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Cal Berkeley Democrats: Official Response to Berkeley College Republicans’ “Increase Diversity Bake Sale”
Author: AnaisWhile we affirm that every student has the right to free speech at UC Berkeley, the tactics the Berkeley College Republicans (BCR) used in their demonstration against the EAVP-sponsored phonebank in support of SB 185 were offensive and misguided. These tactics violated the ideals of respectful political dialogue that many students on this campus, including [...]
Read moreRedrawing Northern California
Author: ChaselOn July 28, the California Citizens Redistricting Commission issued its final draft maps of California’s congressional and state legislature districts. A result of 2008′s Proposition 11 and 2010′s Proposition 20, the maps undid the 2001 bipartisan gerrymander and created districts respecting communities of interest and county lines (at least more than the previous version). The [...]
Read moreDon’t Call it the Democratic Budget
Author: TomOn June 27, one day before California’s Democratic legislators and Governor Jerry Brown announced they had reached a deal on the state budget, Grover Norquist, the President of Americans for Tax Reform, appeared on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report. Norquist’s group is best known for their “Taxpayer Protection Pledge,” in which candidates for public office [...]
Read moreAttack Palin and Bachmann for their terrible ideas, not their gender
Author: MollyRecently while watching “Hardball” with Chris Matthews on MSNBC, a story disturbed me. The anchor was delving into the GOP candidates for President in 2012, and specifically talking about Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann’s intentions to run for President. To be clear, I dislike the two candidates a great deal, and both (if elected) will [...]
Read moreWhy I am a Feminist
Author: jonathanBy Jonathan Uriarte For the past couple of weeks several events in my daily life have reaffirmed my strong beliefs in fairness and justice towards women, particularly those who are most disadvantaged. It first started with a visit from a human rights activist to my Political Science seminar on the same topic. Her first question [...]
Read moreYou Don’t Need the Boss, the Boss Needs You
Author: RobbieOn Monday, I stood in the rain on the steps of the state capitol in Sacramento with thousands of students and workers to protest further deep cuts to California’s beleaguered public infrastructure. Last Saturday, over 85,000 people marched in Madison, Wisconsin in support of the basic rights of workers to collectively bargain. What these actions [...]
Read moreBut Really, America is Not Broke
Author: RobbieRecently, Michael Moore made a speech to protestors in Wisconsin which was published as an editorial in the Huffington Post under the title “America is Not Broke.” The idea that America is not, in fact, broke has come as a surprise to many. Don’t we have a giant federal budget deficit? Aren’t state governments (including [...]
Read moreApplying Marketing Concepts to Political Campaigns
Author: KleinBy Klein Lieu When I was trying to come up with creative ways to help grow the viewership of www.DontGetMegd.com, I turned to researching the best marketing concepts to get an idea for how to even start a political campaign. I was not sure if this was the correct thinking, but I had a hunch [...]
Read moreCreating jobs? Nope. Defunding Planned Parenthood? You betcha!
Author: MollyAs we all know, during the 2010 midterm campaign cycle, Republicans slammed President Obama for focusing on things other than creating jobs, like affordable health care for all Americans. But less than a month into their majority in the House, Republicans have forgotten all about jobs. Instead, issues like redefining rape and challenging funding sources [...]
Read moreThe Not-So-Powerful Empire Strikes Back: Union Revival?
Author: jonathanHow much is too much? This is the question Democratic lawmakers in Wisconsin are asking themselves and while it’s difficult to agree on a standard what they do agree on is that the proposals backed by Republican Governor Scott Walker are not the answer. [...]
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