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Extreme anti-choice groups including Operation Rescue just launched a new attack on personal rights. The groups are encouraging people to display their photos online with a sign stating that they are the "majority" who oppose federal funding for reproductive health care. The problem is, it's a lie. The groups are touting data from a year-old poll of only 2,481 voters that had a two percent margin of error. Since when did so few people represent the "majority" of the 3 million American citizens today? Almost more outrageous is the question this poll was based on. Respondents were asked, "President-elect Obama...

Last year, millions of Americans came together for a great purpose. Folks like you assembled a grassroots movement that shocked the political establishment and changed the course of our nation. When Washington insiders counted us out, we put it all on the line and changed our democracy from the bottom up. But that's not why we did it. The pundits told us it was impossible -- that the donations working people could afford and the hours volunteers could give would never loosen the vise grip of big money and powerful special interests. We proved them wrong. But as important as...

Names of the six senators who voted to fund the closing of GITMO: Durbin - Illinois Harkin - Iowa Leahy - Vermont Levin - Michigan Reed - Rhode Island Whitehorse - Rhode Island Source: michellemalkin.com

Excerpted email from Amnesty International: "Just as the volume of calls for investigations into the U.S. torture program reached deafening levels this week, another classified report came out Tuesday that revealed new details about the military's role in torturing detainees. This...report clearly shows that in fact, torture was sanctioned and even encouraged in military detention centers. Thanks to countless actions by concerned citizens like you, the momentum for investigations is snowballing... There's a growing risk that we may get an investigation that lacks independence, legal authority, and the adequate funding necessary to tell the full truth about the illegal, U.S....

"Yesterday's inauguration was a moving experience for many people, us included. We're relieved the Bush-Cheney era is over and deeply hopeful the progressive change America needs is finally within reach. But we know the path to progress won't be smooth. Efforts to change the status quo will face intense opposition from right-wing interests all too willing to put their own goals ahead of the public good. What steps can you take to turn President Obama's promise of change into reality? Here's an easy one: join CREDO Mobile. CREDO is the only phone company that proudly supports the progressive elements of...