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A Look at Jack Abramoff's Ties to the South Pacific Island of Saipan We speak with ABC News' Brian Ross who exposed in 1998 the horrific labor conditions in the U.S. territory of Saipan. At the time Jack Abramoff was Saipan's hired gun on K Street and Tom DeLay was one of the island's chief advocates on Capitol Hill. DeLay backed the sweatshop owners even though it was exposed that the factory was forcing women to have abortions and treated workers like indentured servants....
Posted: Wed, Jan 4, 2006 7:43am PST
Native American Tribes Attempt to Recover After Being Defrauded of Tens of Millions by Abr Former U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, who served as chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee that investigated the scandal, and Tigua tribal governor Arturo Senclair, one of the Indian tribes defrauded by Abramoff, discuss the Native American tribes that have been embroiled in the Jack Abramoff scandal. The tribes hired Abramoff to represent them in Washington regarding casino and gambling issues. As their lobbyist, Abramoff instructed the tribes to make political donations to cert...
Posted: Wed, Jan 4, 2006 7:42am PST
The Biggest Congressional Scandal in Over a Century? Lobbyist Jack Abramoff Pleads Guilty Lobbyist Jack Abramoff admitted to defrauding at least four Native American tribes of tens of millions of dollars, bribing government officials and evading taxes. Abramoff has reportedly agreed to testify against several members of Congress who received favors or donations from him or his clients. Washington analysts say the corruption scandal could take down as many as twelve lawmakers. We speak with Peter Stone, a staff reporter for the National Journal, about the details of the case....
Posted: Wed, Jan 4, 2006 7:40am PST
Abramoff and al-Arian: Lobbyist's "Charity" a Front for Terrorism .......
Posted: Wed, Jan 4, 2006 6:40am PST
The Bush Family Coup When it comes to intelligence, the only thing worse than the FBI's record is the CIA's.. There is an overweaning desire by the so-called conservative govrnment to establish and institutionalize a Big Brother regime that tolerates no dissent and wrecks constitutional government....
Posted: Wed, Jan 4, 2006 5:32am PST
My Mother Went From Being Chair of the Local Republican Party to a Screaming Progressive Kentucky is the Bluegrass State. It's where I was born and lived until leaving for college. My mother was Chair of the local Republican Party at a time when Republicans were scarce there. Now the state is glaringly, blindingly red....
Posted: Tue, Jan 3, 2006 7:38pm PST
San Francisco Faces Major Battles in 2006 After 2005 focused on the Governor’s statewide ballot initiatives, San Francisco faces some critical local issues in 2006. Should the city continue to approve luxury condos in exchange for affordable housing and other community benefits, or is this trade-off not worth the resulting gentrification? Will the Mayor and Supes continue balancing the budget by cutting services and raising fees, or instead seek voter approval for new taxes? Debate over these key issues has a citywide focus, but is a...
Posted: Tue, Jan 3, 2006 9:25am PST
Espanola Jackson to run for Supervisor in District 10 San Francisco has 11 Districts and one of them District 10 needs leadership. Sophina Maxwell the current District 10 Supervisor has been a huge failure. District 10 has over 40% unemployment, Black on Black violence has increased in District 10 and contributed to lack of Safety and Health. Poor folks in Public Housing are treated like second class citizens while Mayor Gavin Newsom goes once in a while to shoot hoops. Poor children and folks are dying and no one in paying any attention....
Posted: Mon, Jan 2, 2006 6:18pm PST
FMA on CKUT: Black Box Voting: Voting Fraud Coming to an Election Near You (audio/mpeg 12.3MB) BlackBoxVoting.org has proven optical scanners used to read paper ballots can be programmed. Canada is about to use them....
Posted: Mon, Jan 2, 2006 2:05pm PST
The President's Apologist: the convoluted logic of Berkeley law Prof. John Yoo ...
Posted: Mon, Jan 2, 2006 12:49pm PST
Nepotism in Alameda County Short article on nepotism and cronyism in Alameda County Government....
Posted: Mon, Jan 2, 2006 12:38pm PST
Kerry's Bravado Just listen to this bravado from Senator John Kerry: "With the pivotal 2006 elections approaching, we won't be blackmailed or denied. We won't stand for Swift Boat-style attacks. We won't be intimidated." --But isn't that essentially what this man told us back in 2004?...
Posted: Fri, Dec 30, 2005 7:29pm PST
US passport renewals $67. Next year $234? RENEW NOW WHILE YOU STILL CAN
Soon passports will require submission of biometric DATA.
RFID chips in passports soon....
Posted: Fri, Dec 30, 2005 3:24pm PST
Arc Ecology and Conflict of Interest in the Bayview Mayor Gavin Newsom better step in and stop this blatant conflict of interest in the Bayview. Again and again outside groups and here we have Arc Ecology wanting to do some little fake outreach by trying to win $283,500 per bid using UNDUE process known to the world as CONFLICT OF INTEREST. You cannot fool all the people all the time....
Posted: Fri, Dec 30, 2005 12:24am PST
Journalist Robert Bryce Discusses the Death of Enron and the Firm's Close Ties to Bush Enron's former chief accountant Richard Causey may now testify against Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling. We look at the fate of President Bush's corporate biggest campaign donor with the author of "Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron."...
Posted: Thu, Dec 29, 2005 7:52am PST
A Year End Message From Peter Miguel Camejo 
In a message sent out today, Peter Camejo explains to his supporters why he was proud to help Ralph Nader run for president in 2004, and why he would be grateful for their help to retire debts they incurred....
Posted: Wed, Dec 28, 2005 12:15pm PST
Bush Step Down! Protest Jan. 31st and Feb. 4th! Begin organizing your community to drown out Bush's State of the Union on Tuesday, Jan. 31st! Demonstrations followed by mass protest in Washington, DC on Feb. 4th. www.worldcantwait.org for info on what's going on in your community!...
Posted: Wed, Dec 28, 2005 9:03am PST
California Democratic Party works to prop up Schwarzenegger administration In the aftermath of November’s California Special Election, the Democratic Party is acting as a critical prop for the beleaguered administration of Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Democrats responded to Schwarzenegger’s political debacle in the Special Election, in which all of his favored ballot initiatives were defeated, by calling for a new spirit of bipartisanship. The governor responded by appointing a prominent Democrat as his new chief of staff....
Posted: Wed, Dec 28, 2005 7:36am PST
JANUARY 31 State of the Union Date Set! 1) State of the Union date is set!
2) WCW OpEd in this week's Bay Guardian!
3) Copies of NYTimes ad available
4) DVDs available...
Posted: Tue, Dec 27, 2005 8:09pm PST
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