Dear nancy, Good Morning! Fantastic newsletter today ! Get involved with the "Death of the America Dream " march, teach-in and potluck ( what a great combination , huh ?) this Saturday ! You are invited to attend Drinking Liberally McKinney and a Mardi Gras party with Collin County Democrats ! I would still love donations for raffle prizes. Do you have a small business ? I'd love gift certificates and that would also be free advertising ! If you have autographed books, progressive t-shirts or any other items that you think would make great prizes I'd love to hear from you ! Thanks Nancy northtexasprogressive@gmail.com
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Saturday, February 4th: Public Demonstration! "Death of the American Dream" | 
Saturday, February 4th: Public Demonstration! "Death of the American Dream". Occupy Dallas is inviting all Occupiers to pay their respects at a public funeral mourning "The Death of the American Dream." This theatrical demonstration is a show of solidarity with individuals that have lost their homes due to bank foreclosure. We are asking individuals to dress in black or dark colors. An Occupy Picnic (potluck) and General Assembly will be held after the demonstration at Harry S. Moss Park 8000 Greenville Ave., Dallas 75231. Bring your family! Directions from US-75 Take the exit toward Royal Ln/Meadow Rd. Turn east onto Royal Ln. Turn south on Greenville. The park is located on the south east corner of Greenville and Royal. When: Saturday, February 4, 2012 Where: Demonstrators will meet at the Park Lane Train Station and march to Bank of America at 8220 Greenville Avenue and Walnut Hill Lane. Who: Occupy Dallas' theatrical demonstration is a show of solidarity with individuals who have lost their homes due to bank foreclosure.Activists from many groups (Occupy Dallas, MoveOn, CodePink, North DFW 99%, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, etc) The Occupy Dallas General Assembly will begin at 4pm. Keep your eye on the News and Schedule at OccupyDallas.org and the Occupy Dallas Facebook page for the latest updates.Facebook Event page. More details at: https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/230849693656878/ |
Bill Moyers: Back With a New Series | 
Bill Moyers, Truthout: "The lack of civility and common sense that has paralyzed our democracy, the vast economic and social inequality that sends both left and right raging into the streets, the corrosive influence of money in politics - we're in a tailspin with little hope for a course correction from our elected leadership or corporate-dominated media. The need for voices of reason, simple and eloquent, has rarely been stronger." Read the Article |
Democracy Now | 
In his last State of the Union speech before the November election, President Obama defended his record addressing the financial crisis and called for greater economic fairness. He warned that Wall Street would no longer be allowed to play by its own set of rules. But the bulk of the speech dealt with the economy. We get reaction from Jared Bernstein, former chief economist and economic adviser to Vice President Joe Biden and past member of President Obama's economic team. Bernstein says that Occupy Wall Street "had a lot to do with" Obama's message of economic fairness. Watch/Listen/Read We're broadcasting from Park City, Utah, home of the Sundance Film Festival, the nation's largest festival for independent cinema. Over the weekend, we spoke with Robert Redford, the founder of Sundance. He's well known as an actor, a director, a producer, but part and parcel of who he is is an activist. We asked him about President Obama's decision last week to reject the proposal for the Keystone XL tars sands oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Watch/Listen/Read |
Come Join the Mardi Gras Party with the Democratic Party of Collin County on Saturday, February 18th! | 
Where: Pecan Hollow Golf Course (Private Banquet Room) /4901 E. 14th St /Plano, TX 75074 When: Saturday February 18, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM CST Laissez Les Bon Temp Rouler: Let the Good Times Roll! Come join us for a Mardi Gras party on Saturday, February 18th! Enjoy delicious New Orleans style food, with music and fun for only $25 per person! There will also be a cash bar. Candidates for the Democratic nomination for local offices are invited, so come have fun, chat with local candidates and your fellow Democrats, and have a good time! This fundraiser will help us raise money for our upcoming County Convention, as well as for our work to turn out local voters to support the Democratic ticket in this critical Presidential election. Tickets are on sale now through Monday, February 13th. Get yours now! (Register Below) Sponsorships are also available, and generous support from sponsors is needed and welcome. Please email treasurer@collindem.us for sponsorship details. Dorie Cranshaw DPCC Mardi Gras Party Organizer mardigras@collindems.us 972-578-1483 |
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North Texas Progressive Book Suggestion | 
The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin By Corey Robin Price: $29.95 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details BUY HERE Late in life, William F. Buckley made a confession to Corey Robin. Capitalism is "boring," said the founding father of the American right. "Devoting your life to it," as conservatives do, "is horrifying if only because it's so repetitious. It's like sex." With this unlikely conversation began Robin's decade-long foray into the conservative mind. What is conservatism, and what's truly at stake for its proponents? If capitalism bores them, what excites them? Listen to Sam Seder's great recent interview with Corey about his new book here |
North Texas Democrats : Notes and News | 
Tarrant County Young Democrats February 2nd at 7 p.m The next meeting of the Tarrant County Young Democrats will be on Thursday, February 2nd at 7 p.m. This month we will be meeting at Dos Gringos Restaurant which is located at 1015 University Drive in Fort Worth. Our guest speaker this month will be David Sanchez who is running for the 26th Congressional District. Mr. Sanchez is one of the few Young Democrats running for office in Tarrant County this year. For more information, please contact us at 817-677-8937 or at president@tcyd.org. Drinking Liberally McKinney Thursday, January 12 , 6:30 Drinking Liberally McKinney will meet Thursday, February 9th, 2012: 6:30pm, at The Pub - 201 W. Virginia. Please come and bring friends. For further updates from Drinking Liberally McKinney, please go to LivingLiberally.org and sign up - or go to Drinking Liberally McKinney on Facebook and 'like' our page. or here |
| Clean Elections Texas - Roundtable Dallas | 
Clean Elections Texas - Roundtable Dallas Sunday, February 5, 2012 3:00 PM La Madeleine (Near S.M.U.) /3072 Mockingbird Ln /Dallas, TX 75205 This will be the seventh session of this Roundtable series. And our topic this time - a look at public funding in the two states where it started, Maine and Arizona. |
Goodnight Democracy a new free book about Citizens United | 
Two years ago, the Supreme Court's decision Citizens United opened the floodgates for special interest cash in elections. So why haven't we reversed it? It's because we continue to stumble over partisan divides-even when 80% of Americans think Citizens United should be overturned.Goodnight Democracy is inspired by the children's book Goodnight Moon ("goodnight kittens, goodnight mittens"-remember?). It tells the story of our threatened democracy in the wake of Citizens United, with so much corporate money tightening its grip on our politics. Everyone understands bedtime stories-Occupiers and Tea Partiers alike. Now, it's time to wake up and work together to reclaim our democracy.Goodnight Democracy is free to download, share, and remix. Click here |
Death Penalty in Texas Panel 2012 SMU February 2nd | 
Death Penalty in Texas 2012 -Panel Discussion with Exonerees Anthony Graves and Clarence Brandley and the Rev. Carroll Pickett, former death house chaplain Thursday, February 2 Southern Methodist University 306 Dallas Hall, McCord Auditorium, 7:00-9:00pm Sponsored by Embrey Human Rights Program, 214-768-8347, Download Flier.. Anthony Graves spent 18 years in prison, including 12 years on the Texas death row, for a crime he did not commit. In October 2010 prosecutors dropped all charges against him and declared him innocent after conducting their own investigation of the case. Clarence Brandley in 1981, while a janitor at a high school in Conroe, Texas, was wrongly convicted of the rape and murder of Cheryl Dee Ferguson, a 16 year-old student. Brandley was held for nine years on death row. After community outcry and lengthy legal proceedings, that eventually ended in the Supreme Court of the United States, Clarence Brandley was freed in 1990. Rev. Carroll Pickett is a Presbyterian minister who spent 15 years as the death house Chaplain in Huntsville. He gave comfort to 95 men before they were put to death by lethal injection. Rev. Pickett is the author of the book Within These Walls: Memoirs of a Death House Chaplain and his story was featured in the documentary At the Death House Door. He is now a strong opponent of the death penalty and speaks of his observations about capital punishment and the world of prison society. |
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| The Austerity Debacle By PAUL KRUGMAN NY Times | 
Last week the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, a British think tank, released a startling chart comparing the current slump with past recessions and recoveries. It turns out that by one important measure - changes in real G.D.P. since the recession began - Britain is doing worse this time than it did during the Great Depression. Four years into the Depression, British G.D.P. had regained its previous peak; four years after the Great Recession began, Britain is nowhere close to regaining its lost ground. Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times Nor is Britain unique. Italy is also doing worse than it did in the 1930s - and with Spain clearly headed for a double-dip recession, that makes three of Europe's big five economies members of the worse-than club. Yes, there are some caveats and complications. But this nonetheless represents a stunning failure of policy.
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Dallas Peace Center Town Hall Meeting aka Stakeholders meeting | 
Dallas Peace Center Town Hall Meeting aka Stakeholders meeting Saturday, February 4, 10:00 am until 3:00 pm Community Engagement to Develop Strategies to Wage Peace through Justice Zan Holmes Community Life Center /6211 East Grand Ave. / Dallas 75223 YOUR voice matters in the direction the DPC takes in 2012-2013 Bring your Ideas, your Energy and your Passion. Your support is vital, to share in the growth and effectiveness of the Dallas Peace Center. For more information: admin@dallaspeacecenter.org or call 214-823-7793
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Perry's support in Texas
has eroded | 
| "Rick Perry" Bad Lip Reading Soundbite |
Perry's support in Texas has eroded, according to survey Gov. Rick Perry's ill-fated bid for the presidency has apparently eroded his political base back home, dropping his Texas approval rating to a new low and raising doubts about his chances of victory if he seeks re-election in two years, according to a newly released poll conducted for the Star-Telegram and other major newspapers.
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Texas Voter ID: Your Questions Answered | 
You've asked us many good questions about this important issue, and you'll find answers to many of them here. If Texas' new Voter ID law is approved, a voter registration card won't be enough to vote in 2012. Find detailed answers to questions like: * What type of ID will I need to vote? * I'm a senior. Am I exempt from the photo ID requirements? *What if my name changed since the last time I voted? Find the answers on DentonDemocrats.org
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Memo spoke of special session for Texas redistricting if 'bad' judges emergedd | 
By Maria Recio | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON - During questioning in federal court Tuesday of the Republican state senator in charge of redistricting, a lawyer for state Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, revealed what Democrats call an explosive e-mail from state officials that suggested asking Gov. Rick Perry to call a special session of the Legislature if legal challenges drew "a really bad panel" of judges. At issue is compliance with the Voting Rights Act, or "pre-clearance," which the state has chosen to pursue with a panel of judges instead of the Justice Department. Read more here |
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