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Trick Or Treat: Sam Alito

It was bound to end.

Such a lovely October, savoring the pleasing spectacle of opponents forming a circular firing squad (they must have stolen our playbook). But the calendar's turned, Harriet Miers is gone -- though her blog lives on -- and Sam Alito has a lot of our clients reaching for their e-mail blasts.

As usual, Moving Ideas is the card catalogue to the progressive library of Supreme Court nominee resources. While you'd expect all the chatter to be about those evangelical bogeymen abortion and gays, Alito's paper trail appears to show ruthless and pervasive hostility towards folks without power or means -- the type to get a case turning on the principle that the law in its majesty forbids rich and poor alike from sleeping under a bridge, and find nuanced constitutional fault with the notion that the rich can be forbidden from sleeping under a bridge.

 

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04:00 PM Nov 03, 2005 - 24 comments permalink

Extreme Makeover-DIA Edition

We hope you're all enjoying the HQ makeover! I'd like to point you to the Did You Know space, where you can share your DIA story.

We're looking for cool things you're doing with the DIA tools, and how they have impacted your organization's effectiveness. The prize for playing is a possible mention on our website/promo materials (Hey, we're a nonprofit too!).

 

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03:30 PM Nov 03, 2005 - 0 comments permalink

Headquarters Makeover

DIA users are getting a happy -- we hope -- surprise this week in the form of a cleaned-up headquarters interface.

If you're paying your first blog visit via the headquarters link, come on in, have a drink (drinks are a specialty here). Go ahead and use this thread to weigh in on the headquarters changes, or anything else on your mind.

Might want to check if the boss is watching, though. Free registration is required for this managerial freak-out starring wasted time on blogs as the iceberg lurking in the gloomy deep at the Republic's waterline. Representative excerpt:

 

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09:00 PM Oct 30, 2005 - 0 comments permalink

Get Smart Series: AARP Internet Conference in D.C. (BYO Prune Juice)

Via our exuberant chum Ann Yoders comes notice of of a free half-day event our D.C. users might be interested in: AARP is sponsoring a "Future of the Internet" program Nov. 10 (online RSVP required).

As the senior citizen in our shop at the ripe old age of 30 (and my lingering high ankle sprain says, where the hell did the flower of youth go?), I'll be there. 90% of the people we deal with day in and day out may be Gen-X or younger, but that doesn't mean they're the only ones out there signing petitions and clicking "donate." Especially donating. You do need money to pay your web host and e-activism coordinator.

 

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11:00 AM Oct 26, 2005 - 1 comments permalink

E-xemplar Series: Conyers 'Traitor-Gate' Petition

On Fitzmas eve, it's about more than Karl and Scooter's chestnuts roasting: there will be a day after. John Conyers is already prepping for Fitzmas Boxing Day with this petition calling on the Little Tinhorn not to pardon the miscreants, a true display of optimism of the will.

At short notice, however, this might be your last chance to play Indictment Bingo.

 

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08:30 AM Oct 26, 2005 - 1 comments permalink

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