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UnitedHealth Lobbyist Announces Pelosi Fundraiser
As She Begins Backing Off Public OptionAccording to CNN, Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid “said they would support any provision that increases competition and accessibility for health insurance – whether or not it is the public option favored by most Democrats.” This announcement came just hours before Steve Elmendorf, a registered UnitedHealth lobbyist and the head of UnitedHealth’s lobbying firm Elmendorf Strategies, blasted this email invitation throughout Washington, D.C. I just happened to get my hands on a copy of the invitation from a source.
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Son of Imprisoned Iranian Dissident
Begins 14-Day Hunger Strike in San FranciscoPoet, musician and political activist, Turaj Zaim, 33, said he is undertaking his fast to help draw international attention to the plight of his father’s imprisonment and the ongoing persecution and human rights abuses inflicted on Iranian citizens who dare to speak out against Iran’s repressive theocratic regime.
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San Francisco Joins National Coordinated Rallies
in Support of Healthcare ReformOrganized by MoveOn.org, Center for Community Change, Democracy for America, Doctors for America, Health Care for American Now, and TrueMajority, a rally held yesterday in San Francisco drew as many as 5,000 to Alioto Plaza.
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Garamendi Wins CA-10 Open Primary
Garamendi, a Democrat, won with 24.84 percent of the vote. He will face Republican Party candidate David Harmer (20.44 percent), Green Party candidate Jeremy Cloward (0.55 percent), American Indepdent Party candidate Jerome Denham (0.25 percent) and Peace and Freedom Party candidate Mary C. McIlroy (0.26 percent) in the runoff election in November.
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America’s Tortured Past
Referring to a heavily redacted December 2004 report (originally commissioned by CIA director George Tenet) detailing torture of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan, it “describes the use of abusive interrogation techniques including forced nudity, sleep deprivation, dietary manipulation and stress positions.” Far worse ones were understated or redacted entirely.
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Rob Black Douses D6 Rumor
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Vice President Rob Black. Photo by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas August 27, 2009 San Francisco Chamber of Commerce VP Rob Black yesterday doused a recent rumor suggesting he is…
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Gonzalez and Leigh to Host Endorsement Party,
Fundraiser for Adriel HamptonHampton, an investigator and former San Francisco Examiner political editor, has fought to bring progressive issues to the top of the agenda in the CA-10 race – to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US drug war, and promote open government, labor rights and equality at home.
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