Swarm, baby, swarm
I have to spend much of the day figuring out what we're going to do on Election Day and Night, and with headlines swarming today, I'll just keep posting links, and you can do the same in the comments: All tied up in ...
I have to spend much of the day figuring out what we're going to do on Election Day and Night, and with headlines swarming today, I'll just keep posting links, and you can do the same in the comments: All tied up in ...
I am and always have been a liberal. I was raised to revere the Democratic party and feel contempt for the party of Richard Nixon (as well as the man himself). Democrats, everyone agreed, were freer spirits. Uptight Republicans, everyone agreed, lighted cigars with hundred-dollar...
Trying to clear the backlog of election-related reader photos. From John: Spotted at Menards in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Keep up the good work! From Jeanne: My daughter and her boyfriend were in downtown Fort Worth yesterday when they saw this truck. The sign says: "If you voted for our current...
Today was National Dance for Obama Day, in which flash mobs were organized as part of a get out the vote effort in numerous cities. The weekend before Election Day, we’re turning up the heat and encouraging people to get out and vote with flash mobs...
Each day until Election Day we will feature a previously unpublished photo sent in by a Legal Insurrection reader on National Empty Chair Day, September 3, 2012. The countdown continues with 3 days to go. Today’s Empty Chair photo feast is of photo submissions that include Joe Biden as the...
Tonight hopefully is the last Saturday Night Card Game in the age of Obama. The series started just over three years ago, and has generated almost 150 posts. I look back on this time period with great sadness as to how everything has been turned on its...
As longtime readers know, I was greatly influenced by Abbie Hoffman's Steal This Book. One of the ways to cheat the Post Office in the book was to address an envelope to yourself, and use the return address for the person you wanted to send it...
Does it never end? Elizabeth Warren is sticking by her claim that she is Native American despite the mountain of proof otherwise and the near-complete debunking of her family lore.. In this recent interview with a Local ABC affiliate at her home, Warren was asked about whether there was anything...
Black Chicagoans from the south and west sides took their message to what they say is the source of the problem when they converged outside of a fundraiser held by Mayor Emanuel for Barack Obama and then marched to the studios of ABC News. Their message,...
You'd think that after four years of looking forward to Tuesday, I'd have a master plan for the blog for the day. You'd be wrong. I'm still thinking through what to do, but here's the current thinking -- During the day, have a general "Open" thread, with separate posts...
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Warren tried to prevent four families who lost loved ones from getting their day in court...
It's nice that in his closing argument Obama has articulated more perfectly than ever before his political philosophy of revenge. While various people are reacting as if Obama has gone off the rails, revenge is Obama's rail. Dividing Americans into groups and playing each against the other...
In case you missed it. The Election War is being fought on college campuses: Cartoon at the Cornell Insider Sums up 2012 Election This time around, young people voting with their pocketbooks not emotions Stupid campus mind games for Obama Cornell Review 2012 Election Guide Panicked Democrats Send Bill Clinton to...
The current Mayor and several former Mayors of Worcester, MA, held an "endorsement rally" for Elizabeth Warren yesterday: Mayor Joe Petty, along with Lt. Gov. Tim Murray and other Democrats, will lead an endorsement rally in front of Worcester City Hall at 9 a.m. “I’m proud to...
From Jeff: Love your bumper sticker posts, and when I saw this, I knew I had to send it to you. Observed this in traffic in Norfolk, VA; one of the areas that will “decide the election” according to the Examiner (http://washingtonexaminer.com/columbus-des-moines-hampton-roads-will-determine-election/article/2506515#.UEOOi5ZP9GM). Could be a harbinger of doom....
Each day until Election Day we will feature a previously unpublished photo sent in by a Legal Insurrection reader on National Empty Chair Day, September 3, 2012. The countdown continues with 4 days to go. Today’s Empty Chair photo comes to us from Betty in Minnesota. The text reads: Labor Day...
I was just on Nightside with Dan Rea on WBZ 1030 in Boston, a Super Station which covers all of Massachusetts and then some, talking about my latest research on Elizabeth Warren (check back in the morning for more on that). I was pleased to announce the creation...