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San Diego County Wage Board’s Heartbreaking Hearing

San Diego County Wage Board’s Heartbreaking Hearing Posted: 19 Oct 2015 10:44 AM PDT By Doug Porter  More than thirty low-income workers came before an ad hoc committee on Saturday to testify about the realities of low-wage life in San Diego County. Many wept openly as they told their stories, encompassing a range of human misery in sharp contrast with the image of San Diego as the economic juggernaut portrayed by civic boosters. Tales of living without running water, of not being able to afford medication for sick loved ones, of having not being able to afford school supplies and more were heard by the panel composed of representatives from faith, academic, labor and business groups. Every one of the speakers was employed; some were working two or more jobs. None of them could make ends meet on the wages they were being paid. San Diego’s regional forum was one of several dozen held around the country, with low-income workers also testifying in Denver, Phoenix, Atlanta, New Orleans, Detroit, Kansas City, Mo., St. Louis, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Houston and Milwaukee.    [Read more...] shared from San Diego Free Press Bad News Not Reported: The Drift Toward Global Plutocracy Continues Unabated Posted: 19 Oct 2015 04:46 AM PDT By Jim Miller Recently Thomas B. Edsall penned an interesting column in the New York Times asking “How Did the Democrats Become the Favorites of the Rich?” where he observed that while the gulf between the two parties is still very wide on many social issues, on economic issues, Democrats have “inched closer to the policy positions of conservatives, stepping back from championing the needs of working men and women, of the unemployed and of the so-called underclass.” Consequently, Edsall notes that: Democrats now depend as much on affluent voters as on low-income voters. Democrats represent a majority of the richest congressional districts, and the party’s elected officials are more responsive to the policy agenda of the well-to-do than to average voters. The party and its candidates have come to rely on the elite 0.01 percent of the voting age population for a quarter of their financial backing and on large donors for another quarter.   [Read more...] A Black Perspective on Ben Carson, the Teapublican’s ‘anti-Obama’ Posted: 19 Oct 2015 04:45 AM PDT By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos Historically, black Americans tend to be overlooked when it comes to achievements in science, math, and medicine. So it was with great pride that we embraced the acclaim garnered by Dr. Ben Carson, neurosurgeon, who inspired many of our youngsters to go on to college and to follow his career in medicine. His autobiography,Gifted Hands, is a present that has been given to many young people in black households across America. Hence, many of us are beyond appalled that this man has morphed into an anti-science reactionary who touts creationism, intelligent design, and anti-evolutionism. What makes it even worse is that he is now the poster child for the right-wing tea party attacks against Barack Obama, the Democratic Party, and Democrats running for the 2016 nomination. He has become the antithesis of the civil rights struggle, directly attacking the gains we have made and are fighting to hold onto. He embodies a "great black hope" agenda for white tea partiers, and racists who are willing to forgo their racism as long as the black person they control is steeped in their brand of tea. I can't say that I am surprised by this tactic. Look at the "replacement" of Thurgood Marshall, an iconic Supreme Court Justice and defender of civil rights, with Clarence Thomas.   [Read more...] Readers Write: Grim Prospect of Hundred Years War Posted: 19 Oct 2015 04:45 AM PDT By Stan Levin Bush's War is thirteen years old and counting. It is increasingly evident that none of the participants in this expanding global tragedy knows how, nor it seems, has anyone the will, to put an end to war. Children born in the Middle East and children born in the United States at the time of our ill advised incursion into the affairs of a foreign country are now about thirteen years old. They know of no time of no war.   [Read more...]

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1000s of pinwheels shape wind turbine on National Mall!

Just over a week ago, people who work in wind energy held a major event on Capitol Hill to meet with elected representatives about renewable energy policy. And early this morning, thousands of knee-high pinwheels creating the outline of a wind turbine popped up on the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol!

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Just over a week ago, people who work in wind energy held a major event on Capitol Hill to meet with elected representatives about renewable energy policy. And early this morning, thousands of knee-high pinwheels creating the outline of a wind turbine popped up on the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol!

The Power of Wind team was there to see it. Check out the video, and if you like it, please share it with your friends:

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The pinwheels were a celebration of an exciting announcement

– that Procter & Gamble has bought enough wind energy to make some of the best-known consumer products in America with 100% wind power! 

An EDF Renewable Energy wind project in Muenster, Texas will generate as much electricity as is used by Procter & Gamble's factories in Ohio, Missouri, Louisiana, Kansas, and Ontario to produce Tide, Downey, Dawn, Cascade, and Febreze. Those products sold nationwide will now carry the words “made with 100% wind power,” helping us get the word out that the clean energy revolution is here, and it’s being made in America. 

This commitment shows how much of a difference businesses can make in reducing carbon pollution. We now have a national commitment, called the Clean Power Plan, to significantly reduce carbon pollution in the next 15 years. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has directed the states to create plans to cut electric power plants’ emissions 32% below 2005 levels by 2030. The Texas wind farm involved in the Procter & Gamble deal alone will offset 250,000 metric tons of carbon pollution – 1% of the reduction we need to achieve nationally.

Traditionally, it has been mostly electric utilities purchasing the electricity from wind farms. But especially in the past two years, more companies, universities, hospitals, and government agencies have been signing contracts to power their properties with 100% wind power directly. 

In the coming year, the Power of Wind will help you get involved in urging your state to get its Clean Power Plan right. Using an example like the Muenster wind farm, you can show your policymakers that wind power is the biggest, fastest, cheapest way to generate carbon-free electricity.

Please consider making a gift today to support the work we’re doing to unleash the power of wind. With even a small contribution, you’ll help us gear up for strong citizen action campaigns in 2016.

Thank you in advance for your support! We couldn’t do this important work without you!

Sincerely, Mary Kate Francis Director, Community Engagement

                                                                              

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CNN Anchor Asks Bush To Explain His Double Standard For Benghazi And 9/11. It Doesn’t Go Well.

CNN anchor Jake Tapper asked Jeb Bush to explain how he justifies saying that his brother wasn't responsible for 9/11, but that President Obama and Hillary Clinton were responsible for Benghazi -- and Jeb Bush fell apart. Meanwhile the GOP is arguing over whether George W. Bush was, indeed, president on 9/11 -- ThinkProgress' Judd Legum brings you this totally-not-sarcastic-in-any-way investigation into the gripping controversy. And, the Supreme Court may take up a case that could lead to a literal arms race and strip lawmakers of their ability address America's gun control problem. This news and more, in our top news of the day: CNN Anchor Asks Bush To Explain His Double Standard For Benghazi And 9/11. It Doesn’t Go Well. During the latest stop in his media tour to defend his brother’s actions as president, Jeb Bush asked on CNN Saturday if anyone actually blames his brother for the attacks on 9/11, saying if they do, “they’re totally marginalized in our society.” ...(read more) Was George W. Bush President On 9/11? An Investigation Into The Controversy Tearing The GOP Apart The Scary Supreme Court Case That Could Set Off A Literal Arms Race In The United States The Supreme Court appears to be giving serious consideration to a case that, if taken up by the justices, could strip lawmakers of much of what remains of their ability to address America’s gun violence epidemic — 33,636 people were killed by firearms in the United States in 2013. Indeed, should the justices ultimately side with the plaintiffs in this case, it could set off an arms race where gun makers and the National Rifle Association sprint to ensure that new methods of killing people are widely available as fast as possible so that those methods will gain special constitutional protection. ...(read more) Republican Chairman Of Benghazi Committee Caught Making Bogus Accusation Against Hillary Clinton Line Blurs Further Between Jeb Bush’s Campaign And Super PAC While hitting the campaign trail in Iowa earlier this month, former Florida governor and current Republican presidential contender Jeb Bush said in a radio interview, “We just started to advertise — actually the Right to Rise PAC started to advertise, not our campaign.” ...(read more) ThinkProgress | Center for American Progress Action Fund 1333 H ST NW | Washington, DC 20005 Contributions to Center for American Progress Action Fund are not tax deductible

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US corporations have $2.1 trillion in profits stashed offshore

Dear Friend, US corporations have $2.1 trillion in profits stashed offshore—most of it in tax havens. As long as this money is overseas, these hugely profitable companies avoid paying US taxes on it. And that means the rest of us have to make up the difference. We’ve partnered with the Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund, the Campaign for America’s Future, and 14 other groups to call on Congress to close these outrageous tax loopholes. Will you join us? This is money desperately needed to make classrooms less crowded, rebuild roads and bridges, find new medical cures, and make college affordable. While many politicians claim that we don't have the money for critical government programs, their friends in corporate America are cheating the system. Join us as we call on Congress to hold these corporations accountable and ensure that they pay their full and fair share of taxes. All the best, Sarah Arnold

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Education Does Not Cure Poverty; It Cures Ignorance

Education Does Not Cure Poverty; It Cures Ignorance Steve Singer: Give someone a book, put them in a school, place them before a teacher and – POOF – they’ll be able to get one of the nonexistent well-paying jobs that – may I repeat – DON’T EXIST! READ MORE shared from

MONDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2015 Education Does Not Cure Poverty; It Cures Ignorance Steve Singer: Give someone a book, put them in a school, place them before a teacher and – POOF – they’ll be able to get one of the nonexistent well-paying jobs that – may I repeat – DON’T EXIST! READ MORE Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend George Will: Egregiously Obtuse on Inequality John Peeler: Will (and the conservative majority who decided Citizens United) are utterly insensitive to the impact of extreme inequality on democracy. READ MORE Off Label Warning for Law Firm of Covington and Burling—Hazardous to Your Health! Janet Phelan: After resigning as Attorney General in 2015, Holder returned to Covington and Burling, which reportedly had kept his office unoccupied and awaiting his return during his stint as top lawman in the US government. READ MORE What’s Education For? Reflections on David Brooks’ “Schools for Wisdom” Walter Moss: David Brooks is right to bring up the subject of “Schools for Wisdom.” But it requires much more thought and discussion. READ MORE What Really Helped Win the Civil War Rosemary Jenkins: In all my years of study in high school and college and throughout my research thereafter, I never read anything that explained how actions (or inactions) of another country kept ours from falling apart! READ HERE

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