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	<title>Progressive Democrats of America Blog &#187; Civil Rights</title>
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		<title>When Uncle Harry brings up Prop 8 . . .</title>
		<link>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/11/when-uncle-harry-brings-up-prop-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike hersh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Anthony D. Romero &#124; Executive Director ACLU 
This Thanksgiving we are reflecting on what family means to us. For those of us at the ACLU and many people across the country, that will bring ...]]></description>
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		<title>New Tasks of the Left Following Obama&#8217;s Victory</title>
		<link>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/11/new-tasks-of-the-left-following-obamas-victory/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/11/new-tasks-of-the-left-following-obamas-victory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike hersh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Carl Davidson &#124; Progressives for Obama 
American progressives have won a major victory in helping to defeat John McCain and placing Barack Obama in the White House. The far right has been broadly rebuffed, ...]]></description>
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		<title>DISCUSS: Obama Move Heats Up Race to Fill His Senate Seat</title>
		<link>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/11/obama-move-heats-up-race-to-fill-his-senate-seat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike hersh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jan Schakowsky]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama is about to create one of the most attractive vacancies in American politics. And two of U.S. House&#8217;s leading progressive members would like to fill it.
by John Nichols &#124; The Nation
Who should replace ...]]></description>
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		<title>Overcoming in Ohio</title>
		<link>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/11/overcoming-in-ohio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike hersh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 Presidential Race]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ku Klux Klan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.pdamerica.org/?p=2221</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In bellwether Perry County, the Ku Klux Klan once thrived. Now, Republican truckers and coal miners are backing Barack Obama.
by Walter Shapiro &#124; Salon.com
The Saturday afternoon scene seemed ripped out of a Republican playbook. A ...]]></description>
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		<title>If You Vote Third Party and Elect McCain/Palin, This Is Who You Empower!  DON&#8217;T DO IT!!</title>
		<link>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/10/if-you-vote-third-party-and-elect-mccainpalin-this-is-who-you-empower-dont-do-it/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/10/if-you-vote-third-party-and-elect-mccainpalin-this-is-who-you-empower-dont-do-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike hersh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 Presidential Race]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Linda Milazzo
To underscore that voting third party or not voting at all will help elect McCain and Palin, and thereby re-empower the self-righteous ideologues who berated progressives, liberals, democrats, greens, libertarians, etc., for the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion: Government&#8217;s Choice?</title>
		<link>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/10/abortion-governments-choice/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/10/abortion-governments-choice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike hersh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by William John Cox
Any government having the power to prohibit abortions also has the power to require abortions. Any government having the power to prohibit birth control also has the power to forcibly sterilize women ...]]></description>
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		<title>Court issues stay of execution for Troy Davis</title>
		<link>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/10/court-issues-stay-of-execution-for-troy-davis/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/10/court-issues-stay-of-execution-for-troy-davis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike hersh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by BILL RANKIN, RHONDA COOK &#124; The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The federal appeals court in Atlanta on Friday halted Troy Anthony Davis’ execution, the third time his life has been spared shortly before he was to be ...]]></description>
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		<title>Why I&#8217;d Be a Better VP than Sarah Palin (Or, The Bridge to New Zealand)</title>
		<link>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/10/why-id-be-a-better-vp-than-sarah-palin-or-the-bridge-to-new-zealand/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/10/why-id-be-a-better-vp-than-sarah-palin-or-the-bridge-to-new-zealand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike hersh</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Roseanne Cash]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Roseanne Cash &#124; The Nation Magazine
I&#8217;d like to formally submit myself to replace Sarah Palin on the GOP ticket. I feel confident that John McCain will see that the very attributes he desired in ...]]></description>
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		<title>Vote-scam fliers target black neighborhoods</title>
		<link>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/10/vote-scam-fliers-target-black-neighborhoods/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/10/vote-scam-fliers-target-black-neighborhoods/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike hersh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election Protection]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;An anonymous flier circulating in African-American neighborhoods in North and West Philadelphia states that voters who are facing outstanding arrest warrants or who have unpaid traffic tickets may be arrested at the polls on Election ...]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Leading In Ohio, Poll Finds</title>
		<link>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/10/obama-leading-in-ohio-poll-finds/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/10/obama-leading-in-ohio-poll-finds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike hersh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edge Is 6 Points In a State Looming Large for McCain
by Jon Cohen and Dan Balz &#124; Washington Post
Aided by the faltering economy, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has the upper hand in the race ...]]></description>
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