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links for 2008-06-25

• Obama writes chaper on community organizing
  a blast from the past - Obama wrote this in 1990 while at Harvard Law, immediately following his time as a community organizer in Chicago
  (tags: obama politics strategy communityorganizing)
• Experience: Does Obama Trump McCain? | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008 | Newsweek.com
  (tags: politics obama factcheck)
• Talking to Iran Is Not So Controversial | The American Prospect
  (tags: iran diplomacy factcheck obama)
• Balkinization: A Guide to the New FISA Bill, Part III
  David Kris continues to set out what the bill actually will do
  (tags: fisa civilliberties espionage law factcheck)

links for 2008-06-23

• democracyarsenal.org: More on FISA
  more reality check
  (tags: civilliberties espionage politics commentary fisa)
• Balkinization - The Key Questions About the New FISA Bill
  replaces Washington Monthly link as better analysis
  (tags: fisa civilliberties espionage law analysis)
• democracyarsenal.org: The "Feckless and Craven" Democratic Majority at Work
  (tags: politics democrats snark)

links for 2008-06-22

• Balkinization: A Guide to the New FISA Bill, Part II
  a clear-eyed analysis of the new FISA bill and how it affects the current legal situation; must read before you start having hysterics
  (tags: civilliberties espionage law analysis fisa)
• democracyarsenal.org: FISA Compromise II
  a look at the political realities surrounding the new FISA bill
  (tags: civilliberties espionage law politics commentary fisa)
• Obama: I'll Fight To Strip Telecom Immunity From FISA - Horserace
  because some people apparently need to have it spelled out for them what Obama's position is
  (tags: obama civilliberties espionage politics fisa)

links for 2008-06-19

• Obama Camp Apologizes to Muslim Women - The Caucus - Politics - New York Times Blog
  sounds like it was an overzealous staffer or volunteer and I am glad the campaign apologized and is taking steps to make sure it doesn't happen again
  (tags: obama muslims politics discrimination veiling)

links for 2008-06-16

• Jason Furman Is Not the Problem - The Plank
  (tags: economics obama factcheck)

links for 2008-06-14

• Orcinus - The crazies and Obama
  (tags: rightwing racism violence)

links for 2008-06-11

• Your Whiteness is Showing
  (tags: politics race racism feminism hillaryclinton obama)
• Too Sense: Get Ready to Fight the "Redeemers"
  (tags: history racism hillaryclinton obama democrats)

links for 2008-06-09

• Obama and McCain Offer Two Very Different Americas | Election 2008 | AlterNet
  (tags: obama johnmccain politics)

links for 2008-06-07

• Tom Hayden: Bobby and Barack - Politics on The Huffington Post
  (tags: obama politics rfk history)
• The Field » No More Drama
  (tags: obama politics race progressivism movements)
• Obama Signals He Won't Back Down to GOP Smears | Election 2008 | AlterNet
  (tags: politics obama hillaryclinton johnmccain)
• Obama in a Blowout: The Presidential Election Will Not Be Close | Election 2008 | AlterNet
  (tags: obama politics democrats elections)
• Op-Ed Columnist - Bob Herbert - Savor the Moment for a Historic Campaign - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
  (tags: racism sexism history obama hillaryclinton)
• Africans Ecstatic Over Barack Obama - NAM
  (tags: africa obama)
• FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right: On Brian Schweitzer as VP
  (tags: politics democrats veepstakes schweitzer)

links for 2008-06-06

• Eugene Robinson - What He Overcame - washingtonpost.com
  (tags: obama race history)