BRAZENLY LIBERAL — a fact-based initiative

Like Alan Grayson, Anita Dunn was a “Huh? Who?” name to most liberals a few weeks ago. But like Congressman Grayson, she’ll be a star by noon.
That’s what happens when someone in the Democratic party finds the intestinal fortitude to tell the truth about the GOP and their fanboys.

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Teddy Kennedy

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That’s the subject line in an email from David Axelrod.  “Something worth forwarding.”  Jesus!  Talk about a subject line guaranteed to see it’s deleted from many inboxes without reading because it looks like spam!
Axelrod is an alright sort.  It’s just that this White House, so beautifully eloquent in long form communications like speeches, really sucks [...]

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Oh yeah, baby! Finally! A Democratic candidate who doesn’t roll over and tremble at the appearance of the swiftboat assholes.
From Rolling Stone, via the New York Times:
It was not all about pop culture. When Mr. Wenner asked how Mr. Obama might respond to harsh attacks from Republicans, suggesting that Democrats have “cowered” in [...]

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PhyllisDel

How cute are they????? After 55 years (fifty-five years!!!!) together, Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin still radiate love and sheer joy at being with each other. These two beautiful women will marry today at 5:01 Pacific time in San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO – Dozens of gay couples planned to rush down to their county [...]

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Sometimes patriotism means supporting the government. Sometimes it means defending the country against those who would destroy it during their brief tenure.
In refusing to be bullied into silence, Wired has shown true patriotism.
A file detailing aspects of AT&T’s alleged participation in the National Security Agency’s warrantless domestic wiretap operation is sitting in a San [...]

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We heart Russ.

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In my own experience with car dealers, “integrity” is not a word that’s come up much.
But if you’re in the market for a new or used vehicle and live in or near Niles, Michigan, this is your guy. When a rightwingnut homophobe sent him an email telling him he had been considering a Ford, [...]

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Thousands of voters turned out in Wisconsin to offer a purely symbolic but heartfelt message: Bring the troops home from Iraq.
By margins overwhelming in some places and narrow in others, voters in 24 of 32 communities approved referendums Tuesday calling for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
Joy Kenworthy, 78, of Madison, doesn’t mind [...]

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This is sheer brilliance. I want to know more about Senator Hagan.
If a Youngstown lawmaker’s proposal becomes Ohio law, Republicans would be barred from being adoptive parents.
State Sen. Robert Hagan sent out e-mails to fellow lawmakers late Wednesday night, stating that he intends to “introduce legislation in the near future that would ban households [...]

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