Discussion of the virtually extinct species once known as Rockefeller Republicans – those individuals known for being liberal on many social issues but conservative on economic issues.

Discussion of how Facebook (and Firedoglake) have made an impact on my life

Jane Hamsher on WAshington Journal

Ruth Marcus does some Hippie Punching, with typical results.

Gray, a retired engineer and small-town mayor, supports Medicare For All, ending the wars, ending corporate personhood, eliminating trade deficit and breaking up “too big to fail” corporations.

The progressive counter-attack against the President’s emerging “austerity” political strategy and program is beginning to emerge. In the last few days, we’ve seen posts by Nancy Altman and Eric Kingson of Social Security Works, Jane Hamsher, Robert Kuttner, and Dean Baker writing against the thrust by the Administration, the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and its network of related organizations, and the deficit hawks in the Congress, seemingly aimed at Social Security. These posts make or imply a number of points sometimes in the form of questions. They are:

— The commission is unaccountable.

— It meets in secret.

— Its members will keep their recommendations secret until after the election, and then will present them to a lame duck Congress that is itself unaccountable.

Rant on the cluelessness of Politicians and Corporations using the election results form KY, PA, and AR

Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the Rivalry That Defined a Generation

Highlights three statewide groups laying foundation for a bottom-up, democratic, progressive movement: the Virginia Organizing Project, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, and Maine People’s Alliance.

Discussion of the Strong Women in my Family who I love (which is all of them)