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About 47,000 kids have been cut from Kid's Care and about 310,000 adults have been cut from AHCCCS
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AZ's Republican legislature will do anything to destroy Clean Elections and our Public School System
Apr 11
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Time for a Pool Party on May 7th
If you have ever wanted to send Joe flying, then now is your chance!
Come on over, join us by the pool, eat a little, drink a little, and have a good time…
Pool Party
Saturday, May 7, 2011
5PM until 9PM(?)
$20 per adult (must be 21 years or older, includes 2 drinks ), under 21 is free. Click here to purchase.
Pool party – bring your swimsuits and floats; featuring:
- Phone visit from Jim Dean, Democracy for America Chair
- musical entertainment
- snacks (bring your favorite if you like)
- beer and wine
RSVP for address to nereids@q.com (email preferable) or leave a message at 602-996-8089.
If you can’t make it, you can still donate by clicking here.
[hat tip to Doris]
Join DFA-MC at our fundraising pool party on May 7th from 5-9(?). We are raising money to send our Chair, Joe Murphy, flying to Minneapolis for the Netroots Nation event in June as well as fill our coffers to help get Dems elected in 2012. This is a family event so bring the kids. The cost is $20 for adults (21 and over and includes two free drinks), under 21 is free. There will be a silent auction; donations are being accepted. Further information will follow.
Apr 11
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Mar 11
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Gun Rally in Tucson on 3/28
President Obama has made fixing our broken background check system a national priority. This is a huge moment and on Monday, you can help us build even more support for keeping guns out of the hands of criminals.
As the President recently wrote in an Arizona Daily Star op-ed, “Since [Tucson], we have lost perhaps another 2,000 members of our American family to gun violence. Thousands more have been wounded. We lose the same number of young people to guns every day and a half as we did at Columbine, and every four days as we did at Virginia Tech.”
We know America can do better. This Monday, DFA supporters will join Mayors Against Illegal Guns in Tucson to rally support for the Fix Gun Checks Act of 2011, which will help get the records of prohibited buyers into the national database and close the loopholes that let dangerous people buy guns. You’ll also be supporting victims of the Tucson shooting who will be joining us in speaking out.
Can you join us and help make the event a success?
Monday, March 28, 1:00 PM
Jacome Plaza, in front of the Joel D Valdez Main Library
101 North Stone Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85701
RSVP for the Fix Gun Checks rally on Monday in Tucson.
The National Drive to Fix Gun Checks kicked off in the wake of the Tucson shooting with one simple message: We need to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people.
Since then, more than a quarter million Americans have signed the petition to Fix Gun Checks calling for reforms that would make the system instant, accurate and comprehensive.
The Fix Gun Checks Act of 2011 has been introduced in the Senate and will soon be introduced in the House of Representatives.
Right now, we need to keep up the pressure to ensure that Congress hears our message and passes this critical legislation that will help stop these senseless shootings.
Please RSVP to attend the event today.
Thank you for everything you do,
- Charles
Charles Chamberlain, Political Director
Democracy for America
Mar 11
19
Death by 1,000 cuts
Last December, when President Obama made a deal with Republicans to continue the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, I said there was no shared pain in the agreement. I called it the easy way out for everybody. And I emphasized it’s not fiscally responsible in addressing the deficit, the biggest long-term threat to America.
Now, Republicans are pushing for well over $50 billion in cuts to the budget, which would result in the loss of 700,000 jobs nationwide according to leading economists. They won’t even consider cutting the $53 billion the Republicans have used to subsidize the oil industry or eliminating projects out of the defense budget that even the Pentagon says it doesn’t need and doesn’t want. Instead, they want cuts on everything from local law enforcement to community health centers, from food assistance to low-income women, infants, and children to rural development investment. And of course, they made it clear over and over again, that cutting Social Security benefits must be on the table.
Republicans have gone from being fiscally irresponsible to morally reprehensible in only a few short months. Their goal appears to be the death of civil society by a 1,000 cuts.
It’s time for Democrats to stand up and hold their ground. Republicans in Congress can’t balance the budget on the backs of the poor and middle class — there must be shared sacrifice.
Join me, and our partners at CREDO Action, in calling on Democrats in Congress to accept no new budget cuts while we continue to give tax breaks to people who make a million dollars a year.
This approach to shared sacrifice is backed up by the support of the American people. A recent Washington Post poll shows the vast majority of Americans believe the best way to reduce the deficit is through a combination of spending cuts and increased taxes on America’s most wealthy.
But it’s not about polling. It’s about responsibility. If there is one thing we’ve learned from years and years of Republican misleadership, it’s that you just can’t trust Republicans with your money.
Republicans don’t know how to balance budgets. They never have. I’ve balanced budgets. I did it as Governor for 12 straight years. I’m not the only Democrat with a strong fiscal record. Republicans like to forget that the last President to balance the budget and create a surplus was Democrat Bill Clinton.
Democrats can get the job done as long as we stand up for what we believe and never back down.
JOIN ME IN CALLING ON DEMOCRATS TO STAND UP AND NOT BACK DOWN
Make no mistake about it; the Republicans’ obsession with cutting the federal budget at all costs may be good short-term politics, but it’s bad policy and not the best course for the country.
It’s up to Democrats in Congress to stop them. It’s up to us to make sure Democrats know where we stand.
Thank you for everything you do.
-Howard
Governor Howard Dean, M.D.
Mar 11
11
Bigger than Wisconsin
Karl Rove announced that he would spend $750,000 in corporate money bashing unions and supporting Governor Walker and the Wisconsin Republicans.
Well, we flipped that on its head — smashing Karl Rove with people-power.
As Politico reported, Democracy for America and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee “have raised $750,000…for a television campaign against GOP state senators.” We’re now aiming to raise a million for ads statewide and in the districts of Republicans who are up for recall.
Can you help us outspend Karl Rove and make sure every Wisconsinite knows about the Republican war on working families? Click here to see the ad and donate $5..
Our ad, combined with activism on the ground, is working. Every poll shows that public opinion is on our side and consistently moving even more in our direction.
Republicans will soon be facing recall campaigns across the state. It’s never been more important for us to make sure that Wisconsinites fully know what just happened: Republicans have declared war on working families. Our ad features the eloquent voices of Wisconsinites who make that case.
See the T.V. Ad and contribute $14 right now to keep it on the air.
This fight is bigger than Wisconsin. It’s Ohio and New Jersey. It’s nationwide.
What happens here — what happens now — will have an impact on the Presidential race in 2012 and beyond.
We’re fighting back and will never give them an inch. And thanks to members like you, Toby, this is a war we’re going to win.
-Charles
Charles Chamberlain, Political Director
Democracy for America
Mar 11
5
These Cuts Cost Lives in AZ
TAKE ACTION: SIGN THE PETITION
Last Monday, local DFA members hosted a press conference to bring media attention to the fight to save the lives of the 98 Arizonans who need transplants now being denied by Governor Brewer.
As it currently stands, Governor Brewer’s cuts to Medicaid will prevent 98 patients from receiving the organ transplants they need to survive.
State Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and Rep. Anna Tovar spoke passionately at the press conference making the case for restoring the funding by closing corporate tax loopholes. Debra Pennington told the story of her husband who desperately needs a liver transplant and received assurances from the state, only to have their lifeline ripped away.
Click here to watch a video from the press conference and sign the petition to restore funding.
Building off the momentum from the press conference, DFA members will deliver your petition to members of the statehouse and demand these patients’ lives be protected.
Sign the petition now before DFA members deliver it to the Arizona Statehouse.
Budget cuts made at the expense of destroying lives cannot and will not stand. With your help we can restore funding and bring some sanity to the Arizona State House.
- Jay Henderson, Democracy for America
National Field Organizer
One of a number of videos from the DFA Rally/Press Conference on 2/28/2011. On YouTube see DFAMaricopaCounty:
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, Rep. Anna Tovar, Dr. Mike Newcomb, and Dr. Jonathan Weisbuch speak to Restore the Funding for Transplant patients.
Mar 11
1
DFA Meeting March 2nd
Randy Parraz, of Citizens for a better Arizona, the group working to recall Russell Pearce will be our speaker at our March meeting. Currently the group is soliciting signatures from residents of LD 18 at the Mesa Public Library, 64 E 1st St, Mesa, AZ from 10 -12 on February 12th. They will also be doing walks in the district. You must live in the district to sign the petition but any registered Arizona resident can carry the petition. Visit http://recallpearce.com/.
We will also have a lesson on using Social Media for our cause.
We meet at the Old Spaghetti Factory, on Central just South of McDowell, right across from the light rail station. We gather at 6:30pm with the meeting starting at 7pm. Everyone is welcome.
This is going to be a big week in our fight to protect middle class families and jobs.
First up: we’re launching robo-calls in the districts of five Republican state senators today, asking voters whether they would support recalling their senator from office for supporting Gov. Walker’s war on working families.
This is the kind of pressure that will really turn up the heat on Wisconsin Senate Republicans. Can you chip in $3 to help fund these calls?
Click here to listen to the call and donate.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Talking Points Memo have already started reporting on the calls this morning. Tonight, MSNBC’s Cenk Uygur is planning to report on them at 6pm Eastern.
Our goal is at least 50,000 calls — and we’re working together with our good friends at the Progressive Change Campaign Committee to make it happen.
Thank you for everything you do,
- Charles Chamberlain, Political Director
Democracy for America
