Dear nancy, Good Morning!
Good Morning!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
There are more holiday events happening this week that you are invited to !
Congrats to Sam Seder for getting a permanent spot on Ring of Fire with Bobby Kennedy.
We'll take next week off and see ya in 2011!
Thanks,
Nancy Cunningham
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Dinner with the FT: Rachel Maddow | 
Rachel Maddow may be one of the most prominent and outspoken liberals in the US but let no one accuse her of being a lily-livered pinko-vegetarian. "I'll have the offal and the whiskey drinks," chortles Maddow, host of an eponymous show on the left-leaning MSNBC cable news channel, as we go through the menu at the Breslin Bar & Dining Room. She chose this venue, a trendy restaurant in New York's Chelsea neighbourhood frequented by young hipsters with ironic haircuts for a late supper after her 9pm broadcast. It is, according to the restaurant, renowned for its "meat-intense programme", which explains why the bar area is lined with pig statues and the waiters wear T-shirts showing outlines of the various animals available for consumption. The menu features sweetbreads, beef tongue and pig's foot for two. When she arrives at 10.30pm, Maddow is delayed several times by friends and fans as she works her way through the crowd to the dark wooden booth where I am trying to knock back a cup of coffee in the hope of remaining interview-alert at midnight. read on Rachel was just on David Letterman last week too- Interview here |
Free Passes "Casino Jack " Magnolia December 29th | 
I have a few free screening passes to the new ATO film "Casino Jack," which opens at the Magnolia Theater on December 31 and stars Kevin Spacey . He has received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance. The pass is for Wednesday, December 29 at 7:00 PM at the Magnolia; if you are interested in attending, please email me northtexasprogressive@gmail.com . http://casinojack-movie.com/ |
Al Franken: The Hardest Vote I've Taken | 
The tax deal isn't great by any stretch of the imagination. But I got into this line of work because I wanted to stand up for American families trying to put food on the table and build a better life for their kids. read on |
Democracy Now | 
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been freed from a London prison after a High Court ruled he could be released on bail. In a brief statement outside the courthouse, Assange thanked his supporters and vowed to continue his work. Watch/Listen/Read The U.S. Senate is holding a key test vote today on President Obama's controversial legislation that would extend the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. The bill caused an uproar when it was announced last week, but no one voiced more powerful opposition than Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT). Watch/Listen/Read |
Uncle Sam ( Seder) says " I want you to listen !" | 
Sam Seder to join RoF ( Ring of Fire) in 2011 If you just missed @SamSeder announce that he is the new co-host of Ring of Fire then make sure you tune in to @ringoffireradio this weekend. Sam Seder is replacing the departing David Bender as a co-host of Ring of Fire Radio with Bobby Kennedy Jr. & Mike Papantonio. Listen daily to Sam's program " Majority Report" Here http://majority.fm/ |
North Texas Democrats : Notes and News | 
See Our Dallas County Elected Officials Sworn In They'll be taking their oaths on Saturday, January 1st, 2011, at 10 AM, at the Hyatt Regency, 300 Reunion Boulevard, Dallas, Texas. A brunch will be offered. Individual $40 -- Table of Ten $400 RSVP by December 22 to the Dallas County Democratic Party at 214-821-8331. |
| 'Don't ask': Obama praises Senate's gay ban repeal |  The Senate voted to abolish the 17-year-old ban on gays and lesbians in the military known as "don't ask, don't tell" on Saturday, ending a tumultuous chapter in American civil rights history and the last bastion of legal discrimination based on sexual orientation.
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| The Bipartisanship Racket By FRANK RICH NYT | 
JEEZ, can't we all just get along? Can't we be civilized? Can't we reach across the aisle, find common ground and get things done? Can't we have a new Morning in America as clubby and chipper as MSNBC's daily gabfest, "Morning Joe"? This is actually the manifesto of the new political organization called No Labels. It's no surprise that its official debut last week prompted derisive laughter from all labels across the political spectrum, not to mention Gawker, which deemed it "the most boring political movement of all time." But attention must be paid. In its patronizing desire to instruct us on what is wrong with our politics, No Labels ends up being a damning indictment of just how alarmingly out of touch the mainstream political-media elite remains with the grievances that have driven Americans to cynicism and despair in the 21st century's Gilded Age.
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Dr. Errington Thompson's "Where's the outrage? " blog |
Dallas native Dr. Errington Thompson, former host on Revolution 880 from Asheville, NC now blogs at
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Fort Worth bans religious ads on buses | Fort Worth bans religious ads on buses The end is near for religious advertisements on Fort Worth, Texas, buses. Two weeks after controversy erupted because the Fort Worth Transportation Authority accepted ads with the atheist message "Millions of Americans are Good Without God," the T board revised its policy Wednesday night to ban all religious ads effective Jan. 1.
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Thom Hartmann | Medicare "Part E"- for Everybody | Thom Hartmann, Berrett-Koehler Publishers: "There are two important reasons for having a strong social safety net, one based in sound economic policy and the other in our common humanity. So it's no surprise that the countries that have strong social safety nets tend to have resilient economies and a higher quality of life. Ultimately, social safety nets are about managing risk and unforeseen contingencies. On the one hand, there are the risks that we want people to take, such as starting a new business." Read the Article
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Chris Hedges | No Act of Rebellion Is Wasted | Chris Hedges, Truthdig: "We may feel, in the face of the ruthless corporate destruction of our nation, our culture, and our ecosystem, powerless and weak. But we are not. We have a power that terrifies the corporate state. Any act of rebellion, no matter how few people show up or how heavily it is censored by a media that caters to the needs and profits of corporations, chips away at corporate power." Read the Article
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