Marriage Equality is the law in CT - Urge Blumenthal to Defend It!

From Marriage Equality is the law in Connecticut - Urge Blumenthal to Defend It!

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Subject: FYI, you can participate from anywhere!

Hey there,

You've received an invite to a new campaign urging Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal to defend state law -> marriage equality.  I just wanted to make it clear that anyone can participate in this campaign from anywhere!  All you need is a cell phone or computer and 5 minutes during the last week of August.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113191475142

Also, besides RSVP'ing as attending, PLEASE invite your friends!  It only takes 2 minutes and is immensely helpful in making this event a success.

Thanks so much for all your support:

Act for Justice: Support Soulforce - Blogathon 2009

DO JUSTICE

Our blog, All Facts & Opinions, is part of Blogathon 2009. Right now I am blogging 27 hours straight -- at least two entries per hour -- in support of Soulforce, a glorious nonprofit working for freedom for LGBT people from religious and political oppression through the practice of Gandhi-inspired nonviolent resistance.  Want to learn more about this fantastic effort? Visit and get involved.

This means we'll need pledges for Soulforce. The group really could use your support. I'm asking for per-hour pledges or a flat amount, whatever works for you. Please, sponsor this blog.

Please consider and please help. Soulforce does such good for the world...

We started at 6 am Eastern Time Saturday and the fun ends 9am Eastern on Sunday, goddess willing.  Come on by and keep me company. And follow us on Twitter: @allfactsandopin  And support Soulforce during Blogathon: Make a pledge! And please spread the word!

Peace,
Natalie Davis
The Armchair Activist/GDPR

Single-Payer Rally and Lobby Day in DC

Take action: Be in Washington DC on July 30 to speak up for health care for all!

JULY 30 - SINGLE PAYER RALLY AND LOBBY DAY IN DC! sponsored by ProsperityAgenda.US

URGENT: Act TODAY - end federal ban on syringe exchange funding

I just took action on Health GAP's website to call for federal funding of syringe exchange. Syringe exchange programs are proven to dramatically reduce HIV infections without increasing drug use. The House of Representatives is considering an Appropriations bill that, for the first time in 11 years, does not bar federal funding of syringe exchange. We can lift the ban on funding syringe exchange, but only if we all email our Representatives.

Click here to email your Representative, with Health GAP's super-easy form:http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5712/t/4739/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1871

Thank you!


You can visit Health GAP's website at www.healthgap.org, or join their email list directly by clicking on this link. http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5712/t/4394/signUp.jsp?key=623 

A.G. Holder: Appoint a Prosecutor

from True Majority

Did you see the news? The CIA just ended a secret program created and overseen by Dick Cheney that might have been designed to assassinate people deemed a threat to the United States. But we're just hearing about it because Cheney and others kept the project a secret from Congress, the public and the Justice department. It's scary to think that about Cheney using his position with the Bush administration to torture, wiretap and break a number of US laws in pursuit of his personal interpretation of national security. But only an independent prosecutor appointed by the Attorney General, can investigate crimes committed by the Bush administration and bring Cheney to justice - and the Obama team is under intense pressure just to look the other way. Email Attorney General Eric Holder and urge him to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate torture and other crimes committed by the Bush administration. Please do it now. This web site makes it really simple:

http://act.truemajorityaction.org/p/7002/campaign?campaign_KEY=1600

Urgent: Support Kucinich State Single-Payer Amendment

from After Downing Street

Rep. Dennis Kucinich has proposed a crucial amendment for single-payer healthcare and we urgently need you to call one or more of the 26 Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee. Our message is simple:

Please support Rep. Kucinich's Amendment today to let states create single-payer healthcare systems. The federal government should give states the freedom to fix our health care crisis.

You can call any time and leave a voicemail if no one answers. If you do speak with a staffer, please post their reply here:
http://tr.im/sJeO

You can also urge your Senators and Representatives to support the Single Payer Health Plan (H.R. 676) by signing our petition:
http://tr.im/sJfk

The Kucinich Amendment would let individual states create single-payer healthcare systems even if Congress fails to create a nationwide single-payer system.

That's exactly how Canada evolved towards single-payer: one province at a time. Given the corporate-funded resistance to single-payer in Congress, the U.S. may have to follow the Canadian path.

Progressive activists in California, Illinois and Pennsylvania are leading the way for single-payer systems and the Kucinich Amendment would remove the legal roadblocks they face.

The fate of the Kucinich Amendment rests in the hands of the 26 Democrats below. Please call as many as you can.

George Miller (CA-7) 202-225-2095
Dale Kildee (MI-5) 202-225-3611
Donald Payne (NJ-10) 202-225-3436
Robert Andrews (NJ-1) 202-225-6501
Bobby Scott (VA-3) 202-225-8351
Lynn Woolsey (CA-6) 202-225-5161
Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15) 202-225-2531
Carolyn McCarthy (NY-4) 202-225-5516
John Tierney (MA-6) 202-225-8020
David Wu (OR-1) 202-225-0855
Rush Holt (NJ-12) 202-225-5801
Susan Davis (CA-53) 202-225-2040
Raul Grijalva (AZ-7) 202-225-2435
Tim Bishop (NY-1) 202-225-3826
Joe Sestak (PA-7) 202-225-2011
David Loebsack (IA-2) 202-225-6576
Mazie Hirono (HI-2) 202-225-4906
Jason Altmire (PA-4) 202-225-2565
Phil Hare (IL-17) 202-225-5905
Yvette Clarke (NY-11) 202-225-6231
Joe Courtney (CT-2) 202-225-2076
Carol Shea-Porter (NH-1) 202-225-5456
Marcia Fudge (OH-11) 202-225-7032
Jared Polis (CO-2) 202-225-2161
Paul Tonko (NY-21) 202-225-5076
Dina Titus (NV-3) 202-225-3252<

ACTION: Renounce Rush - Stand with Sotomayor

From CREDO Action

"She doesn't have any intellectual depth. She's got a -- she's an angry
woman, she's a bigot. She's a racist."

That's Rush Limbaugh talking about President Obama's nominee to be the
next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor. The
Republicans of the Senate Judiciary Committee need to renounce the garbage
that Limbaugh is spouting. Are they with Rush when he calls Judge
Sotomayor a racist? If not they need to say so publicly, and say it now.

TAKE ACTION! Sign a petition to tell the Republicans of the Senate Judiciary
Committee to renounce Rush Limbaugh's outrageous claims that Judge
Sotomayor is an unintelligent racist. (The site also has an amazing video
from Presente.org - you should check it out!) 

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/sotomayor_limbaugh/?r_by=-2043355-fGJzEVx&rc=mailto