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POPSObama Mania Doc, from Supernova Earth, has written a fantastic essay on the creepy emotional reaction that Obama inspires.
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POPSSenate Votes to Expand Spy Powers Lost in the horse race noise is the story of the Senate yet again capitulating to the desires of the Bush administration. Wiretapping laws expanded, civil liberties and privacy shrinking, and Obama and Clinton didn't have the balls to vote. Great.
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POPSOperation Live Free or Die These people, in part, helped organize the Operation Live Free or Die rally. They're NOT dirty hippie protesters, but rather intelligent, articulate, former-tech employees. They know their issues and they know how to articulate them.
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POPSThe Talk Radio News Service Today we launched the new iteration of the Talk Radio News Service website! As you know, I’m the Chief United Nations Correspondent for TRNS, as well as their social media consultant. We’ve been hard at work redesigning this new site for quite some time, and hope that you find it a useful place for disseminating news from Washington DC, the United Nations, and the Presidential Campaign Trail. There may still be a few bugs lurking, so as we continue to improve this space we’d love your feedback and comments. There’s a helpful little tutorial video over on the Help page. Thanks!
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POPSMcCain Begins New Hampshire Blitz I suspect that McCain is going to wipe the floor with Romney - at this point, I wouldn't be surprised if McCain took the nomination. He has the experience card, strong on war but anti torture, and while he may not be the evangelical's first choice, they will vote for him before Romney.
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POPSCandidate Schedules A really engaging NYT map of the presidential candidates campaign stops in a real-time animation.
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POPSLakota Nation Seced From US This story has been under reported but is of great importance to Federalists and activists. Having spent six years living in Lakota country, the weight of this story is immense. It's my hope that that Lakota are successful and they have all the support of Creepy Sleepy.
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POPSSlate Campaign Junkie Slate runs the Campaign Junkie ever election cycle. Their writing is substantive and informative, but never lacking in humor or wit. I listen to the Slate podcast right after NPR's 7 am news and the NYT front page - it's essential. Want to be more informed but not bored to death during this election? Subscribe to Slate.
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POPSPolitical Base Another interesting, slick use of social media to cover the 2008 presidential campaign - nice interface, poll information, money data - this campaign will be very 2.0verloaded.
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POPSYahoo Political Dashboard The dashboard of the Yahoo! Election 08 site is an aesthetically pleasing, brief overview of poll leaders, money spent, and current leaders. It's a bit like the Billboard Top 10 for the campaign.
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POPSYahoo! Election 08 This site might succeed because it's a Yahoo! site. Thought I'm always skeptical when Y! announces a new product, This site presents a ton of campaign information efficiently. Yahoo! Election 08 is uses social media tools to target a non-social media, mainstream audience. My interest, primary, is how they will exercise editorial control, and if they can build a significant audience and voice.
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POPSEscort Throws Cold Water On Lott Rumor This story is important not because yet another prominent Republican might be gay, but because a moralistic, sucker of lobbyist cock may be going down. Pun intended. I don't give a fuck if Lott is gay, but leaving the senate so suddenly right before changes in lobby rules is disgusting.
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POPSBush-Cheney Really Are Planning to Attack Iran! Here's the theory: Bush does not want his legacy to include leaving office with Iran in possession of nuclear capabilities. Even if Iran does NOT have the bomb, it has been so hyped that Bush can't afford to appear soft on Iran after talking such a tough game. The neo-Con strategy includes destabilizing the region, with a plan of long-term domination. Interesting strategy, and we should not be surprised if Iran becomes a serious concern 6 months from now.
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POPS Democrats unable to bring troops home I would love to support the Democrats, but the fact remains that they could bring the troops home right now were they to cut funding. They haven't, and won't because they are no different from Republicans. If you lean Left, don't vote for Democrats. They are the lesser of the two evils, with an emphasis on 'lesser.' If you want to see REAL change, vote your heart.
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