Hottest Protest Ever: No A/C In DC Until the Troops Come Home

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Monday July 09, 2007 · 10:18 PM PDT

2007/07/09 · 22:18

As soldiers endure their fifth summer in temperatures that exceed 120 degrees in Iraq’s interior, Las Vegas antiwar protesters called on Members of Congress to show solidarity with the troops by turning off their own air conditioning until the war is over. It seems little to ask the lawmakers who bluster about courage and resolve to share the sacrifice they demand of the men and women who swore to protect and defend the Constitution. Could they forego AC for a few weeks? We’re not asking them to drink brackish water from a CamelBak. Or patrol for hours under a 30 pound pack wearing a Kevlar vest. Or travel in a scorching metal vehicle. Or risk heat stroke which killed Pfc. Henry G. Byrd of New Mexico on June 24.

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Tuesday May 01, 2007 · 2:19 PM PDT

2007/05/01 · 14:19

Prepare to rally tomorrow, Wednesday, May 2 to protest the president's irresponsible veto of the Iraq Supplemental Spending Bill which contains a timetable for withdrawal. In Las Vegas we will meet at the Federal Building, 333 S. Las Vegas Blvd. at 5 PM, Wednesday May 2.
Check here to find the event in your area or sign up for ours. More than 200 are planned so far.
MoveOn, True Majority and Working Assets are co-sponsors along with many local progressive groups. Democracy for America chapters are alerting their members.
To add some flare, bring noisemakers or beat on pots and pans in tribute to our beloved Molly Ivins.

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Will you rally to protest the veto tomorrow?

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Will you rally to protest the veto tomorrow?

Hell, yes, I'm doing it for Molly!

9 votes

Of course. That's a silly question.

7 votes

No, my fingers are permanently welded to this keyboard.

3 votes

Uh, maybe, maybe not.

2 votes

Nope.

3 votes

A Joyful Noise in Las Vegas w/ Big Photos

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Saturday January 27, 2007 · 8:59 PM PST

2007/01/27 · 20:59

Since crowd size is an issue, I can tell you with confidence based on two independent head counts, that at the rally's peak 150 enthusiastic people lined the curb in front of the Federal Building or milled about the plaza siging petitions, talking politics and admiring each other's signs. Passing motorists honked and waved by the hundreds. One lonely guy stood across the boulevard with a barely legible "Win in Iraq" sign.

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Sunday October 29, 2006 · 1:20 PM PST

2006/10/29 · 13:20

What a shame the paleo-Libertarian editors of the Las Vegas Review-Journal didn't watch Tessa Hafen's spectacular debate performance Oct. 19 before endorsing Jon Porter, R-Puppet. Porter ran the clock as long as he could, agreeing to the first real matchup only two days before early voting started, but he obviously didn't spend the extra time preparing. On the left, Hafen and Sen. Evan Bayh, D-IN, prove a WaPo story that Democratic candiates tend to be better-looking.

A Peter Hart poll has Porter 43, Hafen 41. An internal poll in early October had Porter 41, Hafen 37. That speaks volumes about Porter's lack of connection to the community. Phoning and canvassing results suggest that the undecideds, especially Republican women, are entirely in play. Minor parties will likely consume about 5% of the vote.
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NV-03: Race a Tossup, Porter Ducks and Covers

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Thursday October 12, 2006 · 1:54 AM PDT

2006/10/12 · 01:54

At her fundraiser Tuesday evening, Tessa Hafen's warmup remark, "Doesn't it feel good NOT to be a Republican?" cracked up Sen. John Kerry and everyone else gathered in the gilt and leather lounge of the posh Artisan Hotel, a refurbished Travelodge. Somewhere under his rock, the seldom seen Jon Porter must be frantically parsing his internal poll for encouraging signs. Nope. Same scary spread within the margin of error as Hafen's poll released last week. With a job approval rating of 36%, he is slightly less popular than Bush in Southern Nevada. The Rothenberg Political Report now handicaps the race as "tossup, tilts R, great movement for a race that started as "likely Republican." Please donate or volunteer if you can. With more air and phone time, Hafen can make this race one more boulder in the coming landslide. Read More

NV-03 Hafen Closes, Porter (R-Puppet) in Tailspin

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Thursday October 05, 2006 · 12:14 PM PDT

2006/10/05 · 12:14

Granted it's an internal poll, but Porter's low job approval and the large group of undecideds reflect what callers and knockers are hearing from voters about their dissatisfaction with the status quo and distrust of Jon Porter's sleazy campaign of discredited lies.

If the election were held today for Nevada's Third Congressional District, a new poll shows that the race between Congressional challenger and native Nevadan Tessa Hafen and incumbent Jon Porter is too close to call. In a poll done by Momentum Analysis, Tessa Hafen would receive 37 percent of the vote and Jon Porter would receive 41 percent, with 14% of voters undecided. Given the margin of error, the results show the race has tightened to become a dead heat. The numbers demonstrate that with only weeks to go, the Hafen-Porter head-to-head has become one of the closest House races in the country.

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Tuesday October 03, 2006 · 12:53 AM PDT

2006/10/03 · 00:53

Decorated combat veteran, former Senator, former head of the VA and forever an American hero, Max Cleland has dedicated his life to the fight for veterans' rights. This fight brought him to Southern Nevada to endorse Tessa Hafen, a champion for veterans and their families, against incumbent yes-man Jon Porter who consistently casts rubber-stamp votes against benefits desperately needed by veterans and active duty troops, votes that Cleland called a "slap in the face," to those who served.
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NV-03: Tessa Hafen Shreds Porter's Lies

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Sunday September 24, 2006 · 11:01 PM PDT

2006/09/24 · 23:01

Tessa Hafen exacts swift, sure retribution for the smear that is Porter the Puppet's entire campaign strategy. Please enjoy the ad by visiting her website, consider donating to keep it on the air, then read on to learn more about Tessa. Flinging the carpetbagger label at Hafen--a third generation Nevadan born and bred in the district where she owns a house and teaches-- because she worked for Sen. Reid in Washington DC smacks of desperation, but Porter can't run on his record of obedience to corporate and party bosses. Porter's main PR hack, like Rove, has one wrinkled, yellowed page in his playbook; this attack is a sloppy rerun of the same lies about the 2004 Democratic opponent.

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Saturday September 16, 2006 · 11:19 PM PDT

2006/09/16 · 23:19

In the past nine days, Tessa Hafen appeared with Gov. Mark Warner to call for renewable energy, with Sen. John Edwards to press for answers on the administration's failed policy in Iraq and shared a forum with Pres. Jimmy Carter. Last week, she released three ads on successive days that together form a strong narrative. She defines herself as a Democrat with deep roots in the district, who is qualified for the seat and ready to tackle the hard issues head-on and Jon Porter as an obedient Yes-man for the Bush/Cheney agenda.

Here's a sample of her views from her Website:

I will fight for increased funding for renewable energy research and development and incentives to build more energy efficient cars as well as to make bio-fuel and hybrid technology more accessible to consumers.

Rumsfeld, who Porter supports, should be fired, she says in the first ad. Read More

NV-03 Tessa Hafen Says: Replace Rummy Now

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Monday September 11, 2006 · 11:36 PM PDT

2006/09/11 · 23:36

Tessa Hafen is the challenger to Bush and DeLay's rubber-stamp, yes man Jon Porter, AKA Porter the Puppet, in this evenly divided Southern Nevada district, a horseshoe of suburbs and small towns that wraps around metro Las Vegas. A former senior aide to Senator Harry Reid, she says the Secretary of Defense's intransigence is a major obstacle to salvaging the president's failed policy in Iraq that leaves American soldiers dangerously exposed to sectarian violence. From her press release in response to the latest Pentagon report: "The time for action is long overdue. We can start today by showing Donald Rumsfeld the door."
Click here to see Tessa's incisive first ad. It is not a puff piece.
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