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2012 BarackObama.com

05/20/2011 Nativegrl77

Let me introduce you to Jerome Corsi.

This week he released a new book that the publisher says will be a bestseller “of historic proportions.”

The title is “Where’s the Birth Certificate?” — yes, really.

Corsi’s work is a greatest-hits reel of delusions, ranging from 9/11 conspiracies to claiming that there is an infinite supply of oil in the Earth’s core. In 2008, he published a book about Barack Obama claiming, among other things, that he (a) is a secret Muslim; (b) is secretly anti-military; (c) secretly dealt drugs; and (d) secretly supported terrorist actions when he was eight years old. So many secrets!

FactCheck.org called Corsi’s work “a mishmash of unsupported conjecture, half-truths, logical fallacies and outright falsehoods.”

There’s really no way to make this stuff completely go away. The only thing we can do is laugh at it — and make sure as many other people as possible are in on the joke.

So let’s just do this — get your Obama birth certificate mug here:

http://my.barackobama.com/page/m/55c11797/6c0d017d/174975cba/11882961/3009974951/VEsF/

Last year, the President said, “I can’t spend all of my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead.”

This is about as close as we can get.

If the facts can’t make these ridiculous smears go away, we can at least have a little fun with it.

And then we’ll get back to the important work of supporting the President as he tackles real problems like high gas prices, the deficit, and unemployment.

Thanks,

Julianna

Julianna Smoot

Deputy Campaign Manager

Obama for America

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Congress: Empty until 5/23

05/20/2011 Nativegrl77

The Senate Convenes at 2:00pmET May 23,2011

Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 3pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.

Following morning business, the Senate will resume the motion to proceed to S.1038, a bill to provide for the extension of expiring provisions of the PATRIOT Act until June 1, 2015 with the time until 5pm equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees.

Votes:

At 5:00pm, there will be a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.1038.

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The next meeting in the House is scheduled for May 23, 2011

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Senate Republicans today blocked Goodwin Liu

05/19/2011 Nativegrl77

Imagine senators of one party filibustering a judicial nominee who has been hailed as one of his generation’s great legal minds by legal experts of both parties and across the ideological spectrum on the grounds that he is *too* qualified.

www.pfaw.org

Well that’s exactly what happened today.

In what could be the most egregious example of the GOP’s partisan obstruction of judicial nominations to date, Senate Republicans today blocked Goodwin Liu from receiving an up or down vote. Liu, a law professor and dean at U.C. Berkeley who as a nominee has the American Bar Association’s highest rating, was nominated for a seat on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals by President Obama over a year ago, and has since been approved by the Judiciary Committee three times.

His credentials and grasp of the law and Constitution are impeccable. Liu’s only mistake: being too qualified.

At age 40, his confirmation to the 9th Circuit could put him in position to be the first Asian American Supreme Court nominee. Because of his intellectual heft, his commitment to Americans’ constitutional rights and his commonsense understanding of how the law impacts people’s lives, the prospect of Liu’s future elevation, and even his influence on a Circuit Court of Appeals, terrifies corporate special interests and right-wing ideologues … the same people calling the shots with Republican senators.

Shame on them. The concocted justifications Republican senators used in their opposition to Liu were based on unbelievable distortions of his record by Radical Right activist groups, as well as Liu’s testimony in opposition to Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s confirmation. They rested their opposition on lies because they know that a Liu filibuster makes a mockery of the supposed agreement between parties to employ a filibuster only in “extraordinary circumstances.” Everything about Goodwin Liu’s record and the breadth of his support indicates a legal expert squarely in the mainstream — the only thing “extraordinary” about him is how good he is, and how deserving he was of confirmation.

Every GOP senator except Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski participated in the filibuster. If one or both of your U.S. senators are Republicans, CALL them right now and let them hear it. Tell them, “shame on you for filibustering Goodwin Liu,” and let them know that you will be working hard to hold them accountable in their state.

Make sure you SIGN our “Stop the Obstruction” petition to the Senate and let senators of both parties know that the continued obstruction of the president’s nominees is hurting our country and will not be tolerated.

We need Republicans to feel the pressure about their judicial obstructions just like they are feeling it about their attacks on Medicare. And Democratic leaders in the Senate need to know that they must be using every tool in their arsenal to combat this obstruction.

Demand an end to the obstruction. And tell others to do the same.

I hope you’re as outraged as we are. And I hope you channel that outrage into activism. Thank you for all you do!

www.pfaw.org

Sincerely,

Michael Keegan, President

P.S. We hope that Goodwin Liu will be renominated and that he will be willing to continue this fight. We have not given up on ultimately confirming this stellar nominee.

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Tell the EPA: Help save 17,000 lives

05/19/2011 Nativegrl77

Last week, I sent you an email quiz that highlights the dangers of mercury pollution. Now we have an opportunity to protect our health and our environment from the mercury pollution that comes from burning coal — but we need your help.

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a rule that would significantly reduce mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants. Exposure to mercury can cause birth defects, neurological damage and countless other health and environmental problems.

Tell the EPA that you support this rule. Demand cleaner air by submitting a comment here.

The rule also limits the release of sulfur dioxide gases, particulate matter such as soot, and other toxic metals — pollution that has been linked to cancer, heart disease, asthma and bronchitis. In fact, implementing the proposed standards will help prevent 17,000 deaths and 12,000 hospital visits each year.

We’ve allowed coal-fired power plants to spew mercury pollution into our air unchecked for far too long. It’s time to take back our air and our health from the big polluters who poison it every day.

Stand up for your lungs, your health and our shared future. Show your support for the proposed rule with our simple tool and submit a comment to the EPA.

Thank you for your help.

Sincerely,

Maggie L. Fox

President and CEO

The Alliance for Climate Protection