A coalition of voting rights groups is asking Gov. Rick Scott to stop a statewide effort to purge thousands of potential non-citzens from the voting rolls, and U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Boca Raton, also plans to ask the governor to stop the scrub.
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Friday, May 25, 2012
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Anti-Rubio group says Rubio thinks troops are coming out of Iraq "too fast"
Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald PolitiFact
Excerpt: WrongWayRubio.com, a joint project by Progress Florida and Florida Watch, also takes issue with his foreign policy, a particularly important focus for a potential Republican vice presidential nominee. The site provides terse commentary on several issues, allowing readers to tweet the statements -- and the website's source material for the claim -- through their own Twitter accounts.
Excerpt: WrongWayRubio.com, a joint project by Progress Florida and Florida Watch, also takes issue with his foreign policy, a particularly important focus for a potential Republican vice presidential nominee. The site provides terse commentary on several issues, allowing readers to tweet the statements -- and the website's source material for the claim -- through their own Twitter accounts.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
IS MARCO RUBIO A 'NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'?
Unable to prevent Barack Obama from becoming president, rigid followers of the Constitution have turned their attention to another young, charismatic politician many think could one day occupy the White House. The birthers are calling for U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, the budding Republican star from Florida.
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St. Petersburg Times - 10/20/2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Help Get Ready For Campaign 2012
For months now, we've worked to build this campaign by reaching out to as many supporters as possible. It's been a busy summer -- we've had three national Days of Action and dozens of organizing events right here in Florida. But there's still a lot of work left to do.
To succeed in 2012, we'll need every volunteer possible to help knock on doors, run events, and make calls -- and we'll need your help to recruit them.
Here's how you can get started today:
Use our handy call tool and reach out to supporters from your own home.
From now until November 2012, volunteers across the state will be working hard to champion the President's record of accomplishments, from bringing our combat troops home from Iraq to reforming Wall Street and signing the Affordable Care Act into law.
The call tool is a great way to help recruit those volunteers. It's simple and easy to use -- we'll give you the name and number of supporters from 2008 and 2010 one at a time, and help you encourage them to get involved in this election.
The more calls we can make and new volunteers we can recruit now, the stronger our foundation will be for 2012. Make calls from home today:
http://fl.barackobama.com/
To succeed in 2012, we'll need every volunteer possible to help knock on doors, run events, and make calls -- and we'll need your help to recruit them.
Here's how you can get started today:
Use our handy call tool and reach out to supporters from your own home.
From now until November 2012, volunteers across the state will be working hard to champion the President's record of accomplishments, from bringing our combat troops home from Iraq to reforming Wall Street and signing the Affordable Care Act into law.
The call tool is a great way to help recruit those volunteers. It's simple and easy to use -- we'll give you the name and number of supporters from 2008 and 2010 one at a time, and help you encourage them to get involved in this election.
The more calls we can make and new volunteers we can recruit now, the stronger our foundation will be for 2012. Make calls from home today:
http://fl.barackobama.com/
Monday, October 11, 2010
Saturday, December 5, 2009
10 Companies to Avoid This Holiday Season
Air America put together a list of companies that you should think twice about before handing them your money. Their research is based on descriptions from The Blue Pages: A Directory of Companies Rated By Their Politics And Practices. This is a super handy little book that tells you about companies' environmental, human rights and labor practices and also which political parties they give money to and how much. There are probably hundreds of '10 worst' (or best) lists you could come up with from the book, but Air America at least got the ball rolling. Here's a little info on what they found. You can read the whole thing on their website and you should, there's lots more there. Also check out the book. It's handy to take along shopping. Or maybe it will just be an iPhone app soon anyway (or maybe it is?). 1. Children's Place: "It gets its products from places with human rights and labor violations and had to pay $1.5 million in a settlement alleging that they violated the Securities Act. 2. Hanes: "...went the extra step to be cited for 'egregious labor violations.'" Oh, and they have not even an attempt at an anti-discrimination policy for sexual orientation and gender identity. 3. JC Penny: "D- on Green America's scorecard and D+ from the NAACP." 4. Limited Brands (this includes Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works): "The now scarily common 'sourced from countries with widespread, well-documented human and labor rights abuses' rears its head here..." 5. IBM: "It's been sued for improperly converting employee pension plans and for exposing them to toxic chemicals." Oh and also for "aiding and abetting South Africa's apartheid regime."
6. Albertsons: The gamut of really bad labor stuff — "Unpaid overtime, punishing employees for opposing discrimination policies ... intimidates workers into refusing unions ..." and the list unfortunately goes on. 7. Chiquita: This is a good summary: "Everything is contaminated." 8. L'Oreal: Still getting it for their lack of policy on animal testing (oh, and using banned chemicals). 9. Target: Bad on the environment, racial discrimination and of course ''sourced from countries with widespread, well-documented human and labor rights abuses.'" 10. Wal-Mart: Obvi! Sadly, this is just a few of the companies out there that you should avoid. I'm sure we can come up with more, but better yet, what are the 10 companies that deserve our cash?  Social Media Consulting, Web Presence, Call Center Technology Book A FREE 1/2 Hr. Phone Consultation  |
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