The Executive Director of Sarvodaya reported of high rate of malnutrition at the Menik Farm, Sri Lanka. "Nearly 5000 Internally Displaced children in the Vavuniya camps are malnourished, a charity that works in...
Local media is in crisis. Towns and cities across America are losing their commercial news oulets, while pink slips are being handed to the reporters who once covered our communities. We cannot afford to lose any...
" The 2008 AIG bonus pool just keeps getting larger and larger. In a response to detailed questions from Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the company has offered a third assessment of exactly how much it paid out in...
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A Bill Before Congress would prohibit ownership of handguns by those who have not obtained firearm licenses. See it on Snopes . BLAIR HOLT BILL AKA GUN CONTROL! Snopes won't allow HIGHLIGHTing but it is a good...
We've got a problem, and it's time to make some targeted phone calls.
Lots of them, preferably. So, please, get out your phones, and let me back up for a moment.
Representatives David Dill and Tony Cornish had a good idea, all in all. Right now, state law requires that...
Author, researcher and Berkeley Professor Emeritus and former U.S. Representative Dan Hamburg (D-CA) are appealing to the readers of this post to contact your representatives in Congress to demand that they meet,...
" LONDON, England (CNN) -- The singer Madonna has settled with Guy Ritchie for $75 million, or about £50 million, as part of their divorce agreement, her representative, Liz Rosenberg, confirmed on Monday to CNN. ...
The House is experiencing an unprecedented amount of traffic as people try to access the bill, the vote count- and the contact system, so they can express their opposition to the Wall Street Bailout. Let 'em have it. You can look up your "Representative"s contact info here:...
" By CARL HULSE and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN Published: September 29, 2008 WASHINGTON — Defying President Bush and the leaders of both parties, rank-and-file lawmakers in the House on Monday rejected a $700...
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Video of Rep. Marcy Kaptur D-OH speaking in the House; she pulls the covers on the latest shock doctrine power/money grab and proposes a much more sensible plan. Marcy Kaptur for President!Call your Representative votesmart.org"Let's Play "WALLSTREET BAILOUT" The Rules Are......
The corruption investigation in Alaska against governor Sarah Palin could extend in a new direction, with new allegations of witness tampering by Palin and her associates."A Democratic state representative in Alaska asked state troopers Wednesday to investigate possible...
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The infamous Palin email hacker has been traced through a proxy server trail to 20-year old University of Tennessee student David Kernell, son of Democratic Tennessee state representative Mike Kernell. Using...
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Once again, the reich-wing call of "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear" has found yet another exception. This time it is in the person of Republican congressman disgraced in a sex scandal...
"This recent press back that we are seeing in the media against Senator Obama is probably to be expected. Here is why...I think that it is representative of a greater issue than the US elections that is taking...
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Can Man City show their rival that they are now more solid under Mark Hughes?"Mark Hughes has been assured by Manchester City’s new owners that they will not put him under pressure to fill his squad with Galacticos when the transfer window opens in January.With the Abu...
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