Patrick Moore has called me a "jerk." He may not be Queen Elizabeth, but it feels like being made Knight of the Realm.

Moore is a supporter of nuclear power. He is also an advocate for clear-cutting forests, genetically modified foods and a wide range of other corporate eco-assaults. The companies behind them fund Moore's "consulting" agency, which appears to specialize in greenwashing.

Moore's mission also seems to include tagging the Greenpeace name onto things Greenpeace opposes. As a voting member of Greenpeace USA, my e-mail box is often filled with contemptuous messages about Moore's latest outrage, and anger about his claim to be a Greenpeace founder. Many advocate ignoring him.

I'm not of that faith. Based on his appearances, too many people ask me why Greenpeace now "supports nuclear power." It doesn't. Its opposition to atomic reactors is as strong and clear as it was when Moore made his brief appearance on the organization's staff list, decades ago.

Did you know that one in six hate crimes are motivated by the victim's sexual orientation, and yet today's federal laws don't include any protections for these Americans? What's even more outrageous is that some radical groups are running an all-out campaign to stop Congress from expanding hate crimes laws to include sexual orientation and gender identity--something three out of four Americans support. A bill expanding hate crimes laws has already been approved in the House of Representatives and now a similar bill needs to make it through the Senate.

Please contact your Senators and urge them to pass this important legislation! To send your letter, go to: HR Action Center
The most creative, energetic, and effective peace activists in the United States right now are women organized explicitly as "CODE PINK: Women for Peace."  While CODE PINK welcomes the participation of men (and when I'm in DC I stay at the CODE PINK house), the group is organized around the idea that women have a special role to play in working for peace.  So, every once in a while I ask a bunch of Code Pinkers "Why don't we have a group of Men for Peace?" 

The Senate could hold a no-confidence vote as early as today. The resolution is non-binding and symbolic, but it will put Senators on record and send a strong message to President Bush. Make sure your Senators know you want them to support the no-confidence vote:

Senator Sherrod Brown
(202) 224-2315

Senator George Voinovich
(202) 224-3353

This vote puts us one step closer to removing Alberto Gonzales and restoring integrity to the U.S. Department of Justice. But George Bush is still blocking the way. This morning the President continued to stand by his man, saying:

"They can have their votes of no-confidence but it's not going to make the determination about who serves in my government."

Call your Senators today. Tell them they have the power to challenge President Bush and remove Alberto Gonzales. After you call, sign the Impeach Gonzales petition that will be delivered to your representative in the next few days:

Impeach Gonzales

Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, said today that there is no question that the warrantless wiretaping engaged in by the Bush Administration is a felony offense and that the President and Attorney General engaged in a criminal conspiracy worse than Watergate.  Nadler was referring not to the mysterious program that the Acting Attorney General refused to support, but rather to the program the Attorney General approved of.  Nadler said he finds the lack of attention to the obvious criminality of the President "incredible."  The same could be said of Nadler's failure to support impeachment.

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MARSHALL: Hi, this is John Marshall from TPM Media. We're here this morning with Congressman Jerrold Nadler of the 8th District of New York, which covers...lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn?

This 236 acre organic farm and nature preserve is dedicated to educating children and adults toward understanding the relationships between living things and their environment. Stratford is looking for summer volunteer guides to lead small groups of children on adventures around the farm and nature preserve in June, July & August.  No experience is necessary, but guides need to have a love of nature, children and adventures.  Training will be June 14th—1-4pm.  If you would like to become a Stratford Farm & Nature Guide, please contact Jane at 740-363-2548 or SECVolunteer@aol.com or visit www.StratfordEcologicalCenter.org.

While Scooter Libby packs his toothbrush, and maintenance crews resurface the tennis courts at Allenwood Prison Farm in preparation for a distinguished class of incoming freshmen, the news industry speculates on when a presidential pardon might be forthcoming. This speculation is discussed with such conscientious ardor that news-consumers might be excused if they mistake it for fact.

The fact is that Libby, under a sentence of imprisonment, is a potential witness against the very president who is supposedly poised to pardon him. Pardoning such a witness, though within the authority of the president, would also be a crime, and that's a fact. If Bush is not ready to commit obstruction of justice in public, he won't pardon a witness against him.

BANGKOK, Thailand -- After a U.S. Justice Department undercover agent displayed a Stinger air-to-surface missile in a bugged Hilton Hotel room in Sacramento, California, paranoia began to spread.

A mysterious woman named Lisa -- "last name unknown" -- was allegedly tasked to find out who the man with the Stinger really was, and if a gang of desperate Americans in California, and ethnic Hmong from Laos, was about to be busted.

The furtive Americans and Hmong allegedly boasted that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency "was standing by and ready to roll" to ensure success for their clumsy coup attempt in Laos.

They didn't realize their California restaurant meetings, anxious telephone conversations, and hurried chats in urban parking lots would appear in a 90-page affidavit on June 4 by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

Weapons and ammunition, bought for 100,000 U.S. dollars, were to be smuggled into Bangkok next Tuesday (June 12), followed by delivery of at least two Stinger missiles designed to shoot down aircraft, the ATF affidavit said.

There's still time to contact your state representatives. The Buckeye Forest Council (BFC) applauds Representative Mike Foley (D-Cleveland) for addressing the abuses of clear-cutting along utility easements through public property. The BFC helped shape a proposal with Representative Foley that would give Ohioans the opportunity to formally voice concerns over clear-cutting and pipeline maintenance activities occurring on state lands. We need your help right away to build support for this effort.

Representative Foley’s memo calling for co-sponsors announces: “I will soon be introducing legislation that will require the Director of Natural Resources to hold a public hearing before entering into a lease or granting an easement for any of specified purposes or allowing clear-cutting of trees on lands owned, controlled, maintained, or administered by the Department of Natural Resources.

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