Dallas South Newswire Nathan Daschle, executive director of the Democratic Governors Association, contacted Fox News CEO Roger Ailes today to demand that his news division add a formal disclaimer during segments about the 2010 election to inform viewers that Fox’s parent company provided an unprecedented $1 million contribution to defeat Democratic governors in 2010. The letter goes on to state: “For the first time in history, your organization is openly and proudly supporting the defeat of Democratic governors with an unprecedented political contribution of $1 million to the Republican Governors Association. In fact, your company provided the single largest corporate contribution to our opposition…. As you are well aware, the stakes could not be higher in the 37 gubernatorial races this election cycle.” Mr. Roger Ailes Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President Fox News Channel 1211 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 and VIA EMAIL Dear Mr. Ailes, For the first time in history, your organization is openly and proudly supporting the defeat of Democratic governors with an unprecedented political contribution of $1 million to the Republican Governors Association. In fact, your company provided the single largest corporate contribution to our opposition. In the interest of some fairness and balance, I request that you add a formal disclaimer to ...

Today on CNN, Memphis Tea Party founder Mark Skoda and Washington Bureau NAACP Director Hilary Shelton agreed to “find a more common ground together” in a conversation today with TJ Holmes in the CNN Newsroom.

From the DSN Newswire Michelle and I were deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Dorothy Height - the godmother of the Civil Rights Movement and a hero to so many Americans.  Ever since she was denied entrance to college because the incoming class had already met its quota of two African American women, Dr. Height devoted her life to those struggling for equality. She led the National Council of Negro Women for 40 years, and served as the only woman at the highest level of the Civil Rights Movement - witnessing every march and milestone along the way. And even in the final weeks of her life – a time when anyone else would have enjoyed their well-earned rest – Dr. Height continued her fight to make our nation a more open and inclusive place for people of every race, gender, background and faith. Michelle and I offer our condolences to all those who knew and loved Dr. Height – and all those whose lives she touched.

Friends and colleagues were blowing me up this morning asking me if I had seen Erykah Badu's Window Seat video shot in Dealey Plaza.  I now see what all the fuss was about.  You will to when you watch Ms. Badu giving us a different view of Downtown Dallas.

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So far there have been no reports of damage related to this morning's 6.1 magnitude earthquake in Haiti. This underscores why most Haitians are sleeping outside rather than take the chance of being caught in buildings that may be affected by aftershocks.

The Texas Social Innovation Initiative is a regional, state and national collaborative to stimulate social innovation throughout Texas.  The initiative has kicked off with a pilot project in North Texas and a partnership between the One Star Foundation: Texas Center for Social Impact, Root Cause, a nonprofit consulting firm in Boston and Dallas Social Venture Partners, a venture philanthropy model of impact investors.  Together, their efforts have leveraged more than $100,000 to the North Texas region to help identify, strengthen and amplify the efforts of social innovators throughout the region. On Wednesday December 9 at 10:30 CST, during the Governor’s Nonprofit Leadership Conference, Business Boomer's live webcast will feature a distinct panel of leaders to discuss collaborative efforts that stimulate socially innovative activities in order to help answer this  question: How will Sonal Shah, head of the White House Office of Social Innovation create a national agenda sparked by efforts on the ground that can spread across the country and line up with other successful global initiatives such as the United Kingdom’s Office of the Third Sector and Canada’s growing Centers for Social Innovation? WATCH...LEARN..ENGAGE Anne DeHaro, Public Affairs Director and host of Clear Channel Radio, will be facilitate a discussion and field questions from an online audience as she interview panelists Andrew ...

From the Office of the President Top News H1N1 Flu Guide Helping Community and Faith-based Organizations across the Country To help keep communities healthy during the flu season, the Health and Human Services (HHS) Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships (Partnerships Center) led by Alexia Kelley and with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, released an H1N1 Flu guide specifically targeted to help community and faith-based organizations.  Flu season is in full swing, and communities are finding innovative ways to spread awareness through community outreach programs. LINK Initial Results Show Pregnant Women Mount Strong Immune Response to One Dose of 2009 H1N1 Flu Vaccine Healthy pregnant women mount a robust immune response following just one dose of 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine, according to initial results from an ongoing clinical trial sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health.  LINK H1N1 Flu Resources for Parents/Educators ED has issued new guidance for school officials regarding the disclosure of personally identifiable information when addressing an H1N1 flu outbreak. See this and other guidance, videos, Q&As, and more.  LINK Green Jobs Grants, Seizing the Opportunity of a Clean Energy Economy Today the Department of Labor announced nearly $55 million ...

The Marvalus One has thrown out a doozie this week.    The only direction: I had a crush on.  There are a lot of candidates: Tracy Spenser, Shanice, Salt & Pepa, Dawn from EnVogue. But I had to go with the following: Vanessa Williams - Just For Tonight Who didn't love Vanessa Williams? She was probably my second celebrity crush after Vanity. The Jets - I've Got A Crush on You 12/13 year old Shawn had a crush on both of the fronts to this cheezy crew.  Not a bad little jam though, I've played it a couple of times this morning. HAPPY OSF!!!

My mom forwarded some healthcare commercials that she received in her inbox and I thought a few of them were pretty good.  Wanted to share 3 of them with the fam. How to Tell You need Healthcare Reform Choose the Public Option Spin