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The Urban Institute's critical study on the 'cost' of Medicaid expansion
Yesterday, the Kaiser Family Foundation released a new report that it commissioned on "The Cost and Coverage Implications of the ACA Medicaid Expansion: National and State-by-State Analysis."Local...
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3 women charged with indecent exposure in Boehner's office, while 4 men get...
Yesterday, there was a naked protest in Boehner's office involving four men and three women. They drew attention to impending cuts in HIV funding.The three nude female protesters were charged with lewd...
View ArticleDear Republicans: you should support the National Popular Vote
The current vote tally shows Barack Obama with a nationwide margin of 3.5% over Mitt Romney.The state that provided the decisive electoral college vote (the ah-hem, tipping point state) was Colorado,...
View ArticleIs Philly's drinking water at risk from today's vinyl chloride spill?
UPDATES:New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection spokesman Larry Hajna said “there doesn’t appear to be any immediate, imminent threat” to the area’s water. -source After exposure to vinyl...
View ArticleGOPHostageTakers.com : 40 Republicans to contact for the discharge petition
From the DCCC:www.GOPHostageTakers.comREPUBLICAN HOSTAGE TAKERS Despite claiming to be independent, these House Republicans refuse to add their name to a discharge petition that would force a full...
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CDC statistics show that gun violence is not decreasing
Stop saying that gun violence is decreasing in America. It is not. Rates have been stable for over a decade.Just a few minutes ago, a guest on "Andrea Mitchell Reports" (MSNBC) claimed that gun...
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Why Republicans should support the National Popular Vote [political expediency]
Yesterday, there was a great post by Q Tip about how Democrats should push for a national popular vote. It has background info and action links. I agree, but I think we can reach out to and convince...
View ArticleTragic fire at student party kills 232 in Santa Maria, Brazil
May the victims rest in peace. May their families and loved ones get the support they need.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Southern...
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Democrats have an Electoral College advantage, but INOKIYAD
Unlike in 2000, Democrats currently have an Electoral College advantage, but INOKIYAD. Despite our current advantage, the president should be whoever gets the most votes nationwide.Nationwide Obama...
View ArticleGA-Sen: Nunn ad hits Perdue's huge payoff as 8K lost jobs, scores very high...
Michelle Nunn's campaign is shinning a light on David Perdue's golden parachutes. The TV spot features people (mainly women) from a small NC town, criticizing Perdue's huge compensation from Pillowtex...
View ArticleGeorgia Souls to the Polls: "In Historic First" DeKalb County to embrace...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Sep 6, 2014."In historic first, DeKalb to reserve a Sunday for voting in October"Next month, for the first time in state history, some Georgia voters will be able to cast...
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Georgia: Finding 50 voters per precinct among midterm drop-off voters
{Original analysis below the fold}Last year, leaked memos from Michelle Nunn's campaign estimatedwe will need 1,378,001 votes to win. [snip] Democrats with strong campaigns have generally won 1.2...
View ArticleRev. of MLK's Church criticizes subpoena by GA SOS as a "shameless effort at...
Georgia's Republican Secretary of State issued a subpoena on September 9th, alleging that a new and powerful voter registration group has committed fraud.Rev. Raphael Warnock, pastor of the historic...
View Article[VIDEO] GA SOS says Dems can win w/ "all these minority voters"...then...
Newly released video shows Georgia's Republican Secretary of State speaking the truth, two months ago:Democrats are working hard...registering all these minority voters that are out there and others...
View ArticleCNN/ORC: What's your LV cutoff?
In NH, registered voters excluded by CNN's LV screen favor Shaheen 66% to 24%. 51% of these registered voters say "their mind is made up", yet they're excluded.CNN/ORC has a likely voter screen that's...
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GA-SOS suppressing 51,000 voter registrations because... [Update: Moral...
Early voting starts in less than two weeks, and the Georgia Secretary of State's office is apparently sitting on over 51,000 voter registration forms.What?At a hearing in front of the Georgia Elections...
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Midterm drop-off among youth voters & paths forward
Turnout among the voting eligible population in 2008 was 58.7%, and turnout in 2010 was 41.7%: a population-wide midterm drop-off of 29.0%. Among voters under 30 (if turnout parallels 2010) drop-off is...
View ArticleGA-Sen: Nunn's chances underrated in runoff, with up to 4X more early voting...
Summary: Comparing turnout in the 2008 runoff and 2010 midterms, most of the "runoff drop-off" (58%) was attributable to decreased early voting opportunities during 2008's runoff, which will not occur...
View ArticleWe're all tied up! GOTV in Georgia.
There's momentum in Georgia. A new poll by InsiderAdvantage finds the Governor's race tied up at Carter 43.4 vs Deal 43.7. That's a four point swing for Carter.“[Carter] has 32% of the white vote in...
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Video of GA debates for US Senate and Governor
UPDATE:All debate videos are available from the local TV host. The first clip from each debate is embedded below.--------The stream will be on http://www.13wmaz.com/Tonight Michelle Nunn (D) debates...
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