John Kerry will be on Imus in the Morning tomorrow, Friday March 17: Senator John Kerry (D) MA will join us at 7:29am eastern. Is he considering another run at the White House? What would he do about Iraq? Iran? The ports deal?
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Last Friday John Kerry and Max Cleland attended a forum (see my earlier post) at at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government to premier a documentary from NECN — “Hidden Wounds,” about veterans returning from Iraq with post-traumatic stress disorder. Harvard University Institute of Politics has a video of the event online, including the movie “Hidden [...]
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The Senate has just passed the $2.8 Trillion 2007 Budget, which contained a controversial measure to allow oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Below is a statement by Senator John Kerry on tonight’s Senate vote 51-49 to pass President Bush’s budget: “For all the talk of America’s addiction to oil, this budget vote [...]
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Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today opposed the FY2007 Budget, charging that it would lead the nation further down a path of “fiscal irresponsibility.” The following is a statement entered into the Congressional Record by Senator Feinstein in opposition to the Budget: “Mr. President, I rise to oppose this budget. This Administration has chosen to continue [...]
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Kerry amendment will restore funding to TRICARE cut by Bush budget. Today, Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) offered an amendment to restore funding for TRICARE, the Department of Defense healthcare program for servicemembers and their families. President Bush’s budget for next year includes a proposal to increase TRICARE fees and co-payments for military retirees under the [...]
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BradBlog’s Brad Friedman, the liberal blogosphere’s champion of the voting rights issue, has piece on electronic voting machines: WaPo Drives a Stake Through the Heart of Our Current Inexcusable State of Electronic Voting… NiteSwimming says there’s a third Democrat challenging the Abramoff scandal implicated, Rep. John Doolittle in CA. And Digby has a “Manly” photo [...]
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It was only a matter of time. Whenever Republicans are on the wrong side of the argument they try to avoid a real discussion of the issue by claiming their opponent has flip-flopped. They must think that Americans are all suffering from short term memory loss if they think they can still pull this off. [...]
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Right wingers are going to have yet another reason to hate Hollywood. Cinematical reports that Paramount is planning an Inherit the Wind type movie on the Dover court decision that teachers could not be forced to teach intelligent design in the class room.
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