The idea of VotePact.org is a simple one: principled progressives and conscientious conservatives — instead of cancelling out each other’s votes, one for Obama, the other for Romney — should make a pact in pairs and both vote for the third party(s) that better reflect their beliefs. But the implications of it can be far […]
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The Indefinite Detention of the Progressive Voter
Earlier this year President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law. It allows for the indefinite detention without trial for any U.S. citizen deemed to be a terrorist or an accessory to terrorism. Some might have thought that there would be wide-spread revolt among people who voted for Obama against legalized indefinite detention. […]