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Voter Rights Denied by States Defying Federal Law

Logo courtesy of Human Rights Education, Amnesty International, website A new study revealed that many states are routinely failing to offer low-income Americans an opportunity to register to vote as required by the federal National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), as the nation prepares for the 2008 election. The study shows that ...

Additional Republican Party Dirty Trick Reported

Photo courtesy of Gimmie Some Truth website The Department of Justice (DOJ) was reported by the McClatchy Newspapers of putting partisanship ahead of the American people by delaying the prosecution of a key Republican official under investigation for the Republican Party's criminal phone-jamming scheme in New Hampshire. "A (DOJ) official with detailed ...

February 17th 2013
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Mindy McCready Dead at 37

Mindy McCready, the country music star, is dead. According to reports, she has committed suicide at the age of 37. Mindy McCready was an American country music singer. Active since 1995, she has recorded a total of five studio albums. Her debut album, 1996's Ten Thousand Angels, was released on BNA ...
February 13th 2013
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Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative Uses Power to Force Customers to Donate to Foundation

Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative (TVEC), an electric distribution cooperative that serves about 50,000 electric meters in an area just southeast of Dallas, Texas, has taken an unprecedented approach to building their own charity. TVEC has started a program that they're calling "Operation Roundup", where customers will automatically have their electric ...

State of the Union Address by President Barack Obama – Transcript

In case you missed it, or would like to read the transcript, the following is the State of the Union Address by President Barack Obama, as prepared for delivery, on February 12, 2013. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this ...
February 13th 2013
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Children’s Health Fund Responds to State of the Union

The following is a statement from Dr. Irwin Redlener, president and co-founder of Children's Health Fund, following the State of the Union address by the President of the United States: "The president made a strong case for universal early education in America, along with raising the minimum wage. But his ...
February 13th 2013
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National League of Cities Responds to the State of the Union

The following statement is from Marie Lopez Rogers, president of the National League of Cities (NLC) and mayor of Avondale, AZ in response to President Obama's State of the Union address: "I was honored and thrilled to be in the House chamber tonight watching President Obama's State of the Union address ...

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