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When the Rally-goers on the bus refuse to tear each other apart, Jason Jones and John Oliver put them through partisan boot camp on last night’s Daily Show.

Tune in tonight at 11pm/10c to see Barack Obama become the first sitting president to sit down with Jon Stewart in the third installment of The Daily Show‘s Midterm Teapartyganza.

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Election Day: What’s your plan?

10/26/2010 Nativegrl77

Share This Message:

What’s your plan?
We’re 1 week away!

We asked you why voting matters to you.

You’ve told us great stories from all across the country. People everywhere are excited about making their voices heard and standing up for their communities.

This allows me to give a voice to the voiceless and be the change I want to see! – Cyndi in Grand Rapids, MI
I care about voting because I care about immigration reform and I want elected officials who share my dream! – Jennifer in Napa, CA

Your reasons for voting are inspiring. Your voice matters. Watch our video and then tell us about your Election Day plans.

What time are you going to vote? How are you getting to the polls? Will you bring a friend with you? Watch our video & make your plan for this Election Day, and we’ll help you stick to it.

Your power is going to make a difference this November 2nd. Stand up for what’s right.

Thank you,
Marissa Graciosa
Reform Immigration FOR America

We’re fighting to fix our broken immigration system, but we can’t win without you!
contribute $30 today to sponsor 80 faxes and 100 calls to Congress.

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Deadly outbreak in Haiti: please help now

10/26/2010 Nativegrl77

Help save lives in Haiti and around the world. -- Donate now

Disaster has hit Haitians again. As of today, 262 people have died from a cholera outbreak in the Artibonite and Centre regions of Haiti and nearly 3,800 cases have been confirmed.

Highly contagious and spread by water, cholera can cause dehydration and death within hours, especially for children, if not treated. In response, CARE is amassing cholera prevention and treatment supplies to help avert an catastrophe should the disease spread. We’re especially concerned about a possible outbreak in Port-au-Prince.

An outbreak in the capital city’s extremely crowded and unsanitary tent camps, where 1 million survivors of the January 12 earthquake now live, would be devastating. The rainy season is underway and flooding, coupled with unsafe water conditions, can worsen the crisis. Prevention is critical.

Hundreds of thousands are at risk. When you make a tax-deductible gift today, you can help CARE save lives in Haiti and respond to crisis and extreme poverty around the world.

Since the earthquake struck on January 12, CARE has been tirelessly working to help Haiti recover, including building durable shelters for families; constructing latrines, showers and hand-washing facilities; making sure clean water is available; and promoting good health and hygiene through awareness campaigns, community trainings and more.

As you know, our poverty-fighting work doesn’t stop in Haiti. Every single day of the year, in Haiti and 71 other countries worldwide, CARE provides emergency relief and delivers comprehensive programs that strike at the root causes of poverty.

Please make a tax-deductible gift today so that CARE can continue empowering people facing extreme poverty and crisis around the world.

$35 can help provide a hygiene kit to a family in Haiti
$100 can help provide clean delivery kits to 35 pregnant women in Haiti
$250 can help provide clean drinking water for 25,000 daily in Haiti

Please don’t wait another day to make a difference! A brighter, healthier future is possible with the help of friends like you.

Thank you for your compassion and generosity.

Sincerely,

Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH
President and CEO, CARE

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BoldProgressives.org

10/26/2010 Nativegrl77

Neck-and-neck race for lL-Sen!

Read Alexi’s answers to our PCCC questionnaire — then sign up to make calls for him this week!

Or donate $3 to Alexi Giannoulias’s campaign.

After 48,000 calls to voters for Sen. Russ Feingold last night, we broke the record again tonight: over 53,000 for Rep. Alan Grayson!! Amazing!

Also tonight, we added 2 emergency call shifts for Alexi Giannoulias, the progressive running for President Obama’s open Senate seat in Illinois. The last 3 polls show Alexi neck-and-neck with former Republican Congressman Mark Kirk.

Let’s win this seat for progressives! Can you join folks across the nation making calls for Alexi this Wed or Sat? Click here to sign up.

(Or donate $3 to Alexi’s campaign here.)

Alexi supports a public option, proudly writing on our PCCC questionnaire that it’s the “best way to increase competition in the health insurance market.”

He also supports breaking up the big banks, protecting Net Neutrality, and taking on corporate influence, telling us:

“Every Democrat running for office says they want to change the Washington game. But few have gone beyond words and embraced action. I so fiercely believe in getting corporate influence out of politics that in my own campaign, in the midst of a recession when donations are down, I chose to reject contributions from corporate PACs and federal lobbyists. I won’t take their money, and I won’t vote their way.”

Don’t you want this guy in the Senate? Let’s do it!

Help break the record again by making calls for Alexi this week. Click here to see the shifts and sign up.

(Or donate $3 to Alexi’s campaign here.)

Together, we’re making a huge difference. Thanks for being a bold progressive.

— Stephanie Taylor, Michael Snook, Keauna Gregory, Forrest Brown, Matt Wall, and the PCCC team

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Breaking Poll Numbers

10/26/2010 Nativegrl77

There are just hours left before our most critical deadline of the election. The amount of money in the bank tonight determines tomorrow’s television spending — this is the FINAL time we can make adjustments to our ad buy for the final week.

I have met with the staff here at headquarters. They have showed me promising early vote and new developing poll numbers including some critical surges for some of our challengers, and a continued list of neck and neck polls where additional television time could be the push we need to victory.

I want to spend in more races tomorrow, but I can’t without your help tonight. Everything is on the line and we are just $21,699 away from our goal. Please contribute $5, $10 or more right now to make sure tomorrow’s spending has the largest impact.

Will you join us? If you do, a group of generous Democrats who are committed to retaining our Majority will match all online gifts tonight with two dollars of their own. Please contribute now.

Our Majority can hold strong in the face of the onslaught of special interest spending and Sarah Palin and her tea party express — but not without these last minute resources. Thank you for all that you do.

Onward to Victory,

Chris Van Holllen
DCCC Chairman

P.S. Our field operation is the most impressive a midterm election has ever implemented — and we can see it already as early voting is showing promising results. Our path to victory is clear but I need you with me every step of the way. If you have already given, thank you, but I need you to give again. If you have not given, this is no time to sit on the sidelines, please give as generously as you can tonight.