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MoveOn stories: 11 news summaries

Now Who Needs Health Care?

SoCal rally turns ugly when reform opponent has finger bitten off; perp on the lam

Sep 3, 09 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pro-health care reform event in southern California turned surreally bloody last night, NBC Los Angeles reports. Opponents of the effort turned out to oppose supporters organized by MoveOn.org, and when a supporter crossed the street to challenge the other group, a brawl ensued. During the fisticuffs, a 65-year-old... More »

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crime • violence • MoveOn • health care reform • protesters • severed finger • President Obama • brawl • NBC Local

Obama to Lefties: Don't Bash Health Care Moderates

President urges advocates to promote his health care agenda instead

Jul 4, 09 5:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama wants his liberal allies to stop heckling moderate Democrats on health care, the Washington Post reports. “We shouldn’t be focusing resources on each other,” Obama said in a phone call with a handful of senior House and Senate lawmakers. Grass-roots groups have been slamming legislators... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • Mary Landrieu • MoveOn • grassroots • health care reform

Liberal Groups' Attack Ads on Moderate Dems Not Helpful: Reid

MoveOn should back off, majority leader says

Mar 27, 09 12:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says left-wing groups shouldn’t run ads pressuring moderate Democrats into backing President Obama’s budget, Politico reports. “I think it’s very unwise and not helpful,” Reid said today of the efforts by Moveon.org and Americans United for Change to convert... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • Democrats • Senate • Harry Reid • MoveOn • MoveOn.org • moderate • Obama administration

 Interest Groups 
 Rejoining the Fray 

As campaign's tones get harsher, parties step up sniping from left and right

Sep 16, 08 7:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Barack Obama and John McCain drop niceties for harsh politicking, interest groups are seeing a thumbs-up from the candidates to bombard Americans with millions in provocative TV, mail, and Web ads. Groups including unions, MoveOn, the Minutemen, and pro-life BornAliveTruth are planning ads, the New York Times reports, including... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • MoveOn • SEIU • interest groups • campaign advertising • Minutemen • BornAliveTruth.org

MoveOn Axes Big-Money Fundraising Arm

MoveOn folds 527 group to match Obama's pledge

Jun 20, 08 3:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - One day after Barack Obama became the first candidate since Watergate to reject general election public financing, a prominent liberal grassroots group has disbanded its 527 operation. "We, like Senator Obama, believe that this election can be won by ordinary Americans giving small donations,” MoveOn said in a... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • campaign finance • MoveOn • 527 groups • attack ad

MoveOn,
2 Top Unions
Tap Obama

Calif. service workers, NY transit employees had endorsed Edwards

Feb 1, 08 5:09 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama scored three major endorsements today, winning the support of the liberal activist group MoveOn and two influential unions that had backed John Edwards. MoveOn’s members voted for Obama over Hillary Clinton, 70.4% to 29.6%. The candidate crowed that the group has “demonstrated that real... More »

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Barack Obama • California • Bill Richardson • Latino voters • MoveOn • SEIU • Transport Workers Union

Right-Wing
MoveOn Rival Raises $250M

Bush allies launch advocacy arm to target 2008 races

Jan 21, 08 5:20 PM CST
(Newser) - A new political advocacy group pitching itself as a right-wing answer to MoveOn is mobilizing to spend $250 million to support candidates in 2008, more than twice the figure spent by the largest liberal group in 2004. Freedoms Watch's principals are two former Bush officials, Talking Points Memo reports, and... More »

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Ohio • Ari Fleischer • MoveOn • attack ad • Freedoms Watch

Facebook is Grinch Stealing X-mas: MoveOn

Group vows battle, saying ads violate
user privacy

Nov 20, 07 8:30 PM CST
(Newser) - MoveOn.org plans to campaign against Facebook's "Beacon" ads, and do it on the social networking site's own turf, News.com reports. MoveOn promises an ad drive, a protest group, and an online petition over the advertisements—which post information about users' purchases on friends' news feeds. MoveOn calls... More »

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Facebook • online privacy • MoveOn • online activism • Beacon

We Goofed on Petraeus Attack Ad: Times Editor

Public editor takes paper to task on 'personal' attack

Sep 24, 07 4:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The public editor of the New York Times slammed the newspaper yesterday for violating its own policies when it ran the now notorious "General Betray Us" ad. The ad, placed by MoveOn.org, was a personal attack on General Petraeus, which is prohibited by the Times standards for acceptable... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Rudy Giuliani • New York Times • David Petraeus • Mitch McConnell • Clark Hoyt • MoveOn • Eli Pariser • Catherine Mathis

MoveOn
Defends Ad, Dodges Furor

Attack on Petraeus pains Dems, but
group is unrepentant

Sep 13, 07 10:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - MoveOn's ad attacking Gen. Petraeus on the war in Iraq may have backfired, igniting a furor that united the GOP and flustered anti-war Democrats, but MoveOn founder Eli Pariser is unapologetic, writes Politico's Ryan Grim. Dems have worked all week to distance themselves from Monday's  full-page Times ad referring to... More »

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Democrats • David Petraeus • MoveOn • Eli Pariser • Iraq war

Group Drops $15M on Pro-Surge Campaign

TV, Internet, radio ads backed by GOP heavies

Aug 22, 07 5:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Launched today by ex-White House PR man Ari Fleischer and a laundry list of pro-Bush bigwigs, a new group called Freedom's Watch has spent $15 million on ads to support the president's troop surge in Iraq, Politico reports. The group aims to fill a conservative "vacuum" ahead of September's... More »

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Bush administration • propaganda • advertising • troop surge • online advertising • Iraq pullout • Ari Fleischer • Freedom's Watch • MoveOn

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