Resources

Written by: Kenneth Quinnell on Sep 3, 2009 1:01 AM EDT

Linked to groups: DFA Tallahassee, DFA at Netroots Nation (formerly YearlyKos) July 17-20, Florida DFA, Democracy for America Miami-Dade (DFAM), Democracy for Florida

Links you can use...

Democratic Gain Political Career Advice Resources

120 days in, SGA reviews the stimulus spending on transportation

Right-Wing Recovery Myths

Conservative Viral E-mail Checker

Sourcewatch's Astroturf Page

Republican Translation Computer

Comparing U.S. and Canadian Health Care

 DFA Progressive Values group name change to Empathy Cafe.

Written by: Edwin Rutsch on Aug 10, 2009 11:19 PM EDT

Linked to groups: DFA-Marin, San Francisco for Democracy, Michigan Democracy for America, DFA New Jersey, Democracy for America Miami-Dade (DFAM)

Greetings

The DFA What are  Progressive Values? group
has not had much activity for some time. I wanted to let you know I've just
changed the group name to Empathy Cafe. http://democracyforamerica.com/groups/2285-empathy-cafe

 From my work of interviewing people about progressive values I've come to see empathy as a core progressive value. It's also the value that Obama ran on. See this compilation video I made from Obama's speeches on empathy.
http://progressivespirit.com/Empathy/Obama/ObamaOnEmpathy.htm

So with that in mind I've been refocusing my work on supporting Obama's call for standing in each other's shoes.  Below is some of the work we've been doing.  More to come shortly.
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Action Alerts

Written by: Kenneth Quinnell on Jul 23, 2009 11:01 PM EDT

Linked to groups: DFA Campaign Academy Alumni, Democracy for Florida, Training Academy Alumni, Class of 2007, Democracy for America Miami-Dade (DFAM), DFA at Netroots Nation (formerly YearlyKos) July 17-20

Donate money: Help Support Redistricting Reform (FDF)

Send an e-mail: Tell Obama to Protect the Gulf Coast (Oceana)

Send an e-mail: Tell NMFS to Protect Sea Turtles (Oceana)

Send an e-mail: Protect Your Drinking Water From Toxic Chemicals (EJ)

Send an e-mail: The USDA Must Stop Invasive Plants (UCS)

Action Alerts

Written by: Kenneth Quinnell on Jul 9, 2009 1:00 PM EDT

Linked to groups: Democracy for America Miami-Dade (DFAM), Democracy for Florida, Training Academy Alumni, Class of 2007, DFA Tallahassee, DFA at Netroots Nation (formerly YearlyKos) July 17-20

Sign the petition: Download and Sign the Petitions for Fair Districts Florida (EF)

Send an e-mail: Urge Your Member of Congress to Support Clean Energy Economy Job Growth (PEW)

Send an e-mail: Protect Our Communities from Coal Ash (SC)

Send an e-mail: Tell Congress: Protect Whistleblowers and Taxpayers! (PC)

Send a fax: Save America's Dairy Farmers (Credo)

Ammunition

Written by: Kenneth Quinnell on Jun 16, 2009 9:41 PM EDT

Linked to groups: DFA at Netroots Nation (formerly YearlyKos) July 17-20, Democracy for Florida, DFA Tallahassee, Florida DFA, DFA Campaign Academy Alumni

The latest links to the information you need to counter right-wing spin...

Obama is not going to tell every company in America how much they can pay people

Bush Mirandized suspects in Afghanistan, too

Obama does not favor single-payer health care

Obama didn't take over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Bush did

A NASA report did not prove that humans didn't cause global warming

Bush's Guantanamo policies did not keep us safe

Obama did not say that he wants the courts to do more redistribution

Obama did not say that the U.S. is a Muslim country

Sheldon Whitehouse, who has seen the information Cheney says should be seen, says the Bush administration claims about waterboarding are completely false

The difference between Republican/Tom DeLay-style small government and Democratic/Obama-style big government is 2%

Resources

Written by: Kenneth Quinnell on Jun 16, 2009 9:39 PM EDT

Linked to groups: Democracy for America Miami-Dade (DFAM), DFA Tallahassee, Training Academy Alumni, Class of 2007, Florida DFA, Democracy for Florida

Links you can use...

Learning from Obama’s Financial Steamroller: How to Raise Money Online

The Advocate's Top 15 Gay(ish) Blogs

How To Tell People They Sound Racist

Blend workshop: how to engage on the topic of race and LGBT civil rights

Media myths and falsehoods about the Supreme Court

Fact-Checking Karl Rove’s Attacks Against The Public Option

Myths and falsehoods surrounding the Sotomayor nomination

Important Reading

Written by: Kenneth Quinnell on Jun 16, 2009 9:37 PM EDT

Linked to groups: DFA Tallahassee, DFA Campaign Academy Alumni, DFA at Netroots Nation (formerly YearlyKos) July 17-20, Florida DFA, Training Academy Alumni, Class of 2007

Good stuff you all should read from bloggers around the country... (Sorry this one is Open Left heavy, I accidentally left out my Open Left RSS feed the last time I did this round-up)

Open Left: A New Path To Progressive Power

Open Left: Please Play Hardball with Blue Dogs, Too

Progressive Historians: Obama, John Rawls, And A Defense Of The Unreasonable

Open Left: Healthcare Crisis Stifling Rural Independence

Open Left: Bogus Process Arguments

Open Left: The Fear Factor

Open Left: Obama and the Left, Part 432 (and counting)

Open Left: Pew Analysis Mostly Shows Obama Has Been A Successful President So Far

Open Left: Why Not A Progressive Foreign Policy? Part 2: The Whole Enchilada

Open Left: Why Not A Progressive Foreign Policy? Part 1: The Military

Action Alerts

Written by: Kenneth Quinnell on Jun 16, 2009 9:35 PM EDT

Linked to groups: Democracy for Florida, Democracy for America Miami-Dade (DFAM), DFA Campaign Academy Alumni, Florida DFA, DFA Tallahassee

Send an e-mail: Ask your senators to support upcoming legislation to guarantee federal workers four weeks of paid parental leave for a new child, as a first step toward universal paid leave. (NOW)

Send an e-mail: Strengthen the clean energy bill (MO)

Send an e-mail: Tell President Obama to urge the Senate to ratify the Law of the Sea (NRDC)

Send an e-mail: Urge Your Representative to Support the American Clean Energy and Security Act (UCS)

Sign the petition: Will Dell & HP help China censor the Dalai Lama? (Credo)

What's Going On: The Future of the Republican Party

Written by: Kenneth Quinnell on Jun 13, 2009 1:19 AM EDT

Linked to groups: DFA Tallahassee, Democracy for America Miami-Dade (DFAM), Florida DFA, Democracy for Florida, DFA Campaign Academy Alumni

South Florida Daily Blog: Republicans: Let's Play Grown-Up

The Spencerian: Plotting the Course of Republicans in the Wilderness: They're Far Out

Natch Greyes: Democrats Maintain Lead As Republican Succumb To Infighting

BlueHerald 2.0: The Persistence of Ideology

Morning Martini: Republican’s Plans

Daily Kos: Who Speaks For The Republican Party?

Down With Tyranny: The struggle for the soul of the Republican Party (and the conservative movement): It's the age-old war between crazy and stupid

Democratic Strategist: Conservatives Should Disown Hate Speech

Democratic Strategist: Honkey Chateau

Pam's House Blend: If the GOP wants to resurrect itself, it needs to cure its addiction to hate and bigotry

Ammunition

Written by: Kenneth Quinnell on Jun 13, 2009 1:16 AM EDT

Linked to groups: Democracy for America Miami-Dade (DFAM), DFA Tallahassee, DFA Campaign Academy Alumni, DFA at Netroots Nation (formerly YearlyKos) July 17-20, Training Academy Alumni, Class of 2007

The latest links to the information you need to counter right-wing spin...

Health care reform will not kill more people than it helps

Conservative judges are the actual judicial activists

Americans prefer federally-run health care

The public supports an activist government

The Justice Department is fighting voter supression for legitimate, not political, reasons

Terrorists have been frequently prosecuted in the past through the normal criminal justice system

Obama's still not a Muslim

Fox News is still not fair and balanced

Tobacco Lollipops are being marketed to kids

Cap-and-trade won't hurt farmers

No, Judge Sotomayor doesn't want to take your land

Judge Sotomayor has consistently followed precedent on the Second Amendment

Judge Sotomayor is not a racist

Employers have increased use of coercion and punitive tactics to discourage unionization

The DHS report on right-wing extremism was backed by solid evidence