Fact checkers (Pass it on, but only if true)

• Fact Check (Annenberg Foundation)
• Snopes Rumor investigator
• Media Matters (keeping tabs on the press)
• PolitiFact.com

National Politics

• OpenSecrets.org is your nonpartisan guide to money’s influence on U.S. elections and public policy.
• Center for American Progress
• moveon.org - democracy in action
• TomPaine.com - general discussion of issues
• Talking Points Memo
• Politico
• Real Clear Politics
• Huffington Post

State Politics

• Dirigo Blue (The old Turn Maine Blue site)

Knox County Web Sites

• Knox County Government Website
• Knox County Sheriff (County page). This page has a "for more information" link to http://www.knoxso.com/.

Maine State Democratic Sites

• State Legislative News
• Maine State House of Representatives - Democrats
• Maine State Democratic Committee

National Democratic Sites

• Democratic National Committee (current platform, etc.)
• Kicking Ass - Daily dispatches from the DNC

Maine Sites

• Maine State Website
• Maine Senate
• Maine House of Representatives
• Maine Elections, results
• Governor's Office
• Contact Your State Legislator
• Office of the Public Advocate

Federal Sites

• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Senate
• U.S. Printing Office
• U.S. House of Representatives
• Policy for a National Security
• Library of Congress
• Federal Budget
• Core Documents of Democracy
• White House

Environmental Issues 

• Climate Change
  • Union of Concerned Scientists
  • National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
  • U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (PIPCC)
  • Bill McKibben's site (a wealth of resources)
  • Friends of the Earth
  • 350 ppm CO2 limit
  • 2000 watt society
  • Climate Change Deniers - 1
  • Climate Change Deniers - 2
• Pesticides
  • Environmental Working Group
  • Safe Lawns
  • Pesticide-free Lawns

Understand the Right Wing

• Right Wing Watch (Keeping tabs on the opposition.)
• ALEC (American Legislative Council - source of right wing model legislation for the states)
• ALEC Exposed (ALEC hides the good stuff - get it here.)
• Project for a New American Century (PNAC) (The Right foreign policy.)
• Exposing the Project for a New American Century
• Americans for Tax Reform (Grover Norquist's group.)

Other Links of Interest

• The Woman's National Democratic Club
• National Organization of Women
• National Gay and Lesbian Issues
• Emily's List (Dedicated to electing pro-choice Democratic women to every level of office.)
• See individual donations, donation distributions
• U.S. Labor Unions Web Guide
• Guide to American Politics
• DATA.gov (Tons o' data from the federal government. Numbers about a wide range of subjects.)