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VoteVets.org

When Army Colonel Anthony Brown received his mobilization orders for Iraq, he left his post in the Maryland House of Delegates and began a ten month tour with the 353rd Civil Affairs Command.

One year after his return, he was elected the state’s Lt. Governor, and you would be hard pressed to find someone who has done more to help veterans re-acclimate to life at home after overseas deployments.

His work passing the Veterans Behavioral Health Act has helped those coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan receive the mental health care they need, and the Veterans Full Employment Act has driven Maryland’s unemployment rate for veterans well below the national average.

Now he’s running for Governor and VoteVets is honored to support his campaign. Lt. Gov Brown has an urgent campaign finance deadline that ends when the state’s General Assembly officially begins at midnight. Can you contribute $5 to his campaign right now?

http://action.votevets.org/anthony-brown

Anthony Brown has a chance to become the first Iraq veteran to serve as a Governor.

Let’s help him realize that goal.

Jon Soltz
@Jon Soltz
Iraq War Veteran and Chairman
VoteVets.org

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Infographic: Extending Emergency Unemployment Insurance

01/09/2014 Nativegrl77

http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/four-numbers-on-unemployment-insurance

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

01/08/2014 Nativegrl77

Join us for the Unfinished Agenda on February 3rd.

Unfinished Agenda: Urban Politics in the Era of Black Power — A Conversation between Junius Williams and Tom Hayden

Junius Williams, attorney, activist, NMAAHC-Library of Congress Civil Rights Oral History Project Participant, will discuss his memoir with Tom Hayden, social and political activist, author, and politician.

Monday, February 3, 2014, 7:00 PM

National Museum of America History Warner Brothers Theater 14^th Street and Constitution Ave, NW Washington, DC

Enter through Constitution Ave NW entrance

Free Admission – Seating is First Come, First Served

Metro: Blue and Orange lines at Smithsonian or Federal Triangle stations.

Junius Williams, attorney, activist, and NMAAHC-Library of Congress Civil Rights Oral History Project participant, will discuss his memoir entitled Unfinished Agenda … with Tom Hayden, social and political activist, author, and politician. Both leaders will recall and describe the Northern Urban Civil Rights Movement of the early 60’s, and what brought both men to Newark, NJ. Topics will include Williams’ innovative leadership of the National Bar Association, his long career as an education rights advocate in Newark, NJ as well as his ideas about the evolution and effective use of political power within and by the black community. Books will be available for sale and signing courtesy of Smithsonian Enterprises. The program is free and open to the public on a first come, first seated basis.

Participants include:

Junius Williams

Tom Hayden

Free Admission — Seating is First Come, First Served. This event will be Simulcast and Webcast. Please refer to www.nmaahc.si.edu/events

For more information, please go to www.nmaahc.si.edu/events, email NMAAHCpubpgms@si.edu, or call 202.633.0070

Participants may be filmed, photographed, and recorded for the Smithsonian Institution’s educational and promotional uses.

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2013

01/07/2014 Nativegrl77

The White House Photography Office picked out some of the best photos from the past year to give you an inside look at the presidency — and some of the best moments from 2013.

Here’s what you can expect:

President Obama singing Happy Birthday to First Lady Michelle Obama
Lots of Sunny and Bo
Visiting South Africa to honor Nelson Mandela
Some very adorable kids with the President

You’re going to want to see this one.

Click here to check out our best photos from 2013.

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Do faith leaders need to be conservatives

01/07/2014 Nativegrl77

Dear MoveOn member,

If you’re glad that Obamacare is finally here—that millions of Americans are, at last, covered by health insurance—then you’ll love this podcast.

It tells the inside story of the final battle to pass the bill, in the final week before the final vote. But it’s not a story about politicians. It’s a story about an unlikely group of heroes who saved the day: Catholic nuns. And it will bring a smile to your face.

Click here to listen to the podcast on iTunes—and if you like it, subscribe and post a review!

Or you can listen on our website here, or on Stitcher, or subscribe via RSS.

You may have seen the headlines about the Catholic nuns suing over contraception coverage in Obamacare. The case just reached the Supreme Court. And it would be easy to look at that story and conclude that nuns in general are opposing the most significant piece of progressive legislation in decades.

But that would be exactly the wrong conclusion.

Sister Simone Campbell—one of the most charming, utterly down-to-earth, and profoundly committed people I’ve ever met—explains why. And in the process, she tells her own fascinating story, from an anti-segregation sit-in where, as a teenager, she decided to take her vows, all the way to the present and her delight in the joyous tone set by Pope Francis.

You’ve got to hear her voice. Listen in to “The Good Fight” on iTunes, and be sure to subscribe if you want to hear more!

(Or check out the episode on our website.)

Sister Simone’s story is a piece of recent history that we’d do well to remember. It punctures the myth, so often pushed by Republicans, that faith leaders are necessarily conservative. In fact, for Sister Simone and so many others, a commitment to social justice is linked inextricably with faith.

Whatever happens to this Supreme Court case, I’ll always be thankful to America’s nuns for what they did on health care. And once you hear this story, you will be too.

Thanks for all you do.

Warmly,

–Ben