10 AUGUST 2022/SF POLITICS/JAY BARMANN (SFist.com) The dirty secret about District Attorney Brooke Jenkins’s paid involvement in the campaign to oust her predecessor and former boss, Chesa Boudin, was bound to come out eventually. And it’s now come out two days after Jenkins formally filed paperwork to run for the DA’s job… Continue reading
Tuesday, August 9th, 2022 Author: REBECCA SALZER and JOCELYN KILEYSource: Pew Research CenterPublication Date: AUGUST 5, 2022 (schwartzreport.net)Link: Majority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral College Stephan: I support this. I think the Electoral College should be eliminated. It is a… Continue reading
Urban density was once seen as a sign of unhealthiness and poverty. But today it is necessary to make cities sustainable Hester Street, New York, c1902. Photo courtesy Library of Congress Max Holleran is an Urban Studies Foundation Research Fellow and a lecturer in social policy at the University of Melbourne. He is… Continue reading
Members of opposition parties and social movements protest against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling on unemployment and hike fuel prices in downtown São Paulo on April 9, 2022. (Photo: Cris Faga/NurPhoto via Getty Images) “We face the risk of having to live through a dictatorship once again—and this is inconceivable,”… Continue reading
Lex Fridman Aug 8, 2022 Andrew Bustamante is a former CIA covert intelligence officer. Check out his work and podcast at https://everydayspy.com Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Wealthfront: https://wealthfront.com/LEX to get $50 sign-up bonus – LMNT: https://drinkLMNT.com/lex to get free sample pack – BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off – ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod to get 3 months… Continue reading
The conundrum facing America’s allies is how to cope with a great imperial power in decline that is still a great imperial power. By Tom McTague AUGUST 8, 2022, 7 AM ET (TheAtlantic.com) Apeculiar cognitive dissonance seems to have taken hold in the world. The Western response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—led… Continue reading
August 8, 2022 (themoscowtimes.com) The Kremlin’s war against Ukraine is one many Russians don’t want to fight. And some are so vehemently opposed that they are apparently prepared to take up arms against their country and fight alongside the Ukrainian army. The Freedom of Russia Legion claims it was formed in… Continue reading
For more than 50 years, SF mayors and their allies have pushed highrise office space, destroying anything in its path. They were wrong, and now we are paying the price. By TIM REDMOND AUGUST 7, 2022 (48hills.org) Karen Chapple, an eminent professor of urban planning who has worked in SF,… Continue reading
Joy Diamond August 7, 2022Updated: August 8, 2022, 4:10 pm (Datebook.SFChronicle.com) Nadya Tolokonnikova has always been one to proudly scream her social and political opinions — she’s not polite, and she’s not sorry, either. The 32-year-old founding member of Moscow feminist art and activism movement Pussy Riot regularly leads political demonstrations… Continue reading
A mobile billboard criticizing Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) is seen in Washington, D.C. on August 7, 2022. (Photo: Patriotic Millionaires) “Remember the days when taking half a million bucks from an industry, and then passing legislation that only benefits that industry, while passing the costs onto everyone else, would be… Continue reading
