Blogs, Reference & Resources
Immigration:
Restriction or Legalization? Measuring the Economic Benefits of Immigration Reform
Causes:
Rethink Afghanistan
Right Wing Assholes:
The Koch Brothers
BermanExposed.com - Richard Berman
Americans For Prosperity (AFP)
- A look inside AFP
Freedom Works
- A look inside Freedom Works
Teabaggers:
Anatomy of the Tea Party Movement (HuffPo)
Who Funds The Teabaggers
Teabagger Rifts
Tea Party Nation
Tea Party Express
Tea Party Patriots
ResistNet.com
Left Wing Groups:
Campaign For America's Future
Health Care:
Health Care Stories for America
HealthReform.gov
Reality Check
Blogs:
Huffington Post
Andrew Sullivan
Daily Kos
Firedoglake
Glenn Greenwald
Juan Cole
Margaret and Helen (octogenarians blogging)
Nieman Watchdog
Lawrence Lessig
Green Is The New Red
Talking Points Memo
Environment and Animal Protection:
Climate Change and Global Warming (at GlobalIssues.org)
Sea Shepherd
Greenpeace
PETA
ASPCA
The Humane Society of the United States
Government:
Congressional Budget Office
Data.gov - online executive branch databases
FinancialStability.gov(Financial Stability Plan)
HUD Approved Housing Counseling Agencies
Mass Layoff Statistics (BLS)
Recovery.gov (Recovery spending)
Help Navigating Recovery.gov
Thomas.gov (Federal legislative info)
U.S. Census Bureau
SEC Filings (Edgar)
USA.gov (U.S Gov't Portal)
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
WhiteHouse.gov
White House Blog
White House YouTube Channel
The Watchers:
ACLU
AFL-CIO Executive PayWatch
Americans United for the separation of church and state
Center For Budget and Policy Priorities
Center For Consumer Freedom
Center For Public Integrity
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW)
Center For Responsive Politics - OpenSecrets.org
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR)
Hatewatch (Southern Poverty Law Center)
LegiStorm (Congressional spending)
Media Watch
Media Matters
Nieman Watchdog
OpenCongress.org
Open Secrets (political money, salaries)
Public Citizen
Source Watch
Sunlight Foundation
talk2action (tracks religious groups)
Groups and Tanks:
American Immigration Law Foudation
Pew Hispanic Center
National Employment Law Project
Reference/Stats:
Kaiser State Health Facts (includes a variety of data)
Public.Resource.org (public domain documents)
Unemployment Rates By State
Recommended Sites:
Accountability Now PAC
Civil Rights Digital Library
Palin Watch
Pew Research Center
Perot Charts
Project For Excellence In Journalism
The Washington Monthly
wikileaks.org
Miscellaneous:
FactCheck.org: Obama's Birth Certificate
(Hey, birthers, go fuck yourselves, wouldja?)
Bush Caused The Deficit Problems
Free annual credit report
Right Wing Groups
Right wing groups:
American Conservative Union
Americans For Tax Reform
American Seniors Association (ASA)
Info about ASA
Jerry Barton
Center for Union Facts
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Coalition for a Democratic Workplace
Cato Institute
Freedom Works (Dick Armey)
The Heritage Foundation
Koch Brothers (link) (link)
Institute for Liberty
Internet Freedom Coalition (opposes net neutrality)
National Center for Public Policy Research
National Rifle Association (NRA)
OurCountryPAC.org ("Our Country Deserves Better")
Rutherford Institute
Workforce Fairness Institute
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
(Note: This is a work in progress...simply adding names right now)
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