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Memorial Day madness: Yo-yo time for Wall Street
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Concert review: James Morrison (Video)
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Corruption fighter Patrick Fitzgerald resigns as U.S. Attorney in Chicago
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UAW and GM not protecting long-term temporary workers
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D.C. United to play Richmond Kickers in U.S. Open Cup
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It is a wonderful time to head to Lake County CA for wine (Part 2)
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Arizona Sheriff Arpaio uses taxpayers' money to send birther investigators to Hawaii
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It's just poop: Potty talk and potty training
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Be crystal for God
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Anarchists fail in Chicago but succeed in suburb during NATO 2012
Catherine Poe
Catherine Poe has been a Liberal for as long as she can remember. Last year, Catherine was named one of the top Progressives in Maryland along with Senator Barbara Mikulski and Congresswoman Donna Edwards. She has been a guest of President Obama in the Rose Garden.
As past president of Long Island NOW, she worked to reform women's prisons in New York, open the construction trades to women, change laws to safeguard battered women, and protect the rights of rape victims.
Long active in Democratic politics, she served as the presidentof the Talbot Democrats in Maryland for six years and fought to getthe Health Care Reform bill passed.
Catherine has been published in a diverse range of newspapers and magazines, including Newsday, Star Democrat, Rocky Mountain News, Yellowstone News, and the Massachusetts Review.
If Catherine has learned anything over the years it is that progressive change does not come easily, but in baby steps.
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Recent Entries by Catherine Poe
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Arizona Sheriff Arpaio uses taxpayers' money to send birther investigators to Hawaii
Published 1:44 p.m. May 23, 2012
Meanwhile, Arizona’s secretary of state backs down, saying President Obama was born in Hawaii and can be on the ballot.
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Dueling political ads: Obama and Romney Super PACs hit the candidates hard (VIDEO)
Published 6:19 p.m. May 22, 2012
If the ads are this tough already, imagine what we will be seeing in the fall.
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Five reasons why gay marriage is a basic, conservative value (VIDEO)
Published 10:15 a.m. May 22, 2012
Not only is Mitt Romney on the wrong side of history, he is forgetting that gay marriage is actually about family values.
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Bodemeister drops out of Belmont Stakes, leaving the field to I'll Have Another (VIDEO)
Published 5:53 p.m. May 20, 2012
I’ll Have Another now has a good shot at winning the Triple Crown.
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Arizona election official vows to keep Obama off the ballot because of birth certificate
Published 9:22 a.m. May 19, 2012
Unless Hawaii certifies that the President was born there, the secretary of state will not include him on the ballot in November.
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I'll Have Another noses out Bodemeister, winning the Preakness, heading for the Triple Crown
Published 8:31 p.m. May 19, 2012
Will I’ll Have Another make history at Belmont? It sure looks like it.
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The curse of the Kennedys continues: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s wife apparently committed suicide
Published 7:12 p.m. May 17, 2012
Is there a curse or is it the problem of living up to the legacy of being a Kennedy?
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Gov. Chris Christie and Mayor Cory Booker satirize themselves in a video parody (VIDEO)
Published 4:14 p.m. May 16, 2012
Just when you thought bipartisanship doesn’t exist, these two politicians prove you wrong.
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Obama supports gay marriage while Romney speaks at anti-gay Liberty University
Published 7:48 a.m. May 14, 2012
Mitt Romney, who was for gay rights before he was against them, finds himself wedged in a narrow, conservative corner, thanks to Obama’s strong endorsement for gay marriage as a fundamental human right.
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Ron Paul and Mitt Romney supporters in a brawl at the Oklahoma GOP convention
Published 11:04 a.m. May 14, 2012
Just how far will the Paul partisans take their passion for their candidate?
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Was Mitt Romney anti-gay, a teenage prankster or a bully?
Published 1:29 p.m. May 10, 2012
Romney claims not to remember the anti-gay incident, but apologizes for what he calls his teen “pranks” at Cranbrook.
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Tea Party dumps Lugar; Gay marriage voted down; Wisconsin Democrats ready for Gov. Walker
Published 9:20 a.m. May 9, 2012
The real determiners of who will win in November are to be found in the Tea Party voters, the anti-gay marriage issue, and unions’ organizing strength.
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Is President Obama guilty of treason? Don't ask Mitt Romney (VIDEOS)
Published 9:49 a.m. May 8, 2012
Mitt Romney stands down instead of standing up for the President.
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Republican extremists: How the GOP broke America and called it leadership (VIDEO)
Published 1:33 p.m. May 7, 2012
“It’s Worse Than It Even Looks” is not only the title of a new book by a moderate and a conservative, it sees little hope for improvement as long as the Republicans continue to be held hostages by the Far Right.
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Triple Crown schedule: can I'll Take Another sweep all three races?
Published 4:56 p.m. May 6, 2012
I'll Take Another seized the crown jewel of horse racing. Will he take the crown as well?
