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(Image from keepintouch@ebar.com) By David Hernandez,Staff Writer Jan 11, 2026 (SFChronicle.com) Gift Article State Sen. Scott Wiener speaks during a Congressional District 11 candidate forum in San Francisco.Scott Strazzante/S.F. Chronicle Sen. Scott Wiener referred to Israel’s war in Gaza as genocide for the first time Sunday, changing course after he got… Continue reading →

Crowds turned out to Splash Pad Park on Sunday, joining similar demonstrations across the U.S. by Natalie Orenstein and Jerome ParmerJan. 12, 2026 (Oaklandside.org) Crowds in Oakland joined demonstrators across the country on Sunday to protest the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement campaign and the fatal shooting by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent… Continue reading →

Jan. 13, 2026 (NYTimes.com) By Thomas B. Edsall Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. President Trump is showing symptoms of an addiction to power, evident in his compulsion to escalate claims of dominion over domestic and international adversaries. The size and scope of… Continue reading →

AMERICA NEEDS YOU America has been invaded by criminals and predators [and landscapers, meat packers, housekeepers, elder care workers and factory and warehouse workers]. We need YOU to get them out. You do not need an undergraduate degree. 

(Image from YouTube.com) Heather Cox Richardson  January 9, 2026 (Friday) Facebook post Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S. Army personnel in the European theater of World War II. Titled Army Talks, the series was designed “to help [the personnel] become better-informed men and… Continue reading →

JOIN US BLACKOUT  THE  SYSTEM WE’RE NOT ASKING.  WE’RE SHUTTING IT DOWN.  A national movement across all races, cultures & classes to strategically and peacefully withdraw our labor & spending. The “system” will hear us – We The People. We’re not just talking about what’s wrong – we’re building what is… Continue reading →

A Mighty Girl  “We were guilty, period.” One former Trump supporter, Pamela Hemphill, refused to be party to Trump’s attempt to downplay the significance of the violent insurrection of the U.S. Capitol which took place five years ago today on January 6, 2021. Hemphill formally rejected Trump’s pardon for her… Continue reading →

“Violence is anything that threatens them and their safety, so it is doxing them, it’s videotaping them where they’re at when they’re out on operations,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. C.J. Ciaramella | From the February/March 2026 issue (Reason.com) (Photo: Andrew Leyden/Getty) The Trump administration believes you don’t have the right to… Continue reading →

People in Minneapolis yell at federal agents on Sunday, January 11th, 2026, just days after the killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross.  (Photo: Screengrab via footage by FordFischer/News2Share) “Protesters… are furious, and tensions are exploding,” said one independent journalist. “This is escalation, not policing.” Jon Queally… Continue reading →