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Charles and David: Our nation is not for sale


The self-interested, ultraconservative Koch machine is undermining and corrupting our democracy by drowning out the voices of the rest of us.

That’s why I’ve made a video to help explain America’s giant Koch problem—and explore what we can do about it.

I hope you’ll take a look.

Charles and David Koch personify everything that’s wrong with big money in politics. This summer, MoveOn is working to ensure that the hundreds of millions of dollars they plan to spend in the upcoming election cycle becomes a searing political liability.

If you agree that it’s high time America told the Koch brothers that our nation is not for sale, please share the video with your friends.

Thanks for standing up for democracy.

–Robert Reich

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A Snapshot Of This Week’s White House Summit on Working Families

Earlier this week the Center for American Progress had the privilege to co-sponsor the White House Summit on Working Families, featuring the President, Vice President, First Lady, and Dr. Biden, as well as many other leading voices for the cause to make workplaces work for everyone and ensure that women have a fair shot to help their families succeed.

Check out CAP’s video recapping the event here, or by clicking on the screenshot below:

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We’re feeling fired up! Are you? To learn more and get involved in the movement, visit workingfamiliessummit.org.

BOTTOM LINE: Too many working Americans – both women and men – are living paycheck to paycheck, struggling to make ends meet and respond to the competing demands of work and family. We need policy solutions like paid family leave, equal pay, child care, and a higher minimum wage, that can make a real difference in the lives of working families and ensure America’s global competitiveness in the coming decades.

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Don’t exploit the Enviornment


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Investment firm RCF is backing coal exports in the Pacific Northwest to turn a fast buck.

Coal train northwest

Tell RCF —don’t exploit my  environment!

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“Vulture” capitalists are circling the Pacific Northwest. And they’re looking to profit — at our expense.

Investment firm Resource Capital Funds (RCF) has swooped in to finance two coal export proposals on the Columbia River. These coal export projects — proposed by struggling coal company Ambre Energy — would fuel climate change, threaten our health, and damage the environment.

But we can stop this. If we can convince RCF to pull its investment, the proposed terminals could soon be out of funds.

RCF is just looking for a quick buck. That’s why we must show RCF that backing coal exports means a long fight with us, not easy money!

Send RCF a message to pull its investment in coal exports now, because you are committed to protecting the Pacific Northwest from coal — for the long haul.

In the past year, we have made extraordinary progress towards stopping coal exports. Of the six original proposals, only three remain! Gov. Kitzhaber of Oregon has come out against coal exports. And Ambre Energy, the company behind two of the remaining proposed coal export terminals, would likely be bankrupt without RCF.

Together we have written letters, called, rallied, and it’s made a difference. Now, to stop two more terminals, we must stand stronger than ever against coal exports.

We need to show RCF that its plan to come in, turn a quick profit, and head out again won’t work — because we will stand in its way at every turn.

Send a message to RCF staff now telling them just how much you love the Pacific Northwest, and that there’s no way you will back down.

Everywhere, there are signs that the coal industry is seriously ailing. Coal plants around the country are shutting down and prices are falling. Speculators like RCF are just trying to squeeze every bit of profit they can from this dying industry. But we won’t let them.

Stand for the Pacific Northwest now. The bigger we are, the faster we can shoo the vulture capitalists out of our states, and stop coal exports once and for all.

Let’s stop coal exports!

Brian Manning
Greenpeace Field Organizer, Oregon

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ABB joins President Obama in DC to Celebrate and Support Working Families.
President Obama at the White House Summit on Working Families
A Better Balance was in Washington, DC, attending the White House Summit on Working Families. Imagine how excited we were to hear President Obama call on Congress to pass the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
“Right now a pregnant woman could be fired for taking too many bathroom breaks, probably by a boss who has never been pregnant.”  President Obama said. “Congress should pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act without delay.”
Watch the PIX 11 News segment here.
Just last week, Channel 11 News highlighted our work and interviewed Dina Bakst about the NYC Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA).  We’re thrilled to see this kind of coverage in the media, as it helps to raise public awareness around this important issue.  We realize that ignorance is a powerful barrier to justice, so we are also working hard to educate both workers and employers about their rights and responsibilities under the PWFA.
We need your help!  Please make a $10 contribution to help us spread the word so no worker in this city or nation is forced to choose between her job and a healthy pregnancy.
Fairness for pregnant workers is on a roll!  We need your support to keep the momentum going.
Thank you, as always, for your support.
The ABB team,
Dina, Sherry, Phoebe, Jared, Elizabeth, Liz, Risha, Morenike and Rachel
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We are the messengers we need


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In 2012, campaigns and political organizations spent almost $7 billion dollars to get their message out — almost as much as the United States spent that year on the post-war effort in Iraq.

And as we steel ourselves for another onslaught of campaigns ads competing for our attention on our televisions, computers, and phones, you gotta wonder how anyone can cut through that amount of noise.

The answer: veterans can.

We are the messengers we need in the coming debate about how the current Congress — led by elected officials like Mitch McConnell — have let down veterans.

In the coming weeks, VoteVets is going to escalate its current ad campaign highlighting Senator McConnell’s repeated efforts to block VA health care improvements.

Your $5 contribution will make sure Kentucky’s 300,000 veterans receive the message loud and clear.

Mitch McConnell says the “denial of care to our veterans is a national disgrace.”

But he’s blocked a tax credit encouraging employers to hire veterans, blocked funding to improve veterans health care, blocked giving veterans in-state tuition across the country, and blocked job training programs for veterans.

That’s the disgrace.

Your $5 contribution will make sure Kentucky’s veterans get that message this fall.

http://action.votevets.org/we-are

Thanks for standing with VoteVets in this effort. It’s important.

All the best,

General (Ret.) Wesley Clark
 VoteVets.org