tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48092746143313967022011-04-21T13:39:46.111-07:00Strengthening democracy through individuals in communication with their elected representatives.SPHnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4809274614331396702.post-33366487542168108542008-02-11T11:10:00.000-08:002008-02-11T13:07:34.054-08:002008-02-11T13:07:34.054-08:00

The United States is seeking the death penalty for six detainees that the government claims were involved in the September 11, 2001 attacks. The detainees will be tried before a military tribunal that was created under the Military Commissions Act of 2006 which effectively created a justice system outside the realm of traditional American courts. At least two of the detainees, Mohammed al

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Secret documents reveal that former US Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez authorized harsh interrogation techniques that may break international torture laws.The New York Times reported today that during his first month as Attorney General in 2005, Gonzalez signed a secret memo that,"for the first time provided explicit authorization to barrage terror suspects with a combination of painful

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Sign the Petition: Begin Redeployment from Iraq ImmediatelyGood Video:

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CitizenLobby your Representatives:Petition: Oppose Bush's Weapons DealWrite Congress: Don't Start War with IranWrite the UN Security Council: Don't Let Washington Start War with IranThe Bush Administration is selling $65 billion worth of weapons to nations in the middle east. The deals include $20 billion to the Arabian peninsula including Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. Israel will

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CitizenLobby your representatives!Petition: Stop prison expansion in CAWrite congress: Support Mental Health in AmericaWrite congress: Reduce numbers of non-violent offenders in prisonOur inept state legislature in California this week finally passed the state budget, two months overdue. Lawmakers were squabbling over things like public transportation and health care. It basically came down to

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CitizenLobby your representatives:Write Congress: PUT AN END TO MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL.Write Congress: Stop Govt. Subsidties for CoalThe Bush Administration seems eagerto destroy our environment in as many ways as possible. In this case, they handed a victory to the coal industry by expanding mountaintop removal. This a controversial form of coal mining in which mountains are blasted apart for

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Hello and welcome to CitizenLobby. This is a blog where you can expect to see news and opinion coupled with "Take Action" links which encourage readers to be active and vocal about the issues facing our world and the United States. With this blog, I am seeking to make reading the news an activity which is less passive. I want to make it easier for progressives take action and lobby their

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