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Jury acquits two more RNC defendants


rnc(3/19/2009 from RNC ’08 Report) “A Ramsey County jury today acquitted two defendants on seven counts arising from last year’s Republican National Convention in St. Paul. After a four day trial, the jury of six people found Ilana M. Radovsky not guilty of two counts of Unlawful Assembly, one count of False Name to a Police Officer, and one count of Fleeing a Police Officer on Foot. Gracia Logue-Sargeant was found not guilty of two counts of Unlawful Assembly and one count of Disorderly Conduct. Read the full story

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Animal Rights Activist Elected to General Assembly


Vegan activist, Annie Hornish, co-founder of the Compassionate Living Project, ousted 18-year incumbent Rich Ferrari this week in CT’s 62nd district.  The race was decided after a recount, which revealed that a manual error had falsely given Ferrari more than 700 extra votes.  Read the full story

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CT Voters: No to Con Con, Yes to Larger Electorate


Voters took part in two statewide ballot initiatives in Connecticut this week.  The controversial Con Con question (whether CT should hold a new Constitutional Convention) got most of the press.  Read the full story

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Modest Predictions of the Future


Regardless of tonight’s outcomes, I predict that this time next year:

  • Taxes will go down
  • Spending will go up
  • The deficit will continue to spiral out of control.
  • Many of my friends will still not have health insurance
  • We’ll still be in Iraq and Afghanistan

: )

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Election Season Shows White Supremacy Alive and Well


The foiled plots to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama reveal more than just isolated racist fanaticism, according to James Ridgeway, author Blood in the Face: The Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations, Nazi Skinheads and the Rise of a New White Culture.   Ridgeway cautions that there may be “more than meets the eye.”  Click here for more.

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Michael Moore Backing Obama


Democracy Now! interviews filmmaker and activist Michael Moore.  See why backs Obama, his views on the bailout and healthcare, and his “10 decrees” for a new White House.   Full story here.

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