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The GOP's Palin Food Fight: Why Now?

William Bradley | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Randy Scheuneman, Sarah Palin, Georgia, Bill Kristol, Fox News, Weekly Standard, Mikhail Saakashvili, Steve Schmidt, John McCain, Politics News
William Bradley

This is a fight between some neocons who still want to promote Palin and their discredited geopolitical agenda against some Republican would-be modernizers.

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California IOUs Due To Be Issued Today,

San Jose Mercury News | Posted 07.02.2009 | Business

Read More: California Budget, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Governor, California IOU, California, Business News

SACRAMENTO -- In a move certain to draw national ridicule and exact financial hardship on business owners and taxpayers across the state, California i...

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Cast Couture: Politicos Who Persevere In Crutches, Casts, And Slings (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 07.02.2009 | Style

Read More: Bill Clinton, Injure Injuries, Cast, Anders Fogh Rasmussen Cast, Slideshow, Gwen Ifill, Politicians, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sonia Sotomayor Cast, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, John Kerry Crutches, Lisa Murkowski, Crutches, Lisa Murkowski Cast, Bill Clinton Crutches, Style, Gwen Ifill Crutches, Scooter Libby Cast, John Kerry, Sonia Sotomayor, Margaret Thatcher, Hillary Clinton Cast, Margaret Thatcher Cast, Sling, Hillary Clinton, Arnold Schwarzenegger Crutches, Scooter Libby, Style News

When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton broke her elbow outside the White House on June 18th, her injury put her in good company: Supreme Court Justic...

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Schwarzenegger Declares Fiscal Emergency In California

AP | Posted 07.01.2009 | Business

Read More: California Economy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Fiscal Emergency, California, Business News

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a fiscal emergency to address California's deficit and has ordered state offices closed thr...

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Will Schwarzenegger and Obama Require Insurers to Pay for Autism Care?

Jamie Court | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Autism, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Consumer Watchdog, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jamie Court

Independent panels of doctors had been ruling in every autistic child's case that the treatment was medically necessary, so insurers, with the help of the Schwarzenegger administration, changed the rules of the game.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Republicans Cost the State $7 Billion

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senator Abel Maldonado, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Economic Meltdown, Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, Senator Mark Leno, Senator Darrell Steinberg, California Politics, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Budget Crisis, California Budget, California, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Schwarzenegger's brinkmanship might satisfy his ego but it is a terrible blow to California's health and to the national economy.

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California Budget Deadline Looms: Schwarzenegger Vows To Veto Legislation

AP | STEVE LAWRENCE | Posted 06.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Schwarzenegger Budget Crisis, California Budget, Schwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Budget 2010, California Budget Deadline, Schwarzenegger Budget, California Budget Crisis, Politics News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Lawmakers around the nation spent Tuesday in grueling, around-the-clock budget sessions as they struggled to avoid governme...

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California's Ailing Economy Could Prolong US Recession

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 06.29.2009 | Business

Read More: California Budget, Califoria Recession, Economy, Californai Economy, US Economy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, Business News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California faces a $24 billion budget shortfall, an eye-popping amount that dwarfs many states' entire annual spending plan...

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Schwarzenegger Threatens To Impose Third Unpaid Furlough Day

Los Angeles Times | Shane Goldmacher | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Califonia Furloughs, California Jobs, Jobs, Unpaid Days, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Furloughs, California, Business News

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday he would force state workers to take a third unpaid furlough day every month if lawmakers do not pass a balance...

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Who Ruined California?

Bob Burnett | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: California, Proposition 13, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Budget Crisis, Politics News
Bob Burnett

California has a budget crisis that will drastically change the quality of life in the Golden State. Who's to blame?

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California Needs a Moratorium from Ballot Measures

Byron Williams | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, California, Democrats, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Budget, Politics News
Byron Williams

If the California budget battles were a prizefight, the past several weeks was dominated by the pre-fight hype. This week begins the main event.

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Governor Schwarzenegger's Proposed Cuts Hurt Elderly, Disabled, Hungry Most

Judy Patrick | Posted 06.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Budget Crisis, California Budget Cuts, Healthy Families Act, Politics News
Judy Patrick

At noon on Sunday mornings the church I attend in downtown Oakland distributes about 100 bags of food. Those who line up to receive these bags are usu...

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ORANGE ALERT! Politicians With Fake Tans: A Cautionary Slideshow

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 06.23.2009 | Style

Read More: Slideshow, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sarah Palin, Charlie Crist, Silvio Berlusconi, Summer, Fake and Bake, John Kerry, John Edwards, Boehner, Tan, Tanning, John Boehner Orange, John Boehner, Orange Politicians, John Boehner Fak Tan, Orange Alert, Tanning Bed Orange, Republicans With Fake Tans, Fake Tan Politicians, Politicians Fake Tans Huffington, Style News

Summer has arrived and with it, the season of bikinis, SPF and aloe vera -- but some familiar Washington faces seem to have an orange glow all year ro...

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Earthquake in California Turns Out to be Aftershock from Transformers Sequel

Andy Borowitz | Posted 06.23.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Andy Borowitz, Napa, California, Transformers 2, Earthquake, Napa Valley, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Los Angeles, Michael Bay, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

Scientists say that an earthquake that rocked Napa County, California Monday night was actually an aftershock from a screening of the new Transformers sequel, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen.

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California Tax Strategy -- An Open Letter to Governor Schwarzenegger

Gary S. Wolfe | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Budget Crisis, Taxes, Politics News
Gary S. Wolfe

Dear Governor Schwarzenegger: California is faced with economic catastrophe. Only new sources of untapped revenue (with corresponding reduction in e...

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States Resorting To Extreme Measures In Budget Crisis

The New York Times | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Taxes, State Budgets, California, Economic Crisis, Maine Budget Crisis, Hawaii, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Budget Crisis, California Budget Crisis, Hawaii Budget Crisis, Stimulus, Maine, Politics News

In Hawaii, state employees are bracing for furloughs of three days a month over the next two years, the equivalent of a 14 percent pay cut. In Idaho, ...

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Schwarzenegger's Plane Makes Emergency Landing

AP | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

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LOS ANGELES — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plane has been diverted to the Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley becaus...

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Schwarzenegger Bull Testicle Gift Doesn't Go Over Well

LA Times | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: California Budget, California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, California-Senate-Pro-Tem-Darrell-Steinberg, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Budget Crisis, Darrell Steinberg, Politics News

As lawmakers wrangled last week over how to plug California's giant deficit, the governor who once called them "girlie men" sent the state Senate lead...

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California Can No Longer Kick the Can Down the Road

Byron Williams | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gray Davis, California Budget, California, California Budget Crisis, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Politics News
Byron Williams

Single mothers living below the poverty line do not need additional help. Libraries and school lunches are a waste of the public's resources. And low income students, you're out too. Deal with it.

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Schwarzenegger: Prop 8 May Violate US Constitution

LA Times | Maura Dolan | Posted 06.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gay Rights, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gay Marriage, Schwarzenegger Proposition 8, Same Sex Marriage, Schwarzenegger Prop 8, Politics News

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today told a federal court in San Francisco that the state does not dispute that Proposition 8 may violate the federal Cons...

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Patriot Acts: Four Reasons the USA Is Still the Bomb

Dan Sweeney | Posted 06.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: James Von Brunn, Jim Adkisson, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Richard Poplawski, Minuteman American Defense, Marijuana, Joshua Cartwright, Scott Roeder, Cuba, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Legalize Marijuana, Politics News
Dan Sweeney

My weekly newspaper columns are usually about local issues, but as this week's column had a national bent, I figured I'd post it here for all of you H...

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California Nears Financial "Meltdown," Schwarzenegger Threatens To Shut Down Government

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: California Crisis, California Budget, California Meltdown, Schwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Financial Crisis, Politics News

California's government is 50 days away from a financial "meltdown" if Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and lawmakers fail to close the $24.3 billion bu...

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Hey LAUSD, Please Save Ms. Brier Before It's Too Late

John Koch | Posted 06.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Superintendent-Ramon-Cortines, Public Schools, Layoffs, Education, Lausd, Wonderland Elementary School, Teachers, Firing, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Take Action, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Living News
John Koch

Ms. Brier is at the cutting-edge of K-6 education, described as "exceptional" by parents. There was just one problem. She had just received her pink slip by the LA Unified School District.

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Calbuzz Take on the Governor's Race One Year Out

Phil Trounstine | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Governor's Race, California Governor, Politics News
Phil Trounstine

Seldom in California's history has there been an election with stakes as high for the people of the state. Candidates who seek to lead the Golden State will be facing angry voters.

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Schwarzenegger Suggests State Consider Flat Tax

Los Angeles Times | Michael Rothfeld | Posted 06.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Taxes, Flat Tax, California Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, Business News

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said today that he would like to see such "radical" proposals come out of a commission now studying an overhaul of the stat...

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