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A message from Ari Rabin-Havt


Media Matters September 29, 2010

President Obama recently sat down with Rolling Stone magazine and offered his thoughts on our political and media climate. He also had some strong words for Fox News:

It is part of the tradition that has a very clear, undeniable point of view…It’s a point of view that I think is ultimately destructive for the long-term growth of a country that has a vibrant middle class and is competitive in the world.

He’s right. Since President Obama was inaugurated last year, Fox has undergone a transformation from a conservative-leaning news source to, as Fox News’ senior Vice President put it, “the voice of the opposition.”

On issues ranging from taxes to health care to the environment, the role of Islam to the role of unions, Fox acts like a political operation, not a news network. Fox’s “opinion” and “news” hosts routinely select whatever facts they need or advance falsehoods to sell the network’s conservative political agenda. In so doing, Fox pushes messages intended not to make people more informed, but to inspire fear and anger in its audience. What’s even more dangerous is that Fox provides a platform not just for a political party‘s talking points, but for racially charged attacks and religious smears.

Stand up to Fox — support Media Matters for America today.

Through its on-air promotion of Republican candidates and causes, its support for, and cheerleading of, the Tea Party movement, its tolerance of extreme rhetoric and willingness to ignore facts, Fox News is distorting the political process.

Every day, Media Matters for America stands up to the lies and smears Fox and its allies in the conservative media try to advance. We expose the extreme rhetoric that would otherwise fly below the radar and we counter falsehoods with facts, putting a halt to the smears and misinformation before they become accepted fact. Stand with us and help us carry on this important task.

Stand up to Fox — support Media Matters for America today.

Thank you for your support.

Ari Rabin-Havt
Vice President
Media Matters for America

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Arianna Huffington is Going to the Rally to Restore Sanity — Watch Now!


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Buckle UP …a message from Paul Begala
Critical FEC Deadline: 24 Hours Left
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34 Days Until the Election

In just 24 hours, we come face to face with the final FEC quarterly deadline before Election Day. No doubt that this is the most important deadline of the campaign — and these tea party types know it.

Sarah Palin just announced that she’s targeting 20 races, and some tea party crazy who is too ashamed to show his or her face just slithered out from under a rock to chip in a cool million for their effort to drag us back to the Stone Age. The world will judge our response to gauge our chances for holding the House.

President Obama issued his urgent call and I want to second it. We need to raise just $141,983 more in the next 24 hours to make our goal.

Contribute $5, $10 or more before tomorrow’s FEC deadline to fund our Rapid Response Media Fund. Your dollars will be matched 2-to-1 by a group of committed Democrats, tripling the impact of your support.

Every dollar you give today will go right back out into our battleground districts. Your support will make the difference between victory and defeat. Sarah Palin thinks she can see a right-wing GOP House from her front porch. Let’s prove her wrong.

It’s time to buckle up.

Paul Begala
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P.S. Many key races show a dead heat in the polls. It’s all going to come down to which side can mobilize their voters and turn them out. Help us raise just $141,983 more in the next 24 hours.
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Russ Feingold


Donate now to keep Russ Feingold in the Senate


All too often, those who proclaim to have strong principles regarding free speech or domestic spying or torture when “the other guy” is in power abandon those concerns when it’s their own party’s turn at the helm.

Not Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold. He’s the rare person of conviction who stood alone and heroically voted against the Patriot Act when every other member of the Senate voted “aye.” And his principles don’t change just because there’s a new resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

But Russ is in a tough battle. He’s trailing his well-funded opponent by a wide margin. If Russ loses, while party bosses on both sides of the aisle can conspire to keep Joe Lieberman in the Senate, it sends a message to every member of Congress that there is no popular support for those who put themselves on the line in defense of our first amendment rights.

Our country can’t afford for Russ Feingold to lose this election.

Please donate $5 or more to Russ Feingold and fight for our civil liberties. It’s critical we keep his voice in the Senate. Click here to donate:

http://action.firedoglake.com/feingold

Feingold voted against TARP under Bush, and he voted against it again under Obama. He can’t call on the fat cat bankers to fund his race like so many others can.

There’s only one yardstick, and Russ applies it to everyone.

Feingold’s opponent, Ron Johnson, has more “flexible” principles. He’s a millionaire installed by the party chieftans over the objections of local activists. When Wisconsin activists asked Johnson whether he supported the Patriot Act, he said “I wasn’t overly concerned with George Bush in power. I’m a little more concerned about the Patriot Act when you have Barack Obama.”

Johnson, like Joe Lieberman, is no fan of free speech either. Lieberman famously said that “in matters of war, we undermine presidential credibility at our nation’s peril.” Likewise, Johnson said that Feingold was “undermining our troops” by speaking out against the war in Afghanistan, and that it was “extremely harmful to our nation.”

Russ needs your help. Can you please donate $5 or more to help Feingold fight back against his Lieberman-lite opponent?

http://action.firedoglake.com/feingold

Russ Feingold is the best defense of civil liberties in the Senate. His defeat would be an enormous blow to the tenuous wall holding back things like biometric ID programs that Joe Lieberman’s Department of Homeland Security is simply salivating over.

The time is coming when Americans will have to decide: do we stand and fight for our right to privacy and individual freedom, or do we capitulate to the continued erosion of our civil liberties?

If you choose “fight,” then join me in fighting for Russ Feingold. Click here to donate $5 or more to Russ Feingold now.

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Thank you for standing up for our civil liberties, and for all you do.

Best,

Jane Hamsher
FDL Action PAC

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A message from Sen.Al Franken


Sen. Al Franken recorded a video for you.

Your support for Elizabeth Warren made a difference
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Watch the thank you video from Sen. Al Franken and then share your thoughts with Elizabeth Warren about what priorities you think the new CFPB should work on first.
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Sen. Al Franken recorded a video thanking you for your hard work standing up for Elizabeth Warren, who will now oversee the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

In her new role, Professor Warren pledges to be a fierce advocate for consumers and rein in the reckless behavior of Wall Street bankers.

Without support from you and other progressive activists, she would have never been appointed. And she needs our continued pressure to hold the White House, the Treasury Department and Wall Street accountable to consumers.

This is big, and you helped make it happen.

Check out Sen. Franken’s video by clicking here.

In the video, Sen. Franken invites you to share your priorities on what the new bureau should work on first. We are working with our friends at the Progress Change Campaign Committee to make sure Professor Warren gets your thoughts.

You can watch the video and share your thoughts by clicking here.

Thanks for helping protect consumers.

Adam Quinn, Campaign Manager
CREDO Action