https://stopcafraud.com/

They say that in America, there are four boxes of liberty. The soapbox, the ballot box, the jury box, and the ammo box. When we vote we exercise our rights as Californians and as Americans to make our voices heard via the ballot box, having listened to others make theirs heard through the soapbox. We trust in our elected officials to safeguard that ballot box, such that its results will truly reflect our will as Californian’s. However, when those officials, either through laziness or incompetence, allow thieves to steal amidst the dead of night and cheat our ballot box, we can no longer rely on its contents. Will we now have to fight the California jury box, in the hope that the final box — the one most akin to Pandora’s – remains closed?

https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/global-indigenous-council-sends-president-biden-and-others-a-message-on-california-recall-election

“Endorsing candidates is not something we take lightly, but we concluded ‘vote no on the recall’ has massive implications for the Indigenous people of California,” Tom Rodgers, president of the Global Indigenous Council said. “The Newsom administration has taken some of the most significant steps in the country to heal a state’s relationship with Indigenous peoples, and to improve the quality of life for California’s Indigenous communities. Gov. Newsom has joined us on a path of enlightenment in what is now a shared journey of truth, cultural diversity, and respect.”

The GIC was the first Indigenous organization to endorse now President Joe Biden when his presidential primary campaign was on life-support prior to the Democratic Party’s Nevada caucuses in 2020.

https://news.ballotpedia.org/2021/08/16/six-school-board-recall-efforts-have-petition-filing-deadlines-this-month/

Six school board recall efforts must submit their petition signatures in August 2021 to move their efforts forward. The efforts are seeking to recall school board members in Arizona, California, North Dakota, and Wisconsin.

Between 2006 and 2020, Ballotpedia covered an average of 23 recall efforts against an average of 52 school board members each year. The number of school board recalls in 2021 has surpassed that average with 58 efforts against 144 members as of Aug. 12. This is the highest number of school board recalls Ballotpedia has tracked in one year since our tracking began in 2010. The next-highest was in 2010 with 39 efforts against 91 school board members.

Additional reading:

Patrick Phair recall, Waupaca School District, Wisconsin (2021)

Mequon-Thiensville School District recall, Wisconsin (2021)

West Sonoma County Union High School District recall, California (2021)

Jon Aitken and Claudia Anderson recall, Vail Unified School District, Arizona (2021)

Fargo Public Schools recall, North Dakota (2021)

Mark Maselli and Sheri Zada recall, Benicia Unified School District, California (2021)

https://www.newsweek.com/brett-kavanaugh-protest-home-texas-abortion-shut-down-dc-1628891?piano_t=1

The demonstration was largely peaceful and no arrests were made, reported WTOP. There were a number of police officers present outside Kavanaugh's home during the protest.

The crowd could be heard chanting "my body, my voice" during the protest on Monday night.

The group also played Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It" from a loudspeaker while walking away from the street towards the park where the march started from.

"I believe that currently the Supreme Court is infringing on our rights and Brett Kavanaugh is a big part of that," 18-year-old demonstrator Sophia Geiger told the AFP news agency.

"We've had multiple women's marches… and clearly, they have not gotten the message," Geiger added. "So now we want to inconvenience him."

Remember this when paying heating bills this winter

https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/business/national-business/article254559942.html#storylink=mainstage_card

Company says planned natural gas pipeline won’t go forward

Both the Trump and Biden administrations had supported PennEast. Nineteen states had urged the Supreme Court to rule the other way and side with New Jersey. New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has been an opponent of the project. Up for reelection this year and favored in public polling, Murphy has publicized his administration's efforts to thwart the project. New Jersey had failed to issue a water quality certification and other wetlands permits under the Clean Water Act for that state’s portion of the project, according to PennEast. PennEast’s application with federal regulators goes back to 2015, though it began pushing for the project in 2014. The company argued the project would bring jobs and lower-cost natural gas to the region.

https://www.dailyposter.com/big-pharmas-dems-score-ad-blitz/

A dark money group funded by Big Pharma is bankrolling ads boosting the conservative House Democrats who are trying to weaken the party’s plan to allow Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices. Additionally, a separate pharma-funded foundation is suddenly sponsoring newspaper ads thanking one of the Democrats for his work on prescription drug policy.

The new ad campaigns highlight the lengths the pharmaceutical industry is willing to go in order to derail legislation that could cut into their bottom line. If Big Pharma’s efforts are successful, it will prevent the government from saving tens of billions annually and stop health care reforms that would cut prices on expensive drugs by more than 50 percent.

Last week, the Washington-based nonprofit Center Forward started running digital ads touting six Democratic lawmakers who are trying to replace Democrats’ long-promised prescription drug pricing bill with far weaker provisions: Reps. Scott Peters (Calif.) Kurt Schrader (Ore.), Kathleen Rice (N.Y.), Stephanie Murphy (Fla.), Lou Correa (Calif.), and Josh Gottheimer (N.J.).