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Sequester could lead to meat shortages as federal workers are furloughed
If the sequester goes into effect on March 1, furloughs could start hitting federal workers in April. That wouldn't just mean a hit to the paychecks of nearly two million workers, it could also mean...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: After just four years, Mike Johanns bails...
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •NE-Sen: So freshman Sen. Mike Johanns didn't even need a full term in the...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Gary Peters leads all Republicans in...
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •MI-Sen: The Senate portion of PPP's new Michigan poll is now available,...
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Tom Vilsack explains why Republicans have failed at demonizing food stamp...
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is not quite saying to Republicans "good luck demonizing food stamp recipients," but he's getting there:"This is not a situation where we're back in the '80s where...
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MN-Sen: Al Franken (D) Helps Secure Disaster Relief For Farmers
Minnesota farmers received some good news today: http://www.southernminn.com/... U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken and Representatives Collin Peterson, Tim Walz, and Rick Nolan announced this...
View ArticleAgriculture Secretary Vilsack's statement on passage of Farm Bill
Statement by Secretary Vilsack on Passage of the Agricultural Act of 2014WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2014—Secretary Vilsack made the following statement on passage of the Agricultural Act of 2014:"Today's...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Why is Rob Astorino running for governor...
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •NY-Gov: As expected, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino has finally...
View Articlesome updated thoughts on the Senate
this was originally written as a comment on the thread about the Braley campaign's response to the DMR poll. Since there is another diary that mirrors my own thinking, I thought I would just throw it...
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Finally!! Environment, Health and Public Health groups come together to...
Dear Secretaries Burwell and Vilsack: The following organizations and individuals urge you to adopt the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee's recommendations on sustainability, which found:"a diet...
View ArticleThe path for a Democratic victory in 2016
In this diary I will explain how I see the political situation and what would be for me the path for a Democratic victory in the Presidential election of 2016. The diary will include also some note...
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Hillary News & Views 8.27: Gun Violence, Rural Aid and Another Key Iowa...
Lysis might still be on vacation from Hillary News & Views, but the same can't be said for Secretary Clinton. She was back in Iowa today talking about aiding rural communities:Hillary Rodham...
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Isn't it time to fund Fire Fighting like the Emergencies they are?
The Ag Secretary thinks so. So do a number of currently-singed Senators. [ Image Source: archive.onearth.org ]Wyden seeks change in Forest Service wildfire budgetingby Eric Mortenson, Capital...
View ArticleHillary, Bernie, or Martin/Larry
Okay, the last two names are there only because they are still officially in the race.I have written several times about the Democratic contest, and each time some people have jumped to conclusions....
View ArticleOf moral character and politicians
Let me start by acknowledging that in the last open cycle for Democrats in 2007-8 I posted a diary in which I accused one candidate of having become morally disqualified for the high office being...
View ArticleHillary News & Views 2.1: Iowa Campaigning, Reflections from Krugman,...
For more coverage of Hillary Clinton at Daily Kos, visit the Hillary Writers Circle.Today's Hillary News & Views begins with coverage of the last full day of campaigning in Iowa before tonight’s...
View Article'Litigation, Lobbying and Defiance': Why the Republicans Don't Need the White...
Unfortunately, it sometimes takes me a while to get around to reading each new issue of Harper’s. Yesterday morning, I finally read the cover feature of the February 2016 issue, “The Trouble With Iowa:...
View ArticleSome reflections on the candidacy of Hillary
that have been rattling around my mind for the past several days, beginning with attending the opening of her Northern Virginia office this past Wednesday evening, and including watching Thursday’s...
View ArticleDraft Tom Vilsack to run for Senate and beat Chuck Grassley
Sign this petition and promote it to your friends:https://www.change.org/p/tom-vilsack-draft-tom-vilsack-now-to-run-for-the-us-senate-and-beat-chuck-grassleyOn February 23, 2016, Iowa Senator Chuck...
View ArticleSo now that almost everyone accepts the race is over
for the Democratic nomination for President,and having waited more than 24 hours so that what I posted would not be misinterpretedI am taking some time from grading student work and helping my wife get...
View ArticleThoughts on Hillary's VP Options
Long time lurker, infrequent poster… I wanted to share some of my thoughts about Hillary’s VP options given the current state of the race. I do not have any inside information about her thought...
View ArticleA quick look at the current status of the general election
using data from Pollster.com and its general election average of polls, and from Fivethirtyeight.com using the percentages of Clinton winning as shown by their current chart.Overall, including all...
View ArticleSince Tom Vilsack is apparently under consideration for VP
Let me point at some information that might help provide a more complete picture.First, disclosure — we are friends, and he was on my education panel at the first Yearly Kos in Las Vegas in 2006. That...
View ArticleThere's a Lot We Should Expect From a Democratic Running Mate. A Future...
We will very likely learn the identity of Hillary Clinton’s running mate within a matter of days. There’s been a great deal of speculation on that here, as well as discussion of the merits of the...
View ArticleA Last Minute Warning for Progressives
Help, we need to quickly mobilize to make sure Hillary Clinton does not choose Tom Vilsack as VP, or Tim Kaine for that matter. Vilsack supports the TPP :0 OMG this will be a death sentence for the...
View ArticleCampaign Test-Running Kaine
According to Huffington Post, Bill Clinton likes Tim Kaine as the VP pick, citing New York Times’s Amy Chozick and Jonathan Martin (Bill Clinton Said to Back Virginia’s Tim Kaine for Vice President)....
View ArticleDear Clinton, you want to lose ground with your base, then pick Vilsack or Kaine
Dear god, I hope this is all about shitty sources, and not reflective of what’s actually going on inside Camp Clinton:Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack have emerged as...
View ArticleCampaign Test-Running Tom Perez
According to Huffington Post (quoting NBC News), Labor Secretary Tom Perez is “the last liberal standing” on the VP shortlist. This is in addition to the two establishment candidates they were test...
View ArticleHillary News and Views 7/22/16: Peak Veepstakes and Trump Speech Response
***SUPPORT HILLARY CLINTON (NOW MORE THAN EVER!!!)***Donate Today!VolunteerFor more coverage of Hillary Clinton at Daily Kos, visit the Hillary Writers Circle.For breaking news, follow First...
View ArticlePick someone exciting for veep, please don't put the electorate to sleep!
Kaine or Vilsack? Really? A choice between ZZZ and ZZZZZ?On the very slight chance that anyone connected with the campaign reads this, I am laying out my argument for why both of them are poor...
View ArticleA quick personal comment on the VP selection
which is slightly reworked from a comment on another thread last night.I would very much have liked to have seen Tom Vilsack as the choice, and not just because we are personal friends. I know him as...
View ArticleMorning Digest: Why Robert Bentley's sex scandal could still torpedo his...
Leading Off:●AL-Gov: Republican Gov. Robert Bentley is term-limited in 2018, but it's still something of an open question as to whether he'll even make it that long. You'll recall that earlier this...
View ArticleTom Vilsack makes a point that has nothing to do with the race of the rural...
Like everyone, Tom Vilsack has an opinion on how the Democrats lost the White House. He also has an opinion about why Iowa sent Joni Ernst to the Senate and voted for Trump in 2016. They are the same...
View ArticleMorning Digest: Our least favorite Republican from 2012 is running against...
Leading Off●OH-Sen: As expected, Republican Josh Mandel, whose formal title is Ohio state treasurer but whose real job is running against Sherrod Brown every six years, has kicked off another bid for...
View ArticleMorning Digest: South Florida rejected Trump, but downballot Republicans hung on
Leading off●Pres-by-CD: It's cold outside, so our ongoing project to calculate the 2016 presidential results for all 435 congressional districts nationwide is heading to Florida where it's warmer. You...
View ArticleAnd we're off: Dems begin lining up 2020 staff, cash
Today in Atrios (a new site founded by Politico alums), Mike Allen wrote about the beginning stages of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination in...
View ArticleDear Hillary, What Brilliant Possibilities for Your Running Mate!
Dear Hillary Madam President soon-to-be,News has broken about the choices at the top of your list for VP. We here at Campaign Strategy Central cannot contain our excitement!Both Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)...
View ArticleFormer Iowa governor doesn't rule out a 2020 Senate bid against Joni Ernst
Former Democratic Gov. Tom Vilsack was asked Wednesday if he was interested in challenging Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, and he didn’t rule anything out. Vilsack, who served as secretary of agriculture during...
View ArticleMorning Digest: Thank you for reading us this year. We'd be grateful for your...
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel...
View ArticleMorning Digest: District attorney says 'prosecution should be anticipated'...
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel...
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Tom Vilsack led USDA for both terms of the Obama administration. He's back.
Tom Vilsack returns to the position he held during the Obama administration at USDA. Why hasn’t the pandemic compelled a rethinking of factory farming. Changing trends toward sustainability must show...
View ArticleBiden to name Rep. Marcia Fudge as first woman to lead HUD in 40 years, but...
Some of President-elect Joe Biden’s less thrilling Cabinet picks emerged Tuesday night: Tom Vilsack, the former Iowa governor and former agriculture secretary, for agriculture secretary; and Rep....
View ArticleThursday Kos: Trump’s Laughable Lawsuits, Austin’s Wack Waiver &...
Here’s this week’s Thursday Kos! Hear the full episode here. And check out the video clip below!xYouTube Video
View ArticleUpper Midwest News Roundup -- Late December Edition
It’s been a while since I’ve done a roundup for this part of the country, and while these posts generally disappear off the Recent List fairly quickly, here’s to hoping that folks are able to see what...
View ArticleFarming and Carbon Sequestering
Tom Vilsack, US Agriculture Secretary nominee!From an interview by the Storm Lake Times, “US Agriculture Secretary nominee Tom Vilsack of West Des Moines promised Monday to quickly ramp up efforts to...
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So, what's Vice President Kamala Devi Harris been up to lately?
She been very, very, busy.Broke a 50-50 tie in the Senate to move COVID-19 relief forward, and:xI spoke with Prime Minister @Netanyahu of Israel. @POTUS and I are unwavering in our commitment to...
View ArticleBiden's relief package hailed as 'most significant' effort to boost Black...
The COVID-19 relief bill cleared by Senate Democrats over the weekend does something extraordinary, say many experts on Black farmers. It would push some $5 billion to farmers of color "who have lost...
View ArticleOn Trump's watch, COVID-19 agriculture relief was mainly for white farmers only
While the Trump administration doled out some $26 billion last year to farmers under the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, Black farmers received just $20.8 million of it, according to Agriculture...
View ArticleWH press secretary is really good at her job—watch her flip the script on...
Wednesday’s White House press briefing began with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack speaking about the Biden administration’s plans to use the USDA to invest millions in grants to local and regional...
View ArticleWhat If the Democrats Turned the Elephant in the DNC Boardroom into their...
My first ever little political rant morphed into something that almost comes across like a political documentary at times. I did not do this to make any friends or enemies. I just began getting...
View ArticleMorning Digest: Republican who ran for five districts last year now seeks sixth
The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team.Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcastxEmbedded...
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