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California hardest hit by NAFTA-generated job losses
It turns out Ross Perot had not fallen off his rocker when he, as a 1992 3rd party presidential candidate, predicted that signing NAFTA would lead to the loss of American jobs to trade partners amid a ...
12 May, 2011
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Al-Qaeda threatens retaliation for Osama bin Laden's death
With the confirmed death of Osama bin Laden, one of the masterminds behind the infamous September 11th terrorist attacks, authorities are stepping up security and calling for extra vigilance in the fa ...
03 May, 2011
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Facebook town hall forum for 3rd party candidates could catalyze American politics
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama stopped by the Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto to hold a town hall meeting that was live streamed to an even broader audience. As Facebook continues to pl ...
22 Apr, 2011
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Gun control debate heats up again
Today, the Assembly Public Safety Committee will take up AB 144, legislation introduced by Anthony Portantino (D-Pasadena) to ban the open carry of a handgun in the state of California. The controvers ...
12 Apr, 2011
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West Coast activists prepare for 2012 campaign to legalize cannabis
In the midst of America's perpetual campaign cycle, President Obama and a handful of GOP hopefuls aren't the only ones getting ready for 2012. Fresh off their 2010 attempt to legalize cannabis with a ...
09 Apr, 2011
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What about the Tea Party?
Earlier this year with the revolution in Tunisia underway, I noticed a curious phenomenon, one that stuck out for me particularly as a self-described libertarian* -the Associated Press and other news ...
22 Feb, 2011
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Conservatism struggles to define itself at CPAC 2011
As I walked through the halls of the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington DC Thursday, the feeling of excitement was palpable. It was the thrill of being at the largest yearly gathering of Americ ...
12 Feb, 2011
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Chipotle feels the squeeze as the Obama administration flexes its immigration enforcement muscles
Contrary to the perception that Republicans are the only ones desiring a return to strict workplace immigration enforcement, the Wall Street Journal and others are reporting that immigration auth ...
08 Feb, 2011
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President Obama will force Republicans to propose legitimate alternative on immigration reform
The Dream Act in its current form may have been stopped with a Democratic majority in the Senate, but along with President Obama's reaffirmed commitment to the issue this week comes the sense that Rep ...
24 Dec, 2010
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Will the Tea Party change anything?
"I think it's eerily like 1994. Not much will change." That's what Rich Hamblen told me about the 2010 midterm elections on our way to a political conference sponsored by the Los Angeles-based T ...
21 Dec, 2010
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