(3 comments) SHARE        Monday, September 9, 2019
Flyer on Joe Biden Handed Out By Roots Action at NH Dem Convention this was handed out at this past week's NH Democratic convention.

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Netroots Nation-- Philly July 11-13 See You There Netroots Nation, America's largest annual progressive conference, kicks off this week in Philadelphia, and you're invited! And OpEdNews will be there. Will we see you?

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Empathy Often Avoided Because of Mental Effort People don't want to feel empathy unless they think they are good at it, study finds

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Region In Brain Found to Be Associated With Fear of Uncertain Future Findings could lead to new ways to identify and treat individuals at risk for anxiety disorders

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Drone Resisters Acquitted, Juror Tells Them: "Keep Doing It" After deliberating for only about a half hour, the jury returned with a verdict of not guilty on all charges. Applause erupted in the courtroom upon the jurors' announcement of the verdict. The four were charged with obstruction of government administration, disorderly conduct, and trespass and faced a year in jail.

(2 comments) SHARE        Friday, August 12, 2016
Julian Assange to be questioned inside embassy as Ecuador agrees to set date Assange has been living inside the embassy for more than four years and has been granted political asylum by Ecuador. He has offered to be questioned inside the embassy but Swedish prosecutors have only recently agreed.

(35 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Jill Stein Campaign Goes Viral after Sanders' Clinton endorsement After Bernie Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton, Jill Stein's social media and donation metrics have soared.

(47 comments) SHARE        Sunday, July 10, 2016
Democrats Adopt Most Progressive Platform in Party History Pressed by supporters of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, Democratic Party platform writers meeting this weekend in Orlando, Florida, adopted a progressive agenda that underscores the need for bold action on climate change, addresses criminal justice reform and calls for doubling the federal minimum wage.

(9 comments) SHARE        Friday, April 8, 2016
Pope Francis Invites Bernie Sanders to Vatican-- Is this an endorsement? U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday accepted an invitation from the Vatican

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Sanders Links Clinton to Panama Papers Scandal, Says She's Not Qualified to Be President Responding to Hillary Clinton's attempt to portray him as unqualified for the White House, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders linked her to a trade pact exploited by wealthy individuals and profitable corporations to avoid paying taxes. Then he ticked off reasons she is not qualified to be president

(1 comments) SHARE        Thursday, February 25, 2016
Sanders Challenges Clinton to Commit to Stopping Job-Killing Trade Deals "If Secretary Clinton really wanted to stop the loss of manufacturing jobs in Ohio she should have joined Senator Sanders in opposing the North American Free Trade Agreement and permanent normal trade relations with China," Sanders' Policy Director Warren Gunnels said.

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Sanders Stresses Economy, Voting Rights, Courts in Conference with Civil Rights Leaders U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders met Thursday at the National Urban League offices here with leaders of nine historic civil rights organizations. Sanders congratulated the organizations for their work on what he called "profound issues" confronting the country.

(39 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Moveon Endorses Bernie Sanders; Top Five Reasons Why With a record-setting 78.6 percent of 340,665 votes cast by the MoveOn membership, Senator Bernie Sanders has won MoveOn.org Political Action's endorsement for president with the largest total and widest margin in MoveOn history.

(17 comments) SHARE        Friday, December 18, 2015
DNC to Restore Sanders Campaign's Access to Voter Files The Democratic National Committee on Friday capitulated and agreed to reinstate Sen. Bernie Sanders' campaign's access to a critically-important voter database.

SHARE        Thursday, November 5, 2015
Nurses: Final TPP Text Even Worse Than Advertised Handouts to Big Pharma, Corporate Dispute Process Pose Significant Threat to Public Health and Safety

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Mass Mobilization To Stop The TPP Announced, As Text Is Released The protest, co-sponsored by 59 organizations, is being spearheaded by Popular Resistance and Flush The TPP and includes environmental, human rights, labor, climate change and good government groups. They have been organizing this mobilization for months knowing that the TPP would be made public around this time.

(7 comments) SHARE        Sunday, November 1, 2015
Sanders Campaign Releases First TV Ad U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign on Sunday released its first television ad, titled "Real Change." The ad highlights the senator's history of standing up "for working families and for principle."

(1 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Sanders Calls for Probe into Exxon Mobil Claims on Climate Change Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today asked the Department of Justice to investigate potential fraud by Exxon Mobil Corp. over conflicts in what it knew and what it told the public and shareholders about the cause of climate change. In a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Sanders asked for a probe into what he called a "potential instance of corporate fraud" by the oil giant.

SHARE        Friday, October 9, 2015
Criticism of CNN's Democratic Debate Panel asking CNN to include a progressive journalist on its panel of questioners at Tuesday's Democratic debate. CNN included conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt as one of three panelists who questioned Republican presidential candidates in last month's debate at the Reagan Library. They should include a progressive journalist for the Democratic primary debate.

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Fast Track Stalled by House Vote, RNs Seek to Derail For Good Nurses Double Down Pressure on Reps to Prioritize People Over Profits

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NYPD Commissioner Bratton compares NYC Black Lives Matter protests to Paris and Mumbai terrorist attacks NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton announced that the 350-officer Strategic Response Group unit, armed with machine guns and other special weaponry, has been "designed for dealing with events like our recent protests, or incidents like Mumbai or what just happened in Paris."

SHARE        Thursday, November 8, 2012
Millennial Turnout Proves Continued Force in 2012 Election The youth vote represented a 19 percent share of the electorate, which was up one point from the electoral-map changing 2008 elections. This means 22-23 million young Americans, or 49%, voted in Tuesday's elections. For the last decade, the Millennial population has not only grown in size, but also in diversity of thought, leadership and engagement in civic life.

SHARE        Thursday, August 9, 2012
Watchdogs Call on IRS to Ignore Partisan Pressure From GOP Senators and Proceed to Consider New Eligibility for 501(c)4s In a letter sent today to the IRS, Democracy 21, joined by the Campaign Legal Center, called on the agency to ignore the partisan pressures they have received from Republican Senators and proceed to consider new eligibility regulations for section 501(c)(4) "social welfare" organizations. The letter to the IRS stated: According to news reports, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and other Republican Senators have sent a letter ...

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Statement on Cancellation of Professor William Ayers's Visit to UW President of University of Wyoming: "Academic freedom is a core principle of any institution of higher education. But with that freedom comes an obligation to exercise free thought and free speech in concert with mutual respect and acknowledgment of broader resource and security impacts on the campus. The exercise of freedom requires a commensurate dose of responsibility....

(7 comments) SHARE        Thursday, November 5, 2009
The Single Payer Vote Today; From Congressmen Dennis Kucinich and John Conyers Tomorrow, the House of Representatives is scheduled to consider a single payer bill. As the two principal co-authors of the Conyers single payer bill, we want to offer a strong note of caution about tomorrow's vote.

SHARE        Thursday, October 22, 2009
KATRINA CLEANUP RIFE WITH FRAUD AND MAYHEM The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers allowed rampant fraud, widespread safety violations and serious threats to public health in its massive Mississippi clean-up operations following Hurricane Katrina, according to agency documents obtained by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The documents depict a total breakdown in Corps management of its contractors.

SHARE        Wednesday, October 21, 2009
MILITARY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOUNDATION NOMINATED FOR 2010 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE Since its founding in 2005, the MRFF has become the undisputed national and international leader in the civil rights movement to restore the severely fractured wall between church and state in the United States military and to stop the ill effects of noxious religious discrimination both domestically and abroad.

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Harvard Study: Illness often undiscovered and undertreated among the uninsured Dr. Steffie Woolhandler,professor of medicine at Harvard and study co-author, said:"The uninsured suffer the most,but even Americans with insurance have shocking rates of undertreatment,in part because high co-payments and deductibles often make care and medications unaffordable.We need to upgrade coverage for the insured,as well as covering the uninsured.Only single-payer national health insurance would make care affordable.

SHARE        Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Robert Greenwald Adds "Rethink Afghanistan" Premiere in Washington, D.C. Rethink Afghanistan is a hard hitting documentary that was among the first to raise the hard questions regarding the military intervention and is currently part of a growing movement to end the war. Launched in January of 2009 on a small budget, Robert Greenwald released a series of online segments that that raised significant and serious questions in an effort to change public opinion on the war.

SHARE        Monday, August 10, 2009
NETROOTS NATION CONVENTION WELCOMES PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON FOR THURSDAY KEYNOTE

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Single-Payer Actions Planned in over Fifty Cities on May 30th "Advocates for single-payer represent the marginalized majority.The people deserve a fair hearing on health care reform.The nationwide day of actions shows that single-payer advocates refuse to be silent"states Katie Robbins,Assistant Coordinator, Healthcare-NOW!As of yet,a single-payer system is the only plan that would be truly universal and guaranteed to contain sky rocketing health care costs.Many of the best health care

(1 comments) SHARE        Monday, May 18, 2009
AL Guv Deserves New Trial Because of Judge's Grudge Says Whistleblower The story was broken at the Huffington Post.As Alabama's last Democratic governor six years ago,Siegelman appointed a state investigator who helped Weeks document the Republican Fuller's alleged financial misconduct.That misconduct, according to Weeks, has kept Siegelman's judge on the path to wealth from Bush Administration federal military contracts,with more than $300 million award since 2006 to the closely held company.

(3 comments) SHARE        Sunday, May 17, 2009
BPA Levels in Adults up 70 Percent after Drinking from Plastic Bottles A new Harvard-CDC study shows a 70% increase in urinary levels of bisphenol A (BPA), a plastics component and synthetic estrogen linked to cancer, reproductive system damage and other serious conditions, after subjects drank cold beverages from BPA-laden polycarbonate bottles for just one week. US babies are often fed with BPA bottles. BPA is unregulated, but California may ban it. [Canada banned BPA in 2004.]

(1 comments) SHARE        Sunday, May 17, 2009
American Rights at Work Applauds Appointment of Mary Beth Maxwell to Labor Department Post America's workers gain another ally in the Obama Administration next week as long-time workers' rights advocate and Executive Director of American Rights at Work Mary Beth Maxwell joins the administration as a Senior Advisor at the Department of Labor.

(1 comments) SHARE        Sunday, May 3, 2009
Global Press Freedom Declines in Every Region for First Time ournalists faced an increasingly grim working environment in 2008, with global press freedom declining for a seventh straight year and deterioration occurring for the first time in every region, according to Freedom House's annual media study. The rollback was not confined to traditionally authoritarian states; with Israel, Italy and Hong Kong slipping from the study's Free category to Partly Free status.

(1 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, April 21, 2009
The Political Prosecutions of Karl Rove, A Documentary Record This film goes deeper than any other media account to date into the widespread corruption of the Justice system under the Bush administration. You may think you know what happened and to whom, but The Political Prosecutions of Karl Rove provides unshakeable proof that the crimes of our Government were more egregious than ever thought and the work to earnestly right these unspeakable wrongs is yet to even begin.

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Non-Profit Releases Music Video About Going Green And Getting involved: Remake Of "Change The World"- By Ten Years After Justice Through Music, www.jtmp.org, a national non-profit has teamed up with the activist band Op-Critical in a cool music video about how people can "change the world" and save the environment by getting involved.

(2 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Feingold, Conyers to Chair Hearing on Proposed Constitutional Amendment Requiring Elections to Fill Senate Vacancies On Wednesday, Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Constitution Subcommittee, and Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, will hold a joint hearing on their proposed constitutional amendment to require elections to fill vacant Senate seats and prohibit temporary appointments by governors.

SHARE        Thursday, March 5, 2009
Senate Bill Would Outlaw Notorious Voter Suppression Tactic "Last year's historic election proved that the right of an eligible voter to cast his or her vote is essential to our democracy,"said Whitehouse,a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a former US Attorney and RI Attorney General."The practice of voter caging chips away at core protections in our democracy.The very legitimacy of our government is dependent on the access all Americans have to the political process."

SHARE        Saturday, February 28, 2009
Iraq Vets Want Obama to Issue Complete Withdrawal from Iraq As an organization of Global War on Terror veterans and Active Duty service members, Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) is pleased that President Obama is taking important steps to bring our fellow service members home. However, his plan is a plan for almost three more years of an unjustified military occupation that continues to claim the lives and livelihoods of our troops and innocent Iraqis.

SHARE        Thursday, February 19, 2009
Congressmen View Destruction in Gaza Joint Press Release. Two Members of Congress, Keith Ellison(D-Minnesota) and Brian Baird (D-Washington)visited Gaza on Thursday to view first-hand the destruction from recent Israeli air and ground attacks,and to meet with international and local relief agencies. As a health care professional myself, I found this profoundly troubling--no, actually it's beyond that, it is outrageous." said Baird.

(22 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, January 6, 2009
ADL: Holocaust & Nazi Imagery Abound at Anti-Israel Rallies in US "Freedom of speech is not just a right, it is also a responsibility," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director and a Holocaust survivor. "Comparisons of Israel to the Nazis are a deeply cynical perversion of history, an attempt to turn the tragedy that befell the Jewish people into a bludgeon against Israel." Examples from the more recent rallies across the country, links provided.

(7 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, December 30, 2008
URGENT! Israeli Navy Attacking Civilian Mercy Ship! TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY! This is the sixth boat that the Free Gaza movement has sent to Gaza ... in a symbolic effort to end the seige of Gaza. These are small boats, and they do not cross into Israeli waters at all. This Israeli attack on the boat, which occured in international waters, cannot be described as 'self defence' by any stretch of delusional imagination. CNN has report on this (in article)--it helps that one CNN reporter is on board--

(11 comments) SHARE        Sunday, December 28, 2008
Statement by Jeremy Ben-Ami, Executive Director of J Street, on Israeli Airstrikes in Gaza While this morning's air strikes by Israeli Defense Forces in Gaza can be understood and even justified in the wake of recent rocket attacks, we believe that real friends of Israel recognize that escalating the conflict will prove counterproductive, igniting further anger in the region and damaging long-term prospects for peace and stability.

(2 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, October 8, 2008
John McCain's Rage is a National Security Concern - Short Video McCain's temper is critical to his decision-making abilities, and his character must be discussed. As Drew Westen writes, "The political brain is an emotional brain. It is not a dispassionate calculating machine, objectively searching for the right facts, figures and policies to make a reasoned decision." That why it's so crucial people know the real Senator Hothead.

SHARE        Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Witness Against Torture Applauds Decision on Guantánamo Detainees In a courtroom packed with anti-torture activists and members of the Uigher community, U.S. District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina struck a landmark blow against the Bush administration and its policy of indefinite detention at Guantánamo in Washington, DC today.

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KUCINICH: MARKET FALLS AGAIN Country Needs to Save Homes and Jobs No More Bailouts

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Ellison Challenges Wall Street Apologists Calls Corporate Greed Shameful

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Obama statement on Palin pregnancy Obama puts children of candidates off limits.

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Zogby Poll: Palin Puts McCain Ahead of Obama Republican John McCain's surprise announcement Friday of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate - some 16 hours after Democrat Barack Obama's historic speech accepting his partys presidential nomination - has possibly stunted any Obama convention bump, the latest Zogby Interactive flash poll of the race shows.

(5 comments) SHARE        Friday, July 25, 2008
Kucinich Testifies on Abuses of Executive Power Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) testified about President Bush's culpability for leading the country to war today at a House Judiciary Committee hearing entitled "Executive Power and its Constitutional Limitations." The full text of the statement follows:

SHARE        Monday, June 23, 2008
Nat'l Experts to Testify 6/25 on E-Voting Hacks at TX Capitol! Who: VoteRescue and its Coalition, Texans for REAL Elections, bringing in experts to testify; What: National experts and former election officials debunk the myth of electronic voting security and accessibility for the disabled, and will present documented testimony before the House Committee on Elections' Interim Hearing; When: Wednesday,June 25th,9 a.m.PLUS two other events that day "" media invited

SHARE        Sunday, June 22, 2008
Cong. Wexler's New Book: Fire-breathing Liberal Congressman Wexler has a book being published by St. Martin's Press on Tuesday, June 24th. It is titled Fire-breathing Liberal and it details many of the fights he has taken on. There is an entire chapter on his fight for a paper trail called The Paper Chase: Making your vote count (it follows a chapter on Election 2000 recount).

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Second Former DNC Chair Paul G. Kirk, Jr Endorses Obama Today, Former Democratic National Committee Chair and Massachusetts supderdelegate Paul G. Kirk, Jr. endorsed Barack Obama. Six of the 11 living former DNC chairs have endorsed Obama, while four support Clinton. The endorsement brings the total number of superdelegates to endorse Barack Obama to 253. Senator Obama is 279 delegates away from securing the Democratic nomination.

SHARE        Sunday, February 10, 2008
Emergency 24-Hour Peace-In in Berkeley, CA, Feb. 10th, 7pm CodePINK is calling on all Peace-Loving folks to come to our EMERGENCY 24-hour Peace-IN Vigil to support Berkeley City Council's stand for peace. And to protect our town from the onslaught of pro-war forces!WHERE: Maudelle Shirek City Hall, 2134 MLK, Jr Way, Berkeley, on the front lawn. Bring your sleeping bags, tents, peace signs, boon boxes, musical instruments, dancing shoes! And your sign & banner making supplies!

SHARE        Thursday, January 31, 2008
Watch John McCain become Dr. Strangelove From Robert Greenwald and the team at Brave New Films

SHARE        Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Youth Vote Surge Continues - More than Triples in Sunshine State Youth vote surges seen in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina continued into the Sunshine State last night, with young voter turnout more than tripling over 2000 levels."From Des Moines to Columbia, Manchester to Tampa, the voice of young voters is echoing across the country," said Sujatha Jahagirdar, Program Director with Florida PIRG and the Student PIRGs' New Voters Project.

SHARE        Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Ohio's SoS Jennifer Brunner on Voice of the Voters Radio Wednesday Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, shares her views on OH's Voting System Review,known as EVEREST (Evaluation and Validation of Election Related Equipment,Standards and Testing).This week's Voice of the Voters will explore the key findings and recommendations from Ohio,a state that is a hotbed of election integrity activity.Listeners can call in questions live at 856-227-1360 at 8pm ET on 1360 AM and on the internet.

SHARE        Sunday, December 16, 2007
Council for Secular Humanism Chides Congress for Disrespecting Religions The 1st Amendment's guarantee of religious liberty,and of the nonestablishment of religion,was devised to create a secular state in which all religions would be equally tolerated and none given preference. The language of the House resolution effectively undermines the design of the Founders,and creates an atmosphere where non-Christians will continue to be targeted,treated like second-class citizens,and even become victims of

SHARE        Friday, November 9, 2007
Verified Voting and VoteTrustUSA Merge

SHARE        Thursday, November 8, 2007
Brave New Films Tells FCC: FOX News' Explicit Content Inappropriate for Basic Cable Households Brave New Films is asking basic cable subscribers to tell the Federal Communications Commission they should not be forced to pay for inappropriate sexual content on FOX News. A new online video from BNF shows numerous, lengthy FOX News clips of women stripping and posing nude or near-nude for cameras, frequently in stories condemning precisely such images in the media as morally corrosive.

(1 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Citizens Mourn Anniversary of Ohio's "Death of Democracy" The Citizen's action group, Ohio Election Justice Campaign, announces three events for general public participation for Friday, November 2nd. In recognition of the third anniversary of the defrauding of the 2004 general election in Ohio, representing the defeat of democratic elections in the state, the OEJC restores public attention to the continuing plight of election problems, even under the Democratic administration.

SHARE        Tuesday, October 23, 2007
New Poll Shows Maryland Voters Favor Funding a Switch to Paper Ballots by More Than 2 to 1 "Election expenses have soared to nearly 10 times their cost before we began using the touch-screen voting machines," stated SAVE our Votes Co-Director, Rebecca Wilson. "This move to a less expensive, more reliable system voting system is fiscally responsible as well as highly popular. It's just common sense."

SHARE        Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Chicago NOW's 2nd Annual Love Your Body Day Performance Showcase What: Second Annual Love Your Body Day Poetry Showcase When: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 Where: Heartland Café, located at 7000 North Glenwood, Chicago. Time: 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

SHARE        Monday, October 15, 2007
Brave New Films' Latest: The Real Rudy: Radios Brave New Films is calling for an investigation of the Giuliani administration's failure to provide NYC firefighters with radios that could have saved lives on 9/11.BNF's latest short video documentary,THE REAL RUDY: RADIOS,features parents of firefighters who died in the terrorist attacks of 9/11 explaining that the radios that firefighters carried into the WTC were obsolete and incapable of receiving police broadcasts.

(1 comments) SHARE        Thursday, September 6, 2007
Joint statement of Norman Finkelstein and DePaul University Joint statement of Norman Finkelstein and DePaul University on their tenure controversy and its resolution

SHARE        Thursday, August 30, 2007
C-SPAN TO AIR "THE THOM HARTMANN PROGRAM" LIVE On Friday, August 31, C-SPAN will run the entire three hours of "The Thom Hartmann Program," which airs 12-3pm ET, M-F on Air America Radio. C-SPAN will continuously air the show through commercials and will be taking calls during that time from Air America listeners and C-SPAN viewers.

SHARE        Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Vendor Bingo; Voting Machine Roulette & Security of OUR Elections! Dr. Matt Blaze & Rep. Dennis Kucinich on "Voice of th Listen up! Tonight Dr. Matt Blaze,who for two months led one of the source code analysis teams in California's security review of its electronic voting systems will share his knowledge,experience and insights in a discussion of what was found,impact on our election system,what can and should be done to address the serious vulnerabilities.Can the architectural and operational as well as quality issues be addressed?

SHARE        Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Was there a White House plot to illegally suppress votes in 2004? Is there a similar plan for the upcoming elections?On Friday 7/27 at 8:30 pm(check local listings,NOW examines documents and evidence that points to a Republican Party plan designed to keep Democrats from voting, by targeting people based on their race and ethnicity.Congress is investigating, and so are we.We speak with David Iglesias,one of eight fired U.S. Attorneys,who says he lost his job because he refused to go along...

(16 comments) SHARE        Sunday, July 1, 2007
Hamas TV Mickey Mouse beaten to death by Israeli - becomes Martyr in final episode The Hamas satellite TV channel has responded to the international controversy over its hatred-spouting Mickey Mouse clone by having the character beaten to death by an Israeli and becoming a Shahid, martyr for Allah.

SHARE        Thursday, June 14, 2007
New Report Documents Progressive American Majority Independent Public Polls Debunk Conventional Wisdom That Americans Agree With Conservative Agenda

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Listen Up! Tonight on "Voice of the Voters!" Steve Freeman and Mark Crispin Miller Election and Media Special!Two of voting integrity's most valued voices will be the featured guests this week on Voice of the Voters.OUR Elections can be stolen.....Many elections have been stolen... Elections will continue to be stolen. Nevertheless,some reasons for Optimism!Find out Why & How there is still reason to be optimistic and how citizens and the media can be part of what needs to happen to strengthen our democracy

SHARE        Friday, June 1, 2007
Rep. Jan Schakowsky to be on Colbert Show Jan will be on Colbert Report on Monday,June 4th to discuss her participation in the Congressional Food Stamp Budget Challenge.For a week,Jan and three of her colleagues lived on the nationwide average food stamp benefit of $21 a week. Reps Jim McGovern(D-MA)and Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO),co-chairs of the Hunger Caucus,created the challenge to raise visibility and understanding around the challenges low-income people face...

SHARE        Wednesday, May 30, 2007
June 1st, SUNY New Paltz "Theft of Democracy - Vote by Vote" Forum No one's reporting the truth that the last 4 elections have been systematically and massively stolen. That's why we are bringing you this historical forum while there's still time to save New York from the fate of the country.If we can't stop New York from making the mistake now,why do you think they're going to do it later, after they've invested millions in these enabling rigable voting computers.Our very freedom is in peril

SHARE        Tuesday, May 29, 2007
CVI Needs YOU! Editor's Note: The Coalition for Voting Integrity is a wonderful Pennsylvania-based organization which is sorely in need of volunteers: democracy - the old fashioned way. Check this out and pass it on to anyone in that neck of the woods. They deserve our support. Thank you.

SHARE        Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Greg Palast, Acclaimed Investigative Journalist on Wednesday's Voice of the Voters WHO:Investigative reporter, Greg Palast WHAT: Voice of the Voters, radio program WHEN: Wednesday, May 23, 8PM ET WHERE:1360 AM and on the Internet, (http://wnjc.duxpond.com/ )Voice of the Voters is an hour devoted to voting rights, election reform and voter-verified paper ballots. Ultimately it is an exploration of Representative Democracy itself and the responsibilities of citizens and their elected representatives.

SHARE        Friday, May 18, 2007
Upcoming Films 6/1/07: "Stealing America: Vote by Vote" & "Everything's Cool": America Gets Global Warming Key figures including the featured talking heads and the filmmakers of these two films will be part of the forum on Friday, June 1st, 7PM, SUNY New Paltz for: The Future of Democracy in the Current American Electoral System.

SHARE        Wednesday, May 16, 2007
"Voice of the Voters" turns to New Hampshire: Tune in Tonight New Hampshire citizens vote with voter-marked ballots which are counted by optical scan machines or by hand. Tune in to Voice of the Voters this Wednesday, May 16 at 8PM ET to find out what the rest of the country can learn from New Hampshire when it comes to accurate elections, bi-partisan cooperation and grassroots involvement in the political process.

SHARE        Monday, May 14, 2007
Friday, June 1st: The Future of Democracy in the Current American Electoral System Learn what's happened in the last few years since citizens lost control over their elections.Then learn what we can do as New Yorkers,who still have a fighting chance.You won't find the facts in the main stream media so you must be present,Friday evening,June 1st,to know what is required of each of us to retain our right to self-rule.

SHARE        Saturday, March 24, 2007
ACTION ALERT! Urge MD Senate to Pass Real Voter-Verified Paper Trail The Maryland House unanimously passed, for the second year in a row, legislation to meet voters' demands to replace the state's current unreliable electronic voting system with a secure system that provides for a voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) and optical scanning. Unfortunately, the Senate's now considering amending its version (SB 392) to remove all the protections the House bill requires.

SHARE        Sunday, February 18, 2007
Show Me the Vote! Electronic Voting vs. Paper Ballots in 2008? Come hear three democracy superstars in Kansas City to launch national tour: Dorothy Fadiman, Award-Winning Filmmaker, Steve Freeman, Best-Selling Author, and Celebrated Election Law Attorney, Paul Lehto, to Support Congressman Emanuel Cleaver's "Paper Ballot" House Bill HR6200.

SHARE        Saturday, February 17, 2007
2008 Election Series Premiere - 10 dates in February The election integrity bills floating around are basically deals with the devil of various forms like this:If you allow US,the US Congress to continue to have our re-elections counted in 100% electronic trade secrecy such that nobody really knows election results,we will grant YOU, the public,a "right" to have a miniscule "audit" a week or two after the election so you can FEEL GOOD about the secrecy of your elections...

SHARE        Monday, February 5, 2007
See Mark Crispin Miller and Steve Freeman Tuesday, Feb. 6th in NYC Moore and Freeman examine the outrageous events surrounding the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections from different perspectives. Moore, at the time senior editor for the Gallup Poll, highlights the influence of Jeb Bush and the Fox Network in 2000. 7pm: McNally-Robinson Booksellers 52 Prince St. (at Prince & Lafayette) NYC

SHARE        Thursday, January 11, 2007
Voting Machine Demo Tonight at Fordham U. Let all your NYC friends and family know about this opportunity to oppose touch screen electronic voting at the demo tonight, January 11th.

SHARE        Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Are Touchscreen Machines Salvageable? Should Touchscreen Voting Machines be Outlawed? This Week on Voice of the Voters! Power and Responsibility of Democracy **airing on WNJC 1360 AM** and the Internet Wednesday, January 3, 8pm ET. (Link provided)Special Guests: Electronic Voting Experts, Paul Lehto, Esq., and Ellen Theisen.

SHARE        Monday, November 6, 2006
Five New Air Affiliates, Rawstory.com to Join Election Night Integrity Marathon Radio Coverage! Historic coverage of both election problems and the "horse race" to begin on Election Day at 3pm PT (6pm ET) and continuing through Midnight PT (or as events on the ground warrant)

SHARE        Monday, October 30, 2006
Voice of the Voters Wednesday, November 1 with Dr. Avi Rubin The Voice of the Voters, CVI's weekly radio program devoted to exploring the rights and responsibilities of Democracy as well as electronic voting, has been making news since it premiered two weeks ago.

SHARE        Thursday, October 26, 2006
Utah's New Election Audit and Recount Procedures Found Lacking by Utah's Desert Greens Party and Utah Count Votes Election officials reiterated that their plan to keep secret all the detailed election records, including the two electronic and two paper records of Diebold vote counts and then destroy them after 22 months - never to look at them. Without access to these records, and auditors will not have access to all the detailed election records needed to conduct a thorough investigative audit.

SHARE        Thursday, October 26, 2006
"Hacked!" Co-Authors Do Booksigning in Austin Tonight! "'Hacked' is a stunning expose of stolen elections and election voting manipulation.It is shocking and alarming. The book by Abbe Waldman DeLozier and Vickie Karp is designed to wake up America. I am sure it will." Helen Thomas--Hearst Newspapers Columnist and author--"The First Lady of the Press"

SHARE        Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Call in with Questions to Radio Show Tomorrow! New radio show, Voice of the Voters: Power and Responsibility of Democracy, is debuting tomorrow, Wednesday, October 18th. This week's guest will be noted election lawyer Lowell Finley. Future guests include Dr. Avi Rubin and Dr. Dan Lopresti. Call in and ask your questions on air!

SHARE        Tuesday, October 17, 2006
New Weekly Radio Program about Voting and Democracy to be Launched Wednesday, 10/18 at 8pm, Voice of the Voters: The Power and Responsibility of Democracy will be aired on WNJC 1360 AM, Philadelphia's Renaissance Radio Station. Lowell Finley, noted election law attorney, to be show's first guest.

SHARE        Tuesday, October 17, 2006
"Hacking Democracy" Debuts on HBO November 2nd From a current congressional hearing to persistent media reports that suggest misuse of data and even outright fraud,concerns over the integrity of electronic voting continue to grow daily. And if our voting process isn't secure, neither is our democracy. The top-secret computerized systems are not only fallible, but also vulnerable to undetectable hacking,from local school board contests to the presidential race.

SHARE        Wednesday, September 20, 2006
New Poll Shows Patrick Murphy within Striking Distance of Mike Fitzpatrick in PA 8th DCCC Poll shows Murphy has narrowed Fitzpatrick's lead to 5%, with 19% undecided.

SHARE        Tuesday, June 20, 2006
TALKING WITH-- 11 remarkable women. 11 magical journeys. 11 mesmerizing actresses A young woman tests her Christian faith by handling poisonous snakes. A baton twirler sees the face of Jesus 30 feet in the air. These are just a few of the stories in Talking With . . . , a unique collection of 11 monologues by 11 marvellous characters, who come together in an unforgettable theatrical event, June 21-30 in Ottawa

SHARE        Friday, June 16, 2006
Hastert Swiftboats His Democratic Opponent, John Laesch Is Dennis Hastert, who supported NAFTA, which is now devastating workers in his district, running scared? Will his seat be a Democratic trophy come November?

SHARE        Sunday, June 11, 2006
Thousands of Progressives to Gather Monday for 3-Day Conference to "Take Back America" Organizers Announce Opening Day Media Events Schedule