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Weekend Watchdog

By Terrance Heath
May 16th, 2008

Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked. We'll post a wrap-up here on the blog on Monday.

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America Will Be ...

By Terrance Heath
May 16th, 2008

Sometimes we are proud of an America that has yet to be, and that we hope will be someday. more »

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The Power of Defiance

By Michael Kwiatkowski
May 16th, 2008

If the electoral disaster of 2004 should have taught us anything, it's that our votes are wasted when cast for those candidates who represent the status quo and refuse to fight it. How many of you regret throwing your ballots away on John Kerry? more »

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Weekend Watchdog: Open Thread

By Terrance Heath
May 16th, 2008

Weekend WatchdogWe're in the process of trying out some new approaches to the Weekend Watchdog. One of them is this open thread, where we hope longtime "watchdogs" and the uninitiated will engage in sorting out what questions about which issues and news items from the past week this Sunday's yet-to-be announced guests should face. more »

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A Thousand Cuts

By Tom Sullivan
May 15th, 2008

Found somewhere on a Digby comment thread:

I was reminded of this today, when a rightwing work colleague mentioned Obama not looking at a flag during an anthem or allegiance or something. Meant nothing to me, but apparently all the wingers know some clip of Obama not staring at a US flag.

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Virtually There: Urban Policy, Campaign Websites, and a Silent McCain

By Harry Moroz
May 15th, 2008

“We need to imagine just what a clean, safe, efficient, dynamic, stimulating, just city would look like concretely – we need those images to confront critically our masters with what they should be doing – and just this critical imagination of the city is weak.” more »

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Manufacturing a Food Crisis

By Walden Bello
From thenation.com
May 15th, 2008
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thenation.com — How "free trade" is destroying Third World agriculture--and who's fighting back.

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How Progressives Can Be Making Sense in 2008

By Bernie Horn
May 15th, 2008

Making Sense 2008A large group of Americans favor both progressive policy and conservative philosophy. As a result, they can be persuaded to side with either progressives or conservatives, depending on how a political question is framed. The "Making Sense 2008" project is producing and distributing research-based talking points on a variety of issues that can be used to reach these persuadable voters.. more »

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Our Most Dangerous Foe

By Timothy Gatto
May 14th, 2008

There is a reason that the world is the way that it is. There is force behind most governments and most economic upturns and downturns that is pervasive and insidious. What I am about to talk about, millions already know, and millions think they know. The point is that not many really know the scope and the power that these entities posses. more »

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Running to the Right: Barack Obama and the DLC Strategy

By Bruce Dixon
From blackagendareport.com
May 14th, 2008
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blackagendareport.com — Back in 2003, when Obama was a candidate for the US Senate in the Illinois Democratic primary this reporter and Glen Ford challenged him on the fact of his affiliation with the Democratic Leadership Council. The right-wing, corporate-funded Trojan Horse inside the Democratic party had fervently embraced his political career...

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Postcard from Buenos Aires

By Anne Thompson
May 5th, 2008

Dear Rick,

Greetings from Buenos Aires. You are always talking about how we need to invest more in our public infrastructure. How 'bout this street sign strategy from the Paris of Latin America?

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WA AG- predators feast on homeowners who try to hold on to their homes

From seattleweekly.com
April 22nd, 2008
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seattleweekly.com — A new low in the mortgage crisis, companies are fleecing at-risk homeowners. Using official looking marketing materials, they promise to help stop your home from being foreclosed for a fee of about $1500, but 70% of the homes are still foreclosed! Plus, homeowners can't dispute the fees and aren't allowed to contact their mortgage lender!

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