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Threatened Mexican Journalist Granted US Asylum

A Mexican journalist threatened by drug gangs said he had been granted political asylum in the United States to escape the drug trafficking organizations' increasingly violent campaign to silence the media.

Blast Hits Mexico's Televisa TV Station

Mexico's largest television broadcaster and the largest producer of Spanish language content in the world, Televisa, has come under attack by drug trafficking organizations in the northern city of Monterrey. Investigators say it was a warning for journalists to stay away from reporting on drug prohibition violence.
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Jane Hamsher Talks Marijuana Legalization on MSNBC

Hey, watch this unbelievable video of firedoglake's Jane Hamsher hurling marijuana legalization like a hand grenade into the middle of the immigration debate:




…and everyone just nods in stunned agreement. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I sure haven't seen much coverage of marijuana policy on MSNBC recently, if ever. Is it necessary to tell them you'll be discussing immigration in order to get some airtime for legalization on the most left-leaning cable news network?

It's time to stop labeling marijuana reform as a liberal issue when FOX News has two pundits talking about it constantly, and MSNBC's got nothing to say.

Join MPP's online social networking revolution

[Courtesy of MPP]

One of the easiest — and most fun — ways you can promote marijuana policy reform is to get active in the world of online social networking.

Not only are the popular social networking sites a great way to show your support for MPP, but you can also subscribe to our blogs and receive daily notices to stay up-to-date on the latest happenings in the marijuana policy reform movement, as well as meet and mingle with other supporters.

You can get active with MPP on the following sites:

• Become a friend of MPP on MySpace

• Join the MPP Facebook cause

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(In order to view our Facebook pages you’ll need to be a member, so if you don’t already have an account, just follow the “Sign Up” link on the main Facebook page.)

• Subscribe to MPP's YouTube channel

• Become a friend of MPP on Digg

And there are many other ways you can help to end marijuana prohibition.

1. Tell your friends to sign up for MPP's free e-mail alerts. Send them to www.mpp.org/subscribe today.

2. Send letters to your three members of Congress using MPP's free and easy automated system.

3. Volunteer to circulate sign-up sheets to subscribe others to MPP's free e-mail list. E-mail [email protected] to get started.

4. Host a screening of the award-winning medical marijuana documentary Waiting to Inhale in your community. Contact [email protected] for more information (and please be sure to specify what state you live in).

5. Download MPP's printer-friendly handouts and brochures and distribute our literature in your community.

6. If you have a Web site or blog, link to MPP's site by downloading our banner ads, and encourage your Web site's visitors to check out MPP’s work.

7. Use this link to shop at Amazon.com. A portion of the proceeds from your purchases will go to MPP.

8. Donate your car to MPP.

9. Search the internet with GoodSearch instead of Google: Each click generates money for MPP.

10. Encourage your friends to visit www.mpp.org/donate to become dues-paying members of MPP. MPP does not have an endowment or any revenue-generating investments, so we are 100% dependent upon the donations that people willingly give. This means that the extent of our campaigns is limited to the amount of money that 23,000 dues-paying members, a handful of major philanthropists, and new/future dues-paying members are willing to donate.

Together, one person at a time, our work is paying off. On behalf of all of us at MPP, thank you for standing with us in this fight.

Sincerely,

Rob Kampia
Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
Washington, D.C.