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On Speaking To Power, Or, When Sanity’s Gone, There’s Always Satire

August 1, 2011 By fake-consultant 1 Comment

So everybody’s hearing the news, right? There is a tentative debt ceiling deal, and this Administration and Congressional Democrats seem to have won everything they wanted: Republicans get to have multiple “we don’t approve” votes before … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: #thanksalot, action, comedy, congress, debt, Debt Ceiling, democrats, economics, elections, humor, medicare, obama, politics, republicans, satire, snark, social-security, twitter, white-house, whitehouse

On Contradiction, Or, Will Obama Lose An Argument With Himself?

January 16, 2011 By fake-consultant 3 Comments

"He who was prepared to help the escaping murderer or to embrace the impenitent thief, found, to the overthrow of all his logic, that he objected to the use of dynamite" --From "The Dynamiter", by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van De … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: action, activism, congress, democrats, national, obama, republicans, seahawks, social-security, state-of-the-union

Action Alert: Corporate Taxes to be Cut Tuesday

April 6, 2008 By Ryan 52 Comments

The following is cross-posted at my blog. The Coalition of Social Justice sent a very important email. Next Tuesday (April  8), the House is expected to vote on a proposal that would close corporate tax  loopholes and cut the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: action, beacon-hill, corporate-loopholes, dimasi

Climate Scientist: Massachusetts Making Wrong Choice on Coal

January 2, 2008 By chapter1 14 Comments

Hansen notes that while the Mass Energy bill is overall pretty good, itone proposed ammendment does have a serious problem.  It actually subsidizes coal gasification (without requiring carbon capture and sequestration). Just as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: action, energy, global-warming, massachusetts

National Draft Gore Movement Strong and Thriving

October 9, 2007 By kerrylus 10 Comments

Many of you have shared with me your enthusiasm and interest in Gore being our next president. I understand that time and location has made it difficult for you to participate to the extent to which you may have liked in the national draft … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008, action, al-gore, candidates, democrat, draft, gore, grassroots, national, president

Citizens for Boycotting Chiquita

August 11, 2007 By kyledeb 7 Comments

(Picture above modified from a Time Magazine cover to mock Arbenz's depiction as a Communist)Now that the media has picked up on this story and emphasized it for the debacle that it is, it is time for citizens to get involved. It is time … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: action, action:-chiquita, bitter-fruit, campaign-for-international-justice, chiquita, chiquita-brands-international, chiquita-secrets-revealed, cincinnatti-enquirer, citizens-for-boycotting-chiquita, guatemala, inc., jacobo-arbenz, los-angeles-times, ufco, united-fruit-company, wall-street-journal, washington-post

We Are All Responsible

August 9, 2007 By lolorb 13 Comments

I've been told many times that getting involved in politics is stupid.  It's dirty and you should be afraid to get involved.  Volunteers are used and abused.  You get nothing out of it.Well, I don't care.  If being … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: action, participation, volunteerism

ACTION NEEDED BY ALL DRAFT GORE SUPPORTERS

August 8, 2007 By kerrylus Leave a Comment

Hi Folks,The America For Gore Coalition has put together a petition asking Democracy for America to please officially include Al Gore in their next straw poll. The last poll they had garnered 13% for other, which they said was hands down Al … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008, action, al-gore, candidates, democrat, draft, gore, national, president

What Would It Take for YOU to Take Action About The Iraq War?

January 12, 2007 By jillk Leave a Comment

Last night, a couple of hundred people turned out on Boston Common to protest Bush's plan for a 'surge'.  About 120 were in Newton and perhaps more in towns and cities across Massachusetts.  These protests were organized by groups … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: action, activism, anti-war, iraq, overcoming-inertia, protest, war

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qpalfrey Quentin Palfrey @qpalfrey ·
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This religious discrimination by Mystic Valley Charter School is outrageous and unacceptable —especially after earlier discriminatory incidents involving the same school. #mapoli

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Mystic Valley Charter School is violating the First Amendment right of its students to practice their religion, by preventing them from wearing hijab (spelled disrespectfully as "jihab", I assume as a jihad joke).

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How Boston-Area Officials Are Responding to Transit Turmoil https://www.masspolicyreport.com/2022/08/19/how-boston-area-officials-are-responding-to-transit-turmoil/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter @masspolicy #MApoli #Massachusetts

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That's why we're fighting for the #FairShareAmendment: Yes on Q1. Q1 will provide significant new resources to maintain our transportation infrastructure across the state before another crisis occurs, and only those who earn more than $1m a year will pay more. #mapoli (4/x)

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