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California State Senator Dr. Richard Pan faced opposition with his new bill that would eliminate almost all vaccine medical exemptions. Pan received $432K from medical interests, yet he claims the contributions did not influence his votes.

The curriculum claims that people of color are are exploited, and teaches children to join movements to oppose the system. It teaches that the entire economic system is benighted, violent change is needed, and America is evil. Parents pay for all this.

Trump's spokesman, Tim Murtaugh, says the Constitution is clear on the qualifications for someone to serve as president, and there is nothing in them that relate to tax returns or personal finance. Furthermore, states cannot add requirements of their own.

Whenever there's any kind of legislation put forward to help working families, you can always count on two things-- Republicans will vote NO and a certain number of reactionaries from the Republican wing of the Democratic Party will join them. In the forefront of that group of reactionaries is always Central Valley Blue Dog Jim Costa.

Sometimes people ask me who the single worst Democrat in Congress is. Until very recently, I had never even thought it was Pelosi. Last session it was unquestionably Kyrsten Sinema, the genuinely mentally unbalanced Blue Dog from Arizona, who is currently the single worst Democrat in the Senate.

The presidential hopeful’s record in California undermines her claim to progressive credentials, says Marjorie Cohn. By Marjorie Cohn Truthout Sen. Kamala Harris is rising in the polls after dramatically confronting former Vice President Joe Biden during the Democratic primary debate about…Read more →

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About three quarters of the homeless people are living outdoors, which is causing concern over a potential public health crisis due to rats, sewage and trash near homeless encampments downtown.

Joe Biden-- Status Quo by Nancy OhanianChange Research is the best polling firm for the 2020 cycle, at least so far. You should follow them. They just released a pre-convention poll of California voters.

There has been a lot of talk how Biden is the only viable candidate-- meaning Frackenlooper and Delaney are not viable, just Fox News trolls at this point-- who has not taken a position on the Green New Deal. And how he's the only 2020 candidate who has refused to sign the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge. Well, that's not actually true. Trump has also refused to sign the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge-- Trump and Biden.