PDAMERICA • Streamed live 9 hours ago The other day, PDA Executive Director Alan Minsky was privileged to be at a meeting with Representative Delia Ramirez and he came away astonished: “I’ve seen the future of American politics and it runs through Illinois’ 3rd District.” Plain spoken, honest, fully committed… Continue reading
Wes O’Donnell Feb 28, 2024 (wesodonnell.medium.com) As we blow past the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine stands at a pivotal juncture. They are now on their own. And I’m furious. Many people in my mostly conservative network have turned against Ukraine — veterans that I served with are… Continue reading
By Annie Vainshtein April 12, 2024 (SFChronicle.com) It was a typical Thursday morning for San Francisco residents Josh Hyman and Blake Garrett. Just after 7:30 a.m., both men were waiting at the 24th Street Mission Station for a Pittsburg-bound BART train, the first leg of their respective commutes to jobs in the… Continue reading
U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) presides over a hearing on December 5, 2023 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) “There are 20 years of data showing trickle-down economics doesn’t work, yet today will still be a whole lot of revisionist history… Continue reading
Mick Ryan/The Lowy Institute Russian President Vladimir Putin. (photo: Getty Images) 13 april 24 (RSN.org) Russia now has the means to subjugateUkraine. This calls for a change in howKyiv – and the West – fights this war. To the dismay of many in Ukraine and beyond, Russia has proven more… Continue reading
By Ricardo Cano April 11, 2024 (SFChronicle.com) California plans to buy six sets of trains this year for high-speed rail service in the decades-long project’s initial Central Valley segment, at an estimated cost of about $516 million. On Thursday, the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s Board of Directors voted to allow the authority to… Continue reading
By Peter Hartlaub April 11, 2024 (SFChronicle.com) “Do you read People magazine?” The question came during an employment interview in 1995, and I didn’t know how to answer. No journalism professor I ever encountered deemed to acknowledge that publication. I was 25 years old, in the high-rise office of City News… Continue reading
FRI, 4/12/2024 – BY CARL GIBSON (Occupy.com) In 2024, leftist voters — particularly those in the six battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin — have a lot more influence and power than they may realize. Influence and power are things the left has typically not had a lot of… Continue reading
Plus: Will the right-wing candidates really do an anti-Peskin RCV strategy? By TIM REDMOND APRIL 11, 2024 (MissionLocal.org) Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Share on LinkedIn Share on RedditShare on Email Even by the current standards of political cynicism in San Francisco, this one’s hard to believe: Just hours after Sup…. Continue reading
Status Coup News • Streamed live 23 hours ago • Jon Farina is Live in New York as protesters gather in mass to demand an end to the violence in Gaza, demanding a ceasefire now and a permanent Free Palestine. The NYPD has been increasing their violence and arrests against… Continue reading
