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Turn Up the Heat

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Background from NESEA:"We waste too much energy, and it's having a terrible impact on public health, the environment, and our pocketbooks."Meanwhile we're using energy sources like coal and oil which cause asthma and heart attacks … [Read more...]

Willard Loses The Republican

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Willard's slash and burn bid to become a radical evangelical by 2008 is affecting his popularity across the state. From the Springfield Republican's editorial page yesterday: "Gov. W. Mitt Romney's thumbs-down action on retroactive pay … [Read more...]

DFA Makes Cambridge Endorsements

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Democracy for America Cambridge has endorsed Jesse Gordon, Sam Seidel, Ken Reeves and Denise Simmons for Cambridge City Council. The decision came after a week of voting (both online and offline) preceded by about a month's worth of … [Read more...]

Hack Attack

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Little Bush has appointed a member of his inner coterie to investigate the blunders of his inner coterie during the Katrina disaster. Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend, a lawyer with no disaster relief experience, will lead the … [Read more...]

The Modest Mr. Rove

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Recent headlines from the Gulf Coast this week have been dominated by a familiar combination: federal fumbling and payoffs to cronies. The incompetence is so stunning that even administration lackeys like Joe Scarborough have revolted.Who … [Read more...]

The Infant in Charge

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Reuters photographed Bush Wednesday at the United Nations asking permission from Condoleeza Rice to take a bathroom break. He must have left his Stadium Pal from Biorelief at home. More coverage from Editor & Publisher. Thanks to Blog … [Read more...]

The Price of Secrecy

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The report, written by Rick Blum, the organization's director,  charges that "Secrecy continues to expand across a broad spectrum  of activities. Openness in our government and society is  increasingly threatened. A … [Read more...]

Cambridge DFA Meeting

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The Cambridge Democracy for America September Meeting will be held tomorrow Tuesday 13 September at 7.00 PM at 133 Mt. Auburn Street in Cambridge (the Jesse Gordon Campaign HQ). The group has endorsed Jesse Gordon, Sam Seidel, Ken Reeves … [Read more...]

Barbara Antoinette

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Editor & Publisher reported yesterday: "Accompanying her husband, former President George H.W.Bush, on a tour of hurricane relief centers in Houston, Barbara Bush said today, referring to the poor who had lost everything back home … [Read more...]

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