MON, 3/4/2024 – BY CARL GIBSON (Occupy.com) Former President Donald Trump is running on a number of frightening policies, but he isn’t the boogeyman — he’s just the boogeyman’s chosen tool for the current moment. If he doesn’t win the presidential election in November, the septuagenarian facing 91 felony charges who eats… Continue reading
Blog Post by John Campbell Last updated August 2, 2017 (cfr.org) In what is often called the twentieth century’s first genocide, the German colonial authorities, from 1904 to 1906, set out systematically to exterminate two ethnic groups, the Herero and the Nama, following an uprising in what was then German South West… Continue reading
Only 20 percent of the votes have been counted. And we have heard this story before. By TIM REDMOND MARCH 6, 2024 (48hills.org) The San Francisco Chronicle and The San Francisco Standard have both declared that this is no longer a progressive city. That seems a bit premature to me. The early results from… Continue reading
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a meeting in the Oval Office on May 13, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) “If you want to see Trump’s and the GOP’s vision of America’s future, just look at what Orbán’s done to… Continue reading
The 100,000 uncommitted votes in the Michigan primary are just the tip of the iceberg, and voter outrage over Gaza should not be underestimated. BY MARC STEINER MARCH 5, 2024 (therealnews.com) US President Joe Biden holds a press conference during a solidarity visit to Israel, on October 18, 2023, in Tel… Continue reading
(jewishvoiceforpeace.org) Over 200,000 people cast “uncommitted” or similar votes in the Democratic primaries on Super Tuesday, a strong rebuke of President Biden over his ongoing complicity in Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. In Minnesota, uncommitted ballots accounted for nearly 20 percent of the vote, meaning the uncommitted movement will get to send 11 delegates… Continue reading
POSTED INELECTION COVERAGE by JOE ESKENAZI, JOE RIVANO BARROS, WILL JARRETT, ELENI BALAKRISHNAN, YUJIE ZHOU, XUEER LU, JUNYAO YANG and KELLY WALDRON MARCH 5, 2024, 6:00 AM (MissionLocal.org) Early precinct-level results on Prop C. Results will be updated as they become available from the Department of Elections. The next ballot drop is scheduled for March 8 at 4 p.m…. Continue reading
Let’s use that space for a public benefit, not a corporate chain store. By CHARLES LEWIS III MARCH 4, 2024 (48hills.org) Remember when Uber wanted to move to Oakland? It’s okay if you don’t; life before this still-ongoing pandemic seems eons ago. Anyway, in 2015, Uber—that union-smashing, tax-dodging, price-gouging, profit-losing, failed… Continue reading
