‘A Tale of two Courts’

ThinkProgress

Thank you Desertflower

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Coming up (All times ET and approximate – tune in early just in case):

3:0 First Lady Michelle Obama delivers remarks at the University of Florida in Gainesville (C-Span * CNN)

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4:15: VP Biden delivers remarks at a campaign event at the Port of Burlington (CNN)

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4:20: President Obama delivers remarks at Schiller Park, Columbus (C-Span * CNN * CBS 1 * CBS 2)

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6:55: First Lady Michelle Obama delivers remarks at the Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center

Will check links nearer the time

‘digital pamphleteer’

I posted this video a few months back, so in case any of you who missed it would like to see it … here it is again.

As you might possibly have guessed (!) from the number of times I post his stuff here, there are few political writers I admire more than Steve Benen (Washington Monthly). What I love most about him is that, unlike most self-described ‘progressives’, when he disagrees with President Obama on an issue there’s no hysteria or personal abuse, he just calmly, rationally and factually argues his point – and there are few people more persuasive than him.

This is a short film from 2008 about his work as a blogger, entitled ‘Digital Pamphleteer’. It includes footage of Mario Cuomo’s wonderful ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ speech.

Read Steve Benen here every day