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National/US political news and opinion from a liberal viewpoint.

Today is National Voter Registration Day

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The National Association of Secretaries of State voted in the summerto officially declare September 25 National Voter Registration Day. Over 1,000 organizations have come together to set up an unprecedented online and offline effort on September 25th to do for voter registration what Earth Day did for environmental activism with National Voter Registration Day.

Where Change Comes From

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Obama for America has released a new web video, because today, the choice in this election became even clearer. On one side is a candidate who has disdainfully written off half the country. On the other, a President who has always said we can only change Washington together—and we have.

Romney Raising Cash in OC vs. Hypocrisy on China

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Mitt Romney will be in Orange County today to hit the Orange County GOP ATM. He is here for his fourth withdrawal since March with an event at the Segrestrom Hall in Costa Mesa. Romney raising money in Orange County, no matter what quantity, isn’t news. It is well overshadowed by his hypocrisy on “being tough on China.”

Eleventh Anniversary of September 11, 2001 Attacks

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I’m sitting here in the eastern time zone, northwestern PA, watching MSMBC rebroadcasting their coverage of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The broadcast is surreal in that they are not running any notification that this is a rebroadcast of events from 11 years ago. The terrorist attacks occurred on a clear Tuesday morning on the east coast, very much like today.