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Stories of 2013 …
- ‘Female visitors could fall for them’: Saudis deport three men for being ‘too handsome’
- Canadian man fights strict Dubai swearing laws by arguing ‘f— off’ is not an insult in Canada
- UAE cyber-crime law ‘effectively closes-off country’s only remaining forum for free speech’: watchdog
- AFC apologizes for referring to UAE national soccer team as ’sand monkeys’
- 36 Senators Introduce Bill Prohibiting Virtually Any New Law Helping Workers | ThinkProgress http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/08/02/2404301/36-senators-introduce-bill-prohibiting-virtually-any-new-federal-law-helping-workers/
- Paul Krugman Calls Out The Right For Covering Up Basic Facts About Inequality
- Republican-appointed federal judge says blacks and Hispanics are “predisposed to crime.” Judge Edith Jones, a member of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, a circuit overseeing a large number of death penalty cases, made her outrageous comments about minorities during a speech earlier this year. The judge, who has a long history of troubling behavior, added that the death penalty is a public service because it’s the only way an inmate can “make peace with God.”
- Republican governor schedules costly special election to lower Democratic turnout during the general election. Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) is far head in the polls in his bid for re-election, yet he appears to have scheduled a special election to fill the seat of recently deceased Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) to keep Democratic turnout low the day he and Republican state legislators will be on the ballot. The election will cost $12 MILLION or more and is taking place less than a month before the November general election.
- Anti-Obamacare states pass up billions in funds meant to help the poor get health insurance. The red states that are refusing to expand Medicaid under Obamacare are set to lose out on $8 BILLION in funding, which will cause them to leave an additional 3.6 MILLION Americans uninsured simply out of spite.
- A Texas jury acquitted a man for the murder of a woman he hired as an escort, after his lawyers claimed he was authorized to use deadly force because she refused sex.
- , Media Matters released a report showing that business news channel CNBC had cast doubt on science in more than half of its 2013 climate change coverage,Media Matters conducted a follow-up study to see if CNBC had adjusted its coverage. [3] Remarkably, we found that climate denial at the network actually increased, rising from 51 percent to 55 percent of climate reporting.
- Myths about Medicaid
Resources:
Media Matters for America
Think Progress
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He could become the first Iraq veteran elected Governor
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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Do faith leaders need to be conservatives
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
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