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Big Business Wants to Hide Political Contributions
East Bay Express
Feb 01CalPERS is right to stand up to the One Percent. by Jay Youngdahl East Bay activists and others are rightly concerned about the tsunami of One Percent money that is crashing over our elections. Yet the US Chamber of Commerce, the self-described "world'... »
Ex-Oakland Chamber Member Charged With Fraud
East Bay Express
Dec 14Todd Hansen, who recently left the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce board or directors, boosted salary in alleged scheme. by Scott J. Morris In July 2010, the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce announced in its monthly publication that it... »
The One Percent Solution
East Bay Express
Nov 16Business groups dominated by representatives from large corporations lobbied for the crackdown on Occupy Oakland. by Robert Gammon During the past few weeks, numerous people and organizations called for the second police raid on Occupy Oakland. Among t... »
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South Carolina Primary Fun
Down With Tyranny!
Jan 22On Friday, reading the polls , seeing all the talking of Willard's collapse, and sensing a Gingrich win-- read: a defeat for the Republican Establishment's pick-- GOP kapo, Eric Cantor, indicated it was time to wrap this crap up and, presumably, fall i... »
George Heymont: Girls on Top
HuffPost San Francisco
Jan 19It's been a long time since I enjoyed a new musical quite as much as Bring It On: The Musical, which played San Francisco as part of an extended pre-Broadway tour. »
Sarah Palin Takes A Bite Out Of Willard's Pious Bologna
Down With Tyranny!
Jan 13Even Sarah Palin has stumbled into attacking the presumptive Republican candidate for the presidency. This is the man who the one percent will use to try to turn back the modest, vaguely pro-middle-class policies of Barack Obama, and yet many professio... »
‘The Bachelor’ ratings down again – Los Angeles Times
San Francisco Luxury Living
Jan 05Every rose has its thorn. "The Bachelor," ABC's perennial reality soap, returned for a two-hour premiere Monday night to less-than stellar ratings compared to its previous years. The series, now in its 16th season with "The Bachelorette" reject Ben Fla... »
Strange Being On The Same Side With Darrell Issa?
Down With Tyranny!
Dec 23This week California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, an unlikely proponent of something good for a change as stalwart warrior to stop SOPA, released the Judiciary Committee list of the businesses and organizations pushing Congress for passage of the bill... »