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Overturn Citizen’s United


Union of Concerned Scientists
In 2012, the Supreme Court reaffirmed its controversial Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision, allowing corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections. This decision, coupled with loopholes in current law, means that currently there’s essentially no requirement that corporations report their unlimited political spending. This allows them to anonymously confuse the public on science and delay action on critical public health and environmental protections.
Right now, our friends at Public Citizen are working to overturn this ruling, and they need your help. Sign Public Citizen’s petition calling for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission today. Here at the Union of Concerned Scientists, collaboration is a guiding principle. We partner with many of the nation’s leading scientists, unions, public interest and environmental organizations, and decision-makers in government to achieve our common goal: a cleaner, healthier environment and a safer world. Today we’re partnering with Public Citizen to encourage you to fight back against efforts to undermine our democratic system.
Don’t let special interests inappropriately influence public policy and pollute the national dialogue on scientific issues like climate change and energy production—sign the petition today.
Sincerely, MichaelHalpern_jpg Michael Halpern National Field Organizer UCS Center for Science and Democracy
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Obamacare Lives: What You Need to KnowWe’ll probably be parsing the words of the Supreme Court’s decision for weeks, but it looks like the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, has survived. What’s it mean? The full story »

                       

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This Week’s Top 3 on ThinkProgr​ess: The Supreme Court Edition


Dear Friend,

If you’re looking for a progressive take on the current political news, ThinkProgress has you covered. Catch up on the biggest stories from the past week that you may have missed:

Why The Individual Mandate Is Not A ‘Massive Tax Hike’ On The Middle Class

4 Reasons Why Republicans Won’t Be Able To Repeal Obamacare

Supreme Court Decision On Arizona’s Immigration Law Provides Strong Support For Obama’s Immigration Order

Best,

Igor Volsky Deputy Editor, ThinkProgress

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VIDEO PREMIERE: Arizona, We Are All “Illegals

On the eve of the Supreme Court’s decision on Arizona anti-immigrant law SB1070, we urge the need to stand together and send a strong & united message: We Are All “Illegals”! This is why Cuéntame partnered withOuternational, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, Residente of Calle 13, Pop/Latin ProducerThom Russo as well as video & photo submissions from over 100 fans worldwide to produce a powerful, creative and important music video. This release highlights the absurdity and obsolescence of the very notion of human beings deemed “illegal” in the year 2012.
Watch the exclusive video premiere of We Are All “Illegals”
We need you to stand with us and unite in one voice – fighting the persecution and profiling of our community and sending a strong message: No Human Being is “Illegal“!
Help us spread this video widely by tweeting it right now!
Together we can make an ever-lasting impact.

Yours, Axel Caballero and the Cuéntame team.

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BREAKING: Supreme Court rules on SB1070 …Gabe Gonzalez, Reform Immigration FOR America


Reform Immigration FOR America

Our next steps: Educate, mobilize, vote
Today, the Supreme Court has let stand the despicable “Papers, please” provision of Arizona’s SB 1070 that allows police to profile individuals based on the color of their skin.
The ruling follows last week’s courageous announcement on administrative relief for DREAMers. While the Obama administration endorses positive reform for our families, the Supreme Court decision supports discrimination over equality.
It’s time for us to hand down our decision. Now is the time to use the power of our movement to stand up for the only real solution for our broken system: comprehensive immigration reform. 
How do we do that? Today we are kicking off the RI4A Organizing Project, a national initiative to educate, mobilize, and get out the vote.

Read the blog post ->    http://act.reformimmigrationforamerica.org/go/1423?t=7&akid=906.164689.Ea5FBW
We must use our voices and our votes to educate our friends and families about key policies, mobilize our communities, and vote for pro-reform champions like never before.

If we do this, we can secure more victories and make comprehensive immigration reform a reality.

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We have ambitious goals to push back against the national assault on immigrant communities — and your support will be critical to ensuring reform and justice for our families is a front and center priority, in 2012 and beyond.
Get involved today. The futures of our communities depend on it.

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Forward,
Gabe Gonzalez Reform Immigration FOR America
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