Political Stray's Favorite Links

Good links for those of us capable of thinking for ourselves - Remember, we aren't in this alone. American's are still united. Bickering and media nonsense doesn't change the facts.

Project Vote-Smart

If I could only pick one - this would be it.

http://www.vote-smart.org/ 

Who is funding your political reps?

besides you, of course. Find out. This page is worth it's weight in gold.

http://www.opensecrets.org/

For bill and law information straight from the source -

so many details, it'll make your eyes water!

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html

http://www.newsmeat.com

Sounds hinky? Maybe, but it's a good one for us skeptics.

http://www.govtrack.us/

Organized, easy to digest pages

Good Ol' CSPAN

Often irritatingly biased, but it's still a great site.

http://cspan.org/

Fighting for American Companies - Fighting for American Jobs

link temporarily? removed

Global Trade Watch (GTW) promotes democracy by challenging corporate globalization, arguing that the current globalization model is neither a random inevitability nor "free trade." 

http://www.citizen.org/trade/

Good current event analysis by people that can actually think and talk without promoting special interests. (at least not without disclosure) 

http://www.brookings.edu/Economy.aspx 

Public Citizen
Protecting Health, Safety & Democracy
National Non-Profit Public Interest Organization

 http://www.citizen.org/index.cfm