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Jess McIntosh, EMILY’s List


A vast majority of women serving in Congress today are there because they won tough open primaries. So, when an elected official retires or moves up to higher office, EMILY’s List jumps on the opportunity to get a pro-choice Democratic woman to run for that seat.

So you’ve read all the news stories about the waves of House retirements, right? Well so have we. Watch our behind-the-scenes strategy briefing about some EMILY’s List women currently trying to fill those seats by competing in open primary races:

Thanks for watching,

Jess McIntosh
Communications Director, EMILY’s List

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NOAA … Stop midrange sonar & explosive testing


Stop the testing of midrange sonar and testing of explosives in the Pacific Northwest.

Petition by Mary Powell

To be delivered to Commander of the Pacific Fleet, Mark Matsunaga Public Affairs Officer, National Marine Fisheries Services/ NOAA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Governor Jay Inslee of Washington, Governor Sean Parnell of Alaska and 2 other targets (click here to see more)

Petition Statement

The Naval Pacific Fleet should not be allowed to test a midrange sonar system damaging to threatened and endangered marine mammals in an area extending from Alaska to Northern California, including the inland waters of Washington. Additional training and testing should be curtailed until the cumulative effects of their activities have been studied in this already very stressed ecosystem.

There are currently 7,457 signatures. NEW goal – We need 7,500 signatures!

 Sign the petition 

Petition Background

The inland waters of the Eastern North Pacific particularly Puget Sound and the Salish Sea are experiencing stress already and the science and governmental action needed to prevent or remediate problems is not being supported. The Navy’s EIS admits that Midrange sonar testing is damaging to threatened and endangered Dolphins and Whales who are dependent on the use of sonar for hunting. The Navy already conducts hundreds of explosive tests and training exercises in the test area with potential for ingestion of pollutants, entanglement, physical damage, and stress on the entire marine environment. These stressors can be cumulative and have widespread affects on the whole ecosystem besides threatened and endangered mammals. The Environmental Impact Statement can be viewed at: http://www.nwtteis.com

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BREAKING: Amazing news for whales


Greenpeace

Jump for joy — no whaling in the Southern Ocean this year!

I have amazing news that I’ve waited my whole life to be able to share with you. Japan has officially cancelled all plans to hunt whales in the Southern Ocean in 2014.

This will be the first year since 1904 that no whales will be hunted in Antarctic waters. 

This is huge. Today marks a phenomenal victory for whales — and for Greenpeace supporters like you who have joined together to call for an end to commercial whaling. I can only imagine that if we could communicate this news to whales — they’d also be jumping for joy.

Since 1989, Greenpeace has sent nine anti-whaling expeditions to the Antarctic. More recently, supporters like you have fought tirelessly to end the subsidies that keep commercial whaling alive and stop the unjust and unprofitable market for whale meat.

This day wouldn’t have been possible without your support. Thank you!

I hope you will take the time to celebrate this great news for whales with me today. This is proof that, together, we can make real change to protect the world’s whales and the oceans that they live in.


For the whales,

Phil Kline
Senior Oceans Campaigner

P.S. Today is a huge victory for whales, but we know we still have a long road ahead. Greenpeace is fully committed to ending ALL commercial whaling — but we need your help. Please keep this momentum going with your donation today. Your support will help us in the fights ahead in 2014 — protecting endangered whales, our oceans, and our planet.
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a roller coaster for the past few weeks…


mayorsagainstgunsIt’s been a bit of a roller coaster here these past few weeks…

The good: Thanks to the hard work of our supporters and staff, the historic H.B. 1840 was signed into law by Governor Inslee on F‌rid‌ay. The bill will ensure that people who are under restraining or protective orders will not have access to firearms if the court deems them a threat.

The bad: The gun lobby has successfully blocked us — again — from getting a bill passed that would apply existing background checks to all firearm purchases in Washington, so we’ll have to go to the ballot in November.

The ugly: Now that we know we’re going to have to take I-594 to the ballot in November, we need to really staff up, and prepare a sophisticated, aggressive campaign to defeat the gun lobby.

Contribute $3 before our midnight reporting deadline to help us defeat the gun lobby this fall!

We couldn’t be happier that we were able to pass a landmark gun responsibility bill in Olympia — but now it’s time to gear up for the real fight this fall.

Thanks for helping us start strong,

Zach Silk
Campaign Manager
Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility

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Stand up to ALEC


Access to affordable healthcare should be every American’s right. That’s what Healthcare Reform is for. Unfortunately, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is using “pay-to-play” politics to kill reform and its benefits.

Again and again, ALEC has demonstrated its obsession with putting corporate profits before American lives. It’s now lobbying lawmakers to repeal the ACA and replace it with laws that enrich drug companies at our expense.

Tell your state legislators to stop ALEC’s anti-healthcare attacks!

http://Action.StandUpToAlec.org

Lawmakers ought to serve the voters that elected them, not out-of-state interests and corporations. We need to stop ALEC from stealing our voices and stand up for the future of our country.

Let your state legislators know that the time is now to fight for Americans’ access to affordable healthcare.

http://Action.StandUpToAlec.org

Thanks for all that you do.

–Marisol

p.s. Hyperlinks above not working for you? Copy-and-paste ACTION.STANDUPTOALEC.ORG into your browser’s address bar and make your voice heard!