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President Obama: “I’m working alongside you to tear down those barriers”
The president spoke yesterday on the 25th Anniversary of the signing into law of the Americans With Disabliities Act. Fierce
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Why I’m Tuning in to the Hillary Channel
If it hadn’t been for DailyKos front-pager Greg Dworkin’s link the other day, I would never have known about a statement in that diary. As a rule I don’t have time to read the APR when […]
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President Obama Announces 46 Commutations in Video Address: “America Is a Nation of Second Chances”
From the White House blog, Neil Eggleston, Counsel to the President As a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and criminal defense attorney, I’m well acquainted with how federal sentencing practices can, in too many instances, lead […]
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Eugene Robinson: “This emblem of hatred and oppression is finally coming down”
Eugene Robinson, son of South Carolina, on today’s removal of the Confederate battle flag from the South Carolina State House grounds: For most of my life, a flag representing white supremacist violence against black people […]
Election 2016
Opposition Research, File #162-A
From redstate’s front page article “Stop Complaining about Donald Trump”: So here is a hint for the other men and women running for President. If you want to tap into what Trump is getting, you […]
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News Follow-Ups
In the past few years, I have dedicated several essays to the drive to bring to a theater near you: a feature-length film version of the 1965-1968 spy television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. – […]
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President Obama: “We must not allow ourselves to slip into comfortable silence again”
From the White House: President Obama travels to the College of Charleston in South Carolina to deliver a eulogy for Reverend Clement Pinckney and 8 other congregation members of Emanuel AME who were killed on […]
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President Obama: “The Affordable Care Act is here to stay”
From the White House: On March 23, 2010, I sat down at a table in the East Room of the White House and signed my name on a law that said, once and for all, […]
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The Business Card Left at the End of Our Driveway
The two sides of the business card recently left at the end of our driveway. Fierce
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Let Our People Vote
Today, Democrats in Congress will introduce the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015, a bill intended to repair the damage done to the Voting Rights Act by the Shelby County v Holder Supreme Court ruling […]