Courage Campaign Keeps Up the Pressure

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Fresh off its crusade to censure Senator Dianne Feinstein, the Courage Campaign appears to be keeping up the pressure on the California Democratic Party. Here's the email:

You changed the conversation. Now it's time to change the Democratic Party.

Two weeks ago, we asked you what to do about Senator Dianne Feinstein's troubling pattern of failing us on civil liberties and civil rights. You told us to support grassroots action within the party process.

And that's exactly what we did, starting last Tuesday. 

Five days of non-stop online and offline activism. 34,466 people signing on and spreading the word. 40 Democratic Clubs and progressive organizations organizing virtually overnight to try to pass the resolution to censure the Senator.

Your actions helped the Courage Campaign, MoveOn, and Progressive Democrats of America begin the process of holding Sen. Feinstein accountable for her pivotal Judiciary Committee votes to confirm Judges Michael Mukasey and Leslie Southwick -- and her potential future vote to give immunity to telecom companies for warrantless wiretapping.

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