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In a democracy, politics really do matter.  If you don't participate, someone else will, and then they will probably do what is best for them and not necessarily what is best for you.  The healthcare debate going on as I write this is certainly proof of that.  The people participating the loudest are the people with money.  We can stop that in shear numbers, but it can't be changed unless we the people change it.

The first set of links here are general links for organizations that either participate in politics or advocate for our right to do it, in a non-partisan way, or they are direct links for contacting government officials, or...

Politics1 - American Politics, Elections, Candidates & Campaigns

Media Matters for America

Congress.org

American Civil Liberties Union

Create Your Own ThinkTank

League of Women Voters

CapWeb -- Guide to the US Congress

Welcome To congress.net - the congressional network

Contact US Representatives

U.S. Senate

Stateline.org

Dumb Laws

Congresswomen's Biographies

internet freedom: home

The Economist

Electoral-vote.com: Election news

FactCheck.org

Financial Times - US homepage

Privacy.org - The Source for News, Information, and Action

The second set of links are partisan.  I lean politically left and so do they.

Buy Blue

Choose The Blue

Responsible Shopper: What Does Your Shopping Support?

Theocracy Watch: Rise of the Religious Right in the Republican Party

Democracy For America

Democracy Now!: radio and TV news

Air America Radio | America's Progressive Talk Radio Network

The Freedom Forum

Doing Things With Words --Why you can't legislate morality (and what that means)

Welcome to Losingmyreligion.com! -- only Christians can reform their own church

Ohio Democratic Party

The Democratic Party

Sociopathy on the Right: Ayn Rand and the Triumph of Conservative Cultism

Election Map

Podcasts on MSNBC.com- msnbc.com

Countdown with Keith Olbermann

Rachel Maddow Show

Secular Coalition for America: Atheists. Humanists. Freethinkers. AMERICANS.

Earth's climate will slip past "tipping point" within 100 years | Universe Today

Some liberals & journalists on Twitter

Carbon Footprint - Home of Carbon Management

Talking Points Memo

Economics and Politics - Paul Krugman Blog - NYTimes.com

Slate Magazine

MoJo Articles | Mother Jones

Eschaton

Neither list is exhaustive, and I'll try to add more as I think of them.

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