Former Clinton White House aide and Arizona prosecutor Andrei Cherny announced his run for Congress in Arizona’s 9th Congressional District. I had the pleasure of meeting and working with Andrei on John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign. If you live in Arizona get involved here. In related news on Arizona and the House, “Ron Barber, an aide to former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) who was wounded in the shooting spree that also injured Giffords, will run to replace her in...
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Breaking: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Announces Plan to Step Down from Congress
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has just announced plans to step down from Congress. Giffords was the “victim of a gunshot wound to the head in an attack a year ago in her Arizona district.” She said her work toward recovery was her reason for stepping down. Prior to the shooting Gabrielle Giffords “had been considered a rising Democratic star, and had been considering a bid for Senate this fall.” She has been absent from Capitol Hill over the course of her...
Iconic Singer Etta James Dead at 73
Blues, Jazz, R& B legend Etta James has passed away. She was 73. According to her longtime manager and friend, Lupe De Leon, Etta James “died from complications from leukemia with her husband, Artis Mills, and her sons by her side.” Etta James was diagnosed with leukemia in 2010. She also suffered from hepatitis C and dementia. James passed away at a hospital in Riverside, California. She would have turned 74 next Wednesday. Her manager Lupe De Leon said, “This is a...
The Monkey Cage
The Party has no clear consensus and, thus, "priorities" are all over the map. They are held together either by hatred -- Guns, God, Gays, etc. -- or else sheer contrariness -- oppose all Democratic ideas, no matter how sound -- but the fundamental positions within the GOP are SO contradictory that no one exists who could fill the wish list for the crazy salad they'd collectively like to toss.
The Terror That Stalks Texas
Still: the Bexar County Judge ended up being interviewed by the Guardian in England: "It's just very strange," Wolff said. "If it was some kids in the neighborhood, you'd think it was a prank."
Video: Robin Hoods Kayak the Chicago River
Organized as part of Take Back Chicago Monday, a group of 40 activists dressed as Robin Hoods kayaked the Chicago River toward a Mortgage Bankers Association meeting to deliver a message: it’s time for the big banks to pay Americans back for the losses they have suffered through lost homes, lost revenue, and lost jobs. Additionally, the group dropped a banner on the Michigan Bridge that read: “Wall Street: Steals from the 99%. Gives to the Rich. Let’s take it back!”...
Bruce Springsteen’s New Single: We Take Care Of Our Own (Video with Lyrics)
Bruce Springsteen’s new single “We Take Care Of Our Own,” off his upcoming CD, Wrecking Ball was released today. ABC News notes, “judging from the names of the other tracks listed on the singers website — “This Depression,” “Easy Money,” and “Death to My Hometown” — Springsteen is once again wading in political waters and returning his focus to working-class issues.” “We Take Care Of Our Own” is a hard hitting rocker, in true Springsteen / E Street Band style....
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