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Rep. Tom McClintock (CA-04) recently held a town hall that drew a full-to-capacity crowd, with 200 more constituents outside the theater’s door. Rep. McClintock defended the Republican-led agenda and the overflow crowd was not happy. Rep....
by Jen Hayden
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on Wed Feb 15, 2017 at 11:11 AM PST
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Trump's National Security Advisor Michael Flynn resigns. What did the President know and when did he know it?...
On today's BradCast: Is it just me, or is it getting Nixon in here? [Audio link to show is posted below.]
As they asked during...
by TheBradBlog
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on Tue Feb 14, 2017 at 06:25 PM PST
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Just hours after the Butte County Sheriff reduced the immediate evacuation order of Oroville region residents to an evacuation warning, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today approved both recent gubernatorial requests for federal...
by Dan Bacher
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on Tue Feb 14, 2017 at 05:54 PM PST
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This is just in from the Butte County Sheriff’s Office:
For Immediate Release: February 14, 2017
Contact: (530) 871-9440
Butte County Sheriff’s Office to Reduce Immediate Evacuation Order to Evacuation Warning
Due to lower lake levels,...
by Dan Bacher
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on Tue Feb 14, 2017 at 03:07 PM PST
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The Oroville Dam spillway looms as a catastrophic at biblical scale. In the short term bigger than Flynn. Bigger than Trump. Bigger than any other issue faced by the country today. The potential downside is huge. A wall of water 30 feet high,...
by p mac
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on Tue Feb 14, 2017 at 12:21 PM PST
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This Thursday, Feb 16th, is being organized as A Day Without Latinos. Maria Castillo, from Wilmington NC, as reported in the clip WECT linked below, says,
that on Thursday, fellow Hispanics will not go to work, not send their children to school,...
by bitches4Hillary
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on Mon Feb 13, 2017 at 09:30 PM PST
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Guest: Eric Wesselman of FriendsoftheRiver.org on 12-year old warning, now-potential disaster at Oroville Dam in Northern California...
Officials were warned. Twelve years ago. On today's BradCast: Another round of storms are on the way and the...
by TheBradBlog
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on Mon Feb 13, 2017 at 06:18 PM PST
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Oroville Spillway Fiasco exposes absurdity of Jerry Brown’s push for Delta Tunnels
A day after state officials ordered the evacuation of over 188,000 people from Butte, Yuba and Sutter Counties, members of the newly-formed Delta Caucus of the...
by Dan Bacher
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on Mon Feb 13, 2017 at 06:07 PM PST
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Two organizations opposed to Governor Jerry Brown’s Delta Tunnels plan today responded to the breach in the Oroville auxiliary spillway and evacuation of 188,000 people in Butte, Yuba and Sutter counties yesterday evening.
On the current...
by Dan Bacher
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on Mon Feb 13, 2017 at 01:18 PM PST
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Republican Trump declares a "Cold Civil War" on California. He says, “California is out of control.” A reasonable person might think he means California’s finances are out of control, or the crime rate or something. Republican Trump did not specify...
by azindy
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on Mon Feb 13, 2017 at 10:45 AM PST
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Governor Jerry Brown last night issued an emergency order regarding the situation at Oroville Dam’s auxiliary spillway and the ensuing evacuations. The order describes “conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist in Butte,...
by Dan Bacher
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on Mon Feb 13, 2017 at 07:31 AM PST
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A dangerous condition continues at the nation’s tallest dam.
A light flow of water began washing into the emergency spillway Saturday and the volume of water began to increase. Around 3 p.m. (6 p.m. ET) Sunday, authorities learned that the dam's...
by Mark Sumner
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on Mon Feb 13, 2017 at 04:57 AM PST
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Breaking: Evacuations ordered for low-lying areas around Lake Oroville, Freeway jammed with evacuees The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) just issued this updated statement regarding the expected failure of the auxiliary spillway at Oroville Dam in Butte County. The agency noted that “Oroville Dam itself is sound and is a separate...
by Dan Bacher
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on Sun Feb 12, 2017 at 06:55 PM PST
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This California Department of Water Resources (DWR) statement calling for an evacuation of Oroville, California was issued over 30 minutes ago on the DWR Facebook page. This order was issued just hours after a noon press conference where officials told...
by Dan Bacher
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on Sun Feb 12, 2017 at 05:27 PM PST
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UPDATED — original evacuation notice extended to the south and now includes 130,000 people.
This is an evacuation order by Department of Water Resources this afternoon around 4:15pm. Evacuation now includes the southern end of the Sacramento Valley...
by Besame
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on Sun Feb 12, 2017 at 04:41 PM PST
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By Emily Wheeler and JP Massar
The problem with the world is that we draw our family circle too small.
--Mother Teresa
This is not a society tending toward sanity. — Authors
In a sane society, all people have wholesome food, clean water,...
by jpmassar
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on Sat Feb 11, 2017 at 07:53 AM PST
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has filed documents in court and with Congress notifying them that they are terminating the environmental review of the Dakota Access Pipeline and expediting its ...
by ClimateBrad
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on Sat Feb 11, 2017 at 08:32 AM PST
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I just received this update on the Oroville Dam spillway hole from the Department of Water Resources:
SACRAMENTO – While there is still a chance the emergency spillway at Lake Oroville may be used this weekend, reservoir operators say that if...
by Dan Bacher
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on Fri Feb 10, 2017 at 11:00 AM PST
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The California Department of Water resources this morning issued an update on the giant hole caused by erosion in the Oroville Dam spillway:
SACRAMENTO – As it manages storm inflow to Lake Oroville with a main spillway damaged by erosion, the...
by Dan Bacher
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on Fri Feb 10, 2017 at 10:06 AM PST
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Guest: Michael Slater of Project Vote on 'voter fraud' lies and fighting back; Also: Sessions confirmed as AG; Should Manchin be primaried?; And, helping Dems to NOT fall for Trump's SCOTUS bait...
Today on The BradCast, a story out of France today,...
by TheBradBlog
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