Yogis for Ron Paul
No, this isn't just another Ron Paul diary.This is about a new movement, Yogis for Ron Paul.Don't think I'm serious?Well, I'm probably not.But read on . . .
View ArticleJeffCo Dems in Colorado Disenfranchise themselves!
Its true. I watched it happen. And in a way, made it happen. Well, not really.Okay bottom line is that today in Jefferson county in Colorado we had our county convention and assembly. And because there...
View ArticlePA-05: McCracken for Congress -- Progress Report -- 4/28/08
The last 4 months have been exciting and rewarding to travel around the 5th district campaigning. I've learned a lot about the district, the people and myself in the process. It all came to a climax...
View ArticlePA-05: McCracken for Congress -- Progress Report -- June 2nd, 2008
The upcoming week is going to be a busy week of listening and learning. I have 3 important meetings to attend that will give me the chance to discuss important issues in the north central region.On...
View ArticleCountry's Largest Municipal Bankruptcy
My county, Jefferson County,(Birmingham, Alabama) is in the midst of financial crisis due to sewer debt. The total amount of debt is estimated to be somewhere in the 4 to 5 billion range. We are on...
View ArticlePA-05: McCracken for Congress -- Weekly Update -- August 10, 2008
Drill Here, Drill Now -- But What Are The Oil Companies Planning?Nationally, Drill Here, Drill Now seems to be the only issue where Republicans are gaining any traction with voters during 2008. For...
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Birmingham Alabama - Obama wins my County
I'm drenched in tears as I write this diary. Tears of Joy.This is a story that shall not go ignored. Let me tell it. The city known to many as Bombingham during the Civil Rights area voted for a skinny...
View ArticleCandidates lining up in AL-07 to Replace Artur Davis
portions cross posted at Left in Alabama) and The Progressive Electorate.We knew once Artur Davis announced that he would be a candidate for Governor in 2010 it was simply a matter of time before a...
View ArticleAL -07 Greenways, Smart Urban Growth (Smoot for Congress)
Two weeks ago today we introduced ourselves and our candidate, Shelia Smoot, here in a diary called Running for Congress (AL07) Our First Daily Kos Diary.Part of the suggestions in the comments thread...
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Birmingham Alabama Goes Blue Imagine That - Nov 4, 2008
Flash back to Nov 4, 2008 when Barack Obama overwhelmingly wins the Presidential Election. While he does not win the "Red State" of Alabama he does carry Jefferson County (yes Birmingham Alabama) and...
View ArticleIndiana combined with Jefferson County, Kentucky
What would happen if Jefferson County was apart of Indiana instead of Kentucky?
View ArticleJefferson County AL - Destroying Full Faith and Credit of Government
I am a believer in government. It is important to have safe streets, a justice system and a democratically elected institution to insure the health and welfare of the population. These functions add...
View ArticleWashington State Election Results - GMO Labeling & Seattle Mayoral Campaign
With as many as 300,000 votes to be counted from metropolitan Martin Luther King County (including Seattle) the Washington State elections have fostered both celebration and disappointment in terms of...
View ArticleWalworth Country Sheriff's Office to get New BearCat Assault Vehicle
That's right: A Brand Spanking new one too...Must be a veritable hot bed of pumpkin festivals just ripe for terrorist attacks. (snarc)How about the stats? Population (2012) 102,851 Land Area: 555...
View ArticleRachel Zenzinger deserves to return to Colorado State Senate
I had the opportunity to talk with Colorado State Senator Rachel Zenzinger. A little on the background of Senate District 19. After some very partisan recall elections in Colorado, She stepped in for...
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Jefferson County, Colorado, School Board Wants to Eliminate AP History UPDATED
Standley Lake High School students take to the street with signs showing support for their teachers and a quality education. (Love the Jay-Z reference!) Last year, a slate of conservative candidates,...
View ArticleJeffCo School Followup
A quick post this morning to follow up on last Friday's diary about how the School Board in Jefferson County, Colorado wanted to eliminate Advanced Placement US History.All schools are open today....
View ArticleNew York Times USA Today proves Colorado / Jefferson County Student Protest...
In Colorado, the newly conservative Jefferson County School Board has made headlines because the board seeks to remove information about civil disobedience from the High School AP history class....
View ArticleHail to the teachers: A reflection on an underappreciated corps
My husband’s mother spent her career in the classroom. For more than four decades she was the lively presence at the front of the room, stewarding group after group of first graders through the...
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College Board Issues Statement Supporting Jefferson County School Board Protests
Student protests continue across Jefferson County, Colorado. In fact, now parents have joined in the protest. We're even making news across the pond.In the midst of board members appearing on both...
View ArticleConservative "History" Makes Liberalism Unnecessary
Al Franken famously wrote, paraphrasing, that "conservatives" (a term I'll use here as shorthand for people who put themselves on the Republican Party's political color-war team) love America the way a...
View ArticleJeffCo School Board Adopts Curriculum Review Committee Updated
Talk about tone deaf...GOLDEN, Colo. - Three conservative Jefferson school board members voted to approve a curriculum review committee Thursday night with a compromise of including students and...
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JeffCo Colorado school board isn't backing down on AP History fight
The fight over AP History rages on in Jefferson County, Colorado. Thursday, the three conservative school board members continued pushing their plan to revamp the AP curriculum to teach students to...
View ArticleAnatomy Of A Pedagogical Clustrf*k
By now, most news-watchers are at least aware of a bit of Americana being played out in the streets of Jefferson County Colorado, an affluent collection of bedroom communities adjacent to the Denver...
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Erick Erickson has a Sad about Subtraction
Erick Erickson is sad. Or mad. I can't tell. We'll just call it "smad" to make it easier.Why is he smad? Because the Common Core-based math book his third-grade daughter brought home contains four...
View ArticleThe importance of local races
Before she was in Congress, Michele Bachmann was a state senator, and before that, pertinent to the title of this post, she was on her local school board. The fact I don't have to explain who she is...
View ArticleIn pivotal election year, Colorado Students Considering Recall of...
The bold protest of Jefferson County, Colorado students to the actions of the conservative majority on the Jefferson County School Board in Colorado has already drawn national and international...
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Colorado students disrupt school board meeting with protest (VIDEO)
In Jefferson County, Colorado, a far-right school board proposed a curriculum change for history classes that would "promote patriotism" by leaving out historical facts about the Black Panther Party,...
View ArticleRecall Begins for JeffCo School Board; AFP/Kochs gear up
Many of you may remember the ongoing battle with the Jefferson County, Colorado school board - most widely known, their proposal to change the AP History curriculum and the subsequent student protests...
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Controversial Colorado school board members face recall votes in November
Recall supporters will have their chance in November. Conservative school board members in Jefferson County, Colorado, tried to revamp the district's AP History curriculum so that it didn't "encourage...
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Students, teachers, and history win in JeffCo, Colorado, as Koch-backed...
Jefferson County, Colorado, had a big win for education and democracy Tuesday, with all three members of the county's far-right school board being recalled by voters and replaced with a completely new...
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There was a lot of good news for progressives that you may have missed on...
Democrat Jackie Biskuspki, who will be the first openly gay mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah, campaigns with enthusiastic supporters You wouldn't know it from reading most traditional media accounts or...
View ArticleBig Night in Colorado for preserving truth in the history books
Lots of news, good and bad, for progressives around the country last night. But one of the major stories here in the Denver area was the recall of 3 Jefferson County School Board members, in a huge...
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Morning Digest: Pennsylvania Supreme Court sweep gives Democrats legislative...
Pennsylvania state capitol buildingLeading Off:•PA Supreme Court: In what was by far the most important victory of the night, Democrats swept three seats on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, giving them...
View ArticleWes Imer Gets Around
You might have encountered a “holy cow” sort of story making the point about the disarray in which Donald Trump finds his campaign: a 12-year-old is, for all intents and purposes, in charge of Trump's...
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"Facts are Facts?" Colorado Library District Scrubs "Politically Biased"...
Wow. Are we looking at censorship? In Jefferson County, the 4th largest in Colorado, Commissioner Don Rosier said he was “shocked and appalled” by postings on the library’s Twitter account, which he...
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Hey Mitch McConnell, sit down & STHU, Alabama has got this....Doug Jones...
Yo, Mitch come on over here. Just want to let you know, don’t worry about that whole molester Roy (creepy) Moore. Alabama has got your back. Well, not really, we have OUR back. The back, like in...
View ArticleUnder media scrutiny, WV state police return $10,000 they took from pregnant...
In June of this year, Tonya Smith—a nurse from New jersey—and her friend Domitrios Patlias decided to use a bunch of promotional offers they had accumulated, dozens of $100 gift cards, and some cash,...
View ArticleRacist Kentucky murder suspect slapped with federal charges in grocery store...
The Kentucky Kroger shooting suspect now faces three hate-crime charges and three firearms charges, courtesy of a federal grand jury in Louisville, the Associated Press reports.U.S. Attorney Russell...
View ArticlePregnant woman indicted for manslaughter after she is shot in the stomach by...
Late Wednesday, AL.Com published a story with a headline that read like a poorly thought-out Onion headline.xAn Alabama woman who was shot in the stomach while pregnant has been indicted and charged...
View ArticleWe need some answers about the Marshae Jones case. And we need them fast.
In case you missed it, Marshae Jones, a 27-year-old woman from Birmingham got shot in the stomach, causing her to lose her pregnancy. And yet, Jones is facing charges of manslaughter.The rationale is...
View ArticleMother of AL woman who shot pregnant woman may have talked her daughter into...
I’ve been somewhat reluctant to jump on the bandwagon supporting Marshae Jones, the Alabama woman who is currently facing an indictment for manslaughter after another woman shot her in the stomach,...
View ArticleI Committed "Election Fraud" on Friday. Also, What Is Happening in the...
My elderly Mom and I committed election fraud Friday. I sent in our absentee ballots by mail instead of voting in person with everyone in the city of Louisvlle at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition...
View Article325 Thousand Absentee Ballots Requested in Jefferson County, KY For Upcoming...
Spectrum News reported that at the end of closing tonight there were 325,596 application requests for absentee ballots in Jefferson County, Kentucky for the June 23rd Primary. Today was the last day...
View ArticleRepublican Threatens To Kill JCPS Superintendent Over Mask Mandate For Public...
Hey Gary Abernathy! Here is another shining example of a reasonable Republican who just publicly threatened to kill the Jefferson County Public School Superintendent Marty Pollio over mandating masks...
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