Author: janinsanfran

After May Day: A new civil rights movement?

Cross posted at Happening-Here with pictures. After nearly a week, I may be ready share some semi-coherent thoughts about the exhilarating immigrant marches last Monday. I do believe we are seeing something that does not fit...

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SD Abortion Ban Referendum round up

Cross posted at Happening-Here South Dakota Healthy Families hopes to put the state’s new abortion ban on the ballot in the November election. When I was asked for money for this effort, I wanted to know more both...

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How to fool the no-fly list

This morning the blogosphere is buzzing about a Chicago Tribune article that claims that CIA operatives can be identified using simple Google searches. Reactions seem to range from ex-spook Larry Johnson’s scorn to bemused...

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Martin Ludlow and Campaign Finance Reform

Cross posted at Happening-Here The news appeared this morning that Martin Ludlow is stepping down from his post as head of the Los Angeles County Labor Federation hoping to avoid jail time in a scandal involving union money that...

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Winning as outsiders

Cross posted at Happening-Here This week many in the blogosphere were lamenting our inability to instill passion or install spines in Senate Democrats opposing the elevation of Justice Alito. More than once I dropped something...

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