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Sequester Pain, Local News Edition

Evening Brief: Important Stories That You Might’ve Missed

RIP Roger Ebert.

Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate wants to make 90 percent of 25-44 years olds felons.

What you should know about Connecticut’s historic new gun law.

They still have segregated proms in Georgia, in 2013.

Women who were murdered after their stalkers got guns.

Should you be worried about North Korea?

South Carolina Republicans belittle Elizabeth Colbert Busch.

Fast food workers in New York City go on strike.

For the first time in four decades of polling, majority now favor legalizing marijuana.

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#Fiscal Cliff …


 

 
 
 
 
whitehouse has uploaded The President Delivers a Statement.
 
 
 
 
 
 
President Obama delivers a statement on the bipartisan agreement passed today that will protect 98 percent of Americans and 97 percent of small business owners from a tax hike. January 1, 2013.
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Faces of Diabetes …


 

We can stop Diabetes.
 

How does it feel knowing what a difference you made for the many Faces of Diabetes in 2012?

Thanks for your support!I bet it feels something like this…

Your support helped us reach our $1 million end of year fundraising goal. And thanks to your generosity, the American Diabetes Association accomplished more than we ever thought possible for the many Faces of Diabetes in 2012. Here are just a few of the amazing achievements made possible with your help:

  • In Georgia, Washington and Florida, bills have been signed into law to make sure schools are safe for children with diabetes;
  • We began research on how to manage diabetes during pregnancy to prevent the future onset of diabetes in children;
  • Started insulin gene therapy research for type 1 diabetes;
  • Fought for new protections under the Affordable Care Act, including access to free preventative care and prohibiting discrimination against children and teens because of diabetes;
  • More than 60,000 people attended our free American Diabetes Association EXPO® events to receive life-saving diabetes and health information and advice.

Thank you for everything you’ve helped us accomplish in 2012. And for the many millions of people you’re going to help this year.

Happy New Year,
Larry Hausner
Larry Hausner
Chief Executive Officer
American Diabetes Association

P.S. If you would like to start contributing to the American Diabetes Association’s work in 2013, please make a gift now to kick off the New Year.
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Occupying A Private Prison … “Axel Caballero from Cuéntame”


 

Correction Corporation of America’s Stewart facility in Lumpkin, Georgia is the largest private detention center in the nation. Stewart currently profits close to $50 million a year. As if that weren’t enough, CCA often cuts costs by denying basic services to detained immigrants and by limiting access to their family members.

CCA charges inmates close to $5 a minute to make a phone call. To pay for this, inmates work in the facility and earn a whopping $1 a day. Five days of hard work gives them just enough time for a one minute phone call.

Watch the video and take action to shut down Stewart Detention Center.CCA’s greed knows no boundaries. In the past few years they have spent $14.8 million lobbying for anti-immigration laws, like HB87 in Georgia, to ensure they have continuous access to fresh inmates and keep their money racket going. It’s time to put an end to it.

This is why on November 18th, Brave New Foundation‘s Cuéntame is partnering with a coalition of immigrant and civil rights organizations, in a powerful vigil and occupation outside the Stewart facility in Georgia. The demand: Shut down Stewart Detention Center now.

You can join-in too online! Add your demand message and we will read and deliver it at the action event!

Your voice is the most important tool we need to fight back against the private prison greed and abuse.

Yours,
Axel Caballero and the Cuéntame team.

I invite you to join Cuéntame on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

IN CASE YOU MISSED OUR OTHER IMMIGRANTS FOR SALE VIDEOS:

         
A Family Split ApartPedro Guzmanspent 19 months at CCA’s Stewart private detention because he missed an immigration order.Authorities showed no mercy after Guzman explained the court order was sent to an old address.CCA profited approximately $72,000 from Pedro’s detention.Guzman’s wife Emily and only son Logan endured a painful and debilitating struggle to survive while they fought for Pedro’s release.   Death For ProfitRoberto Martinez-Medina died in CCA’s Stewart Detention Center in Georgia in 2009.Medina had been arrested a month earlier for not having a driver’s license.CCA profited off of Medina’s incarceration, and ensured a greater profit by denying him critical health care.CCA has gone to great lengths to hush Medina’s death.   Immigrants For Sale Animated TrailerTop 3 things YOU need to know about the private prison money scheme:1) The victims: Private prisons don’t care about who they lock up. At $200 per immigrant a night, this is the “perfect” money scheme.2) The players: CCA, Geo Group and MTC— combined currently profit more than $5 billion a year.3)The money: These corporations spend $20 million a year lobbying legislators to get anti-immigrant laws approved and thus more inmates.
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Stop anti-immig​rant laws from coming to Washington …Marissa Graciosa, Reform Immigration FOR America


Stand up for Alabama families under attack

Schoolchildren in Alabama are hiding. Immigrant families are fleeing the state. Alabama passed an anti-immigrant law so extreme that it is scaring students from attending school, and would allow indefinite detention for those stopped by the police to ask for immigration status without proper paperwork. And a federal judge just approved it.

This is an all-out assault on immigrant families, and it’s not isolated to Alabama. Congress’ inaction on federal immigration reform has left the door wide open for this racist and inhumane legislation, in Arizona, Georgia, Indiana and now Alabama. These states aren’t waiting for Washington to do something. They’re writing their own policy, with anti-immigrant leaders holding the pen.

Alabama launched an assault on its immigrant communities — and we must not let these disgraceful actions stand. Take the pledge now to stand with Alabama families against these unjust practices.

A massive outcry of individuals supporting Alabama communities now will send a wake-up call to Washington: we need comprehensive immigration reform now, before other states follow this devastating example. We need your voice to deliver our message to families in the state that the entire country is watching.

 Click here to learn more http://act.reformimmigrationforamerica.org/go/1271?akid=758.164689.TCzbeK&t=4  and to pledge your solidarity with Alabama families against the state’s injustice and demand Congressional action on immigration reform.

Thanks for all that you do,

Marissa Graciosa
Reform Immigration FOR America