"In the Tornado Alley states of Kansas, South Dakota and Iowa, wind generated 20%, 26% and 27% of the total electricity produced, respectively, and is now the second-largest electricity source in those states." Hmm, where's Nebraska?
"So, what’s to stop wind from expanding dramatically in Tornado Alley? It may be politics. Tornado Alley is in the heart of America’s Heartland where wind energy has little political support...over 80% of all wind energy capacity in America is within red Congressional districts."
Take a look at the most recent US poverty levels and the number of children currently living below the poverty line.
Walgreens wants to relocate overseas to avoid paying $4 billion in taxes while nearly a quarter of the company’s profits come directly from government programs Medicare and Medicaid.
Boycott Walgreens!! Spread their shame!
HELP KEEP GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF ABUSERS: We are losing women and children EVERY DAY to domestic gun violence, but lax federal and state gun laws make it all too easy for abusers and stalkers to access guns. As Americans, we should be outraged that our laws don't do enough protect vulnerable women and families - and that this problem gets so little attention from the general public, the media and many elected officials. Use our Fast Tweet page to spread the word that it's time to #FixDVGunLaws. LIKE, SHARE and go here to FAST TWEET:http://every.tw/fixdvgunlaws
GIRL SHOT AND KILLED IN KANSAS: On Friday, 5-year-old Cadence Harris was shot to death after being abducted from her Atchison home by a man who had allegedly dated her mother. The man led the police on a high-speed chase before exiting his vehicle and opening fire on the police. It is still unclear when Cadence was shot during the abduction: http://nydn.us/1qxf9ZF
Court records show the abductor, Marcus McGowan, was charged in 2011 and 2012 for criminal threats and domestic battery against Cadence's mother. The day before her abduction, authorities issued a warrant for McGowan’s arrest for missing a court hearing related to a domestic violence charge.
We must do more to keep guns out of the hands of abusers. A Senate committee is holding a hearing next week on a bill that would help #FixDVGunLaws and prevent abusive dating partners from gaining access to guns. In Cadence’s honor, SIGN and SHARE our petition telling Senators to support this legislation:http://every.tw/1u8586D
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Today's news from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.):
Sanders’ VA Proposal: Sen. Bernie Sanders, chairman of the Senate veterans committee, on Thursday announced a proposal that would cost about $25 billion over three years to lease new clinics, hire thousands of doctors and nurses, and make it easier for veterans who can't get prompt appointments with VA doctors to get outside care. He offered to trim the cost of a Senate-passed bill to improve health care services at the VA to $25 billion over three years, The Associated Press, Reuters, CBS Radio and Bloomberg Radio reported.
Miller’s VA Proposal: Rep. Jeff Miller, the House committee chairman, said a partisan meeting he staged on Thursday to offer his proposal for VA reform was not a “take-it-or-leave-it offer,” Roll Call, Military.com, Military Times and Talk Radio News Service reported.
Veterans for VA Reform: The nation's major veterans groups back a Department of Veterans Affairs request for more doctors and nurses and additional space at hospitals and clinics, but House Republicans on Thursday insisted that would not improve veterans’ access to health services, The Washington Post reported. Sen. Sanders disagreed with the House. “The major veterans’ organizations have been clear about the needs of the VA,” the Senate veterans’ committee chairman said. “It is time for the House to pay attention."
VA Reform: The House and Senate veterans committee chairmen offered competing proposals Thursday to fix the VA health care system, The Associated Press and Brattleboro Reformer reported. “We have put good faith offers on the table, again and again, and have tried to meet the Republicans more than halfway,” Sanders in The Wall Street Journal, the Burlington Free Press, Times Argus and Rutland Herald. “But I am sad to say that at this point I can only conclude, with great reluctance, that the good faith we have shown is simply not being reciprocated.” In Bloomberg report, Sanders said House Republican leaders are “not serious about negotiations.”
Continue reading:http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/072514
We couldn't agree more. Congress needs to act now and BOOST #SocialSecuritybenefits for working Americans.
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ICYMI: LCV’s Senior Vice President Tiernan Sittenfeld and SenatorSherrod Brown were on the The Ed Show earlier this week to talk about the importance of focusing on clean energy and energy efficiency instead of doubling down on the failed energy policies of the past. Watch the clip here: http://on.msnbc.com/UqX54z
RELAX
Finally getting what they deserve.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/24/3463848/climate-science-deniers-mocked-onion/
The Week in Review:
Sen. Bernie Sanders calls them “corporate deserters” – American companies that dodge U.S. taxes by exploiting a law that lets them pretend, for tax purposes, to be based overseas. Earlier Friday, Sanders spoke in Philadelphia to the National Association of Letter Carriers about the need to modernize the Postal Service and beat back efforts to cut jobs and services. As chairman of the Senate veterans committee, Sanders steered President Obama’s nominee to ...
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I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood cannever become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thanks Dee for this one!
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