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12 Years Too Many! No More Excuses! CLOSE GUANTANAMO! | 
Thursday, January 9, 2014 4:00pm until 8:30pm in CST This week, the U.S. prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba will enter its 12th year of operation. The prison currently holds about 166 detainees. In January, 2009, President Obama signed an executive order to close the camp. When will this happen?! On January 9th, 2014, North Texas activists will join an international action to CLOSE GUANTANAMO! We will say no to torture! No indefinite detention! Repeal the NDAA! WHAT: Rally & light demonstration to mark the 12th anniversary of Guantánamo, and to demand its closure WHEN/WHERE: Thursday, January 9, 2014 4:00pm - rally in front of GW Bush Library, SW corner of SMU Blvd & Central Expy 5:30 - 7:15 - break bread together at Café Express, corner of Central Expy & E. Mockingbird Lane (5307 E. Mockingbird La, Dallas) 7:30 - rally & spell out "CLOSE GUANTANAMO" with North Texas Light Brigade at SE corner of Lovers Lane & Greenville Ave (5750 E. Lovers Ln, Dallas, TX) We have LOTS of large banners, signs, orange jumpsuits & black hoods - and NTLB will bring the lights - so all you need to bring is yourself! We hope you can join us for any or all parts of the event. |
DownWinders at Risk events | 
Chris Masey, Director of Texas Physicians for Social Responsibility Thursday, January 9, 2014, 7:00-8:30 p.m. White Rock United Methodist Church, Room 202 1450 Oldgate Lane, Dallas TX 75218 Recent Articles : Frisco Smelter Clean-Up Costs Uncertain, Property Values at Risk TXI's Midlothian Cement Plant Could be for Sale Canadian Cement Plant Wants to Burn Fracking Fluid http://www.downwindersatrisk.org/
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North Texas Progressive Calendar | 
Monday, January 6, 2014: Progressive Leaders of Denton County - Toastmasters Club 7:00 PMLandmark Grill, The 1297 FM 407 Lewisville, TX 75077 Dinner With Darlene Ewing Dallas County Democrati c Party Chair. Join friends of Darlene Ewing for a buffet-style dinner. Casual fun and fellowship with fellow Democrats. RSVP is required as space at the venue is limited. To be on the attendee list, in addition to RSVPing on Facebook, please email to darleneewingdcdp AT gmail.com. (5:30 - 7:30 pm, Sweet Georgia Brown, 2840 E Ledbetter Dr., Dallas) Tuesday, January 7, 2014: Irving Texas Democratic Women (6:30 - 8 pm, East China Buffet, 4023 W. Airport Fwy., Irving) Thursday, January 9, 2014: Preston Hollow Democrats Candidate endorsement process begins. January program will be "Democrats at the Dallas County Courthouse: Achievements and Improvements, and Looking Ahead." Jeff Dalton of Democracy Toolbox will moderate a panel of four local judges: Hon. Roberto Canas (County Criminal Court No. 10); Hon. Tonya Parker (116th Civil District Court); Hon. Elizabeth Crowder (County Criminal Court No. 7); and Hon. Ken Molberg (95th Civil District Court). (6 PM, Preston Royal Library Auditorium, 5626 Royal Lane, Dallas) Coppell Valley Ranch Dems & Coppell Drinking Liberally Holiday Get Together (6:30 PM, Guerro's Grill, 817 S MacArthur [sw corner MacArthur and Beltline], Coppell) Garland Area Democratic Club (7 - 9 PM, Garland Women's Activities Building, 713 Austin Street, Garland Women Organizing Women Democrats (WOW Dems) will be held at the Environmental Education Center, 4116 W. Plano Parkway, Plano 75093. There will be a meet-and-greet at 6:30 p.m., with our guest speaker, Catalina "Hope" E. Garcia, M.D., at 7:00 p.m. Her thirty minute presentation will be followed by a fifteen minute Q&A session. Friday, January 10, 2014: Drink Liberally - Plano Collin County Liberally Groups 6:30 PM The Rugby House Pub8604 Preston Rd ste 100 Plano, TX 75024 Saturday, January 11, 2014: Mexican American Democrats of Texas - Dallas CAUSA Chapter Guests are welcome but must RSVP by calling Sylvana Alonzo 972-900-0882. (11 AM, Los Lupes Restaurant, 1400 N. Riverfront, Dallas) Latino Voter Outreach Project Meet & Greet Democratic Candidates Includes candidates booths, vendors & exhibitors, entertainment, voter registration, photo red carpet. Presentations. Live radio and streaming broadcast. Free to the community. Inviting all candidates to participate, reserve your booth. Media partner: Tejano Media Group. Call Sylvana Alonzo 972-900-0882 or email to madoftexas AT gmail.com. (3 - 6 PM, the Rocket, 416 N. Cockrell Hill Rd., Dallas) Liberal Ladies Who Lunch-Rockwall 11:30PM Arboledas Mexican Grill 1103 Ridge Sunday, January 12, 2014: Democratic Primary Candidate Forum Are you running for office in 2014 and have an opponent in the primaries? Sign-up for the 2014 Primary Candidate Forum Sponsored by Far North Dallas Richardson Democrats and North Dallas Texas Democratic Women. For details and to register for the event, go to http://farnorthdallasdemocrats.org Just want to find out about the candidates? Just show up! If you have questions, please contact Carol Jablonski at 972-248-7639. (1:30 - 3:30 pm, Campbell Green Recreation Center, 16600 Park Hill Dr, Dallas NOTE: Despite the poster above, the address really is 16600, southwest of Hillcrest and Campbell.) |
How Conservatives Dominate TV/Radio Talk Game | 
The end of progressive talk in Los Angeles underscores the advantage conservatives hold In the 2012 presidential election, Barack Obama garnered almost 69% of the vote in Los Angeles County, vs. 29% for Mitt Romney. Yet beginning Jan. 1, the U.S.' second-largest media market lacks a dedicated progressive talkradio station, as KTLK-AM became the Patriot, espousing "True American values," anchored by Rush Limbaugh. KTLK's format change, along with Limbaugh's demotion from KFI-AM to its weaker-signaled sister station, raises an interesting question: Why can't liberals talk - or more accurately, why can't they get more people to watch and listen? read on Variety What killed the liberal radio star? The end of an era at WWRL Next week, when WWRL 1600 AM flips its format from progressive talk to Spanish-language music and talk, New York will have no left-leaning commercial talk station for the first time in decades - an ironic development just as an unabashedly liberal mayor and City Council are set to take office. It's not as if liberal voices will vanish - noncommercial stations like WBAI and WNYC are still alive and kicking - but they can't replace the local flavor and crackling energy of commercial radio, where shows move more quickly to accommodate the ads. Read more: |
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| Global bankers holding a pity party for themselves by Jim Hightower | 
Here's an odd headline: "It's Hard to Summon Sympathy for Big Banks." Well, yeah... and why would you try? This piece began with another odd sentence: "It's no fun to be a banker these days." Really? I'd think that counting those multimillion-dollar annual paychecks would be jolly fun. But money doesn't buy love, and it seems that the global princes of high finance are glum because they're not even respected, much less loved. Well, of course not - they've been pigs! | |
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While the State Department mulls whether or not to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, TransCanada is already gearing up to start pumping tar sands from Alberta, Canada, to the gulf coast of Texas in January of next year. |
How Conservatives Dominate TV/Radio Talk Game | The end of progressive talk in Los Angeles underscores the advantage conservatives hold In the 2012 presidential election, Barack Obama garnered almost 69% of the vote in Los Angeles County, vs. 29% for Mitt Romney. Yet beginning Jan. 1, the U.S.' second-largest media market lacks a dedicated progressive talkradio station, as KTLK-AM became the Patriot, espousing "True American values," anchored by Rush Limbaugh. What killed the liberal radio star? The end of an era at WWRL Next week, when WWRL 1600 AM flips its format from progressive talk to Spanish-language music and talk, New York will have no left-leaning commercial talk station for the first time in decades - an ironic development just as an unabashedly liberal mayor and City Council are set to take office. Read more
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