20 JANUARY 2025/SF POLITICS/JOE KUKURA (SFist.com) When the Department of Justice announced their indictment of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao last week, they said her live-in boyfriend was bribed to the tune of $95,000. But the full indictment says Thao actually asked for $3 million, though didn’t get it. In… Continue reading
FIVE MINUTE NEWS Jan 20, 2025 FIVE MINUTE NEWS Sworn in as the 47th US president at the US Capitol, Trump delivered an inaugural address that made his “American carnage” speech from 2017 seem almost innocent. The first convicted criminal to take the oath of office channeled eight years of grievance and retribution… Continue reading
The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder • Happy Martin Luther King Day! MR’s compilation of MLK-related audio returns! Excerpts include: -A previously unheard speech from MLK on reparations, white economic anxiety and guaranteed income -Dr. King’s first TV “interview” from the show “The Open Mind – The New Negro” in 1957,… Continue reading
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia THE REVEREND DOCTORMARTIN LUTHER KING JR. King in 1964 1ST PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE In officeJanuary 10, 1957 – April 4, 1968 PRECEDED BY Position established SUCCEEDED BY Ralph Abernathy PERSONAL DETAILS BORN Michael King Jr.January 15, 1929Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. DIED April 4, 1968 (aged 39)Memphis, Tennessee,… Continue reading
What comes next in our waning democracy MARY L. TRUMP JAN 19, 2025 (marytrump.org) Subscribe On this eve before we turn our once great democracy over to a cabal of insurrectionists, oligarchs, and fascists, I have been thinking about President Biden’s farewell address. I didn’t write about it at the… Continue reading
Palestinians walk through the remnants of the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip as a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel begins on January 19, 2025. (Photo: Karam Hassan/Anadolu via Getty Images) Israeli forces killed at least 19 Palestinians during the delay, on top of nearly 47,000 others slaughtered since… Continue reading
Allison Herrera and Melissa Olson January 20, 2025 11:13 AM (mprnews.org) In one of his last official acts before leaving the White House, President Joe Biden released Leonard Peltier from prison. The action is an extraordinary move that ends a decades-long push by Indigenous activists, international religious leaders, human rights organizations and… Continue reading
Democracy Now! • Jan 20, 2025 • Latest Shows Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-de… Ahead of President elect-Donald Trump’s second inauguration, thousands of people rallied in Washington, D.C., on Saturday at the People’s March to oppose his policies on immigration, abortion, LGBTQ rights, the climate crisis and more. We air voices… Continue reading
Madman Films • Mar 1, 2023 • Streaming now on @DocPlay: https://www.docplay.com/shows/brainwa… “If the camera is predatory, then the culture is predatory.” In this eye-opening documentary, celebrated independent filmmaker #NinaMenkes explores the sexual politics of cinematic shot design. Using clips from hundreds of movies we all know and love –… Continue reading
PDAMERICA • Started streaming 49 minutes ago When we meet for our Town Hall on Sunday, it’ll be less than 24 hours until Donald Trump is sworn in as President. But as disturbing as that event may be, it will occur on the same day that the nation celebrates the… Continue reading
