Socialists set the record straight on alleged Democrat socialists in Congress

A moment from America’s past: Painters go on strike at the new Internal Revenue building in Washington, D.C., July 19, 1937. The Library of Congress caption reads: “Bryce P. Holcombe, Painters Union Business Agent, issues instructions to Albert Giacalone(?), striking Union Painter as he began picketing of Union Painters. Cause of the strike is the employment of non-union men by the firm holding the contract for the job. Today's walkout means that Union Painters have stopped work on all federal projects and the situation might develop into a complete strike on government buildings in the Capitol.” [Photo is from Harris and Ewing Collection, the LOC.]

Now entering the Internet Hall of Flame: socialists are infuriated because select right wing bloggers have published a list of Democrat members of Congress who are allegedly members of a group devoted to socialism.

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Netroots Nation agenda a blueprint for conservative strategy

The Netroots Nation, arguably the most influential Web-based outreach group for Democrats, concluded their 2010 convention in Las Vegas on Sunday. Guest speakers included Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and President Barack Obama’s deposed ‘enviro-czar’ Van Jones. Reid took the opportunity to admit what most of us have known all along: Democrats will push for a public option in health insurance despite the fact government programs like Medicare and Medicaid are a fiscal disaster. Most believe cuts will be sought, and those cuts will come from Medicare.

Cutting Medicare is in line with leftwing approaches to the rationing some Obamacare proponents believe will be necessary. The US Report has talked to several people in the healthcare profession who endorse rationing in end-of-life care. Ironically those same individuals endorse providing taxpayer funded healthcare to adults who are not in the U.S. legally. The U.S. taxpayer already provides such healthcare to children of undocumented aliens.

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Daily Caller: Liberal journolisters wanted Fox News shut down

There’s been gossip about media giving big love to Democrats since 2008.  But The Daily Caller’s expose on a ‘Journolist’, a  listserv of several hundred journalists, professors and political junkies, reveals a situation far worse than many of us believed possible. Their behavior wasn't just shameful, it was juvenile.

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Mainstream media struggles with new president, lacks appropriate label

With President Bush's departure, Democrats will need a new scapegoat. This photo was taken by Chris Greenberg during Bush's final term. The Bush administration provided a wealth of photos and information for media outside the official press corps on the White House website. Those materials are no longer on the website, as best I can tell.President Barack Obama promised transparency during his campaign, but already some media are complaining about briefings by anonymous officials and lack of access to Obama’s re-swearing. What do we call mainstream media now they’re no longer mainstream?

Mainstream media. Traditional media. Establishment media. Often when I write a column, I grapple with decisions about what to call media representative of national networks and long-time print publications like The New York Times. Even Google and other web-based companies have entered that progressive circle, with splash pages offering news headlines from around the world, in exactly the same manner wire services traditionally did. Ironically Google has at times run stories from political advocacy blog directories as straight news.

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