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Arena Profile: Christine Pelosi
Attorney, author, and activist Christine Pelosi has a lifetime of grassroots organizing and public policy experience. She conducts leadership boot camps based on her book Campaign Boot Camp: Basic Training for Future Leaders (2007), which emerged from her years of grassroots activism and service with the AFSCME PEOPLE/New House PAC Congressional Candidates Boot Camp, which worked with approximately 100 challengers from 2006-2010, 26 of whom were elected to Congress.
Her second book, Campaign Boot Camp 2.0 (2012), draws from her trainings with candidates, volunteers, and NGO leaders in over 30 states and 3 countries, her classroom experience teaching Public Service Leadership Boot Camp for UC Extension in San Francisco, and her frequent blogging at The Huffington Post and POLITICO's Arena. It details the role of social media, the web, and technology in politics and explores the unique leadership challenges for women candidates.
Christine chairs the California Democratic Party Women's Caucus, led the California Democratic Party Platform Committee for 13 years, has been elected four times to the Democratic National Committee, where she co-founded the DNC Veterans and Military Families Council and serves as a vice chair, and serves on the Stakeholder Board of the Young Democrats of America. She has served as executive director of the California Democratic Party, deputy city attorney and assistant district attorney for the city of San Francisco, HUD special counsel in the Clinton-Gore administration, and chief of staff to U.S. Congressman John F. Tierney.
Christine holds a J.D. from the University of California Hastings College of the Law and a B.S.F.S. from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. An avid baseball fan, she lives within walking distance of her beloved 2010 World Champion San Francisco Giants and serves on the Giants Community Fund board of directors. She is married to filmmaker Peter Kaufman; their daughter Isabella was born in 2009.
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Elections Still Have Consequences
Winning elections used to mean something. It meant that elections have consequences - presidents pick their cabinets and governors abide by their voters. Not so with today's corporate conservatives who are not your grandparents' Republicans.
Voters elected a president whose opponents won't admit defeat. Barack Obama bested John McCain in 2008 and thwarted Senate Republicans' stated goal of making him a one term president - yet in 2012 he cannot name his own cabinet without the politics of personal destruction directed a potential nominee, the highly credentialed and talented Susan Rice. Presidential critics' misuse of four dead Americans as political footballs was a deplorable but sadly not a singular event. Ambassador Rice is the first but by no means the last of aspiring 2013 cabinet secretaries who have to run the D.C. gauntlet as if they themselves are running for president. Of course the closer they are to the president the sharper the barbs and the more probing the effort to pierce the veil of executive privilege. Meanwhile, some of these same Senators call themselves hostage takers for holding back a tax cut for 98 percent of the American people. Process that for a minute - the same folks who derailed a possible Secretary of State in the name of national security concerns call themselves hostage takers. No wonder people shudder at politics.
Voters who chose a president also fought corporate power grabs in many states - including California and Michigan. After my state's unduly expensive wild west initiative battles, I was ready for referendum reform until Michigan happened. This week, Michigan Republicans used a lame duck legislative session to ram through bills rolling back women's rights and workers' unions. Not only did Republicans try silencing women's choices and workers' voices - they tried silencing voters as well by including an appropriation, which, under Michigan law, means the union-busting bill cannot be put to a "citizens veto" referendum. In addiction, though the public just voted down a 2012 Emergency Managers ballot measure Michigan's Republicans just passed a law enshrining the very concept people rejected.
What is to be done? Voters must send a message to Washington that the election is over and the governing - with a functioning cabinet - must begin. In the states, voters must keep pressure on governors to abide by public decisions. We have seen the extreme lengths to which corporate conservatives will go to shut down government and roll back hard earned civil rights. We shudder at politics because they want us to shudder. To recoil. To tune it all out. To take ourselves out of the conversation. To nullify elections with cynicism. Unacceptable. As democracy is not a spectator sport, we cannot leave the field after the polls close if we believe that elections still have consequences.
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Is Susan Rice right to step aside?
Ambassador Susan Rice is a talented diplomat who will make a great contribution to American foreign policy in whatever capacity she serves. The sexist nature of some opposition to Rice - as if male diplomats have no rough edges - proves once again that no woman in politics can have a bad day without being labeled unladylike at best by critics.
Ambassador Rice did President Obama two favors: one, she pulled her nomination before he risked a filibuster; two, Rice was a canary in a coal mine for any other executive branch employees who may be promoted into the cabinet. Over 90 percent of the stated non-sexist reasons to oppose Susan Rice were based upon Obama policy. So cabinet candidates beware - Republicans lost the election but will treat Democrats - especially those from the executive branch - with all the ire they feel for the President regardless of nominees' merits or credentials.
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Has Stephen Colbert run his course?
Of course Stephen Colbert is annoying the status quo special interests - that's his job. That any governor can appoint a U.S. Senator is an affront to democracy - and kudos to Colbert for revealing the farce masquerading as politics.
All governors will consider politics in selecting senators - though few will be as blatant as Blago was in 2008. All the more reason to fill political vacancies as democratically as possible. The Senate should require its members to be elected by the people - just as the House does via the Constitution.See more
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America Must do More to Combat the Invisible War
Last year a documentary exposing the epidemic of military rape of women and men shocked the conscience of many Americans. This week, the United States Senate took two bold steps to combat the Invisible War by passing the Shaheen and Boxer amendments. This progress proves that brave people speaking out can make change even in the most harrowing circumstances. But we must do more.
As I've written here before, a cultural breakthrough at the movies shatters the silence of military sexual trauma. I wrote on Veterans Day: "if you see one military movie, see The Invisible War - it has exposed the epidemic of military rape - an estimated 19,000 service members - and spurred calls to change the antiquated Pentagon rules that barred prosecution of offenders. More of this open discussion will reduce stigma and heal mental wounds of war. We must continue to eliminate combat stress stigma, and support better health care for female veterans including resources to those coping with PTSD and MST."
What the Senate did this week in passing the National Defense Authorization Act was to codify two policy recommendations: one, a permanent ban of waivers for sexual offenders, and two, coverage of abortions for women in the military in the case of rape or incest abortions for women in the military in the case of rape or incest. Taken together, they demonstrate that elections have consequences, and that activists can indeed turn horrific private pain into positive public policy.
There is much more work to do: as the Invisible War reveals, no military base - including the elite Marine Barracks - is immune from the scourge of military rape. The chilling thought of a rapist guarding President Obama, his wife and daughters should be enough to warrant a complete independent investigation.
Neither the First Family or any American family wants a rapist standing watch enabled with a gun, a badge, and a lax commanding officer. Taking prosecuting discretion away from commanders was an interim step ordered two days after Secretary Panetta saw the documentary. The new defense secretary and the new Congress must go even farther with a systematic approach that combats crime, prosecutes offenders, and protects the victims.
Just as the military desegregated its ranks to combat racial discrimination and repealed Don't Ask, Don't Tell to combat antigay discrimination, it must truly demonstrate zero tolerance for military rape to combat violent sex crimes. As we learned in the Penn State scandal, there are too many Jerry Sanduskys in our midst and too many Joe Paternos enabling them. Be it Penn State or Citadel or the Catholic Church or the Boy Scouts or the elite presidential marine Barracks, no one is above the law and all should put protecting the innocent over coddling the guilty.
For the sake of its servicemen and women and for all the American people, the military must move on this rape epidemic with the same patriotic dedication to "duty, honor, country " that it has in keeping America safe and free.
Is a $1 billion election too expensive?
When it comes to campaign spending, it's not the money - it's the price.
Americans spend a couple of billion dollars each Hallmark holiday on on Valentine's chocolates, Easter candy, and Halloween candy, so spending a couple billion dollars to reach 300 million Americans on Election Day isn't out of context. If each side spent a billion dollars
on promoting full citizenship, voting rights for all, and positive platforms, the money would be well spent promoting democracy. The money was worth the price for President Obama, since he spent most of his money building a positive message around his platform and record of achievement.
The money was not worth the price for Mitt Romney since he spent over 85% of his billion on negative advertising that not only poisoned the airwaves but failed to define his positive attributes until very very late in the cycle.
Overall, billions of dollars spent polluting the airwaves with negativity and suppressing the vote comes at a great price to the American people - the denial of a free and fair debate with positive aspirations for our future. When special interests spent negative money, American democracy pays the price.
Two solutions present themselves: one, drastically reduce candidate rates from corporate super PAC rates to incentivize more ads for which candidates must be personally accountable; and, two, create public financing of campaigns so that grassroots candidates will have the means to compete with corporate campaigns. That way, the money spent on campaigns will be worth the price.
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FRESNO, June 2 K2 Promotions is pleased to announce Navarro vs. Pacquiao on ESPN2 Friday, June 17 at the Table Mountain Casino in Friant, California, just 15 minutes north of Fresno. In the 12 round main event, the fists will be flying as Carlos Navarro and Bobby Pacquiao battle it out for the WBC Continental Americas super featherweight championship. Doors open at 5:30pm and the first bell rings at 6:15pm. The ESPN2 Friday Night Fights telecast begins live at 10pm ET / 7pm PT.
K2 Promotions, owned by Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko, had previously only promoted cards which featured their heavyweight world championship fights. But when the opportunity to promote a show on ESPN2s Friday Night Fights became available, K2 eagerly jumped in, putting on a competitive card that fight fans wont soon forget. Tom Loeffler, Managing Director for K2 Promotions, secured the June 17th date on ESPN2 with the compelling championship match between Navarro and Pacquiao. We are excited to bring world class boxing to Table Mountain Casino and all of the boxing fans in Central California.
"I am also thrilled to be working on our first ESPN2 show with Roy Englebrecht Promotions, who will handle the logistics and operations for the show" said Loeffler, who also noted that WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko will be in attendance at Table Mountain Casino as the featured guest of the evening. Table Mountain Casino is proud to partner with ESPN2 and Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschkos K2 Promotions to present the nationally televised super featherweight championship fight of Carlos Navarro and Bobby Pacquiao, stated John Mayewski, President and CEO of Table Mountain Casino.
We are thrilled that ESPN2 is broadcasting from Friant and featuring the Fresno area. Were even happier that our Table Mountain Casino Event Center was chosen for this prestigious fight and is becoming recognized as a national venue for significant events. This is part of our continuing effort at Table Mountain Casino to attract world-class sporting events of interest to residents in the Central Valley and to continue making high-quality national-level entertainment available and affordable in the community.
Highly touted Carlos Navarro (26-3-1, 21 KOs) has been on a tear since returning to the ring in 2004 after a two-year break. 3-0 with 3 knockouts since his comeback, the 28-year-old native of Los Angeles is coming off back-to-back stoppages of former world champions Luisito Espinosa and Agapito Sanchez.
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THE last horrific minutes of a boy who drowned after sneaking into a closed swimming pool were captured on security cameras, it emerged yesterday.
Video footage from the unmanned cameras shows non-swimmer Joshua Lakirham, seven, struggling in vain for his life in the school pool.
Yesterday his distraught family called for tighter security at schools to prevent more tragedies this summer.
Joshua died at St Nicholas School, Surrey, on Friday.
Police said that the video tapes showed Joshua leaving his clothes in a pile at the poolside before jumping in at the deep end in his trunks and immediately getting into difficulties.
His nine-year-old friend is seen trying to rescue him using a pole with a loop, failing and then running to raise the alarm.
Joshua's stepfather David Carpenter said the ``energetic'' and ``happy-golucky'' child could not swim and had been rescued only days earlier by a lifeguard in a narrow escape on a trip to a local leisure centre pool.
Mr Carpenter, a 64-year-old postman, said: ``I hope this is a warning to other parents. Keep them away from water if they can't swim.
``Kids just rush away and disappear. There's nothing you can do.
``They rush off and disappear and their mothers and fathers never know where they are - and in four minutes they're dead.''
Joshua had moved to the village only seven months ago from Guyana after Mr Carpenter fell in love with the boy's mother Irene, 38.
Irene was said to be ``coping'', with Joshua's brother, 18, and sister, 16, at their end of terrace house in Mansfield Drive, Merstham.
Mr Carpenter, who recently married Joshua's mother, said that his ``lovely'' stepson adored cricket and riding his bike.
He called for tighter security to prevent such tragedies happening again at schools closed during the summer holidays.
``I think it was the first time he had ever been down there. But when the school is closed the pool becomes an attraction for kids to go in there.
``Why wasn't it drained? They had fencing around it, but kids can easily climb it. If kids can climb, they can get in.
``If there's an accident there's no-one (no lifeguard) in there to watch.''
Caretaker Brian Atkins, 58, said that the 25 metre pool - which has a deep end of two metres - became a ``magnet'' for local children when the residential special needs school was closed in the holidays. Mr Atkins, who patrols the pool every day, added: ``I'm chucking kids out at least twice a week. They go over the fence all the time.''
Headmaster John Walker, 56, said that the pool, which is surrounded by a 6ft high chain linked fence, is padlocked but it did not deter local children.
He added: ``I'm deeply shocked and my condolences go to the family. It's a tragedy.''
A childcare officer, who lives at the school, had got out of the pool after a swim, he said, unaware that minutes later the children sneaked in.
He later found Joshua, who was a pupil at Furzefield Primary School in the village, floating in the water.
Detective Chief Inspector Colin Sutton said: ``Within minutes he got into difficulties.
``His friend made some effort to save him with a pole with a loop on the end and then went to raise the alarm with his mother.''
The victim was rushed by ambulance to the East Surrey Hospital in Redhill but was pronounced dead on arrival.
A post-mortem examination confirmed the cause of death as drowning.
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