Dear nancy, Good Morning!
Please check out Dallas Liberally Drinking they have moved to a DART friendly location and added a monthly dinner ! Great idea and everyone is welcome !
Maybe you ought to go see PBO in Austin in a few weeks- details below !
There will be to local Healthcare/ SCOTUS decision discussions - days and time below!
Join #uppers on Saturday and Sunday morning in the Twitterverse ! Don't know what I'm talking about ? The New York Times does - read more about it below !
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Nancy Cunningham
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Dallas Liberally Drinking adds a monthly dinner event and you are invited! | 
This group is expanding and making big changes ! They have moved their monthly Liberally Drinking events to The People's Last stand at Mockingbird Station which is a DART rail stop and have added a monthly dinner.
Even if you don't live in Dallas you are still welcome to attend these events ! If you'd like to stop on your way home from work or take the Dart rail from anywhere in the Metroplex you will be welcome ! Join us for Dallas Eating Liberally!Great venue, drink and appetizer specials, plenty of free parking and of course interesting conversation :)They've revamped their menu so it should be a fun night.
The People's Last Stand - next door to Trinity Hall at Mockingbird Station
Monday, June 25 7:00 PM
5319 E Mockingbird Ln Ste 210 /Dallas, TX 75206 /(214) 370-8755
http://www.thepeopleslaststand.com/ Sign up on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/events/322775561130368/ and Meetup to stay in touch and for other event notices!
http://www.meetup.com/Dallas-Drinking-Liberally-Group/ *One of the hosts, Cyndie would love for you to introduce yourself and writes ... We are starting a sister group which will meet 4th Mondays. Difference will be that it is a sitdown at tables and have food and conversation as oppose to drinking and milling around and talking. We have had several people say they would prefer this venue. Also now you can meet with like minded friends not only 2nd Tuesdays but now also 4th Mondays! First group meeting is next Monday June 25 at 7:30 at Peoples Last stand at Mockingbird station. Please find the eating liberally meet up and join us. Email me if you have trouble. Dallasbestagent@gmail.com |
Ann Richard's Texas | This is screening at some festivals - I hope it gets a screening in North Texas soon !
In a state known for outsized political personalities, a silver-haired lady from Austin became one of the biggest and boldest by speaking her mind and sticking to her guns. The high-energy ANN RICHARDS' TEXAS celebrates her rise in the Democratic Party, her improbable turn as governor and her legacy as a feisty liberal icon. Bigwigs and big stars alike reflect on her unique appeal among an electorate that later embraced George W. Bush and Rick Perry. Keith Patterson Keithrobertpatterson@gmail.com
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Democracy Now | 
In a rare interview, former Texas death row prisoner Anthony Graves joins us to recount his experience in solitary confinement and how he was fully exonerated and released from prison in 2010. Graves was convicted in 1994 of assisting Robert Carter, a man he barely knew, in the brutal murders of six people. There was no physical evidence linking Graves to the crime, and his conviction relied primarily on Carter's testimony. Before he was executed, Carter twice admitted he had lied about Graves's involvement in the crime. In 2006, an appeals court overturned Graves's conviction and ordered a new trial, saying prosecutors had elicited false statements and withheld testimony. After 18 years in prison, most of them on death row, Graves was exonerated and reunited with his family after a special prosecutor concluded he was an innocent man. Graves is now an active member of the movement to abolish the death penalty. Watch/Listen/Read Sharif Abdel Kouddous reports from Egypt on the country's growing political crisis. Former President Hosni Mubarak is on life support, both candidates claim to have won last weekend's election, and the ruling military council has seized greater power. Official presidential election results are not expected to be announced until Thursday. Tens of thousands of Egyptians protested Tuesday night in Cairo's Tahrir Square in a rally called by the Muslim Brotherhood, expressing outrage over the army's decree late Sunday that it would seize all legislative powers. Watch/Listen/Read |
Texas Democratic platform on Marijuana laws featured on The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell | 
| It's Time to Rewrite our Marijuana Laws |
One political party wants to completely decriminalize marijuana. And not just allow medical marijuana, but make marijuana possession for anyone completely legal. In The Rewrite, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell has details on a surprising step towards saner drug laws in this country coming from an unexpected place.
Texas Democratic party platform ( dowload ) http://www.txdemocrats.org/
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President Barack Obama will be in Austin July 17th ! | 
President Barack Obama will be in Austin next month to raise money for his re-election campaign. The president will be joined by singer-songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker at the Austin Music Hall at the 3 p.m. on July 17, the campaign website says. Tickets for the event start at $250 for general admission and go up to $7,500 per couple who want to attend a photo reception. The website made no mention of any public events. Obama is considered a longshot to win Texas against likely Republican nominee Mitt Romney of Massachusetts. No Democratic presidential candidate has carried Texas since Jimmy Carter in 1976. |
North Texas Progressive Book Suggestion |  "Books That Shaped America" Exhibition to Open June 25
List Includes Popular Favorites, Forgotten TitlesThe Library of Congress--the world's largest repository of knowledge and information--is beginning its multiyear "Celebration of the Book" with an exhibition, "Books That Shaped America," opening June 25. The exhibition is part of a larger series of programs, symposia and other events that explore the important and varied ways that books influence our lives. The "Books That Shaped America" exhibition will be on view from June 25 through Sept. 29 in the Southwest Gallery, located on the second floor of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C., from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. This exhibition is made possible through the support of the National Book Festival Fund. On view in the exhibition are many rare editions from the Library's Rare Book and Special Collections Division, as well as other related items chosen from various parts of the Library. read on and list here |
North Texas Democrats : Notes and News | 
Tuesday, June 26: *Richardson Democratic Club (6:30 PM, NOTE: New Location Amores, 400 N Coit Rd # 2050 Richardson) Thursday, June 28: * Grassroots Democratic Coalition (7:30 PM Black Eyed Pea Restaurant 7979 Belt Line Rd at Coit Rd) Price: $2.00 per person Saturday, June 30th: Tarrant County Young Democrats "Organizing for America Fun Bank" The event will be from 11:00am to 3:00pm at our party office located at 2806 Race Street. Our volunteers will be making calls to identify support for President Obama. For more information and to RSVP, please call (512) 656-9616. |
| The Dallas Peace Center Presents 8th Annual Summer Dinner Lecture | 
July 12, Thursday Shahid Buttar Executive Director Bill of Rights Defense Committee www.BORDC.org Civil Rights Lawyer | Constitutional Scholar |Independent Columnist Hip-Hop & Electronica MC | Singer and Poet|Grassroots Community Organizer Bridge Bistro 921 N. Riverfront Blvd. /Dallas 75207 Reception 6:00 pm /Dinner and Lecture 7:00 pm For tickets Click HERE Activist attorney Shahid Buttar will give the Dallas Peace Center's summer lecture on Thursday, July 12, 2012 at the Bridge Bistro in downtown Dallas. He will connect the dots between the unprecedented recent removal of constitutional protections through surveillance, torture/rendition, racial profiling, detention, government secrecy, and the considerable corporate profits they generate. Buttar also will help lead a youth event on July 11 that will combine theater, poetry, and constitutional rights For more information: Call 214-823-7793 Office@DallasPeaceCenter.org or www.DallasPeaceCenter.org |
Dallas Democratic Forum : Health Care: The Next Steps with Scott Chase | 
Health Care: The Next Steps with Scott Chase Dr. Angela Scheuerle and others to be announced. Come hear a panel discussion about the Supreme Court's historic decision regarding the Affordable Care Act and learn about the next steps in the health care debate. Friday, June 29, 2012 The Belo Mansion -- Ross and Olive 11:30 am Registration/Buffet /12:00 Noon Program 2011 Patron & Sustaining Members -- Free Click below to pay for luncheon via Paypal 2012 Regular Members -- $25 / Non Members -- $35 RSVP here to pay cash at the Registration Table Voice Mail: 214-855-7151 |
Chris Hayes Has Arrived With 'Up'- join #uppers @NTXProgressive | 
** I've been part of this group since day one - tweeting and watching Up on Sat and Sun Mornings! Join us ! AROUND 11 p.m. on a Friday this past spring, Ted Leo, a singer and songwriter considered something of a legend in New York punk and indie-rock, opened a raucous late set at the Black Cat club in Washington with a curious greeting to his followers. Chris Hayes in his Rockefeller Center office. He has been successful drawing viewers ages 18 to 34. "I know how hard it is to be here," he joked to a crowd of about 750, a Gibson hollow-body drooping from his shoulder, "because you all have to be up at 8 a.m. tomorrow to watch 'Up With Chris Hayes.' "
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| The Great Abdication
NYTimes by Paul Krugman | Among economists who know their history, the mere mention of certain years evokes shivers. For example, three years ago Christina Romer, then the head of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, warned politicians not to re-enact 1937 - the year F.D.R. shifted, far too soon, from fiscal stimulus to austerity, plunging the recovering economy back into recession. Unfortunately, this advice was ignored. But now I'm hearing more and more about an even more fateful year. Suddenly normally calm economists are talking about 1931, the year everything fell apart. | read on |
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"DALLAS SAYS NO TO TORTURE!"
Tuesday 26th |
The United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is held annually on June 26 to speak out against the crime of torture and to honor and support victims and survivors throughout the world. In June, Torture Awareness Month, vigils will be held across th...e country highlighting the accounts and trials of torture survivors, with readings of survivor testimonies.
In solidarity with a broad coalition of human rights and religious groups across the country, please join us for a national day of action in the fight against torture, Guantanamo and the National Defense Authorization Act:
"DALLAS SAYS NO TO TORTURE!" March/rally against torture, Guantanamo, & the NDAA!
When & Where: Tuesday, June 26
3:45 p.m. - Staging at Platinum Park parking Lot #164, GPS "900 Jacinto St" (don jumpsuits & grab signs)
4:00 p.m. - Meet at Rosa Parks Plaza; march to Earle Cabell bldg; demonstrate; return
5:00 p.m. - Rally at Rosa Parks Plaza; demonstrate along Pacific Ave.
"At a time when the legitimate aspirations of people in many regions of the world for greater freedom, dignity and a better life are too often met with violence and repression, I urge States to respect the fundamental rights of all people. Torture and other forms of cruel, degrading and inhuman treatment and punishment, wherever they occur and whatever the circumstances, can never be justified." ---United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, 2011.
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Texas congressional race becomes an extreme Obama hate-fest | 
Roger Williams has gone extreme, and he had to. After years as a genial local car dealer, he's knee-deep in a Central Texas congressional runoff that amounts to an Obama-hating contest against a Tea Party leader aligned with the John Birch Society and Constitution Party. That's why Williams' newest campaign e-mail Tuesday included a shadowy monochrome photo of President Barack Obama labeled: "SOCIALIST!" The e-mail also complains about the Austin newspaper: "Will you help me fight back against the liberal media?" Newspapers aren't Williams' problem. Wes Riddle is his problem Read more here
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Jobs with Justice meetings: solidarity night and SCOTUS healthcare ruling discussion | Solidarity Night, June 30
* CWA is facing American Airlines and a judge to try to hold their union organizing election
* Teamsters have an organizing drive going on
* TWU, Pilots, and APFA are wrestling American Airlines and their bankruptcy judge
* Machinists are on strike to save the right to retire
* Walmart employees are organizing
* Ironworkers are organizing in construction
All of these groups need help from other unionists and from the community at large.
Cookout and Rally * UAW 848, 2218 E Main in Grand Prairie * 6:30 PM on June 30 Stand by for the Supreme Court Decision on Health Care The Supreme Court ruling on health care is imminent. Join the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans meeting at 9:30 on Tuesday, June 26, at UAW 276 hall, 2505 W.E. Roberts (formerly Sherman) in Grand Prairie to discuss ways to preserve and improve America's health care. for more information: Gene Lantz labordallas@sbcglobal.net
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