Dallas Democratic Forum Panel On Immigration Reform June 7 th | 
Dallas Democratic Forum presents Immigration Reform: Will 2013 Make History? A panel discussion moderated by Dr. James F. Hollifield, Ph.D. (Director, John G. Tower Center for Political Studies and Professor of Political Science, SMU) with William A. Brewer (Partner, Bickel & Brewer), Mary Elizabeth Cedillo-Pereira, J.D. (Founding Partner, Cedillo-Pereira & Cedillo, PLLC), Sharif Choudhury (Founder and Owner, Enterprise America), and Ana Reyes (Member, Farmers Branch City Council). Come hear a panel discussion about the prospects for Immigration Reform and the legal and political landscape for minorities in North Texas this year. Learn about recent developments locally and nationally on this historic issue. 2013 Patron & Sustaining Members of the Forum -- Free, 2013 Regular Members -- $25, Non Members -- $40; Table of Ten - $300 (Preferred seating and sponsorship recognition optional for full table purchases.) RSVP by Wednesday, June 5, by email to WDGriggs AT Yahoo.com or to Voice Mail: 214-855-7151. Friday, June 7, 2013, 11:30 AM Registration/Buffet, 12:00 Noon Program, at The Belo Mansion -- Ross and Olive, Dallas. |
Texas Will Deny Health Coverage To 1.5 Million Low-Income Residents | 
1.5 million low-income Texans may go without health care coverage after lawmakers in the state voted against expanding Medicaid using $100 billion in federal funds offered under President Obama's health care law. The decision comes almost a year after the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government cannot require states to enroll more Medicaid beneficiaries.
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Can Al Jazeera Save American News? | 
It always seemed a little improbable that Arab sheiks could save American journalism. But in a business as troubled as the vast wasteland of American television news, hope springs eternal, and the Al Jazeera network out of Qatar seemed to offer an opulent oasis. In January, with great fanfare, it acquired the floundering Current TV network from Al Gore and his partners for some $500 million. Then it announced it would replace Current with a new Al Jazeera America network (in addition to its global Al Jazeera Arabic and Al Jazeera English networks), and hire about 800 people in the States. More than 22,000 applied. Headhunting for top executives goes on. read on |
Sign petition: Hon. Craig Watkins: Please Don't Seek The Death Penalty Anymore! | 
Hon. Craig Watkins: Please Don't Seek The Death Penalty Anymore! The State of Texas is set to carry out execution # 500 on June 26 2013 when Kimberly McCarthy is scheduled to receive a lethal injection. Please help put an end to this barbaric and archaic form of justice. A majority of Texans, when offered a choice between the death penalty and life-in-prison -without-possibility-of -parole, choose the latter. Please help Texas join 18 American states and 140 countries worldwide that have abolished the death penalty! Please sign a petition that requests Dallas DA, the Honorable Craig Watkins not to seek the death penalty anymore. We can abolish the death penalty in Texas one DA at a time! http://www.change.org/petitions/hon-craig-watkins-don-t-seek-the-death-penalty-anymore
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North Texas Progressive Calendar | 
Tuesday, June 4: - Irving Texas Democratic Women (6:30 PM, East China Buffet, 4023 W Airport FWY, Irving)
Wednesday, June 5: Thursday, June 6: ・ Clean Air Meetup Picasso's Forest@ Inwood 6:30 pm We will cover: 1) Latest on Keystone Pipeline, the pipeline is being dug up in places 2) What's new on Seaway tar sands pipeline/Pegasus 3) The Legislature: The Good and the Bad News 4) Runoff elections in Dallas- who won that we support. 5) Other events- Pete Sessions town hall, etc. Bring your announcements Thanks, Rita Beving, 214.557.2271 Friday, June 7: - Dallas Democratic Forum presents Immigration Reform: Will 2013 Make History? A panel discussion with William Brewer, Mary Elizabeth Cedillo-Pereira, Sharif Choudhury, and Farmers Branch Councilwoman Ana Reyes. 2013 Patron & Sustaining Members of the Forum -- Free, 2013 Regular Members -- $25, Non Members -- $40; Table of Ten - $300 (Preferred seating and sponsorship recognition optional for full table purchases.) RSVP by Wednesday, June 5, by email to WDGriggs AT Yahoo.com or to Voice Mail: 214-855-7151. (11:30 am Registration/Buffet, 12:00 Noon Program, The Belo Mansion -- Ross and Olive, Dallas)
Saturday, June 8: Grand Prairie Democrats (11:30 AM, Springcreek BBQ, 800 Skyline Rd., Grand Prairie) |
| Dallas March against Monsanto May 25th | 
Once again don't think just because you didn't see it on the news in Dallas that it didn't happen because it did!
Hundreds of folks marched to Dallas City Hall protesting Monstanto !
More photos here
The Facebook group has over 8oo members get involved -save the bees !
Monsanto is a giant agriculture corporation which holds a monopoly over the production of geneticall modified wheat, corn and soy. GMOs or Genetically Modified Organisms are primarily untested but preliminary testing has shown that it causes leaky gut resulting in  malnourishment, auto-immune disorders, and neurological disorders amongst a host of other illnesses. Most concerning to me is the link between the consumption of genetically modified wheat corn and soy by children or pregnant women with the development of autism and other neurological disorders in young children. The recent "Monstanto Protection Act" prevents courts from stopping the sale of their GMO patented seeds. Don't let monsanto control our food suply. Buy local, organic, and don't support brands which use genetically modified grains.
Maybe start a group in your community http://www.march-against-monsanto.com/ |
Texas Police Tase Overweight Asthmatic to Death in Drug Raid That Uncovers No Drugs | 
On May 16th, Forth Worth police entered the home of Jarmaine Darden in search of cocaine. The raid, which does not appear to have uncovered any cocaine, ended with the 34-year-old father dead after he was tased multiple times by police.
Family members told CBS 11 that the 350-pound man, who'd been asleep on the couch when police came in, couldn't drop to the ground on his stomach as officers commanded because he suffered from asthma
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National Day of Civic hacking : Hack for change ! | 
Again this happened in NTX and you might not have heard about it, groups from Midcities and Red Oak participated and other groups around the state !
You can get involved in next year's events here :
http://www.hackforchange.org/ the3 Irving events is Event info here |
Local actions held and more planned in support of Bradley Manning | 
Call Leslie or check Facebook for upcoming events ! Veterans For Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, CODEPINK, et al are co-sponsoring the Bradley Manning national actions in Maryland and DC thisentire week and are calling for solidarity actions. North Texas VFP & CODEPINK Greater Dallas joined other groups for a 5pm "sign wave" on (Sat, June 1) at North Park Mall followed by an 8pm demo with North Texas Light Brigade to spell out "FREE MANNING" in lights. 5pm Bradley Manning sign wave: https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/651844371508048/  Light Brigade: https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/530680383658408/ WHERE? 7700 West Northwest Highway (south side of North Park Mall, west of Central Expy; intersection of Caruth Haven & Boedecker) Leslie Harris (214) 437-6047
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You have to see the North Texas Light Brigade !
https://www.facebook.com/pages/NTLB-North-Texas-Light-Brigade/124098511097441 |
Wine Reception - Support Anti-fracking Dallas runoff Candidates | 
Support candidates that oppose fracking in Dallas. Candidates, Jesse Diaz, Dist. 5, and Philip Kingston, Dist. 14, are in runoff elections on June 15 (early voting June 3-11). We are hosting one last fund raiser for the Sierra Club PAC this coming Wednesday night. Meet Philip Kingston in his Lakewood District 14. What: Sierra Club PAC fundraiser for the Runoff When: Wednesday, June 5, 6:30 pm to 8 pm Where: TImes Ten Cellars and Wine Bar, 6324 Prospect Ave., Dallas Suggested donation: any amount Thanks for helping the Dallas Sierra Club achieve significant victories in the May Dallas City Council election. Candidates in four of our eight endorsed races won in the first round. (Scott Griggs, Dist. 1; Adam Medrano, Dist. 2; Carolyn Davis, Dist. 7; and Sandy Greyson, Dist. 12.) TImes Ten Cellars is a popular winery and wine bar located at 6324 Prospect Ave. in Dallas, near the Lakewood Country Club. We need people to attend and show their support for our candidates. There is no minimum suggested donation for this event. No contribution is too small. Please just come to help us swell the crowd to meet Philip. If you cannot attend, but would like to make a much needed donation to the PAC, go to turntexasgreen.org and click on the donate button. Whether you live in Dallas or not, help anti-fracking candidates get elected for good public policy. Sierra Club Political Committee of Texas |
How Billionaire David Koch Shut Down A PBS Documentary That Offended Him | 
Last fall, Alex Gibney, a documentary filmmaker who won an Academy Award in 2008 for an exposé of torture at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, completed a film called Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream. It was scheduled to air on PBS on November 12. The weekend before Park Avenue aired, Gibney said, it was clear that "something weird had happened."
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| The Geezers Are All Right
by Paul Krugman
NY Times | 
Last month the Congressional Budget Office released its much-anticipated projections for debt and deficits, and there were cries of lamentation from the deficit scolds who have had so much influence on our policy discourse. The problem, you see, was that the budget office numbers looked, well, O.K.: deficits are falling fast, and the ratio of debt to gross domestic product is projected to remain roughly stable over the next decade. Obviously it would be nice, eventually, to actually reduce debt. But if you've built your career around proclamations of imminent fiscal doom, this definitely wasn't the report you wanted to see. Still, we can always count on the baby boomers to deliver disaster, can't we? Doesn't the rising tide of retirees mean that Social Security and Medicare are doomed unless we radically change those programs now now now? Maybe not. read on | |
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Cathie Adams, president of the Texas Eagle Forum, explains to North Dallas Tea Party why Grover Norquist is a secret Muslim. | you do not want to miss this ! 
| Cathie Adams Proves Grover Norquist is a Secret Muslim: "He Has a Beard" |
Cathie Adams, president of the Texas Eagle Forum and former chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, made questionable remarks about anti-tax activist Grover Norquist during a recent speech on "Radical Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood."
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Moonlady news and more for
North Texas | 
A little piece of Austin or Portland in North Texas, Moonlady.com is a community web portal for caring and creative people who are inclusive in spirituality... holistic in health... natural in lifestyle... progressive in social issues... and expansive in personal growth.
These seekers believe that humans are inherently good and that our planet is full of beauty and wisdom to be protected. Incredibly diverse and eclectic
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New Democratic Advocacy Group | New Democratic Advocacy Group 
Announcing the new Lonestar Democratic Veterans organization. This is a Democratic group for the advocacy of veteran's issues. For more information or to join, contact Tommy Smelter at metro 972-647-2828.
** great idea ! pass this around and get involved
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Mitt Romney Inc. | The White House That Never Was 
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Join Us in Dallas for Ice Cream with the Principia Solar Car Team! | 
http://www.principiasolarcar.com/
The Solar Car Team Is Coming to Dallas!
Meet members of the Principia College solar car team, and join the Principia
Club for Ben & Jerry's ice cream after church.
Wednesday, June 5, 8:30 p.m.
Third Church of Christ, Scientist
4419 Oak Lawn Avenue
Dallas, TX 75219
The testimony meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. If you have any questions, contact
Nellie Strong at nellie.strong@gmail.com
or
214.236.8878.
We hope you can join us for this fun (and cool) gathering!
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