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Republican Party crisis deepens: DeLay forced out of congressional leadership Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay announced Saturday he was giving up his effort to resume his position, as congressional Republicans maneuvered in the face of the influence-peddling scandal involving Republican insider Jack Abramoff. The longtime lobbyist and Bush fundraiser pled guilty January 3 to charges of fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy to bribe public officials....
Posted: Tue, Jan 10, 2006 9:59pm PST
Senator Feinstein: Vote NO on Judge Sam Alito! (video/quicktime 24.3MB) Californians for Fair and Independent Judges want Senator Diane Feinstein, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to turn down President Bush's nominee to the U. S. Supreme Court. Four-minute QT movie. 24MB....
Posted: Tue, Jan 10, 2006 7:31pm PST
Green Party Congressional Challenger Carol Brouillet Rallies for Truth, Peace, Impeachment 
Sunday, January 15, 2006, from 11 am to 1 pm, in the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr., Green Party candidates and others will rally at Lytton Plaza, in Downtown Palo Alto (University x Emerson) to speak out on Truth, Peace, and Justice, and to launch Green Party campaigns....
Posted: Tue, Jan 10, 2006 9:32am PST
Abortion, Executive Power to Play Central Role in Senators' Questioning of Alito We play excerpts of the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito who President Bush has tapped to replace Sandra Day O'Connor. During their opening statements, the 18 Senators on the Judiciary Committee repeatedly said Alito's views on abortion and executive power will play a central role in their questioning which will begin today. For his part Alito used his opening statement to paint himself not as a judicial radical but as a judge with no agenda....
Posted: Tue, Jan 10, 2006 7:21am PST
The 'fin de regime'? Eric Margolis returns from holiday vacation with an assessment.
Meanwhile Howard Dean attempts to divert growing scandals from the Democrats. Are we to believe him?...
Posted: Mon, Jan 9, 2006 1:10pm PST
Democracy Now Alito Coverage Abortion, Presidential Power and Civil rights: A Debate on the Nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court...
Posted: Mon, Jan 9, 2006 12:02pm PST
Jesse Jackson on Samuel Alito, Domestic Spying and Poverty in America Sunday marked the start of the Rainbow/Push coalition's economic summit in New York City. We speak with the group's founder, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, about Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, the government response to Hurricane Katrina, Ariel Sharon and more....
Posted: Mon, Jan 9, 2006 11:59am PST
Mayor Gavin Newsom has much to attain with timelines and recent polls mean nothing much. Mayor Gavin Newsom has much to attain and the recent polls mean nothing much. Rachael Gordon keep tooting her horn and focusing on elements many dubious in nature and often biased. When Gavin was elected he did not get a mandate. Matt could have won but the for the thousands of Absentee Votes a ploy that has come to haunt good government in San Francisco. A ploy that will be used to get rid of corrupt politicians and those that misuse the system. Polls mean nothing - action mean everything....
Posted: Mon, Jan 9, 2006 6:28am PST
Candidates begin to line up in Fresno County The first week of campaign activity in Fresno is over. Libertarians lead the pack with 10 candidates followed by the Republicans, Democrats, and Peace and Freedom Party, each with one candidate....
Posted: Sat, Jan 7, 2006 4:50am PST
Arcata City Council New Years Resolution: Impeach Bush and Cheney On Wednesday, January 4, 2006, the Arcata City Council passed a resolution demanding the impeachment or resignation of Bush and Cheney for crimes against the Constitution....
Posted: Fri, Jan 6, 2006 6:33pm PST
IRS has been tracking political party affiliation Sen. Patty Murray(D-WA) Thankfully has her eyes open for us.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/...
WASHINGTON - As it hunted down tax scofflaws, the Internal Revenue Service collected information on the political party affiliations of taxpayers in 20 states.
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., a member of an appropriations subcommittee with jurisdiction over the IRS, said the practice was an "outrageous violation of the public trust" that could undermine the agency's credibility....
Posted: Fri, Jan 6, 2006 8:46am PST
Election Officials Defend Security Measures 
Humboldt County election officials defend their handling of system security and accuracy as demands to test local equipment arise...
Posted: Thu, Jan 5, 2006 11:21pm PST
The Last Straw?.........It Should Be! The administration is saying that huge damage was done to our
intelligence gathering capabilities by the person who leaked the
story to the NY Times....
Posted: Thu, Jan 5, 2006 3:04pm PST
The gas conflict between Russia and Ukraine The halting of Russian gas supplies to Ukraine for three days this week brought to a head a long-smoldering conflict between the two successor states of the former Soviet Union....
Posted: Thu, Jan 5, 2006 7:47am PST
Top Republican lobbyist turns state’s evidence in Washington corruption scandal Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff pled guilty Tuesday to charges of fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy to bribe public officials, setting the stage for a wide-ranging exposure of corporate corruption and influence-peddling in Washington. Abramoff signed a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in which he promised to testify against the congressmen, congressional aides and executive branch officials who received his cash and favors....
Posted: Thu, Jan 5, 2006 7:45am PST
Write to oppose Alito's extreme views and deception MoveOn wants to get 50,000 people to write to the Senate to express their opposition to Alito's nomination...
Posted: Wed, Jan 4, 2006 11:28pm PST
1/7: Tired of California Politics As Usual? Assemblywoman Loni Hancock will host a town hall to discuss how to overhaul California’s elections. The only way to eliminate the corrupting influence of “special interest” money is a publicly financed election system. You are invited to a community forum to hear about the
California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act of 2006....
Posted: Wed, Jan 4, 2006 9:45pm PST
A Look at Jack Abramoff's Ties to the South Pacific Island of Saipan We speak with ABC News' Brian Ross who exposed in 1998 the horrific labor conditions in the U.S. territory of Saipan. At the time Jack Abramoff was Saipan's hired gun on K Street and Tom DeLay was one of the island's chief advocates on Capitol Hill. DeLay backed the sweatshop owners even though it was exposed that the factory was forcing women to have abortions and treated workers like indentured servants....
Posted: Wed, Jan 4, 2006 7:43am PST
Native American Tribes Attempt to Recover After Being Defrauded of Tens of Millions by Abr Former U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, who served as chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee that investigated the scandal, and Tigua tribal governor Arturo Senclair, one of the Indian tribes defrauded by Abramoff, discuss the Native American tribes that have been embroiled in the Jack Abramoff scandal. The tribes hired Abramoff to represent them in Washington regarding casino and gambling issues. As their lobbyist, Abramoff instructed the tribes to make political donations to cert...
Posted: Wed, Jan 4, 2006 7:42am PST
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