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Power brokers vs. democracy...
Posted: Mon, Jan 23, 2023 8:13pm PST
80 environmental and public health advocacy groups and elected officials have sent a letter of support to Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), author of legislation setting a price gouging penalty on refiners to be taken up in a special legislative session called for by Governor Gavin Newsom....
Posted: Fri, Jan 20, 2023 1:52pm PST
Moving the right-goal posts...
Posted: Wed, Jan 11, 2023 8:39pm PST
Sleepwalking to disaster...
Posted: Fri, Jan 6, 2023 9:15pm PST
The negotiations between the city of Concord and the developers that comprise Concord First Partners should be stopped. New revelations brought forth by reporter Dan Borenstein reveal legal entanglements regarding Albert Seeno the 3rd. The fiscal and organizational stability of Seeno's Discovery Builders is in question....
Posted: Thu, Jan 5, 2023 9:56pm PST
No to Status-Quo Joe...
Posted: Tue, Dec 13, 2022 10:38pm PST
He Shouldn’t Get Away With It....
Posted: Tue, Dec 6, 2022 1:04am PST
The past masquerading as the future...
Posted: Tue, Nov 29, 2022 10:08am PST
An unnamed whistleblower, formerly from the ranks of the Berkeley Police Department, has come forward with allegations against department members and the interim police chief. The whistleblower has been in contact with the Police Accountability Board. The board is now asking Berkeley city council to delay the promotion of the interim police chief to permanent status....
Posted: Mon, Nov 14, 2022 2:50pm PST
His approval ratings are far below the public’s positivity toward the Democratic Party...
Posted: Thu, Nov 10, 2022 2:34pm PST
It is a sad state of affairs, typical of US politics, when a grifter like Kathy Hochul is the "people's choice" in one of the largest and most populous states of the union. Both Biden and Obama are campaigning for her.
Would you rather have Lee Zeldin, an election denier for Trump, as Governor of New York?
"If you fail to get your horse in the race, you will be stuck with a horse's ass" - David Roknich...
Posted: Mon, Nov 7, 2022 9:07am PST
Fascist politics on the march...
Posted: Tue, Nov 1, 2022 1:15pm PDT
Holding your nose to block neo-fascists...
Posted: Mon, Oct 24, 2022 8:54pm PDT
Over 600 elected officials support the Biden-Harris Administration in implementing stronger vehicle standards to reduce carbon emissions by 2030. They also want the nation to apply CA's strong clean car standards as soon as possible....
Posted: Wed, Sep 28, 2022 12:10pm PDT
Monetarism was conceived in the 1960s as a kind of liberal answer to the teachings of John Maynard Keynes, tracing back directly to the neoliberal mastermind Milton Friedman. The core of the monetarist doctrine is that the money supply mono-causally determines the value of money....
Posted: Sat, Sep 24, 2022 6:53am PDT
Threat of fascism is real but disaster can be avoided...
Posted: Mon, Aug 29, 2022 12:58pm PDT
Environmental advocates called on California to take strong action to beat the heat by addressing climate change. Community members, advocates, and EOPA CA-an organization with 440 CA elected officials - want to ensure California is a national climate leader. Attendees showed support for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal for climate action calling for state lawmakers to accelerate green-house gas reduction, the state’s advance toward 100 percent clean energy, institute public health setbacks for ...
Posted: Tue, Aug 23, 2022 7:25pm PDT
Berkeleyans select Nathan Mizell to join Negeene Mosaed, Soli Alpert, Ida Martinac, and Vanessa Danielle Marrero on the progressive, pro-tenant Rent Board slate...
Posted: Tue, Aug 9, 2022 10:57pm PDT
Recent events give hope for a resurgence of the left on the continent. Morales points to recent electoral victories in Peru, Chile, Colombia, as well as Lula's soon expected return to the Brazilian presidency. "These times are coming again," he says. "We have to work to consolidate these democratic revolutions, for the benefit of humanity. I have a lot of hope."...
Posted: Sat, Aug 6, 2022 2:29pm PDT
With a green light from Joe Biden...
Posted: Sun, Jul 31, 2022 11:04pm PDT