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Hold Rob McKenna accountable


Oops, someone forgot to purge their files! Rob McKenna got caught… red-handed.

Documents stored at the King County Archives reveal that, while serving as a King County Councilman, Rob was campaigning on the public dime, out of his Council office.

Now McKenna is facing an ethics compliant over his actions, which may have violated ethics law.

Talk about being caught red-handed and red-faced. McKenna’s an attorney. He knows the rules – It is illegal for public resources to be used for campaign purposes.

Can you donate $10 now and help us hold Rob McKenna accountable for his actions?

There may be more to this story.

One of Rob McKenna’s first actions as Attorney General was to hire a Republican campaign operative as his “outreach” director and put him on government payroll. Was this Republican operative reaching out to constituents or working to further McKenna’s political ambitions?

Earlier this week it was revealed that McKenna boosted campaign spending from his Attorney General account in the months before he declared his candidacy for governor – raising concerns with the state campaign watchdog, the Public Disclosure Commission.

After reading these ethics stories, it’s easy to imagine a late-night file-purging party in the Attorney General’s office.

We must continue to hold Rob McKenna accountable for his actions. Will you send us a small donation to support our “Tell the Truth Rob McKenna” team?

http://www.wa-democrats.org/contribute/accountable

Our candidate for governor, Jay Inslee, is dedicated to creating a working Washington. He is the best candidate to rebuild our state’s middle class and get people back to work. Jay would serve the state with integrity and would never violate the public trust the way McKenna has.

Part of our mission at the State Party is to ensure that Jay has a level playing field for this fall’s election. That means we need to hold his ethically challenged Republican opponent accountable for his actions.

Please help with a small donation today. Your support is appreciated by all of our candidates.

Sincerely,

Dwight Pelz
Washington State Democrats Chair

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Ask Judge Lanny Moriarty to revoke his sentence against Diane Tran

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Change.org
                          Ask Judge Lanny Moriarty to revoke his sentence against Diane Tran, an honor student who missed school because she works 2 jobs to help her family.                       
      Sign Samuel‘s Petition

Diane Tran has a lot on her plate for a 17-year-old. After Diane’s parents moved away, Diane stayed behind and started working two jobs to provide for her family — all while taking college-level classes at her high school. But when Diane recently missed school due to exhaustion, she was charged with a crime and sentenced to pay a $100 fine and spend a night in jail.

Diane’s classmate, Devin, told reporters that between a full-time job, a part-time job, and making the honor roll, it’s no wonder Diane was tired. “She stays up until 7 in the morning doing her homework,” Devin says.

Judge Lanny Moriarty didn’t have to sentence Diane to a night in jail, but he wanted to make an example of her. “If you let one of them run loose, what are you going to do with the rest of them?” Judge Moriarty told reporters. “A little stay in the jail for one night is not a death sentence.”

Samuel Oh thinks working hard to provide for your family should not be cause for criminal punishment — so Samuel started a petition on Change.org asking Judge Moriarty to revoke the charges against Diane. Click here to add your name.

“Somehow Diane is not just an extraordinary worker and student, she’s an extraordinary human being with a fighting spirit,” Samuel says. “The institutions that are supposed to provide resources to youth and ensure justice are punishing her instead.”

There is some good news: when a reporter recently asked Judge Moriarty if anything could be done to get him to revoke Diane’s charges, he replied, “Yeah, it probably could.”

Samuel believes that if thousands of people sign his petition, Judge Moriarty will take this opportunity to do the right thing and revoke Diane’s charges.

Click here to sign Samuel’s petition asking Judge Moriarty to revoke the charges against Diane Tran, an honors student who had to spend the night in jail for missing school.

Thanks for being a change-maker,
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Thanks for standing up to big polluters and saying NO to new carbon pollution …Kevin S. Curtis, Climate Reality


Thanks for standing up to big polluters and saying NO to new carbon pollution.

You sent a message supporting a historic limit on carbon pollution in the U.S. It will bring us one step closer to solving the climate crisis. As of today, we and the rest of the environmental community have sent the EPA a record-breaking 1.5 million comments supporting the proposal.

But we’re not done yet. If we want to make an impact, we need everyone to get involved.

Share our petition with your friends and family. Post it on your Facebook page and on your friend’s Facebook page. Tweet it!

Ask your friends to give carbon the finger.

Some days it seems impossible to make progress – but not today. Today there is something you can do. Ask your friends to join you in sending a message to our leaders: No new carbon pollution in the United States.

http://forms.climaterealityproject.org/share-the-standard

Thanks again,

Kevin S. Curtis  Chief Program and Advocacy Officer  The Climate Reality Project

Thanks for standing up to big polluters and saying NO to new carbon pollution.

You sent a message supporting a historic limit on carbon pollution in the U.S. It will bring us one step closer to solving the climate crisis. As of today, we and the rest of the environmental community have sent the EPA a record-breaking 1.5 million comments supporting the proposal.

But we’re not done yet. If we want to make an impact, we need everyone to get involved.

Share our petition with your friends and family. Post it on your Facebook page and on your friend’s Facebook page. Tweet it!

Ask your friends to give carbon the finger.

Some days it seems impossible to make progress – but not today. Today there is something you can do. Ask your friends to join you in sending a message to our leaders: No new carbon pollution in the United States.

http://forms.climaterealityproject.org/share-the-standard

Thanks again,

Kevin S. Curtis  Chief Program and Advocacy Officer  The Climate Reality Project

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Immortal Technique on Al Jazeera’s The Stream


We wanted to share this episode of the Al Jazeera English show “The Stream” featuring an interview with rapper Immortal Technique about Occupy Wall Street, his lyrics and career, and more.  He is posed questions from The Stream’s online community live from Twitter and Google Plus, and discusses his views towards gay marriage and his work in Afghanistan. We encourage you to watch the episode and feel free to forward or embed the video!

http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/emcee-voiceless-0022222

Best,

Roxana

Roxana Elliott | COMMUNICATIONS & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS  AL JAZEERA NETWORK

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Export – Import Bank Reauthorization … signed


President Obama signs the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012, which will reauthorize the Bank to continue financing U.S. exports and ensure a level playing field for U.S. businesses at no cost to American taxpayers. May 30, 2012.More
President Obama Speaks on Food Security at G8 Meeting