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One Too Many

October 20, 2011
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One Too Many

Kathy Nelson shares a video and a song inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement.

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Progressive Candidate Forum a Success

September 8, 2011
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Progressive Candidate Forum a Success

The year’s first City Council/Mayoral Forum took place at the Longmont Progressive Center this evening and featured questions covering a wide variety of topics posed to eight of Longmont’s candidates.

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A “ghost” from the past

August 14, 2011
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A “ghost” from the past

Busby Berkeley's "42nd Street" has never been treated so creatively. And yours truly had the honor to participate.

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Don Quixote’s Lanser

August 11, 2011
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Don Quixote’s Lanser

Sometimes you just have to dream big. Real big. Impossibly big.

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Daniel Linder, American Univ Commencement 2011

August 11, 2011
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My nephew Daniel was offered the honor of giving the Commencment speech today at American University in Washington — on the 50th anniversary of the day another American, John F Kennedy gave it.

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Gardner Faces Packed House at Loveland Town Hall

August 8, 2011
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Gardner Faces Packed House at Loveland Town Hall

Despite being held at 9am on a Monday in Loveland, the Town Hall in Loveland for Cory Gardner was packed. FRL was there and we've got photos and video.

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Wisconsin Solidarity Protest, Denver Capitol 2-22-2011

February 22, 2011
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Wisconsin Solidarity Protest, Denver Capitol 2-22-2011

Over a thousand protestors showed up in solidarity with the Wisconsin protest against Governor Walker's attempt to destroy collective bargaining rights for workers.

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Denier dementia: a weather forecast

January 1, 2011
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Denier dementia:  a weather forecast

Might it be in the water? Could it be in the air? Or more likely it’s a matter of a unique dementia that strikes those who listen to rightwing talk radio or watch Fox News.

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FOX news hosts routinely donate and shill for GOP candidates

November 6, 2010
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The suspension of Keith Olbermann looks quite different when you look at FOX news and their hosts. The hypocrisy is, as usual, hip-deep.

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Taking America Back

November 6, 2010
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This ad pretty much sums up what we're about to see from the GOP.

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What are they spraying?

November 5, 2010
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Chemtrails - conspiracy theory or illegal weather modification? Watch this video and decide for yourself.

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Get out and vote

October 20, 2010
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The far right hopes you won't. Watch this video and pass it on!

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Freedom to record

September 27, 2010
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Freedom to record

When a public official is performing their duty in a public place, the law allows recording them.

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Taliban Dan

September 27, 2010
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Alan Grayson's newest ad calls extremist religion out.

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Tea Party Economic Braintrust

September 26, 2010
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A gallery of the economic geniuses that exemplify the teabaggers.

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"We must close union offices, confiscate their money and put their leaders in prison. We must reduce workers salaries and take away their right to strike." - Adolf Hitler, May 2, 1933
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