Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Poll finds only one in three Illinois voters support radical ultrasound bill that harms women’s health « American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois
Did this get past you? Illinois HB 4085 would require an ultrasound prior to abortion. Check it out. Poll finds only one in three Illinois voters support radical ultrasound bill that harms women’s health. American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois
Carole Cheney for State Rep, Sat. March 10
PLEASE JOIN HONORARY EVENT CHAIR
SCOTT HARPER
at a “10 Days until Victory”
fundraising event to support
CAROLE CHENEY
Democrat for State Representative – IL 84
SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2012
2:00 – 4:00 PM
BLACKFINN
16 West Jefferson Avenue | Naperville IL 60540
Suggested Contributions
$500 SPONSOR $250 PATRON
$100 INDIVIDUAL OR BRING 10 PEOPLE AT $10!
RSVP to CaroleCheney2012@gmail.com or purchase tickets online!
SCOTT HARPER
at a “10 Days until Victory”
fundraising event to support
CAROLE CHENEY
Democrat for State Representative – IL 84
SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2012
2:00 – 4:00 PM
BLACKFINN
16 West Jefferson Avenue | Naperville IL 60540
Suggested Contributions
$500 SPONSOR $250 PATRON
$100 INDIVIDUAL OR BRING 10 PEOPLE AT $10!
RSVP to CaroleCheney2012@gmail.com or purchase tickets online!
Incredible article on the 2012 Gala. $1000 raffle winners!
Please take a moment to read this incredible article by Suresh Bodiwala in the Trib Local. Also, new photos from the Gala will be posted on the front of our DPDC Website and on our Flickr feed over the next few days! A great set of Gala photos by Mark Padolina is already available on Facebook (sign up for Facebook if you haven't already and "Like" us at Democratic Party of DuPage County!
Winners of the $1000 Raffle this year
Paul Fessenbecker
Jay Mitchell
Winners of the $1000 Raffle this year
$50 - Eraj Ahmed
Janice Rinehart
Leslie Coolidge
Bonnie Gahris
Laurie Nowak
Robert LipaPaul Fessenbecker
Jay Mitchell
Larry Pitts
Jim Hagerty
Derek Bagley
Janice Beckman
$250 - Chris Sikora - Thank you so much Chris for donating your winnings back to the DPDC
$500 - Kevin Phillips
$1,000 - Rafael Monsivais
CONGRATULATIONS and Thank you for participating!
Naperville Progressive Ballot Guide
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Dear Illinois MoveOn member,
There's an election coming up on March 20 in Naperville—do you know who you're voting for?
For big-ticket races, the answer may be yes, but in a down-ballot or nonpartisan race, many people may know little about the candidates, or it may be difficult to tell who the progressive candidate is.
That's why we've built a Progressive Ballot Guide that lets MoveOn members and other local progressives educate each other about the candidates in a race.
The concept is simple: If you are planning to vote for a specific candidate, let us know. If you're still undecided, that's fine too—you can use the ballot guide to see the reasons why other progressives voted the way they did.
Even if you have no idea who you're voting for in any race, or have an opinion in one or two races, you should still check out the ballot guide. After you vote, you'll be able to see other progressives' thoughts on the candidates running for office in your area.
A local official can influence policy much more directly than Congress or the president. Tea party Republicans know this, and they've been making focused efforts to win state and local elections so they can further their radical agenda.
That's why it's so important to make sure progressive voters know the facts when they go to vote. And that's why we're making a ballot guide, created by local folks, to help get that information out. We'll send out the completed guide, compiling all the recommendations we receive, in a few days. But to get started, we need to hear from you.
Can you tell us what progressives you support?
Thanks for all you do.
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Final Countdown
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Subject: Final Countdown
Date: Tue, Feb 28, 2012 3:51 pm
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Subject: Final Countdown
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Monday, February 27, 2012
Haven't donated to reelect the President yet? Tell the campaign why.
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| Friend -- As you may have noticed, we've asked you for a donation a few times now. But according to our records, you haven't yet made an online donation to this campaign at this email address. (If our records are wrong, I apologize and thank you!) I'm not writing to ask you for money again. I'm actually writing to ask your opinion about why you haven't given, and what you think would inspire you or other Obama supporters like you to decide to take the leap and donate. We have two quick questions for you. Can you take a minute to answer them? There's a good reason we're asking for your feedback: The kind of organization we all decided to be a part of only works if people like you pitch in to build it. It's also the reason no other candidate has been able to match our level of grassroots support. This isn't the easiest way to run a campaign -- but we know it's the right way. That's why we want to know what you're thinking. Please take a minute to answer these two questions today: http://my.barackobama.com/Your-Support-In-2012 Thanks so much, Rufus Rufus Gifford National Finance Director Obama for America P.S. -- Of course, if you'd like to become one of our million-plus grassroots donors today, by all means, please make a donation of $3 or whatever you can afford. |
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Friday, February 24, 2012
Wanna have dinner with the President?
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| Friend -- Sitting down for a meal with the President of the United States is just not a chance many people -- including me -- will ever get. That's why you'd be crazy not to at least give this a shot. We're drawing the first winner tonight at midnight. Pitch in $2 or whatever you can to be automatically entered to sit down for a meal with the President. Consider this: A couple months ago, Scott, a firefighter and dad from Georgia, opened an email about having dinner with the President. He pitched in a few dollars to support the campaign, figuring "Why not?" Weeks later, the President was offering him a french fry from across the table. So if you think that could never be you, remember that Scott thought that, too. Chip in $2 or more to be automatically entered now: https://donate.barackobama.com/The-First-Guest Good luck, Rufus Rufus Gifford National Finance Director Obama for America No purchase, payment, or contribution necessary to enter or win. Contributing will not improve chances of winning. Void where prohibited. Winners will be selected throughout the promotion. Entries must be received by 2/22/12, 3/3/12, 3/18/12, and 3/31/12 to be eligible for each successive drawing. You may enter by contributing to Sponsor here or click here to enter without contributing. Four winners will each receive the following prize package: one round-trip ticket from within the fifty U.S. States, DC, or Puerto Rico to a destination to be determined by the Sponsor; hotel accommodations for one; and dinner with President Obama on a date to be determined by the Sponsor (approximate combined retail value $1,150). Odds of winning depend on number of entries received. Promotion open only to U.S. citizens, or lawful permanent U.S. residents who are legal residents of 50 United States, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico and 18 or older (or of majority under applicable law). Promotion subject to Official Rules and additional restrictions on eligibility. Sponsor: Obama for America, 130 E. Randolph St., Chicago, IL 60601. |
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
Recall Scott Walker for the cost of a latte
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This is Mike Tate, chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party.
First, I just want to thank the thousands of PCCC members who chipped in nearly $50,000 this past week toward our goal of recalling Gov. Scott Walker. This makes a huge difference.
I also wanted to make sure you saw this quote from one of the billionaire Koch brothers, which appeared this week in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
"We're helping him, as we should," Koch says of Walker. "We've gotten pretty good at this over the years. We've spent a lot of money in Wisconsin. We're going to spend more."Will you help us defeat Scott Walker and the Koch brothers in Wisconsin by making a grassroots donation of $4 to our Recall Walker campaign today?
The Koch brothers have already flooded the state with TV ads in recent weeks.
And they are planning an avalanche of dirty tricks right out of Karl Rove's playbook. In last year's recall elections, they ran fake candidates in primaries, sent mail to progressive voters with the wrong election date, and spent millions on false TV ads to try and buy the election.
Just the other day, leaked documents revealed they plan to set up "shadow blogs" to attack teachers, public schools, and grassroots activists like you.
Republicans and their billionaire funders have declared war on working families. Working with groups like the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, we are fighting back.
Please donate $4 so we can re-open all of our field offices across Wisconsin and organize over 35,000 grassroots volunteers to contact voters in their communities.
The PCCC's help in 2011 was pivotal to our efforts to successfully recall Republican senators from office. With your continued support, we'll be able to defeat Scott Walker and David Koch in Wisconsin in 2012.
Thank you,
Mike Tate
Chair, Democratic Party of Wisconsin
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Number One Progressive Radio Host Thom Hartmann Gives Keynote Address At DuPage Democrats President's Day Gala - Full Video
This is why he's such a great speaker - and why every effort you make toward the success of DuPage County democrats is so important:
It was a wonderful evening, and a wonderful inspiration for us all in the busy and critical next year ahead.
All the best,
Dan Stafford
Video courtesy of Richard Steelman:
It was a wonderful evening, and a wonderful inspiration for us all in the busy and critical next year ahead.
All the best,
Dan Stafford
Video courtesy of Richard Steelman:
Save the post office.
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Monday, February 20, 2012
Watch the show Fox News will hate: Teach-In To Take Back the American Dream
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Three Things You Can Do to Help Re-elect The President
1. Come meet your local DuPage campaign staff and
volunteer leaders at the DuPage Democrats' Office Open House
2. Learn what Obama for America is doing to help
re-elect President Obama and other Democrats in 2012.
3. Help us
phone bank!
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Host:
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1000 N. Rohlwing Rd, Ste 7
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Directions:
Our
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Saturday, February 18, 2012
Erin Go Get An O'Bama T-Shirt
President Obama, on visiting Ireland, noted he had an Irish ancestor and had come to find his apostrophe. Well, the campaign found it and you can show how green Democrats can be wearing this shirt on St. Patrick's Day. Check it out; you'll want one!
Friday, February 17, 2012
Stop Stafford Interest Rates From Doubling
The interest rate on Stafford student loans will double in July if Congress doesn't approve the plan to stop it.
If the plan isn't passed, some borrowers will end up paying almost $5,000 more on their loan over a 10-year repayment. We're asking people like you to tell Congress to show some love for students and support the plan.
Will you take action now and sign this letter to your members of Congress?
In 2007, Congress passed the College Cost Reduction and Access Act, which cut the interest rate from 6.8% to 3.4% -- but it's set to expire this July. This is a terrible time to force students to shoulder such a huge increase when so many students are either unemployed or underemployed and struggling to pay loans. In fact, this issue is growing so quickly and dangerously that Rebuild the Dream will be campaigning around student debt and the right to higher education throughout the year.
College seniors who graduated with student loans in 2010 owed an average of $25,250, up five percent from the previous year. And this affects more than just people in their 20s: borrowing has grown far more quickly for those in the 35-49 age group, whose school debt burden increased by a staggering 47 percent.
That's why for this Valentine's Day, I'm not asking for chocolate hearts or roses. I'm asking that Congress extend a deal that was made five years ago.
Sign this letter urging your members of Congress to show some love for students!
Thanks,
Molly Katchpole
P.S. Check out the United States Students Association, Campus Progress, and US Public Interest Research Groups | Higher Ed to find out more about issues affecting millennials.
If the plan isn't passed, some borrowers will end up paying almost $5,000 more on their loan over a 10-year repayment. We're asking people like you to tell Congress to show some love for students and support the plan.
Will you take action now and sign this letter to your members of Congress?
In 2007, Congress passed the College Cost Reduction and Access Act, which cut the interest rate from 6.8% to 3.4% -- but it's set to expire this July. This is a terrible time to force students to shoulder such a huge increase when so many students are either unemployed or underemployed and struggling to pay loans. In fact, this issue is growing so quickly and dangerously that Rebuild the Dream will be campaigning around student debt and the right to higher education throughout the year.
College seniors who graduated with student loans in 2010 owed an average of $25,250, up five percent from the previous year. And this affects more than just people in their 20s: borrowing has grown far more quickly for those in the 35-49 age group, whose school debt burden increased by a staggering 47 percent.
That's why for this Valentine's Day, I'm not asking for chocolate hearts or roses. I'm asking that Congress extend a deal that was made five years ago.
Sign this letter urging your members of Congress to show some love for students!
Thanks,
Molly Katchpole
P.S. Check out the United States Students Association, Campus Progress, and US Public Interest Research Groups | Higher Ed to find out more about issues affecting millennials.
NPR.org - If Women Are In Combat, Men May Try To Protect Them, Santorum Says
Really? Where does Santorum get this stuff?
If Women Are In Combat, Men May Try To Protect Them, Santorum Says
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/02/10/146685806/if-women-are-in-combat-men-may-try-to-protect-them-santorum-says?sc=emaf
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If Women Are In Combat, Men May Try To Protect Them, Santorum Says
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Monday, February 13, 2012
Santorum says what?
It took 16 presidential election cycles, beginning in 1952, but I finally heard the quote from a presidential contender that may never be topped for sheer lunacy. Speaking at a Texas campaign stop February 8, Rick Santorum offered this bit of delusion and fear mongering:
"When you marginalize faith in America....what's left is the French Revolution. What's left in France became the Guillotine...if we follow the path of President Obama
and his overt hostility to faith in America, then we are headed down that path."
Santorum, of course, was merely scoring culture war points with the extreme Tea Party and Evangelical wing of the Republican Party, the highly energized segment which is fueling his inroad on front runner Mitt Romney. Somehow Santorum believes making contraceptives available at no cost to the 98% of sexually active women who use them, of their own free will, represents a hostility to religion that moves in a straight line to the French Revolution and the guillotine.
I am not worried that my continued support for the sensible and measured policies benefiting the health of women will bring back (or rather to since America never had it) the guillotine. There is, however, a device I wish we could use on the Santorum candidacy...the Hook.
Walt Zlotow is a guest blogger to DPDC and has his own blog at Heartland Progressive blogspot.
"When you marginalize faith in America....what's left is the French Revolution. What's left in France became the Guillotine...if we follow the path of President Obama
and his overt hostility to faith in America, then we are headed down that path."
Santorum, of course, was merely scoring culture war points with the extreme Tea Party and Evangelical wing of the Republican Party, the highly energized segment which is fueling his inroad on front runner Mitt Romney. Somehow Santorum believes making contraceptives available at no cost to the 98% of sexually active women who use them, of their own free will, represents a hostility to religion that moves in a straight line to the French Revolution and the guillotine.
I am not worried that my continued support for the sensible and measured policies benefiting the health of women will bring back (or rather to since America never had it) the guillotine. There is, however, a device I wish we could use on the Santorum candidacy...the Hook.
Walt Zlotow is a guest blogger to DPDC and has his own blog at Heartland Progressive blogspot.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
FW: TO SHOW OUR LOVE, Gala Deadline extended to Feb 14. Social Media Contest winner.
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Friday, February 10, 2012
Raffle Tickets for $1000 (and 14 other prizes) still available
One easy way to support our Democratic movement in DuPage is to give a little offering of the money variety. Seems so old-fashioned, doesn't it? Unfortunately, along with the new-fangled outreach methods from Four-Square, to Linked-In, to Facebook, blog and Twitter, the best ways to connect are still the old-fashioned ways. Conversation, phone calls, door-knocking and the DIRECT ASK.
We need more funds to keep DPDC growing the way it has over the last four years. RIGHT NOW, an easy way to do that is to BUY RAFFLE TICKETS and SELL RAFFLE TICKETS. Aside from the GRAND PRIZE, there are lesser monetary prizes with 15 actual prizes in all.
Write to INFO@DUPAGEDEMOCRATS.COM after you read this and say you are willing to sell a pack of 5 (actually sell 4 and the 5th is yours for free).
THANKS
We need more funds to keep DPDC growing the way it has over the last four years. RIGHT NOW, an easy way to do that is to BUY RAFFLE TICKETS and SELL RAFFLE TICKETS. Aside from the GRAND PRIZE, there are lesser monetary prizes with 15 actual prizes in all.
Write to INFO@DUPAGEDEMOCRATS.COM after you read this and say you are willing to sell a pack of 5 (actually sell 4 and the 5th is yours for free).
THANKS
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Take Down these Tea Partiers
Our democracy is in jeopardy. Witness what the radical right justices of the Supreme Court ruled regarding Citizens United. Witness the November 2010 elections where the tea party supporters fueled by this action enabled our democracy to be at risk through the elections of tea party legislators who have blocked and obstructed the President's agenda in the jobs bill, raising the debt ceiling, extending unemployment benefits, and putting our safety net legislation on the table.
Go to www.credoaction.com to support the SuperPac of grassroots action to ensure the tea party candidates elected in 2010 are no longer a force within our democracy. Donate and contribute your time to unseat those who would obstruct and tear down the very foundation that made this country great; where we stand together to help support the least of us and those who cannot support themselves.
Submitted by First Vice Chair Cathy Sewell
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Komen Official Resigns
Senior VP for Public Policy of the Komen Foundation Karen Handle has resigned her position effective immediately. Read the details at NPR. Handle is a former Republican candidate for Governor of Georgia.
CSI Havana starring Thom Hartmann, 2012 Gala Keynote
Those of you who have had the chance to look into the life of our 2012 Gala keynote speaker may have overturned some extremely interesting things about his life and career. One of the most fascinating is to me is this:
In the book Ultimate Sacrifice, Thom Hartmann and co-author Lamar Waldron argue that President John F. Kennedy's assassination resulted from a conspiracy by two mafia godfathers (Carlos Marcello and Santo Trafficante) who took advantage of a proposed 1963 USA-sponsored coup (against Cuba's Fidel Castro) to kill the President and then hide their tracks in the resulting cover-up of the top-secret coup plans. Gore Vidal, in his recent autobiography "Point To Point Navigation" devotes much of the final two chapters of his book to praising Hartmann's and Lamar Waldron's scholarship in "solving" the JFK case (JFK was a friend of Vidal's).
Amy Rohrer
Executive Director, DPDC
See more about last year's gala here http://tiny.cc/2szpj
Support your Postal Service
This post is a repost from the Americans for Democratic Action's News and Notes
Postal Reform
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is leading the fight to protect mail delivery and the public workers who touch each and every one of our homes. Soon, the Senate will consider new postal legislation, and we’re asking you to contact your senator immediately to tell him/her that the 21st Century Postal Service Act (S. 1789) is unacceptable in its current form. Call Your Senators: 202-224-3121 (Capitol Switchboard) Click here for direct numbers.
“The bill would force the Postal Service to close hundreds of mail processing centers, shut thousands of post offices, and cause massive delays in mail delivery,” said Cliff Guffey, President of the American Postal Workers Union. “By failing to give more substantial financial relief, the bill would weaken the Postal Service, kill jobs, and drive customers away.” The Ed Shultz Show explained the forces attacking the Postal Service in this video.
Monday, February 6, 2012
WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA CAN DO--Komen To Continue Funding Planned Parenthood
Congrats, our voices were heard!!
In Reversal, Komen To Continue Funding Planned Parenthood
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/02/03/146344674/in-reversal-komen-reinstates-funding-for-planned-parenthood?sc=emaf
Please let's join together to let democracy return to the U.S. by banding together with millions of people on the internet. The Democratic Party of DuPage County can have its voice amplified as well but we need you to jump aboard and ask your friends to do the same.
Comment on this Blogspot
Follow us on Twitter
Like and Follow/friend us on Facebook at DuPage Dems and Democratic Party of DuPage County
And more soon!
In Reversal, Komen To Continue Funding Planned Parenthood
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/02/03/146344674/in-reversal-komen-reinstates-funding-for-planned-parenthood?sc=emaf
Please let's join together to let democracy return to the U.S. by banding together with millions of people on the internet. The Democratic Party of DuPage County can have its voice amplified as well but we need you to jump aboard and ask your friends to do the same.
Comment on this Blogspot
Follow us on Twitter
Like and Follow/friend us on Facebook at DuPage Dems and Democratic Party of DuPage County
And more soon!
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