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Still Standing Strong
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Freedom of Information Act, open access to public records )

Janet
- 21 days ago - reachingthestarsblog.com
Kudos to seven Board members for persisting in their efforts to protect the rights of people to open access of public records. From Reaching the Stars blog. Also links to the full story on the Chicago Tribune website.
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ROGUE PROSECUTOR DECLARES WAR ON VETS
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Govtfearmongering, freedom of speech, war, persecution, Sharon_McCaslin )

Just
- 23 days ago - veteranstoday.com
Sharon McCaslin, prosecuting attorney for the United States Department of Justice, officially declared war on America's Veterans when she defiantly pronounced in federal court that it is "desecration" and a "crime" for a Veteran to hang the American...
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First U.S. Official Resigns Over Afghan War
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: USA, Afghanistan, Marine, Iraq, State Department, miltary, Taliban, U.S. official, political resignation, afghan insurgency )

ON VACATI
- 24 days ago - foxnews.com
A former Marine who fought in Iraq, joined the State Department after leaving the military and was a diplomat in a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan has become the first U.S. official to resign in protest of the Afghan war.....
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Kucinich: Why I Voted NO
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: healthcare, government, kucinich, HR3962 )

Just
- 12 days ago - opednews.com
"This health care bill continues the redistribution of wealth to Wall Street at the expense of America's manufacturing and service economies which suffer from costs other countries do not have to bear, especially the cost of health care."
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Options: Don't Work, Get a Divorce, Pass Single Payer, Move to Canada
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: healthcare, healthcare, obama, single payer, single payer healthcare, HR 676, Medicaid Estate Recovery Program )

Jill
- 10 days ago - singlepayeraction.org
Jill Pearson has been legally blind since she was eight. Despite this, she got a degree from the University of Miami in 1987 in biology. Jill is married to Kevin Morrill. Kevin got a degree in 1980 from Cal State in rehabilitative counseling.
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Indian Affairs Won't Recognize Little Shell Tribe
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, Indian Affairs, denied, recognition )

Lone
- 22 days ago - helenair.com
LLINGS - After a 31-year wait, the U.S. Department of Interior said Tuesday it will not recognize Montana's Little Shell Tribe, a group of landless Indians who have struggled to stay together through more than a century of poverty and dislocation
25 comments
AP: La. Justice Quits After Interracial Wed Flap
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Government, Justice of the Peace, racism, biased, crime, abuse, rights, freedoms )

Dee
- 17 days ago - nytimes.com
BATON ROUGE, La.- A Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to marry a couple because the bride was white and groom was black resigned Tuesday. Good Riddance...
20 comments
Tell Obama No Surge! Take Action!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: obama, troops, war, Afghanistan, action, military )

Kelli
- 8 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
President Obama is currently poised to send 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan and the Pentagon is gearing up to ask for another $50 billion in funding for the wars (on top of the $130 billion they have already received.) We can't afford to let this happen
21 comments
FIND OUT WHAT THE WAR IS COSTING YOUR COMMUNITY
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: military, economy, war, u.s. )

Dandelion
- 28 days ago - nationalpriorities.org
The National Priorities Project is celebrating 25 years. A must watch VIDEO explaining about them, what they do, and chart to show the cost of the wars since 2001.
39 comments
Fast-Acting Officer Stopped Rampage
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Fort Hood, Heroism, suspect, Woman Police Officer )

Lone
- 14 days ago - news.aol.com
FORT HOOD, Texas (Nov. 6) -- A civilian police officer who shot the Fort Hood gunman four times during his bloody rampage stopped the attacker cold, a U.S. Army official said Friday.
15 comments
Do Catholic Bishops Run the United States Government?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: seperation of church and state, catholics, propaganda, terrorism )

Tierney
- 11 days ago - rhrealitycheck.org
Tonight, with the aid of some 60 Democrats, women's rights were effectively negated by the US Congress as the House passed the Stupak amendment to HR 3962, the Affordable Health Care Act of 2009.
37 comments
State Single Payer -Take Action!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: democrats, healthcare, single payer healthcare, kucinich, Pelosi )

Tierney
- 19 days ago - democrats.com
Petition I urge you to support State Single Payer as part of the health reform bill. In the House, the "Kucinich Amendment" passed the Education & Labor Committee on July 17 on a bi-partisan 27-19 vote. Speaker Pelosi made an enormous mistake by
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THE FUTURE OF CHOICE AND WOMEN'S HEALTH=Please Take Action!!!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: congress, government, healthcare, republicans, democrats )

Tierney
- 7 days ago - ppaction.org
When it passed a historic health care reform bill, the House also adopted the Stupak amendment, a dangerous piece of legislation that would ban abortion from private and public insurance plans for millions of American women. Fortunately, the fight for wo
16 comments
Pelosi Must Let States Create Single Payer Plans
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: single payer healthcare, kucinich, HEALTHCARE FOR ALL NOW! )

Just
- 20 days ago - democrats.com
When Speaker Pelosi announced her "floor version" of the healthcare bill on Thursday, she made a critical mistake: she removed the "State Single Payer" amendment proposed by Rep. Dennis Kucinich. Tell Congress the "Kucinich Amendment" must be included!
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'You Will Not Be Forgotten,' Obama Promises Native American Leaders
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: President Obama, Indian Chefs, meet, healthcare )

Lone
- 14 days ago - washingtonpost.com
President Obama on Thursday told what he called the largest gathering of Native American tribal leaders that "you will not be forgotten by this White House," pledging to work with them to address their community's chronic problems with health care
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