Atlantic Wire: A $5,000 Shopping Run to Walmart Turned Romney’s Campaign Stop into a ‘Relief Event’ Mitt Romney was really concerned that his “Storm Relief Event” in Kettering, Ohio yesterday would look like a dud, so he and his team stocked their donation tables with $5,000 worth of supplies at…
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From ABC: WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama will travel to New Jersey tomorrow to view the destruction wrought by Hurricane Sandy on the state. Scheduled to appear with Governor Chris Christie, Obama has suspended personal appearances at campaign events to respond to the storm. Speaking at the Red Cross headquarters…
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From CAP: In just the first two months, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services received and accepted for processing 179,794 deferred-action requests. That’s 18.9 percent of the 950,000 immediately eligible individuals. The Immigration Reform and Control Act program reached this level, at the earliest, in the fourth month of application filings;…
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FEMA Emergency Info State by State Guide Obama”s Statement: President Obama promises swift action by the federal government and specifically by FEMA. Obama called it a “a serious and big storm.” Obama promised to “to respond big and respond fast.” President Obama has been in touch with the governors of…
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Get Info On Voting and Find a Ride to the Polls Visit Google’s Election site to get voter information, directions to the polls, or your state’s voter hotline. Zimride and Live Earth have partnered to create the Carpool to the Polls Initiative — a simple Facebook program designed to organize…
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Make Calls or Canvass You don’t have to leave your home to volunteer for President Obama this weekend. Supporters across the country are taking part in online phone banks right now. Many voters in battleground states are already hitting the polls and voting early, so why not give a few…
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From WP: Children have elected President Barack Obama to a second term, in Nickelodeon’s 2012 Kids Pick the President voting. Since this franchise began in 1988, kids have correctly picked the POTUS (in advance of the national election) five out of the last six elections. More than half a million…
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† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. Breathing Room by nancy a heitzeg This week, as…
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