SCOTUS UPHOLDS OBAMACARE – RULING

OCTOBER TERM, 2011 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as isbeing done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued.The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has beenprepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See […]

Torie Osborn Takes On Sacramento

by Tom Hayden May 23, 2012  Osborn’s campaign for a West Los Angeles assembly seat (50th District) is stirring excitement and mobilizing grassroots volunteers like nothing else so far this year in dreary California, where budget deficits keep deepening and politics decays despite a Democratic governor and legislative majority. AIDS Betsy Butler Butler CaliforniaEmployment RelationEntertainment […]

Newsletter 05/14/12 – LAG4O Election picks

      LA Grassroots 4 Obama   LAG4O Election Picks June 5th 2012    Why Vote? Because it matters!  You can’t complain about your world without participating in its governance.       Get educated.  Make a difference.     To learn more about what your elected officials do, visit Community of Us.      Quick Links […]

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Spotlight on a Candidate, Bobby Grace

  Bobby Grace for LA County District Attorney (UPDATED)     Bobby is the underdog in this race and is the ONLY true progressive running. Despite this, Carmen Trutanich, the man who wanted to make it a mandatory 1 year sentence for organizers who dared protest in the streets is being endorsed by the LA Country […]

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Spotlight on a Candidate, Al Muratsuchi

  AD Race 66 Al Muratsuchi Al needs our help!  He is the only Democrat who stood up and took on the challenge of running in the newly re-districted and red AD 66 when Betsy Butler abandoned her district and her constituents to run a against Torie Osborn in AD 50.  He is running against Tea Party candidate Nathan […]

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Spotlight on a Candidate, Andrew Lachman

  AD Race 46 Andrew Lachman UPDATED Yesterday, yet another “independent charter school organization” from Sacramento announced they had allocated $2 million dollars from a secretive source into a PAC and spent nearly $70,000 toward the election of one of Andrew’s opponents, totaling nearly one million dollars in independent expenditures from similar groups. This single […]

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Spotlight on a Candidate, Torie Osborn

AD Race 50 Torie Osborn   “I am proud to support Torie Osborn for AD 50.  Torie and I worked on the Obama Campaign together and her commitment and perseverance inspired everyone around us.  Torie is not Sacramento establishment, she is what an elected representative should be; one focused on the needs of the people in her community […]