8 January 2026/SF News/Jay Barmann Hundreds marched through San Francisco’s Mission District Wednesday night following a deadly shooting by ICE agents across the country in Minneapolis, and there was a simultaneous protest in Oakland as well. “We’ve already been seeing them throw people to the ground, now they’re just going… Continue reading
8 January 2026/SF Politics/Joe Kukura (SFist.com) “The question was “Is Israel committing genocide in Gaza?” and Chan and Chakrabarti immediately held up their Yes signs. Scott Wiener sat there frozen and did not move, let alone indicate Yes or No.” With Nancy Pelosi’s congressional seat legitimately up for grabs for… Continue reading
Robert Reich Jan 9, 2026 Renee Good Friends, In Minneapolis yesterday, and ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three. The shooting occurred on a residential street in south Minneapolis (less than a mile from where George Floyd was killed by police in 2020). Trump claimed… Continue reading
KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco Streamed live 19 hours ago The candidates vying to replace Nancy Pelosi as the representative for California’s eleventh congressional district will on Wednesday night meet for their first candidate forum. Watch FOX LOCAL San Francisco live for the latest breaking news from San Francisco, Oakland,… Continue reading
And we are the ones to stop him! Dean Obeidallah Jan 07, 2026 (deanobeidallah.substack.com) Share Invoking Hitler generally means you’ve lost the argument. But that’s not the case when you are noting that Donald Trump is copying Hitler’s playbook—which is the fascist approach to acquiring and retaining power. And after… Continue reading
Deregulated capitalism made it that way. by Harold Meyerson January 7, 2026 (Prospect.org) In Socialism, his 1972 magnum opus, Michael Harrington termed the American labor movement an “invisible” mass social democratic movement. Even as he noted that its language, its forms, and its foreign policy (at least at the AFL-CIO) suggested nothing… Continue reading
As a killing in Minneapolis is documented, the law clearly stipulates that federal agents do not have universal immunity. by David Dayen January 7, 2026 (Prospect.org) On Wednesday afternoon, ICE agents carrying out an operation in south Minneapolis were briefly obstructed by a car blocking traffic. ICE agents approached the female… Continue reading
7 January 2026/SF Politics/Jay Barmann (SFist.com) The federal immigration court in downtown San Francisco that started 2025 with 21 judges and will soon be down to just four, thanks to Trump administration mass-firings, will close by January 2027. News arrived Wednesday that federal officials are planning to shut down the… Continue reading
Today, ICE killed a woman named Renee Nicole Good during an operation in Minneapolis. Based on everything we’ve seen, this appears to be murder — plain and simple. Violence is nothing new for Trump’s secret police force. But this killing is a tragic escalation in the racist campaign of terror being carried… Continue reading
