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Letter: Is John Brennan Fit to Direct CIA?

Senator Dianne Feinstein Chairman Senate Select Committee on Intelligence 211 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Madam Chairman: We, the undersigned, object to the Committee’s insistence that only nominee John Brennan as director of the CIA be permitted to testify as to his fitness for office.  Experience teaches that the adversarial system is…

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Letter to President Obama: Chuck Hagel

Dear President Obama: Now that you have won your last election, there is no longer any conflict of interest between your electoral aspirations and what needs to be done for our country and its people – present and future generations. It is customary for citizens to expect more from their President’s second term for just…

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Preserve Benefits: Cut Gouging and Inequities

Congress is still talking about a “Grand Bargain” that “balances” far more spending cuts than tax increases. That is another way of saying that you – the consumer of Medicare and Medicaid services, the recipient of Social Security, and the average taxpayer will take the brunt of the spending cuts, while the wealthy get their…

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Time to Counter the Corporate Domination

More than ever, America needs fresh ideas—and bold solutions. America is in crisis. After enduring two decade-long wars and a devastating financial meltdown, We the People have been abandoned by the leaders we elected to serve our interests. It is time for a new program including the following ambitious but common-sense solutions to our chronic…

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Third-Party Presidential Debate

Watch the Third-Party Presidential debate moderated by Ralph Nader. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, Libertarian Gary Johnson (former New Mexico governor), the Justice Party’s Rocky Anderson (former mayor of Salt Lake City) and Virgil Goode, the Democrat-turned-Republican-turned Constitution Party.

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Statement of Ralph Nader on George McGovern

George McGovern never stopped learning and giving to the world. After fighting in World War II he learned to wage peace. From seeing poverty he championed nutrition and and food programs for the impoverished hungry. He was regularly ahead of the times in correctly challenging momentous injustices. For this a majority of voters land-slided Watergate-afflicted…

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Letter to Governor Cuomo on Fracking

August 29, 2012 Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo State Capital Albany, NY 12224 Dear Governor Cuomo: I am writing today to urge you to reject the industry-led push to allow “Fracking” in New York State. The rush to drill is frought with known and expected problems. Fracking poses threats to: drinking water sources, air quality, worker…

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2011 Voice of the Employee Results Show No Confidence in Postal Management

Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader Calls on Postal Service to Be More Responsive to Employee Feedback Through Voice of the Employee Survey Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader today highlighted the results of the U.S. Postal Service’s 2011 Voice of the Employee (VOE) survey, an annual method of gaining feedback from postal workers. In the 2011 survey, nearly…

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Letter to Postmaster General Donahoe 5-3-12

Dear Mr. Donahoe, When we met, I noted the U.S. Postal Service’s Voice of the Employee (VOE) form. In that conversation, you indicated that you were unfamiliar with various postal workers or unions having concerns about the implementation of the Voice of the Employee survey. Nor did you indicate any information about postal employees feeling…

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Update Report #4 to

Our two representatives at the annual Cisco shareholders’ meeting (December 7, 2011) at San Jose, California filed with this report: CEO John Chambers declined to announce any increase in dividends or special dividends. He conditioned any consideration of dividend increases on the Congress and the President approving a tax holiday for the repatriation of Cisco…

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