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From Public Citizen's Corporate Presidency site: "44 Trump administration officials have close ties to the Koch brothers and their network of political groups, particularly Vice President Mike Pence, White House Legislative Affairs Director Marc Short, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and White House budget director Mick Mulvaney."
Dark Money author Jane Mayer on The Dangers of President Pence, New Yorker, Oct. 23 issue on-line
Can Time Inc. Survive the Kochs? November 28, 2017 By Jane Mayer
..."This year, among the Kochs’ aims is to spend a projected four hundred million dollars in contributions from themselves and a small group of allied conservative donors they have assembled, to insure Republican victories in the 2018 midterm elections. Ordinarily, political reporters for Time magazine would chronicle this blatant attempt by the Kochs and their allies to buy political influence in the coming election cycle. Will they feel as free to do so now?"...
"Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America" see: our site, and George Monbiot's essay on this key book by historian Nancy MacLean.
Full interview with The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer March 29, 2017, Democracy Now! about her article, "The Reclusive Hedge-Fund Tycoon Behind the Trump Presidency: How Robert Mercer Exploited America’s Populist Insurgency."
Democracy Now! Special Broadcast from the Women's March on Washington
The Economics of Happiness -- shorter version
Local Futures offers a free 19-minute abridged version of its award-winning documentary film The Economics of Happiness. It "brings us voices of hope of in a time of crisis." www.localfutures.org.
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November 22, 2012
From CODE PINK on Gaza
November 21, 2012, continued:
In mere hours since we sent out an email this morning we've already raised over $10,000 for emergency medical aid for Gaza -- thanks to your generosity during this season of giving. If you haven't had a chance to give, you can do so here.
We are leaving for Gaza in a few days as part of an emergency delegation to bear witness to the violence, show our solidarity with the Palestinian people, and bring critical medical supplies to the Shifa Hospital. Won’t you help? While $3 billion of our tax dollars are going to the Israeli government for killing, please make a donation to help keep Palestinians alive.
We also ask you to send a letter and make a call to Hillary Clinton (via the office of Special Envoy David Hale) at (202) 647-2026. Thank her for helping to broker a ceasefire and urge her to pursue a long-term solution that entails lifting the inhumane siege of Gaza and ending the occupation of the West Bank.
How long must the people of Gaza suffer before our government stops feeding Israel weapons to use against innocent people and to hold siege to Gaza? We mourn the loss of all life - Palestinian and Israeli - and know that peace will come only with real justice that ensures human rights, dignity, freedom and equality for all.
Onward toward justice in the Middle East,
Ann Wright, Kathy Kelly, Medea Benjamin, Pam Bailey, Tighe Barry from the emergency delegation to Gaza
PS: On Black Friday, remind your friends to stop shopping for illegal Israeli settlement products Ahava and SodaStream, and spread our list of ways to take action: PDF | Facebook Graphic.
As you gather with your loved ones over the holiday this week, we hope you will take courage to talk about the bombing of Gaza (prep by reading this great piece - 10 Things You Need to Know about Gaza).