Help elect women candidates through Emily's list

 EMILY's list offered a great training here in Illinois on March 23 for women, progressive candidates.

Ready to arm candidates at every level with the tools, connections, and money, they are one of the most important tools we have as progressives to turn great candidates into great elected officials.

I was happy to see many DuPage County women at this event! DuPage County is ready for more women candidates at the local level. One woman on the DuPage County Board is not enough!

Check out http://emilyslist.org/ to support this great organization.

Brenna Conway
Associate Executive Director

You deserve some credit

Friend -- You deserve some recognition. And we can't carve your name into the wall of this thing that we're building -- it's bigger than that. Here's what we want to do: Make a donation of $3 or more before March 31st, and we'll put your name in the credits of Davis Guggenheim's documentary, "The Road We've Traveled." This film is being used at field offices across the country to fire people up -- because we know it's one of the best tools we have. But grassroots supporters like you are the ones making sure our field offices have the resources they need to get the film out there. That's why if you help make that happen, you get the credit -- literally. There's a huge fundraising deadline on March 31st. So make your donation before this Saturday: https://donate.barackobama.com/Your-Name-in-the-Credits Thanks, Ann Marie Ann Marie Habershaw Chief Operating Officer Obama for America

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Save the post office. Call Judy Biggert

Now's not the time to close post offices and cut hundreds of thousands of jobs. Make a call to help save the post office! Learn more about this campaign Call Rep. Biggert: Save the post office! Dear Friend, We need to save the post office. The Postmaster General wants to close over half of the mail processing centers and over 3,000 mostly rural post offices. And his plan includes laying off almost 220,000 workers. In this economy, that's the last thing we need. Reps. Jerry Connolly (D-VA) and Don Young (R-AK) have written a letter to the House leadership, urging them to take action to save the Post Office — and enact reforms that continue to ensure that all areas of our nation continue to enjoy access to the U.S. mail service. This is a bipartisan problem and a bipartisan letter. For this letter to gain momentum, we need as many representatives as possible, Democrats and Republicans alike, to sign on — and your representative, Rep. Biggert, has not yet signed on. Call Rep. Biggert and tell her to co-sign Rep. Connolly and Rep. Young's dear colleague letter and help save the post office. Click here for a sample script and the number to call. Collectively, all the post offices being considered for closure account for a miniscule amount, four-tenths of one percent, of the postal service's annual budget. As one former Postmaster General said, "That's not even a drop in the bucket. The bucket won't ripple."1 It's true the post office faces financial challenges. But the financial problems are in large part a direct result of an onerous and ill-considered 2006 law that mandates that the postal service pre-fund its retiree health care and pension benefits for 75 years — something that no other government agency or private company is forced to do. The vast majority — some 85 percent — of the red ink comes from this pre-funding mandate despite the fact that, according to the Post Office Inspector General, the pension is over-funded and reserves for retiree health care are far higher than the federal government as a whole, the military and almost all Fortune 1000 companies.2 Simply modifying the 2006 pre-funding mandate would provide considerable breathing room for the post office. And while some changes to the post office are certainly necessary to preserve and improve it in the 21st century, now's not the time to close post offices and cut hundreds of thousands of jobs. Call Rep. Biggert and tell her to co-sign Rep. Connolly and Rep. Young's dear colleague letter and help save the post office. Click below for a sample script and the number to call: http://act.credoaction.com/call?tg=FHIL_13&cp_id=209&id=37351-5191227-FJKQyvx&t=8 Thank you for your activism. Ali Rozell, Campaign Manager CREDO Action from Working Assets 1. "Special Report: Towns go dark with post office closings," Reuters, 02-14-12. 2. Letter from United State Post Office Inspector General David C. Williams to Senator Bernie Sanders, dated 02-06-12. © 2012 CREDO. All rights reserved. To remove yourself (Democratic Party DuPage County) from this list, please visit our subscription management page at: http://act.credoaction.com/s?i=37351-5191227-FJKQyvx To change your email address or update your contact info, please visit: http://act.credoaction.com/subscrip/coa.html?id=37351-5191227-FJKQyvx

Program would spy on Internet users to prevent animal abuse

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.   Top Stories for March 27, 2012 › Romney plans car elevators in San Diego beach house › Gingrich charging supporters $50 per photo › Program would spy on Internet users to prevent animal abuse › GOPer warns of ‘redneck’ mandates if Obamacare upheld › Facing foreclosure, ‘chicken man’ blows up own home › Scientist anticipates human trials for tumor-killing drug › Colorado cop investigated for shoving man on video › O’Donnell questions empty chair after Zimmerman’s lawyer bails on interview › Julian Assange runs for Australia Senate as ‘libertarian’ Jon Stewart mocks media over Trayvon Martin coverage After returning from his vacation on Monday night, Daily Show host Jon Stewart took on the controversy surrounding the tragic shooting of Florida teen Trayvon Martin. Although Stewart had hoped to fill his segment with inevitable Dick Cheney heart transplant jokes, he could not avoid the Trayvon Martin story. “I feel like Florida and Arizona are locked in a harms race,” he joked, in reference to Florida’s contentious “Stand your ground” law. Read more › Colbert: Romney’s hair snaps on like a ‘Lego man’ On his return from his week-long break, Stephen Colbert couldn’t wait to address Mitt Romney being compared to an Etch A Sketch Monday evening, agreeing that both are “square and colorless.” “Now see, people think that’s a metaphor for Romney being inconsistent but the Etch A Sketch is very consistent,” the Comedy Central host said. “You can shake it all you want, and all you’re ever going to be able to draw is stairs.” Read more ›   Forward to a friend Share this Raw Story newsletter with a friend. Subscribe Get our Top Stories delivered daily right to your inbox. You’re receiving this newsletter because you’ve subscribed to Raw Story's Daily Update newsletter. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe instantly. Copyright © 2011 Raw Story Media, Inc. | PO Box 21050 | Washington, D.C. 20009

See Who Gets $126 Per Second In Tax Breaks, Plus 2 Share-Worthy Images

Hello! Here are the three hottest progressive videos and graphics that we found on the web today, March 27, 2012. Which Industry Receives $126 Per Second In Tax Breaks? The Reality Check We Can't Wait To See In November Do These Harvard Law Students Look Suspicious To You?

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Four things you need to know about the Supreme Court’s health care review

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.   Top Stories for March 26, 2012 › Four things you need to know about the Supreme Court’s health care review › Microsoft censoring Windows Live Messenger chats for copyright infringement › U.S. ‘pink slime’ factories shut down amid outcry › Santorum calls reporter’s question ‘bulls–t’ › Like us on Facebook ...or the terrorists win! › Trump: Paul Ryan’s budget ‘very dangerous’ for Romney › Herman Cain kills a bunny in new ad › Romney’s cousin: Mormonism is a ‘fraud’ › Fmr. Reagan official: Health care ‘broccoli mandates’ argument is ‘totally bogus’ Turkish company uses Hitler to sell shampooo A Turkish company is hoping that images of Adolf Hitler will entice men to buy their shampoo. The Turkish company Biomen has come under fire after they created an advertisement that uses black and white footage of the German dictator urging customers to purchase their “100 percent male shampoo.” Read more › Woman discovers Victorian-era medical devices in her outhouse A Colorado archeologist made some startling discoveries in her backyard’s outhouse this past weekend, finding parts to a Model-T car, alcohol bottles from the Prohibition Era, and a syringe. Rebecca Schwendler of Lafayette, Colorado told 9News about the many artifacts she uncovered, including something even from the 19th century’s Victorian Era. Read more ›   Forward to a friend Share this Raw Story newsletter with a friend. Subscribe Get our Top Stories delivered daily right to your inbox. You’re receiving this newsletter because you’ve subscribed to Raw Story's Daily Update newsletter. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe instantly. Copyright © 2011 Raw Story Media, Inc. | PO Box 21050 | Washington, D.C. 20009