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So many awesome signs. (Click to enlarge.)

This one was interesting. When I asked her if she was on Medicare, she said no, but she was carrying the sign for her friend who is on the government-run, single-payer health insurance program for older Americans. I asked the friend if she was happy with her Medicare, and [...]

The turnout to today’s Tea Party was indisputably high — likely in the hundreds tens of thousands (though organizers claimed it reached 1.5 million). But racially diverse it was not. And according to Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), that’s the fault of the event’s timing and the media coverage.
“If anyone does a fair analysis of the [...]

More photos (click to enlarge):

Here are some photos from today’s Tea Party protest in Washington, D.C. (Click images to enlarge.)

Republicans hope to hold out on health care until the fall, staving off a public plan.

The Hill reports that the American Association for Nude Recreation is coming to town next week to lobby Congress on nudism-related issues.
The AANR will be visiting a handful of congressional offices, but it is keeping the names of the lawmakers close to the chest (pun intended).
AANR members hope to increase the number of locations for [...]

A couple more things about that Byron York column. First, the topline argument about President Obama’s popularity is even sillier than it first seems, because the president’s popularity has risen with whites and held even with blacks since the election.
62 percent of whites approve of the job Obama is doing as president. Among blacks, [...]

FreedomWorks has launched a Facebook page for a Sept. 12, 2009 march on Washington — 9/12 being the date that Glenn Beck is building his anti-whatever and pro-whatever else movement around.
On April 15, taxpayers gathered across the country. Now it’s time to bring that message to Washington on September 12th. We have secured permits for [...]

Here’s a supplement to Aaron’s great photo spread from this afternoon’s rally.

Today was certainly a red-letter day for supporters of gay rights. In addition to the Vermont Legislature’s passage, and then veto-override, of a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in the state, the District of Columbia City Council today unanimously voted to recognize same-sex marriages from other states.