The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy Michael Lewis The morning after Trump was elected president, the people who ran the US Department of Energy waited to brief the administration’s transition team on the agency it would soon be running. Nobody appeared. Across all departments the stories were the same: Trump appointees… Continue reading
by Greg Palast for Buzzflash February 24, 2023 (gregpalast.com) As Russian tanks rolled across the border, some of our fellow progressives called it a justified attack in response to a threat from Western military imperialists. The year was 1939. That year, some on the Left, a minority for sure, bent themselves into… Continue reading
by Sebastian on February 21, 2023 (BeyondChron.org) Dealers Replacing Skaters at Civic Center Rink (Editors Note: This story was submitted as a creative and informative response to our Feb 13 lead story, Can the Tenderloin Crackdown Be Sustained? ) In the Feb.13th, 2023 BeyondChron, Randy Shaw wrote: “Where Did the Dealers Go?” I get… Continue reading
by Randy Shaw on February 21, 2023 (BeyondChron.org) Mayor Feinstein Worsened SF’s Affordability Senator Dianne Feinstein’s announcement that she would not seek re-election triggered huge media acclaim for her record. The tributes echoed the corporate media’s support of Feinstein while San Francisco’s mayor. I saw no story describing how Feinstein’s policies worsened the… Continue reading
Feb 21, 2023 Updated 15 hrs ago (SFExaminer.com) Jessica Wolfrom Jessica is a climate reporter at The San Francisco Examiner. Author twitter Author email Extinction Rebellion protesters outside Wells Fargo headquarters in San Francisco carry signs referencing climate disasters. Many of the world’s top banks are still heavily invested in the oil… Continue reading
Shahid Buttar for Congress On February 19, 2023, hundreds of San Franciscans gathered to challenge the bipartisan militarism in Washington that idiotically invites a global nuclear conflict. After speeches & performances in Embarcadero Plaza, we marched to the San Francisco office of Lockheed Martin, where organizers staged a creative street… Continue reading
BY JULIA SHAPERO – 02/18/23 2:53 PM ET (thehill.com) Spiritual author and progressive activist Marianne Williamson said on Saturday that she will make an “important announcement” on March 4. Williamson, who previously ran an insurgent presidential campaign in 2020, hinted at a potential challenge to President Biden in Saturday’s announcement, noting that she has been exploring… Continue reading
Obituaries for Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, Iran’s first post-revolution president, largely left out his claims about the “October Surprise.” Jon Schwarz October 11 2021, 2:08 p.m. (theintercept.com) Then-Iranian President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr holds a press conference on Dec. 3, 1980, in Tehran, Iran. At the time, 52 U.S. hostages held by Iran were facing their… Continue reading
