Articles Posted by dominique
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Don’t Believe the Hype… Why I Believe President Barack Obama Won the First Debate…
by dominique DiPrima By now it is almost universally agreed upon that President Barack Obama lost the first debate of this election season to Candidate Mitt Romney on October 3, 2012. The deep concern, disappointment and condemnation surrounding the president’s performance is shrill and widespread. I simply do not agree! And I am not going […]
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Stopping the Cycle of Violence with a Vote… Be the Peace We Want to Attain…
by dominique DiPrima Los Angeles knows a thing or two about violence. Although many say Chicago is the birthplace of the modern gang…Southern California packaged up the culture of street violence like another hit movie and exported it around the world. Once known as the capitol of drive-bys and gang wars our neighborhoods have paid […]
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An Ultimate Transformation Moment: Infinite Possibilities for the New School Year
by Erich Nall (Coach E) The start of the school year is upon us. This being the case, our Ultimate Transformation Moment takes a look at readying our children for the new school year. Previously, I discussed the transition that we as adults make as we cycle from the summer months to the fall. However, […]
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DNC & RNC on TV… In Living Color…Or Black & White?
by dominique DiPrima Okay, I admit, I did not attend the Republican National Convention. I would have loved to! What an opportunity to gather googobs of, well, revealing interviews. Maybe someone would have even tossed me some snacks (sometimes you feel like a nut…) I was not able to get a credential in time. But […]
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Ours to Win…Or Lose… This Election is in Our Hands…But 0% Black Votes for Romney is No Guarantee We’ll WIn
by dominique DiPrima Many of us celebrated the finding in the new Wall Street Journal poll that Mitt Romney was carrying 0% of the Black vote. The survey found that 94% supported President Barack Obama and approximately 6% are independent or undecided. Of course with the margin of error and undecideds Romney will still get […]
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“American” is the New White… Foreign is the new Black…Unmasking Mitt’s Not-So-Subtle Racist Strategy
by dominique DiPrima Everyone I know, and lots of people who I don’t were disgusted when Mitt Romney surrogate John Sununu uttered the blatantly bigoted statement “I wish this president would learn how to be an American.” The outrage was so widespread that Sununu backed off, apologizing for the outrageous slur. But the Romney campaign […]
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Dominique DiPrima & Zoran Basich are back! Saturday July 28th at 8:00AM on 90.7 KPFK-FM
Saturday July 28th at 8:00AM on 90.7 KPFK-FM Call in live at (818) 985-5735 Or listen online at www.kpfk.org One of America’s top elder care attorneys…And one of Radio’s leading advocates for the people…. With real solutions for boomers & their parents. It’s Basich Family Affairs with Zoran Basich & Dominique DiPrima…Fighting for middle & […]
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Epic Destruction is Hip, Dude… America’s Fetishizing of Violence & Fear of the NRA Makes Us all Targets
by dominique DiPrima We hardly talked about Aurora. Colorado on my show early on the Friday morning after it happened. True, few details had come out yet, but we already knew it was going to be one of the bloodiest killing rampages in U.S. history. It was Radio Free Friday, so we really could have […]
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If It Walks Like a Duck…: Willard the Welfare Queen….MittSpeak and America’s Honesty Gap
by dominique DiPrima When I first heard about how Willard “Mitt” Romney’s SEC paperwork contradicts what he has been telling voters throughout this election season, it made me think of a time many years ago when I was on unemployment. I was off by just a few days in reporting when I worked somewhere. I […]
