelve minutes long and it says it all about the embarrassing behavior of Thom Tillis, the NC State Legislature, and how they...
View ArticleNC AG will not defend anti-marriage amendment
This will be a quick diary-- I just wanted to get the news out.North Carolina's Attorney General is Roy Cooper, a Democrat whom we hope will be our gubernatorial nominee in 2016 to defeat Pat...
View ArticleGreat news for NC voters
A federal appeals court has blocked two key provisions of North Carolina's draconian new Voter Law--it will now allow same day registration and out-of-precinct voting.The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of...
View ArticleAccepted Politico Wisdom
All I can say about Politico's recent article about Thom Tillis is, the more things change, the more they stay the same.The headline of the article, published on October 21, 2014, is "Thom Tillis...
View ArticleThe NC Senate Race--a few thoughts
Boy it was tough last night, especially after all of the work our family did along with thousands of other dedicated staff and volunteers. We were so sure that Hagan would win. And then that agonizing...
View ArticleA Records Management Primer on Hillary's Emails
I am a retired government Records Management specialist with a Ph.D. in History. The reason I got into the business was because I believe in preserving the historical record of our local, state and...
View ArticleThe Duggars-Why are we surprised?
The so-called "quiverfull" movement potentially subjects women to spending their entire adult lives pregnant, wearing out their bodies, and dying young.This practice treats married women as less than...
View ArticleTrump the Insult Comic Dog
I was recently forced to listen to a pastiche of Trump’s schtick, including all of his insults to candidates, women, journalists, and on and on and on.It occurred to me that I had heard it before. I...
View ArticleWhy I Support Hillary
I wrote this as comment in another thread, but it was a Bernie thread (so I’m sure it was dismissed) and I decided to share it with Hillary supporters. I wrote it because I wanted to get clear in my...
View ArticleNew NC poll has HRC up 57%-34%
WRAL-TV, an NBC affiliate in the Triangle area, has just announced results of a Survey USA poll they commissioned.Hillary Clinton holds a big lead among Democrats in the state, with the breakdown as...
View ArticleA Plea for Honest Conversation and Democratic Unity
I initially wrote this as a comment, then thought I’d put it forth as a diary. Just a few thoughts on the nature of the Democratic primary as it now stands. Bernie and Hillary represent two sides of...
View ArticleJustice Dept. tells McCrory not to enforce HB2
Just a quick diary since I didn’t see that anyone has posted it yet. Please let me know if there are others and I’ll be happy to take it down.The Charlotte Observer is reporting that U.S. Justice...
View ArticleSometimes "perfect doesn't matter": "Know your value" Mika preaches to...
Mika Brzenzinski has been urging women to “know their value,” to empower themselves in the workplace. She has written a book on the subject, and conducted tours, workshops and other events.The book and...
View Article"Pussy grabbing"--it is (about) the economy, stupid!
I grow tired of the often false dichotomy between “economic politics” and “identity politics.” First, all people have an “identity”—and yes, that includes white working class men. And all...
View ArticlePublic school nurses history--why government provides health for the poor
For anyone interested in the history of why the government figured out it had an interest in the health of the poor, check out my website on how we came to have school nurses—all six sections’ worth...
View ArticleThree Transylvania NC county officials leave the GOP
It turns out that the excessive loyalty demanded by Trump and provided by this GOP congress may be backfiring among some local GOP officials.Transylvania is a small rural county in Western North...
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