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Sacramento Bee tries to take a shot at pro-troop group, Move America Forward. You can send an email to the reporter, Todd Milbourn, at: tmilbourn@sacbee.comIraq war backers proudly pugnaciousBut critics say Move America Forward may abuse nonprofit status. When Cindy Sheehan's anti-war protests last year drew widespread news coverage, a Sacramento nonprofit jumped to defend President Bush with a series of "counterprotests" against the Berkeley mother. When Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi called Bush an "incompetent leader" in 2004, the group responded with an "action alert" calling Pelosi a "domestic enemy." And as a liberal U.S. senator pushed to censure...

This ad was produced by www.MoveAmericaForward.org MAF is currently working overtime to raise enough money to make a major impact on the television airwaves next week - with the broadcast of this ad. Target date for the ad to begin running (if enough money is raised by then) is Wednesday, July 21st.

Is talk radio really just an entertainment medium, or do listeners expect bona fide activism from air personalities? In the past, I'd always believed it was about appealing to a segment of the radio audience and primarily reflecting that group's political viewpoints. It's now clear, however, that faced with an increasing number of new media choices, talk radio listeners want quite a lot more. Simply being entertaining, timely and compelling isn't enough: led by the blogosphere, there's a sense that if the Internet can hold Dan Rather accountable, why can't talk radio? Blogs have raised the bar and hosts are...

NOTE: This is from a weekly liberal newspaper in Sacramento - the "Sacramento News & Review." It's a tabloid that is like the San Francisco Bay Guardian or other similar left-wing street rag. However, despite the ideological bias of the publication (its editors are very anti-war) the article is actually reasonably fair. Support the war! The war on terror has been good for Move America Forward. It’s brought the conservative activist group notoriety, cash and ratings. CLICK HERE to READ THE ARTICLE, THEN POST YOUR THOUGHTS In the dimly lit downtown offices of consulting firm Russo Marsh + Rogers, the...

<p>SACRAMENTO (AP) - Even as Gov. Gray Davis was being accused of mingling his hunger for fund-raising with state business, he was collecting campaign contributions at a clip of more than $2 million a month from a variety of donors, according to documents filed Tuesday.</p>