Dear nancy, Good Afternoon!
Wow --there is lots going on ! Remember most of the Democratic events are open to everyone in North Texas - if you work near the Mid Cities Democrats meeting /dinner location and it would be convenient for you to go there after work you are welcome to attend even if you don't live there !
Don't let the geographic designations keep you from going!
Get busy support Lon Burman's Freedom to marry bill , maybe get on the bus to Austin for immigration reform, tell Cruz to support Medicare and attend some great local screenings !
We can do this !
Thanks,
Nancy Cunningham
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Tonight " Hubris " with Rachel Maddow on MSNBC -must see TV ! | 
TONIGHT! Must-see: Rachel Maddow hosts the premier of "HUBRIS," 8PM CST, 9PM EST on msnbc. http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3036750/ns/msnbc-documentaries/ On the tenth year after the illegal invasion of Iraq, people are coming out of the woodwork to expose the Bush administration's lies and crimes. Perfect timing in the lead-up to the dedication of the Bush LIE-bury & "think tank." Come to Dallas the week of April 25 during the Bush LIE-bury dedication to demand that these war criminals be held responsible! DON'T LET DECEIT AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY BE THE ACCEPTED POLICY OF OUR COUNTRY! www.thepeoplesresponse.org / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/454485331265656/ |
Democracy Now | 
During his State of the Union Tuesday, President Obama announced the formation of a new bipartisan commission to fix the nation's broken voting system. In the audience was 102-year-old Desiline Victor who waited for hours to cast her ballot in the last election. Victor lives in Florida, where an estimated 200,000 voters failed to vote after becoming frustrated by the long lines. We speak to NAACP President Benjamin Jealous about how long lines is just one of many forms of voter suppression that the commission needs to address. Watch/Listen/Read The fire that killed former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner on Tuesday has drawn comparisons to the deadly 1993 raid on the Branch Davidian complex in Waco, Texas, and the 1985 police bombing of the MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia. In Waco, federal agents denied for years they had used incendiary tear gas after a fire killed 76 people inside the compound. We speak to former Seattle police chief Norm Stamper and Radley Balko, author of the forthcoming book, "Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces." Watch/Listen/Read The ability of the U.S. government to jail people without charge or trial is now back in court. A group of reporters, scholars and activists are suing the Obama administration over the controversial provision in the National Defense Authorization Act, saying it could allow for the indefinite detention of journalists and others who interact with certain groups. On Wednesday, the Justice Department asked an appeals court to reverse a judge's earlier decision blocking indefinite detention, saying the ruling would hamper its ability to fight terrorism. On the same day, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker and activist Michael Moore and the case's lead plaintiff, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges, took part in a panel featuring some of those who were in the courtroom opposing the NDAA. We air excerpts of their remarks. Watch/Listen/Read |
Meet the Texas GOPer Who's Bringing Ted Nugent to Obama's SOTU | 
Nugent in the past has threatened to kill President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and California Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer. At some point we're going to have to consider Texas a failed state. There should be a limit to just how dumb your representatives can be before it runs afoul of some trigger mechanism, somewhere, after which all the people who voted for that particular moron are stripped from voting again until they satisfactorily re-complete the fourth grade-but one problem with that, I suppose, is that we'd end up with the most unstable, heavily armed group of mustachioed fourth graders to ever grace our poorly funded public schools, and nobody wants to see that.
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When I Rise special documentary screening Wednesday, February 20 at 7:30pm | 
Presented by Texas Independent Film Network & The Dallas Film Society and Dallas Video Fest WHEN I RISE featuring a post Q & A with the Filmmakers Wednesday, February 20 at 7:30pm When I Rise - Trailer Click this Link for more info and to purchase tickets. Synopsis -When a gifted black music student at the University of Texas is cast in an opera opposite a white male classmate, she is thrust into a civil rights storm that changes her life forever. Expelled from the cast amidst a backlash from members of the Texas legislature, this small-town girl, whose voice and spirit stem from her roots in East Texas, emerges as an internationally celebrated mezzo-soprano and headlines on stages around the world. Angelika Film Center Dallas * Mockingbird Station 5321 East Mockingbird Lane, Suite 230 Dallas, TX 75206 * 214.841.4712 * www.AngelikaFilmCenter.com |
North Texas Progressive Calendar | 
Monday, February 18: - North Texas Asian Democrats (7:30 PM, Maxim's Restaurant, 1531 Terrace Drive, Richardson)
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· Dallas Democrats Meetup (7:00 PM La Madeleine (Near S.M.U.) 3072 Mockingbird Ln Dallas) Tuesday, February 19: - Stonewall Democrats of Dallas (6:30 PM, Ojeda's Restaurant, 4617 Maple Ave., Dallas)
· Jewish Democrats Meeting Ft Worth Join us at Mimi's Restaurant 5858 SW LOOP 820, FORT WORTH Wednesday, February 20: - Garland Democratic Woman's Club Our speaker will be Mike Wilburn, Metroplex Representative for the USO. Mike will speak of the work done by the USO and give us volunteer opportunities. (11:30 PM TO 1:00 PM, Siciliano's - A Taste of Italy, 2210 W. Buckingham Rd., Garland)
Thursday, February 21: - Denton Democrats Volunteer Appreciation Dinner & Public Executive Committee Meeting 6:15 p.m. Appreciation Dinner 7:00 Public EC MeetingLos Tereros Restaurant2900 Wind River Lane
Denton We have many items on the agenda as we work to implement new procedures during our meetings, discuss the approval of house district clubs and more.Come early if you plan to order dinner or come by and thank our wonderful volunteers for their hard work. · Drinking Liberally Mid-Cities Third Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. - ? Los Jimadores Tequilla Factory 3314 Harwood Road, Bedford Questions? E-mail us at midcities@drinkingliberally.org · Rockwall County Democratic Party Dem Dames (630 pm La Madeleine) Join the Dem Dames for dinner with local Democratic women. · Northeast Tarrant Democrats meet every third Thursday. Everyone in the Dallas/Fort Worth area is welcome. ( 6:30 pm Judge Beans Cantina, 341 N Main St, Keller, TX) questions? Lee Williams LeeWilliams628@gmail.com |
Tell Senator Cruz Texans want him to vote to protect Social Security and Medicare ! | 
THE TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS SAYS HAVE A HEART SENATOR CRUZ! Please join us for an important rally on Thursday February 21, 2013 at 10 AM. We will deliver petitions with 36,000 signatures of Texans to ask Senator Ted Cruz to make no cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid! The office is in Meadow Park Tower at 10440 North Central, Expway Dallas 75231. We will rally in the parking lot and go inside to Senator Cruz's office. http://goo.gl/maps/jsOR8
Please contact Judy and get involved with this great group - you don't have to be retired you only have to care about these issues to participate in these actions.
Judy Bryant Field Organizer Texas Alliance for Retired Americans
Judy4TARA@aol.com
214-349-4295 (h)
214-729-0063 (c)
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| Texans to march in Austin for immigration reform buses being organized from North Texas | 
Texans are once against leading the way on immigration reform. As the debate heats up nationwide, Texas communities are taking their demands to the streets. Click on the flyer below for information and invite your friends. Texans Demand Immigration Reform - Feb 22 Several buses will depart from the Dallas Ft. Worth Area For more information: email Oscar Torres at Oscar_Campa@live.com or call 214-791-4183 Thank you to our financial sponsors: All Saints Fort Worth, St. Matthew Catholic Church Arlington Law Office of Domingo Garcia P.C., Law Office of Cedillo-Pereira & Cedillo, PLLC and many others Community Sponsors: Arlington Proyecto Unido, Pueblo Sin Fronteras, Proyecto Inmigrante,Voces Unidas Por Los Inmigrantes, Dallas Peace Center, Texas Organizing Project http://reformimmigrationfortexas.org |
North Texas State Rep. Lon Burnam Files HB 1300 Providing for the Freedom to Marry in Texas | State Rep. Lon Burnam Files HB 1300 Providing for the Freedom to Marry in Texas Austin, Texas (February 14, 2013) - In a Valentine's Day gift to all Texans, State Representative Lon Burnam (D-90) today filed legislation [HB 1300] to permit same-gender couples in Texas the freedom to marry. The legislation would remove revisions made to the state's Family Code in 2003 that prohibit the recognition of marriages between two people of the same gender, either performed in Texas or in other states. If enacted, HB 1300 would provide important legal protections for same-gender couples, including property rights, homestead rights, child custody and support, adoption, intestate succession, probate transfers, group insurance for state employees, and workers' compensation benefits. 
| Rep. Burnam announces Freedom to Marry bill - Happy Valentine's Day! |
read on here and support Lon here http://www.lonburnam.com/
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Why I Got Arrested at the White House to Stop the Tar Sands Pipeline Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. | 
On Sunday, Natural Resources Defense Council and Waterkeeper Alliance will join 350.org,Sierra Club and many other partners in holding the Forward on Climate Rally in Washington, D.C. This will be the largest climate rally in American history, with tens of thousands of people expected. From rejecting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline to limiting carbon pollution from our nation's dirty power plants, President Barack Obama's legacy will rest squarely on his response, resolve, and leadership in solving the climate crisis. READ Forty-eight people, including civil rights leader Julian Bond and NASA climate scientist James Hansen, were arrested Wednesday in front of the White House as part of an ongoing protest calling on the Obama administration to reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The action came before a rally planned for Sunday on Washington's National Mall, which organizers have dubbed "the largest climate rally in history." We speak to Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune, who was arrested in the first act of civil disobedience in the organization's 120-year history. Watch/Listen/Read
Sam Seder's amazing interview on Majority Report Podcast 
| Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on His Arrest & the Keystone XL Pipeline |
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LET'S STOP "PERRY NO CARE" | 
Carol shares her story and her struggle with COPD in this video Last week, the Texas Organizing Project invited Rick Perry to a Legislative Briefing that was held this past Saturday in Austin. To no surprise, Rick Perry was a no show. Had he attended, the Governor would have had a chance to hear from over 100 active community leaders who know first hand what his Perry No Care policies and rejection of $78 Billion in Health Care funding means to hardworking Texans. He would have heard from hardworking Texans like Carol Alexander, who suffers from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease but cannot afford treatment. Carol's job, like so many in Texas, does not provide health care insurance. Please stand with our TOP community leaders who are demanding action now by clicking here to donate $5 or $10. This will help us keep the heat on the Governor and his Perry No Care policies. If you can't donate please sign our petition demanding action now! https://www.facebook.com/perrynocare http://www.organizetexas.org/ |
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| Rubio and the Zombies By PAUL KRUGMAN | 
The State of the Union address was not, I'm sorry to say, very interesting. True, the president offered many good ideas. But we already know that almost none of those ideas will make it past a hostile House of Representatives. | read on |
Free screening of academy nominated " How To Survive A Plague ~ 02-21 | Free Film Screening How to Survive a Plague Please join the UT Southwestern HIV/AIDS Research Unit for a viewing of this powerful Oscar-nominated film about AIDS activism. "This isn't a movie about what AIDS did to us. This is a movie about what we did to AIDS." - director David France. Set in the 1980s and 1990s, How To Survive A Plague spotlights the birth, growth, and impact of two activist organizations, ACT UP and Treatment Action Group. The film won multiple awards in 2012 and is a 2013 Academy Award Nominee for best feature documentary. ![How To Survive a Plague - Official Trailer [HD]](https://thumbnail.constantcontact.com/remoting/v1/vthumb/YOUTUBE/1a0686ab554e4493860d3e3ab1e0e69e)
| How To Survive a Plague - Official Trailer [HD] |
Thursday, Feb. 21 @ 6:30 pm UT Southwestern Medical Center 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390 Zale Lecture Hall (D1.600)
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God made a farmer ?
How about God made a banker .. | You may have seen the amazing God made a Farmer Dodge ad on the Super Bowl 
| God Made a Farmer Ram Trucks Super Bowl Commercial with Paul Harvey |
how about So God Made a banker 
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Common Dreams : Reader Help Wanted local news ! | Reader Help Wanted We just created a special email account: newstip@commondreams.org. We want your help to improve our daily news coverage. If you know of local news items that a wider national/international audience would be interested in, please send us links. If you think we are failing to cover an important news story, let us know. http://www.commondreams.org/
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Vagina Monologues at SMU - benefits the Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center February 22 at 7:00pm until February 23 at 9:10pm | The Vagina Monologues at SMU - benefits the Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center February 22 at 7:00pm until February 23 at 9:10pm 
The play is based on playwright Eve Ensler's interviews with more than 200 women. Join us for an empowering production, and help us in our efforts to raise awareness and stop the violence against woman in our community and around the world!Tickets are $5 for with SMU ID and $10 for general public. They can be purchased at the door, or if you contact the Women's Interest Network at 214-768-4412 or e-mail arodgers@smu.edu or shelbis@smu.edu you can reserve tickets to be picked up at the door. All proceeds benefit the Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center.In 2011, over 5,800 V-Day benefit events took place around the world, educating millions of people about the reality of violence against women and girls. Let's do our best to get out there to make the numbers even greater!!! Come out, bring friends, and support this wonderful cause! Hughes-Trigg Student Center 3140 Dyer Street, Dallas, Texas 75205 more info
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Faulty Weld on Keystone XL Compromise Lives of East Texas Community | BREAKING: Faulty Weld on Keystone XL Compromise Lives of East Texas Community Tar Sands Blockade Sends Photos of Shoddy Welding Work from a Protest in December to Regulators WINONA, TX - February 13 - On the morning of December 3rd, faulty welds inside of a mile-long segment of KXL pipe were discovered during a Tar Sands Blockade action. The blockaders were shocked to find light shining through a weld precisely where they were resting after barricading themselves inside. The property through which the pipeline was being constructed belonged to a multi-generational Africa-American family, some of whom had had their land seized through the process of eminent domain, while others were paid as little as $200.
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Simpsons sum up U.S. politics | 
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