Other Links

Here are a few other websites and blogs I frequently haunt and highly recommend (links are embedded in the logos):

Blogs

The active and regularly updated blog of good friend and Georgetown resident Jamie Sanderson. Both local news and national news with local impact. 
Satire and humor on the state of politics in the state of South Carolina 
A blogger buddy in Oregon does a great job with this regularly-updated site, which is an example to follow (even though he's really terrible in fantasy football). 
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Thought-provoking essays and forums by "exDorchestriot" Dr. Jonathan Eastvold on the merged fields of politics and faith. 

Organizations

First created by former Governor and US Sec. of Education Dick Riley, SC New Democrats promotes responsibility and growth through keeping things moving in the right direction. 
SC Forward Progress is the "hit squad" against neoconservatives and Marxist Republicans in the state. 
South Carolina's Working Families strives for fair labor practices, quality education, healthcare reform and respect for veterans. 
"The South Carolina Progressive Network is a coalition of grassroots activists who have joined forces to promote social and economic justice in the Palmetto State." 
Drinking Liberally, a social outlet  of Living Liberally, has eight chapters in South Carolina, and through which do members get together to talk about the real issues. 

News on 
specific topics

"Talk to Action is a platform for reporting on, learning about, and analyzing and discussing the religious right -- and what to do about it."  Especially note the contributions from Rachel Tabachnick (even though she's a Steelers fan), who makes intriguing discoveries of corporate influence on many religious spokespersons. 
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Regularly updated news on far-right, neo-con and pseudo-Christian developments, operated by People for the American Way.
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"...dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media."
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A progressive think-tank; also operates ThinkProgress.org.

News sites

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Find all the recent online news pertaining to progressive subjects at Buzzflash.com. 
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"Original reporting on government and politics"; also see its Muckraker page.
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Progressive news site that doesn't just collect news from other sources, but actually does its own reporting and has won numerous awards in the process.
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Democratic Underground is regularly updated with news from all media sources by user contributions.
Would you like to recommend a site? Just send me a message (complete with compliments ... and maybe send me a check, too).