Media Matters

Media Matters for America is a progressive research and information center dedicated to monitoring conservative misinformation. Conservative misinformation is news or commentary that is not accurate, reliable, or credible and that forwards the conservative agenda. MediaMatters.org was launched in May 2004.
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Reverend Amos Brown

"This is the first lesson that must be learned. If you don’t think for yourself, somebody else will do your thinking for you. And whoever does your thinking will be your master, and you their slave."

-- Reverend Amos Brown.
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John Conyers, Jr.

Democratic congressman John Conyers, Jr. has been serving Michigan's 14th district since 1965. Among other distinguished efforts during his three decades in office, Conyers established the Congressional Universal Health Care Task Force, whose mission is to pass universal health care legislation that would guarantee every American access to affordable, comprehensive, quality health care.
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Kofi Annan

"Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family."

-- Kofi Annan, Secretary, General of the United Nations.
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Health care

The United States spends twice as much on health care per capita than any other country, according to National Center for Health Statistics. Meanwhile, life expectancy at birth in the United States is an average of 78.14 years, which ranks 47th in highest total life expectancy compared to other countries, according to the CIA Fact book.
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Reed v. Reed

A 1971 Supreme Court decision overruled an Idaho Probate Court judgment that "males must be preferred to females" in appointing administrators of estates. In Reed v. Reed, both parties sought to be named the administrator of their son's estate. The Court concluded in a unanimous decision that the law's dissimilar treatment of men and women was unconstitutional.
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Syriana

George Clooney won an Oscar for his role in the 2005 film Syriana. The film depicts several characters who are involved in the geo-political events of a shifting Middle East country and its oil industry. Clooney plays a CIA agent who untangles unscrupulous national and corporate interests in securing oil drilling rights in the midst of a planned regime change.
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Drum Major Instinct

The Drum Major Institute for Public Policy is a non-partisan, non-profit think tank generating ideas that fuel the progressive movement. The foundation was founded in 1961 during Civil Rights Movement. Its name was inspired by Dr. King's often used phrase "drum major instinct" meaning the instinct to be a leader. See drummajorinstitute.org.
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Jon Stewart

"I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land."

-- Jon Stewart, American entertainer.
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Louis Farrakhan

"There really can be no peace without justice. There can be no justice without truth. And there can be no truth, unless someone rises up to tell you the truth."

-- Louis Farrakhan, Islamic Minister.
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2008 U.S. election data

According to the Census Bureau's 2008 U.S. election data, the state of Minnesota and the District of Columbia recorded the highest voter turnout, each with voting rates of about 75%. Hawaii and Utah were among the states with the lowest turnouts, each with approximately 52%. By sex, women had a higher voting rate (66%) than males (62%).
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Charles Rangel

Democratic congressman Charles Rangel has represented upper Manhattan, New York since 1971. Rangel's legislative history includes gun control, affordable housing, urban renewal, and economic prosperity. His legacy includes the "Rangel Amendment", a 1987 tax code law to deny foreign tax credits to U.S. companies investing in South Africa, dealing a crippling blow to South African apartheid.
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Louise Slaughter

"If ever we had proof that our nation's pollution laws aren't working, it's reading the list of industrial chemicals in the bodies of babies who have not yet lived outside the womb."

-- Louise Slaughter, United States Congresswoman.
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Geraldine Ferraro

New York democrat Geraldine Ferraro was the first female vice presidential candidate representing a major American political party. Ferraro was the running-mate of Walter Mondale on the democratic ticket in the 1984 presidential election. Ferraro rose to prominence in the house of representatives during the 1980s. She also served on Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2008.
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E.J. Dionne

"For conservatives, the sins that matter are personal irresponsibility, the flight from family life, sexual permissiveness, the failure of individuals to work hard. For liberals, the gravest sins are intolerance, a lack of generosity toward the needy, narrow-mindedness toward social and racial minorities."

-- E.J. Dionne, Jr., American author and journalist.
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Tallulah Bankhead

“I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education.”

-- Tallulah Bankhead, American entertainer.
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Red vs Blue

The terms Red state and Blue state have come to differentiate between states voting conservative versus states voting liberal. Although color-coded maps had been used in previous elections, the terms were reportedly originated and coined by political journalist Tim Russert during the controversial 2000 Presidential election.
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Jeannette Rankin

"You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake."

-- Jeannette Rankin, United States Congresswoman.
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Robert Byrd

West Virginia democrat Robert Byrd was first elected to the Senate in January 1959 and held the record as the longest-serving member in the senate's history. Byrd held many leadership positions: Senate Conference Secretary, Majority Whip, Minority Leader and twice Majority Leader. Byrd died at age 92 on June 28, 2010.
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Robert Byrd

West Virginia democrat Robert Byrd was first elected to the Senate in January 1959 and holds the record as the longest-serving member in the senate's history. Byrd has held many leadership positions: Senate Conference Secretary, Majority Whip, Minority Leader and twice Majority Leader. He is currently President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
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Eleanor Clift

"Politics is so much about serendipity that we've got to have a bigger pool of women, so that when people drop out of the process, you've got others to turn to."

-- Eleanor Clift, American author and editor.
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Bill Clinton

"It's Time to Change America" - 1992 U.S. presidential campaign theme of Bill Clinton.
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Lyndon B. Johnson

"We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors."

-- Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States.
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The American Prospect

The American Prospect is a monthly political magazine dedicated to liberal ideals. The magazine was established in 1990 as a counter to the growth of intellectual conservatism during the 1980s. The American Prospect's mission: to rise to the momentous occasion that confronts all Americans who seek a just society built on our greatest traditions. See prospect.org.
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Harry S. Truman

"It is time that all Americans realized that the place of labor is side by side with the businessman and with the farmer, and not one-degree lower."

-- Harry S. Truman, President of the United States.
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Slate

Slate is a daily online magazine founded in 1996. Slate's liberal editorial focus offers analysis and commentary about politics, news and culture. Slate was initially owned by software giant Microsoft and later sold to the Washington Post. Slate features a variety of columnists, blogs, online communities, and the highly popular Doonesbury Cartoon. See slate.com.
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Thomas Hobbes

"The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it."

-- Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt

The 1936 election victory of Franklin D. Roosevelt marked one of the largest electoral margins in modern presidential election history. With the backing of nearly every voting block in the nation, FDR's New Deal platform carried every state except Maine and Vermont over Republican candidate Alf Landon. The final landslide tally was 523 electoral votes to 8.
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Mario Cuomo

"There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory."

-- Mario Cuomo, Governor of New York.
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Woodrow Wilson

"He kept us out of war" - 1916 U.S. presidential campaign theme of Woodrow Wilson.
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Morris Raphael Cohen

"Liberalism is an attitude rather than a set of dogmas - an attitude that insists upon questioning all plausible and self-evident propositions, seeking not to reject them but to find out what evidence there is to support them rather than their possible alternatives."

-- Morris Raphael Cohen, Jewish philosopher.
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