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Bad taste: Move to Amends' crude video
Move To Amend sent out an email with a link to the above crude video. They wrote: Move to Amend feels it is critical to have a bigger presence in the social networks, so we have created a series of short videos to be released on the Internet in the upcoming weeks (tune in every…
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Canvass to hold Rodney Tom accountable; Tom's defense of his "bipartisan" budget
Karl de Jong, chair of the King County Democrats, sent out this notice: State Senator Rodney Tom claimed he wanted certain bills to pass (both the DREAM Act and the Reproductive Parity Act). However, this afternoon he voted against bringing those bills to the floor. Time to activate! This Saturday, we’re teaming up with our…
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Inspire Seattle: The Future of the Port of Seattle
InspireSeattle invites YOU to join our next social:Â Saturday, April 27, 2013, 6:30pm * Â Main discussion topic for this evening:Â The Future of the Port of Seattle *To receive InspireSeattle invitations, click here to provide us with an email address. Details to come… Please join us for this important topic! About InspireSeattle: InspireSeattle is a…
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Ready to localize this? Register for Action Camp
Ready to Localize This! Register for Action Camp, Meet Trainers, and Bring Creative Direct Action Trainings to YOUR Community ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Localize This! – Summer Camp for Activists and Organizers August 1st – 5th, Thursday through Monday outside Seattle on the Puget Sound Train up to amp up your activism! Build up your network of allied…
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Howard Dean: Obama Might Drive Me Out Of The Democratic Party
Howard Dean: Obama Might Drive Me Out Of The Democratic Party “What the hell are they thinking?†the former DNC chair asks about Obama’s proposed budget. The Democrats’ civil war?
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Can the State compel an "artist to paint a picture"?
Recently, Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed suit against Arlene’s Flowers and Gifts of Richland, Washington, for refusing to supply floral arrangements for a gay wedding. State law requires businesses serving the public to accommodate customers without regard to sexual orientation. There is no question the florist violated state law and that the Attorney General has…
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Play the Tax Evaders game
Tax Evaders is a national project involving artists, game designers, researchers, protest groups, grassroots organizations and concerned citizens. We’d like thank our allies: Citizen Engagement Lab, The Other 98%, US Uncut The Yes Lab, The Overpass Light Brigades, Americans for Tax Fairness, Public Research Interest Group, and Occupy Wall St.
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Obama pushes seniors and the New Deal off the cliff, protects Pentagon spending. How will the Democrats respond?
Bloomberg Business Week is reporting in Obama’s Budget Rescues the Pentagon: Although the White House doesn’t advertise this fact in the six-page budget overview it put out this morning, the new budget eliminates nearly all of the cuts that sequestration imposes on the Pentagon. Instead of $500 billion in cuts, Obama proposes only $100 billion,…
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Resolution in defense of Social Security, passed by the 34th LD Dems
Resolution Against the Use of the Chained CPI for Calculation Cost of Living Increases for Social Security and Other Programs. WHEREAS the current COLA already undercounts the higher inflation that seniors experience because they spend a disproportionate amount of their income on health care; and WHEREAS the chained CPI will result in a yearly 0.3%…