Meyerson on TAP (Prospect.org) The Washington Post’s new editorialists have turned the page over to screeds defending not just laissez-faire capitalism but Bezos himself.Shortly after he installed some longtime Rupert Murdoch polemicists to the top posts at The Washington Post, Jeff Bezos—the paper’s sole owner—also announced that the paper’s editorial pages… Continue reading
One more vote, and SFUSD teachers can initiate walkout by Junyao Yang December 3, 2025 (MissionLocal.org) San Francisco public school teachers today voted 99.34 percent to authorize a strike, following nearly nine months of fruitless contract negotiations. Today’s five-hour session at Balboa High School in the Excelsior is the first of… Continue reading
Here are a few things you can do right now: Psychologists have looked at why people love sharing Spotify Wrapped so much, and the answer is pretty straightforward: We do it because it makes us feel like part of a group and because it’s a form of self-expression. The good… Continue reading
To say this creates affordable housing is a wild fantasy. Yet Lurie’s allies all lined up against tenants and vulnerable communities. By Tim Redmond December 2, 2025 (48hills.org) The Board of Supes approved Mayor Lurie’s Rich Family Zoning Plan today after rejecting an amendment that would protect all rent-controlled housing. The vote… Continue reading
When an atmospheric river threatened the Berkeley unhoused community with heavy rainfall last November, local activist Stefan Kaiter-Snyder got to work. In just a few days, Kaiter-Snyder parked a “warming hut” on the corner of Eighth and Harrison, which Kaiter-Snyder stocked with piping hot coffee, snacks, a space heater and clean… Continue reading
Hello Somebody, Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries crossed a line. He praised Donald Trump for pardoning Rep. Henry Cuellar, a sitting congressman indicted for bribery and laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars from a foreign government. Cuellar is not just under investigation. He is accused of taking over $600,000 from… Continue reading
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) questions Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) “Henry Cuellar, the last anti-choice Democrat in the House, sold out his own community for bribes… Continue reading
US Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) speaks during a House Rules Committee hearing on September 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) “No conflict for oil, no armed intervention, no war with Venezuela!” said Rep. Jim McGovern. Jessica Corbett Dec 03, 2025 (CommonDreams.org) As President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary… Continue reading
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attends a cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC on December 2, 2025. (Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images) According to the official filing, Trump’s Defense Secretary “has admitted that he gave such orders despite the… Continue reading
