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What's It Like to Call Your Senator?

This morning I put my words into action. I got a text message from CREDO Action: WorkingAssetsAlert: Sen Judiciary Cmte 2 vote on amnesty 4 telcos who helped Bush spy. Tell Sen Schumer 'no immunity' @ 800/219-1332 Honestly, while I...

Posted by Justin Krebs on November 15, 2007 7:58 AM

Tags: Charles Schumer CREDO FISA take action
Strongly Disapprove

More Americans "strongly disapprove" of Bush than did of Nixon, reports Think Progress. So once again, our President has set a record. Once he starts down one course, he rarely veers off, whether it's a disastrous war, a wrong-headed economic...

Posted by Justin Krebs on November 6, 2007 10:21 AM

Tags: Bush Iraq take action
First In...Now Out?

What does it mean when even the Marines want to leave Iraq? The Marine Corps is pressing to remove its forces from Iraq and to send marines instead to Afghanistan, to take over the leading role in combat there, according...

Posted by Justin Krebs on October 11, 2007 6:28 AM

Tags: Iraq marines take action
No More Photo Ops

Another smart, fun video on Bush's decision to block healthcare for children. Well-made, inexpensive, sharp, funny, viral videos might be the key to achieving an override. Take action to beat the Bush veto and expand healthcare opportunities for children....

Posted by Justin Krebs on October 4, 2007 11:39 AM

Tags: Bush SCHIP take action veto video
No to America's Top Vote Suppressor

Today's the day: as we told you yesterday, we have to act to block a known vote-suppressor from joining the FEC. Spakovsky is not a good guy. Why? As Act For Change informs us: * He played a major role...

Posted by Justin Krebs on September 26, 2007 8:12 AM

Tags: FEC take action von Spakovsky
War Shouldn't Be So Easy

As Nicole wrote before, there's an insidious plot to trick us into war with Iran. We've been warning Congress to hold onto that authority and not cede it to the President -- but Senators Lieberman and Kyl are trying a...

Posted by Justin Krebs on September 25, 2007 1:14 PM

Tags: Iran Joe Lieberman take action
Working Those Assets Even While We're Asleep

When I woke up this morning, the first email I saw was from Act For Change, the activism arm of Working Assets. It made a request of me: Block Voter Suppression Nominee to Federal Elections Commission. So I did. Or...

Posted by Justin Krebs on September 25, 2007 6:05 AM

Tags: FEC take action von Spakovsky voter suppression
Two Battles

Sometimes it feels like there is nothing to be done about the mess our country is in. (Well, it never feels that way to Working Assets members who can always do more through our great Act For Change online activism.)...

Posted by Justin Krebs on September 19, 2007 6:52 AM

Tags: Chris Dodd habeas corpus Iraq Jim Webb take action
War Drums Beating

Yesterday Bush and French President Sarkozy tried to raise world fear levels about the possibility of Iranian nuclear weapons. Bush warned that an atomic bomb toting Iran would put the Middle East "under the shadow of a nuclear holocaust". Sarkozy...

Posted by Justin Krebs on August 28, 2007 2:55 PM

Tags: bush Iran Iraq Sarkozy take action
Talking Truth About Disasters

AFL-CIO president John Sweeney has spent a lifetime fighting for workers' rights. His passion is clear in this morning's column at The Huffington Post, in which he finds broader lessons in the Utah mine disaster. We've got six coal miners...

Posted by Justin Krebs on August 20, 2007 8:23 AM

Tags: John Sweeney mine safety take action
Get Serious About Mine Safety

America is saddened by the events in Utah...and the search continues for survivors. But it's clear there is more we can do as well: we can tell our Senators and Representatives to get serious about mine safety. It's the old...

Posted by Justin Krebs on August 17, 2007 12:47 PM

Tags: mine safety take action
VP vs. VP

On Sunday, a notable former Vice President attacked current VP Dick Cheney in a Washington Post editorial. From the editorial: [After Sept. 11] Cheney set out to create a largely independent power center in the office of the vice president....

Posted by Justin Krebs on July 30, 2007 9:00 AM

Tags: Dick Cheney impeach take action
For Gonzales, Impeachment is Still a Good Idea

Remember, we recently asked all of you help us call upon Congress to impeach Alberto Gonzales? Well, it's still a good idea. As the AG needs to defend against claims he improperly pressured then-AG Ashcroft (on a hospital bed at...

Posted by Justin Krebs on July 25, 2007 12:25 PM

Tags: Gonzales impeach take action
That Good Ole Environment

This week, James Hansen, who has previously claimed that NASA and the Bush Administration tried to silence him on his climate change findings, led a team of researchers in publishing Climate Change and trace gases. This harrowing paper says that...

Posted by Justin Krebs on July 13, 2007 8:35 AM

Tags: climate change Congress environment fuel economy global warming NASA take action
Bush May Not Support the Troops, But We Do

Just a day after the war loyalists in the Senate decided they're really not so much into that whole 'supporting the troops' thing after all, news comes from the White House that despite missing more than half of the surge...

Posted by Justin Krebs on July 12, 2007 10:53 AM

Tags: Bush Iraq take action
Say No to Homophobia, No to Bush

As Michael already noted in his post on the past Surgeon General's honest -- if belated -- testimony before Congress, Bush's new pick for the post is far worse: - Dr. Holsinger, along with his wife, co-founded the Hope Springs...

Posted by Justin Krebs on July 11, 2007 2:18 PM

Tags: Bush homophobia Surgeon General take action
Wednesday Morning: Time to End the War

From our most recent Working Assets on-line action to end this Occupation in Iraq: Senators Webb and Hagel are introducing an amendment today to provide relief for our overextended troops. It ensures that active-duty troops spend equal amounts of time...

Posted by Justin Krebs on July 11, 2007 4:33 AM

Tags: Iraq take action troop readiness
TAKE ACTION: Help the Working Families Party Pass Paid Family Leave Legislation

Last year, I wrote a San Francisco Chronicle column about the Working Families Party, and how fusion voting in general has led to a real populist powerhouse in New York State. Now, as the Albany Project reports, the party is...

Posted by David Sirota on June 7, 2007 9:28 PM

Tags: family values take action war on the middle class

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