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CalWatchdog Morning Read – October 24

Clinton aides considered moving CA primary Senate leader asked Obama for help with 2015 enviro measure CA National Guard soldiers must repay enlistment bonuses a decade late The problem with Prop. 61 drug-pricing measure New laws target old problem: workers’

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California Senate leader asked for Obama’s help on climate bill in 2015

Knowing that a major climate-change measure was in trouble, Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de Leon sought help from the White House in 2015, according to a WikiLeaks email dump on Thursday. A transcript of a voicemail for John Podesta

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Leaked emails show Clinton aides considered moving CA primary election

Prominent Democratic strategists who would eventually get top posts in Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign debated the political strategy of moving the date of California’s primary election, according to hacked emails recently released by WikiLeaks.  In December 2014, prior to Clinton announcing

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Sounds Like California

John Seiler: Wikileaks’ recent release of a cable from the U.S. ambassador to Tunisia supposedly led to the downfall of that country’s government. The cable actually looks like it could have been written about the government of another state enjoying

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Wikileaks and California

Dec. 16, 2010 By JOHN SEILER The WikiLeaks revelation of U.S. government secrets continues to make front pages and cause controversy. California itself is featured in several Wikileaks releases. It’s worth pointing out that WikiLeaks’ cables consist of raw intelligence

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