Dear nancy, Good Morning!
Don't forget to vote this week! Check out the great local meetings and progressive events !
How about taking a night walk and helping clean up some local park hiking trails ?
There are also some great progressive talk news, some articles you shouldn't have missed and a wonderful guide to using Twitter. Don't learn the hard way especially if you also tweet for an organization ...;-)
Thanks,
Nancy Cunningham
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Remember to vote this week ! Run- Off Early Voting and Election Day Dallas Mayor and many other importnat local races! | 
June 6th-15th -Early Voting June 18th -Election Day For Dallas County elections go here For Tarrant County go here For Collin County go here |
Bill Moyers on His Legendary Journalism Career: "Democracy Should Be a Brake on Unbridled Greed and Power" | 
In a Democracy Now! special broadcast, we are joined by legendary journalist Bill Moyers, a founding organizer of the Peace Corps, press secretary for President Lyndon Johnson, a publisher of Newsday, and senior correspondent for CBS News. Public television is where he has made his home, producing many groundbreaking shows and winning more than 30 Emmy Awards. Moyers has just published a new book, "Bill Moyers Journal: The Conversation Continues," a collection of interviews from his popular PBS show that aired from 2007 to 2010. In a wide-ranging interview, he also discusses the state of the public media infrastructure he helped to establish as part of the Johnson administration. Watch/Listen/Read . |
In your ear and on the rise: Stand-up Maron.. | 
Who says there are no second acts in American lives? Well, F. Scott Fitzgerald did. But with apologies to one of America's finest novelists, Marc Maron is proving him wrong. Again. The 47-year-old, who headlines Comedy Works Thursday through June 19, is arguably entering the third act of his life - the one that finds him touring nationally, signing a book deal and grabbing some long-awaited mainstream recognition. Act I: Maron enters New York's alternative comedy scene via Boston in the '90s with a sharp, cynical stand-up act that draws praise from contemporaries such as Janeane Garofalo, Sarah Silverman and David Cross. Act II: Maron gets sober - and divorced - and embarks upon a radio career with Air America, the ill-fated liberal talk network. Act III: Maron gets divorced (again) and develops his "WTF With Marc Maron" podcast, at last reaching a level of success that comedy insiders always thought he deserved. read on |
Stephanie Miller's Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour come to Austin ! | 
The phenomenon that is the Stephanie Miller's Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour comes to Austin this fall ( November ) Miller explained the origins of her Sexy Liberal Comedy show, "This tour came from the desire to bring 'liberal' comedy to the road. It's an area that is really underrepresented because people assumed that 'progressive' and 'liberal' comedy and entertainment doesn't sell, but since this tour launched, we have been proving everybody wrong." For info and to buy tickets : http://www.sexyliberal.com/ ** no it's not to early -these shows sell out months in advance ! ** Dial Global and WYD Media talk star Stephanie Miller - pictured above receiving the award - was honored with the Judy Jarvis Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions to Talk Radio by a Woman - also known as the Woman of the Year award - for her career achievements in the talk radio field. |
Democracy Now | 
Dale Maharidge, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, inspired Bruce Springsteen to write the songs "Youngstown" and "The New Timer" with his first book, "Journey to Nowhere: The Saga of the New Underclass." Maharidge's most recent book, "Someplace Like America: Tales from the New Great Depression," is a reported retrospective on his 30 years of covering the working poor and chronically unemployed. He and photographer Michael Williamson traveled more than half a million miles around the United States, reporting the story of how workers' lives have gotten steadily worse. We speak to Maharidge about his work and how it came to inspire some of Springsteen's most notable socially conscious songs. Watch/Listen/Read Located some 80 miles north of Las Vegas, the secret U.S. military base Area 51 in Nevada was established in the 1950s to build and test hi-tech spy and war planes including the U-2, the stealth bomber and surveillance drones. Located inside the Nevada Test and Training Range, Area 51 also played a key role in nuclear weapon tests. For decades, the government denied Area 51 even existed, but in recent years many CIA and military documents have been declassified. We speak with Annie Jacobsen, author of the new book "Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base." Watch/Listen/Read
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Countdown to the return of Keith Olbermann -June 20 at 8 p.m | 
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North Texas Progressive Book Suggestion | 
Bill Moyers Journal: The Conversation Continues By Bill Moyers List Price: $29.95 Price: $17.91 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details
One of the highest-rated public affairs programs on public television, Bill Moyers Journal drew up to two million weekly viewers from 2007 to 2010. Through incisive, morally engaging conversations with some of the leading political figures, writers, activists, poets, and scholars at work today, the Journal captured the essence of the past three pivotal years in American life and politics, including the final act of the Bush Administration and the early years of Obama.
Now, Bill Moyers Journal: The Conversation Continues brings this groundbreaking work to the page. From Michael Pollan, David Simon, and Jane Goodall to John Grisham, Karen Armstrong, and Barbara Ehrenreich, Bill Moyers Journal: The Conversation Continues introduces the ideas that matter today-on subjects as diverse as the politics of food, race in the age of Obama, aging in America, the power of poetry, wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan, the conflict over gay marriage, and the fate of the American newspaper.
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North Texas Democrats : Notes and News | 
Rowlett Democrats encourage you to attend ! Monday, June 13, 2011 Realize Rowlett 2020 Town Hall for City of Rowlett Residents What: City of Rowlett Town Hall Where: Living Faith Community Church - 7200 Rowlett Rd, Rowlett, TX When: 7:00 PM From the Rowlett Democratic Club: The City of Rowlett, as part of its RealizeRowlett2020 vision plan, has a meeting to hear citizen's ideas and opinions. That's you! It will be at the Living Faith Community Church, 7200 Rowlett Road (that's just north of Hickox on Rowlett Rd). This is the last such meeting available, so this will be your last opportunity to make input. Other meetings this week Monday, June 13: · Metrocrest Democrats Annual Picnic Pack a picnic dinner and meet us. (6 - 9 PM, Gussie Field Watterworth Park, 2610 Valley View Ln., Farmers Branch) Tuesday, June 14: · Dallas County Young Democrats (6:30 PM, Zubar, 2012 Greenville Ave., Dallas) · Irving Democratic Club (6:30 PM, 228 Chamberlain [Senter Park East Building], Irving) Wednesday, June 15: · Garland Democratic Woman's Club (11:30 AM, Siciliano's Taste of Italy, 2210 W. Buckingham, Garland) · Northwest Dallas Democrats (7:30 PM, Taco Cabana, 11824 Webb Chapel Road, Farmers Branch) |
| It's not too late to attend Netroots Nation '11 | 
Netroots Nation '11 Thursday, June 16, 2011 9:00 AM - Sunday, June 19, 2011 3:00 PM (Central Time) Minneapolis Convention Center /1301 Second Avenue South /Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403 Email: registration@netrootsnation.org You can look forward to panels, hands-on trainings, caucuses and strategy sessions, film screenings and tons of social events. Plus, you'll hear from speakers including Sen. Russ Feingold, Sen. Al Franken, Gov. Howard Dean, Van Jones, Sen. Ben Cardin, Rep. Keith Ellison, Rep. Donna Edwards, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Rep. Tim Walz, State Sen. Chris Larson and many, many more.
Many events are streamed online, on CSPAN and posted as podcasts-- http://www.netrootsnation.org/ |
The Ultimate Twitter Guide for Politicians & Other Really Important People | 
** This is really a great guide if you are new to Twitter !
Include articles on topics of interest to your readers, relevant news and events. If you find an interesting article on the Web, you can easily ask the author's permission to summarize the article and link to it from your newsletter. Drive traffic to your website by entering teaser text for the article with a link to your website for readers to view the full text. Around the same time Representative Weiner was dealing with the fallout of an apparent Twitter hack, Republican Ohio House Speaker William G. Batchelder also had a Twitter problem: an "unknown intruder" hacked into his official account. The hacker didn't post lewd photos of the 68-year-old politician, but the offender did engage in some pro-Democratic tweeting. read on |
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| Medicare Saves Money by Paul Krugman NYTimes | Every once in a while a politician comes up with an idea that's so bad, so wrongheaded, that you're almost grateful. For really bad ideas can help illustrate the extent to which policy discourse has gone off the rails. And so it was with Senator Joseph Lieberman's proposal, released last week, to raise the age for Medicare eligibility from 65 to 67. Like Republicans who want to end Medicare as we know it and replace it with (grossly inadequate) insurance vouchers, Mr. Lieberman describes his proposal as a way to save Medicare. It wouldn't actually do that. But more to the point, our goal shouldn't be to "save Medicare," whatever that means. It should be to ensure that Americans get the health care they need, at a cost the nation can afford. | 
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Anti-birth control rally backfires Rachel Maddow reports on a counter protest by Planned Parenthood of North Texas |
Anti-birth control rally backfires Rachel Maddow reports on a counter protest by Planned Parenthood of North Texas against a "The Pill Kills" rally, resulting in thousands of dollars in donations to Planned Parenthood to be spent on birth control pills for women in need. Watch here
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Drinking Liberally
this week !!! | Drinking Liberally Addison Drinking Liberally Addison celebrates its 6th birthday this Thursday. Join the longest continuously running DL chapter in DFW for some liberal libations. Come discuss Weiner's weiner, Palin's midnight ride to warn the British, and even the Dallas Mavericks 1st NBA championship. Hang with us again for your 6th year in a row, or even your first time, at The Quarter at 15201 Addison Road starting at 6pm on June 16th.  Drinking Liberally Dallas Topic du Jour is your choice! Meet up w/ people who enjoy good conversation with other open minded types. There's plenty to discuss. Sarah Palin's emails, Newt's Cruise to Greece, Weinergate? Hey, it's open season! Free parking and ½ price entrees make it worth your while. C'mon out and make Tuesday better than you thought it would be. Just remember New day: Tuesday 6/14
New time: 7:30
Same Place: The Libertine on Lower Greenville
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Dallas Audubon and Sierra Club events ! | Jun 18 (Sat) Cedar Ridge Preserve Trail Maintenance and Walk Its fun and its helpful to get out to the Cedar Ridge Preserve in Dallas to help upgrade some of the beautiful walking trails, just south of Dallas. The address is 7171 Mountain Creek Pkwy, Dallas, TX 75249. Its a great morning workout, and the scenery is exceptional. No tools are required, (maybe gloves) just show up and be ready to lend a hand or two. We'll work from 9 AM to 11 or so, and then walk around the preserve and admire the wildflowers and fauna! Bring some water for sure. Its on Saturday the 18th of June, please see their website www.audubondallas.org/cedarridge.html for directions and info. Their number is 972-709-7784. If you wish to carpool, then let me know, and we'll arrange a meeting spot. Come on out and stay green, people! Organizer: Ginger Bradley 469-223-7902 
Jun 21 (Tue) Night Hike at Arbor Hills Nature Preserve Celebrate the First Day of Summer. Meet at 7:00PM near the pavilions. Arbor Hills is located at 6701 W. Parker Rd. in Plano just west of Midway Rd. We will walk 5 miles mainly on a paved path. No reservations, just show up. Optional frozen yogurt afterwards. Visit park website here. Leader: Judy Cato 972-238-5738
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Dallas County
Young Democrats | 
This Tuesday, June 14th, is our monthly General Membership Meeting. We are again meeting at our old home of Zubar on Greenville! Join us at 6:30 for happy hour, and for the meeting at 7:00 as we discuss issues concerning Dallas. Currently, there may be construction going on around Zubar as a part of a beautification process, but free parking should still be plentiful in the back. See you Tuesday! General Membership Meeting Zubar 2012 Greenville Avenue Dallas, TX 75206 PS: Want to get involved but can't make the meeting? Email Katie Haley, our Membership Committee Chair, at membership@dallasyoungdemocrats.org for more information. .
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