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911 Dispatch Part of New Complaint Against City of San Diego
911 Dispatch Part of New Complaint Against City of San Diego
The State of California's Public Employment Relations Board (PERB), has filed a complaint on behalf of the California Teamsters Local 911 who represents the San Diego Lifeguard Union.The union claims ...
17 May, 2018
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Green Energy: The Future is Now
Green Energy: The Future is Now
As the Green Party candidate for Congress in upstate NY District 21, when I describe the threats of global warming and the urgent need for an electric grid and national economy based on clean, renewab ...
15 May, 2018
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It’s About Dignity, Stupid!
It’s About Dignity, Stupid!
First, let me apologize. I don’t really think you are stupid. I was competing for your attention with an oxymoron. And also to demonstrate how easy it is to get attention by using denigrating language ...
11 May, 2018
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Tornado Watch in Kansas
Tornado Watch in Kansas
Last week I traveled to Kansas for an appearance at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. Nestled in the hills of Lawrence (seemingly the only hills in this flattest of ...
09 May, 2018
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Voter Suppression: How Politicians Are At War With Your Vote
Voter Suppression: How Politicians Are At War With Your Vote
Voter suppression is a strategy to influence the outcome of an election by discouraging or preventing people from voting and is different from political campaigning.Campaigning attempts to change ...
09 May, 2018
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9 min read
Ex-CIA Chief John Brennan: Breaking The Iran Deal Endangers National Security
Ex-CIA Chief John Brennan: Breaking The Iran Deal Endangers National Security
No one could accuse former CIA Director John Brennan of being a peacenik or too soft on the United States' enemies.The lifelong CIA man (he started with the agency as a Mid-East analyst and station ch ...
09 May, 2018
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2 min read
Chase CEO Could Change Everything About Drug Pricing
Chase CEO Could Change Everything About Drug Pricing
JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon seems poised to attack the rising costs of health care one way or another.In April of this year, Dimon used his annual letter to shareholders to add to what we know abo ...
07 May, 2018
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6 min read
How Intellectual Conformity Divides Our Country
How Intellectual Conformity Divides Our Country
People frequently speak about how divided the United States is right now. This comment is often associated with things like left-wing protests on college campuses, discussions of partisan media, and g ...
05 May, 2018
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Politics for the People Book Club: The Secrets of Mary Bowser
Politics for the People Book Club: The Secrets of Mary Bowser
Editor's note: this article was co-authored by Cathy Stewart (introduction) and Caroline Donnola (main article).The Politics for the People (P4P) Book Club brings together independent-minded Amer ...
02 May, 2018
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4 min read
Now It's the Republicans: South Carolina GOP’s Sneaky Attempt to Close Primaries
Now It's the Republicans: South Carolina GOP’s Sneaky Attempt to Close Primaries
Byline Note: This article was co-written by Harry Kresky, general counsel for Independent Voting, and Wayne Griffin, chairman of the SC Independence Party and Greer City Councilmember. T  he Sout ...
02 May, 2018
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5 min read