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luckyleftyme2

(3,880 posts)
Wed Apr 18, 2012, 07:27 PM Apr 2012

get "alec" out of maine


BIG NEWS: The right-wing ALEC organization issued a panicked response to our campaign to defund them.

After years of ALEC's coordinated attempt to ram voter-suppression and union-busting bills through states like Wisconsin, they accused progressives of running a "well-funded, expertly coordinated intimidation campaign...against corporate members of the organization."

60,000 people have signed our petition, made phone calls, and sent Tweets to corporations -- pushing them to stop funding ALEC. And along with our allies, we've had over 10 victories!

Can you join this "expertly coordinated" accountability campaign? Sign the petition telling major corporations like AT&T to stop funding ALEC.

The New York Times reports, "McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Intuit, Mars, Kraft Foods, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have stopped supporting the group, responding to pressure from activists and consumers who have formed a grass-roots counterweight to corporate treasuries."

ALEC's panic continued yesterday when they ended their task force focused on voter suppression. The right-wing National Review wrote, "Left-Wing Pressure Causes ALEC to Retreat."

yes they have funded election candidates and influenced laws written in maine-join the middleclass working revolt against these job robbing ,benefit stealing wage suppression greedy group!
look up alec.jointhe maine majority -stand up to that loud mouth 20% who has been taken in by the propagana that "alec" and maine heritage are spreading! they represent big business and destory workers rights!
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