Dear nancy, Good Afternoon!
Check out how local activists ( Billionaires for the Ryan Plan ) participated in the GOP state convention last week in Ft. Worth ! You sure won't see any coverage of this in the local mee-dya !
There is lots of great stuff to do this week, you can :
Enjoy a wonderful flute concert( thanks to Amy for sponsoring the newsletter today!) , or have a talk with Mike Burgess, attend a Juneteeth event/picnic , help build a database of campaign buys at local TV stations ( for some reason Republicans in Congress don't want voters to know), learn to help save bees and of course drink liberally !
All these events need now... is you !
Thanks,
Nancy Cunningham
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Tarrant County for Obama - Juneteenth Celebration | 
Come to our Juneteenth celebration at the historic Jenkins-Daniel home in Fort Worth. Bring your favorite covered dish and we'll have an outdoor/indoor party as we discuss upcoming events and hear from our local candidates. what: Tarrant County for Obama - Juneteenth Celebration when: Saturday, June 16, 4:00 - 7:00pm where: Historic Jenkins Daniels House, 4630 Collinwood Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76107 contact: Randy Daniels RandyDaniels@charter.net (817)475-7180 |
Democracy Now | 
Several months before Occupy Wall Street, the Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz wrote "Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%," an article for Vanity Fair. He returns to the subject in his new book looking at how inequality is now greater in the United States than any other industrialized nation. He notes that the six heirs of the Wal-Mart fortune command wealth equivalent to the entire bottom 30 percent of American society. On Tuesday, Bloomberg News reported that pay for the top CEOs on Wall Street increased by more than 20 percent last year. Meanwhile, census data shows nearly one in two Americans, or 150 million people, have fallen into poverty or could be classified as low-income. Watch/Listen/Read The new book, Private: Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks, and the Biggest Exposure of Official Secrets in American History, tracks Manning's trajectory from growing up as a gay teen in small-town Oklahoma to joining the U.S. Army, where he found success as an intelligence analyst before being charged with the largest U.S. intelligence breach on record. We speak with the book's author, Denver Nicks. Watch/Listen/Read |
VIDEO: ProPublica's "Free the Files" Project on Rachel Maddow | 
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Last night, reporter Justin Elliott was a guest on The Rachel Maddow Show to talk about ProPublica's Free the Files project, a crowdsourcing effort to post political ad data online. By law, broadcasters are required to keep detailed information on these ads, including when they aired, how much they cost, and who bought them. This treasure trove of data, however, is kept in cumbersome paper files that are only accessible by physically visiting local stations. The FCC has since voted to require broadcasters to upload these documents online, but media companies have been lobbying against this transparency measure. Earlier this week, Elliott reported on Republican efforts to block funding for the FCC to implement this measure and further delay the transition to an online database. As Maddow highlights in the segment, "the investigative journalism all-stars over at ProPublica have decided that watching and waiting for this to wend its way through the system is kinda boring." Instead, we had readers from across the country help us "free the files" at their local stations and post the data online, and we hope you'll continue to follow our reporting on this important election season issue. |
Billionaires for the Ryan Plan attend Republican state convention | 
The Billionaires stand by the entrance on Houston Street, so delegates have to walk by the small crowd on their way to and from lunch. A few tell the Billionaires to get a job. Others, like the man in the Revolutionary War hat, linger by the door and watch. A woman in a Ted Cruz t-shirt takes pictures. "Can I get a group shot?" Counting the handbag dog named Dotty, there are nine of them. The men wear top hats; the women, shimmering dresses and feathery pink boas. One drinks water from a champagne flute. Another has hundred-dollar bills stuffed into his coat pockets. They carry signs that read "Wealthcare for the wealthy" and, "It's class war and we're winning."read on ** of course these are local progressive activists ! Very effective action ! |
North Texas Progressive Book Suggestion | 
As Texas Goes...: How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda By Gail Collins List Price: $25.95 Price: $17.13 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. BUY HERE Gail Collins on Texas's Abstinence Sex Education Problems Fact: Texas refuses to accept federal funding for sex education programs that teach kids how to avoid pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases with tactics other than celibacy. The reason, according to a spokeswoman for State Health Services, is that its "first choice is that teens chose not to have sex."read on Everything's Bigger About Texas -Not just in 2012! In 50 years, we may all be Texans-or Texans might not even be Americans. By Gail Collin Read on |
North Texas Democrats : Notes and News | 
Monday, June 11: * Metrocrest Democrats (6:30 PM, New New Buffet, 3822 Belt Line Rd., Addison) * Dallas Democrats June Meetup (7:00 PM La Madeleine (Near S.M.U.) 3072 Mockingbird Ln Dallas) Tuesday, June 12: * Dallas County Young Democrats (6:30 PM, Zubar, 2012 Greenville Ave., Dallas) * Dallas Drinking Liberally (7:30 PM, Libertine Bar at 2101 Greenville Ave., Dallas) Wednesday, June 13: * Texas Coalition of Black Democrats (6:30 PM, Quick's Bar & Grill, 1011 Corinth St., Dallas) * Labor Dallas meeting (7 PM, union hall, 2218 E Main in Grand Prairie) * Tarrant County Young Democrats June Meeting ( 7:00pm at Magnolia Motor Lounge ) |
| MidCities and Denton County Democrats say... let's talk to Burgess | 
This Wednesday and Thursday my competitor Micheal Burgess will be hosting two Town Hall Meetings. Join me Tuesday at 6:30pm at the Denton County Democratic Party Headquarters to help make signs and write question to ask him. email us if you have any questions or want to help! David@sanchezforcongress.org Denton Town Hall Meeting- Wednesday, June 13, 2012 7 p.m. Center for the Visual Arts 400 E. Hickory Street (corner of Bell & Hickory) Denton, Texas 76201 --- Flower Mound Town Hall Meeting -Thursday, June 14, 2012 7 p.m. Trietsch Memorial United Methodist Church 6101 Morriss Road Flower Mound, Texas 75028 |
Ben and Jerry's Co-founder: Time to Occupy Dollar Bills | 
Yahoo! News reports that Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream, is teaming up with Move to Amend to "distribute rubber stamps with anti-corporate election spending messages so that the politically-minded can mark their dollar bills." Cohen plans to put a giant stamping machine on a national tour in August to encourage "thousands of people to buy rubber stamps and stamp any currency that comes into their possession." Slogans like "Corporations are not people," "Money is not speech" and "Not to be used for bribing politicians," will now adorn currency in an Occupy cash campaign. The goal of Move to Amend is to secure a constitutional amendment that says "corporations do not enjoy the same protected rights as individuals and that money is not a form of speech." Cohen's attorney says that as long as the bills are still legible, it is legal to put the stamps on them. read on |
President Obama Addresses Netroots Nation 2010 | 
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WATCH: A Dallas Pastor's Inspiring Endorsement of Marriage Equality | 
Pastor Frederick Haynes of the Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas gave a powerful sermon in support of President Obama's recent endorsement of marriage equality. Haynes notes that during his oath of office, Obama vowed to uphold the constitution, not the Bible. During his sermon, which criticized both fellow pastors and the congregation for their condemnation of marriage equality, "the congregation stood up and shouted their disapproval at him." Haynes argued that the congregation should change its views:
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| Native American flutist R. Carlos Nakai special Summer Solstice concert for Earth Rhythms | 
Native American flutist R. Carlos Nakai special Summer Solstice concert for Earth Rhythms 1st time in Dallas in over 10 years! with long-time musical partners guitarist William Eaton and percussionist Will Clipman Saturday June 23rd ~ 7:30 pm general admission seating ~ doors open at 6:30 pm Unity Dallas 6525 Forest Ln east of Preston TICKETS: HERE Experience the improvisational world-beat side of R Carlos Nakai. The ancient melodies of Nakai's Native American flutes are enveloped in the rich harmonies and chordal timbres of Eaton's uniquely handcrafted multi-stringed instruments. Clipman's pan-global percussion provides an embodied groove.
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Dr. Errington Thompson's "Where's the outrage? " blog | 
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Some merchandise at Texas Republican Convention is made in China | It's not all politics at the Republican state convention. 
Delegates are crowding concession booths to haul off everything from "conservative" children's literature to glittery elephant-shaped brooches and nonpartisan $75 neckties with armadillos and oil-field pump jacks instead of pachyderms. Despite all the patriotic flag-waving at the gathering, many of the goods were made in communist China. And an "I Palin" T-shirt for women was sewn in Nicaragua -- led by President Daniel Ortega of the socialist Sandinista National Liberation Front, against whom President Ronald Reagan armed the contra force. Read more here
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Sam Seder is Depressed at Netroots Nation | 
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So You Want to be a Hobby Beekeeper: What You Need to Know - Irving | Thu, 06/14/2012 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm Valley Ranch Library 401 Cimarron Trail Irving, TX 75063 This event is free and open to the public. Please register for this and green classes in Irving by visiting www.cityofirving.org/begreen, or call 972-742-2296. Fact: A b ee travels an average of 1,600 round trips in order to produce one ounce of honey; up to six miles per trip. To produce two pounds of honey, bees travel a distance equal to four times around the earth. This class will give students more insight into the life and important work of the honey bee as well as information about how to become a beekeeper including costs, equipment, setup, location, time commitment and resources. Thursday, June 14 6 to 7:30 p.m. Valley Ranch Library 401 Cimarron Trail Speaker: Fran Witte, City of Irving
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