Hold Fast

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A number of progressive activists in New York, lead by RagingGurrl and Jay Ackroyd of the NY Roots Project, put together this video, thanking Senator Chris Dodd for his work to stop retroactive immunity for big telecom companies. It’s a great show of support for one of the few real leaders we’ve seen during this […]

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This is from yesterday. Senator Chris Dodd lays into the Republican leadership for their obstructionist tactics and makes clear how unprecedented a situation the Republicans have brought us to in the Senate.
Crooks & Liars has the full video of Dodd’s speech on FISA. The text of Dodd’s prepared remarks can be read here.
Update:
Dodd’s speech […]

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Via Athenae at First Draft, here’s an excerpt from Chris Dodd’s floor speech today in opposition to the Intelligence Committee bill that explains clearly why he - and everyone who cares about the rule of law - should oppose the legislation.
Mr. President, I oppose the Intelligence bill on these five counts for the same reason […]

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Tagaris writes about the start of the FISA debate at Open Left. He closes:
Then Chris Dodd will use his historic right as a U.S. Senator … to “talk for awhile.”
That’s in reference to Senator Dodd’s somewhat ironic, somewhat self-effacing line in his floor speech last night where he talks about his plans for today, […]

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Senator Chris Dodd just released this statement on the pending warrantless wiretapping and retroactive immunity fight, via Tim Tagaris at Daily Kos.
“Few things are more detrimental to this country than the erosion of and attack on the civil liberties we enjoy. This isn’t a Democratic issue or a Republican issue; this is an American issue. […]

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Well, it now the word out of Washington is that the FISA debate will begin in the Senate tonight, though currently it doesn’t look like votes will take place until tomorrow. My former coworker from the Dodd campaign, Tim Tagaris, has a post up at Open Left explaining the likely legislative process on FISA.
First order […]

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Last December Chris Dodd, alone among presidential contenders, led a fight to stop retroactive immunity for big telecom companies like AT&T and Verizon from becoming law. Dodd came off the campaign trail to stand in the well of the Senate for almost eleven hours, arguing against retroactive immunity and for accountability for the violations of […]

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Douglas Burns of the Iowa Independent has posted his list of the ten people Barack Obama should consider as his pick for vice president. Atop the list: Senator Chris Dodd. Burns argues:
1. Chris Dodd. I have had the theory that Dodd would make a strong running mate for Obama should the Illinois senator get the […]

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