Starving Palestinians queue for hours to receive food distributed by charitable organizations in Deir Balah, Gaza on March 1, 2024. (Photo: Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images) “The U.S. cannot partner with a country that is starving children,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. JULIA CONLEY Apr 04, 2024 (CommonDreams.org) U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders responded… Continue reading
John Hudson/The Washington Post man inspects the wreckage of a World Central Kitchen vehicle after Israel’s deadly airstrike on the convoy in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza. (photo: Reuters) 04 april 24 (RSN.org) The Biden administration signed off on thousands more bombs to Israel despite global condemnation of the IDF’s killing… Continue reading
By Tori Gaines and Dan McMenamin Updated April 4, 2024 11:41am PDT Video: https://www.ktvu.com/news/protesters-block-sunnyvale-lockheed-martin-facility-over-israel-conflict-in-gaza Protesters block Sunnyvale Lockheed Martin facility Protesters blocked entrances to a Lockheed Martin research facility in Sunnyvale on Thursday morning over what they say is the defense contractor’s role in Israel’s ongoing bombing of Gaza. SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Protesters blocked… Continue reading
by ELENI BALAKRISHNAN APRIL 2, 2024 (MissionLocal.org) Here’s the latest in our “Meet the Candidates” series for District 5, where we ask each candidate to answer one question per week leading up to the election. All the responses will ultimately be compiled onto a single page, where readers can peruse the… Continue reading
3 APRIL 2024/SF RESTAURANTS, FOOD & DRINK/JAY BARMANN After four years of being closed and variously boarded over, the former Cafe Flore space at Market and Noe streets comes alive again tonight as Fisch & Flore. The new sustainable seafood restaurant and bar will be softly open Wednesday starting at 4… Continue reading
3 APRIL 2024/SF POLITICS/JAY BARMANN (SFist.com) Crazily, only one vote separated congressional candidates Evan Low and Joe Simitian as the final votes were counted earlier this week, and one vote was added to Simitian’s tally, resulting in a dead-even tie. Assemblyman Evan Low and Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian… Continue reading
We are heading to Dallas next week to film some groundbreaking office to residential conversions and briefly heading north to Oklahoma City for a bit on their highly successful Metropolitan Area Projects program (MAPS). We may also stop in Tulsa to gather some shots of the Gathering Place and b-roll in… Continue reading
A remembrance of this most feckless of Democrats BY RICK PERLSTEIN APRIL 3, 2024 (prospect.org) OLIVIER DOULIERY/ABACA/SIPA USA VIA AP IMAGES Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) at the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, September 2, 2008 These weekly chronicles of mine are intended to explain… Continue reading
Israeli Air Force F-15I Ra’am warplanes fly in formation in this October 10, 2017 photo. (Photo: Israel Defense Forces) “Does anyone wonder why Netanyahu ignores Biden’s pleas for restraint in Gaza?” asked one critic. BRETT WILKINS Apr 03, 2024 (ClommonDreams.org) Palestine advocates on Wednesday slammed the Biden administration as it pushes… Continue reading
President Joe Biden appointed Democratic Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel as the acting Federal Communications Commission chair on January 21, 2021. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) “A healthy democracy requires a well-informed and educated public, but that’s not possible without an open and accessible internet.” JESSICA CORBETT Apr 03, 2024 (CommonDreams.org) Open internet… Continue reading
