Senator Dianne Feinstein

Whitewashing Scientific Misconduct at the Department of the Interior: Into the Intellectual Wilderness

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Climate Denial, Congress, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Integrity of Science, Oysters, Department of Interior, National Parks Service, Climate Change, Green News
Peter H. Gleick

A report on the Point Reyes National Seashore debacle from the Department of the Interior has been released that acknowledges the scientific arguments of damage from the oyster farm are false.

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$#*! Your Congressman Says: Devin Nunes' Wild Rant on California Water

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salmon, Congressman George Miller, Westlands Water District, Nazis, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Congressman Devin Nunes, Water Policy, Senator Barbara Boxer, California's Central Valley, Godwin's Law, Green News
Peter H. Gleick

It seems that all this particular Congressman is trying to do is be even more outrageous than talk show hosts and political extremists. Perhaps that plays in his district, but it does nothing to actually work to solve California's water problems.

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Wall Street and Health Insurers: The Hubris of Greed

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wall Street Reform, Health Insurance Premium Rate Hikes in California, NY Times, Frank Rich, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senate Financial Reform Bill, Wellpoint, Health Insurance Company Premium Rate Authority, Business News
Miles J. Zaremski

If Main Street does not speak up loudly and constantly like it did for health care reform, it will only have itself to blame.

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Senator Feinstein Drops Her Amendment to Override the Endangered Species Act

Leda Huta | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green News, Salmon, Endangered Species, Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar, Endangered Species Act, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Green News
Leda Huta

The West Coast fishing industry and the California Bay Delta ecosystem were saved from the brink of disaster last week when Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) dropped her amendment to override the Endangered Species Act.

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Antonio Villaraigosa May Call the US Senate "Home" In 2012

Charles Feldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Attorney General Jerry Brown, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, California Politics, Los Angeles News
Charles Feldman

I just don't see someone with Villaraigosa's energy and ego (the first abundant; the second, huge) fading into the obscurity of some private sector job.

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Step Up to Mike's Challenge

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roger and Me, Barbara Boxer, Fair Elections Now Act, Houses, Lobbyists, Vermont, Connecticut, Jobs, Fahrenheit 9/11, Dianne Feinstein, Contributors, Arizona, California, Capitalism: A Love Story, New Mexico, New Jersey, Clean Money, Maine, Senator Barbara Boxer, iPhone App, Foreclosure, Congressman Henry Waxman, North Carolina, California Fair Elections, Participatory Democracy, S. 752, H.R. 1826, Campaign Finance, Congress, Democracy, Henry Waxman, Democrats, Sicko, Insurers, Corporations, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Corporate Greed, Medical Treatment, Iphone, Banks, Michael Moore, Republicans, Senate, Campaign Finance Reform, Healthcare, Fena, Hardball, Anderson Cooper, Msnbc, Chris Matthews, Cnn, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

Despite all we've learned from Sicko, Fahrenheit 9/11 and Roger and Me, we continue to take abuse. Our pal Mike is now asking us to act.

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Palin's Last Shot On Wolves & Ashley Judd; Congress Shoots Back

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Second Amendment, Ashley Judd, Congressman George Miller, Quitstock, Aerial Hunting, Ronald Reagan, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Sarah Palin, Charlton Heston, Sarah Palin Aerial Wolf Hunting, Aerial Wolf Hunting, George Miller, Defenders of Wildlife, Politics News
Shannyn Moore

As an Alaskan who has trapped and hunted, the aerial killing of animals is to hunting what hiring a hooker is to dating. A sure thing, with no work. No wonder it appealed to former governor Palin.

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Obama Supporters Engage In 50 State Post-Election Advocacy

Ruby Reid | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senator Evan Bayh, Jose Torres, Senator Mark Begich, Senator Tom Harkin, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senator Bob Menendez, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Tom Harkin, Obama Fundraising, Morderate Dems Working Group, Dscc, Senator John Tester, Organizing for America, Politics News
Ruby Reid

Post-election legislative advocacy and activism by volunteers organized during an election campaign is unprecedented, especially on a national scale.

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A Post-Thanksgiving Cornucopia: World AIDS Day, The Birth of (RED)WIRE, Milk and Prop 8

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prop 6, Congress, Hiv, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ontario, Who, Dixie Chicks, Asia, China, Wolrd Health Foundation, Gay Adoption, Ali Partovi, Olympic Bird's Nest, Patna Women's College, The Killers, W Hotels, Premiere Wen Jiabao, Aids, Elvis Costello, World AIDS Day, Melissa Etheridge, Latin America, President Barack Obama, Rod Stewart, Nand Kishore Yadev, Sheryl Crow, The Police, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Emile Hirsch, Coldplay, India, Matthew Sheppard, James Franco, Starbucks, Gay Marriage, Jay-Z, Josh Brolin, Toronto, Prop 8, Spider-Man, Canada, Sean Penn, Keith Olbermann, California, Don MacKinnon, Lisa Gurry, W, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Senator Barbara Boxer, (RED), Elton John, World Health Organization, Kargil Chowk, Hear Music, Senator John v. Briggs, High School Music, John Legend, Unicef, Molly Johnson, Msn, Lucas Grabeel, United States, Harvey Milk, Gus Van Sant, Death Cab for Cutie, Into the Wild, President George W. Bush, Itunes, Carribean, Matthew Shepard, Ilike, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

The new online digital magazine (RED)WIRE will sponsor a series of unique performances by artists such as U2 and Sheryl Crow, in its bid to help fight AIDS.

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