Subject: Standing Up To The Powerful
From: Denise Cardinal <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:00:40 -0600 (CST)

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Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Below are a few great examples of how we are standing up to the
powerful to defend the rights of all. This includes taking steps to
guarantee fair investigations, aggressively highlighting a candidate's
anti-women's health record and even keeping up on the absurd
comments of the GOP. These are just three examples of our what our 21
states affiliates do every day - make progress happen, and
happen NOW.

As always, please let me know what you think, or even better,
contribute to us here.
http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=wIIr2FeB5fgRAUQI5jJXYg

Best,
Denise Cardinal
Executive Director
ProgressNow
ProgressNow Education

 

The Alliance for a Better UTAH Impacts Ongoing Attorney General
Investigation

The Alliance for a Better UTAH issued a request to the Utah
Governor's Office and the Utah Attorney General's Office
asking that both offices issue "records preservation
orders" in connection with admitted and alleged activities of
Attorney General John Swallow. In addition to ongoing questions of
alleged criminal activity, Alliance for a Better UTAH has filed an
official complaint with the Utah Bar Association, asking them to
conduct an investigation regarding Swallow's potential
violations of the Utah Supreme Court's Rules of Professional
Conduct that might prevent Swallow from fulfilling his duties as the
chief law enforcement officer of the State.

Read more about the AG investigation:

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http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=9I5dxUuhkskC7zD5Z3YPIw
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http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=F-YZw3vc2w1MGZ3HGCwtUg

Progress Virginia Shines Light on Attorney General Ken
Cuccinelli's Anti-Women's Health Record

Progress Virginia is working to ensure that everyone is aware of
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's harmful record that includes
sharing the research on how Cuccinelli is against abortion

http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=PurMPjsV_27cmSeNGMOxyA

even in cases of rape and incest. He has done everything he can
to throw roadblocks in the way of a woman who may want to access a
safe and legal abortion - he has bragged about casting the
"deciding vote" to overturn the governor's veto of a
"partial-birth" abortion ban, he authored Virginia's
parental consent for abortion law and co-sponsored a law laying out
penalties for violating the parental consent law. When the Board of
Health ruled that the state's existing health centers would be
exempt from the new regulations on access to safe abortions,
Cuccinelli didn't think this backdoor ban went far enough. He
refused to sign the Board of Health's recommendations and
warned members that if they sued, he would not represent them.
As the 

http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=MfQfJnUtwkEfow1HX0lfHg

Washington Post defined it, "The move is classic
Cuccinelli: ideological activism masquerading as professional legal
'advice.'" Cuccinelli not only affirmed his
opposition to birth control as preventive care, he believes that
opponents of no co-pay birth control (as provided in the Affordable
Care Act) should be willing to "go to jail" to fight the
law, proving yet again how little he cares about women's health
and economic security.

http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=8mfX2n8j1q_4aGYVClTSPg

One Wisconsin Now calls out Senator Ron Johnson for Ridiculous
Statements

One WI Now has been on the Ron Johnson case since 2010 when he first
started attacking Russ Feingold with his lies and sleaze. They have
taken it to a whole new level with OurDumbSenator.com.
http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=_PXbNKU1_jtrPzf6YzoD4g

The site highlights how Senator Johnson rarely misses a chance to
stick his foot in his mouth like saying President Obama owed his
re-election to an ignorant electorate, trying to explain away climate
change because Greenland used to be green or telling women to just
"Google it" if they can't afford birth control.

http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=ciX-nUF-fr_Y-e0iI_v1Vg

http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=zCO1MPOs4Cs9YvM0lA-Mwg

http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=ChnmmhSCJcYxO6fEZRQUoQ

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