Dallas Mayoral Debate Friday, March 25, 2011 The Belo Mansion | 
The Dallas Mayoral Debate with candidates : David Kunkle ,Edward Okpa , Ron Natinsky, Mike Rawlings and Jason Whitely - Moderator Senior News Reporter, WFAA-TV Channel 8 Come hear a debate at the Belo Mansion among the major candidates for Mayor of Dallas in the upcoming May 14, 2011 municipal election Friday, March 25, 2011 The Belo Mansion -- Ross and Olive 11:30 am Registration/Buffet /12:00 Noon Program Now is the time to RENEW your membership for 2011 To review membership levels and renew click here 2011 Patron & Sustaining Members -- Free Click below to pay for luncheon via Paypal 2011 Regular Members -- $25 /Non Members -- $35 /**Table of Ten - $300** (**Preferred seating and sponsorship recognition optional for full table purchases) RSVP here to pay cash at the Registration Table / Voice Mail: 214-855-7151 |
Texas Democratic Women of Collin County "Pray the Devil back to Hell" | 
Two exciting programs sponsored by Texas Democratic Women of Collin County: On Thursday, March 24, 6:30-9:00 p.m., at the Angelika Theater, Shops at Legacy in Plano there will be a screening of the highly acclaimed "Pray the Devil back to Hell," a gripping account of how Christian and Muslim women demanded peace for Liberia after decades of civil war. The women's historic yet unsung achievement are told in this gripping narrative directed by Abigail Disney. The story is proof that moral and non-violent resistance can succeed. Following the movie we will hear from Dr Sandra Spencer, Director of Women's Studies and Global Feminism, at UNT. Tickets for this event are available on the TDWCC website. The program for the regular TDWCC monthly meeting on Monday, March 28 will follow the theme of the movie. There will be a panel discussion on "Religion, Tolerance and Politics" featuring Imam Yaseen Shaikh from the Islamic Society of Collin County, Rev. Dr. David Bachelder from West Plano Presbyterian Church and Rabbi Jeremy A. Schneider from Temple Shalom in Dallas. Join us at 6:45 p.m. at Collin College - Frisco Campus, Rm. F148, Founders Hall. To RSVP for the movie and for ticket information, visit our website www.tdwcc.org. There is no cost to attend our regular meetings and all are welcome. |
Democracy Now | 
Former presidential candidate and longtime consumer advocate and nuclear critic Ralph Nader strongly advocates phasing out nuclear power in the United States by calling for public hearings on the status of every single nuclear power plant. Watch/Listen/Read Earlier this week, U.S. State Department spokesperson P.J. Crowley resigned after describing the confinement of accused WikiLeaks whistleblower, Army Private Bradley Manning, as "ridiculous" and "stupid." Manning is being held in "maximum security confinement" at the U.S. Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia. We speak to Daniel Ellsberg, perhaps this country's most famous whistleblower and one of Manning's most public supporters. Watch/Listen/Read One day before the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan and sparked a nuclear crisis, the U.S. Nuclear Regulator Commission announced it would renew the license for Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. Vermont state legislators had voted to close the plant when its license expires in 2012. The 38-year-old facility has had a series of radioactive tritium leaks and is almost identical to the troubled Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan. Watch/Listen/Read |
What's Going on in Austin? | 
NDTDW Meeting March 24 What's Going on in Austin? 6:45 Northhaven United Methodist Church 11211 Preston Road (between Forest and Royal) The ACLU of Texas follows proposed legislation and lobbies elected officials on issues relating to individual rights. At our next meeting we will have a representative from the ACLU give us a mid-session legislative update. Come to our March meeting and learn the good, the bad and the ugly of what is going on in Austin regarding crucial legislation and what you can do to help for the remainder of the session. |
Affordable Care Act Anniversary! | 
One year ago this Wednesday, President Obama signed health insurance reform into law. It was a historic moment, more than 100 years in the making. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, children with pre-existing conditions can no longer be denied coverage, insurance companies can't drop your coverage if you become sick, and 32 million Americans will have access to affordable health insurance for the first time. The number of Americans personally benefiting from reform continues to grow -- and, this week, OFA is making sure we can all learn more about what this law does to help our families, friends, and neighbors. Volunteers will attend events around the country to mark the Affordable Care Act's anniversary -- and one of the events is in Dallas this Thursday, March 24th. Can you make it? Here are the details: What: Affordable Care Act anniversary event Dallas Where: Dallas Democratic Party Office 4209 Parry Ave Dallas, TX 75223 When: Thursday, March 24th 6:00 pm RSVP HERE Collin The Democratic Party of Collin County First Anniversary Celebration of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act Wednesday, March 23rd, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m Dodie's Place Sports Grill in the Village At Allen Come Join the DPCC and Organizing for America as We Socialize and Celebrate the One Year Anniversary of the Historic Health Insurance Reform Law! |
North Texas Democrats : Notes and News | 
Mid-Cities Democrats The Mid-Cities Democrats regular monthly meeting is this coming Thursday, and we are very pleased to have as our Guest Speaker Betty Richie, longstanding Democratic National Committeewoman and wife of Texas Democratic Party Chairman Boyd Richie. Where: The Dixie House Cafe /2051 Airport Freeway Euless 76040 /When: 7:00PM Thursday, March 24th Please come early to eat; the meeting starts at 7PM. **Note: The Dixie House Cafe offers good food at very reasonable prices. In order to secure this private room for our meetings, the Dixie House Cafe will charge a $5.00 surcharge to anyone not ordering food at the meeting; this will include tea or a soft drink. A gratuity of 20% will be added to your check. Rockwall County Democratic Monday, March 21, 2011 Rockwall County Democratic Party Monthly Discussion Our next Discussion Night will be Monday, March 21, 2011 What: RCDP Discussion Night Where: Rockwall Community Center, Harry Myers Park - 815 E Washington, Rockwall When: 7:00 PM All are welcome! Refreshments will be provided. This month, we will continue the discussion with our Democratic County Executive Committee on our plans heading into the 2012 Election Season. Please come prepared with events you'd like to see us participate in and any ideas you may have for raising our visibility in the Community. Dallas County Democrats Saturday, April 2: - Precinct Chair 101 Training All materials provided. RSVP by email to phyllis AT dallasdemocrats.org. (8:30 AM, DCDP Office, 4209 Parry at Fletcher, Dallas)
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| North Texas Progressive Book Suggestion | 
Back to Our Future: How the 1980s Explain the World We Live in Now--Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Everything by David Sirota List Price: $25.00 Price: $13.15 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. BUY HERE
Product Description Wall Street scandals. Fights over taxes. Racial resentments. A Lakers-Celtics championship. The Karate Kid topping the box-office charts. Bon Jovi touring the country. These words could describe our current moment-or the vaunted iconography of three decades past.
In this wide-ranging and wickedly entertaining book, New York Times bestselling journalist David Sirota takes readers on a rollicking DeLorean ride back in time to reveal how so many of our present-day conflicts are rooted in the larger-than-life pop culture of the 1980s-from the "Greed is good" ethos of Gordon Gekko (and Bernie Madoff) to the "Make my day" foreign policy of Ronald Reagan (and George W. Bush) to the "transcendence" of Cliff Huxtable (and Barack Obama). |
Chris Hedges in Dallas | 
CHRIS HEDGES in Dallas 7 pm Saturday, April 2nd FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF DALLAS /4015 Normandy at Preston Road Tickets $20 Adults $15 Students Chris Hedges brings to Dallas his resolute assessment of the societal conditions that generate and perpetuate war and his incisive criticism our generation's complacency. A foreign correspondent for nearly two decades, he writes and speaks extensively on war, religion, American culture and empire. He is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School and was awarded an honorary doctorate from Starr King School for the Ministry. He has been a reporter for the Times tickets and more info here |
MSNBC's Newest Pit Bull : Lawrence O'Donnell | 
Lawrence O'Donnell seems indifferent about his new career as a cable anchor. Howard Kurtz talks to him about his unlikely rise, why people hate him-and why O'Reilly can't get under his skin. Lawrence O'Donnell doesn't sound like he wants to be talking about himself or his prime-time cable show. In fact, he sounds rather indifferent about hosting a show at all. Appearing on cable "was a hobby of mine," the former Hollywood writer says in an interview. "It never occupied more than a few percent of my brain, except when I was doing it live. Screenwriting is my business; this thing was always a sideline." read on |
Texas DPS claims that "Austin anarchists" who built firebombs at the 2008 Republican National Convention are linked to the governor's mansion fire | 
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| The War on Warren By PAUL KRUGMAN NY Times |
Last week, at a House hearing on financial institutions and consumer credit, Republicans lined up to grill and attack Elizabeth Warren, the law professor and bankruptcy expert who is in charge of setting up the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Ostensibly, they believed that Ms. Warren had overstepped her legal authority by helping state attorneys general put together a proposed settlement with mortgage servicers, which are charged with a number of abuses.
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North Texas Progressive Newsletter Nancy Cunningham
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Contact: Nancy 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. Visit the North Texas Progressive web pages to get more information. Newsletter archive Sponsor the newsletter here ! |
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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
erringtonthompsonmd.com
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Arlington Area Progressive Liberal Meetup
| Arlington Area Progressive Liberal Meetup Group Monthly Meetup will happen on Sunday, March 27, 2011 When: Sunday, March 27, 2011 1:00 PM Where: Starbucks - 4340 Little Rd Arlington TX Discuss issues and plan actions to counter radical right wing squeeky wheels! Get involved before it is too late! "Tag Your IT!!" as Thom Hartman would say.
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Stephanie Miller will be named "Woman of the Year" | 
Stephanie Miller to be Named Woman of the Year at NMS 2011. Nationally syndicated Dial Global talk star Stephanie Miller will accept this year's "Judy Jarvis Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions by a Woman to Talk Radio" at the Talkers New Media Seminar 2011. Miller is a longtime respected broadcaster on radio and TV whose career has roots at Los Angeles stations KFI and KABC in the 1990s. Although the daughter of 1964 Goldwater running mate (and a Chairman of the Republican National Committee) William E. Miller, she is one of the successful standard bearers for the modern day progressive talk movement. Miller is a unique and original performer who combines humor with biting social and political satire, and is a courageous spokesperson for human rights. She added a new facet to her multi-dimensional personality and intriguing repertoire this past summer by boldly coming out on the air and revealing that she is a lesbian. The award, also referred to as talk radio's "Woman of the Year," will be presented to Miller by last year's recipient, WABC, New York program director Laurie Cantillo at the seminar's Freedom of Speech luncheon on Saturday June 11th. |
Majority Report with Sam Seder live Daily ! | 
The Majority Report Live M-F 10:30am CT & via Podcast @ Majority.FM
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Sierra Club - No nukes ! |  Nuclear Power: Not the Answer
Our hearts go out to the people of Japan in this time of unspeakable tragedy and chaos. Still reeling in the aftermath of a massive quake and devastating tsunami, the Japanese now face a potential nightmare as they struggle to prevent meltdowns in their damaged nuclear reactors. The disaster has reignited the debate over nuclear power in America and around the world.
The Sierra Club has unequivocally opposed nuclear energy for more than three decades: Nukes are dirty, unsafe, deadly, and costly. Some in Washington, D.C., though, are still saying we should build more of them. Please tell your U.S. senators that a "nuclear revival" has no place in America's clean-energy future.
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Dallas Drinking Liberally Earth Hour Watch Group | Group Outing to Hotel Belmont Saturday, March 26
Earth Hour 2011 Watch Party with Green Drinks Group Come out as we toast when the lights go out in Dallas :)
We'll meet up at the Libertine first around 7:00 and head over at 7:30.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=201950633149025&index=1 New Dallas Drinking Liberally Meetup Day and Time
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