The national debate over health care reform may have taken a scary turn this weekend. Tom Perriello , a Democratic politician from Virginia's 5th Congressional District, had his brother's home address posted to one blog, with readers -- angry about the passage of the health care reform bill -- urged to "stop by." "Just in case any of his friends and neighbors want to drop by and say hi and express their thanks regarding his vote for health care,” the blogger wrote. “I personally believe it’s...Read Full Story
The national debate over health care reform may have taken a scary turn this weekend. Tom Perriello , a Democratic politician from Virginia's 5th Congressional District, had his brother's home address posted to one blog, with readers -- angry about the passage of the health care reform bill -- urged to "stop by." "Just in case any of his friends and neighbors want to drop by and say hi and express their thanks regarding his vote for health care,” the blogger wrote. “I personally believe it’s...Read Full Story
Un-Constitutional by Robert Tracinski Thursday night, I witnessed an unusual sight: a Democratic incumbent speaking to a local Tea Party group. Tom Perriello, the congressman for Virginia's fifth district, spoke to a monthly meeting of our local Charlottesville group, the Jefferson Area Tea Party. I almost had to give Perriello credit for courage, for having the guts to venture into the lion's den while other Democratic congressmen are scrambling to evade their constituents. Almost. But when...Read Full Story
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Tom Perriello is running to unseat Republican Virgil Goode in Virginia’s fifth congressional district. Goode, famous for numerous xenophobic and racist comments, was also implicated in the influence peddling scandal that sent former...Read Full Story
FBI Investigates Tom Perriello’s VA Death Threat Incident Law enforcement authorities are investigating the discovery of a cut propane gas line at the Virginia home of Rep. Tom Perriello’s (D-Va.) brother, whose address was targeted by tea party activists angry at the congressman’s vote for the health care bill. An aide to the congressman confirmed to POLITICO that a line to a propane tank behind his brother's home near Charlottesville had been sliced. The FBI would not disclose the details...Read Full Story
Former Congressman Tom Perriello has a guest blog post up at Think Progress entitled "The GOP's Racial Politics":From the subtle to the sickening, this Republican primary season has seen a normalizing of racist and racially-coded language. It was not so long ago that the chairman of the Republican National Committee apologized for his party’s history of “trying to benefit politically from racial polarization,” and told the NAACP, “I am here...
Climate Progress is a project Center For American Progress Action Fund. So I’m delighted to report that Former Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA) will be taking over as President of CAPAF. At the same time, my terrific CAPAF colleague, Tara McGuinness, will be both Senior Vice President of the Action Fund and Senior Vice President of [...]
Today, the Center for American Progress Action Fund (CAPAF) — the home of ThinkProgress and the advocacy arm of the Center for American Progress (CAP) — announced some new leadership changes. Former Virginia Democratic Congressman Tom Perriello will be the president of CAPAF, and Tara McGuinness will be the head of our communications operations. Perriello [...]
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Former congressman Tom Perriello has landed a new job.
Perriello, who lost his House reelection bid in 2010, has been named president and CEO of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, the advocacy arm of the liberal think tank.
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Tom Perriello is a former member of Congress and conflict analyst who has conducted research in Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, and Darfur.The use of force always entails grave dangers and human costs, and progressives have been leery particularly since the Vietnam era of supporting it, even to prevent or end mass atrocities, repression, and other systematic human suffering. Wise leaders will always remain wary of war. But wisdom also requires us...
WASHINGTON -- Former Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.) a beloved progressive whom activists and party officials had pushed to consider a gubernatorial run in Virginia, will instead head one of Washington D.C.'s premiere Democratic-leaning advocacy ...
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It was standing room only Tuesday at the Danville Public Library as teachers and other interested constituents turned out to see a world-renowned author and hear his views on the Democratic congressio