Author Archives: Reg825

5 Feb

Randi Rhodes reports on “The Family”

Randi blogs about the ultra-secretive Washington D.C. group “The Family”: If you forgot to mark your calendar, this [February 4th] was the National Prayer Breakfast, sponsored by the secretive and shadowy far-right organization known as “The Family.”   Tea Parties? Prayer Breakfasts?...
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27 Jan

State of the Union: time for brand Obama to execute

How timely that Naomi Kline’s How Corporate Branding Took Over the White House piece so well analyzes the state of Obama’s brand.  I found this portion of Naomi’s piece particularly on-mark: [Obama] will boldly appoint the first Latina to the...
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24 Jan

Air America Goes Off The Air

Many of my liberal friends often tell me that they prefer to listen to NPR, Pacifica, or other non-profit independent radio.  While I support and enjoy some of that programming (one superb program is Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman), I...
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21 Jan

Justice Sotomayor shows her progressive colors

For those still in doubt about where she stands in terms of judicial ideology: Sonia Sotomayor joined progressive judges John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Stephen Breyer in voting against overturning a 63-year-old law designed to restrain the influence...
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20 Jan

Image will always trump substance?

Bad news for Latinos and immigration reform: Scott Brown (picture above), who staunchly opposes immigration reform, just won the Massachusetts Senate seat. Prepare yourself for the onslaught of spin that the right-wing media will force feed into the mouths of the coporate...
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