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• Local 7 elections

  I guess there are some rumors that I was in someway advising or coordinating with the candidates opposing Ernest Duran Jr. in the recent UFCW's Local 7 presidential elections.
  
  For the record, I don't even know the name of the woman who defeated Duran. I don't know anyone who' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 4:47pm EST
  

• The slippery slope of torture

  Andrew Sullivan notices how quickly we've gone from the ticking WMD scenario to advocating torture of suspects in the Ft. Hood shooting.
  
  A bunch of authoritarian thugs have spent the better part of this decade arguing for the government's right to torture anyone, even American citizens, under the [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:45pm EST
  

• What's the next move on Ritter's K-12 cuts?

  Have the liberal education groups agreed not to file suit challenging the K-12 cuts?
  
  And even though conservatives hate Amendment 23 and at least one Republican JBC member was modestly supportive of the cuts* will some right-wing group file suit anyway, just to be a fly in the ointment?
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:37pm EST
  

• DeGette to blow up health care reform?

  Woah.
  
  I criticize my Congresswoman a lot for not being more of a leader on progressive issues. This strikes me as completely out of character for her but if it is true good for Dianna DeGette. I doubt the entire reform package will be jeopardized by DeGette but [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:21pm EST
  

• Abortion and the public option

  Atrios writes,
  I do not know why some people think women shouldn't have access to appropriate medical care. Something is wrong with them.
  It's actually worse than that. The amendment, which appears set to pass, will mean that some women won't have access to appropriate medical care. Namely' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:01am EST