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Eight Reasons Why Marco Rubio Is Not ‘The Republican Savior’
Igor Volsky writing for Think Progress lays out a clear case for why Senator Rubio is not the Savior that the GOP is looking for. …dig beyond Rubio’s newfound embrace of immigration reform, and you’ll find that the GOP’s future appears stuck in the past, as the great hope of the party still espouses many…
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Chairman Boxer and Rep. Markey Call on NRC to Investigate New Safety Concerns at Southern California Nuclear Plant
Washington, DC – Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), and Representative Ed Markey (D-MA), Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter today to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman, Dr. Allison M. Macfarlane, urging the NRC to immediately investigate new information that indicates…
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Feb 17 – #ForwardOnClimate Rally Solidarity Rally
Forward on Climate will only be the largest climate rally in history and put enough pressure on our leaders if every single person who can make it turns out — but sometimes traveling all the way to Washington, D.C., just isn’t in the cards. If you absolutely can’t make it to Washington on February 17,…
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Yes, He Can – 20 Progressive Executive Actions
The Nation magazine outlines 20 ways that Obama can use his presidential power to push a progressive agenda. Environment Assemble a Commission on Climate Change Direct the EPA to Regulate All Greenhouse Gases Reject the Keystone Pipeline and ‘All of the Above’ Foreign Policy And National Security Take Nuclear Weapons Off ‘Hair-Trigger’ Status Take Cuba…
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Restoring Respect – 2nd Annual Conference on Restoring Civility to Civic Dialogue
The Fall 2012 political campaign was one of the nastiest, least civil in modern times (and we thought it couldn’t get worse than 2008!). Are we stuck with a permanent politics of incivility or is there something we, the people, can do it about it? Join our dialogue to return civility to our civic dialogue:…
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Cyberwarfare Precedent
This new cyber war mandate could set a dangerous precedent. U.S. intelligence officials have indicated that although the United States has highly developed offensive information warfare capabilities, it is lacking in defensive capability. That could put our critical infrastructure at risk from retaliatory attacks. This measure can also assure that there are no more…
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