SOME BADLY NEEDED GOOD NEWS...

Amnesty International USA

We are thrilled to report that earlier this week Congress passed the Tribal Law and Order Act as an amendment to H.R. 725, a groundbreaking and long-overdue piece of legislation that tackles violent crime against Native American and Alaska Native women.


A huge thank you to the thousands of Amnesty supporters like you who took action to make this human rights victory possible.

 

Because of you, Native American and Alaska Native women will no longer be trapped in a mindboggling, jurisdictional maze that allows perpetrators to rape with impunity.

Every Native American and Alaska Native woman will be given the chance to:

 get a police response, have access to a rape kit,


have the opportunity to see her case prosecuted, and


see justice served for crimes committed against her.


Spurred by our hard-hitting 2007 report, Maze of Injustice, Amnesty's millions-strong, global human rights movement has worked tirelessly to ensure this legislation became a reality.


People like you have set the stage for reversing the devastating rate of sexual violence that Native American and Alaska Native women have endured for much too long.



This is what we can accomplish when we work together.

I want to thank you again for all you do. This is a truly amazing victory for women’s human rights and we couldn’t have done it without you.

Thank you,

Rachel and the rest of the Stop Violence Against Women team

KEEPING A WATCH...

Do you believe the crisis in the Gulf is behind us? BP would like us to believe it is
But we don't believe it.Government statistics still can't tell us about what happened to most of the millions of gallons of oil that gushed from the well, and even more importantly how it's damaged ocean life. To get a full picture of this disaster, we need to know what's going on in the Gulf
Today, we are getting set to launch our research expedition to find out. But we've got two months ahead of us and that equals a lot of fuel and supplies.

Please donate today to ramp up our expedition TODAY, and a generous supporter will match every dollar, up to $50,000 »

This mission is vital and we need your help. Your donation will support our team understand how sharks, sea turtles, corals and other marine life have been affected by the oil and what we need to do to protect them over the long term. With your help, we'll be able to extend our research and get the facts.


Getting the Facts on the Oil Spill


Today, we are beginning our two-month research expedition into the aftermath of the BP drilling disaster.


Help support this trip by August 31 and your gift will be doubled.

Make a Donation


Your gift goes twice as far when you donate today »


Thank you for your ongoing and dedicated support of Oceana.

For the oceans,


Jeff Wiedner


Director of E-Activism


Oceana






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ZEALOTS LOOKING FOR A CAUSE ARE EASY PREY FOR THE FEARMONGERS...

On Sunday, July 18, unhinged ex-convict Byron Williams loaded his truck with guns and headed up a California highway with the intention of starting a revolution. If he hadn't been stopped by brave officers -- two of whom were wounded in the confrontation -- he could have carried out a plan to kill staff at progressive organizations, including the Tides Foundation.



What is the Tides Foundation? It's the nonprofit that Glenn Beck brags about "turning the light of day" on by constantly attacking it as part of a socialist conspiracy to destroy our government. The Tides Foundation isn't the shadowy political influence of Beck's fantasies -- it's a transparent organization known in the philanthropic community for doing good public service. Make no mistake: Beck's intention was to paint the Tides Foundation as a dangerous, increasingly powerful threat to freedom that must be stopped. And Williams set out to stop them.

It's time for those who profit from Beck to take responsibility for his incitements to violence. Beck's paranoid, dishonest and incendiary rhetoric doesn't just reflect on Beck -- it reflects on News Corp., Fox News' parent company, and its shareholders. Morgan Stanley owns nearly $300,000,000 in News Corp. stock, Bank of New York more than $175,000,000, Goldman Sachs $115,000,000, and JPMorgan Chase nearly $70,000,000. As owners of the company, they need to take responsibility for the conduct of its employees.

Demand that News Corp.'s major shareholders renounce Glenn Beck's violent rhetoric and its dangerous consequences.


As Media Matters Senior Fellow Eric Boehlert wrote:

Indeed, for more than a year Beck has been portraying the progressive organization as a central player in a larger, nefarious cabal of Marxist/socialist/Nazi Obama-loving outlets determined to destroy democracy in America. Beck has routinely smeared the low-profile entity for being staffed by "thugs" and "bullies" and involved in "the nasty of the nastiest," like indoctrinating schoolchildren and creating a "mass organization to seize power."


As Media Matters reported, the conspiratorial host had mentioned (read: attacked) the little-known progressive organization nearly 30 times on his Fox program alone since it premiered in 2009, including several mentions in the last month. (Beck's the only TV talker who regularly references the foundation, according to our Nexis searches.)


So yes, Beck has done all he can to scare the hell out of people about the Tides Foundation and "turn the light of day" onto an organization that actually facilitates non-profit giving.

And guess what? Everybody in America would have found out about the Tides Foundation last week if Byron Williams had had his way.

Demand that News Corp.'s major shareholders renounce Glenn Beck's violent rhetoric and its dangerous consequences.


Thank you again for your support.


Ari Rabin-Havt


Media Matters for America

SHAMEFUL POLITICS BY SHAMELESS PEOPLE...

ONE DAY LATER, THE "RELUCTANT" JUDGE REFUSED TO SIGN OFF ON THE DECISION MADE. MRS. MICKIE ELDRIDGE'S VOTE IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY NOW COUNTS JUST LIKE ALL THE REST OF THE DEMOCRATS THAT VOTED IN THAT SAME REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION IS INVESTIGATING THE REAL POSSIBILITY OF A CONSPIRACY INVOLVING SHARON YORK(MRS. AVERY CLYDE YORK) ELECTION OFFICE DIRECTOR AND THE AUNT OF THE CANDIDATE BRINGING THE CHALLENGE, LINDA WHEELER THOMPSON (MRS.JIM THOMPSON)

EMPOWERING ALL PEOPLE

One in every five Americans is affected by a disability. This means that approximately 54 million people in the U.S. alone are working everyday to gain greater independence and create new possibilities for themselves.


Within the United States, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has done much to eliminate the barriers and discrimination people with disabilities have faced for so long. Yet, about three quarters of adults with disabilities are unemployed--even though most would prefer to be working. And, internet access for people with disabilities is about half of what it is for those without disabilities.


Clearly there is still a lot of work to be done if we want people with disabilities to be truly empowered! Please join BloggersUnite in supporting people with disabilities and the groups who work to empower them by raising awareness. Let people know that despite major gains more needs to be done to ensure that people with disabilities enjoy the same access to resources and opportunities as those without disabilities.


Getting involved is easy. So act now!


If you have any questions about this event or would like to be an event partner, email Jason at jason@blogcatalog [dot] com

AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE ABOUT THE OIL SPILL...

Disclose.tv - louisiana resident speaks about BP Video

A SLAP TO THE FACE OF GOD...

CRIMES AGAINST THE WORLD

THE GIFT OF LIFE...SNUFFED OUT

WHAT TOOK CENTURIES TO DEVELOP TOOK ONLY SECONDS TO DESTROY

The only reason left to remain active in the political arena is the preservation of our planet. 
Americans have lost control of their government to the Uber Rich

Our politicians are whores

Greed has come out of the shadows, no attempt is being made to hide their crimes to feed that greed

Bushies thumbed their noses at Americans and our laws, did as they pleased and paved the way for the bp/halliburton oil decimation of the Gulf of Mexico.

As I see it now, America has become an oligarchy:

An oligarchy (from Greek ὀλιγαρχία, oligarkhía[1]) is a form of government in which power effectively rests with a small segment of society distinguished by royalty, wealth, family ties, military control, or religious hegemony. The word oligarchy is from the Greek words "ὀλίγος" (olígos), "a few"[2] and the verb "ἄρχω" (archo), "to rule, to govern, to command".[3] Such states are often controlled by politically powerful families whose children are heavily conditioned and mentored to be heirs of the power of the oligarchy.

Oligarchies have been tyrannical throughout history, being completely reliant on public servitude to exist. Although Aristotle pioneered the use of the term as a synonym for rule by the rich, for which the exact term is plutocracy, oligarchy is not always a rule by wealth, as oligarchs can simply be a privileged group, and do not have to be connected by bloodlines as in a monarchy. Some city-states from ancient Greece were oligarchies.


Source: Wikipedia