Texas Democratic Women of Collin County Presents: Movie Night at the Angelika : Gasland Tuesday April 10 |  Texas Democratic Women of Collin County Presents: Movie Night at the Angelika
Celebrate Earth Month! Get informed and inspired to save our planet and our neighborhood!
See Josh Fox's acclaimed documentary Gasland; learn about "fracking" and the dangers of gas drilling. Join us for a lively panel discussion after the movie, with leading citizen expert in the Barnet Shale: Sharon Wilson of Earthworks Oil & Gas Accountability Project; Kathy Martin, civil engineer, expert in environmental regulations related to water, waste disposal, oil and gas exploration and the potential for pollution; and John McCall Jr. of the Dallas Gas Drilling Task Force, which after months of hot debate, came up with recommendations that will impact us all!
Tuesday April 10, Plano Angelika Theater, Shops at Legacy
7205 Bishop Rd, Plano TX 75024
6:00 - 9:30 PM
Dessert and Coffee will be served before the movie including Kosher for Passover
Suggested Donation: $25
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The Texas Rally to Unite Against the War on Women is Saturday, April 28, |  The Texas Rally to Unite Against the War on Women
Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 4:00 pm On the south side of the capitol building TEXANS UNITE AGAINST THE WAR ON WOMEN We are shocked and angered to see a radical and well-funded fringe element attempt to roll back the clock, not just a generation, but a century, to a time when family planning was considered outrageous and brave women went to jail to secure the freedom and sanctity of their own bodies. We, the clear thinking citizens of Texas and the United States of America, believe that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness includes the following: *The right of every person to make medical decisions independent of legislative whim. *The right of every worker to have equal access to health insurance coverage, regardless of an employer's personal beliefs. *The right to family planning as a completely personal decision. *The right for doctor patient consultations to be private. *The right to autonomy of one's own body. Nothing is more basic. Make a sign in advance and bring it along Wear comfortable shoes Bring your own beverages (in reusable containers, we hope) Bring your camera Make certain your phone is charged Got a Twitter account? Get one. Can you upload to Facebook from your phone? That would be nice. Bring your family and friends Check back often for the latest rally details and parking information. Sign up and get ready for Austin
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Democracy Now | 
On the 44th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., we look at his history of activism in Wisconsin, a state that has been central to the history of labor organizing, and beyond. Near the end of his life, King was helping to organize members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), which was founded in Wisconsin in 1932. King argued that labor rights were human rights and civil rights, a message that resonated in Wisconsin during last year's protests against Republican Gov. Scott Walker's effort to eliminate almost all collective bargaining rights for most public workers, as well as slash their pay and benefits. Watch/Listen/Read We speak with former White House adviser Van Jones about what role the Occupy movement can and should play in re-electing President Obama. He says one reason he launched his Rebuild the Dream campaign last summer was to recognize economic issues not being effectively addressed by progressives. Watch/Listen/Read |
5th Biennial Democratic Forum Sunday April 15th |  Far North Dallas Democrats, North Dallas Texas Democratic Women, Preston Hollow Democrats and North Texas Asian Democrats are co-sponsoring the event.
5th Biennial Democratic Forum Sunday April 15th at Campbell Green Recreation Center (Campbell and Hillcrest). Doors open 1:30pm , program begins at 2:00pm Candidates who have confirmed that they will appear are as follows: US Senate - Paul Sadler and Grady Yarbrough Congressional District 32 - Katherine McGovern County Commissioner Court #1 - Daniel Clayton, Theresa Daniels, Gloria Levario District Court 162 - Phyllis Lister Brown, Balthazar Cruz, David Diaz, Maricela Moore, Teresa Guerra Snelson Criminal Court 4 - Dominique Collins and J.R. Cooke Sheriff - Lupe Valdez Candidates for State HD 102 and 114 and Democratic Party Chair Darlene Ewing will also speak. A number of candidates without primary opponents will be available to talk to you and provide information. |
North Texas Progressive Book Suggestion |  Rebuild the Dream
By Van Jones List Price:$25.99 Price: $15.59 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details BUY HERE In Rebuild the Dream, green economy pioneer Van Jones reflects on his journey from grassroots outsider to White House insider. For the first time, he shares intimate details of his time in government - and reveals why he chose to resign his post as a special advisor to the Obama White House. Jones puts his hard-won lessons to good use, proposing a powerful game plan to restore hope, fix our democracy and renew the American Dream. The American Dream means different things to people, but the center of gravity is always the same: an ordinary person-who was not born with great wealth, but who is willing to work hard and play by the rules-should be able to find employment, live in a good community, make progress financially, retire with dignity, and give his or her children a better life. Forced out of his job as White House special adviser on green jobs by a right-wing smear campaign, Jones has just become the first former Obama official to release a book. It's called Rebuild the Dream, and its release comes on the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination. Obama appointed Jones as an adviser in 2009, but he resigned his post after he came under an attack spearheaded by then-Fox News host Glenn Beck. He writes about the experience in his new book and describes his unusual history as both a White House insider and an outside agitator for grassroots change. Watch/Listen/Read
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North Texas Democrats : Notes and News | 
Dallas Democrats Monday, April 9, 2012 7:00 PM La Madeleine /3072 Mockingbird Ln /Dallas, TX 75205 /214-696-0800
Irving Texas Democratic Women
Tuesday, April 3: 6 PM, African Village Restaurant, 3003 N. Beltline, Irving Greater Arlington/Mansfield Democratic Women Thu, 04/12/2012 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm Our monthly meeting is every 2nd Thursday at: Little O's Patio Bar & Grill /4650 Little Rd. /Arlington, TX 76017 (Southwest corner of I-20 and Little Rd.) Join us for dinner at 6 pm; the meeting begins promptly at 7 pm. For more information about us go to: www.gamdw.com Educators to Educators Phone Bank Tarrant County Dems Join fellow Educators as we reach out to our colleagues across Tarrant County Contact Cheryl Smith for more info cherylsmith818@msn.com Start Date: Repeats every month on the Saturday until Wed Nov 07 2012 . Sat, 04/14/2012 - 1:30pm - 4:30pm |
| At Texas Schools, Making Do on a Shoestring- New York Times |  HUTTO, Tex. - School buses passed by 16-year-old Aubrey Sandifer as he walked home one recent afternoon in this rural town northeast of Austin.
Related What is a humdrum routine for millions of students around the country - riding to and from school on a yellow bus - has become a thing of the past for Aubrey. Faced with a budget shortfall, the Hutto Independent School District stopped providing bus service to him and other students who live within a two-mile walk of a campus. The move saved the district $25,000. read on |
Woman Picking Fruit in Stock Photo Endorses Al Franken |  As a political reporter, I spend most of my waking hours deleting emails from various campaigns asking for money. I know that sounds really glamorous, but after opening the nth email with an authentic-sounding subject line (a smattering, from Buzzfeed) only to find a stock-photo-laden pitch, it starts to wear on you.
That is what makes this pitch, from Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), and featuring a stock photo of a woman picking fruit at a supermarket, stand out: Hello, I'm Woman Picking Out Fruit In Supermarket. And I'm writing to you today on behalf of Al Franken-a Senator who stands up for real people (including those of us who make a living posing for stock photos).
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Exclusive: Low ratings could end cable deal for Gore's Current TV |  ** please DVR and Tivo -that increases ratings !
(Reuters) - Al Gore's Current TV has bigger problems to deal with than a potential lawsuit from fired news anchor Keith Olbermann - namely not getting kicked off Time Warner Cable for low ratings.
According to three sources with knowledge of the situation, Time Warner Cable Inc's carriage agreement with Current TV stipulates that, if the left-leaning political news network fails to meet a minimum threshold for overall viewers in a given quarter, financial penalties such as Current TV being required to increase marketing and promotion spending on the cable operator's systems are triggered. If Current TV misses the audience benchmark in two consecutive quarters, another clause is triggered that would allow Time Warner Cable to drop the channel. The condition was built into the most recent distribution pact between the two parties, which was signed in 2010. "Time Warner Cable has been flirting with the idea of pulling Current off its systems for some time now," said one of the sources, who all spoke on condition of anonymity. All of the sources interviewed for this story declined to provide the precise threshold for overall viewers. Olbermann, the feisty host of the politically tinged talk show "Countdown," was fired from Current TV last week and replaced with former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer. read on |
Basic Ecovillage Info: Costs, Location, Sustainable Housing/Living, The Dallas Alternative Energy Meetup Group |  Wednesday, April 11, 2012
6:30 PM Spiral Diner 1101 N Beckley Ave Dallas, TX 75208 This is a meetup to give basic information about the Ecovillage forming east of Rockwall as it is moving forward now--hopefully with you as a part of it. Find out about sustainable CEB housing, Permaculture, costs--just general information. OK to be late as meeting is informal. |
Top 50 Things Accomplished by President Barack Obama |  Keep a print out of these to give to people !
A look back at Obama's first term. 1. Passed Health Care Reform: After five presidents over a century failed to create universal health insurance, signed the Affordable Care Act (2010). It will cover 32 million uninsured Americans beginning in 2014 and mandates a suite of experimental measures to cut health care cost growth, the number one cause of America's long-term fiscal problems. 2. Passed the Stimulus: Signed $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009 to spur economic growth amid greatest recession since the Great Depression. Weeks after stimulus went into effect, unemployment claims began to subside. Twelve months later, the private sector began producing more jobs than it was losing, and it has continued to do so for twenty-three straight months, creating a total of nearly 3.7 million new private-sector jobs. Read on |
One Day Without Shoes -Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |  Tuesday, April 10, 2012 5:30pm until 7:30pm
Lions Park /Ennis, TX 75119 /off US 287, turn on Hall St
Lisa Marak Photography & Stevi Loren Salon are asking everyone in Ennis (& surrounding areas) to join us for this free event to bring awareness to those without shoes.
TOMS Shoes: One Day Without Shoes is a global event taking place on April 10th! So grab your friends, your kids, your co-workers and join us to walk a barefoot mile in someone else's shoes. (Without Shoes) You don't actually have to walk a mile...you can just come and hang out in the park!!
Bring yourself a picnic for afterwards or let the kids play in the park or just enjoy the evening with friends!
Lisa Marak Photography will have the Funky Monkey Photobooth at the event! For $5.00, you & your friends & family can take get a One Day Without Shoes Photobooth Keepsake! Half of ALL money from the photobooth will be used to purchase TOMS gift cards and some of you will win your very own FREE Toms Shoes! Its a WIN-WIN for everyone!
We will also be doing a Shoe Drive that will benefit Helping Hands of Ennis! Bring your gently worn shoes to the event! Mens, Women's & Children's shoes will be accepted!!! If you have any questions, send us a message or give us a call... Stevi at 972-875-2230 or give Lisa a ring at the studio 972-875-1020.
For more info on the global event:
http://www.onedaywithoutshoes.com/
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BREAKING: Kraft Becomes Third Corporation To Drop ALEC |  Following Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, tonight Kraft became the third major corporation to announce its departure from the right-wing business front group ALEC.
Yesterday, Kraft told NPR that "it was keeping its membership in ALEC." But by this evening, Kraft reversed its position, announcing it would no longer support ALEC. The company has issued the following statement:
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Why are AT&T, Bayer & UPS working with ALEC to make it harder for you to vote? Is 41.5% turnout too high? http://t.co/SgNAa50E |
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| The Gullible Center By PAUL KRUGMAN NY Times | So, can we talk about the Paul Ryan phenomenon? 
And yes, I mean the phenomenon, not the man. Mr. Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee and the principal author of the last two Congressional Republican budget proposals, isn't especially interesting. He's a garden-variety modern G.O.P. extremist, an Ayn Rand devotee who believes that the answer to all problems is to cut taxes on the rich and slash benefits for the poor and middle class.
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Texas Observer : Politics becomes personal | 
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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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Government Services and Income Tax Forms | Government Services and Income Tax Forms Most standard tax forms are available free of charge at your post office and all forms are available free of charge on-line. The Internal Revenue Service also provides free advice for taxpayers on many issues. The IRS website is the usually best "first stop" for any tax related question. The Internal Revenue Service Homepage
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This is the home page of the IRS. It provides links to a wide array of governmental resources and materials.
IRS Tax Forms
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Taxpayers can find a complete list of government pamphlets and tax forms (with full instructions) on this page.
Interactive Tax Assistant http://www.irs.gov/ita/index.html?portlet=105
The IRS provides a free interactive online tax assistant. This service provides answers to the most commonly asked questions (e.g., "Do I need to file income taxes?" "Who can I claim as a dependent?" and "Am I eligible for a Child Tax Credit?"). This site answers all of the most commonly asked questions in plain English, which is accessible to people with average reading and math skills (the site is also linked to a Spanish language version of the site). Your 2011 Federal Taxpayer Receipt
In his 2011 State of the Union Address, President Obama promised that, for the first time ever, American taxpayers would be able to go online and see exactly how their federal tax dollars are spent. The receipt launched that year and, now, we've updated the tool to reflect current spending. Just enter a few pieces of information about your taxes, and the taxpayer receipt will give you a breakdown of how your tax dollars are spent on priorities like education, veterans benefits, or health care.
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SNL's Mitt Romney Campaigns On A Pro-Everything Platform | 
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Seeking Justice in the Face of Hate | 
Thursday, April 5th 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. SMU McCord Auditorium / 306 Dallas Hall (3225 University Blvd., Dallas) How long does a person or community have to wait for justice in the face of bad human behavior? SMU's Embrey Human Rights Program will host a panel discussion and Q&A featuring acclaimed playwright Erik Ehn of Brown University, whose work addresses violence, genocide and faith (and whose Diamond Dick play about the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 will open April 13 in Dallas); hate-crime survivor and World Without Hate peace activist Rais Bhuiyan; Cece Cox, executive director and CEO of Resource Center Dallas, one of North Texas' primary LGBT and HIV/AIDS service organizations; Texas Rep. Lon Burnam, who will highlight the legal issues surrounding a local Muslim family seeking justice for the murder of their son; and Detective Terry Trail of the SMU Police Department who will discuss hate groups in the U.S. and their uses of the Internet. There will also be a musical performance of two songs from the play, Diamond Dick. Free and open to the public. For more details visit smu.edu/humanrights or call 214-768-8347.
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Progressive Talk Arrives in Atlanta | RIVERS RADIO Variety WGUN-A (ATLANTA'S 1010)/ATLANTA has added a "progressive talk" lineup 
The lineup, airing 10a-midnight weekdays, includes DIAL GLOBAL's ED SCHULTZ and THOM HARTMANN, PREMIERE's RANDI RHODES, SYNDICATION ONE's WARREN BALLENTINE, and the syndicated MIKE MALLOY show. Weekends include PREMIERE's "AT HOME WITH GARY SULLIVAN" and "KEEP HOPE ALIVE WITH REV. JESSE JACKSON." EVP/GM KEVIN HENNINGS said, "ATLANTA's 1010 is excited to be able to offer this incredible lineup to our rapidly growing audience. For the first time in a very long while, the listeners of ATLANTA now have a diverse choice of viewpoints and opinions." http://atlantas1010.com/
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Fracking In North Texas - April 10, Tue - NW Dallas | Environmental Issues Associated with Oil and Gas Development in North Texas 
Michael Overbay, the EPA Region 6 Ground Water Center Coordinator, and Ruben Casso, the EPA Region 6 Air Toxics Coordinator, will present information on how large scale development of the shale gas resources in the Fort Worth Basin have been perceived as impacting environmental issues, such as water quantity, water quality, air quality, wastewater disposal, and induced seismicity. The presentation will also include a discussion of the status of EPA's proposed rules on air emissions related to oil and gas development and production. Free. 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 10, Dallas Sierra Club at REI Dallas The Dallas Sierra Club meets at the REI store on the west-bound LBJ/I-635 service road between Welch Road and Midway Road (west of the Dallas North Tollway, next to Guitar Center). The address is REI, 4515 Lyndon B Johnson Freeway, Dallas, TX 75244; phone 972 490 5989. The meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. in the Guadalupe Peak room (upstairs). From 6:30 to 7:00, you can enjoy snacks and refreshments as you wander among various issue booths to pick up information and talk with Sierra Club members and leaders. Here is a link to a map: http://www.dallassierraclub.org/page.htm generalmeeting Contact Kirk Miller, KirkMiller@DallasSierraClub.org
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