This DCCC page provides an opportunity for us to have our voices heard about the RoveGate scandal, and all it implies in the lying run up to the Iraq war.
There is a great video demonstrating the flip flop political backpeddling and double speak of the Cheney/Bush adminstration.

21st Century Democrats aims to help rebuild the party as a liberal people orinted organization. Help for candidates ids available here.

Sara Shettles has announced her run against Graves in the 6th Congressional District which encompasses the Northwest quarter of the State. Check out her Website. Lets have and support good candidates like this in all Missouri's races!

We are everywhere!

Another good site...this one out Kansas City way.

These are the folks who caused a revolution in fund raising thru the Dean campaign. Check out this website!

Project for the Old American Century

Michael...a DFA composer in California has created a great Parody to the tune of puff the Magic Dragon in response to Limbaugh's Obama bashing piece. Check it out on Michael's site http://michaelfaulkner.us/?p=3.

Here is an easy way to donate to Progressive candidates in Missouri.

This Union site has a great compilation of videos of all the candidates and promises to keep this updated. Check it out: http://www.aflcio.org/issues/politics/

Check out Air America...in addition to great coverage of the disaster they have thorough links for more info, where to send donations, volunteer opportunities and they have a superb resource for Hurricane victims...a "Public Voicemail" system for getting in touch with friends and relatives:
http://www.airamericaradio.com/katrina/voicemailinfo.html

The new left-leaning radio network. Streams their broadcast live over the internet.

The Alliance works with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Congress, state legislatures, state regulatory agencies, and coalition partners to ensure that all people regardless of race, age, gender, disability, religion or economic status have access to technology.

DFA is closely allied with ACT, which will register and get out the vote for Progressive candidates this summer. Check it out...they are very organized, well funded, and will be coming to Mid Missouri.

This group is conducting massive and well financed GOTV (Get Out The Vote) activities this Summer and Fall in Missouri...Check it out!

America Votes is now in official partnership with Democracy for America, and will serve as a focus of activity for DFA this summer and fall (See Roy Neel's notice of this on the Main DFA page)Lots of Get Out The Vote activity, as well as election reform and targeted work to take back Congress and the White House (and this time Missouri is a targeted State!)

A great progressive opinion leader. Check it out.

A site collecting health Care stories and pressing for health Care reform.

This came to us in an EMail from MoveOn. New Organizing Institute will sponsor all expenses paid, 50 activists from around the Country interested in learning how to be online resources and workers in 06 campaigns.

She ain't what she used to be...check out her columns. Most insightful and should scare the (blank) out of the Elephants.

Claire McCaskill has won Barabara Boxer's national Competion for support from the PAC for Change. She took 24% of the 67000 online votes cast in a crowded field. I think the whole Nation is realizing that Missouri has to go blue and that rubber stamp Talent deserves to be on his way out the door.

Democracy Now has the full text of Bill Moyer's impassioned and well reasoned call for media reform. This will be taken up in the coming months by DfMO discussion groups...check it out.

Here is the DNC petition to which you may add what comments you feel appropriate to let the White House and the White House Press Corps know how you feel.

Great info, links and tools of the political trade courtesy of our DFA neighbors to the North.

Blog of Kansas City and statewide news and editorials.

An interesting Blog out St Louis way.

Here is a nice Missouri blog. Ignore the google ads.

Our old friends at SEIU are organizing a National health crisis awareness campaign this June 19th. Lets do something with this!

A great candidate for the 9th Congressional District. Duane Burghard is a successful business man, Veteran Naval officer and Sunday School teacher with good ideas about the need for fiscal responsibility, while yet caring for one another in the 21st Century.
Kenny Hulshoff needs to look for other employment!

Lots and lots of stuff. Updated daily.

This link has been on our site for a long time...worth another look. They have great daily progressive talking points and counters for right wing lies. Check it out!

A great resource for discussing values and issues from a progressive perspective.

A non partisan group but a group with its finger on the pulse of the Latino community in Central Missouri.

The St. Louis Dean group is morphing into Change for Missouri and advancing plans to help win back our state. We are seeking your opinions, please join our efforts.

The engine of the Dean campaign open to us all to generate webaite tools to take back America.

Visit her site and support her as best you can. Give til it feels good!

The cable contract for Columbia MO (and many other cities) is under renewal and now is the time to make our voices heard by the City council and City Manager that money from the access fees of Cable companies be used to support community access TV, community Radio and cheap high speed Internet access. The Cable companies have enormous profit margins... Columbia should use the percentage, being negotiated at present, to open a facility for Community access Media and otherwise support the free flow of information.
Check out the Columbia Cable Access TV website.
Taking back the Airwaves of Colu

A local group http://columbiaclimatechangecoalition.org/ engaged in local action to address the most pressing issue for our planet. Check out their site!

Darin Preis looks very impressive as a School Board Candidate. Check out his website.
You may make a contribution to Preis for School Board, 1515 Kinloch Court, Columbia, Missouri 65203.

The Columbia/Mid-MO LGBT Coalition meets the first Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm at the Columbia Public Library. Visit our web site for more information and to download our free monthly Community Link newsletter and join our listserv.

Good news source for Progressives.

Really good progressive news source...heard about John Negroponte?
We saw it here first!

For those of you across the river.

Here is a link to an organization (DefCon) exposing the NeoCon agenda of the "Religious Right" who are attempting to hijack the Republican Party. Missouri has seen a lot of political activity generated in Churches as an outgrowth of this far Right and misguided "ministry". A very revealing site, with action steps to help contain these folks.

Democracy Fest promises to be great this year. I attended last summer's event in Austin and if this is half as well organized and fun, it will be worth the trip to California. The Demfest website linked here is in its early stages, and speakers, etc are not firmed up yet but tickets are on sale now.

Democracy Fest (June 17, 18, 19 in Austin Texas) will be 3 days of training workshops, good food and camraderie. Guest speakers include Democratic Party Chair and Gov Howard Dean, Molly Ivans and Jim Hightower. It is cheap to register. Why don't we have an all Missouri DFA Caucus Meeting...in Texas!
Checkout the Democracy Fest website:

A new website and reorganized Kansas Cirty DFA group. They have some great articles on reframing, etc....Check it out!

Great site with cool Dean links...thank you Pam Paul.

A new DFA group in Kansas City which aims to reach out to all progressives. Looks good.

The wonderful Dean group from Virginia has reformed as Democracy for Virginia and built a new site. Thanks to Maura of VA for the link.

Democracy Now...the real news. Great interviews...check out the Dec 24th interview qwith Bill Moyers.

Join us at the Democratic HQ for viewing the convention. Here is a link to the convention site with speech transcripts and schedules.

Sign the petition to make verified votes the law of the land. Click the link.

Great insights from Dino.

A great candidate running for Missouri House in Callaway County.

This is the new iteration of the Mid Mo for Kerry yaqhoo group. Good folks!

This is a great site inviting folks from around the country to come to Missouri (and other swing states) to register voters and Get out the Vote.

Check it out...hopefully all those he is inspiring to vote are registered...if not, they need to for next election in 2 years.

A progressive Blog by Atrios.

Click on the Link for a powerful recognition of those U S soldiers who have died. I am too moved for any political rhetoric...their pictures speak volumes.

Its not factcheck.com as Cheney might have you believe. Great source for reading about the lies and inaccuracy in the Presidential advertisements and debates.

Instant Runoff Voting and other reforms are discussed in detail at this site which also provides sample legislation. Tools to help educate the public and Legislators on IRV and PR are available here.

Working to end the death penalty, support world peace and promote other reforms, in Missouri.

Free Press is a national nonpartisan organization working to increase informed public participation in crucial media policy debates, and to generate policies that will produce a more competitive and public interest-oriented media system with a strong nonprofit and noncommercial sector.

Great antiwar/activist site.

Computer generated page of news from across the web.

These folks have job openings around the Country in Progressive Campaigns. They also do Campaign Camps. Camp Russ Carnahan is one of their trainings.
Check out their site for more info.

A nice blog style website by DFA oriented folks in the Southwest part of the State. We are everywhere!

Great theme for this year's election. Check it out.

Tasini looks good. Got any extra cash for him to send Hillary a message?

Barbara Hoppe has earned the endorsement of Democracy for Missouri to its members.
Attorney Barbara Hoppe, tireless Smart Growth Coalition and City improvement activist, launched her campaign for City Council this evening. A crowded meeting of concerned 6th Ward/Columbia citizens at her home laid out plans for her election. She would be a great addition to the city Council. Barbara won the endorsement of DFA Columbia at the Feb 1st DFAlink meeting. DFA members are encouraged to support Barb in the April election. Barbara's website is fantastic...check it out.

This site offers grassroots tools to help steer the Democratic Party and the DNC toward the progressive/liberal base and core values of the party. Lets let our DNC reps know how we feel. Howard Dean or someone like him needs to be the next DNC Chair!

A new site dedicated to promoting the work of this very acive group of courageous Progressives in Howard County. They are doing great things. Check it out!

Into the Blue provides the means of allowing Blue State Cities, Counties and State folks to contribute to battleground States and loaclities to take back America. Headquartered in Columbia MO and headed by Lise Saffran, it is organized as a 527 Missouri PAC.
http://www.intotheblue.org/
Spread the word about this great new organization which has the potential to help restore Missouri's populist progressive governance.

C R Jackson was at the Victory 06 HQ opening. Check out his website. A good choice for Cole County Clerk!

These great folks have taken on Wally World. Once on their site click on "Big Box Mart". Hilarious (and true and sad).

This from Think Progress. Prepare to be disgusted by the arrogance and effete elitism of Bush and Company.

Environmental Activism to take our country back from the despoilers.

Strongly supporting Kerry for his history of environmental concern and strong support of preserving the Earth.

Good information on voting and registration procedures.

These are the folks that DFA is affiliating with to promote the "Opt Out" action in the schools. Check out this link!
Come to MeetUp in September for the short video and discussion/planning on this.