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For the past 4 years, we've been spreading the TRÜF and exposing the LIES on our Blog and Fan Page in hopes of engaging people to what's really going on politically, socially and environmentally. It has been fun and arduous and we feel the time has come to shut them both down and head back to our apolitical day job at TRÜF CREATIVE. We plan to do so on tax day, April 15th.  Feel free to grab any photos or info from the archives before it's gone.

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FIRED UP AND READY TO GO!

GOBAMA! This makes sense and they need to just vote this bill through NOW!

SUPREME COURT PLANS TO ALLOW GUNS FOR ALL

via rawstory.com

There goes the neighborhood. For real this time. All of the Bushies on the Supreme Court plan to take the "right to bear arms" to new extremes as they hear a 2nd Amendment challenge to Chicago's ban on handguns. They say it's our national right to own a gun in our home. Based on this ruling, Gun rights advocates may begin challenging gun regulations nationwide.

*POW* *BANG* YOU'RE DEAD*

Read more in LA Times 

  

GOP LIVID AS SCOTT BROWN DOES THE RIGHT THING

via rawstory.com

On one of his first major votes, Brown split with his party Monday to support a cloture motion on the $15 billion Democratic "jobs bill," defeating an attempted Republican filibuster in a final tally of 62-30.

GOP SPENDING HYPOCRISY HALL OF FAME

The DCCC (Democractic Congressional Campaign Committee) has been keeping tabs on which Republican Representatives are taking credit for Economic Bills that they voted NO on in the Stimulus package. It should be called out for what it is: HYPOCRISY. The truth is, if you are against the spending that President Obama is doing, as you claim to be, you should TURN DOWN the stimulus money. If you feel it's helping America, then vote YES and take the money. You can't have it both ways.

Rachel Maddow has been doing a great job reporting on this and even called out Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill) on yesterday morning's Meet the Press. Watch video here.

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

CHIEF OF APOLOGY.

We couldn't have said it better ourselves.

THE PARTY OF NOBAMA.

Illustration by Mike Scott

A FEISTY PRESIDENT = AN ENERGIZED BASE.

Last Friday we saw an amazing thing. We saw a glimpse of what we voted for. President Obama going head-to-head with a room full of GOP congressman. Without notes. Without a teleprompter. Answering every question thrown at him with an amazing amount of factual detail. Calling them out on their lies and "party of no" obstructionism. He showed us he's the right man right now for this job.

Since then, he's continued to do this in many appearances around the country. Yesterday he appealed to Dems to "Finish the Job On Health Care" and not take the easy way out. Today he spoke out against Birthers at the National Prayer Breakfast saying, "Civility also requires relearning how to disagree without being disagreeable. Civility is not a sign of weakness. Now I am the first to confess I am not always right. Michelle will testify to that. But surely, you can question my policies without questioning my faith. Or for that matter, my citizenship."

Could it be that he's "campaigning" so we can keep our majority this November? Will he continue these televised debates with both the GOP and the Democratic Party?

We hope so.

A twitter hashtag #questiontime and a petition has been started to support creating regular Q&A sessions with the President, similar to how they do Question Time in the British Parliament. The White House has already said they feel the spontaneity of last Friday's event would be destroyed if the Q&As were held on a regular basis. We'll see what happens... READ MORE

COME ON DOWN... TO THE WHALE SANCTUARY.

What an amazing thing Bob Barker did! Bob Barker, retired television host and life-long animal rights activist, recently donated $5Million to the Sea Shepard Conservation Society for a new ship, aptly named the Bob Barker. Best known from their reality series "Whale Wars", Sea Shepard is a group of volunteers led by Captain Paul Watson who go into the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary in Antarctica every year to try and stop the Japanese from illegally slaughtering whales. The sanctuary is a 50 million square kilometer area surrounding Antarctica where the International Whaling Commission has banned all types of whaling. The Japanese claim they are whaling for "research", when in reality they are selling the meat.

Yesterday the other new vessel in the Sea Shepard's fleet, the former global racing boat Ady Gil, was deliberately rammed by the Japanese whaling boat Shonan Maru 2. 6 people were thrown into freezing waters and the boat sunk. Watch the video below.

Keep up the good work Sea Shepard... we hope you're all safe and okay.

HEMPY HOLIDAYS! NOW LET'S LEGALIZE IT.

 
Thanks to Current for all of their great info on legalizing medical marijuana and recent scientific findings about the plant. Check out the posts on their Make Marijuana Matter group.

The country could make up to $7 billion a year if they legalized medical marijuana and taxed it nationwide. It is already legal in 14 states, but why not make it a federal law? Since marijuana has many health benefits, particularly for people who have terminal illnesses, we can't think of a better way to add to the health care budget int his country.

To find out more about reforming marijuana laws, visit NORML.