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Some Essays That Every Progressive Should Read

Shoq — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:53:38 +0000

In the past year, and especially the past few weeks, a number of articles and videos have appeared that examine many of the key problems facing Progressivism in the United States, and by implication, the United States itself. I grow weary of tweeting them individually, so I thought I would combine them here. Where appropriate,

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Occupy Wall Street, The 30 Second Commercial

Shoq — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:41:01 +0000

Occupy Wall Street, The 30 Second Commercial

Over ten days ago on Twitter, I was saying that the criticism that the #OccupyWallStreet protest “needed a message” in its early days was nonsense. Americans, nay, most citizens of the world already knew what the message was. And that message was this:

“The 99% have a very big problem, and
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An Extended Definition Of “Emo Progressive,” And Why It Matters

Shoq — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:27:23 +0000

Update: This term has been recast as “Puritopian.” Emo Progressive was never coined by either Joy Ann Reid or myself. It had already gotten traction before we came together and tried to give it greater definition. We succeeded, perhaps too well. Like others, we were never comfortable with it because it was far too disparaging

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Letter to Whiny Democrats: Wake Up, Shut Up or Just Give Up.

Shoq — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:18:32 +0000

Here it is…

A brilliant and important, five month old column by Mark Morford, written just after the disastrous midterms, which closely resembles a post I have written again and again in my own head. But as my Twitter followers know, I've only been able to tweet (ok, rant) about it in 140 character bursts.

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Wandering Strangers, by @jasiri_x: Just Who Is A Terrorist Anyway?

Shoq — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:48:53 +0000

With Rep. Peter King holding hearings on "Muslim Radicalization", and American Muslims being screamed at and harassed while attending a fundraiser for battered women, can Muslims safely live and pray in the United States of America?

In his new video "Wandering Strangers," @jasiri_x raises questions about who's a terrorist, and why people seem to forget freedom

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Shoq’s Dad Was A Filthy Liberal: Oh, And A War Hero, Too!

Shoq — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:22:38 +0000

This afternoon, I stopped by my mom's house…

…just to check in on her, as I try to do regularly, even if I don't need the free lunch. When I arrived, she was scanning pages of my Dad's war diary, a classic piece of memorabilia chronicling his 25 missions over Germany in a B-17 "Flying

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Why Is Jane Hamsher Promoting A Redundant Fund Raising Effort for Bradley Manning?

Shoq — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 01:05:53 +0000

About this post

What follows was extracted from an 8700 word essay that I wrote yesterday, entitled: On Jane Hamsher And Our Fact-Free Media: It’s Not Just For Fox News Anymore. That too-lengthy screed tried to explain a number of ethical fails that explain Jane Hamsher's Twitter attacks on me, after I had criticized

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The 111th: The most productive Congress in decades, bitches!

Shoq — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:37:28 +0000

This morning, the always brilliant and ever-sensible Ezra Klein wakes us up with this:

The 111th Congress refuses to go quietly into that sweet night. Friday, of course, saw the $850 billion tax deal sent to President Obama. On Saturday, the Senate broke the filibuster protecting the Don't Ask, Don't Tell rules. On Sunday, it
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A Very Important Essay About America… Was Written About Britain

Shoq — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:40:21 +0000

The baby boomers and the price of personal freedom

As the postwar baby boomer generation begins to enter comfortable retirement, their children face a future of massive debt and uncertainty

Yet the big question of our time, after the financial crisis and the prospect of years of low growth and high unemployment, remains what it
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The Obama Achievements Project

Shoq — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:23:25 +0000

We're a Crowd making a list

As the midterm elections approach, there is a need for a list of Obama Achievements that progressives can use for voter and media education efforts. The administration has had far more significant accomplishments than the media have given much notice to, and better information can and will help

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