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Jacob Swenson wrote a new diary post: #justsayno
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Jacob Swenson wrote a new diary post: #classwarkitteh!
Yesterday, our Kitteh, Rufus decided that he wanted to stand up against the outrageous cuts to the economic safety net that are currently being proposed in Washington. Today, we decided Rufus should dress up as one of those crazy CEOs from Fix the Debt . (Word on the street is that CEO Kitteh has an inside line to [...] -
Jacob Swenson wrote a new diary post: The Value of Compromise.
The popular media often lauds the idea of compromise and bipartisanship. Hey, even Jon Stuart has made fun of progressive Democrats for not “compromising” on cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. But our elected officials and media seem to ignore that the compromise is a political tool — and as such, it’s value rests on [...]
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Jacob Swenson commented on the diary post Response to Senator Durbin: We Need Your Progressive Leadership by Jacob Swenson.
It’s encouraging that we have so many groups are working together to pressure Senator Durbin on this issue. We had a number of folks from Move-on and StandUP Chicago participate with us on our action last week, and many of our members joined you on Monday! Whether or not we are able to meet with [...]
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Jacob Swenson wrote a new diary post: Response to Senator Durbin: We Need Your Progressive Leadership
I work with IIRON and, over the last few months, our organization has led a number of actions urging Senator Dick Durbin to stand up for our communities during the federal budget negotiations in Washington. Last week, we worked with a coalition of churches, student groups, and other grassroots groups to set up a “Durbinville” shanty-town to make clear [...] -
Jacob Swenson wrote a new diary post: Did you miss #durbinville yesterday?
Thanks to the folks at CAN-TV, you can watch it here! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1VNeo9qsvQ And check out this superb article on commondreams.org: ” #Durbinville Targets Key Democratic Senator Willing to Cut Social Programs ” After you get done watching, call Senator Durbin in Chicago at (312) 353-4052 or in Washington at (202) 224-2154 and tell him: Absolutely NO [...]
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Jacob Swenson wrote a new diary post: #Durbinville
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViJC4vy0mWs Join other Chicagoans tomorrow – December 6th – in the Federal Plaza at Noon where we’ll be demanding that Senator Durbin stand up for our communities instead of championing the interests of Wall Street CEOs. Senator Durbin, the message is simple: revenue, not cuts. For more information, and to RSVP, visit http://bit.ly/Durbinville or http://www.iiron.org/durbinville/ To hear stories [...]
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Jacob Swenson became a registered member
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