Deborah's US Liberal Politics Blog

This week, I had a rare political discussion with my moderate-conservative adult daughter. She explained to me that although she's wholly dissatisfied with George Bush, she can't think of any ... Read More

"Today, there are hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops risking their lives for their country, looking to us to come up with a plan to win the peace so they ... Read More

AP is reporting this afternoon that "A constitutional amendment to ban flag desecration died in a Senate cliffhanger Tuesday, a single vote short of the support needed to send it ... Read More

Feeling frustrated with the current political situation in the US? Convinced that you're powerless to change status quo? Longing to be an active part of the solution? Willing to lend ... Read More

Hmmmm... let's see if I've got this straight. New York Times' conservative columnist David Brooks wrote a weirdly whiny op-ed today, bemoaning the power of the liberal blogosphere and the ... Read More

This week, Democratic Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco announced the nation's first universal health coverage program to be offered by a major US city. The new program will provide ... Read More

Whether you admire Hillary Clinton or detest her, one thing you have to admit: she's brilliant and cleverly provocative, and she attracts media attention like moths drawn to a scorching ... Read More

Nine of the Democratic leaders that I most admire will appear together tonight on CNN's Larry King Live: the nine Democratic women of the United States Senate, who are: Sen ... Read More

As we receive the sad but inevitable news this morning that the two US soldiers missing in Iraq have been found dead, I feel sickened by more losses borne ... Read More

What I admire about Congressman John Murtha (D-PA) is his fearless leadership and his unvarnished honesty. They're rare commodities in DC, but Murtha has them in spades. No fearful tiptoeing ... Read More

Yesterday, the Pentagon was forced, under a Freedom of Information Act request, to hand the ACLU more than 1,000 pages of reports and documents describing abuse and torture by US ... Read More

"For far too long, Congress has avoided a serious debate on the United States’ policy in Iraq. We were promised a debate in the House on Iraq, but the resolution ... Read More

This morning, per Human Events Online: "Quietly but systematically, the Bush Administration is advancing the plan to build a huge NAFTA Super Highway, four football-fields-wide, through the heart of the ... Read More

Today at the three-day Take Back America Conference in Washington DC, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was booed by much of the crowd when she stuck to her no-discernible-stance waffle on ... Read More

Today, I inaugurate a Book Recommendations section at US Liberals at About.com with a book review of "Patriots Act - Voices of Dissent and the Risk of Speaking Out," and ... Read More

This afternoon, I participated in a conference call with Al Gore, sponsored by MoveOn.org. Mr. Gore spoke at length, of course, about global warming, but for most of the hour, ... Read More

"First of all, let's call this trillion-dollar giveaway what it is - the Paris Hilton Tax Break. It's about giving billions of dollars to billionaire heirs and heiresses at a ... Read More

Congratulations to Miriam Raftery for her election this week to the San Diego County Central Democratic Committee. Miriam, a loyal reader of this site, is an ever-busy liberal activist ... Read More

Blogged by Senator John Kerry (D-MA) today at The Huffington Post. This is a brief excerpt. Read the entirety of Senator Kerry's blog post HERE. I share and support ... Read More

AP is reporting that " Senators voted Thursday to reject a Republican effort to shrink taxes on inherited estates during this election year....A 57-41 vote fell three votes short of ... Read More

For yesterday's California primary election, I served as an Election Judge for a local precinct. My primary responsibility as Judge was to control the eSlate JBC (Judge's Booth Controller), ... Read More

Tomorrow, June 6, is California's primary election, and Democrats must choose between two candidates for governor, Phil Angelides and Steve Westly. Angelides, born in Sacramento, has been state ... Read More

"Secretary Chertoff has a lot of explaining and remedying to do. We need answers as to how a funding program based on risk has resulted in the current deep cuts ... Read More

Internet talk continues unabated on the importance and timeliness (or lack thereof) of Robert F.Kennedy, Jr.'s Rolling Stone article, "Was the 2004 Election Stolen?". A few of you are ... Read More

In a supposedly controversial article in Rolling Stone this week, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. poses the stale question: "Was the 2004 Election Stolen?" Uh....YES! Of course. Obviously. I guess ... Read More

The New York Times reported today that "After 27 years in which the United States has refused substantive talks with Iran, President Bush reversed course on Wednesday because it was ... Read More