From e-mail:

"We are thrilled to share the news that "Citizen Koch" is coming to a theater near you -- it will open at the Gene Siskel Film Center on Friday June 13th 2014 and in theaters across the country throughout June, July and August."

"Citizen Koch" is the documentary that went to Kickstarter after its funding not-so-mysteriously ( Read more... )

Got a (land line) call today that actually looked like something important (we've been having a lot of issues in Chicago, what with Mayor Emanuel trying to fix the school system by destroying it, among other things ( Read more... )

The effect of Shelby County v. Holder take hold

From Interactive Map: The War on Voting Rights"Section 4 [of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, struck down last year] outlined a formula for identifying jurisdictions with a history of racial discrimination. These places included many states in the South and various counties and townships scattered across ( Read more... )

When they demand a retraction of a factually accurate story.

I kicked in for the film Citizen Koch; I can't wait for the film's release this year.

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Exactly what it says, by Rick Perlstein ( Read more... )

Canada to Stop Delivering Mail to City Homes Over 5 Years notes The New York Times last Thursday ( Read more... )

This is my "missed opportunity" face of regret

I got a phone call a few minutes ago.

"So, you're a Henry Kuttner fan, right?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"There's a Kickstarter campaign to get a book of Hogben stories published ( Read more... )

Remember when I posted the article that found the Will County Illinois Teaparty renaming itself because too many people associated it with "racist wingnuts"?

Well, there was a conference to address that. CPAC hosted a conference, sponsored by Teaparty members, to let conservatives address that very question ( Read more... )

In quotes because some are just renaming themselves

Probably noticing the negative ads that branded some candidates as Tea Party members or fellow travelers, and noticing that those candidates lost, the Will County (Illinois) Tea Party is disbanding and renaming the remnants "fiscal Republicans".

They join the Tennesee Tea Party, the Penn Tea ( Read more... )