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Democracy Now
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 After 20 Years of Filmmaking on US Injustices, Michael Moore Goes to the Source in "Capitalism: A Love Story"
Beginning with the 1989 classic Roger & Me, the Academy Award-winning director Michael Moore says his films "come back to this central core concern, which is the economic system we have is unfair, it's unjust, it's not democratic." With his new film, Capitalism: A Love Story, Moore tackles the financial system and the interchanging circles of Washington politicians and corporate managers that run it. Moore says, "I thought I'd just cut to the chase and propose that we deal with this economic system and try to restructure it in a way that benefits people and not the richest one percent."
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Air America and Progressive Talk News
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Al Franken Reads the 4th Amendment to Justice Department Official
Just in case he wasn't familiar with it, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) decided to read the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution to David Kris, assistant attorney general of the Justice Department's National Security Division, who was testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee today to urge reauthorization of expiring provisions of the USA Patriot Act.
Franken, who opened by acknowledging that unlike most of his colleagues in the Senate, he's not a lawyer, but according to his research "most Americans aren't lawyers" either, said he'd also done research on the Patriot Act and in particular, the "roving wiretap" provision that allows the FBI to get a warrant to wiretap a an unnamed target and his or her various and changing cell phones, computers and other communication devices.
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MSNBC's Maddow emerged as rising star
Variety
One of the biggest winners of last year's presidential election wasn't even running for office. The ubiquitous political analyst-turned-talkshow host Rachel Maddow clearly emerged from MSNBC's wall-to-wall coverage as the network's biggest rising star.For most of 2008, Maddow, 36, provided viewers with a fresh liberal voice as she sparred with Pat Buchanan and filled in for Keith Olbermann. Then, in September, her strategy of doing "whatever they asked me to do" paid off when she was given her own eponymous show. The move paid off in the ratings -- and made Maddow one of the most talked-about women in news.
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Conscientious Projector! is screening Robert Greenwald's "Rethink Afghanistan"
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Conscientious Projector! is screening Robert Greenwald's (Brave New Films) "Rethink Afghanistan" on Oct. 15th @ 8pm. HERE
Thanks! Jamie Shipman, Conscientious Projector
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Dem Notes and News
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Tarrant County Democrats
Join us for the 2009 North Texas Salute to Speaker Jim Wright
Featuring Jim Wright and Jim Hightower
Saturday, October 10 /5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Trinity Terrace /1600 Texas St. /Fort Worth
Reservations Required
Tickets: $50.00 Before October 1, $65.00 after For Host Committee and Other Information please call 817.798.5242 A portion of the proceeds go to the Jim Wright Scholarship for students attending http://www.tcdp.net/
 Texas Democrats
We are proud to announce the launch of our completely redesigned TDP website.
Watch our exciting new video entitled By the Numbers that was recently unveiled to Democratic National Committee members during their meeting in Austin and will now be featured on our website at www.txdemocrats.org. By the Numbers takes an in depth look at the gains we've made in Texas in recent election cycles.
In addition to the video, our new website will feature:
Resources for candidates and grassroots activists
"Take Action" resources for Texans to make their voices heard
We hope you'll take a moment, check out our new website at www.txdemocrats.org and follow us on our newest social media applications. The 2010 elections are just around the corner and we want to make sure you have access to every tool necessary to gear up, localize and elect Democrats up and down the ballot.
Announcing a new Meetup for Frisco Democrats!
What: OCTOBER LADIES' BREAKFAST
When: October 7, 2009 9:30 AM
Where: sign up at Meetup for more informatrion
Learn more here:
http://www.meetup.com/Frisco-Democrats/calendar/11467123/
Dallas County Democratic Party Fish Fry Oct. 9th
Every year, Democratic voters and our candidates come together for food and fellowship at the FISH FRY. This year's event is on Friday, October 16, at 6:30 PM, at the Sokol Hall, 7448 Greenville Avenue at Walnut Hill, in Dallas. Our guest speaker will be Hank Gilbert, who has announced his intention to run for Governor of Texas on the Democratic ticket. He surprised everyone during his first run for Agriculture Commissioner, garnering the highest vote total of any statewide executive race on the ballot. The evening's entertainment will be provided by the nationally famed Turtle Creek Chorale.
The FISH FRY is one of our main fundraising venues. If you are interested in becoming a Sponsor of this event (levels range from $125 to $5000 and up), please click here. Regular tickets will be $35 -- but only $25 for Sustaining Members of the Dallas County Democrtic Party. You can register online at this page.
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North Texas Progressive Book Suggestion
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 Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party
by Max Blumenthal by Nation Books
Over the last year, award-winning journalist and videographer Max Blumenthal has been behind some of the most sensational (and funniest) exposes of Republican machinations. Whether it was his revelation that Sarah Palin was "anointed" by a Kenyan priest famous for casting out witches, or his confronting Republican congressional leaders and John McCain's family at the GOP convention about the party's opposition to sex education (and hence, the rise in teen pregnancies like that of Palin's daughter), or his expose of the eccentric multimillionaire theocrat behind California's Prop 8 anti-gay marriage initaive, Blumenthal has become one of the most important and most constantly cited journalists on how fringe movements are becoming the Republican Party mainstream.
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Who's Winning the Twitter Wars?
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 How Democratic and Republican politicians use the popular microblogging service.
"For the foreseeable future, Republicans will continue to broadcast their message widely,while the left-most wing of the Democratic Party mounts a quiet, steady defense. Strategists on both sides agree that Twitter-or at least, the short-form communication that Twitter has pioneered-will be crucial to campaigns for years to come. It turns out that a powerful message can indeed be delivered with only 140 characters."
From Politico
Nearly twice as many Republicans as Democrats have accounts on the social networking platform Twitter (101 compared with 57), and the GOP dominates Twitter usage by an even wider margin, according to a report released this week by the Congressional Research Service that analyzed two weeklong periods in July and August. During those spans, congressional Republicans posted 932 messages - or tweets - compared with 255 for Democrats, CRS analysts found.
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If you don't know what #teaparty means -you need to find out today!
Sign up and start twittering today! http://twitter.com/
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3rd Annual Dinner Blue Boots Bash and Silent Auction
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Texas Democratic Women of Collin County (TDWCC) along with our Host Committee: Lisa Blue Baron, Diane and Bill Bolak, Skye and Bill Brewer,
Lawrence R. Harrington, Andrew and Patricia Spence, Jack G.B. Ternan, Jr.
cordially invite you to attend the
3rd Annual Dinner Blue Boots Bash and Silent Auction
Saturday, October 24, 2009 6:30pm .
Southfork Ranch 3700 Hogge Road Parker, Texas
Purchase tickets online at www.tdwcc.org
Host Individual or Host Couple - $500
Priority reserved seating with special guests, host gift and bar service Sponsor Individual - $150 Sponsor Couple - $200 Reserved seating and sponsor gift Guest Individual - $50 Featuring Guest Speaker Texas State Senator Wendy Davis Rookie Senator of the Year "Spur Our Candidates On To Victory"
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Trinity River Audubon 1st anniversary party!
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Celebrate TRAC's first anniversary with art, music, and more. Enjoy free workshops in sustainable living, outdoor skills, and Texas wildlife. Live animal encounters and kid's activities throughout the weekend.
Art to be featured is inspired by nature, as well as natural and upcycled materials. Local bands and dancers, storytellers, and educational booths, even a native grass sale!
Saturday October 10 10am-4pm
Sunday October 11 noon-5pm
Admission is free, parking is $5 per car, carpooling encouraged
Trinity River Audubon Center /6500 South Loop 12 /Dallas, TX 75217
check www.trinityriveraudubon.org for more information
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Dog Canyon on racism and more
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I tell them that their exploitation of hatred and racism is a threat to the peace of the community. I urge everyone to speak out. The time has come to put an end to the hatred and racism.
Here is some of what I said:
"It is time you publicly denounced the anger and racism that's being intentionally stoked in hopes of defeating health care reform and building GOP turnout for the 2010 elections. I know from speaking privately with GOP consultants, lobbyists and politicians that many are alarmed and even ashamed about Joe Wilson, about the death threats, about the incendiary, racist tone of the teabaggers, about hate-radio. Do something about it."
"The violent few are a threat to the peace of our communities. There is a great silent majority, as Richard Nixon said, that demands security and peace at home. Today, mainstream Republicans are making a public alliance with their own Weather Underground.
It must stop."
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Randi Rhodes has a great new web page, newsletter and she tweets!
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A Brooklyn native and former U.S. Air Force aircraft mechanic, Randi began her career in radio at a Country music station in Seminole, Texas. She enjoyed stints in Mobile, Alabama, as well as New York's WAPP-FM, Milwaukee's WQFM and West Palm Beach's WJNO-AM.
In 1992, she landed at Miami's WIOD-AM, where she took over the station's 8-11 p.m. timeslot and was ranked #1 in the market. In 2004, Air America Radio began nationally syndicating her program. In addition, Randi starred in the HBO documentary Left of the Dial, and was named "Woman of the Year" by Talkers Magazine in 2007.
In May 2009, the Randi Rhodes Show joined Premiere Radio Network's lineup of nationally syndicated radio programs.
http://www.randirhodes.com/
http://twitter.com/randiradio
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Read-Out in Celebration of Banned Books Week - Friday, Oct. 2
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Read-Out in Celebration of Banned Books Week - Friday, Oct. 2 at 12 Noon
Join us in listening to selected readings from Banned, Challenged, and Censured Books from our Library Collection. Held at: The Phil Johnson Library, Resource Center Dallas, 2701 Reagan Street, Dallas, TX, 214-540-4451, library@rcdallas.org
Used Book Sale - Friday and Saturday Oct 9 & 10, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Wide selection at bargain prices of used books, VHS, DVD, music CDs.
Benefiting the Phil Johnson Historic Archives & Research Library
Held at: The Phil Johnson Library, Resource Center Dallas, 2701 Reagan Street, Dallas, TX, 214-540-4451, library@rcdallas.org
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Eradicating Racism in America with Lou Gossett Jr.
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As part of a series of high-impact lectures, the Vision Forum is proud to present acclaimed actor and anti-racism activist Lou Gossett, Jr. to speak on the topic of Eradicating Racism in America. If you'd like to learn more about Mr. Gossett's vision regarding this topic, visit his foundation's website (link at left).
General admission tickets for Mr. Gossett's speech and Q&A session are $25 each. There are also a limited number of VIP tickets available for $250+ per person. The VIP tickets allow you attend the speech and Q&A session, plus a Private VIP Donor Reception with Mr. Gossett, from 6:00-7:00 p.m. prior to his presentation. All tickets must be purchased in advance. You can order online by going to the Vision Forum's website (link at left).
Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration
14115 Hillcrest Rd., Dallas Texas 75254
VIP Donor Reception: 6:00 p.m.
Main Presentation: 7:00 p.m.
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The right's middle-finger spirit of contrarianism
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By Garrison Keillor
The president has declined to talk about racism in connection with the carpet-chewers of the right who are suffering road rage over his existence, and he's wise to turn that one down. The country doesn't need
a sermon on race or civility right now. What it needs is to believe that our leaders are trying to do the right thing, no matter how inconvenient, and if they forge ahead and fix health insurance, then the
ragemeisters of the right will find other hobbies.
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Abraham Lincoln: A Man of His Time, A Man for All Times
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September 12 - October 4, 2009 Ft Worth Central Library
Abraham Lincoln:A Man of His Time, a Man for All Times
Tracing his path from a rough-hewn lawyer with little administrative experience to the president who guided the nation through one of our greatest crises, this fascinating exhibition celebrates the accomplishments of Abraham Lincoln. Drawing on material taken from his speeches, letters and proclamations, this free exhibit goes beyond Lincoln's public image to examine the evolution of his beliefs and his lasting impact on the nation.
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SMU Lecture in Media Ethics featuring Gwen Ifill
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What: Gwen Ifill, moderator and managing editor of Washington Week and senior correspondent for The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, will deliver the tenth annual Sammons Lecture in Media Ethics, presented by the Division of Journalism at the Meadows School of the Arts. Ifillis the best-selling author of The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama, has covered six Presidential campaigns and moderated the Vice Presidential debates during the 2004 and 2008 elections.
When: Oct. 1 at 8 p.m.
Where: Caruth Auditorium in the Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE but tickets are required. Info: For tickets, call 214-768-2787.
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THE most intriguing, and possibly most fateful, news of last week could not be found in the health care horse-trading in Congress, or in the international zoo at the United Nations, or in the Iran slapdown in Pittsburgh. It was an item tucked into a blog at ABCNews.com. George Stephanopoulos reported that the new "must-read book" for President Obama's war team is "Lessons in Disaster" by Gordon M. Goldstein, a foreign-policy scholar who had collaborated with McGeorge Bundy, the Kennedy-Johnson national security adviser, on writing a Robert McNamara-style mea culpa about his role as an architect of the Vietnam War.
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North Dallas Texas Democratic Women
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please get involved!
Lenna Webb, President
North Dallas Texas Democratic Women
www.nddw.org
You can buy great t-shirts and more from the NDTDW cafe press shop with the cool new 'donkeys with attitude' design.
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North Texas Progressive Newsletter
This newsletter is a project of the North Texas Progressive , which is an umbrella organization for the Dallas Air America group, which was founded in 2004 to promote and support progressive talk radio and independent media in North Texas.
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Rockwall County Democrats
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The Progressive Talk Station of North Texas!
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KMNY (1360AM)
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22nd National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change will be held at in Dallas, Texas, Feb. 3 - 7
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Reminder - Creating Change Proposals due Sept 30
The 22nd National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change will be held at in Dallas, Texas, Feb. 3 - 7, 2010, sponsored by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. This is the largest LGBT conference in the nation and emphasizes grassroots organizing.
Workshop proposals are due Sept 30. The application process is all online as well as a more detailed description of the conference and how to apply. Visit the Conference homepage for links to more info:
HERE
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Bill White for Texas
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A couple years ago Senator Ted Kennedy asked me, "Why doesn't Texas elect Senators like Lyndon Johnson and Lloyd Bentsen, who both represented Texas values and helped move our country forward?"
Soon Texans will have an opportunity to answer that question with, "We do," by electing a Senator who will do what is right for Texas, not just one wing of one party.
If you join our team, already thousands strong, by contributing between now and September 30, I will match your donation.
http://www.billwhitefortexas.com/
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ACLU of Texas 13th annual report on banned and challenged books, Free People Read Freely
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Last year it was football.
This year, it's penguins
The ACLU of Texas is today releasing its 13th annual report on banned and challenged books, Free People Read Freely, in advance of Banned Books Week, Sept. 26 - Oct. 3.
This year we see once again how school districts across the state engaged in censorship by banning or restricting a variety of books.
Last year's ironic ban was H.G. Bissinger's Friday Night Lights, a book about high school football. This is Texas, right?
This year it was And Tango Makes Three, a book about penguins that was banned by San Antonio's Northside Independent School District, a district located on the doorstep of Sea World.
Several ACLU of Texas chapters have planned banned books events and readings. Please make plans to join your chapter at one of these events. If you're unable to make it, do your part for freedom by downloading our report, pick a banned book from the list and read
http://aclutx.org/projects/bannedbooks.php
Go to our podcast site and listen to H.G. Bissinger talk about last year's Beaumont Independent School District ban of his book, Friday Night Lights.
LISTEN HERE
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Will Ferrell and friends on health care reform
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Watch the video here:
Will Ferrell on health care reform, along with Jon Hamm from "Mad Men," Donald Faison from "Scrubs," Olivia Wilde from "House," and a whole cast of amazing, funny actors.
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