Burbank Democratic Club

Seen last weekend in San Diego—at the mecca of all franchises, all genres in media and entertainment: examples of how OUR politics this year is INTO the culture, and the under-30s (not to globalize too much) 

The voting is done and here are the results:

Over 12,000 Californians voted on one of the most important questions we have ever asked our community: whether or not the Courage Campaign should re-launch a censure resolution against Senator Dianne Feinstein at the next meeting of the California Democratic Party.

And here's the answer:

95.4 percent (11,524 people) voted YES.
4.6 percent (556 people) voted NO.

The consensus of our Courage Campaign community is crystal clear: we should push to censure the Senator.

And, driven by your mandate to take action, that is exactly what we're going to do. From her FISA votes supporting telecom immunity to her shocking swing votes confirming Bush nominees Michael Mukasey and Leslie Southwick, enough is enough.

For this people-powered "Censure the Senator" movement to succeed, we need your support before the California Democratic Party (CDP) executive board meets again. To hold Sen. Feinstein accountable, it will take money to organize people. It's as simple as that.

If you support pushing to censure the Senator, please contribute $20, $50, $100 or more now to launch our campaign for change within the Democratic Party immediately. If just 500 people contribute $10 (or more) ASAP, we can hire a grassroots organizer and get started now:

http://www.couragecampaign.org/CensureMovement

FISA has passed. Telecoms get Immunity. No Special Interests Left Behind

Opponents to immunity argue that only in court will the full extent of the program be understood, and only a judge should decide whether the program broke the law.

Just under a third of the Senate, including presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, supported an amendment proposed by Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., that would have stripped immunity from the bill. It was defeated on a 32-66 vote. Presumptive Republican nominee John McCain did not vote.

Specter proposed an amendment to require a district court judge to assess the legality of warrantless wiretapping before granting immunity. It failed on a 37-61 vote.

Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., proposed that immunity be delayed until after a yearlong government investigation into warrantless wiretapping is completed. His amendment failed on a vote of 42-56.

[From Moveon.org]

Have you seen the latest ad from the RNC? With holiday travel and gas prices on every channel, the Republicans are spending over $3 million in the next week to convince voters that high gas prices are Barack Obama's fault.

What's scary is that their strategy is working—even though the Republicans' energy policy got us into this mess!

So this Wednesday, we're pushing back with our National Day of Action for an Oil-Free President. We'll be gathering at gas stations around the country to reach out to voters and make sure they know John McCain is Big Oil's candidate and that he won't solve our energy crisis. Can you join the event in Burbank?

Host: Charlene B.—fellow MoveOn member
Where: Shell Station on Hollywood Way & Verdugo (in Burbank)
When: Wednesday, Jul. 9, 2008, at 5:30 PM

Here's the link to RSVP:

http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=48200&id=13135-7980537-K7aQeQx&t=3

We'll be in front of gas stations with signs and fliers to remind people that McCain is in the pocket of Big Oil. His campaign is run by oil industry lobbyists,¹ and he looks to Big Oil for big campaign contributions.² We can't count on him to push for alternative energy solutions or help lower gas prices.

But soon ads blaming Obama for gas prices will be up all over the country. And people squeezed by energy costs may forget that it was another Republican with close ties to Big Oil and former oil lobbyists advising him in the White House who brought us to this point.

Now is the time to make sure voters know John McCain won't solve our energy crisis. Sign up to attend a gas station event now:

http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=48200&id=13135-7980537-K7aQeQx&t=4

Hope you can make it! Thanks for all you do.

–Noah, Andrea, Stephen, Anna, Lenore and the rest of the team

P.S. Can't make this event? Here are a few other events near you:

Northeast corner of La Cienega & Beverly Blvd, catty-corner from The Beverly center, West Hollywood at 5:30 PM—RSVP
The 76 Station at Crescent and Burton Way across from Beverly Hills City Hall, Beverly Hills at 5:30 PM—RSVP
Chevron Station, Los Angeles at 5:00 PM—RSVP
Shell Station, Overland Ave & Venice Blvd, Culver City at 5:00 PM—RSVP