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Sharron Angle

09/30/2010 Nativegrl77

After months of watching the GOP‘s extreme candidates say one offensive thing after another, I thought I was done being shocked.

Then I saw new footage of Nevada Republican Senate nominee Sharon Angle attacking laws that require insurance companies to cover those with autism.

“You’re paying for things that you don’t even need,” she said. “They just passed the latest one, is everything that they want to throw at us now is covered under ‘autism’.”

She put “autism” in air quotes — like she doesn’t believe it exists.

If this is what she’s saying on the campaign trail, imagine what she’ll say in the Senate.

We’re hitting back against ideologues like Sharron Angle with ads on the air and messaging on the ground. We’re making sure voters understand the choice they have in this election.

Can you chip in $5 or more to help us amplify that message?

Angle isn’t alone.

In Delaware, Christine O’Donnell has attacked the “horror” of health reform.

In Colorado, Ken Buck has called Social Security “horrible policy.”

In Alaska, Joe Miller has said that Congress must have “courage to shut down the government,” to stop the President‘s agenda.

These ideologues — in states across the country — think they have all the momentum. And their supporters are pouring their energy into the campaigns.

But this is why we’ve built a national program. It’s why we have organizers on the ground in every state.

We just need the resources to finish strong — and continue to show voters what Ken Buck, Sharron Angle, Christine O’Donnell, Joe Miller and a host of other Republicans keep saying.

Donate $5 or more now:

http://my.democrats.org/Angle

Thanks,

Jen

Jen O’Malley Dillon
Executive Director
Democratic National Committee

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We’re forever curious–are you?

09/30/2010 Nativegrl77

Union of Concerned Scientists - Scientists are curious for life.

Do you remember what early fascinations captured you as a child? Whether it’s inspired by the stars in the sky or a field of flowers, curiosity about the world is the beginning of knowledge—and science.

Scientific curiosity is the key to solving our world’s most crucial environmental, health, and security problems—such as global warming. Yet, those who have a vested interested in denying global warming are trying to kill the public’s curiosity, and thus squelch the truth. And we can’t let that happen.

Support our work to spread the truth—and spread the curiosity.
Become a member of the Union of Concerned Scientists by making a donation today.

Support the Union of Concerned Scientists in our efforts to bring sound science to the public and spread the curiosity and the truth about global warming. Click here to become a member today.

Your donation allows us to be an independent voice for the policy changes and science-based solutions that are so desperately needed to preserve our world—and all of its amazing curiosities.

Forever curious,

Kevin Knobloch
President

The Union of Concerned Scientists is the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world.

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Not much time left …

09/30/2010 Nativegrl77

Time is running out! Become a member before midnight tonight to help us reach our goal.

You are the difference between victory and defeat. Everything we do here at RAN depends on the support of our members – people like you – and with so much at stake right now, we need your help more than ever.

That’s why we’ve set a goal of 250 new members by midnight tonight – and the deadline is just hours away. We need just 8 people from your city to reach that goal, but time is running out. Will you be one of them?

To RAN, victory is convincing six major banks to limit their funding of mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia. It’s General Mills stepping forward with a commitment to stop buying unsustainable palm oil that contributes to rainforest destruction. It’s RAN activists, local communities, and you coming together to protect vulnerable rainforests and ecosystems.

None of it, not a single step forward, happens without the support of our members.
Please, click here to make your membership gift.

And defeat? Well, we all know what that looks like. It’s slash and burn logging in Sumatra. It’s polluted waterways and sick communities in Appalachia. It’s an end to a way of life for native villages in rainforests around the world, the loss of irreplaceable ecosystems and biodiversity, and unstoppable climate change.

Without our members, RAN can’t fight back. We need your voice, your activism – and, to be perfectly honest, we need your donations. Members of RAN get campaigners to the troubled frontlines of deforestation, and into corporate boardrooms to turn long-time offenders into responsible rainforest stewards.

That’s the difference you’ll make as a member, the difference between victory and defeat. And the easiest part about it? Being a member costs less than a dime a day. Join us today – we need you.

If you’re already a member of RAN, I just want to say THANK YOU SO MUCH. We couldn’t do it without you. Truly.

		For the earth,
		Rebecca Tarbotton Executive Director Rainforest Action Network

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Midnight deadline

09/30/2010 Nativegrl77

Midnight tonight is a crucial quarterly fundraising deadline — the last big one before November. The story the numbers tell will surely become the dominant media narrative going into the final stretch of this election season.

And though the pundits will be paying attention — their opinion isn’t what guides this movement.

Because those who set the national tone don’t hear the one-on-one conversations we’re all having with voters around the country. They’re not with us during the hours we spend making phone calls and knocking on doors.

This is the work your donations help fuel. Your support gets organizers on the ground, ads on the air, and voters to the polls.

Good fundraising numbers generate good news coverage — but more importantly, they help make sure that we keep our efforts rolling in districts around the country.

And the very best way we can beat Republicans — in the press, on the ground, and at the ballot box — is to simply keep blowing them out of the water.

Can you pitch in $3 before midnight tonight?

Our movement has always been about the cumulative strength of individual grassroots donations.

Not lump sum payments from lobbyists or big special interests trying to further their own agendas. Not massive checks cut from super PACs, empowered by newly lax restrictions on corporate spending in elections.

Republicans, armed with this kind of cash, are hoping to hijack the dialogue this fall. They’re looking for a repeat of the past, where elections like this served as negative referendums on the party in power. They’re turning up the volume on turning back the clock.

Let’s remind them that this is not one of those past election years.

This is 2010 — a year that Democrats passed historic health insurance reform, put in place the strongest consumer protections ever proposed, and enacted legislation that provides tax cuts and expanded credit for small businesses. It’s a year that we’ve spent going to work for the American people while Republicans have done everything they could to block our progress.

And it’s a year that presents us with the opportunity to continue making change that matters.

By donating $3 today, you can provide the momentum we need going into the final month of this election season.

Please donate today:

http://my.democrats.org/MidnightDeadline

Thanks,

Jen

Jen O’Malley Dillon
Executive Director
Democratic National Committee

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Seattle got the job done

09/29/2010 Nativegrl77

Organizing for America

Hours ago, we shattered our By the People Fund goal. We’ve received more than 3 million grassroots donations to fund our work this fall.

We hit the mark a month early, and now have an incredible opportunity to expand the ambitious Vote 2010 plan we built together earlier this year.

But tomorrow, September 30th, marks a critical deadline. We’ll close the books on the quarterly fundraising numbers we have to report to the FEC and the national media.

And Thursday, at midnight, we’ll be finalizing much of our Vote 2010 budget. We’ll have to make tough decisions about which races we’ll be able to play a role in. What you do between now and tomorrow night will determine the impact we have on tight races across the country.

Can you donate $5 today to help us go big?

Right now, supporters in Seattle and around the country are helping to change the story of the 2010 election: the millions of phone calls you make, the numbers of voters you’re talking to, the more than 25,000 supporters who rallied last night with the President in Wisconsin — larger than any rally in Wisconsin during the presidential campaign.

How we do in the final days of this quarter will determine if we can keep telling that story.

Chip in $5 before tomorrow’s deadline — and help show the momentum we’re building:

https://donate.barackobama.com/Momentum2010

Thanks,

Mitch

Mitch Stewart
Director
Organizing for America