May 10, 2012
Press Release – Save Our States (S.O.S.) Conference and Protest – “They’re sneaking into Charlotte, meeting in secret to write new laws benefiting their corporate handlers…wanting us to remain unaware and silent.” The Voters Legislative Transparency Project (VLTP), a national non-profit bipartisan organization and Occupy Charlotte announce a two-day schedule of events to protest [...]
May 9, 2012
Victor Schwartz speaking at an ALEC Civil Justice Task Force in 2010, seated alongside Rep. Bill Seitz (R OH) – on Tort Reform (from an anonymous source) For years Victor Schwartz, an attorney and top lobbyist for the law firm of Shook, Hardy and Bacon (SHB) has held the influential post of Chairman of the [...]
May 8, 2012
Mark your calendars, people, because ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council is having their spring pow-wow in Charlotte, NC on May 11th, and their agenda is simply brimming with ideas meant to undermine American democracy. To read more about the upcoming events and the horrible legislation that ALEC has planned, please click here
May 7, 2012
The number of black and Hispanic registered voters has fallen sharply since 2008, posing a serious challenge to the Obama campaign in an election that could turn on the participation of minority voters. In the 2008 election, robust turnout among black and Latino voters is credited with putting Obama over the top in key swing [...]
May 5, 2012
The Heartland Institute has launched one of the most offensive billboard campaigns in U.S. history. The Chicago-based anti-science think tank is comparing all those who accept climate science — and the journalists who report on it accurately — to Charles Manson, the Unabomber, and Osama Bin Laden. …Heartland’s detailed rationalization for its hate speech confirms the [...]
May 5, 2012
This resolution is modeled on the resolution passed by more than 360 Texas school boards as of April 23, 2012. It was written by Advancement Project; Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund; FairTest; Forum for Education and Democracy; MecklenburgACTS; Deborah Meier; NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.; National Education Association; New York Performance [...]
May 2, 2012
This is a lot more than the standard ColorOfChange/Common Cause “get out of jail free” card. This is very significant not only of the action itself, but if you follow the links to some of the individuals who will be taking over this task force…Watch Out! “The national certifying body for teachers in the United [...]
May 1, 2012
From AlterNet, by Jodi Jacobson (click link to view) A federal judge today blocked the state of Texas from de-funding Planned Parenthood affiliates in the state, and excluding them from participating in Texas’s Women’s Health Program (WHP). Read the actual Judicial order here…
