2010 already?  You know what that means.  Well, yeah, the Winter Olympics, but also a pesky election in November. 

Make this your startup page:
http://www.whitehouse.gov

Get involved in your community here:
http://my.barackobama.com

Find your Representative:
http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/index.html
http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/mcapdir.html

Find your Senator:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Issues and Topics:

*Push for the Public Option.  Thanks to Reps. Pingree and Polis, we have a means to push the public option in the Senate via reconciliation.
* A push for public campaign financing, and education about instant runoff/ranked choice voting, especially in light of the SCOTUS ruling that corporations can "speak" and that they have a financially unlimited right to do so.
* The American Clean Energy & Security Act (ACE will be a big issue.  It has passed the House but is stalled in the Senate (what DOESN'T stall in the Senate?)
* Financial reform. 

Groups for Change:

Democracy For America, founded by Howard Dean:
http://www.democracyforamerica.com/

Progressive Democrats of America:
http://www.pdamerica.org

Progressive Change Campaign Committee:
http://boldprogressives.org

Books for Change:
* Moral Politics by George Lakoff. 
* The Conscience of a Liberal by the late, great Senator Paul Wellstone.
* Taking On the System by Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas Zuniga.
* The Limits of Power by Andrew Bacevich.
* The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder by Vincent Bugliosi.
* The Uprising by David Sirota.
* The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein.
* The Wrecking Crew by Thomas Frank.
* Unequal Protection & Screwed by Thom Hartmann.
* Three Cups of Tea and Stones Into Schools by Greg Mortensen.

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