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If ALEC can make laws, so can Daily Kos! The Michael Brown Over-Policed...
Please help hone our new statute into a keen razor to scrape away scoundrels and malevolent policies and practices from our police departments. Our families need this law. Our grandchildren need this...
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If ALEC can make laws, so can Daily Kos! For These We TAKE ACTION (Draft 4)
The Reverend Dr. William Barber challenged us to use our anger to change the world. We are angry, and therefore we are working to change the racist culture of policing in this country. Since Michael...
View Article"You didn't need to shoot me, sir!" ... How to Police the Police (Draft 5)
Levar Jones: "What did I do?" ..."What did I do, sir?" ..."Why did you – why did you shoot me?" ..."I’m sorry." ..."Why did you pull me over? I was just pulled into the gas station." ..."Sir, I didn’t...
View Article*Take Action!* The Michael Brown Over-Policed Rights Act (Draft 6)
We on this site have ranted, raved, and expressed our outrage as one incident after another of police brutality has come to light. We have sent diary after diary detailing police brutality to the top...
View ArticleLaw! Cameras! Action! We promote the Michael Brown Over-Policed Rights Act of...
Since last Friday, thug-police have filled our pages with brutality and over-policing: A NYPD officer punched a teenager for smoking as he walked home. Another officer smashed a car's passenger window...
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Not Talk, Walk. To Stop Bad Police, Fix the Law, Police the D**n Police: Good...
70 days ago, a young unarmed American boy was gunned down on a hot August street in Ferguson, Missouri. People saw, people heard, and witnesses spoke up; but the killer is still...
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Justice, Meet Politics. Police the D**n Police! (Week 9)
Listeners this week heard a lot of buzz. Buzzers buzzed about a big reveal about the killing of the young unarmed American in Ferguson. Buzzing broke about what the leaked autopsy report would show....
View ArticleWaiting for the Missouri Grand Jury ... Governor Nixon, We Have a FOIA...
... but we need a Missouri resident to file the request. We also need residents in 16 other states to step up. Residents in 3 states have already stepped up! (See chart below.)We have come to...
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Triumph Amid Heartache: Support the Dream Defenders' Year in Review!
According to the website Killed by Police, law enforcement officers have sent over a thousand people to early graves so far this year. The overwhelming majority of those killed were young black men. As...
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The Empire Strikes Back! Their Response to the StDD FOIA Document Requests...
Wherein the Support the Dream Defenders (or "StDD") discuss the who, what, where, how, and why of sending a FOIA demand to your governor to save lives in your state. We are organizing a lawful...
View Article"How Many People Must Die Too Soon?" Fight the Powers with FOIA Requests!...
I have wonderful news! The voters of Pennsylvania and Alaska have saved the lives of over a 1000 people this year!* "How did they do that?" you may ask. In the last election cycle, voters used the...
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Revisiting the Dream Defenders and Their Mission (STDDs, Week 22)
For the past five months, we have been busy with our Michael Brown Over-Policed Rights Act of 2015 (MBOPRA) and our Medicaid Expansion FOIA requests campaign. We still have a lot to do on both fronts,...
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Kansas House Panel Advances Plan to Expand Medicaid
Despite all the rhetoric, in the end with budget crisis looming, Kansas is advancing plans to expand medicaid - with some catches. http://www.6lawrence.com/...A Kansas House committee has drafted a...
View ArticleDavid Leopold's 4 Things You Need to Know About GOP Immigration Lawsuit
Cross-posted from Huffington Post:Since Judge Hanen issued his controversial midnight order blocking President Obama's executive actions on immigration there has been a lot of speculation about what...
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Civil Rights Icon Dr. Fergie Reid deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom !
Dr. Fergie Reid from Virginia was the first black person to serve in the Virginia state assembly after reconstruction. The times were hard and Dr. Reid was already active and a hero in his own right...
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Remembering Trayvon Martin (Support the Dream Defenders, Week 26)
Three years ago, February 26, 2012, to be exact, a 17-year-old young man left his home to go pick up snacks for himself and his younger brother. On his way back to his loved ones, he took a leisurely...
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Why would Eric Holder accept Darren Wilson's lies? (STDDs, Week 27)
I have read the Department of Justice report on their non-indictment of Darren Wilson, and, quite frankly, I am very disappointed.The report reads as if Bob McCulloch, the St. Louis county prosecutor,...
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We Mailed All Our FOIA Requests! #LetOurPoorPeopleLive #STDDs, Week 28
The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, has made a difference in the lives of another 11.4 million Americans. Eleven million, four hundred thousand people can breathe easier today knowing...
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How to Argue for Medicaid Expansion: Morality and Economics....
Note: This is a community diary with contributions from many members of the Support the Dream Defenders group. When using their Capital Punishment systems, Red State governors at a minimum know how...
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Good Cop, Bad Cop, Good Law (STDDs, Week 30)
"He may be a very nice man. But I haven't got the time to figure that out. All I know is, he's got a uniform and a gun and I have to relate to him that way. That's the only way to relate to him because...
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As the Governors Squirm ... #LetOurPoorPeopleLive, #STDDs, Week 31
The Support the Dream Defenders group saw the cruelty of Red State governors and legislatures refusing to expand Medicaid. Thousands of people are needlessly in pain, filing for bankruptcy, and...
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Greg Abbott Kills What Amounts to Large Town Every Year;...
... And he knows it. We sent Freedom of Information Act requests to every Red State governor or legislature who refused to Expand Medicaid. Thus far, eleven red state governors and one red state...
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Become Maladjusted to Injustice! MBOPRA, STDDs, Week 35
If there is one name that has been uttered more often than Freddie Gray's over the past week, it has been that of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. We know that the criminal, heartless Right Wing Media...
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Wyoming Governor finally caved to our FOIA requests. STDDs promote Medicaid...
Governor of Wyoming, Matt Mead. The Support the Dream Defenders group at Daily Kos has sent Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") requests to 21 Red State governors or legislators on the topic of...
View ArticleMichelle Obama's Powerful Speech on being the First Black FLOTUS
We all thought we knew some of the things the first black POTUS and FLOTUS would have to deal with in the very white White House. Most of us cannot wait to read the books that will be written by...
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Spotlight on Courage ~ StDDs Week 37
No! Poverty is not to be blamed for the murder of Michael Brown. Lack of opportunities did not take the life of Freddie Gray. The "absent black father" was not responsible for killing Walter Scott....
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Obamacare Saves Sight, Obamacare Saves Lives. StDD~ Week 39
Daily Kos' own ObamaCare guru, Brainwrap, has recently highlighted the story of Luis Lang in a number of posts here, here, here, and here, and on his own website. The story is particularly...
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GOP = Greed Over People. How Many Will Die Due to Self-Serving Republican...
Last week's Support the Dream Defenders diary noted that around 9,000 Texans a year will die due to the state's refusal to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.How Many Will Die Due to...
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Nuz Hounds Blogathon Fundraiser: We thank Eric Lewis.
Image-laden diary. Trigger warning. Second-last chance to join readers and Kossacks in thanking ericlewis0 for his ground-breaking, community-building, courageous, and unwavering work as the Daily Kos...
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Today We Sue Kansas -- #LetOurPoorPeopleLive, STDDs Week 43
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback Not Expanding Medicaid The group Support the Dream Defenders has been sending Freedom of Information requests to Republican Governors and legislators who have...
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A Celebration! The Way Forward ~ #LetOurPoorPeopleLive #STDDs Week 44
One of the crutches that the Republican Governors have been leaning on in their quest to deny poor people access to quality healthcare was kicked out from under them yesterday.The Supreme Court ruled...
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Vox: Obama is Officially One of the Most Consequential Presidents in American...
(photo credit: Pete Souza)From Vox.com:After Thursday's Supreme Court ruling, there's no longer any doubt: Barack Obama is one of the most consequential presidents in American history — and he...
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The powerful politics of Barack Obama's eulogy for Clementa Pinckney
President Barack Obama delivers the eulogy at the funeral of Reverend Clementa Pinckney in Charleston, S.C., June 26, 2015 Last week I was caught up in the moment watching President Obama deliver his...
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We Just Sued North Carolina. #StDDs #LetOurPoorPeopleLive, Week 46
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory killing 455-1145 people. So, the other day, we sued the Governor of North Carolina. We don't like that he's smiling while killing people for no reason. More to...
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North Carolina Governor's Henchman Caves. #LetOurPoorPeopleLive #STDDs, Week 47
Pat McCrory, the governor of North Carolina, turns away from poor people. As you may recall, Support the Dream Defenders recently filed a lawsuit against North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory because...
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MLK's "I Have a Dream" Speech - Earlier 1962 Version Found in North Carolina
This is a brief diary to share this exciting new historical information found by a Professor of English at North Carolina State University. It is an earlier 1962 version of Reverend Martin Luther...
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(Upd x 5) A Tragic and Unimaginable Loss For a Community Member - Please Help...
This is one diary I wish I didn't have to write, but it is my sad duty to do so.How do you deal with a personal loss so unthinkable that it literally causes you to stop functioning as a normal human...
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For our Sister JoanMar: Updated 2X
Joan's oldest daughter was hospitalized last week for what was thought to be an ulcer. Tragically, just as she and her mother thought that she was going to be released from the hospital, Joan's beloved...
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For our very own Black Butterfly and Sister, JoanMar
I don't recall exactly when I met JoanMar. Probably, it was in a comment section on The Porch; we do feel a little freer to "let our hair down" there. I do know that I have always loved JoanMar's...
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Update: For JoanMar. For all of you. In the small gifts each day brings....
... in the wonder of one another, comfort and hope can be found.There has been far too much sorrow these days. Far too much bad news. As many of you know, a week and a half ago, JoanMar's much loved...
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Toy Guns Were not Intended for Little Black Hands
Listen up, Black Mothers: This is of the utmost importance! It is full time you realize that toy guns were never meant for your children! The billion dollar toy gun industry may target you to get your...
View ArticlePresident Obama sings"Happy Birthday" to daughter Malia, who turned 18 on the...
The Obama family is such an all-American family, Malia was born on the 4th of July!Kendrick Lamar and Janelle Monáe had the honor of performing at President Obama's last Fourth of July party at the...
View ArticlePresident Obama Urges Congress to Add Public Option to Obamacare
Consistent with the Democratic Platform and Hillary’s health care plan, President Obama, in an article he wrote in the on-line edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association, urged...
View ArticlePresident Obama: "The Best Is Yet to Come." With Update Re: Farewell Address...
The Mayor of Minneapolis, R.T. Rybak, attended a going away party at the White House last week. Nancy Tourneau, of Washington Monthly, made his Facebook post available. I give you the entire thing...
View ArticleReverend Barber’s MLK Call to Action: Know yourself and Know your Purpose
On Friday night, January 13, 2017, the Reverend Dr. William J. Barber, II, addressed a multi-faith worship service commemorating the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Washington Hebrew...
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How Daily Kos Can Become Central to the Rebel Alliance: The FOIA.
How Daily Kos Can Become Central to the Rebel Alliance: The FOIA It was fortuitous for me to have found a group at Daily Kos called Support the Dream Defenders. The group is always advancing...
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A Look Back - The Obama's - White House Photos
Well, this is it, my final White House Photo Diary. Pete Souza only posted one photo for the month of January to the White House website, I’ll post it in the comments below. It’s been a fun ride, if...
View ArticleBarack Obama's 25th Anniversary Message to Michelle Was Beautiful.
Yesterday Michelle Obama spoke to a crowd of 12,000 at the Pennsylvania Conference For Women (#Pennwomen) in Philadelphia.Around 3 pm., however, while being interviewed by Shonda Rhimes, the former...
View ArticleObama, Spreading Holiday Cheer
Barack Obama, dressed in a Santa hat and leather jacket, was out spreading holiday cheer and joy to kids in Washington D.C. on Thursday.Obama, with a bagful of gifts, dropped by the Jelleff Club on...
View ArticleObama Says Dems have some new ideas: "Medicare for All is a Good Idea". I was...
President Obama visited my town today in Central Illinois. I was not among the 1300 who drew from a lottery and got to see him in person, but I did watch parts of the livestream. Jen Hayden has...
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