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Angelica Dueñas for Congress CA-29

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Angelica Dueñas for Congress

Angelica Dueñas is running for Congress for California District 29, and with the help of the people, she has made into the runoff for the November 3rd 2020 general election. Our 100% people-powered movement achieved this while taking ZERO corporate money. By doing so, come Election Day, the people of the Valley will have finally elected an unapologetic progressive to represent California’s 29th Congressional District who is beholden only to the people of her district and not big money special interests for the very first time.

Growing up in the valley, Angelica knows first-hand that the priorities of the District, as well as those of America’s working families everywhere, will not be met by our government until voters elect members of America’s working class to the House or Representatives and Senate. To finally get a government representative of the people, we need people that not only look and talk like us, but people who come from our very own communities and who will not turn their backs on the people for profit and big corporate checks.

As a member of Congress, Angelica will put #PeopleFirst and fight for policies that work for our communities to deliver results that bring tangible improvements to the lives of her San Fernando Valley constituents.

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Dem kills CA Singer Payer Bill

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So, I opened up twitter this morning:

and:

and so on, and so on. Tweet after tweet after tweet about it. I gather the people I follow are pretty upset.

Jimmy was responding to yet another Joy Reid tweet trolling Trump using “Russia!” (TM)

Judy was responding to David Sirota’s tweet about this:

California won’t be passing a single-payer healthcare system any time soon — the plan is dead for this year

A high-profile effort to establish a single-payer healthcare system in California sputtered on Friday when Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Paramount) decided to shelve the proposal.

Rendon’s justification? He called it “woefully incomplete”.

it could be revived next year.

But the move is nonetheless a major setback for legislation that has electrified the Democratic party’s progressive flank.

The California Nurses Assn., the bill’s sponsors and the state’s most vocal advocates for single-payer, blasted Rendon’s decision as “cowardly.”

“Acting in secret in the interests of the profiteering insurance companies late Friday afternoon abandons all those people already threatened by Congress and the Trump administration,” Deborah Burger, the union’s co-president, said in a statement.

Burger continued: “The people of California are counting on the Legislature to protect them now, not sometime next year, and as polls have shown Californians support this proposal by a wide majority. A solution to this health care emergency could be at hand; Speaker Rendon is standing in opposition.”

And it looks like Rendon isn’t the only coward:

Privately, many Assembly Democrats said they dreaded having to vote on the bill, fearful of backing a proposal — with no financing behind it or politically risky tax hikes — with an “aye” vote, or alienating their energized base with a “no.”

Could have been historic.

And it could have been great. Save $$$$ AND guarantee health care:

Rendon’s statement ends with this:

“the assembly with stand with our partners to face the real, immediate threat to Californians’ health care posed by the Republicans in Washington”

Bolding mine…

Tue 11-8-2016 – Links to 11 Recent Election Integrity stories – new court cases and updates on what is happening in OH, NC, CA, MA, AL, TX, AZ, LA, MS, NV, DC – Tipping Point soon for National Action?

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TUE 11-8-2016 – Links to 11 Recent Election Integrity stories – updates on OH, NC, CA, MA, AL, TX, AZ, LA, MS, NV, DC – Tipping Point soon for National Action? Plus links to past 2 months Election Integrity stories with hundreds more links to election stories. 11-6-2016 – Election Justice USA – Cliff Arnebeck filed a Temporary Restraining Order today against the Ohio Secretary of State and ES&S. The case is scheduled to be heard 11-7-2016 A federal complaint was filed in Franklin County, Ohio 11-6-2016 under federal and state law, with a motion for a Temporary Restraining Order against … Continue reading →