Mole's Progressive Democrat: Progressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 270

This is the last newsletter before my vacation. So I try to focus it on things of some lasting value: ongoing boycotts, Green Power, and a couple of the top Congressional races of the year.

Here is a graph I came across that kind of says it all about priorities of the two parties:

Under Republicans the richest get the most. Under Democrats the rich pay their fair share. Simple as that. Of course under Republicans our government goes deeper and deeper into debt to give those big fat tax breaks to the rich.

I should note that one of the top stories this week is one that many of you will not have heard about. Some of you will remember almost exactly a year ago I wrote about my fellow Culture Kitchen blogger Leo Igwe getting attacked by a Christian fundamentalist mob in Nigeria. He was beaten up but came out of it as strong as ever and has continued to fight for reason, human rights and to stop child abuse in Nigeria. Well, this week his family was attacked and his mother and father beaten up. To me Leo is an inspiration. He fights for what is right under conditions far more dangerous than I do. And whenever he is attacked he comes back out fighting. You can read about him and the latest attack on Daily Kos. Please help support him and his work through the links in that article. And you can read some of Leo's articles about Nigeria and Africa on Culture Kitchen.

And for those who have followed my coverage of Homeland Security Presidential Directive #12 from 2007 on, the latest is that the Supreme Court is going to take up the case. I review the case (which directlt affects my wife and is of interest to anyone who is a Federal employee or contractor) and the latest events on Culture Kitchen.

I will leave you with President Obama once again doing the right thing. This time he is defending Social Security against the latest Republican attack:

Here is this week's newsletter:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

172 Chances for Progressives to Win in November

Where to gas up in the post-BP era...a more detailed version than my last one.

Remaking America's Energy System: Greener Energy and American Jobs

They laughed at Al Gore - now the "Inconvenient Truth" starts to make its presence felt...again, now is the time for all of us, bottom up and top down, to take action. It is PAST time. And again, I urge you to make the green power switch. It is the most important thing you can do.

Boycottorama: A roundup of ongoing boycotts of merit

A Congressman with Guts

Democracy for America Grassroots All-Star Beth Krom for Congress

NY Governor's Race: Republican insanity. Here's the key quote:

Under a Gov. Carl Paladino, political hacks would be swept from the state payroll, Medicaid spending would be slashed by 40 percent and state programs or even entire agencies that are deemed unnecessary would disappear.

Underused prisons would be turned into work camps for welfare recipients.

...yep...that's the insanity of the modern Republican Party right there.

New York State Focus: Extended Roundup of Endorsements

New York Focus: Green Power Switch

NYC Focus: Bloomberg Threatens Community Gardens...I have been predicting this for some time.

And EVERYONE predicted this (except it seems Bloomberg): Four Months After Bloomberg Slashes City Pest Control, Rats Run Rampent

Brooklyn Focus: Jesse Strauss Out of his Depth?

Brooklyn Focus: Chris Owens' Statement On Proposition 8 Decision

Brooklyn, NY Focus

OH! CHARLIE, CHARLIE, CHARLIE, CHARLIE, RANGEL. (by Rock Hackshaw)

Manhattan, NY Focus

EDC cancels Willets Point hearing after lies exposed

Queens NY Focus: Tony Avella for State Senate...and here is Avella's latest video:

Queens, NY Focus

Bronx Focus: Charlie Ramos Picks up Blue Collar Union Endorsements (SD-32)

Bronx, NY Focus

Suffolk County, NY Focus

Rochester Focus: SD-56: Meet Robin Wilt

Rochester, NY Focus

New York 19th District Focus: Putnam, Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, and Westchester Counties

NEW YORK STATE FOCUS

Texas Ag: Hank Gilbert Calls for Texas Department of Agriculture Inspector General, Reforms

Dallas County, TX Focus

Austin/Travis County, TX Focus

Houston/Harris County, TX Focus

Texas 10th District Focus: Turn TX-10 Blue

Texas 21st District Focus: Turn TX-21 Blue

TEXAS FOCUS

California Focus: Beth Krom for Congress

TAKE BACK RED CALIFORNIA

California Focus: Green Power Switch

Silicon Valley Area, CA Focus

Orange County, CA Focus

Vote Esiquio Uballe for CA AD-72

San Diego, CA Focus

Southern California Grassroots Alliance

California 11th District Focus: San Joaquin, Alameda and Santa Clara Counties

CALIFORNIA FOCUS

Washington Focus: On Saving 319,000 Jobs, Or, Legislation Keeps Teachers Teaching...comes from a local Washington State blog, but applies to the whole country.

Washington State's Rep. Rick Larsen takes on the Tea Party:

Washington State Focus: Green Power Switch

Progressive Candidates in Washington State

Seattle/King County, WA Focus

WASHINGTON STATE FOCUS

South Carolina Focus: Rob Miller (SC-2) Challenges Joe "You Lie" Wilson

South Carolina Focus: Alvin Greene

South Carolina Progressive Network

What we are fighting for in Virginia's 7th District

Virginia Republican Attorney General Cuccinelli SLAMMED by Scientists...as a scientist myself I am disgusted by Cuccinelli's anti-science fanaticism.

Virginia Democratic Rep. Tom Perriello on The Rachel Maddow Show:

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