An activist group to discuss,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.
Get Active!

Daily Kos
- Shocker! Komen for the Cure knew defunding Planned Parenthood was a bad idea 2 hrs ago
- Mitt Romney struggles with expectations management as his inevitability takes a hit 2 hrs ago
- Republican base thumbs its nose at Mitt and narrows the field to pick its final Not-Romney 3 hrs ago
- Komen's wardrobe malfunction 4 hrs ago
- The Mitt Romney humiliation in perspective 4 hrs ago
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Irregular Times » Election 2008
- Under Obama, Patriot Act Sneak-and-Peek Outpaces Bush Use (and is mostly about Drugs) 2 days ago
- Like Unity08, Americans Elect Dishes out Iowa/New Hampshire Rhetoric that Doesn’t Wash. 2 weeks ago
- Candidate Barack Obama vs. President Barack Obama on Guantanamo and the Rule of Law 3 weeks ago
- Obama Is Worse Than Bush On Rule Of Law, Says Rocky Anderson 1 month ago
- Bill McKibben On Barack Obama, Then And Now 3 months ago
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Vermonters for Obama
- A Message from Organizing for America 3 years ago
- President Barack Obama’s Address to Joint Session of Congress: Video & Text 3 years ago
- Celebrate Our American Renewal 3 years ago
- A Message from Howard Dean 3 years ago
- First Weekly YouTube from the President-Elect… 3 years ago
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Firedoglake
- Prop 8 Proponents Will Appeal Directly to Supreme Court 2 hrs ago
- Schneiderman’s Last-Minute Cancellation Spells Trouble for Foreclosure Fraud Settlement 2 hrs ago
- An Amazing Night for Rick Santorum 3 hrs ago
- Prop 8 Supporters Too Scared to Testify, Now Only Too Bold to Whine After Decision 3 hrs ago
- Planned Parenthood Joins the Fight for Birth Control Insurance Coverage 4 hrs ago
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Crooks and Liars
- C&L's Late Nite Music Club with Mahavishnu Orchestra -818755130 secs ago
- Charles Grassley: We Shouldn't Blame Greed Any More Than You'd Blame Gravity -818755130 secs ago
- ‘The Market’ Has Chosen the Winner of the Culture Wars 2 hrs ago
- Awww. Wall Street Has to Tighten Their Belts 3 hrs ago
- On Fox News, Karen Handel Plays the Victim, Accuses Planned Parenthood of 'Vicious Attacks and Coercion' 4 hrs ago
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