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"Secret Ballot"? Or Opportunity for Intimidation?

The army of anti-worker corporate groups hiring armies of lobbyists and pouring $200 million into defeating the Employee Free Choice Act have devoted most of their time and money to hammering home a single talking point: The bill will eliminate the ...

From LAURA CLAWSON AKA MISSLAURA, Daily Kos,  11 Mar 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Swift Boat Veterans for Truth

Employee Free Choice: Who's Fighting

Big business poured tens of millions of dollars into campaigning against Democratic Senate candidates because they might support the Employee Free Choice Act. Now that Jeanne Shaheen, Mark Udall, and Jeff Merkley have been elected, what does the ...

From LAURA CLAWSON AKA MISSLAURA, Daily Kos,  10 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Mark Udall,  Jeanne Shaheen,  White House,  Mark McKinnon,  Sara Taylor

Blue Dog Boren Comes Out Against Working People

With the Senate health committee ready to start holding hearings on the Employee Free Choice Act next week, Oklahoma Blue Dog Dan Boren became the first Democrat to publicly say he'd oppose the bill -- and he said it to a Chamber of Commerce gathering, ...

From LAURA CLAWSON AKA MISSLAURA, Daily Kos,  6 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Dan Boren

2009 Academy Awards Open Thread #4

Another truly horrific musical number. Who thinks this crap is a good idea? Seriously, it's like they sit around trying to think up the cheesiest, least musically interesting, longest thing they can, then throw money at it. No surprise, and well ...

From LAURA CLAWSON AKA MISSLAURA, Daily Kos,  22 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Academy Awards,  Bill Maher

2009 Academy Awards Open Thread #2

It seems the Academy must have stopped trying to keep winners from thanking specific people in their acceptance speeches -- that always seemed like one of the ticky-tackiest initiatives in a long line of ticky-tacky initiatives designed to keep the ...

From LAURA CLAWSON AKA MISSLAURA, Daily Kos,  22 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Academy Awards,  Sarah Jessica Parker,  Miley Cyrus

Midday Open Thread

Labor groups are not the only ones upset about Hilda Solis' nomination being held up: How bad are job losses? This is one hell of a frightening graph. Unsurprisingly, the tainted peanut company knew they'd been shipping tainted peanuts for quite some ...

From MISSLAURA, Daily Kos,  7 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Dick Cheney,  U.S. Republican Party,  Hilda Solis,  Food and Drug Administration,  Katha Pollitt

Why Republicans Object to Solis

Republicans continue to hold up the nomination of Hilda Solis for Labor Secretary, today allegedly over her husband's tax liens. Now, before we think about those tax liens, let's be clear: The delay in confirming Solis is not about taxes. It is about ...

From MISSLAURA, Daily Kos,  6 Feb 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Hilda Solis,  Elaine Chao,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Senate

NH-Sen: It's Bonnie Newman

At a press conference moments ago, New Hampshire governor John Lynch announced his appointment of Bonnie Newman to replace Judd Gregg in the Senate. There are things that are debatable here and things that, for progressives, should not be. Some feel ...

From MISSLAURA, Daily Kos,  3 Feb 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Judd Gregg,  John Lynch,  U.S. Senate,  John McCain

NH-Sen: Gregg Replacement Speculation

As rumors heat up that New Hampshire Republican Senator Judd Gregg will be appointed Secretary of Commerce, speculation about his replacement is going into overdrive. A leading Dem who will run as incumbent in 2010. Meaning, Rep Hodes or Shea Porter. ...

From MISSLAURA, Daily Kos,  31 Jan 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate,  Judd Gregg,  Katrina Swett,  Warren Rudman

"This One's for Lilly"

With the last pen, he said: "This one, this one's for Lilly." He handed her the pen and then gave a thumb's up sign to the lawmakers. Everyone in the room stood and applauded. POTUS posed for some photos and then worked the crowd. The Lilly Ledbetter ...

From MISSLAURA, Daily Kos,  29 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Michelle Obama

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