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Jane Hamsher is the founder of firedoglake.com. Her work has also appeared on The Daily Beat, AlterNet, The Nation and The American Prospect. She has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Al Jazeera, PBS and the BBC and is the author of the best selling book Killer Instinct. She has produced such films Natural Born Killers and Permanent Midnight and currently lives in Washington, D.C.
Firedoglake, one of the leading progressive blogs, is best known for its groundbreaking coverage of the Valerie Plame case and liveblogging of the Scooter Libby trial. FDL features energetic reporting on the leading issues of the day and features weekly Book Salons with such authors as John Dean, Naomi Klein, Matt Taibbi, and Paul Krugman. FDL is also the home of the Blue America column and Accountability Now PAC, which have raised millions of dollars for progressive candidates and causes.
(22 comments) SHARE Friday, March 19, 2010 Fact Sheet: The Truth About the Health Care Bill
We've come up with 18 often stated myths about this health care reform bill.
Real health care reform is the thing we've fought for from the start. It is desperately needed. But this bill falls short on many levels, and hurts many people more than it helps them.
Details are limited, but apparently, there's a "Plan B" that the White House was considering as recently as 2 weeks ago
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, January 20, 2010 Dear President Obama: Time to Stop Letting Corporations Write the Health Care Bill
Ezra Klein says that "a Democratic Party that would abandon their central initiative this quickly isn't a Democratic Party that deserves to hold power." I would add that if they don't stick to the principles they profess to hold and stand up to the lobbyists they've kowtowed to from the start, "holding power" won't be anything they have to worry about.
(13 comments) SHARE Thursday, December 24, 2009 Jane Hamsher, Grover Norquist Call for Rahm Emanuel's Resignation
Today, Grover Norquist and I are calling for an investigation into Rahm Emanuel's activities at Freddie Mac, and the White House's blocking of an Inspector General who would look into it. The letter follows:
SHARE Monday, November 23, 2009 Reconciliation = Majority Rule
Will Reid let three or four corrupt Senators owned by the insurance industry hold the public option hostage? Or will he use the reconciliation process to allow a simple majority vote on a public option?