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Round 2
The gun lobby won this round.
The gun lobby killed a bill in the legislature ensuring that all gun sales go through the same criminal background check system — so we’re going to take this simple, commonsense reform that will save lives directly to the voters of Washington in November.
What the gun lobby did in the legislature is nothing compared to the millions of dollars they’re poised to spend to stop us at the ballot box in November. We’re going to need to really push hard to make sure that we organize a movement so large that it simply can’t be ignored — and we’re going to have to do it fast.
By the end of August, we’re going to organize 126,380 Washingtonians to pledge their votes to make Washington safer — that’s 10 percent of the votes we need to win — and I’d like you to be one of the first.
The next round of this fight started today, at 11:00 a.m., when I stood alongside survivors of gun violence, prosecutors, moms, and clergy members — all of whom had one thing to say: 594 will save lives in Washington.
It won’t eliminate gun violence — but it’s a simple, effective step that we can take this year to make our communities safer.
I’m not kidding when I say it’s simple. You have to pass a similar background check when you apply to many jobs, volunteer at a school, or coach little league — yet anyone can buy a gun online or at a gun show without any checks whatsoever.
I’m ready to fight back against the gun lobby’s millions of dollars: Are you?
Pledge your vote to save lives in November!
The gun lobby may have stopped us from extending background checks to all firearm purchases in Olympia — but your emails, calls, and support made a huge difference. We succeeded in increasing protections for victims of domestic violence, and made history in the process.
Without your support, and the support of thousands of Washingtonians, that never would have happened.
We have a lot to be proud of — but a lot more work to do to organize 126,380 voters by the end of August.
Are you with me?
Pledge your vote to save lives in November!
Thanks for all of your support. With your help, we’re going to make history again.
Zach Silk Campaign Manager Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility
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McDonald’s Under Fire for Ripping Off Workers
By John Swaine, The Guardian
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Gov.Bobby Jindal … remember this
On March 25 the Supreme Court will hear two cases
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On March 25 the Supreme Court will hear two cases brought by for-profit companies that want to deny their employees coverage for birth control. The bosses at Hobby Lobby, a large chain of arts and craft stores, and Conestoga Wood Specialties, which manufactures cabinets, are arguing that their personal religious beliefs should trump the personal beliefs of their female employees, allowing them to evade the law and deny their employees birth control coverage. This Is Personal will be at the Supreme Court on the day of the hearings to rally in support of birth control coverage and to show America that every woman should have access to this benefit, regardless of her boss’s religious beliefs. Already more than 27 million women have access to the birth control coverage benefit under the new health care law. Birth control, one of the most frequently used women’s preventive health services, is critical to women’s health and equality. Excluding it from insurance coverage for women while covering the full range of preventive care for men is discrimination—pure and simple. Thanks for keeping it personal, Thao Nguyen |
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