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Working in Wal-Mart Hell | Stewart’s Rally for Sanity Boosts Progressives | 8 People Who Know If You’re Browsing Porn AND the Party of No


 

Bluegrass Tea: How Rand Paul, Tea Party Darling, Learned to Love Mitch McConnell and the GOP Establishment 

Rand Paul came to to the GOP table as an outsider, but there’s no way to win without holding hands with the ultimate insider — the Senate minority leader. So he is.READ MORE

Dan Bischoff / AlterNet/The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute

  

4 Reasons Why Jon Stewart’s Restoring Sanity Rally Is Great for Progressives

More than a Hollywood ploy or a field day for moderates, Jon Stewart’s and Stephen Colbert‘s rally offers a real shot at reframing our politics. READ MORE

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

 
– What It’s Like to Work in Walmart Hell 

Thanks to recent teacher layoffs and the miserable job market, I’ve gone from substitute high-school teacher to Walmart associate. READ MORE

By John Olympic / AlterNet
– The Hater Party: How Right-Wing Candidates Have Turned Hate Into Political Currency 

The running theme for campaigns supported by the Tea Party and other GOPers is hate: hate for us poor mamas, poor people of color, poor families and immigrants. READ MORE

By Tiny (aka Lisa Gray-Garcia) / AlterNet
– Dear Jon Stewart, Sane People Protest Crazy Wars 

It’s too bad that Stewart is ridiculing antiwar activism, while promoting his slactivist Rally for Sanity. READ MORE

By Medea Benjamin / AlterNet
– Kentucky Millionaire Spends Big Bucks to Defeat DA Who Investigated Sexual Abuse at His Shady Nursing Home 

We could see the purchase of not only political influence, but also ‘prosecutorial discretion’ as a result of the Citizens United ruling. READ MORE

By Joshua Holland / AlterNet
– 8 People Who Can See the Porn You’re Browsing Online 

There are digital spies following your browsing habits. READ MORE

By Lauren Kelley / AlterNet
– This Doctor Says ‘Yes’ on Legal Pot 

On November 2nd California voters can take the first historic step toward reversing a 70-year-old mistake with Prop 19. READ MORE

By David Nathan / AlterNet
Leggings-Clad Co-eds Stalked By Upskirt Video Creep 

Sarah Seltzer
Foreign-Funded U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Tries to Weaken Law Against Bribing Foreign Governments 

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Watch: Obama Goes on the Daily Show 

AlterNet
Know-Nothing Republican: My Wife’s Doing Great, So Gender Bias Doesn’t Exist 

Sarah Seltzer
Arkansas School Official Spews Hateful, Homophobic Rhetoric 

Lauren Kelley
Vote for Hope 

Leo Gerard
Catholic Condoms? Swiss Clergy Defy Diocese, Pass Out Protection 

Sarah Seltzer

U.S. Can Put the Squeeze on Israel

Ira Chernus

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Campaign Cash: Sen. Jim DeMint’s Making a Mint with Corporate Cash

Corporate cash does funny things to people. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) got into office by pledging to fight “special interests,” but just a decade or so later, he’s running one of the biggest special interest shows in Washington.  READ MORE

By Zach Carter / AlterNet

Why the Politicians with the Most Dangerous, Wrong Ideas Are Probably Going to Win the CongressShaken by an assault on their assumptions, many Americans become more adamant in defense of discredited ideology. READ MORE 

David Sirota / AlterNet
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Before you head down to D.C. for the Rally of a lifetime — or at least a weekend — download the official Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert-approved Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear application today for free in the App Store.  View maps, upload photos, share comments and check in on Foursquare to earn one-of-a-kind badges!

Android users, your app will be available shortly. So quit bugging.

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A Beautiful Mix — Art & History …NMAAHC


National Museum of African American History and Culture
The Kinsey Collection: Shared Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey — Where Art and History Intersect 

Organized by the Bernard and Shirley Kinsey Foundation for the Arts and Education
NMAAHC Gallery, National Museum of American History
14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
Throughout their over 40-year marriage, collectors Bernard and Shirley Kinsey have celebrated their heritage by seeking unusual souvenirs. From an early version of the Emancipation Proclamation to correspondence between Malcolm X and Alex Haley, the couple has amassed a trove of rare artifacts and artwork that spans four centuries and embodies the hardships and triumphs of the African American experience. Originally housed in a wine cellar in the Kinsey’s Los Angeles home, items from their private collection form The Kinsey Collection. 

Faces of My People by Burroughs
The Faces of My People
Margaret Burroughs (b. 1917)
Woodcut on paper

Over 100 artifacts, documents, and artwork spanning some 400 years of history will be on display in NMAAHC’s exhibition The Kinsey Collection: Shared Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey — Where Art and History Intersect. Select items from the extraordinary collection of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey, originally housed in their Los Angeles home, will illustrate the hardships and triumphs of the African American experience.

Organized by the Bernard and Shirley Kinsey Foundation for the Arts and Education, The Kinsey Collection will be on view in the NMAAHC Gallery at the National Museum of American History from October 15, 2010 through May 1, 2011. The exhibition will honor the lives of famous African Americans such as Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as those whose history is not as well known. The Kinsey Collection will use objects including slave shackles, photographs, and written documents from the periods of slavery through the Civil Rights movement.
“What You Didn’t Learn in High School History”
2:00 – 3:30 pm, Saturday, October 16
Carmichael Auditorium, National Museum of American History
14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
In celebration of the opening of the exhibition The Kinsey Collection: The Shared Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey — Where Art and History Intersect, join Bernard and Shirley Kinsey as they take visitors on an extraordinary journey through art and history that is certain to transform your perspective on the African American experience. A book signing will follow.
Special Tours with Bernard and Shirley Kinsey
Personal Tours
11:00 am – 12:00 pm, Sunday, October 17
NMAAHC Gallery, National Museum of American History
14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
Join Bernard and Shirley Kinsey as they lead a special and very personal tour of their collection. Hear how they amassed their collection while traveling to exotic destinations around the world. Free and open to the public. Ongoing tours. No reservations required. A Q&A and book signing will follow.
“A Conversation: Bernard and Shirley Kinsey Discuss Collecting”
1:00 – 3:00 pm, Sunday, October 17
NMAAHC Gallery, National Museum of American History
14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
Join Bernard and Shirley Kinsey as they discuss what lead them to begin collecting and how they combined their love of art with their personal quest to understand their history. A Q&A and book signing will follow.
Smithsonian Teachers’ Night 2010: Tours for Educators Only
7:15 & 9:00 pm, Friday, October 22
The Kinsey Collection Exhibition
NMAAHC Gallery, National Museum of American History
14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
Meet Bernard and Shirley Kinsey in the exhibition and learn about their history and art collection. The Kinseys will introduce teachers to their artifacts and tell how their materials have been used in school systems around the nation. Space is limited; please do not bring children or other guests. Register for this free event at www.TeachersNight.org. A book signing will follow.
Special Tours with Bernard and Shirley Kinsey
Personal Tours
10:00 am – 12:00 pm, Saturday, October 23
NMAAHC Gallery, National Museum of American History
14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
See October 17 listing for details.
Book Signing
1:00 – 1:30 pm, Saturday, October 23
The Kinsey Collection Exhibition
NMAAHC Gallery, National Museum of American History
14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
Bernard and Shirley Kinsey sign copies of their book “The Kinsey Collection: The Shared Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey.”
All Programs are free and open to the public, unless otherwise stated.
Books will be available for purchase and signing after author event.
For more information, call 202-633-0070 or visit nmaahc.si.edu.
More information about our programs or exhibitions is available by
calling 202-633-1000 or email the Museum at NMAAHCinfo@si.edu.
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a message from Jim Dean …DFA


This past weekend I had the great honor to speak at the One Nation Rally in Washington DC. More than 200,000 people had turned out to work for a more united country — one with good jobs and equal justice.

When I stepped up to speak and I saw just how many people were there, I had to ask myself — Where’s that enthusiasm gap I keep hearing about?

For months, talking heads in the media have been telling us that Democrats are doomed. But DFA members never stopped working. We doubled down, knocking on more doors and making more calls than ever before. Now, our hard work is paying off. Polls are turning around for DFA-endorsed candidates Sen. Barbara Boxer in California, Joe Garcia in Florida and many, many more.

Now, we need to double down again to put our progressive heroes over the top. We’re running the biggest Get Out The Vote program in DFA history — call centers, phone bombs, and staff on the ground in more than 30 key races.

If we raise $50,000 by the end of the week, we won’t have to hold anything back. Every dollar raised will go directly to fuel DFA’s progressive Get-Out-The-Vote campaign and deliver victory in November. It’s time to put our progressive heroes over the top. Please contribute today.

Contribute $10 right now to fuel the biggest Get Out The Vote program in DFA history.

Earlier this year, DFA members told us they wanted to see DFA staff on the ground in races across the country, so we’re sending our entire Field Team on campaign leave and we hired five Dean Corps organizers specifically to help recruit volunteers and Get Out The Vote.

With our friends at the PCCC, we’ve opened a full-time campaign call center and recruited hundreds of volunteers for our Call Out The Vote actions. Working together, we’ll generate over 500,000 calls by Election Day.

Combined with the work DFA members are doing on the ground across the country, we’ll generate over 250,000 volunteer hours for DFA-endorsed candidates before Election Day.

It’s your support that helped more than two-thirds of DFA-endorsed candidates win tough primaries this year. Contribute now to help us win again in November.

DFA is the boots on the ground winning elections across the country — contribute to fuel the campaign for progressive victories.

Working together, we can lead progressives to victory and beat the Tea Party once and for all.

Thank you for everything you do.

-Jim

Jim Dean, Chair
Democracy for America

Democracy for America relies on you and the people-power of more than one million members to fund the grassroots organizing and training that delivers progressive change on the issues that matter. Please Contribute Today and support our mission.

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Our biggest campaign


This past weekend I had the great honor to speak at the One Nation Rally in Washington DC. More than 200,000 people had turned out to work for a more united country — one with good jobs and equal justice.

When I stepped up to speak and I saw just how many people were there, I had to ask myself — Where’s that enthusiasm gap I keep hearing about?

For months, talking heads in the media have been telling us that Democrats are doomed. But DFA members never stopped working. We doubled down, knocking on more doors and making more calls than ever before. Now, our hard work is paying off. Polls are turning around for DFA-endorsed candidates Sen. Barbara Boxer in California, Joe Garcia in Florida and many, many more.

Now, we need to double down again to put our progressive heroes over the top. We’re running the biggest Get Out The Vote program in DFA history — call centers, phone bombs, and staff on the ground in more than 30 key races.

If we raise $50,000 by the end of the week, we won’t have to hold anything back. Every dollar raised will go directly to fuel DFA’s progressive Get-Out-The-Vote campaign and deliver victory in November. It’s time to put our progressive heroes over the top. Please contribute today.

Contribute $10 right now to fuel the biggest Get Out The Vote program in DFA history.

Earlier this year, DFA members told us they wanted to see DFA staff on the ground in races across the country, so we’re sending our entire Field Team on campaign leave and we hired five Dean Corps organizers specifically to help recruit volunteers and Get Out The Vote.

With our friends at the PCCC, we’ve opened a full-time campaign call center and recruited hundreds of volunteers for our Call Out The Vote actions. Working together, we’ll generate over 500,000 calls by Election Day.

Combined with the work DFA members are doing on the ground across the country, we’ll generate over 250,000 volunteer hours for DFA-endorsed candidates before Election Day.

It’s your support that helped more than two-thirds of DFA-endorsed candidates win tough primaries this year. Contribute now to help us win again in November.

DFA is the boots on the ground winning elections across the country — contribute to fuel the campaign for progressive victories.

Working together, we can lead progressives to victory and beat the Tea Party once and for all.

Thank you for everything you do.

-Jim

Jim Dean, Chair
Democracy for America