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Zach Carter

Feinstein Defends Obama on Gay Marriage: 'What's Wrong With People Being Happy?'

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.13.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) defended President Barack Obama on Sunday from Republican charges that he has "flip-flopped" by speakin...

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Embezzlement Scandal Hits California Lawmakers' Accounts Hard

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 12.17.2011

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WASHINGTON — California lawmakers who employed a treasurer facing federal embezzlement charges reported some steep financial losses to their cam...

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Friday Talking Points -- What Would Ronald Reagan Do?

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.21.2011

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Chris Weigant

Since the Republican Party now worships at the altar of "Saint Ronald of Reagan," it's always fun to point out the hard, cold fact that Reagan would simply not be acceptable to the Republican Party as it stands today.

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Friday Talking Points [148] -- Aliens Landing?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

So the good news this week was apparently that giant mutant space monsters are not, in fact, about to arrive and (assumably) enslave humankind and eat...

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In The Public Interest: Get toxic chemicals off our dinner table

Elizabeth Hitchcock | Posted 11.17.2011

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Elizabeth Hitchcock

We ask a lot of questions about food. What's the fat content? How much sugar? Is there enough fiber? What about trans fats? Is this the brand of (...

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Religion, Bigotry, and Political Hypocrisy

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Put aside the crazy "Obama's a Muslim" idiocy -- assume John McCain had won the presidency instead. Do you really think the Senate would confirm a Muslim candidate right now, even a conservative right-wing one? I don't.

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Boxer vs. Feinstein: The Path to Middle East Peace

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sanjeev Bery

In the growing national debate on US-Israel relations, California's two US senators have very different things to say.

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Ryan Grim

Feinstein Insurance Reform Kicked Out Of Health Care Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Senate parliamentarian told Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Wednesday afternoon that her proposal to create a National Insurance Rate Authority run...

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Sam Stein and Ryan Grim

Dianne Feinstein Signs On To Public Option Push

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Support for the public health insurance option is surging in the Senate. It began with three freshman Democrats in the House, Alan Grayson (Fla.), Che...

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Dianne Feinstein Will Support Second Term For Ben Bernanke

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 05.25.2011

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Health Care Reform? Yes We Can!

Lucia Brawley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lucia Brawley

Health care reform supporters don't grab the same level of publicity as the right, unless Howard Dean attends an event, because we agitate rationally. It's time for us to get a tad more theatrical.

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What Pelosi Could Have Done: A Response to Chris Weigant

Frank Dwyer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Frank Dwyer

"What, Exactly, Was Pelosi Supposed to Do?" the estimable Chris Weigant asked in a recent post. She could have defended her country. She could have ...

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Feinstein Would Be Instant Front-Runner For California Governor: Poll

McClatchy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein is the instant front-runner if she jumps into the Democratic primary field for governor....

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so to speak: California Queen'in

Don Ringe | Posted 05.25.2011

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Feinstein Reveals Intel That May Embarrass Pakistan

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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A senior U.S. lawmaker said Thursday that unmanned CIA Predator aircraft operating in Pakistan are flown from an air base in that country, a revelatio...

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Friday Talking Points [60] -- Democratic Assertiveness Training

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

What a week! With Congress back in session, with the excitement of newly-elected members being sworn in (or barred at the door, as the case may be), ...

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Pay-To-Play: Inauguration Tickets, Only $12,500 Each!

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

This doesn't sound a whole lot like "change we can believe in." This sounds more like same-old-same-old cronyism and pay-to-play.

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Feinstein: Seat Burris In Senate

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN and ERICA WERNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Roland Burris failed to capture President-elect Barack Obama's old Senate seat Tuesday in a wild piece of political theater, but th...

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What About a 3 PM Phone Call?

Nora McAlvanah | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nora McAlvanah

If Obama is going to bring "outsiders" (aka Clinton insiders) to the table, he needs to do it while showing an ability to operate within the current political parameters.

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Friday Talking Points [58] -- [Expletive Deleted] Blagojevich

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

The history of profanity in American political discourse is an untold story out there just waiting for someone to research and write about -- although...

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Inauguration News: D.C. Power Plays and Other Craziness

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

With slightly less than a month and a half to go before Barack Obama's inauguration, Washington, D.C. has officially reached the "freakout" point on the Richter scale of event planning.

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Friday Talking Points [57] -- End Of Prohibition 75th Anniversary Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Brian Williams, NBC's talking head extraordinaire, is probably a decent guy, a guy with whom you could sit down and have a beer. [More on the alcohol...

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Friday Talking Points [48] -- Throwing Out The Rulebook

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Back in Volume 36 of this Friday Talking Points column, I pointed out what seemed to me to be an obvious observation -- that the media was going a lot...

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