Politics in the Zeros (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
At the age of 28, Jackie Speier was an aide to Congressman Leo Ryan when he went to Guyana to investigate Jim Jones. He was assassinated, she was shot five times and left for dead on an airstrip. She survived that, ten surgeries, death threats, and began getting elected to public office. When she was 43 [...]
Real Clear Politics (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
Not many, if any, members of Congress have a story like that of Rep. Jackie Speier, who was just elected to a full term in the House with 75% of the vote in California's 12th District. Speier, who had won an April special election to serve the remaining term of the late Tom Lantos, represents the [...]
SFist (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Today was the 30-year anniversary of the Jonestown massacre . Days before more than 900 member of the Peoples Temple church committed suicide or were murdered in Guyana, former congressman Leo Ryan was killed at Jonestown by sect members. Sen. Jackie Speier, an aide to Ryan in 1978, and was also shot in Jonestown. Speier, Ryan's daughters, and a few surviving members met in San...
1115.org (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
This week the SF Chronicle is marking the anniversary of the “10 Days that Shook SF,” the murders of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, and the Jonestown Massacre. As part of their coverage, my new Congresswoman Jackie Speier tells her horrifying story: I was curled up behind the wheel of an airplane on [...]
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18 Jackie Speier now represents California's 12th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. The last time I saw her, 30 years ago, her bloody, bullet-riddled body lay in tall grass at the side of a jungle airstrip in Port Kaituma, Guyana.
Random Thoughts from Reno (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
Rep. Jackie Speier remembers those dark days in November 1978 in this article she wrote for the San Francisco Chronicle . _____ Jim Jones, Jr. also recalls those times. His health today is not good : Recently Jones was diagnosed with kidney failure. He will need dialysis and a transplant. He says the way he looks on it, 30 years ago he "had the opportunity to miss death" and now he attempts...
The Captive American (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
... of all House incumbents-have a 95 percent or above party line voting record. Democrats Nita Lowly, Jackie Speier, Nicola Tsongas, and Andre Carson share the top spot for the most loyal partisans. They each cast 99 percent of their votes with their fellow Dems.
USA Today (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Rep. Jackie Speier, a Democrat elected to Congress to fill a vacant seat this year, was shot five times and spent 22 hours on a runway awaiting medical help after Jones' followers attacked her group as they tried to depart on Nov. 18, 1978. At the time, she was a young congressional aide who accompanied her boss, Rep. Leo Ryan, on an investigative visit to Jones' jungle settlement.
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