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Newsom’s call now: California Legislature passes top 21 bills of ’21

by CalMatters staff September 8, 2021Updated October 4, 2021 The second year of the coronavirus pandemic in California was shaped by two political undercurrents at the state Capitol: a budget awash with cash, thanks to a booming stock market and federal aid, and a looming recall election asking voters to throw Gov. Gavin Newsom out …

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Larry Elder’s California recall rise has even Republicans uneasy Chuck Norris endorses him, Caitlyn Jenner says drop out

Larry Elder’s California recall rise has even Republicans uneasy

Powerful U.S. Labor Leader Richard Trumka Dies

From NPR Updated August 5, 20212:12 PM ET  BENJAMIN SWASEY Twitter AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka is seen in 2019. The powerful labor leader has died. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Richard Trumka, the longtime head of the powerful AFL-CIO union and a close ally of Democratic Party leaders, has died. He was 72. President Biden called Trumka …

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Voting Laws Roundup: May-June 2021

UPDATE As of June 21, 17 states enacted 28 new laws that restrict access to the vote. With some state legislatures still in session, more laws will certainly follow, which we will track in the next roundup later this year.   https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voting-laws-roundup-may-2021

Many QAnon followers report having mental health diagnoses- from “The Conversation”- Mar. 25, 2021

QAnon is often viewed as a group associated with conspiracy, terrorism and radical action, such as the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. But radical extremism and terror may not be the real concern from this group. QAnon followers, who may number in the millions, appear to believe a baseless and debunked conspiracy theory claiming that a satanic cabal of pedophiles and cannibals controls world governments …

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FACT SHEET: The American Jobs Plan (or what the Republicans don’t want to succeed!)

from https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/31/fact-sheet-the-american-jobs-plan To search this site, enter a search ter Briefing Room FACT SHEET: The American Jobs Plan March 31, 2021 • Statements and Releases While the American Rescue Plan is changing the course of the pandemic and delivering relief for working families, this is no time to build back to the way things were. …

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Fact Sheet: President Biden’s New Executive Actions Deliver Economic Relief for American Families and Businesses Amid the COVID-19 Crises

The current government administration will: Address the growing hunger crisis facing 29 million Americans — and as many as 12 million children – by asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to consider expanding and extending federal nutrition assistance programs. Ensure equitable and effective delivery of direct payments — by asking the Treasury Department to consider …

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The framers would have seen the mob at the Capitol as traitors

Supporters of President Trump storm the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. (Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post) By Carlton F.W. Larson Carlton F.W. Larson is a Martin Luther King, Jr. professor of law at the UC Davis School of Law and the author of the books “On Treason: A Citizen’s Guide to the Law” and “The Trials …

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After Trump audio interview with Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith

The power of the president is typically kept in check by other branches of government and historical political norms, but the past four years have revealed alarming fissures in the system. In the book, “After Trump: Reconstructing the Presidency,” law professors Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith argue that the presidency of Donald Trump has revealed …

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