- Why We Fight: More of the Dirty Thirty
- [Republicans oppose, want to reduce the budgets for, and/or undermine via crappy alternatives: net neutrality, the weather service (e.g. tsunami warnings), evolution, Wall Street regulation, raising taxes on big business, and reproductive rights. -L]
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- Charter school operators to run 7 more L.A. Unified campuses
- [L.A. Times - California]
Major charter-school organizations won the right Tuesday to operate at seven of 13 schools under a policy that allows bidders inside and outside the Los Angeles Unified School District to take control of new and academically struggling campuses.
- Lawmakers OK billions in program cuts in California budget
- [L.A. Times - California]
…cuts to welfare, medical programs for the poor and in-home care for the elderly and frail, among other services, moving forward key pieces of Gov. Jerry Brown's budget reduction package.
- Darlene Love Inducted Into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- A white dude on a motorcycle.
That's the first visual correlation a whole generation of listeners had with the voice of Darlene Love. Indeed, the picture sleeve accompanying the 45 single of "He's a Rebel" reflected nothing of the woman singing the song. In fact, even the name of the group on the sleeve — "the Crystals" — was not accurate.
While the real Crystals were on tour, producer Phil Spector recorded the Blossoms on the track, with Darlene Love singing lead. …
- We Are One – April 4 event
- On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, where he had gone to stand with sanitation workers demanding their dream: The right to bargain collectively for a voice at work and a better life.
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- Progressive Groups Step Up Recall Ad Campaign (VIDEO) | TPMDC
- The recall effort is the new focus for the coalition, which brings together national progressive groups representing more than a million members nationwide. …
A new ad is coming, the groups say. That spot will "capture the grassroots magic of this recall effort," PCCC co-founder Adam Green told TPM.
For now, Republicans will have to contend with a version of the ad that raised more than $200,000 in the first day it went on the air in Wisconsin.
- Madison On The Potomac: Labor Protesters Storm Lobbyists’ Lobby In DC | TPMDC
- For about 30 minutes Wednesday afternoon, a group of a couple hundred union workers, labor activists and progressives turned the lobby of a DC office building into a mini-Wisconsin State Capitol.
…[They] stormed the lobby of a…building that hold the headquarters of BGR Group, a lobbying firm that was hosting a fundraiser for, among others, several of the Republican state Senators who just voted to strip collective bargaining from thousands of Wisconsin union workers.
…"People I know back home voted for Walker because of his pro-life stance. But he doesn't have a pro-living stance."
…the protest apparently continued, and included a march to the Chamber of Commerce by what DailyKos says was "as many as 1000 people." [link]
[My bookmarks live at delicious.com/camryl. In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. Also, signal boosts are awesome! --L.]
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