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Wow ! Lot's going on; there is phone banking all over , groups are organizing rides to the polls for folks who want to vote early and they need you help. If you have time on Election Day you might want to contact ACLU TX or Video the Vote ( links and # below )and volunteer to assist anyone who reports being intimidated at the polls - know the True the Vote nuts will be at Texas polls, so we need to be there too.
Folks have emailed to say thanks for posting more Texas centric progressive news because this is stuff they NEVER see in the media! I've included a few great articles this week ....
Know also that Romney's son didn't do a Dallas fundraiser last week with Glen Beck and Dick Cheney ( not kidding ) with out some hearty CodePink ladies, Veteran's for Peace and others welcoming them ;-) (see photo)
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The North Texas Tea Party Says Voting Machines Are Stealing Republican Votes | 
There's been a lot of talk this election season about the specter of voter fraud, the idea that the polls will be flooded by illegal immigrants, household pets and dead people (all left-leaning constituencies), thereby cheapening real Americans' votes.
There has been relatively little concern expressed about the accuracy of voting machines, which has been a hot button issue in the past.
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Meet Ted Cruz, "The Republican Barack Obama" | 
The tea party wonder boy is sweeping the GOP establishment off its feet. Come January, he could turn the Senate upside down.
The night he won the runoff, all but guaranteeing he'd be the next Republican senator from Texas, Ted Cruz thanked everyone but the Academy. Speaking to a victory party packed with supporters munching on Chick-fil-A tenders, Cruz spent nine minutes going through the credits-"Dr. Ron Paul"; "our two little beautiful girls!"; "Sarah Palin"-each punctuated by rapturous applause and sheepish, head-bobbing laughter from the candidate read on Mother Jones |
Democracy Now | In the week when President Obama and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney debated issues of foreign policy and the e conomy, we turn to world-renowned political dissident, linguist, author and MIT professor, Noam Chomsky. In a recent speech, Chomsky examined topics largely ignored or glossed over during the campaign: China, the Arab Spring, global warming, nuclear proliferation, and the military threat posed by Israel and the U.S. versus Iran. He reflects on the Cuban missile crisis, which took place 50 years ago this week and is still referred to as "the most dangerous moment in human history." He delivered this talk last month at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst at an event sponsored by the Center for Popular Economics. Chomsky's talk was entitled "Who Owns the World?" Watch/Listen/Read The former South Dakota senator and Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern has died at the age of 90. McGovern is best known for running against Richard Nixon in the 1972 presidential election on a platform of withdrawing U.S. troops from Vietnam, reducing defense spending and providing amnesty to those who evaded the draft. We're joined by Stephen Vittoria, director of the documentary, One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern. Watch/Listen/Read |
Organizing for America - Phone banking Dallas | 
Or search for other events near you here Can you make it? What: Phone bank in Dallas Where: 4312 McKinney Avenue #16 Dallas, TX 75205 When: Thursday, November 1st Shifts start at 6:00 pm |
Early voting and rides to polls in Denton County and Tarrant County | 
Denton County Early Voting- Mon, October 22, 12am - Sat, November 3, 12am Where Various locations through out Denton County. See our list of early voting locations on the main page under Vote Straight Ticket for Democrats. Groups will offer rides to the polls in the Frisco, Little Elm, Lewisville and Denton areas for those who lack transportation. Please call early to make arrangements. 940-566-1165. Tarrant County From email: As of yesterday, 117,974 of your friends, family and neighbors had voted early. While we are hopeful that they have all voted the Straight Democratic Ticket, I don't want any of us to start feeling too comfortable.President Obama, our national, statewide, legislative and local candidates need your support, and the easiest way to support them all is by voting the Straight Democratic Ticket. Not in our lifetimes has there been a more stark contrast between the kind of future that is offered by our Democratic candidates, and what would happen if the misguided opposition wins. By supporting every Democratic candidate you are supporting education, fairness and the right of all Americans to participate in the extraordinary benefits this country has to offer. So please, be sure your Number One Priority is to get out to one of the Tarrant County Early Voting locations and VOTE A STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC TICKET !! |
The latest electoral map from LA Times | 
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North Texas Progressive Calendar | M onday, October 29: - Dallas Dems Meetup (7:00 - 8:30 pm, La Madeleine, 3072 Mockingbird, 75205)
Tuesday, October 30: - Lakewood Democrats (6:30 PM, Times Ten, 6324 Prospect, Dallas)
Tuesday, November 6: General Election Day (7 AM - 7 PM, local precinct polling places) |
2012 General Election Voter Guide | The Texas Freedom Network Education Fund has assembled a nonpartisan voter guide to inform citizens about the positions of candidates for the State Board of Education, the Texas House and the Texas Senate.
Jump to: State Board of Education | Senate | House
All information reported here was provided directly by each candidate or campaign in response to a questionnaire.
For State Board of Education races, the guide is organized by issue. Click on one of the categories to see where candidates stand on that issue. (We have included responses only from candidates who completed the questionnaire.) You can also download and print a full version of the SBOE voter guide (PDF) that includes all issues. For more information and breaking news on state board races, visit TFN's SBOE Election Watch page. |
| "The Revisionaries": Texas Schoolbook Battle - Crazier Than You Thought! | 
An alarming, hilarious documentary revisits the Tea Party-fueled fight over evolution and Obama in school textbooks. Don McLeroy is a dentist in suburban Texas with the geeky, earnest manner of an American guy who has educated himself, however imperfectly, on a wide variety of topics. With his balding pate and high-waisted, pleated slacks, he makes Ned Flanders from "The Simpsons" look like Mick Jagger, circa 1969. I found myself utterly unable to resist McLeroy, who is likable and 100 percent sincere. He'd be a great neighbor, in large ways and small; the kind of guy who'd pull over on a busy highway to help a stranded motorist, while everybody else zoomed past. But as we see in the documentary "The Revisionaries," it'd be a mistake to consider him harmless just because he's a nice fellow. read on Alternet |
Drink for Democracy hopes to draw Dallas voters to the polls with happy hour deals afterward | 
Learn ∙ Choose ∙ Drink Drink for Democracy is a fun event created to motivate the Dallas community to make it out to the polls for the November elections. Take your friends with you and let's hold each other accountable for doing our part! Verify voter registration or register to vote - Research the candidates
- Go to the polls and make your voice heard
- Celebrate with your friends and community October 27th!
Keep our roads safe: If you plan on drinking at this event, be responsible and use a designated driver or taxi. Cowboy Cab 214-428-0202; Yellow Cab 214-426-6262; Alamo Cab 214-688-1999. Find out more http://drinkfordemocracy.com/ read more |
Kurt Eichenwald speaks on 500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars Free November 1st | 
KURT EICHENWALD TO GIVE THE 2012 WILLIAM J. O'NEIL LECTURE IN BUSINESS JOURNALISM AT SMU, NOV. 1 New York Times best-selling author Kurt Eichenwald will give the William J. O'Neil Lecture in Business Journalism at SMU at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 1. Eichenwald will discuss his controversial new book, 500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars, which details the U.S. government's response to the 9/11 terror attacks. The lecture takes place in Room 241 of the Umphrey Lee Center, 3300 Dyer St. on the SMU campus. Admission is free, and tickets are not required. For further information call 214-768-3695. Eichenwald's 500 Days chronicles the 18 months following 9/11 and lays bare the harrowing decisions, deceptions and delusions that changed America and the world forever. Buy a copy of the book here |
Progressive Star of Texas : Beto O'Rourke is on his way to shake up Congress | 
Let's do what we think is right and not apologize for immigration. Let's tell people what a huge positive it is. It defines who we are as a country to the rest of the world. One of the major upsets of the 2012 election season has already happened, and it was a big win for progressives. In late May, Robert "Beto" O'Rourke won the Democratic primary contest in Texas' 16th Congressional District, which is largely comprised of the city of El Paso. The incumbent, Silvestre Reyes, who has held the seat since 1997, was well-funded and had been endorsed by both Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. He was also ranked among the least progressive Democrats in the House by the website Progressive Punch. read on In These Times Magazine |
Volunteers needed for Video the Vote | 
** We better be doing this in Texas with True the Vote sworn to intimidate TX voters. We all know what happens when elections are this close. Remember Ohio in 2004, and Florida in 2000? 2012 is no different. Already this year, we've seen hundreds of attempts to disenfranchise voters through complicated ID laws, purges of the voting rolls, and voter intimidation. And news reports say a Koch Brothers funded group plans to challenge voters on Election Day across the country. In past elections, it took months for the full story of voter disenfranchisement to emerge, and by that point it was too late. We can't let that happen this election. With the media focused on calling races, it's up to people like you to make sure that any instance of voter disenfranchisement is captured and immediately broadcast for the entire world to see. That's why Video The Vote is gearing up for a massive, nationwide monitoring effort on Election Day, and we need your help to make it happen. Will you join us this Election Day? If so, pleases sign up here |
ACLU Texas important voting rights, special needs access and problems at polling places reporting # numbers ! | 
Earlier this year, the ACLU of Texas, the ACLU's Voting Rights Project, and other voting rights advocates persuaded a federal court to block a discriminatory law that would have limited the kinds of IDs voters could use to prove their identity at the polls. As a result, the photo voter ID law is NOT currently in effect, and you can vote using the same forms of ID you always have. Learn more about your right to vote below and share with your friends! Vote Early Vote On Election Day - November 6 Report Problems at Polling Stations - If you encounter problems, it is likely you can cast a provisional ballot.
- You can report problems to:
- Texas Secretary of State, Election Division: 800-252-8683 (toll free).
- ACLU Voter Protection Hotline: (877) 523-2792.
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| Medicaid on the Ballot By PAUL KRUGMAN NY Times | 
There's a lot we don't know about what Mitt Romney would do if he won. He refuses to say which tax loopholes he would close to make up for $5 trillion in tax cuts; his economic "plan" is an empty shell. Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times But one thing is clear: If he wins, Medicaid - which now covers more than 50 million Americans, and which President Obama would expand further as part of his health reform - will face savage cuts. Estimates suggest that a Romney victory would deny health insurance to about 45 million people who would have coverage if he lost, with two-thirds of that difference due to the assault on Medicaid read on | |
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Frontline PBS
Targeting the Electorate | 
The campaigns have more information about you then ever before. In 2012, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney's presidential campaigns are using that data, and controversial new tactics, to customize their messages to persuade you to support and donate to their campaigns. How they work -- and how they might be targeting you -- is the subject of two new digital exclusives at pbs.org/frontline. As a subscriber to this newsletter, you're among the first to see both. The Digital Campaign is a digital first documentary with correspondent Hari Sreenivasan of the PBS Newshour that goes inside the firms that sell campaigns data and the ways the Obama and Romney campaigns are using data to target voters. Watch It Targeting the Electorate is an interactive documentary experience that allows you to personalize the story to find out how campaigns are targeting you. Explore It Both are a part of FRONTLINE's Big Money 2012 initiative, a collaboration with APM's Marketplace investigating how money is reshaping the democratic process this election season. |
Fundraiser for Mitt Romney brings Dick Cheney, candidate's son to Dallas Love Field last week | Thanks to the CodePink and other local protestors who made sure they were properly greeted ! ( sign says arrest Cheney) 
dallas observer
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2 Minutes And 30 Seconds Every Cynical Person Needs To See |
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Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty in Austin | 
This Saturday, November 3, is the 13th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty in Austin at the Texas Capitol. It starts at 2 PM. Meet on the South Side of the Capitol. Visit the March page on Facebook. The march will be led by four exonerated death row survivors who each spent many years on death row waiting to be executed for crimes they did not commit. They made it out of the system alive, but there are many innocent people still on death row and other innocents who did not make it out alive. Speakers at the march will also include family members of people currently on death row, community leaders, activists and others. We represent a growing number of people across Texas and the nation who oppose the death penalty. We need your help to show the world that opposition to the death penalty in Texas is growing, so please attend the march. Texas has executed 488 people since 1982 (as of Oct 28, 2012). The 250th execution under Rick Perry is scheduled for Halloween on October 31. Twelve people have been exonerated while on death row in Texas, the most recent being Anthony Graves in 2010. http://marchforabolition.org/
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