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By Post Staff Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) has tested positive for COVID-19 this week. The Congresswoman has been fully vaccinated and boosted, and said in a tweet on Tuesday, “Fortunately, I have only mild cold-like symptoms, but I know it could have been much worse had I not been vaccinated and boosted.” She lauded the […]| By Post Staff Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) has tested positive for COVID-19 this week. The Congresswoman has been fully vaccinated and boosted, and said in ...

By Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌ | California‌ ‌Black‌ ‌Media‌ A growing chorus of Black leaders and activists in California is calling on the federal government to pardon 50 Black sailors they allege the U.S. Navy wrongfully punished nearly 80 years ago. Advocates are pushing for payments to the families of sailors who died in the 1944 […]| By Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌ | California‌ ‌Black‌ ‌Media‌ A growing chorus of Black leaders and activists in California i...

Hands that once picked cotton, just picked a President By Roderick “Rod” Wright Roderick Wright (file photo) Every election has its firsts.  The 2020 presidential election was no different.  In 2016, we saw the first election where social media was viewed by voters’ more than traditional media.  Trump was head and shoulders better than Hilary on social media.  He continued to be a master of the medium, until he got kicked off. Trump even more than Nixon and Reagan actually mobilized t...

Saga on why the word politician has become an insult in our country. and how we can possibly start to turn that around. okay. were at the start of the month of april, right? the start of the fourth month of year. and thats a very hopeful time, it turns out, in the great state of california, because it means that california gets another shot, california gets a fourth try at getting through a whole calendar month in 2014 without another california senator getting indicted or convicted on multiple ...

Came time to vote on kicking him out of the senate, they voted him no. the president of the state senate about that vote said, quote, the integrity of this institution cannot tolerate a convicted felon in its ranks? but at this time, senator wright is not a convicted felon. yes, actually, senator wright totally was a convicted felon. he was a convicted felon. when youre convicted of eight felonies, that means youre literally a convicted felon. thats what those words mean in english. but they vot...

State legislature where getting arrested and indicted or even convicted on multiple felony counts doesnt cause you to lose your job. you get to keep being a senator. how can that be? we reported last week on the third arrest of a california state senator in as many months, and while i can happily report now that four days into the month of april, four days into month four, there has not yet been another senator arrested, i can also report that the california senate has finally decided that the t...

Indicted but convicted. his fellow democrats stripped him, but when it came time to vote on kicking him out of the senate, they voted him no. the president of the state senate about that vote said, quote, the integrity of this institution cannot tolerate a convicted felon in its ranks? but at this time, senator wright is not a convicted felon. yes, actually, senator wright totally was a convicted felon. when youre convicted of eight felonies, that means youre literally aoofelon. then when the se...

An important update on the saga on why the word politician has become an insult in our country. and how we can possibly start to tirn that around. were at the start of the month of april, right? the start of the fourth month of year. and thats a very hopeful time, it turns out, in the great state of california, because it means that california gets another shot, california gets a fourth try at getting through a whole calendar month in 2014 without another california senator getting indicted or c...

Convicted of 8 felonies, he had first been indicted in 2010 and then in january he got convicted eight times over. senator wright would not resign his senate seat. they put him on a leave of absence, but hes still being paid his state senator salary and still technically holds the seat. they debated kicking him out of the senate. this is the most amazing part. the state senate president explained after that vote the integrity of this institution cannot tolerate a convicted felon in its ranks, bu...

Extinct. functionally it no longer mattered if elected republicans showed up to work at the state capital. democrats won so many seats in that election they could do anything they wanted without a single republican vote on anything. democrats not only had the majority in the senate they had super majorities they had the right to override a veto if they wanted to. they had enough to enact anything they wanted that was budget related or tax related for the state. even though those things require a...