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With all the drama around General McChrystal’s resignation, the media missed the real story in the explosive Rolling Stone article:

    “…[W]e’re f****ing losing this thing.” –Staff Sergeant Kennith Hicks

Administration officials are frantically trying to reassure Congress and the American people that we’re making “progress” in Afghanistan, but the Rolling Stone article makes it clear that McChrystal’s inner circle knew better. As one of his senior aides said, “If Americans pulled back and started paying attention to this war, it would become even less popular.”

The publicity around the Rolling Stone article gives us a unique opportunity. People are paying attention. That’s why we put together a new video that shows the pieces of the article that the rest of the media missed. We need your help to get it in front of as many people as possible.

Send our latest video to as many friends as you can, and share it on your Facebook wall. With your help, we can seize the moment and build momentum to end the Afghanistan War.

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Derrick Crowe, Robert Greenwald,
and the Brave New Foundation team

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Do you get the Message? and a good laugh


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Green Shaman
Phil’s not your average environmentalist. He’s living in harmony with the planet and has the perfect green lifestyle, or so he thinks. Spirit Bear tries to show him a better way.
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Green Shaman: Shirt’s So Good
In preparing for his first green date, Phil is about to buy a 100% organic cotton t-shirt until Bear and Spirit Sheep point out that his shirt, may not be all that pure.
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Whaling ban survives


Latest news and action alert from Greenpeace

We did it! Thanks to YOU, the Obama Administration kept its promise to save whales at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) talks. As a result, the IWC was unable to lift the ban on commercial whaling!

As I sat in a stuffy meeting room in Agadir, Morocco with delegates and representatives from other nations, I knew I wasn’t alone in working to help save the whales. I had more than 1.5 million passionate people, like YOU, with me there in spirit supporting the whales and standing up to tell the President that they deserve to be saved, not slaughtered.

While the gathering nations failed to implement new plans for whale conservation, I’m pleased that our President and his team stood their ground in the end, thanks to your efforts.

This year, the best we could do was preventing the IWC from rolling back protections for whales. Next year, we need to apply even more pressure so the IWC will close dangerous loopholes that have allowed Japan, Iceland, and Norway to continue killing whales.

Thank you for all your support. The whales are breathing a big sigh of relief!

For the whales,
Phil Kline
Phil Kline
Oceans Campaigner

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Friday -follow Congress


The Senate Convenes at 9:30amETJune 25, 2010

Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to HR H.R.5297, the Small Business Lending Fund Program. There will be no roll call votes during Friday’s session of the Senate.

Votes:

Unanimous Consent:
Passed S.3104, Radio Free Asia

Adopted S.Res.566, a resoltuion expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the situation in Kyrgystan

The Senate confirmed the nomination of John Pistole to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security.


The next meeting in the House is scheduled for 4:00pmET June 25, 2010

4:03 P.M. –

The Speaker announced that the House do now adjourn pursuant to a previous special order. The next meeting is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. on June 28, 2010.

H.R. 5136:

to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes

4:02 P.M. –

Papers returned to House pursuant to H. Res. 1467

The House received a message from the Clerk. Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1467 and pursuant to the permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Clerk notified the House that the Senate had returned the papers on H.R. 5136.

4:01 P.M. –

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG – The Chair led the House in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.

The Speaker announced approval of the Journal. Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Journal stands approved.

4:00 P.M. –

Today’s prayer was offered by the House Chaplain, Rev. Daniel Coughlin.

The Speaker designated the Honorable Henry Cuellar to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.

The House convened, starting a new legislative day.

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Introducing RaiseYourVote.com


Organizing for America

We just launched RaiseYourVote.com, the centerpiece of our huge voter registration effort.

RaiseYourVote.com isn’t just a voter registration site. It serves as a powerful clearinghouse for voter information across the country — armed with pretty much everything you need to know to cast your ballot. It even automatically personalizes to the user’s location — so when you visit the site, you’ll see voter information for your state.

But the power of a site like this depends on how many voters see it.

Check out RaiseYourVote.com today — and please share it with your friends.

Introducing RaiseYourVote.com. Check it out.

The 2008 election was a pivotal moment for our democracy. We saw 15 million people cast ballots for the first time and millions more vote for the first time in decades. These voters helped put President Obama over the top, and made the difference in tight races across the country.

This site is about ensuring that we build on that same energy this year. Congressional elections are known to have lower participation than those for president, so we’re starting early with a tool that will help get more Americans involved. And, really, RaiseYourVote.com is just the online part of our unprecedented voter registration efforts already under way on the ground, which we’re ramping up with a national voter registration day of action across the country on July 17th.

Casting a ballot shouldn’t be too hard or confusing for anyone — and we’re trying to make it as easy as possible for everyone to get the information they need. In fact, we even created a RaiseYourVote.com “widget” that users can install on their own blogs or websites, making it easy for people everywhere to make registering to vote as simple as possible.

Please help us spread the word — send it on to three friends today: