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In Brief

Welcome to In Brief, the Northwest Progressive Institute's microblog. In Brief provides a continuously curated collection of asides, recommended links, quotations, audio and video clips, still images, and transcribed dialogue. Click on a thumbnail to open an item.

Republicans have been against blocking outrageous pay and bonuses for years

March 18th, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee reminds us that not so long ago, Republicans were adamantly opposed to Democratic attempts to regulate the exotic salaries and

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Amtrak Cascades: Now with Wi-Fi

March 18th, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

Amtrak Cascades: Now with Wi-Fi A Seattlest reader reports that Amtrak is testing Wi-Fi on its Cascades service, which runs between Vancouver, British Columbia, and Eugene, Oregon. Great

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March 18th, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

I did not say, ‘Do you know who I am,’ or ‘You can’t do this’ or whatever…I went over there, I put my bag down

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Former West Pointers come out against Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

March 18th, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

Former West Pointers come out against Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell VoteVets’ Brandon Friedman profiles a U.S. Army combat veteran who has cofounded a new organization

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March 17th, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

I wish I were a lesbian — That’s a quote from Bill O’Reilly (no, we’re not kidding). It’s a one sentence transcription from the audiobook of

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The impending martyrdom of Norm Coleman

March 17th, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

The impending martyrdom of Norm Coleman “If there is one thing that former Senator Norm Coleman is good at it, is undoubtedly playing the victim”,

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March 17th, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

It sounds to me like in many ways, even linguistically, we have literally, you know, surrendered [to terrorists] — Fox’s Hannity at his finest. Is

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March 15th, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

Either way you slice it, Twitter is a fascinating social experiment and definitely worth the time-suck. — All hail microblogging, says Daily Kos’s Scout Finch,

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A.I.G. executives laughing all the way to the bank while Congress fumes

March 15th, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

About those A.I.G. bonuses that Democratic leaders in Congress are (justifiably) outraged about: We know it’s a bad time, but you should have listened to

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March 15th, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

Welcome to In Brief, the Northwest Progressive Institute’s new microblog of world, national, and local politics. The purpose of Brief is to help us share

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