MEYERSON ON TAP (Prospect.org) The Democrats’ On-Again, Off-Again Class Politics After World War II, Dems lost touch with their New Deal roots. Now they’re coming back home.I’ve been reading the journals of historian-speechwriter-liberal activist-Prospect founding sponsor Arthur Schlesinger over the past week. They’ve helped me understand a good deal about American… Continue reading
US President Donald Trump, joined by Republican lawmakers, signs the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law on July 4, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Eric Lee/Getty Images) “There is one point that should be very clear: It has been run up almost entirely due to Republican tax cuts… Continue reading
San Francisco Dems, in unprecedented move, could break with state party to oppose billionaire tax by Junyao Yang August 20, 2026 (MissionLocal.org) The California Democratic Party narrowly voted in early August to support the upcoming billionaire wealth tax. San Francisco’s local party chapter appears poised to buck that choice: It is taking unprecedented… Continue reading
By Adrienne Fong Not back posting on a regular basis. RESOURCES: UPDATES WITH BAY RESISTANCE and get plugged to actions you can support, text “Resist” to 888-850-0928 GI HOTLINE (877) 477-4497 Center On Conscience and War: 800-379-2679 (toll free) In Washington DC – Share these numbers to people who know active duty service members… Continue reading
OSF Editor: Will a future aircraft carrier be named after Doris Miller or Trump? Google AI: No final decision has been made, but the U.S. Navy is actively conducting internal discussions about renaming the future aircraft carrier (CVN-81) to honor President Donald Trump. [1, 2, 3] The vessel was originally… Continue reading
By Kaanita Iyer,Francesca Giuliani Hoffman Updated 17 hr ago (CNN.com) US airman detained again after calling for Trump’s impeachment, his attorney speaks out Video: https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/19/politics/us-airman-arrested-at-capitol-trump-impeachment-detained Jason Watson, the US service member who was arrested on the steps of the US Capitol last month after calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, has been… Continue reading
. “As an adjudicated insurrectionist, Trump is an illegitimate president according to Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, and therefore every official act as president will be illegitimate.” –Mike Zonta, co-editor of OccupySF.net The 14th Amendment states: “No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President… Continue reading
An organization that released public election polling in recent weeks withdrew the results of two surveys, revealing that it had fabricated the polls as part of a “short-term social experiment” meant to expose how quickly false information could spread. One of the surveys released by the group, Median Strategies, claimed… Continue reading
Invited, undefended, unpunished, and rewarded: what independent researchers can still measure has doubled in a year, and the instruments that would measure the rest no longer exist. Christopher Armitage Aug 19, Christopher Armitage from The Existentialist Republic (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Publisher’s note on sources and standards This report… Continue reading
By saying housing money hurts the cops, he may be undermining support for his own Housing Trust Fund. By Tim Redmond August 17, 2026 (48hills.org) Mayor Daniel Lurie may well be undermining his own affordable housing bill by attacking another affordable housing measure—one that doesn’t conflict with his proposal. The… Continue reading
