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The Land of Milk and Honey Once More
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: politics, California, National Example, Progressives, economy )

Jae
- 182 days ago - truthdig.com
California's new electorate, derived from exit polling data, is multiracial, younger, more liberal, not very religious and less likely to be married with children. ... The long reign of older white voters is coming to an end. ... "
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Death Penalty Proposition: Statement From No on Prop 34
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: justice, death penalty, government, ethics, California )

Nancy
- 192 days ago - mercurynews.com
FYI from those in California who celebrate the death penalty. We have work to do.
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12-Year-Old Rape Victim Called "Negligent" and "Careless" By School District in Legal Papers
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: California, Maraga School district, sexual assault, 12-yr.-old rape victim, "rape culture", media, the law, gossip, Republicans, blaming the victim, Republican John Koster )

Judy
- 196 days ago - alternet.org
The recent spate of GOP callousness towards rape victims is part of a broader rape culture in our country in which victims of sexual assault are frequently blamed for their own attacks--by gossip, by the media, and also in some cases, legally.
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Safe California ACTION US
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: freedoms, death penalty, human rights, California )

Nancy
- 372 days ago - safecalifornia.org
Little did I know that the experience prosecuting a death penalty case would profoundly change my views on justice, the death penalty, and crime prevention. Watch my story -- and then share it with every California voter you know:
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California District Attorneys: Stop Seeking Death Sentences Until the People Vote in November! ACTION
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: freedoms, death penalty, human rights, California )

Nancy
- 416 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
The people of California will decide on November 6, 2012 whether to keep the hollow promise of our broken death penalty, or replace it with life in prison with no chance of parole. SAFE California requires inmates to work in high-security prison and to...
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Mike Ali Racoon Eyes Kenny Native Canddate for Richmond,Ca. 2012: VIDEO   video
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Native Americans, American Indians, Politics, California, americans, culture, ethics, freedoms, government, rights, society )

Kat
- 464 days ago - youtube.com
I support Mike Raccoon Eyes, candidate for City Council of Richmond, California in 2012. I believe his leadership, direction, ideals,and love of not only our Native People, but Turtle Island herself, will be the beginning healing....
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Urge California Legislators to Stand Up for Replacing the Death Penalty in California! ACTION
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: freedoms, death sentence, rights, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', California )

Nancy
- 496 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
"I don't think it is working. It's not effective. We know that." That's how the death penalty was described just days ago by the leader of California's criminal justice system, Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye of the state Supreme Court -- a conservativ
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Ask Gov. Schwarzenegger to Release Human Trafficking Victim Sara Kruzan With Time Served - Sign the Petition | Change.Org
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: California, life sentence, sex trade, abuse, americans, crime )

Caitlin
- 908 days ago - change.org
Sixteen-year-old human trafficking victim Sara Kruzan was sentenced to life in prison without parole when, in a desperate act to escape captivity, she shot her pimp. When Sara met G.G., the 31-year-old man who would become her pimp, she was only 11.
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Measure to Legalize Marijuana Trails in California, If Polls Are Right
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: politics, elections, Marijuana Legalisation, California, usa, news, media )

Cal
- 938 days ago - csmonitor.com
California's Proposition 19, which would legalize marijuana use for adults, is trailing 51 percent to 39 percent, a poll released Friday shows. But some say polling on this issue may be problematic.
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California Must Continue to Lead on Clean Energy
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: op-ed, climate change, california, leading, climate legislation, carbon cost, clean energy )

Mary
- 980 days ago - sfgate.com
Four years ago in Long Beach, I, along with 15 business leaders, met with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and British Prime Minister Tony Blair to discuss how to deploy clean energy around the world. Our message was clear: Adopt policies that put a price on...
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Fight for Future of California's Climate Policy Nears Boiling Point - 09 Sep 2010 - BusinessGreen.Com
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: california, climate, climate change, legislation, debate, climate policy, Prop23 )

Mary
- 982 days ago - businessgreen.com
Tensions are mounting over a controversial proposition to abolish California's climate change legislation, after the state's leading Senate candidates clashed over the issue and an investment guru challenged a prominent backer of the proposition to a ...
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Sign Petition: Reverse Arnold's CA Budget Cuts To Battered Women and Children's Health Care!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, schwartzenegger, bully, california, budget, cuts, domestic, violence, women, children, healthcare, education, HIV, AIDS, testing, prevention, elderly, disabled, blind, sick )

Tom
- 1384 days ago - act.credoaction.com
When Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the CA budget, he used his line-item veto power to slash millions of dollars of funding for children's health care services, HIV/AIDS testing and prevention, domestic violence shelters and many other core programs.
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California's Creditors Look to Options for IOUs
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, California, Gov. Schwarzenegger, banks, budget, economy, debts )

Dee
- 1406 days ago - news.yahoo.com
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Thousands of vendors who do billions of dollars of business with the state of California are scrambling as major banks say they will no longer honor the state's IOUs.
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In California, Grandma, the Blind Get IOUs; Politicians Get USD
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: california, poor, blind, disabled, elderly, sick, government, iou, budget, Schwarzenegger, abuse, corruption, crime, cover-up, dishonesty, ethics, lies, republicans, democrats, americans, economy, money, consumers, politics, debt, society, culture, sadne )

Tom
- 1416 days ago - dailyfinance.com
California will begin issuing IOUs instead of cash due to a budget crisis. Sadly, but not surprisingly, politicians and judges will continue to get greenbacks, while the poor, elderly, and disabled will be stuck with California's new "currency."
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Wayne Pacelle of HSUS on Gov. Schwarzenegger and CA Anti-Cruelty Bill
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: animals, HSUS, arnold, schwarzenegger, cruelty, cows, tail, docking, painful, suffering, abuse, factory, farms, california, budget, government, republicans, abuse, law )

Tom
- 1416 days ago - hsus.org
Gov. Schwarzenegger went out of his way to disparage an anti-cruelty bill that has nothing to do with his budget. It simply stops the painful practice of tail-docking of dairy cows, an archaic mutilation procedure. He's acting like a demagogue and a bully
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