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To: zax who wrote (930416)	4/14/2016 10:07:54 AM
From: jlallen	3 Recommendations Recommended By FJB locogringo TideGlider Respond to of 1576160

You pinheads have been predicting the demise of the GOP for decades......the Dems seem to have survived the damage wrought by Obozo on the party and the country....so there is little cause for concern....after all, there is no doubt that Trump could be any worse than Obozo.

To: zax who wrote (930416)	4/14/2016 10:32:20 AM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 1576160

Sanders spokesperson called Hillary a whore lol a lesbo whore

To: zax who wrote (930416)

4/14/2016 11:00:25 AM

From: Broken_Clock

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Obama's in league with the corporate owned media.
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Published on

Thursday, April 14, 2016

by
Common Dreams

600+ Arrests in Nation's Capital Aimed at Rapidly 'Shifting Political Weather'

Causes championed by Democracy Spring 'are the defining issues of our time,' says Congressional Progressive Caucus

by
Deirdre Fulton, staff writer

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Though you wouldn't know it by tuning in to mainstream media, more than 600 people have been arrested in the nation's capital since Monday as part of Democracy Spring, the mass civil disobedience campaign aimed at getting big money out of politics, restoring voting rights, and reviving democracy.

Close to 100 demonstrators were taken into custody and released on Wednesday, a day dedicated to the struggle for racial justice, as roughly 1,000 non-violent protesters looked on. Also Wednesday, the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) endorsed the movement.

"We are proud to stand with our allies calling for a democracy that is open and accountable, and a government that puts the needs of hard working people ahead of big corporations," said CPC co-chairs Reps. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Keith Ellison (D-Minn.). "The issues raised by these progressive groups are the defining issues of our time."

And on Wednesday night, Democracy Spring activists with Friends of the Earth and Oil Change International projected their hashtag and the words, "Super PAC Man: Take a bite out of dirty money" on the outside of the American Petroleum Institute building. The fossil fuel lobbyists were exposed Wednesday as having known of "serious" climate concerns associated with burning oil and gas as early as the 1960s.

"Oil and gas giants like Chevron and Exxon hide behind API and the Chamber of Commerce to do their dirty work in the capitol," said Jon Fox, senior democracy campaigner for Friends of the Earth. "We hope to shine a bright light on the millions of dollars dirty fuel lobbyists spend to keep polluting the planet."

Striking Verizon workers, Fight for $15 advocates, and additional members of Congress will join the actions on Thursday, focused on the movement's solidarity with organized labor.

"From Selma to Occupy Wall Street, from the Fight for 15 to Black Lives Matter, everyday people have proven the power of mass, escalating non-violent action to rapidly shift the political weather and open the door to reforms previously considered impossible," said Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Workers and vice president of the United Food and Commercial Workers union, on Thursday. "We can and we must do the same now for democracy itself."

Appelbaum elaborated in an op-ed published last month:

As the president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union I am intimately aware of how big box retailers and other corporate interests use campaign contributions and super PACs to block living wage increases, family leave, and paid-sick time for hard-working Americans. Many of the members of our union are young people, people of color and women, and it is their voices and votes that our pay-to-play campaign finance system shuts out.

Solutions to restore balance to the system are in our grasp and have begun to be implemented in cities and states, like Seattle and Maine. The moment is ripe to bring solutions like citizen-funded elections and automatic voter registration to the federal level.

Some commentators have noted that despite the scale of the actions, coverage in mainstream media has been sparse.

On Monday, a day that saw 400 arrests, "cable news programs found little time to cover the political protests," Lee Fang wrote at The Intercept.

According to Rolling Stone, "Police records suggest Monday was the largest spate of mass arrests in at least a decade at the U.S. Capitol, and close observers of Washington activism say it may have been the largest since the Vietnam War."

Yet, as Fang reported, "During daytime and afternoon news segments, CNN did not devote any coverage to the actions. MSNBC mentioned the protests for approximately 12 seconds, while Fox News mentioned the arrests and discussed the protests for about 17 seconds."

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To: zax who wrote (930416)	4/14/2016 11:18:49 AM
From: Bonefish	Respond to of 1576160

Just like Bernie would take down the DNC brand. Wait...it's already rigged for Hillary. Too bad. Cronyism will remain on the D side.