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The White House says they’re hearing more from the anti-public plan voters:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/6/18/744070/-EME… !!!
However i’ve called the White House and the many listed senators and those of the HELP committee every day this week since before last Thursday. And after imploring daily to tell their elected official including the president that the public plan is NON-NEGOTIABLE [...]

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The Senate Finance Committee version. This is a “strong” public plan? Let Sen. Jay Rockefeller know what you think!
And here’s Sen. Kent Conrad’s version. Let him know this isn’t a real reform!

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Military veteran Stephen Millhouse participates in a rally for a single-payer health care system outside the Missoula office of Sen. Max Baucus on Friday afternoon. “I want everyone to have access to the same kind of health care that I get through the VA,” says Millhouse.
Photo by ALISIA MUHLESTEIN/Missoulian
This is an emergency. In addition to [...]

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For my readers in and around North Carolina, this concert is to raise funds to stop mountaintop removal for mining, and to find clean energy resources in the area.
The concert takes place June 19-20, 2009 at the Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival in Chatham County, North Carolina. The festival site is located 15 miles south of [...]

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To Planned Parenthood, which does such wonderful work. When I was poor, they provided all my gynecological care and I’ve never forgotten it.

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And the many, many hypocrites behind it and similar attacks on gay rights, go give my good friend Mike Rogers some money.
Mike has outed some prominent GOP closet cases, and there are more just waiting for his tenacious investigations. Let’s get more of these hypocrites out in the open!

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I don’t suppose you bought any 10-lb. boxes of burgers for this weekend, did you?

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May 9 is the 16th annual Letter Carriers food drive. Last year food left on the front steps on homes provided more than 70,000 pounds of food for local communities. The postal service asks participants to leave a bag on the front step with non-perishable and dry goods.

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Mia Farrow is getting very weak and asking supporters to call the White House.

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How about all the women go on a sex strike until we get single-payer healthcare? (For the Republicans, we’d have to get all the male escorts on strike, too.)
I wish the people of this country understood the power of collective action, because we could really get some things done. For instance, how about a national [...]

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If you’re one of my L.A. readers, go give this guy some business. He needs it, and the food sounds great! (Plus, pho is the Vietnamese equivalent of chicken soup - good for whatever ails you.)

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There goes one of the few thriving businesses left!
WASHINGTON - Government health officials are announcing the recall of popular weight loss pill Hydroxycut, after reports of liver damage and other health problems.
Food and Drug Administration officials said Friday the manufacturer of Hydroxycut has launched a nationwide recall of the dietary supplement, used by people trying [...]

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The time to speak up is now:
Just as we’re suffering economically, Time Warner Cable is trying to squeeze us even further, forcing customers in your community to pay steep fees for exceeding an absurdly low monthly limit on Internet use.
It’s ridiculous. But if you join our call to action right now, we can stop Time [...]

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If anyone would like to donate, my niece will be walking in honor of her son Nicholas.

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In the “better late than never” category, New Way Forward has organized demonstrations TODAY across the country to ask Obama to break up the “too big to fail” banks. Click here for info.

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Tonight (Saturday), 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. EST:
Calling it a visual vote for climate action, organizers of an “Earth Hour” initiative expect 2,800 cities, dozens of companies and hundreds of millions of individuals worldwide to turn off or dim their lights for an hour Saturday night.
Commitments have come in from 84 countries, according to the World [...]

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Mar 11, 2009, 5:00PM to 8:00PM
Location Philadelphia, PA USA
Cost $15 donation
Dress business casual
Public House, 2 Logan Square, Philadelphia, PA
Are you an employer looking for qualified finance, accounting, legal and IT professionals? Or a job seeker looking for work? Ajilon Professional Staffing, a leading recruiting and career advisement firm and part of Adecco Group, [...]

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This weekend:
Health Care for All Philadelphia
Saturday, March 7, 2009
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Penn Newman Center - University of Pennsylvania
3720 Chestnut Street, entrance on Samson St, some parking available
Philadelphia, PA

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Remember who brought you the “self-reporting” food manufacturers! Go, GOP!
Giant Food and Stop & Shop have pulled 20 oz. bags of Simply Potatoes Shredded Hash Browns, Simply Potatoes Homestyle Slices and Simply Potatoes Red Potato Wedges.
The products were recalled by Northern Star Co., a subsidiary of food processor Michael Foods Inc. The recalled items all [...]

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No way. Call Conyers at 202-225-5126.

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Juan Cole:
The demonstrating crowds have gone home. The blog postings have tapered off. The pundits have moved on. Congress is back to its old tricks, ignoring public opinion in favor of the lobbyists and money men. The US public is worried about losing its job or getting back the one it lost. Gaza here is [...]

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Better read up! Slim-Fast, Whole Foods, lots more.

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Remember when I wrote about the Darby Free Library, the oldest free library in the country?
They finally have Paypal on their website. It took them a while (small non-profits tend to move at a glacial pace) but you can click and give now.
In the meantime, the local ABC affiliate and USA Today have since covered [...]

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The talk-radio buffoons are kicking our ass with the anti-stimulus calls. Call now!

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Apparently the momentum for the economic recovery plan is all on the “anti” side. Call your senators today and tell them to support it.
So much for bipartisanship!

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This is what the BBC refused to broadcast (h/t Wampum):

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Okay, kids, it’s that time of year again. I told you last month I’d be fundraising, and here it is.
Usually I’m asking for candidates, or other bloggers, but this week it’s about me. I have enough money left to pay two months of COBRA, and still have medical problems that need attention. (No, I really [...]

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Great video, interesting idea. Check it out!

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This library really is a national treasure. (I know, I used to be a board member.) Despite what the article states, it’s actually believed to be the country’s first continuously-operated public lending library (as opposed to a paid subscription library), operating since 1743. It just has the misfortune to be in a historic but poor, [...]

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