The Other 98% http://other98.com Politics for the Rest of Us Fri, 17 May 2013 17:51:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Free The Press, Buy The Tribune Company http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/other98/~3/5KIqE76JMtg/ http://other98.com/free-the-press-buy-the-tribune-company/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 22:06:14 +0000 admin http://other98.com/?p=5242 The Kochs are trying to buy the biggest regional newspapers in the US - but we have a plan to free the press. Join us.

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]]> The Kochs are trying to buy the biggest regional newspapers in the US – but we have a plan to free the press: we’re going to crowdsource the $600 Million required to put in our own bid. Join us.

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]]> http://other98.com/free-the-press-buy-the-tribune-company/feed/ 0 http://other98.com/free-the-press-buy-the-tribune-company/ I Stand With Warren: Give Students The Same Deal We Give Big Banks. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/other98/~3/r13rlLmd5ks/ http://other98.com/i-stand-with-warren-give-students-the-same-deal-we-give-big-banks/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 19:34:23 +0000 admin http://other98.com/?p=5203 Let's stop giving law-breaking big banks preferential treatment over hard-working students. Sign on and support the Bank On Student Loan Fairness Act!

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Sign the petition

The petition reads:

“Elizabeth Warren is right: students should get at least as good a deal as the banks we bail out, not interest rates 9 times as steep. Support the Bank On Student Loan Fairness Act and stop giving law-breaking banks preferential treatment over hard-working students.”

Sincerely,
[your name here]

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petition-warrenWe’ve all heard the stories or lived the hardship ourselves: young Americans trying to move our economy and country forward, but being saddled with so much student loan debt it’s nearly impossible.

Now, if Congress doesn’t act, our already-too-high student loan rate of 3.4% is about to *double* to 6.8% – while banks keep their sweet 0.75% deal.1

ENOUGH. Students deserve the same preferential interest rates that the Big Banks get. Let’s get this done.

[1] Los Angeles Times, Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants student loans to get Fed discount rate.

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]]> http://other98.com/i-stand-with-warren-give-students-the-same-deal-we-give-big-banks/feed/ 0 http://other98.com/i-stand-with-warren-give-students-the-same-deal-we-give-big-banks/ Watch Jon Stewart go postal on CNN’s Boston Bombing yellow journalism http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/other98/~3/gc7urhWzbGA/ http://other98.com/watch-jon-stewart-go-postal-on-cnns-boston-bombing-yellow-journalism/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:35:36 +0000 admin http://other98.com/?p=5159 Jon Stewart calls out John King on his Yellow Journalism coverage of the Boston Marathon Bombing.

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The petition reads:

“I’m demanding that you, as a news media executive, report the news in accordance with journalistic standards of integrity. Our democracy needs researched fact, not sloppy speculation, to flourish freely.

Sincerely, [your name here]“

Complete the following to sign:

Watch Jon Stewart go postal on CNN’s Boston Bombing yellow journalism.

Sign our petition to Jeffrey Bewkes (Time Warner), Rupert Murdoch (Fox News), and Steve Burke (NBC) if you agree with Jon that facts matter.

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]]> http://other98.com/watch-jon-stewart-go-postal-on-cnns-boston-bombing-yellow-journalism/feed/ 0 http://other98.com/watch-jon-stewart-go-postal-on-cnns-boston-bombing-yellow-journalism/ No More Yellow Journalism! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/other98/~3/mxUOBEAC4dg/ http://other98.com/no-more-yellow-journalism/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:53:45 +0000 admin http://other98.com/?p=5113 The media's speculative coverage of the Boston bombing exacerbated the crisis. Join us in putting major news executives on notice. If they are going report the news, they need to use journalistic ethics.

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The petition reads:

“I’m demanding that you, as a news media executive, report the news in accordance with journalistic standards of integrity. Our democracy needs researched fact, not sloppy speculation, to flourish freely.

Sincerely, [your name here]“

Complete the following to sign:

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An alleged Saudi National suspect? Unfounded speculation about a “dark-skinned” male suspect? Besmirching the name of a missing Ivy League University student? This is exactly the kind of reckless, irresponsible, prejudicial speculation that journalistic ethics protect against.

Enough is enough. We deserve and demand journalism with integrity.

Tell Jeffrey Bewkes (Time Warner), Rupert Murdoch (Fox News), and Steve Burke (NBC) that they need to report the news accurately or stop calling their coverage “news.”

Democracy is too important for yellow journalism.

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]]> http://other98.com/no-more-yellow-journalism/feed/ 0 http://other98.com/no-more-yellow-journalism/ VIDEO: Tax Evaders: The Invasion Begins. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/other98/~3/N6Ehh8Z9gIo/ http://other98.com/video-tax-evaders-the-invasion-begins/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:21:17 +0000 admin http://other98.com/?p=5094 The wealthiest, most powerful corporations are stealing trillions from our treasury every year by dodging their taxes. So we went where they work.

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The wealthiest, most powerful corporations are stealing hundreds of billions of dollars from our treasury every year by dodging their taxes – while the rest of us pay the bill and accept austerity. So the folks at Tax Evaders went where they live.

None of these actions would’ve been possible without: Overpass Light Brigades across the country, Occupy Wall Street, The Illuminator, Luminous Intervention, San Francisco Projection Department, US Uncut, Citizen Engagement Lab, Yes Lab, and The Other 98%.

Game by: Molleindustria, James Biddulph, Ashton Morris and Gan Golan.

Music: “Helix Nebula” by the awesome Anamanaguchi.

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]]> http://other98.com/video-tax-evaders-the-invasion-begins/feed/ 0 http://other98.com/video-tax-evaders-the-invasion-begins/ Dear Corporations: Stop Cheating and Pay Your Taxes Already http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/other98/~3/kospq-ybd3w/ http://other98.com/dear-corporations-stop-cheating-and-pay-your-taxes-already/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 02:41:18 +0000 admin http://other98.com/?p=5029 Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Jan Schakowsky introduced The Corporate Tax Fairness Act to end corporate tax havens and stop the cheating - let's bring the money back home.

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The petition reads:

“I’m asking you to support The Corporate Tax Fairness Act. We’re tired of Job Destroyer corporations cutting private jobs in an age of record profits, while also cutting the funding for public jobs by skirting their taxes.”

Sincerely, [your name here]“

Complete the following to sign – you’ll be taken to a form where you can send this specific message to your Representative.

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$1.7 Trillion.

In a time of record-breakingly low taxes for the rich and austerity hype for the rest of us, that’s how much money Fortune 100 corporations alone stow in offshore tax havens each year.1

When the richest corporations in the world slash private jobs while taking in record profits, while cutting the funding for public jobs by refusing to pay their taxes, they are destroying jobs – and that hurts all of us.

ENOUGH. Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Jan Schakowsky are introducing a bill, The Corporate Tax Fairness Act, that effectively does away with corporate tax havens and brings the money back home, where it belongs.

Let your member of Congress know it’s time to tell the Job Destroyer corporations: Pay Up or Shut Up.

(You can read the bill in PDF format here.)

1. http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=f8e29aae-dda3-4af9-a8e2-c6df481d1ffa

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]]> http://other98.com/dear-corporations-stop-cheating-and-pay-your-taxes-already/feed/ 0 http://other98.com/dear-corporations-stop-cheating-and-pay-your-taxes-already/ VIDEO: Just Cancel The Sequester, starring Alan Grayson http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/other98/~3/HCHkQoqW1Eo/ http://other98.com/video-just-cancel-the-sequester-starring-alan-grayson/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:25:28 +0000 admin http://other98.com/?p=5026 Sign the petition! The petition reads: “I’m asking you, as my Representative in Congress, to support the one-sentence Cancel The Sequester Act, and get back to fixing actual longstanding problems, not crises of your own making.” Sincerely, [your name here]“ Complete the following to sign – you’ll be taken to a form where you can [...]

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Sign the petition!

The petition reads:

“I’m asking you, as my Representative in Congress, to support the one-sentence Cancel The Sequester Act, and get back to fixing actual longstanding problems, not crises of your own making.”

Sincerely,
[your name here]“

Complete the following to sign – you’ll be taken to a form where you can send this specific message to your Representative.

VIDEO: Just Cancel The Sequester, starring Alan Grayson

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Over 300,000 of you have said it’s time to #CancelTheSequester – and that’s why we joined with Alan Grayson, Social Security Works and MoveOn to personally deliver your signatures *directly* to Speaker John Boehner’s congressional office last week, telling him in no uncertain terms: the American people have had enough and want to end this sequester, period.

Watch the video, and then join the campaign to end the sequester NOW.

MUSIC: ‘Computer’ by State Shirt

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]]> http://other98.com/video-just-cancel-the-sequester-starring-alan-grayson/feed/ 0 http://other98.com/video-just-cancel-the-sequester-starring-alan-grayson/ WATCH the Sequester Showdown, w. live updates from Alan Grayson http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/other98/~3/-Wy4ixrogjY/ http://other98.com/sequester-showdown-live/#comments Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:54:33 +0000 admin http://other98.com/?p=4966 300,000+ have joined the call to cancel the sequester - and Alan Grayson is delivering their signatures direct to Boehner's office in a Sequester Showdown.

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Sign the petition!

The petition reads:

“I’m asking you, as my Representative in Congress, to support the one-sentence Cancel The Sequester Act, and get back to fixing actual longstanding problems, not crises of your own making.”

Sincerely,
[your name here]“

Complete the following to sign – you’ll be taken to a form where you can send this specific message to your Representative.

WATCH the #SequesterShowdown, w. live updates from Alan Grayson

UPDATE: VIDEO IS LIVE! WATCH BELOW.
Alan Grayson is delivering 300,000 letters in person to John Boehner say it’s long past time to cancel the sequester – we’ll be livestreaming his updates on the delivery momentarily. Video here:

Click here to share the action on Facebook. Click here to tweet about it with our hashtag #sequestershowdown.

BREAKING: Over 300,000 of you have said it’s time to #CancelTheSequester – and that’s why we’re joining with Alan Grayson to personally deliver your signatures *directly* to Speaker John Boehner’s congressional office this Thursday, telling him in no uncertain terms: the American people have had enough and want to end this sequester, period.

Stay tuned here for updates as Rep. Grayson sends your signatures straight to Boehner’s office – you can also check with our embedded activists and reporters on twitter: O98, Social Security Works, We Act Radio and the Strengthen Social Security Coalition.

We’ll momentarily begin a livestream of Alan Grayson answering your questions. In the meantime, watch and join the conversation below:

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]]> http://other98.com/sequester-showdown-live/feed/ 0 http://other98.com/sequester-showdown-live/ Dear Congress: Just Cancel The Sequester. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/other98/~3/Lpqx1Ew2dLU/ http://other98.com/dear-congress-just-cancel-the-sequester/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:50:27 +0000 admin http://other98.com/?p=4941 Congress can just cancel the Sequester at any time - and there's a one-sentence bill to do it. Tell your member of Congress: Cancel The Sequester, NOW!

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Sign the petition!

The petition reads:

“I’m asking you, as my Representative in Congress, to support the one-sentence Cancel The Sequester Act, and get back to fixing actual longstanding problems, not crises of your own making.”

Sincerely,
[your name here]“

Complete the following to sign – you’ll be taken to a form where you can send this specific message to your Representative.

Dear Congress: Just Cancel The Sequester.

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BREAKING: Alan Grayson is delivering our petition to John Boehner’s office. Yes, really.

Congress made the Sequester, and they can literally just cancel it at any time. It didn’t come from space, or another dimension: we made it, we can end it.

Thankfully, there’s a one-sentence bill, the Cancel The Sequester Act, that does just that. (Click here to read the bill yourself.) Use this form to send a clear message to your Representative:

We have too many real, longstanding problems to deal with the crises you created. Cancel the sequester, and get back to solving our real economic and environmental problems.





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[1] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-k-black/john-conyers-sequestration_b_2788711.html

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]]> http://other98.com/dear-congress-just-cancel-the-sequester/feed/ 0 http://other98.com/dear-congress-just-cancel-the-sequester/ Video: Exxon Hates Your Children LIVE at the Congressional Exxon! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/other98/~3/lb-OcgyKS1A/ http://other98.com/video-exxon-hates-your-children-live-at-the-congressional-exxon/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:53:48 +0000 admin http://other98.com/?p=4923 150 people showed up in freezing weather to send Exxon a simple message: we want climate change coverage on TV without Big Oil interference.

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We joined with Oil Change International and 150 climate warriors in freezing weather to send Exxon a simple message:
We and 35,000 other people want our climate change PSA to air without Big Oil interference.

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