Bakken Pipeline has been approved!

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Friday August 12, 2016 · 12:58 PM PDT

2016/08/12 · 12:58

I haven’t seen anything on DKos about this so I wanted to give you a heads up! While we’ve been so focused on the Elections, this has happened behind our backs! Here is the first paragraph of the story from Mother Jones’s Website: "It took seven years of protests, sit-ins, letter writing, and, finally, a presidential review to prevent the Keystone XL oil pipeline from being built. Now, in a matter of months, America's newest mega-pipeline—the Dakota Access Pipeline Project (DAPL)—has quietly received full regulatory permission to begin construction. Known also as the Bakken Pipeline, the project is slated to run 1,172 miles of 30-inch diameter pipe from North Dakota's northwest Bakken region down to a market hub outside Patoka, Illinois, where it will join extant pipelines and travel onward to refineries and markets in the Gulf and on the East Coast. If that description gives you déjà vu, it should: The Bakken Pipeline is only seven miles shorter than Keystone's proposed length.”

Here is the link to the rest of the it: www.motherjones.com/…

So disappointed!

ALEC exposed by Reporter in GA!

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Friday May 22, 2015 · 12:00 PM PDT

2015/05/22 · 12:00

This diary is from the website of "Crooks and Liars" in its' entirety with their permission.

krwheaton for Houston Area Kossacks

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Tuesday March 18, 2014 · 8:36 AM PDT

2014/03/18 · 08:36

Just wanted to remind everyone that we will be having our Democratic Senate District Conventions everywhere in Texas on March 22, 2014. You can find and register at your SD Convention place here: http://www.harrisdemocrats.com/...

Remember the Precinct Conventions did not happen on Primary Night, but instead will be the first step at the SD and County Conventions. You should pre-register at the above link for Harris County Senate Districts so we can better evaluate how many to expect!

If you live outside of Harris County, you can find where your Convention is being held here: http://www.txdemocrats.org/....

Call for Precinct Chair Sign Ups

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Tuesday November 12, 2013 · 8:12 AM PST

2013/11/12 · 08:12

This will be a quick diary to let Texans, in the Harris County area, know that we are looking for Precinct Chairs for many Precincts.

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Tuesday September 11, 2012 · 8:47 AM PDT

2012/09/11 · 08:47

We've all heard about the purging of voters around the country, well it's been happening here in Texas for years, but it seems this year they are going after the elderly. This means that if you are Latino/Hispanic, elderly, or Asian you should check to make sure you are still registered to vote!

A friend of mine yesterday who is a Precint Chair, extremely active with the Democratic Party, and received a form in the mail for a Mail-in-ballot, recently also received a letter telling her that she needs to contact them as someone told them she was deceased. This was not a prank! The letter was an official letter from the Voter Registrar's office. My friend is trying to find out who the person or persons were that told them she was deceased, but she may not be the only one this is happening to.

We need to find out if this is happening to others in Texas! Call the TDP at (512) 478-9800 if this has happened to you or someone you know. Please help by making sure this gets out there as we only have a few weeks left that we can get people registered to vote for this election period.

Eric Cantor Earns big bucks if we default!

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Thursday July 14, 2011 · 1:43 PM PDT

2011/07/14 · 13:43

This is going to be an extremely short diary, but I saw this the other day at Salon.com and don't remember seeing it here (Not to say it wasn't!). Here's the link: http://www.salon.com/...

What it says in essence is,

Last year the Wall Street Journal reported that Cantor, the No. 2 Republican in the House, had between $1,000 and $15,000 invested in ProShares Trust Ultrashort 20+ Year Treasury EFT. The fund aggressively "shorts" long-term U.S. Treasury bonds, meaning that it performs well when U.S. debt is undesirable. (A short is when the trader hopes to profit from the decline in the value of an asset.)

Remember that this is the guy that is negotiating with the President of the United States about raising the "debt ceiling" that he has a vested interest in, to make sure it doesn't get raised and we go into default. Would you say "conflict of interest"?

How about we make sure this is shared by one and all...

Announcement!

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Saturday November 21, 2009 · 11:28 PM PST

2009/11/21 · 23:28

Thought this was newsworthy enough to pass along...

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Thursday September 17, 2009 · 8:37 AM PDT

2009/09/17 · 08:37

This is the e-mail I got this morning concerning healthcare reform that I felt I had to share.

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Thursday February 07, 2008 · 10:48 AM PST

2008/02/07 · 10:48

This just came in to me and thought it was interesting enough to send it on. We need more stories going out like this to show all sides of the war and especially its' affect on our children. I hope they do the real thing instead of a whitewash. Here's the info:

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Tuesday November 27, 2007 · 3:30 PM PST

2007/11/27 · 15:30

Once again, a Bushie bites the dust...

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Tuesday October 02, 2007 · 12:01 PM PDT

2007/10/02 · 12:01

Pelosi wrong on War

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Must Read on new Executive Order!

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Thursday July 19, 2007 · 1:36 PM PDT

2007/07/19 · 13:36

There is a new diary at BOR concerning a new Executive Order entitled "Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilizaton Efforts in Iraq." by George W, which was signed in yesterday. "?This is a must read!

At which point we must ask ourselves, "When is enough, enough"? Do we need to have every person send this to each of our Senators and Congresspersons to make them aware of yet another one of our rights being taken away?

Was this order discussed in the GOP meeting with Bush and do those Senators know that this was done yesterday? Why did Bush feel compelled to write this Executive Order and what does it mean to "We the people"?This is a must read!

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