Other links:

Make your wishes heard by calling your legislators!
The phone number that allows direct access to Congress without cost is 1-866-338-1015.

The White House Website

The White House Website for the President's Health Care Plan

Senator Claire McCaskill's Website

Governor Nixon's Website

American Progress Action Fund
One of the many good websites for brief, useful talking points on current issues.

Bonhomme Township Democratic Club

Fired Up Missouri

Jean Carnahan's newsletter

Missouri Democratic Party
For regular updates from the Missouri Democratic Party, sign up at this link. We encourage you to become a member of your state party and help the good work they are doing. Dues are $25 per year. Local phone number for the Missouri Democratic Party: 314-367-2004 (Robin Carnahan's St. Louis office). Phone number in Jeff City: 573-636-5241.

Missouri ProVote
To learn precisely how our Missouri legislators voted on key issues, ProVote has created a voting scorecard. Access the PDF file (and other useful information) by clicking on the above link. Pro-Vote and our member groups work on a wide variety of issues, including quality public education, quality & affordable health care access, workplace safety, environmental protection, living wage, civil rights, gun safety, reproductive rights, lesbian / gay / bisexual / transgendered rights, and pay equity.

St. Louis County Democrats

St. Charles County Democrats

Franklin County Democrats

What our taxes pay for

Ballotpedia
Ballotpedia is a free, collaborative, online encyclopedia about elections, ballot measures and access, petitions and ballot law, recalls, school and local ballot measures, and state legislatures.
 

Other Helpful Information

VOTER INFORMATION LOOKUP: Enter your name and home address to determine if you are registered to vote and to find the location of your polling place. From this site, you may also see a list of your elected officials. This site is operated by the Missouri Secretary of State.

St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners: Voter & Election Information
 
Creve Coeur Township Dem Club meets the 2nd Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Creve Coeur Govt Center, 300 N. Ballas Rd. between Ladue and Olive Street Rd.  Contact WCD member Stan Edelstein at (314) 878-6041.
 
Jefferson Township Club meets every last Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Shrewsbury City Center, 5200 Shrewsbury Ave. (From Murdoch, south on Shrewsbury 4 blocks until it dead-ends.)  For more info, WCD member Margaret Hasse, (314) 961-0272.
 
Lafayette, and Queeny Township Dem Clubs meet together on the 4th Monday  7:30 p.m. at Fandango's Sports Bar and Grill, at Big Bend and Dougherty Ferry Road.  Contact for Lafayette is Bob Levine (boblevine@hotmail.com.) Contact for Queeny is Ken Curtis (636) 225-7227.
 
The Mo River township is no longer meeting with Queeny and Lafayette.  They are meeting separately.    Contact for Missouri River is Cecil Sharp ctsharp@earthlink.net.
 
PROGRESSIVE RADIO options in St. Louis area.

KWMU 90.7 FM   National Public Radio (NPR) in St. Louis - Local and National News and Talk Radio of interest - The Diane Rehm Show, St. Louis on the Air, Fresh Air, Talk of the Nation, Public Radio International's (PRI) The World, All Things Considered and several others.

Satellite radio (Subscription):
~Sirius – Talk Left Channel 146 - Coast-to-coast liberal talk featuring outspoken, unique, and entertaining hosts like Alex Bennett, Lynn Samuels, Ed Schultz, Bill Press, Thom Hartmann, Mark Thompson and more! http://www.sirius.com/siriusleft
~XM – America Left Channel 167 - Fresh viewpoints on politics and current events with a progressive twist. http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/channelpage.xmc?ch=167

Thom Hartmann, the #1 Progressive Talk Show Host can now be heard online at http://www.thomhartmann.com


TELEVISION

Now with David Brancaccio on PBS Channel 9 - Fridays at 7:30 p.m. - repeats on digital channel 9.3 at various times.

Bill Moyers Journal on PBS Channel 9 (DTV 9.1) - Fridays at 8 p.m. - repeats on digital channel 9.3 at various times mostly on Sunday.

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 10 p.m. weeknights on the Comedy Channel - repeats are aired (in no particular order) at 7 p.m. weeknights.  

Monday thru Friday on MSNBC begining at 5 p.m. with the The Ed Show with Ed Schultz (repeats are aired at 2 a.m. Tuesday thru Friday mornings). Followed by Hardball with Chris Mathews at 6 p.m. and Keith Obermann’s Countdown at 7 p.m. and the Rachel Maddow Show at 8 p.m. - repeats air beginning at 9 p.m.

Democracy Now with Amy Goodman airs on:
Dish Network Channel 9410 (Link TV) 10-11 a.m. & 5-6 p.m., M-F CT
Direct TV Channel 375 (Link TV) 10-11 a.m. & 5-6 p.m., M-F CT

NEWSPAPERS/NEWSLETTERS/MAGAZINES

St Louis Journalism Review: Covering and investigating the local print and broadcast media that the general media has ignored.

St Louis Beacon: The St. Louis Beacon is a non-profit, online publication dedicated to "NEWS THAT MATTERS" for people in our region. A beacon is a light to steer by.

BLOGS

The Huffington Post Breaking News and Opinion - sign-up for "The Huffington Post's Daily Brief".

Salon Breaking News, Opinion, Politics, Entertainment, Sports and Culture - sign-up for their "Today in Salon" email.

Talking Points Memo - Breaking News and Analysis.

Show Me Progress Missouri's Progressive Politics Community - Missouri News, Views and Issues.

Momocrats Raising the Next Generation of Blue. Where Mothers Get Political.

AFL-CIO NOW Blog News and Issues for working Americans.

Daily KOS - is at once a news organization, community, and activist hub. Among luminaries posting diaries on the site are President Jimmy Carter, Senator Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and dozens of other senators, congressmen, and governors. Even more exciting than that however, are the hundreds of thousands of regular Americans that have used Daily Kos to shape a political world once the exclusive domain of the rich, connected, and powerful.

St Louis Pushes Back Blog This blog is intended to push back against the nonsense and misinformation being put forward by the leaders of the St. Louis Tea Party movement.

University of Missouri St Louis (UMSL) Blog Students of the University of Missouri St. Louis, let your voices be heard! You can comment on posted articles or send us your work. Email to umslblog@yahoo.com and become part of our ongoing conversation!

WEBSITES

Media Matters for America is a Web-based, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.. 

Democrats.com - The Aggressive Progressives - Sign the Petition to Boycott Advertisers on the Fox News Channel. See Who Makes it Possible for Fox to Broadcast with their Advertising Dollars.

Truthout.com - We are devoted to the principles of equality, democracy, human rights, accountability and social justice. We believe ardently in the power of free speech, and understand that democratic journalism can make the world a better place for all of us.

Common Dreams - CommonDreams.org is a national nonprofit, progressive, nonpartisan citizens' organization founded in 1997 by political activists Craig Brown and his late wife, Lina Newhouser. We are a powerful online voice for change in America. With millions of monthly readers, we have become one of the top progressive websites.

Fired Up! Missouri - In March 2005, Fired Up! Missouri was "ignited" by former Senator Jean Carnahan and the savvy political analyst, Roy Temple. The Fired Up! website and community has grown a lot since then, but our core mission has remained the same. We continue to be a progressive, web-based news source dedicated to monitoring current issues, unveiling hypocrisy, and opining on political happenings in Missouri.

Physicians for a National Health Program is a single issue organization advocating a universal, comprehensive single-payer national health program.

Mad As Hell Doctors.com - Dear Mr. President, Recently, a group of Oregon physicians calling themselves the "Mad As Hell Doctors" requested a meeting with you to discuss a single payer plan for America. I am writing you to support that request and ask that you please take time from your very busy schedule to meet with these committed doctors. There are many of us who feel that single payer is the only solution to our health care troubles but are finding it impossible to have our voices heard above the rage and rhetoric that is drowning our nation. By taking the time to meet with these Oregon physicians you are meeting with so many millions of us who believe deeply in a single payer solution. Thank you for considering this request.

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Explaining the Basics of Health Reform. Look here for a comparision of the different plans being debated.

Health Care for America Now (HCAN) - Health Care for America Now (HCAN) is a national grassroots campaign of more than 1,000 organizations in 46 states representing 30 million people dedicated to winning quality, affordable health care we all can count on in 2009. Our organization and principles are supported by President Obama, Vice President Biden, and more than 190 Members of Congress.

GuaranteedHealthcare.org - GuaranteedHealthcare.org is a project of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, and patients and community groups around the country. CNA/NNOC is a leading national advocate for universal healthcare reform, through a single-payer style system based on an improved and expanded Medicare for all. In 2007, CNA/NNOC is campaigning for single-payer legislation, HR 676 in Congress, and SB 840 in California.

GRO-Grass Roots Organizing - GRO-Grass Roots Organizing, is a community based statewide, nonprofit organization incorporated Friday, the 13th of October, 2000, headquartered in a recently renovated African-American funeral home in a small rural Missouri town (Mexico, MO). The mission is to create a grassroots voice to win economic justice and human rights for all Missourians.

Rural America is an In Motion Magazine section and the Web Site of the Missouri Rural Crisis Center (MRCC) edited by Rhonda Perry and Roger Allison. The MRCC is a nonprofit organization founded in 1985. It is a progressive, statewide membership organization that works to empower farmers and other rural people. The mission of MRCC is to preserve family farms, promote stewardship of the land and environmental integrity, and strive for economic and social justice by building unity and mutual understanding among diverse groups, both rural and urban.

Alliance for Retired Americans - A primary objective of the Alliance is to enroll and mobilize retired union members and other senior and community activists into a nationwide grassroots movement advocating a progressive political and social agenda-one that respects work and strengthens families. The long-term goal of the Alliance is to become the voice for all older Americans. By engaging in important political battles to protect and preserve programs vital to the health and economic security of older Americans, the Alliance will gain recognition as the country's leading progressive grassroots senior organization.

Missouri Health Care for All is a non-partisan, grassroots movement committed to securing access to affordable, high-quality health care for all Missourians.

Missourians for Single Payer Healthcare Advocates a single publicly financed statewide health program to provide universal comprehensive health care services.

HR676.org We are a not for profit group of concerned citizens working hard to spread the message about the tremendous health care benefits that all Americans will enjoy when we change to a single-payer national health insurance system. Here's the point. If you go up to a hundred people on the street and ask them if they know what H.R.676 is all about, how many of them do you think will know the answer? You say none? Well that's probably a pretty good guess.

Repower America was first introduced as a bold plan to "repower" our country with 100% clean electricity and revitalize our national energy infrastructure. At its core, Repower America stands for the importance of investing in energy efficiency; clean, renewable and diversified energy sources; a unified national smart energy grid that connects these renewable energy sources to every part of the country; and clean car technology.

MoveOn.org - The MoveOn family of organizations brings real Americans back into the political process. With 5 million members across America — from carpenters to stay-at-home moms to business leaders – we work together to realize the progressive promise of our country. MoveOn is a service — a way for busy but concerned citizens to find their political voice in a system dominated by big money and big media.

Truthout.org is an independent, nonprofit, progressive organization dedicated to bringing you the best of the country's news and opinion.

American for Stable Quality Care - At a time when America’s health care system is in crisis, Americans for Stable Quality Care seeks to build momentum for public policies that will make health care better and more stable for all. Through television advertising and other advocacy tactics, our organization seeks to make the case for health care reform. Our hope is generate support throughout the country for action in Washington that will result in Americans having affordable coverage that they can count on if they lose their jobs, move to a new city, develop a pre-existing condition or encounter other changes in life. (below is a link to their sister website - Truth about Reform)
Truth About Reform - On this Web site, we’ve compiled the facts about what reform really means. You can read the actual legislation being discussed in Congress, find out what newspapers are writing and read the comments of leading health care and advocacy organizations.

Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution - Liberty Tree collaborates with organizations and individuals to build strategic pro-democracy campaigns that directly challenge illegitimate power, dismantle oppression, and develop the skills necessary to lay the foundation for a democratic revolution.

Missouri Jobs with Justice (MO JwJ) Missouri Jobs with Justice is a coalition of community, labor, student and religious groups committed to fighting together for economic justice in Missouri. Most of us have been working together for years on one issue or another. Jobs with Justice gives us a chance to remain united and respond quickly when action is needed.

Jobs with Justice (JwJ) engages workers and allies in campaigns to win justice in workplaces and in communities where working families live.
JwJ Health Care Campaign - More than 25 local JwJ coalitions are now actively engaged in health care justice campaigns: supporting bargaining fights in which health care is a key issue; developing community campaigns to support health care worker organizing; opposing hospital mergers and closings; organizing municipal and statewide efforts to make prescription drugs affordable; opposing Medicare and Medicaid cuts; and working to reform HMO’s. While we stress the need for concrete victories that make a real difference in working families’ access to affordable quality healthcare, we recognize we cannot win comprehensive healthcare workplace by workplace and therefore we need a broader campaign to win Healthcare For All. JwJ local coalitions are linking on-going work with broader healthcare demands that have potential for meaningful healthcare reform.

Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy (POCLAD) - Giant corporations govern, even though they are mentioned nowhere in our Constitution or Bill of Rights. So when corporations govern, democracy is nowhere to be found. There is something else: when people live in a culture defined by corporate values, common sense evaporates. We stop trusting our own eyes, ears, and feelings. Our minds become colonized. Help us contest the authority of corporations to govern!

THOMAS (Library of Congress) - In the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, legislative information from the Library of Congress.