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NYC Primary election day

September 15th, 2009, is Primary Day in New York. If you're a registered as a voter in New York City with a particular political party, click here to locate your polling place. If you're voting in the Democratic Primary and live in the 39th Councilmanic District, in Brooklyn, vote for Bob Zuckerman. I'll be voting for Bill de Blasio for Public Advocate, John Liu for Comptroller, and Richard Aborn for Manhattan District Attorney.

Bob Zuckerman for City Council animated ad

My friend Bob Zuckerman has released the first animated political ad ever used in a New York City Council race. Please take a few seconds to watch the video then forward it to your friends and post it on Facebook.

Bob's just secured three additional endorsements, too: Gay City News, Former City Council Member Una Clarke, and New York City Veterans for Progressive Change. He also was endorsed by Congressman Anthony Weiner recently.

Bill de Blasio for NYC Public Advocate, September 15

I'm supporting Bill de Blasio (photo) for Public Advocate for the City of New York. He's been endorsed by The New York Times and by my local Democratic Club, Community Free Democrats (CFD), on the Upper West Side.

Here is a complete list of 2009 endorsements by CFD.

The Democratic Primary is Tuesday, September 15.

Iran: 3rd among blogging nations

Via Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish, this "well-known tribute...more relevant than ever." Iran has the third largest number of bloggers among the nations.

IRAN: A Nation Of Bloggers from ayrakus on Vimeo.

Kos gets it

From the man himself, Markos Moulitas Zuniga, "Kos" of DailyKos.com, and author of Taking On the System.... God, I love this guy.

From his short post, "Ellen" -

My wife and I bought our house in May 2006 from Ellen and Rosemary, an elderly lesbian couple. They had done beautiful work to the house, having planned on staying here the rest of their lives. But grandchildren came, and with that, they ran off to North Carolina to be closer to the little ones. I told them how exciting it was that they could help turn North Carolina Blue....

Read the rest of this story.

"Happy Days Are Here Again"

 

YES WE DID. And now we must be Eleanor to Barack's Franklin, and press him to do the correct thing.

Congrats to Democrats for capturing the New York state senate! Senator Serphin R. Maltese of Queens, 75, conceded defeat to Joseph P. Addabbo Jr., 44, a Democratic city councilman, in one of the most expensive and contentious state legislative races this year.

Select Editorial Endorsements for Sen. Barack Obama for President

The Washington Post

The Economist

The Denver Post

The Miami Herald

Seed

Los Angeles Times

Esquire

The New Yorker

The New York Times

anti-Muslim propaganda film Obsession possibly shown to Indian students

From Chris Rodda, author of Liars For Jesus: The Religious Right's Alternate Version of American History Vol. 1 and Talk2Action.org contributor:

A teacher in Mifflin County, PA has reportedly shown the fear mongering, anti-Muslim propaganda film Obsession, recently distributed to 28 million swing state voters, to her class at Indian Valley High School, warning the students that if Barack Obama is elected, some of what they saw in the film would occur here in the U.S.

More here.

Michele Bachmann hearts McCarthyism

Hat-tip to MUG:

[W]e watched this interview on MSNBC with utter dismay. During the segment, Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann calls for nothing less than a witch hunt in the U.S. Congress to find out who is a patriotic American and who is not. She manifestly has no idea of American history and blithely tosses out this recommendation without a second thought. You can sign the Censure Bachmann petition but even better, kick in some cash for her opponent, Elwyn Tinklenberg, and get rid of a dangerous idiot from Congress.

Alan Flacks' "The Flacks Report"

I've known Alan for nearly a decade now. I don't know him extremely well, but we've occasionally discussed everything from parks issues to Democratic club workings over the years. He is, according to his blog, The Flacks Report,

a consummate Upper West Side gadfly for years and a fixture at meetings of the community board and political clubs, including the Three Parks Independent Democrats, where he is the house nudge. He puts out a regular e-mail newsletter called The Flacks Report: dispatches from the West Side to in-boxes in Albany and Washington bearing information about the latest judicial selection or Democratic club meeting.