Dallas Area Christian Progressive Alliance "Good Friday Walk" | 
Please come to the annual "Good Friday Walk" in downtown Dallas sponsored by the Dallas Area Christian Progressive Alliance. Our message will be on behalf of those who are being neglected in the current state and national budget cuts. Please send this invitation to others who would be part of a public observance lifting up the central tenent of the Christian faith. Besides the attached flyer, you can get more information at www.dallaschristians.org. You can also see past "Good Friday Walk" videos on youtube.....search for Dallas Good Friday Walk or DACPA or dallas christians. |
"I am " the documentary now airing in Dallas with Thom Hartmann | 
I AM is an utterly engaging and entertaining non-fiction film that poses two practical and provocative questions: what's wrong with our world, and what can we do to make it better? The filmmaker behind the inquiry is Tom Shadyac, one of Hollywood's leading comedy practitioners and the creative force behind such blockbusters as "Ace Ventura," "Liar Liar," "The Nutty Professor," and "Bruce Almighty." However, in I AM, Shadyac steps in front of the camera to recount what happened to him after a cycling accident left him incapacitated, possibly for good. Though he ultimately recovered, he emerged with a new sense of purpose, determined to share his own awakening to his prior life of excess and greed, and to investigate how he as an individual, and we as a race, could improve the way we live and walk in the world.
http://iamthedoc.com/
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North Texas Progressive Book Suggestion | 
Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media By Jeff Cohen List Price: $14.95 Price: $10.17 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. BUY HERE Producer, pundit, and media critic Jeff Cohen offers a fast-paced romp through the three major cable news channels--Fox, CNN, and MSNBC--and delivers a serious message about their failure to cover the most urgent issues of the day. |
North Texas Democrats : Notes and News | 
Drinking Liberally Mid Cities , Thursday, April 21st, 7 pm Rio Mambo, 5150 Highway 121 (just off Hwy. 121), Colleyville (map) DL Mid-Cities is a social networking organization for progressives and liberals. Questions? E-mail midcities@drinkingliberally.org Drinking Liberally Addison will have its April meeting on Thursday April 21 starting at 6pm at The Quarter on Addison Rd. Please join like minded liberals for some liberal libations. If it isn't too hot, we'll meet out on the patio to enjoy this Texas Spring weather. Drinking Liberally Dallas is hosting a Spring Multi Chapter Pub Crawl on Saturday April 23 in Uptown Dallas from 2pm to 9pm. You can get the exact schedule on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=187171754659551 All are welcome to attend, but only those with Drinking Liberally t-shirts will be able to get drink specials that DL Dallas is working on. You can buy you shirt from Living Liberally's website, or Dallas has made their own. Email dallas@drinkingliberally.org for more info on the Pub Crawl or for t-shirts. Monday, April 18: · North Texas Asian Democrats (7:30 PM, Hunan Dynasty, 8150 N Macarthur Blvd., Irving) Tuesday, April 19: · Stonewall Democrats of Dallas (6:30 PM, Ojeda's Restaurant, 4617 Maple Ave., Dallas) www.valleyfreeradio.org |
| Inmigración: Part One-The Voter ID Dilemma | 
Voter ID cards will be a part of future elections. How will this be managed and by whom? What voting population will be most affected? Will this cost votes? How might we help educate voters? Darlene Ewing, Chairwoman of The Democratic Party of Dallas County, elected in 2005 and considered integral in the success of the Democratic Party, will educate us on the status of legislation on the vital issue of Voter ID here in Texas and around the country. Important notice: This event will be held April 19th, at 7PM in The Progressive Center of Texas at South Side on Lamar. Please arrive by 6:45 for registration. Your donation of $5 or more to help with expenses will be appreciated. |
Democracy Now | 
To discuss President Obama's budget talk and the state of the American economy, we are joined by three guests: Thomas Frank, a columnist at Harper's Magazine and the author of several books, including The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Ruined Government, Enriched Themselves, and Beggared the Nation; Rev. Jim Wallis, the founder of the Sojourners Community and editor of Sojourners magazine, who has been on a hunger fast since March 28 to protest congressional budget cuts; and Grace Lee Boggs, 95-year-old activist, author and philosopher based in Detroit. Watch/Listen/Read Dr. Michio Kaku, a Japanese American theoretical physicist and bestselling author, joins us to talk about his new book, Physics of the Future: How Science Will Change Daily Life by 2100. Kaku outlines a future in which cars will be driven by computers, the aging process will be frozen, and the internet will be surfed in contact lenses. Watch/Listen/Read President Barack Obama and congressional leaders reached a last-minute budget deal on Friday, narrowly averting a government shutdown. The deal would cut roughly $38 billion from a federal budget expected to exceed $3.7 trillion this year. We speak to Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. Watch/Listen/Read |
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| Obama Returns to His Moral Vision: Democrats Read Carefully! by George Lakoff | 
Last week, on April 13, 2011, President Obama gave all Democrats and all progressives a remarkable gift. Most of them barely noticed. They looked at the president's speech as if it were only about budgetary details. But the speech went well beyond the budget. It went to the heart of progressive thought and the nature of American democracy, and it gave all progressives a model of how to think and talk about every issue. It was a landmark speech. It should be watched and read carefully and repeatedly by every progressive who cares about our country -- whether Democratic office-holder, staffer, writer, or campaign worker -- and every progressive blogger, activist and concerned citizen. The speech is a work of art.
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MEDIA MATTERS WITH BOB McCHESNEY THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM Cenk Uygur | 
Cenk Uygur is host of The Young Turks, the first ever live, daily web television talk show. The show has partnership deals on the web with You Tube, AOL, Airamerica.com and TidalTV.com. The Young Turks is one of the Top 100 You Tube Partners, with over 8 million views a month on their You Tube Channel. The Young Turks premiered on Sirius Satellite Radio in the first quarter of 2002 as the platform's first original program before moving to XM Satellite Radio in 2006. Cenk Uygur is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School of Business and Columbia University Law School. He worked as a lawyer, television writer and television host before starting The Young Turks. Cenk also blogs on Huffington Post, Daily Kos, Politico, AirAmerica.com and AOL's Hot Seat. Cenk has appeared on CNN dozens of times and also had numerous appearances on MSNBC Live, CNN Headline News, E! Entertainment Channel, Al Jazeera, ABC News, Voice of America, NPR and even Fox News Channel. LAST WEEK'S PROGRAM Encore show featuring Noam Chomsky WHERE TO LISTEN TO MEDIA MATTERS Media Matters originates from WILL AM580 on the campus of the University of Illinois, airing live from 1-2pm central time on Sunday afternoons. Listeners are welcomed to pose questions to guests. Call (217)333-9455 or (800)244-9455 to speak with Bob and his guests. Media Matters with Bob McChesney can also be heard on these stations: WAZU 90.7-FM Peoria, IL - Live show at 1pm Sundays KWMD-FM Kasilof, Alaska Live at 10am Sunday, repeated 7pm on Mondays 90.7FM(Soldotna), 104.5 (Anchorage) WXOJ-LP 103.3-FM, Valley Free Radio, Northampton, Massachusetts 12pm Wednesdays
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Gen. Sanchez may throw hat in Texas Senate race | WASHINGTON - Democrats appear to have recruited retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez to run for the U.S. Senate in Texas, setting the stage for a potentially competitive race in 2012 for the seat of retiring Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. Former Texas Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes confirmed that Washington Sen. Patty Murray, the head of the Democratic Senate campaign committee, was referring to Sanchez Thursday when she said that Democrats were very close to announcing a candidate in Texas.
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