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ACORN: “Not guilty”

Friends and Colleagues: An independent report released today has concluded that while ACORN, the community organizing group, needs to improvement its management structure, it did not engage in illegal activities when two videographers, one posing as a prostitute, sought to

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“Waffling Democrats’ Health Care Hypocrisy” – The Nation

In my new article in The Nation magazine today, “Waffling Democrats’ Health Care Hypocrisy,” I note that Sen. Joe Lieberman, the former Democrat-turned-Indepedent, and six key Democratic senators smear the public option. But each one supports the Veterans Health Administration–

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“Meet Stephen Hemsley” – Huffington Post

Friends and Colleagues: Stephen J. Hemsley is one of the most powerful people you’ve never heard of. But Health Care for America Now (HCAN) hopes to change that. Hemsley is the CEO of United Health Group, the nation’s largest health

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“First They Came For ACORN”

Friends and Colleagues, I just posted this piece, “First They Came for ACORN,” about the need for progressives, and Democratic Party politicians, to stand up for ACORN, or else the Right will pick off each progressive and liberal group one-by-one. 

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“Big Insurance – Sick of It” protests nationwide

Friends and Colleagues: The movement for health care reform is picking up steam. Today,  Health Care for America Now (HCAN) is sponsoring protests in about 150 cities, targeting 3 major insurance companies, including the nation’s largest – WellPoint  — an

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Obama’s speech: “Go Out And Make Me Do It” – Huffington Post

Friends and Colleagues: I’ve posted this column, “Go Out and Make Me Do It,” on Huffington Post  last night. It is an analysis of Obama’s speech on health insurance reform. I said it was a “call to action,” emphasizing that

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Turn Up the Heat on the Insurance Industry

Friends and Colleagues: I’ve just posted this blog — “Turn Up the Heat on the Insurance Industry.”   It is a plea to focus public attention on the major obstacle to reform – the insurance industry. I name names and show

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Is Max Baucus the New Phil Gramm?

Friends and Colleagues: Is Senator Max Baucus about to do to America’s health care system what Senator Phil Gramm already did to the nation’s banking system? Let’s hope someone stops Baucus before it’s too late. As I observe in a

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“Health Care and Hate in Alhambra” — on the ground at a health care town meeting

Friends and Colleagues: I attended a town meeting on health care reform in Alhambra on Tuesday night, sponsored by my Congressman, Adam Schiff, a moderate Democrat.  I wanted to see if the right-wingers and the Republicans would once again outmaneuver

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“Divorce – Union Style” in The Nation, plus Billy Bragg and Nelson Lichtenstein

Friends and Colleagues: My article, “Divorce – Union Style,” appears on the Nation’s website today and on the cover of the next (August 31) issue of the magazine . It explains the background to the intense battle that led to

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