200k strong to Save Olbermann!

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Saturday November 06, 2010 · 1:52 PM PDT

2010/11/06 · 13:52

Simply incredible. In 24 hours over 200,000 people have signed our Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) petition to MSNBC demanding they put Keith Olbermann back up on the air.

If you haven't heard the news, MSNBC suspended Keith without pay for gasp, donating to three Democratic candidates this cycle. As @TheShannonFiles tweeted:

I think they picked a bad time to fuck with the Progressive movement. We're a little pissed off.

Go to www.SaveOlbermann.com and join over 200k bold progressives.

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I have

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I have

signed the petition

1063 votes

signed the petition and forwarded it to my friends

238 votes

signed the petition and forwarded it and shared it on Facebook

210 votes

signed the petition and forwarded it and Facebooked it and Tweeted it

75 votes

pie

79 votes

Olbermann: Emergency PCCC petition to MSNBC

juls

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Friday November 05, 2010 · 1:17 PM PDT

2010/11/05 · 13:17

We just sent out an emergency petition to our Progressive Change Campaign Committee members demanding that MSNBC reinstate Keith Olbermann and put him back on the air.

It reads:

"Keith Olbermann made your network a success. If you want your viewers to keep tuning in to MSNBC, put Keith back on TV now!"

Go sign!

Update [2010-11-5 17:6:21 by juls]: We're up to ~~10,000~~20,000 signers and counting!

Update [2010-11-5 17:49:2 by juls]: Wow! 40,000 and growing. And the rec list!

Update [2010-11-5 18:51:43 by juls]: An incredible 60,000 signers! The petition is now available at www.SaveOlbermann.com.

Update [2010-11-5 20:45:28 by juls]: HOLY COW!! 100,000 signers. Keep it going!

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Wednesday September 23, 2009 · 11:59 AM PDT

2009/09/23 · 11:59

This is the brand new ad from the Yes on 1 campaign in Maine:

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I am giving to the No on 1 campaign because

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I am giving to the No on 1 campaign because

I feel guilty about Prop 8's passage

0 votes

teabaggers make me sick to my stomach

6 votes

Concerned Women for America frighten me

2 votes

I hate hypotrical liars

5 votes

pie

3 votes

NOM breaking finance disclosure laws from Maine to Iowa

juls

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Friday August 28, 2009 · 3:22 PM PDT

2009/08/28 · 15:22

Donors to NOM, the anti-marriage equality, Gathering Storm loving, WaPo puff piece receiving organization are so afraid of their names being made public that NOM is now running into trouble in two different states in the same week for failing adhere to campaign finance laws.

Today the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Elections Practices sent the Stand for Marriage Maine PAC (the Yes on 1 campaign) and the National Organization for Marriage an "opportunity to respond to request for investigation". (sorry no link yet, I just have a .pdf)

Ballot question 1 in Maine is Prop 8 all over again. Maine passed marriage equality legislatively and NOM put up $250k to hire a Michigan to gather signatures to force a referendum on the legislation. Voters in Maine this fall will be asked if they want to take away marriage equality. It's up to all of us to stop it. (flip it)

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I gave to No on 1 because

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I gave to No on 1 because

the equality storm is gathering

4 votes

the WaPo fluffed NOM

1 vote

there will be no more Prop 8s

2 votes

juls told me to

1 vote

pie

1 vote

Prop 8: They "Call"ed and nobody was home

juls

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Saturday November 01, 2008 · 5:21 PM PDT

2008/11/01 · 17:21

(full disclosure: I work for the Courage Campaign)

The Call was billed as the biggest gathering of evangelicals to pray and organize against Prop 8. They booked Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego and pledged to fill it with 71,000 believers. Check out this promotion video.

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Saturday October 25, 2008 · 2:31 PM PDT

2008/10/25 · 14:31

(full disclosure: I work for the Courage Campaign)

Estimates of donations by Mormons to Prop 8 are now up to $10 million, funding all of those lies and distortions on our airwaves. They have been fueling their volunteer base from here in California and across the country, using their church organizing networks to turn out volunteers to phone bank and knock doors. And Mark Jansson, a "Yes on 8" Executive Committee member and self-described LDS member, was one of four signers to the blackmail letter sent to Equality California donors. The Mormon Church is heart of the Prop 8 campaign, but for a long time the scope of their involvement was not known.

Well, now that it is out in the open and attention is being paid to it, the Mormon Church is squirming and at least in one case, backing down. They are simply not enjoying this attention. From today's SacBee:

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Wednesday September 17, 2008 · 4:22 PM PDT

2008/09/17 · 16:22

(cross-posted from Calitics)

The newest major donor to the No on Prop 8: Equality for All campaign is one Brad Pitt. It comes at a key time in fundraising over the initiative that would take away the gays and lesbians to get married. The Yes side is seeing a major surge in donations, flooding into their coffers. In fact, they are out raising us right now, Brad Pitt's donation included.

The Mormon church is getting heavily involved in the campaign. It looks like about 35% of contributions to the other side have come in from Mormons, or at least that is what they are claiming over at this Mormons for 8 website. A high percentage of the large checks are coming from Utah.

Here is the question: is a religious institution trying to buy this election and change the California Constitution?

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The level of involvement from the Mormon Church in Prop 8

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The level of involvement from the Mormon Church in Prop 8

creeps me out

131 votes

is a little wierd

7 votes

eh, I could care less

15 votes

3 votes

PIE!

5 votes

Arnold Slashing Pay for 200k State Workers to Federal Minimum Wage

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Wednesday July 23, 2008 · 4:55 PM PDT

2008/07/23 · 16:55

(cross-posted from Calitics)

Yes, you read that headline correctly. Federal minimum wage of $6.55 an hour, not California minimum of $8 hour. The SacBee has this gut shot of a story.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to sign an executive order next week that will reduce pay for more than 200,000 state workers to the federal minimum wage of $6.55 per hour to preserve cash in the midst of a month-long budget standoff, according to a draft copy of the order obtained by The Bee.

Administration officials said the governor expects to take the action Monday.

How are these employees going to be able to pay for their groceries on $6.55 an hour, or fill up their car with gas, let alone pay their rent? The short answer is they aren't.

This is going to result in a lot of employees needing governmental assistance for basic needs, not that the state has the money to help with that anyways at this point. This is a crisis and this damn well better get some folks up in arms.

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Tuesday July 15, 2008 · 4:18 PM PDT

2008/07/15 · 16:18

I dunno about you, but I am super excited for Netroots Nation tomorrow.

I would like to cordially invite you to attend a panel I will be speaking on along with David Sirota, Andrea Batista Schlesinger, the Executive Director of the Drum Major Institute and David Goldstein, of Horse's Ass. The panel will be moderated by Elana Levin, the Assistant Director of Communications for UNITE HERE.

The full panel title is Middle class isn't middle of the road: Take politicians’ populist shpeil and make it real. It is in Ballroom F at 10:30 AM on Friday. The bios are all located here.

Full description on the flip.

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Which one?

I'm going to NN

2 votes

I'm going to NN and your panel

7 votes

I'm really freaking bummed to miss NN

16 votes

pie

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Voter Disenfranchisement in LA

juls

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Monday February 04, 2008 · 8:13 PM PST

2008/02/04 · 20:13

full disclosure: I work for the Courage Campaign

This weekend the Courage Campaign discovered a serious ballot design flaw in Los Angeles that could disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters in LA County.

To cast a ballot in the Democratic presidential primary a Decline-to-State (DTS) voter must request a Democratic Party ballot. However, in Los Angeles County, they must also fill in an oval indicating their desire to vote for a Democrat and then mark their preferred choice for President -- two ovals must be filled, not one. If the voter fails to fill in the Democratic Party oval, their vote will not be counted and they will not be alerted to the error. (see the ballot on the flip)

There are 776,774 registered DTS voters in Los Angeles.

Big problem right. Yeah, we thought so.

juls for Daily Kos

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Wednesday December 12, 2007 · 11:40 AM PST

2007/12/12 · 11:40

(From the diaries -- kos)

(Full disclosure: I work for the Courage Campaign)

A tiny town called Potrero just north of the border in California, an area ravaged by the recent wildfires, just stood up and resoundingly said no to another impending disaster: Blackwater moving to town. I am so unbelievably happy to have such a huge victory to celebrate!

It was the nation's first ever electoral vote on Blackwater and it was a massive people-powered grassroots victory over the mercenaries. Every "stop Blackwater" candidate won by at least 63% (results here). It was an an enormous statement to Blackwater: stay out, you are not the kind of neighbors we want in our community. It is also a blistering statement by a very conservative town to reject the Bush world view. Our nation is not better served by having a privatized Army. There is nothing pro-troop about supporting Blackwater.

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Monday December 10, 2007 · 2:51 PM PST

2007/12/10 · 14:51

(also up at Calitics. full disclosure: I work for Courage)

Bradley Whitford, better known to many of you as Josh Lyman on The West Wing, took time out of filming a movie in Calgary to shoot this video for the Courage Campaign on the importance of opposing retroactive immunity for telecom companies. Go watch the video and then do as he says, call your Senators.

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called my Senator

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called and reco'd the diary

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called, reco'd and forwarded it to friends

1 vote

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several of the above

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NOM breaking finance disclosure laws from Maine to Iowa

Prop 8: They "Call"ed and nobody was home

Prop 8: Under Fire, Mormons Are Backing Off (A Bit)

Marriage Equality: Mormons v. Brad Pitt

Arnold Slashing Pay for 200k State Workers to Federal Minimum Wage

Middle class isn't middle of the road: Take politicians’ populist shpeil and make it real

Voter Disenfranchisement in LA

Democracy Won; Blackwater Zero

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