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Could You Survive?

10/23/2014 Nativegrl77

FACT: In January 2014, 13 states raised their minimum wage; since then these states added more jobs and have lower unemployment rates than the 36 states that did not raise the minimum wage.

FACT: The U.S. Government could save $7 billion dollars if companies just paid employees a higher minimum wage.*

FACT: Federal minimum wage is $7.25 – and some states actually have a lower state wage of $6.25 an hour.

How can anyone, alone or with a family, survive on minimum wage?

FACT: They can’t.

But together we are fighting to change this. In two weeks, states like Arkansas, Alaska, South Dakota, Nebraska and cities like Eureka and Oakland are casting their votes to raise the wage. And Brave New Films is continuing to expose the Koch brothers’ fight against increasing the minimum wage.

Join the fight today by sharing these videos in solidarity with all who agree that working people should not live in poverty.

Share this because you believe that hard working families deserve to thrive, not barely survive.
Thank you for your action.
Robert Greenwald, President
Brave New Films

P.S. Check out our new OverCriminalized video on Upworthy! Let them know you like them posting our work!

* “Raising the Federal Minimum Wage to $10.10 Would Save Safety Net Programs Billions and Help Ensure Businesses Are Doing Their Fair Share” by David Cooper. Economic Policy Institute. 10.16.2014.

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BIG CHANGES to bus service beginning Sept 27 ~~ King County Metro

09/30/2014 Nativegrl77

So, Prop1 failed and now the lives of folks who depend on Metro will forever change unless or until funds are found. The question most folks are asking is what happened to the $$ its citizens invested in Metro over the last few years, least we ask about the deal struck voted and passed between Republicans and Democrats to take away the free zone and make $$ which, was said to be a savings … we all remember what happened right … bus tickets for the homeless etc were provided for about a year …

…. Now, there are 28 routes eliminated and counting ? Nativegrl77

BIG CHANGES to bus service beginning Sept 27

Be prepared. Metro is deleting 28 bus routes, and closing many bus stops. Also, many other bus routes and schedules are changing.

Eye on your Metro Commute

Metro’s Friday PM Commute time has ended; Metro’s fall service revisions begin tomorrow; U-District reroute until 8 PM; Mariners tonight; plus more…
7:11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, 2014
Metro’s Friday PM Commute continues; Metro’s fall service revisions begin tomorrow; U-District reroute until 8 PM; Mariners tonight; plus more…
6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, 2014

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The GOP theme song in 2013

12/31/2013 Nativegrl77

Dear MoveOn member,

Thanks to House Speaker John Boehner and his Republican caucus, the “Do-Nothing Congress” was so awful this year that I decided it deserved its own theme song.

Check it out:

I had fun putting together this video—which also calls out some uplifting wins MoveOn members and other progressives were able to achieve this year despite the “Do-Nothing Congress.” I hope you’ll take just a minute to watch and, if you enjoy it, pass it on.

Thanks for all you do—and all the best in 2014.

–Robert Reich

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Does Google support ALEC

12/26/2013 Nativegrl77

Dear MoveOn member,

Stunning news: Google supports a right-wing front group that pushes anti-environment, anti-education and anti-worker policies. That’s why I started a petition on MoveOn.org to Google CEO Larry Page. The petition says:

The anti-environment, anti-education and anti-worker agenda of ALEC (the American Legislative Exchange Council) is the antithesis of what Google claims to stand for.Please end your support for ALEC and its extremist policies today!

Sign Marisol’s petition

I’m Marisol Garcia, a teacher and MoveOn member in Phoenix, Arizona. I’ve witnessed ALEC’s dangerous agenda firsthand.

ALEC has repeatedly tried to dismantle our public schools by rerouting taxpayer funds toward private and for-profit institutions, attacking the reduced price school lunch program and attempting an end-run around teachers’ unions. On top of that, ALEC has repeatedly pushed voter suppression efforts, discouraged policies that would expand alternative energy use, and promoted the dangerous “Stand Your Ground” law in states across America.

Google has a great reputation and I couldn’t be happier about the recent investments my school made to bring tools like Chrome and Google Docs to my students—but that makes Google’s involvement with ALEC even more disappointing. Please join me in asking Google to end its support for ALEC.

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks!

–Marisol Garcia