Morning News to Keep You Ranting - July 20th

Today -


Cheri Honkala's acceptance speech
Summer Slaughter kicks off today in California
Your band of the day is ... TAT!
James Mcdermott is your candidate of the day
MovetoAmend.org wants to hear from you
and
NoLabels.org continues to perpetuate the duopoly


Presidential Politics - 


Cheri Honkala (Green Party VP Nominee)

Cheri Honkala Acceptance speech for Vice President at Green Party Convention

Tours & Festivals - 


Summer Slaughter - 


Join Us For Our SUMMER SLAUGHTER Pre-Game LIVE Video Webcast This Friday At 3pE/12pP (From MetalInjection.Net)


You can read about the history of Summer Slaughter, here.


Find out where all your favorite festivals and tours are at today, here.

Band of the Day - TAT


TAT are a punk trio from Britain.


Click here to read more about them, follow them on social media sites and listen to their music.


Candidate of the Day - James Mcdermott


James Mcdermott is running to serve Alaska in the U.S. House of Representatives.


James is a Libertarian. You can read more about his campaign, his views and his candidacy, here.

Activism - 


MovetoAmend.Org wants you to testify as to why corporations aren't people and money isn't speech!

Check it out here.

NoLabels.Org wants to give the president the line-item veto and has ten other ways they think they can help fix the presidency. You can view the eleven ideas and sign the petition here.

If you want to see Dr. Jill Stein in the debates, calling the polling companies and making sure her name is included is one way to go about it, donating to the campaign, either money for t.v. and radio or time to raise name recognition and support through word of mouth, is another, but, thanks to Change.org, you can now also sign and share this petition to get her into the debates.

Open the Presidential Debates to Dr. Jill Stein

Ranting Against the Mainstream Media - 


NoLabels.Org continues to perpetuate the duopoly.

Testify! (From MoveToAmend.org)

The National Campaign to End Corporate Personhood and Demand Real Democracy!

Joshua, After last week’s postponement and rescheduling of the upcoming Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights hearing, it is time for a quick review: In early June, Move To Amend (MTA) learned the hearing was set for July 17 and began an effort to elicit an invitation, which culminated in a national call-in day on June 29 to Senator Durbin's office. Unfortunately, Durbin's office has elected to allow only three citizens to speak at the hearing. And none of them include Move to Amend representatives. We have been invited us to provide written testimony, which we have done. What have we learned so far? •    Move To Amend members are highly motivated and committed to our goal. In just several weeks time, we mobilized from local meetings with sub-committee members to a national action, which jammed the switchboards at Senator Durbin’s office. It is a very impressive outcome, which speaks volumes about the character and commitment of our membership.  We know what you know! •    Movements have never been lead by Congress. People like you are who lead social movements, through coalitions like Move to Amend. •    This inside-the-beltway effort is only one tactic within our larger strategy to empower and unite people from all walks of life to build a movement to let Congress know that they serve the people, not corporations, and to underscore the "We the People" in our Constitution. What steps will we take next? •    MTA is joining with other organizations to collect citizen testimony, because that's what really matters. Considering how difficult it is to get in to testify before Congress, we figure it is best to testify directly to the American people. We invite you to add your voice by submitting written and/or video testimony, and encourage you to be creative; think haiku, interpretive dance, or song to express yourself and explain why the amendment must go deeper than merely overturning Citizens United, it must make clear that a corporation is not a person and money is not speech. >> It’s easy to do, just click here for details. We will succeed in our overall goal. Collectively, we are the ones Margaret Mead referred to when she said: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." In admiration and solidarity, Ashley Sanders, Ben Manski, Daniel Lee, David Cobb, Egberto Willies, George Friday, Jerome Scott, Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, Laura Bonham, Nancy Price, and Stephen Justino Move to Amend National Executive Committee

MOVE TO AMEND PO Box 610, Eureka CA 95502  |  (707) 269-0984  |  www.MoveToAmend.org We, the People of the United States of America, reject the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, and move to amend our Constitution to firmly establish that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights.

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