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The Warriorsnew

How the decades-long fight against AIDS made radicals out of activists.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Holly Otterbein |
02-15-2011 |
Politics
Pin the Fail on the Donkeynew

Jeremy Alford on the collapse of the Louisiana Democratic Party -- and what lies ahead for the Dems.
Company Sells Engraved “You Lie” Component For AR-15 Riflenew

A South Carolina gun and accessories company is selling semi-automatic rifle components inscribed with “You lie” – a tribute to the infamous words of 2nd District Republican Congressman Joe Wilson when he shouted at President Barack Obama during a congressional speech about national health care reform in the fall of 2009.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
01-12-2011 |
Politics
Jerry Brown's Karmanew

What can California expect from Jerry Brown this time around?
Sacramento News & Review |
Tom Hayden |
01-06-2011 |
Politics
Tags: California, Jerry Brown
Drug Addicts Unite!new

An Oakland-based group of methadone users and their medical providers has formed a political lobbying to help shape California policy.
East Bay Express |
Julia Landau |
12-29-2010 |
Politics
South Carolina Accidentally Bans Beer At Festivalsnew

Legislators will have to work swiftly next month to fix an unintended ban on temporary alcohol licenses for festivals and special events.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
12-14-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Beer, What A World!
The Last Dinosaur: S.C. Democratic Party Faces Extinctionnew

As the last statewide Democrat, Jim Rex, leaves office, South Carolina faces a Republican Ice Age.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
12-10-2010 |
Politics
Repeal of Military's Gay Ban Coming In Either Two Weeks Or Two Yearsnew

Recent GOP victories and new survey findings on gays in the military have each altered the timetable for repealing the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. The ban on gays serving openly will either end in the next two weeks or it will sit in legislative limbo for at least the next two years.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
12-07-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Joe Wilson, DADT
Alvin Greene 'Seriously Considering' Presidential Run in 2012new

The mysterious unemployed former South Carolina Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene is deciding which party platform he'll embrace for a possible 2012 White House Bid.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
11-11-2010 |
Politics
Does Joe Lieberman Have a Chance in 2012?new

Reading the tea leaves on Joe Lieberman’s influence and future.
New Haven Advocate |
Gregory B. Hladky |
11-09-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Joe Lieberman
How Canvassers Get Your Moneynew

They've got a pitch, and a strategy that would make a football coach proud.
East Bay Express |
Matthew Green |
11-03-2010 |
Politics
Meh. Liberals Rally on Brink of Historic Defeat, But Does It Mean Anything?new

What does it mean that on the weekend before a momentous GOP thrashing of Democrats nationwide, nearly a quarter of a million primarily young, mostly left-of-center revelers from all over the country descended on the nation’s capitol, snarled the D.C. metro system and flooded the National Mall?
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
11-03-2010 |
Politics
Michele Bachmann Was For The Stimulus While She Was Against Itnew

Remember the Fox News gabfests, the D.C. rallies and the campaign ads where Michele Bachmann brags about voting against President Barack Obama's stimulus bill? Turns out she had her hand out at the same time. Saddling our kids with the federal debt is OK when she does it.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Hart Van Denburg |
10-18-2010 |
Politics
It Ain’t Easy Being Green. Or Libertarian, or Independent.new

Greens axed from the ballot in New Mexico.
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
10-15-2010 |
Politics
First Amendment vs. First Commandmentnew

Sharron Angle and the separation of church and state.
Reno News & Review |
Dennis Myers |
10-12-2010 |
Politics