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Oy, the false ads attacking Obama are making their claim on the airwaves. Wanna do something about it?
Here are two ways you can — they’re not the most sexy or wild, but damn if they don’t have an impact.
Donate to MoveOn to help them run this ad condemning McCain for running false attack ads:

And [...]

The August 18-25 issue of The Nation, which will hit bookstores and the occasional newsstand this weekend, includes an Open Letter to Barack Obama, calling on him to stand firm to the principles he so compellingly articulated during his campaign.
The letter will be delivered to the Obama campaign in advance of the Democratic convention. You [...]

In the 2004 election, the Democratic candidate John Kerry received 74 percent of the Jewish vote while Bush received merely 25 percent.
Last May — according to a recent article — a Gallup poll reported that this party divide had narrowed, with 61 percent of Jews claiming support for Obama and 32 percent for [...]

Like many of you, I’m an Obama supporter. A few months ago, I started to hear about various efforts among progressive Jews to support him. (Righteous Indignation expressed prior interest in nonpartisan GOTV activities.) But so far, the dominant effort on my radar screen seems to be JewsforObama.com, for view (strangely enough) at www.jews4barack.com.
On the [...]

I’m actually a bit surprised, being on the west coast and all, that I’d be the first one from what I can tell in the Jewish progressive blogosphere, let alone the Jewish blogosphere as a whole, to write about Obama’s clinching of the Democratic ticket as an absolutely historic moment in U.S. politics. Whether people [...]

Because, the media needs to do more of it…and for the most part, I’m like, hell yeah, go ‘head Abrams!!! This came out a few days ago, but I still wanted to post it. Why?
Because, how often do you hear media pundits actually ask people to understand Jewish tradition and holidays, rather than make simplistic [...]

With the media so far trying to paint it as if Clinton is the main Democratic candidate for Jews, who would have thought I’d be excited to see a Gallup Poll coming out showing how far off the mark that commentary has been.

Check out the rest of the poll which shows the outcomes for [...]

Clinton, who’s in second place, is offering Obama the VP ticket, while he’s in the lead!?!?!

The audacity!
Yes, everyone, this is what entitlement looks like.
Damn…american studies, women’s and ethnic studies, government professors and more couldn’t pay for this kind of material!!! Seriously.
And remember the little girl in Clinton’s 3:00 am telephone attack [...]

On Democracy Now this morning:
A coalition of human rights groups say the humanitarian situation in Gaza is now the worst since 1967. Amnesty International, Save the Children, Care International and Christian Aid have joined together to criticize Israel’s blockade on Gaza as illegal collective punishment which fails to deliver security. More than 1.1 million Gazans [...]