CALIFORNIA POLITICAL REVIEW 07/06/2014

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Obamas have Spent over $44+million on Travel By Ariel Cohen on Jul 06, 2014 08:55 am The Obamas have spent over 44 million dollars in taxpayer money on travel and vacations. Some are even calling him the “most well-trvaeled, expensive” president in our nation’s history. As Americans head off for the long holiday weekend, let’s take a look back at some of the president’s holiday spending. Our president vacations a lot — we’re […] Read More and Comment: Obamas have Spent over $44 million on Travel   Hertz: $85M tax break recipient admits financial statements unreliable By William Patrick on Jul 06, 2014 08:30 am A new financial disclosure casts a dark shadow over a deal that sent $85 million in tax incentives, including $19 million in upfront cash, from Florida’s public coffers to a Fortune 500 company. According to the filing, an internal audit concluded, “The financial statements for 2011 should no longer be relied upon, and Hertz must […] Read More and Comment: Hertz: $85M tax break recipient admits financial statements unreliable   CA Strategic Bomber Incentive By CPR Editors on Jul 06, 2014 06:30 am View Full Size: CA Strategic Bomber Incentive   Silicon Valley pins hopes on Obama for immigration win By CPR Editors on Jul 05, 2014 07:13 pm From The Hill: The tech industry is looking to President Obama for an immigration win now that reform legislation has flamed out in Congress. While advocates say they aren’t giving up on a comprehensive bill, some industry insiders say executive actions from Obama are now their last, best hope. “I think we would be interested in pursuing […] Read More and Comment: Silicon Valley pins hopes on Obama for immigration win   Murrieta immigrant detainee protests: 5 arrested, still no arrivals By CPR Editors on Jul 05, 2014 03:00 pm From the L.A. Times: Five people were arrested Friday during protests in Murrieta over immigrant detainees being housed here, though so far it appears no detainees have been sent to this Inland Empire city. A charter plane carrying immigrants who entered the country illegally arrived at San Diego’s Lindbergh Field on Friday evening. Three U.S. […] Read More and Comment: Murrieta immigrant detainee protests: 5 arrested, still no arrivals   Crunch time for NSA reform By CPR Editors on Jul 05, 2014 02:17 pm The Hill: It’s crunch time for reining in the National Security Agency. If lawmakers are going to finalize the USA Freedom Act to reform government surveillance this year, privacy advocates warn they need to pick up the pace this month. “I think there’s a lot of pressure on the Judiciary Committee to act on USA […] Read More and Comment: Crunch time for NSA reform   With Democrats split on inequality issues, Obama shifts talk away from income gap By CPR Editors on Jul 05, 2014 01:00 pm From the Washington Post: After making fighting income inequality an early focus of his second term, President Obama has largely abandoned talk of the subject this election year in a move that highlights the emerging debate within the Democratic Party over economic populism and its limits. During the first half of this year, Obama shifted […] Read More and Comment: With Democrats split on inequality issues, Obama shifts talk away from income gap   Border Meltdown: Obama Delivering 290,000 Illegals To U.S. Homes By Neil Munro on Jul 05, 2014 12:30 pm The vast majority of 50,000 unaccompanied youths and children who have illegally crossed the Texas border during the last few months have been successfully delivered by federal agencies to their relatives living in the United States, according to a New York Times article. A second New York Times article reports revealed that officials have caught an […] Read More and Comment: Border Meltdown: Obama Delivering 290,000 Illegals To U.S. Homes   Coal poised for rare win over Obama By CPR Editors on Jul 05, 2014 12:00 pm From The Hill: The coal industry is poised to score a rare victory over the Obama administration in the fight over the Export-Import Bank. Both of the working proposals in the House and Senate to renew the bank’s charter would reverse Ex-Im guidelines that prevent financing for overseas power plants that decline to adopt greener technology. Bank […] Read More and Comment: Coal poised for rare win over Obama   US military turns to Hollywood to outfit elite troops By CPR Editors on Jul 05, 2014 11:30 am From Fox News: The Oscar-nominated designers at Legacy Effects have outfitted such memorable movie warriors as The Terminator, RoboCop, Captain America and Iron Man. The special-effects company is now at work on what seems a mission impossible: Building an Iron Man-style suit to protect and propel elite U.S. troops by encasing them in body armor […] Read More and Comment: US military turns to Hollywood to outfit elite troops   Murrieta immigrant detainee protests keep growing By CPR Editors on Jul 05, 2014 11:00 am From the L.A. Times: The standoff over the housing of immigrant detainees in Murrieta grew Friday as protesters on both sides of the issue stood their ground. Hundreds of people gathered on the road to the federal processing facility,  anticipating another convoy of vehicles containing immigrants who had crossed the border in Texas. A boisterous […] Read More and Comment: Murrieta immigrant detainee protests keep growing   Hillary Clinton: ‘Fees have been donated’ By CPR Editors on Jul 05, 2014 10:23 am From Politico: Hillary Clinton on Friday said that she has donated all the money she has earned from her public speaking appearances at colleges and universities in the past year and a half to the Clinton Foundation. “All of the fees have been donated to the Clinton Foundation for it to continue its life-changing and […] Read More and Comment: Hillary Clinton: ‘Fees have been donated’

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