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Whoa!

09/03/2014 Nativegrl77

Frankly, we were BLOWN away by your support last month. We were able to BEAT our goal of 10,000 donations to stop the Tea Party before Congress comes back to Washington.

In fact, August was one of our best months ever from online donors like you.

Democrats are fired up and are ready to help elect a Democratic majority to finally kick the Tea Party and Speaker Boehner out of control of Congress once and for all. As a special thank you, we wanted to give you a sneak peek of an ad we’re releasing tomorrow in Florida’s second congressional district.

Click here to watch the ad — then can you chip in to help us keep airing this ad and others like it in targeted districts across the country?

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Vanessa murdered a young couple. Now she’s up for parole … Change.org

09/03/2014 Nativegrl77

Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole: Deny Parole to Vanessa Coleman, Offender #473393

Daniel Frye
Knoxville, Tennessee

Sign Daniel’s Petition

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McConnell Ad: My Story

09/03/2014 Nativegrl77

I depend on VA care after exposure to Agent Orange during my service in Vietnam.

So, as a Kentuckian, I was disappointed with my Senator, Mitch McConnell, for his role in blocking improvements to veterans’ health care during a time of crisis earlier this year.

And when VoteVets asked me to share my story in a television ad set to air across Kentucky starting today, I immediately agreed.

Watch and share it with friends:

WATCH THE AD ON FACEBOOK | SEE IT ON TWITTER | VIEW ON A VOTEVETS PAGE

After 30 years in Washington, Mitch McConnell’s gotta go.

Charles Erwin
Vietnam Veteran
VoteVets.org

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Running On, Not From, Obamacare

09/02/2014 Nativegrl77 1 Comment

By CAP Action War Room

Candidates Who Support The Affordable Care Act Are Going On Offense

It has been widely reported this week that Senator Mark Pryor released an ad touting his support for Obamacare in his re-election campaign in Arkansas. While Pryor’s ad shows that those running in tough races see access to affordable health care as a strong issue to highlight, this is not the first time a candidate has run on all or part of the Affordable Care Act, even if conventional wisdom has suggested otherwise.

As The New Republic’s Jonathan Cohn noted yesterday, Republicans tried the repeal argument two years ago, which led to the President touting the benefits of the law during his campaign. He was obviously re-elected. In the past, the most notable piece has been the Medicaid expansion, which has insured millions of Americans in states that have chosen to implement it, while stubborn conservative governors let their states fall behind.

Below is a selection of headlines from around the country on the issue.

ACA supporters on the offense:

Politico: Democrats embrace Medicaid expansion on trail
Huffington Post: Pro-Mark Begich Ad Touts Success Story
The Hill: Pryor pushes foe on ObamaCare program
TPM DC: Vulnerable Democrat Gives Stunningly Strong Obamacare At Hearing
The Daily News: Mary Landrieu takes aim at “Jindal Gap”
Washington Post: Medicaid expansion becomes weapon against GOP governors
Tallahassee Democrat: Medicaid expansion talk key in Fla. governors race
Wisconsin State Journal: Mary Burke rips Scott Walker for regusing Medicaid expansion money
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Jason Carter sharpens call for a Medicaid expansion
Rapid City Journal: Medicaid expansion big issue for South Dakota governor candidate

BOTTOM LINE: For months, we’ve seen those who voted for the ACA embrace it on the campaign trail and use it to go on offense, particularly in competitive races. Pryor is just the latest example. The conventional wisdom is that candidates want to avoid talking about the many benefits of the Affordable Care Act. But as we are increasingly seeing, the conventional wisdom is wrong.

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Finally! A candid exposé of Chevron’s dirty tricks

08/31/2014 Nativegrl77 1 Comment

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Finally!
A Candid Exposé of Chevron’s Dirty TricksIt’s not easy to try to explain the saga of the decades long battle to hold Chevron to account for deliberately poisoning people and planet in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Rolling Stone does a very good job of it, however, in yesterday’s article Sludge Match: Inside Chevron’s $9 Billion Legal Battle With Ecuadorean Villagers by AlexanderZaitchik.The article skillfully explains how Chevron turned a straightforward case into a neverending legal battle – because winning based on the merits was never an option for the oil giant. From blaming the victim to threatening and pressuring their allies, Chevron’s tactics are as dirty as the crude they dumped in the rainforest. The oil giant has launched the greatest assault on corporate accountability to date, yet until now, mainstream coverage of that attack has been frustratingly scarce.

In fact, considering Chevron’s history of going after anyone critical of their actions in Ecuador, Rolling Stone should be applauded for aggressively investigating a story that few others have been brave enough to take on. Zaitchik confronts the sordid details of the false narrative concocted by Chevron to fuel its retaliatory RICO suit against Steven Donziger and the Ecuadorians, but unlike others reporters, he doesn’t let fear of Chevron’s army of lawyers or Judge Kaplan’s outrageously biased decision dilute his reporting or outweigh the facts.

Most importantly, Zaitchik reminds readers that, “it’s the farmers and the Indians, not the lawyers, who continue to struggle daily with the 50-year legacy of oil production in the region.” For their sake, it’s about time the media told the full story.

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