Two of the biggest things that bother me are people who say that the two parties (or worse when they say the two ideologies) are the same and engage in the same practices and politics AND the idea that people, … Read More
So on a daily basis, I find myself interacting with people (mostly on Facebook) who don’t understand racism, sexism, homophobia and other similar concepts. They aren’t really that difficult to understand, I don’t think, but I’ve made it a career … Read More
Our first source to be disqualified is Jennifer Rubin, who writes a column for the Washington Post. She is not particularly secretive about being a conservative, but, more importantly, she’s really bad at her job. I will never accept her … Read More
One of the key things that Political Moneyball will be doing is examining and testing the reliability of sources. Obviously, most of us don’t have the ability to gather information for ourselves, so we rely upon others to do that … Read More
In order to start from a place of clear understanding before I delve more into the lack of knowledge and understanding of logic and science that I mentioned in the previous post, I wanted to get a few assumptions out … Read More
This blog is not dead, was just on hiatus. Announcing the new direction I’ll be going in for now. It seems that the majority of the people (on and off Facebook) need some serious coursework in logic, evaluating evidence, coming … Read More
Just a quick note: We don’t have to guess as to whether or not most things will work in the real world. The world isn’t nearly as mysterious as people think. We can look into things like “more guns make … Read More
In order to get to where I am in terms of my thinking process when it comes to politics and science and the like, I’ve read a ton of things over the years. I am hardcore when it comes to … Read More
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So you might have noticed a name change and the elimination of Florida stuff from the sidebar. I’m permanently in Washington, D.C. and the Florida Progressive Coalition blog wasn’t being updated with much in the way of Florida content. There … Read More
In 2003, Michael Lewis wrote a book called Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, a book that is probably the best combination ever of good writing and important analysis about the sport of baseball. It went on to … Read More
Probably. We’ve had more progressive presidents and Congressional delegations, but has there ever been an election where the voters did more to push progressive outcomes via the ballot. The biggest aspect of this is the fact that the people rejected … Read More
This post originally appeared at AFL-CIO Hundreds, possibly thousands, of robocalls were sent out from the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections office this morning instructing voters that they could vote tomorrow. After about 30 minutes of the calls going out, … Read More
So a number of people I’m friends with — on both sides of the aisle — have argued that Barack Obama hasn’t had a successful presidency. I find that claim highly inaccurate. Now I’m not saying that I love Obama … Read More
This post originally appeared at AFL-CIO. If awards were given for the sleaziest attack ad used in this year’s election, it’s difficult to see how the Committee to Protect Florida wouldn’t walk away with a first-place finish for its recent … Read More
This week, Broward County—one of the most populous counties in South Florida—became the second county in the state to pass a local wage theft ordinance, joining Miami-Dade County. In a 7-2 vote, the Board of County Commissioners voted to create … Read More
In a blog post on The Daily Beast, blogger David Freedlander writes a long blog post that essentially works out as a long session of concern trolling on behalf of the progressive Netroots, “Netroots Bloggers Mark 10th Birthday in Decline … Read More
Originally posted at AFL-CIO Recent years have seen an assault on the rights of voters across the country, from stringent identification requirements to the throwing away of valid voter registration applications. While most states are seeing only one or two … Read More
Originally published at AFL-CIO.org Americans faced with a tough economy face significant struggles when they lose their jobs. Since the 1930s, workers who are without jobs through no fault of their own have had the safety net of the unemployment … Read More
So today was my last time voting as a Floridian. For those who don’t know, I accepted a job as a senior writer for AFL-CIO in Washington, D.C., and I’m leaving the state as a resident for the final time … Read More
FPC is not dead. The 2012 Netroots Awards are still coming. I’ll shortly have a post on how I voted today. And I’ll have an announcement coming very soon that should be very exciting…
So for those who didn’t know, I quit my job at Crooks and Liars a while back to be the Communications Director for Darcy Burner’s congressional campaign in Washington state. Our primary was yesterday and, while we fought a valiant … Read More
In 2004, after the re-election of George W. Bush, which was shocking to me, I was kind of at a loss as to what to do in terms of blogging. I had been blogging since 1998, mostly about national topics. … Read More
It’s that time of year again, the 2012 Netroots Awards are about to begin. Before we get to the nomination process, I want to open up the categories a bit for discussion. A few things first. The awards are are … Read More
