Big news! Candidates and members of Congress in six states have signed the MoveOn.org “Fight Washington Corruption Pledge!” The pledge calls on Congress to overturn the Citizens United decision to remove unlimited corporate money from politics and to pass the Fair Elections Now Act to publicly finance elections. It also asks passage of a [...]

Charles Krauthammer, a conservative columnist for The Washington Post and no friend of Democrats or the Obama administration, has written a commentary that is getting widely noted in the political blogosphere. It warns Republicans “Don’t underestimate Barack Obama.” It calls the legislative accomplishments of the administration “historic” and says they begin “one of the most [...]

The New York Times Political Memo connected the dots to observe that the economy is recovering faster in some key parts of the country where Democrats need help to hold on to seats in Congress, such as Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. It’s still an uphill fight, but jobs and spending trends are helping.
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On Saturday at 11 am, tens of thousands of people are getting together at beaches across the country for a massive even called “Hands Across the Sand.” We’ll join hands on the beach, making a literal “line in the sand” to say No to new offshore drilling and Yes to clean energy.
When: Saturday June [...]

Andrea Guerrero, an immigration law expert from the American Civil Liberties Union who spoke to EDC at its June 12 meeting, told the group that efforts to control illegal immigration into the United States are compromising civil liberties and rights of both immigrants and U.S. citizens. Guerrero also said that the agencies enforcing immigration laws [...]

The Army Corps of Engineers held a public hearing on the proposed Gregory Canyon Landfill June 3 at the San Marcos Senior Center. The Corps is preparing an environmental impact report on the project. Several hundred people attended. Everyone who spoke was opposed to the project.
Coverage of the meeting in the North County Times.
Coverage of [...]

President Obama has nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens on the U. S. Supreme Court.  Justice Stevens, who has served on the court for more than 30 years, announced his retirement at the end of the current court session. Stevens has been called “the leader of liberals” on the [...]

President Obama has signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Read the transcript of President Obama’s remarks.
NEW: A Gallup Poll, published in the March 24 USA Today, shows 49 percent think passing the bill was “a good thing,” while just 40 percent think passage was bad for the country. Get details from USA Today.

On this historic [...]