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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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A Progressive Call to Action
But this is by no means the political eulogy for one of the few grassroots progressives in the Obama administration or the progressive movement that helped elect Obama. It is, however, a call to action.
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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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Government 2.0: A Meme Moves Mainstream
Gov 2.0 Radio host Adriel Hampton answers the question ‘What does Gov 2.0 mean to you?’ By Adriel Hampton September 9, 2009 Re-imagining government got a little easier with the election of President Barack Obama…
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A Failed War on Crumbs:
SFPD Chief Gascón’s Crackdown in the Tenderloin
is the Wrong AnswerGascón’s plan won’t work, targets the wrong people and wastes valuable public resources: you simply cannot win the “War on Drugs†one or two crack rocks — or crumbs — at a time.
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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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