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Announcing the Obama Foundation’s future home


Obama Foundation
 David Plouffe info@obamabiden.com
I’m writing to share some exciting news with you before it goes public.After all, it was you who made the improbable victory of President Obama possible.We’re getting ready to make a big announcement about where the Barack Obama Foundationis headed, and I don’t want you to miss it.Join the Obama Foundation today, and be the first to know.

Join us today to be the first to hear the news.This Foundation will not only celebrate the progress we’ve already made together but also continue to drive transformative change.

Right now, you and I have a unique opportunity to help lay the groundwork for the Foundation while the President is still in office. Let’s dream up big plans for the future of the movement we started together, and think about how we’ll inspire citizens everywhere to better their communities, their countries, and their world.

You should be part of it.

Sign up now, and let’s build this future together:

http://act.barackobamafoundation.org/ofa/join-us

Thank you,

David Plouffe
2007-2008 Campaign Manager, Obama for America
Obama Foundation Board Member
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My son Travis died in Iraq: Lynn Bradach via Change.org


My son Travis was accidentally killed in Iraq by a cluster bomb, which is a type of bomb that can explode months later, like a landmine. I’m calling on JPMorgan to stop funding companies that make these deadly bombs.

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Resistance! Facing Down Goliath Oil Companies

Resistance!

Facing Down Goliath Oil Companies
TheAchuar andU’wa indigenouspeoples have me in awe of the immense power of grassroots resistance in the face of multi-billion dollar corporations. Years after graduating from university, I find myself once again a student. Throughout my tenure at Amazon Watch, Ihave been honored to “informally apprentice” under our wise and humble indigenous partners.Today’s teachers are the Achuar people of the northern Peruvian Amazon and the U’wa people of the Colombian cloud forest. In recent weeks, both have informed the world of important advances in their decades-long struggles to defend their homelands.
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Republicans who will retire


Noracism

by Jaxon

There’s no place for racism in this day and age — especially not in our State Capitol.

Yet on Februrary 26th, at a meeting of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, State Senator Jim Honeyford of Sunnyside said: “The poor are more likely to commit crimes, and colored most likely to be poor.”

Later he doubled down on his offensive language, clarifying “that’s not just the negro.”1

Can you believe it? Not only is this language incredibly offensive, it’s spreading the worst stereotypes about people of color.

And here’s the irony: People of color make up the majority of Jim Honeyford’s district. With attitudes like these, how can he truly understand and fight for the people he’s supposed to represent?

While voters across the state immediately demanded that Honeyford leave office, his Republican leadership remained silent. Not a peep.

Even worse, instead of proving that there is no room for the attitudes of Jim Honeyford in their party, Republicans turned and blocked a vote on the state Voting Rights Act THE VERY NEXT DAY. This simple bill is targeted to address unfair aspects of our elections system — breaking the stereotypes and ignorance perpetuated by people like Jim Honeyford.

Republicans need to understand that it’s 2015, not 1965, and they cannot condone this behavior within their party.

Join us in demanding Republican Majority Leader Mark Schoesler and State Senate leadership ask Senator Jim Honeyford to step down.

These students were in Olympia on Friday to call for Jim Honeyford to resign

Saturday was the 50th anniversary of the Selma march, where 600 brave souls risked their lives and marched for the right to vote.

While we celebrate how far we’ve come, we are reminded by Republican leaders how far we still have to go.

The Yakima Valley – and our state – deserve better. It’s time to open the door to a new generation of leadership.

Send a message to Senate Republicans. Add your name and tell them to call for Jim Honeyford to resign today.

In solidarity,

Jaxon

1 http://www.thestranger.com/blogs/slog/2015/03/05/21834324/republican-state-senator-caves-to-pressure-apologizes-for-clueless-racial-comments

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Jimmy Fallon and the Mom of Dragons !


https://tv.yahoo.com/video/kristen-wiig-dresses-mother-dragons-074637233.html

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Funny lady Kristen Wiig stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon dressed as Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones. The actress came complete with a fake dragon perched on her shoulder and some fake breasts taped to her chest.