Sierra County
Democratic Party
Democratic Party
Sierra County
Democratic Party
P. O. Box 422
Sierra City, CA 96125
530.862.1379
sierrademocrats@att.net
Executive Board
Chair
Cindy Ellsmore
Vice Chair
Lynn McKechnie
Secretary
Linda Frost
Treasurer
Don McKechnie
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| Category: Birds of a Feather (5) Links to Progressive Sites | Referrals |
| California Democratic Progressive Caucus With an emphasis on action, the Progressive Caucus plans to move the Progressive Democratic Agenda by lobbying for progressive legislation and supporting legislators who write and carry such bills. | 11 |
| Coffee Party USA: Wake Up and Stand Up COFFEE PARTY MISSION STATEMENT: The Coffee Party Movement gives voice to Americans who want to see cooperation in government. We recognize that the federal government is not the enemy of the people, but the expression of our collective will, and that we must participate in the democratic process in order to address the challenges that we face as Americans. As voters and grassroots volunteers, we will support leaders who work toward positive solutions, and hold accountable those who obstruct them. | 11 |
| Democracy for America (DFA) National Grassroots Network! Inspired by the presidential campaign of Howard Dean, Democracy for America (DFA) is a political action committee dedicated to supporting fiscally responsible, socially progressive candidates at all levels of government. | 13 |
| Organizing for America (OFA) Blog Organizing for America, the successor organization to Obama for America, is building on the movement that elected President Obama by empowering communities across the country to bring about our agenda of change. | 10 |
| Take Back Red California Democratic activists working in partnership to increase the number and participation of Democratic voters in rural Northern California. | 23 |
| Category: Government (5) Links related to Government Sites | Referrals |
| Find your Members of Congress Enter your zipcode to find and communicate with your Senator and Representative. | 26 |
| Find your State Legislators Enter your zipcode to find and communicate with your State Senator and Assemblyperson. | 60 |
| Senator Barbara Boxer's Official Website Contact your Senator | 32 |
| Senator Diane Feinstein's Official Website Contact your Senator | 23 |
| State Legislative Rural Caucus California's state legislative rural caucus | 12 |
| Category: Issues (8) Links Related to Democratic Issues | Referrals |
| Apollo Alliance The Apollo Alliance is a coalition of labor, business, environmental, and community leaders working to catalyze a clean energy revolution that will put millions of Americans to work in a new generation of high-quality, green-collar jobs. Inspired by the Apollo space program, we promote investments in energy efficiency, clean power, mass transit, next-generation vehicles, and emerging technology, as well as in education and training. Working together, we will reduce carbon emissions and oil imports, spur domestic job growth, and position America to thrive in the 21st century economy. | 19 |
| California Fair Elections Act: Proposition 15 The California Fair Elections Act represents fundamental election reform that will allow candidates and elected officials to get out of the fundraising game and get back to solving California’s problems. | 25 |
| California OneCare - Single Payer Health Care for All Single payer is a publicly financed health insurance system that provides full coverage, for all, for less. For more information about this plan and California Senate Bill 810 that would create it, click on the links below. | 7 |
| Casualties in Iraq The human cost of war. | 32 |
| Iraq War Civilian Body Count | 29 |
| League of Conservation Voters Environmental Scorecard National Environmental Scorecard Who supported environmental legislation and green jobs and who didn't. | 7 |
| Stop the Traffik - People Shouldn't Be Bought and Sold STOP THE TRAFFIK is a growing global movement of individuals, communities and organisations fighting to PREVENT the sale of people, PROTECT the trafficked and PROSECUTE the traffickers. | 7 |
| zFacts zFacts on current controversial topics including national debt, carbon cap and trade, energy, Iraq war, economy and more. | 28 |
| Category: Media and Films (6) Highly Recommended TV, Radio and Movies | Referrals |
| Countdown with Keith Olbermann A fast-paced look at the top five news stories of the day. A counterpoint to Fox News. MSNBC TV 8 pm ET weekdays If you have broadband, click on the link above after 8 pm PT to watch online. | 10 |
| Daily Kos Daily Kos is the premier online political community that is at once a news organization, community, and activist hub. 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. | 6 |
| Democracy Now ! A daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. | 6 |
| NPR: National Public Radio Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Fresh Air, Car Talk and Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me! Interesting news, entertainment, music and arts programming. KXJZ - 90.9 Sacramento KKTO - 90.5 Tahoe/Reno KQNC - 88.1 Quincy KUNR - 88.7 Reno KQED - 88.5 San Francisco | 11 |
| The Rachel Maddow Show Mind over Chatter - Intelligent investigative reporting at its best. MSNBC TV 9 pm ET. Better yet, you can view the entire show at your convenience after 9 pm PT weekdays if you have broadband access. Just click on the link above. | 6 |
| TPM: Talking Points Memo One of the most innovative political news organizations in the country, its combination of breaking news, investigative reporting and smart analysis have made it a must-read for DC insiders, the media who cover them and politically engaged people everywhere. | 6 |
| Category: Political Humor (1) Humor & Satire | Referrals |
| Billionaires for Wealthcare Billionaires for Wealthcare is a grassroots network of health insurance CEOs, HMO lobbyists, talk-show hosts, and others profiting off of our broken health care system. We'll do whatever it takes to ensure another decade where your pain is our gain. After all, when it comes to health insurance, if we ain't broke, why fix it? | 5 |
| Category: Resources (8) Useful Sites for Voters | Referrals |
| Cost of the Wars Costs and trade-offs of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars since 2001. | 42 |
| Economic Recovery Website Recovery.org is bringing unprecedented levels of transparency and accountability to recovery spending* and to ensure that every business, regardless of size, has equal access to the projects associated with the recovery efforts. | 22 |
| Fact Check - Verify the claims made by politicians A project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, this site gives the facts, not the spin, about issues of day. Get the straight story. | 29 |
| FAIR: Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting FAIR, the national media watch group, has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986. We work to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints. As an anti-censorship organization, we expose neglected news stories and defend working journalists when they are muzzled. As a progressive group, FAIR believes that structural reform is ultimately needed to break up the dominant media conglomerates, establish independent public broadcasting and promote strong non-profit sources of information. | 18 |
| Green Collar Jobs - from Apollo Alliance Information and many links to green collar opportunities. | 55 |
| National Priorities Project Bringing the Federal Budget home. Provides valuable information about our tax dollars. Where do your tax dollars go? | 47 |
| Open Secrets: Center for Responsive Politics OpenSecrets.org is your nonpartisan guide to money’s influence on U.S. elections and public policy. Whether you’re a voter, journalist, activist, student or interested citizen, use our free site to shine light on your government. Count cash and make change. | 22 |
| Statistics for California Counties U. S. Census Bureau Information | 64 |
| Category: State and National Parties (6) Links to State and National Party Sites | Referrals |
| California Democratic Council The official umbrella for Democratic Parties and Central Committees for the state. | 8 |
| California Democratic Party California Democratic Party website | 20 |
| California Democratic Party Rural Caucus The mission of the Rural Caucus is to identify and promote rural issues and candidates who are seeking elected and appointed positions at all levels of government. | 91 |
| Democratic Party News News updates on the national level. | 31 |
| National Democratic Party National Democratic Party | 22 |
| Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party | 57 |
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