Common Sense NMS Works To Help Launch “BreakUpTheBigBanks.com”

Working for a top political activist and blogger, Common Sense NMS has designed, created and launched a new political advocacy site, www.breakupthebigbanks.com. Check out the launch post featured today on the Huffington Post.

Weekly Pulse: Joe Lieberman and the Opt-Out Revolution

This week, Sen Majority Leader Harry Reid caved to progressive pressure
(how’s that for a change?) and announced that the Senate health bill would
include a trigger-free opt-out public option. Whereupon Sen. Joe Lieberman
(I-CT) proclaimed that he would support a GOP filibuster of any bill with
a public option. Lieberman might be bluffing to extract concessions. Then
again, he might be planning to sabotage the biggest Democratic policy
initiative in a generation in order to garner GOP support for his
reelection bid. With Joe, you never know. But smart money is on the
sleazier option.

Read more of this week’s Pulse here…

Weekly Audit: Dismantling the Wall Street Casino

This week’s Audit looks at Ken Feinberg’s modest changes to the paychecks of bailed out banks, Congressional movement on key financial reforms, and the protests of the American Bankers Association meeting in Chicago.

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Hat Tip To Max Bernstein.

As many of your know, our Senior Political and Social Network Director, and good friend, Max Bernstein, is on leave right now, returning to his musical roots. One of the things that has made Max such an important part of Common Sense NMS, and actually reflects a strategy here as we bring people in is that Max had great social network experience because of his musical background. Bringing that experience and knowledge t our clients has been invaluable.

So how is Max doing right now? Well, he is playing guitar for Ke$sha on tour in Europe, coming here soon. And her first song is #7 on itunes. Ahead of folks like Jay-Z, Black Eyed Peas and Lady Gaga. So I think he is doing okay. (And just chimed in from London on some great new Facebook projects we are launching next week.)

Urban Farming in Your Community

How can you bring urban farming to your community?

See what Will Allen says…

Weekly Mulch: Autumn Fools

This week’s Mulch rounds up the latest news about recent hoaxes related to climate change — namely the Yes Men’s prank on the US Chamber of Commerce.

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Bioneers by the Bay Kicks Off with a Bang

If last night’s Kick-off Event for Bioneers by the Bay: Connecting for Change 2009 is any indication of how the rest of the conference will be, then color me happy. Well, maybe not happy. Awed might be a better word. Or amazed. Or stunned.

Read more about last night’s Kick-Off Event here…

The Weekly Diaspora: We Can Prosper Together

This week’s Diaspora highlights various movement this past week in legislation, from the Widow Penalty ending, to the modification of 287(g), to the ruling in San Francisco that restores due process to immigrant youth, to the Fire and Police Commission’s memo to the Milwaukee Police Department that officers may not harass people who refuse to provide their Social Security Number upon demand.

Read more here…

Weekly Pulse: Pelosi Champions Public Option

Buoyed by new CBO numbers showing a public option would reduce the deficit, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is going “all in” for a robust public health insurance competitor.

Read more of this week’s Pulse…

Technorati Releases “State Of The Blogosphere Report”

It’s all here.