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SHARE        Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Change.org + YouTube = Your questions for President Obama On Thursday, President Obama will give a national interview on YouTube, and instead of letting the White House press corps have all the fun, you can ask your own questions. Concerned about health care? Focused on the environment? How about education, the economy, or foreign policy? This is your chance to spotlight the issue closest to your heart. Upload a video with your question today.

SHARE        Friday, January 21, 2011
The Congressional Reform Act of 2011 The 26th amendment to the Constitution (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months to be ratified! Why? Simple! Because the people demanded it. That was in 1971 before computers,e-mail, cell phones, etc. With a small effort from each of us, in three days, most people in the USA will have the message. Do you have five minutes for this? Read it and then decide.

SHARE        Friday, January 14, 2011
January's racist Elle cover Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan appears on the January cover of Elle magazine, but she's outraged by the image. Her skin appears far more pale than it is in real life. Elle claims to celebrate women of color by featuring them on magazine covers, but this is the second time in just six months that Elle has blatantly made women of color more white. (The last controversy surrounded Precious actress Gabourney Sidibe.)

(2 comments) SHARE        Thursday, January 13, 2011
Al Franken: Oppose Comcast's Swallowing Up NBC As you know, the proposed merger between Comcast and NBC Universal is an important moment in our effort to stop big corporations from controlling our media. But the FCC and Department of Justice may be about to approve this deal. This would have serious consequences for Minnesotans and consumers across America.

SHARE        Wednesday, January 12, 2011
MetroPCS is blocking Netflix, Skype and other sites--unless you pay extra When we access the Internet on our phones - as more of us do every day - we expect to be able to go wherever we want, whenever we want. But a terrible new service plan from MetroPCS - the fifth-largest U.S. mobile phone carrier - is the latest phone industry attack on Net Neutrality. The company is limiting users' ability to access certain websites and services, unless they pay extra for the privilege.

(3 comments) SHARE        Saturday, January 8, 2011
Press Statement by Robert Greenwald on the History Channel Pulling the Plug on Joel Surnow's "The Kennedys" Miniseries "After reading the original script for Joel Surnow's 'The Kennedys' miniseries, Brave New Films was concerned about historical accuracy & sent the script to respected historians for their opinions.Historians like Ted Sorensen & Thurston Clarke agreed that the script was a salacious work of fiction.It would be dishonest & dangerous to put out this miniseries as 'history' for a new generation unfamiliar with the great legacy.

(3 comments) SHARE        Friday, January 7, 2011
NARAL: Vote to repeal health-care law is only days away Next week,the House of Reps will vote to overturn the new health-care law and,in a separate vote,attack women's access to abortion.We cannot let Speaker Boehner's arrogance go unanswered. Stand up to him and tell your representative to vote "no" on both attacks.His anti-choice agenda will take away the promise of expanded access to birth control& prenatal care from women.In fact,he wants more government interference

(3 comments) SHARE        Friday, December 17, 2010
Raw Story: Wikileaks did not commit a crime, House Judiciary chairman says "Whatever you think about this controversy, it is clear that prosecuting Wikileaks would raise the most fundamental questions about freedom of speech, about who is a journalist, and about what the public can know about the actions of its own government," Conyers said.

(1 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Raw Story: Halliburton reportedly agrees to pay Nigeria $250 million to drop bribery charges against Cheney, firm The massive industrial conglomerate Halliburton has reportedly offered to pay $250 million to settle charges against its former chief executive, ex-Vice President Dick Cheney, in a multi-million dollar bribery case. Representatives for Cheney and Halliburton met with Nigerian officials in London over the weekend.

(8 comments) SHARE        Monday, December 13, 2010
Senate Passes Bill That Destroys Existing Whistleblower Rights Whistleblowers were promised enhanced protections. We will not stand by silently and watch Congress destroy existing whistleblowers rights so that they can say they passed something for whistleblowers. Please help us protect whistleblowers by taking action and then passing this alert on to your friends and family.

SHARE        Thursday, December 9, 2010
REVEALED: Fox & GOP Conspire to Kill Public Option Today Media Matters for America released leaked internal Fox News emails detailing an in-house policy to regurgitate Republican talking points on the air to smear health care reform. It is essential that we expose politically motivated reporting poorly disguised as "fair and balanced." America's working families won't be bullied by a propagandist cable network and the politicians it hires and endorses.

SHARE        Wednesday, December 8, 2010
S.510: Hidden in House Amendment to Senate Amendment to House Bill! Well, It's Not Hidden From US! Take These 3 Steps Take Action NOW for each member of your household to tell your Representatives that you STONGLY OPPOSE adopting the language of S. 510 in this or any other amendment or bill:

SHARE        Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Raw Story: Gitmo may be WikiLeaks' next target WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has reportedly told media contacts that he has a large cache of files on the US's detention facility in Guantanamo Bay. The claim comes as the Obama administration's efforts to close Guantanamo Bay hit a major roadblock. On Wednesday, the House passed a bill barring Guantanamo prisoners from US soil.

SHARE        Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Don't Get Caught Falling For This! He got her car, purse and house keys without touching her, and she would not even be able to give a description of the person. Pass on this one minute video which says it all.

(1 comments) SHARE        Monday, December 6, 2010
Raw Story: Hackers take down website of bank that froze WikiLeaks funds A group of Internet activists calling themselves Operation Payback have taken credit for shutting down the website of a bank that earlier Monday froze funds belonging to WikiLeaks. Announcing its successful hack on a Twitter account, the group declared, "We will fire at anyone that tries to censor WikiLeaks."

SHARE        Monday, December 6, 2010
Moms Rising Action Alert: Toxic Toys "R" Us Crazy, but true: Toys "R" Us isn't living up to its own very public promise to keep kids safe from toxic PVC chemicals! And it appears they think this won't be noticed. So, we're telling Toys "R" Us to keep it's promise by sending them a petition signed by moms across the country to let them know that we're keeping our eye on which stores sell safe toys.

SHARE        Saturday, December 4, 2010
Net Neutrality Betrayal After more than a year of waffling on Net Neutrality, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski just announced plans to issue weak regulations that give just about everything to giant phone and cable companies, and leave Internet users with almost nothing.

SHARE        Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Scientists Confirm that Dispersants Are Increasing Contamination in the Gulf [William Sawyer], the [veteran] Florida toxicologist, said the government tests do not look for total petroleum hydrocarbons in the seafood. He said his tests of Gulf shrimp have shown unsafe levels of the compounds, which can cause liver or kidney damage in a matter of weeks.

(5 comments) SHARE        Monday, November 29, 2010
GOP Rep. asks Clinton to declare WikiLeaks a "foreign terrorist organization' Rep. Peter King sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Attorney General Eric Holder on Sunday, demanding that whistleblower website WikiLeaks be deemed a "foreign terrorist organization" and its founder declared a terror ringleader.

(7 comments) SHARE        Thursday, November 25, 2010
Raw Story: WikiLeaks release to feature corruption among world leaders, governments The Obama administration on Wednesday warned that the next release of documents from whistleblower Web site WikiLeaks could damage relations between the US and foreign governments. However, there were no specifics reported as to the nature of the corruption allegations or which governments are involved.

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