This week, hundreds of thousands of supporters like you stood up to support Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s historic nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. But the long road to confirmation has only just begun. Add your voice, and stand with Sotomayor at the Barak Obama site. They just launched an action center, an online hub where you can find all the tools you need to help spread the word about Judge Sotomayor, engage in the public debate about her nomination, and make sure decision-makers in the Senate know where you stand. With only a few minutes, you can make a huge difference.

Check out the action center and help confirm this great nominee.

In the coming days and weeks, our opponents will try to play politics with Judge Sotomayor’s nomination, and it’s up to us to help get out the facts and show the public — and key decision-makers — how much support she really has.

Write a letter to the editor: Using their easy online tool, you can send a letter to your local newspaper about why you support Judge Sotomayor’s nomination — highlighting her extraordinary life story, her tremendous judicial experience, the historic nature of her nomination, or anything else that’s important to you. It’s extremely effective and only takes a few minutes.

Call your Senator: You can look up the numbers of your two Senators, and give them a call to let them know that you support Judge Sotomayor and hope they do too.

Share President Obama’s message: The president has recorded a special message explaining his support for Judge Sotomayor — you can send it on to help educate friends and family.

Display your support: Download posters and get images you can use online to show your support.

Whichever actions you take you’ll be playing a critical role in this historic moment.

Also please visit the action center now.

Joe and Dru break down the opposing speeches of President Obama and former Vice President Cheney from May 21 and Clash of the Titans: Olbermann gets a Rush!

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On CBS’s Face The Nation: Colin Powell Takes On Cheney & Republicans On Closing Gitmo – 05/24/09

Extra from Michael Moore’s “Sicko”. Does France really have the best health care system in the world? If you thought the Canadian and British systems made the U.S. look bad, brace yourself. In this chapter, we visit a country that blows them all out of the water. Come visit the country that was too extreme, too controversial and too scary to make it into ‘SiCKO.’

“This series is about how those in power have used Freud’s theories to try and control the dangerous crowd in an age of mass democracy.” – Adam Curtis

The Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee is currently holding a hearing, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Review.” The hearing will include testimony from military veterans on the effects of the policy. Rep. Patrick Murphy (PA-08), the only Iraq veteran in Congress, questions the witnesses.

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow & The Military’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Policy” [Ban On Gays In The Military] With Former Secretary Of The Army Clifford Alexander – 05/11/09

A special coverage segment of the Military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy by 60 minutes – An interesting look into how much the A special coverage segment of the Military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy by 60 minutes – An interesting look into how much the Military may or may not actually care about the ejecting gays from the military. Interestingly enough, as pointed out in this clip, having openly gay service members does not affect unit cohesiveness. In fact, the younger generation serving today may not actually have a problem with serving with openly gay service members; a starch contrast to what top brass has been preaching.

On May 6th the American Strategy Program hosted an event with Philippe Sands, Professor of International Law at University College London and Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff for Colon Powell. Mr. Sands was in DC to testify to the House Judiciary Committee about the findings in his new book, Torture Team, which examines the legal implications of the Bush administration’s policy of torture. Col. Wilkerson was on hand for commentary on the subject. The event was moderated by Patrick Doherty, deputy director of the American Strategy program.

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