Jason Rosenbaum

Press reports are circulating that the Democratic Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Henry Waxman from California, is preparing to introduce legislation that would — if press reports are to be believed — give the Internet over to corporate control and kill free speech online. Reportedly, the bill would be even worse than [...]

Just minutes ago, bold progressive Ann McLane Kuster defeated Joe Lieberman’s presidential campaign co-chair Katrina Swett in tonight’s New Hampshire congressional primary (NH-02).

You can’t seem to turn around lately without someone asking us about the ‘enthusiasm gap.’ It looks like Democracy for America and Progressive Change Campaign Committee volunteers didn’t get that memo, because our ‘phonebombs’ for key challenger races across the country are going great. When bold progressive candidates stand up, our members will stand with them. The exciting news with our new virtual phone bank technology is that even if you live in a place where you don’t have a progressive Democrat to volunteer for, you can still talk to like minded voters and in key districts — and help bold progressives win.

Hey everyone, long time no speak! I’ve got something I’ve been working on at the Progressive Change Campaign Committee for you to check out.

I want you to meet Alan Simpson. He really (really!) wants to gut Social Security. And he’s in charge of a commission determining the future of Social Security [the so-called "debt commission"].

How did that happen? Well, President Obama appointed him to be in charge. Why did Obama do that? I have no idea.

Simpson has a lot of power over the future of Social Security, Medicare and the like. And he also says really crazy things. So today, we launched a new website: StuffAlanSimpsonSays.com

The Seminal is a project near and dear to my heart. I started it with Lance Steagall, Alex Thurston and Vassar Oenbring while I was still in school, six years ago. It’s grown from a small underground printed newspaper about Chicago hip hop to a music promotion company to a nationally known political blog and now to a vibrant community in the Firedoglake universe. Over the year we’ve officially been part of Firedoglake, I’ve enjoyed writing here, reading what you have to say, and engaging in some great discussions along the way. Blogging is the foundation of my political activism, and so it’s with a heavy heart that I have to say farewell today.

Coming up this weekend on Food Sunday and Saturday Art: On Saturday Art, Mitchell Frye has work entitled "Texas Corral" Bill Egnor has the latest from his novel Jake Remington has "redhanded" masaccio writes about David Hockney’s American Collectors And Art Threat has a post on art and urban revitalization On Food Sunday, Bill has [...]

In case you missed us this weekend on Food Sunday and Saturday Art, here’s what you missed…

Coming up tomorrow: On Saturday Art, Bill will have the next chapter in his novel. Masaccio has a post on Composition VI by Wassily Kandinsky. And Mitchell Frye and Jake Remington will have more original works. On Food Sunday, Jill Richardson will post about the lives, farms, and food of peasants in rural Mexico. Bill [...]

Say what you want about Harry Reid’s politics, his campaign is the best run in the country. First, he destroyed his toughest primary opponent Sue Lowden by expertly capitalizing on her “chickens for checkups” comment. And now, facing crazy tea-partier Sharron Angle, he’s making the most of her mistakes as well.

Once again, Republicans (this time in the Senate) are waving around what they think is a really scary chart supposedly explaining what the new health care system looks like under the Affordable Care Act passed this spring. Much like a chart they waved around while trying to kill the bill, this one bears little resemblance to reality. It’s kind of fun to look at, though.