California Politics

California's Shame

Emily Cotler | Posted 11.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Civil Liberties, Hazel Bryan, California, Proposition 8, Ellen Degeneres, Fear of Change, Race, Prejudice, Harvey Milk, Civil Rights, Politics of Fear, Cesar Chavez, Jackie Robinson, California Gay Marriage, Out of State Funding, Gay Rights, California Politics, Racism, Desegregation, Elizabeth Eckford, Separation of Church and State, Gay Marriage, Home News
Emily Cotler

Equality for all. What could be more basic and simple than that? And yet, California's Proposition 8 passed. If you don't know what Prop 8 entails, it...

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The "Call" at Qualcomm Stadium- Translation Needed!

Sara Whitman | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Qualcomm Stadium, No on 8 in California, LGBT Rights, Church and State, The Call, James Dobson, Marriage Equality, Speaking Tongues, Vote No on 8, LGBT Issues, Discrimination, Equality, California Politics, Politics News
Sara Whitman

I wonder how this fits into legal rights because last I looked there is a separation of church and state. If marriage is all about religion then government should not recognize it.

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David Dreier and the Fall of the House of Voodoo

Bennet Kelley | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Victoria Wulsin, David Dreier, House of Representatives, California Politics, Financial Crisis, Voodoo Economics, Mean Jean Schmidt, Election 2008, Republican Party, Russ Warner, Reaganomics, Politics News
Bennet Kelley

The financial crisis has caused a seismic shift -- not only has it brought down the house of cards known as Reaganomics but it may also bring down some of voodoo economics' high priests.

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Big Business Bigotry

Michael Markarian | Posted 09.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: United Farm Workers, Eggs, Cesar Chavez, California, Animal Rights, United Food and Commercial Workers, California Politics, Proposition 2, Animals, Politics News
Michael Markarian

In a shameless display of xenophobia, it seems the factory farm fakers have launched an all-out attack on Mexico.

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Schwarzenegger Sinks to New Low

Paul Hogarth | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Newt Gingrich, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gridlock, California State Budget, California Politics, Politics News
Paul Hogarth

Arnold's executive order laying off 10,000 state employees -- and slashing another 200,000 paychecks --is insulting because the budget crisis we're in is largely his fault.

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What Will it Take to Reform California's Death Penalty?

Byron Williams | Posted 07.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Capital Punishment, California, California Politics, Death Penalty, Justice System Death Penalty, Death Penalty California, Politics News
Byron Williams

Californians must confront how badly they want to be in the execution business. Is having a death penalty worth more than investing in the state's social and economic infrastructure?

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Jerry Brown Hints At Another Run For California Governor

Los Angeles Times | Don Frederick And Andrew Malcolm | Posted 03.30.2008 | Politics

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California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown spoke at the state Democratic Party convention Saturday, and boy, did he sound an awful lot like a candidate for Gol...

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Loyalty Oaths and Un-Americanism

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: California Politics, Loyalty Oath, California, Politics News
Geoffrey R. Stone

Loyalty oaths reverse the essential relationship between the citizen and the state in a democratic society.

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California's Real Chance at Health Care Reform

Fabian Núñez | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics

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Fabian Núñez

Disappointment over the improbability of single-payer ever being enacted anytime in the foreseeable future should not be allowed to diminish the benefits millions could receive from our plan.

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Max Follmer

Dems Set To Kill Feinstein Censure Resolution

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 11.14.2007 | Politics

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California Sen. Dianne Feinstein and the state's Democratic Party pushed back Wednesday against a proposal by a coalition of progressives to censure t...

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Max Follmer

GOP Backers Of California Electoral Vote Initiative Raise Half-Million Dollars In Two Weeks

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 11.07.2007 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Republican Ploy California Electoral Votes, California, Darrell Issa, California Gop, Chris Dodd, Democratic Party, Democrats, 2008 Election, Electoral Map, Elections, Califronia Republican Party, Rudy Giuliani, Electoral Votes, California Politics, California Electoral Votes, Hillary Clinton, Electoral College, Republicans, Republican Party, Politics News

GOP proponents of a California ballot initiative to end the state's winner-take-all method of apportioning electoral votes have raised roughly $539,00...

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LA Times: State Slow To Improve Firefighting Capabilities

LA Times | Jordan Rau | Posted 10.25.2007 | Home

Read More: California Wildfires, California National Guard, California Politics, Home News

Although Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration has improved its readiness for big blazes since the last major round of wildfires hit California ...

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Governor Schwarzenegger Vetoes Families

Kristin Maschka | Posted 10.22.2007 | Living

Read More: Motherhood, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mothers and Work, Mothers, California Legislation, California Politics, Living News
Kristin Maschka

Schwarzenegger may want to avoid speaking to a conference of 11,000 fired-up women after he vetoed a collection of family-related bills last weekend.

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Liberals, "No Match" and Nonsense

John Ridley | Posted 10.17.2007 | Politics

Read More: California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Politics, Politics News
John Ridley

Corporations of course want to keep a strangle hold on their cheap labor. The liberals want to "save" the immigrants. And this is where their ill-drifting kicks in.

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A Victory For Law Enforcement in California

Paul Helmke | Posted 10.15.2007 | Politics

Read More: Law Enforcement, Microstamping, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Police, Illegal Guns, Guns, California Politics, Politics News
Paul Helmke

In California now, police will be able to use shell casings that a gun fired, marked with the make, model and serial number of the weapon to trace the gun back to its first purchaser.

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The Chief Justice and Chemerinsky: Something is Wrong

Jon Wiener | Posted 09.24.2007 | Politics

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Jon Wiener

Did the Chief Justice pressure Chancellor Michael Drake into withdrawing the offer that had already been accepted?

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A Tearful Republican Mayor Comes Out -- For the Freedom to Marry

Evan Wolfson | Posted 09.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: Jerry Sanders, Let California Ring, Gay Marriage, California Politics, Politics News
Evan Wolfson

Mayor Sanders' change of heart shows us what happens when people think about how exclusion from marriage affects real people -- rather than just some abstract idea.

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California GOP's Election "Reform" Measure Reeks of Rove

Assemblyman Mark Leno | Posted 09.19.2007 | Home

Read More: Presidential Election Reform Act, California Politics, Home News
Assemblyman Mark Leno

It's an audacious power grab by the GOP as it spirals into irrelevance leading up to the 2008 presidential race.

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"Yes to Four More Years in Iraq" -- California Republican Party

Rick Jacobs | Posted 09.09.2007 | Politics

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Rick Jacobs

Without a vision for a better world, what did they do? They passed a resolution endorsing the dirty tricks initiative that will simply steal the 2008 presidential election for whomever the Republicans finally dredge up.

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