“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 and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.”
Call your Congressperson and your U.S. Senators at (202) 224-3121
The story of the improbable becoming possible — told by the people who slept in the park.
About The Series
In 2008, a Wall Street crash gutted millions of lives. It took until 2011 for the Left to answer — a call to protest went out, thousands came, and they tried to build an anti-capitalist village in a small Manhattan park.
Told through the voices of activists who camped in Zuccotti Park for almost two months, Occupy! An Unfinished Uprising gets inside a movement that grew fast, felt transcendent and chaotic at once, and then violently flamed out. The press called it a failure. It changed the national conversation about capitalism, gave us the language of the 99%, and trained a generation of organizers.
As Occupy’s 15th anniversary arrives this September, it’s a reminder that collective action can still reshape what looks impossible.
E. Iranian political analyst says Iranian economy can endure further sanction…
Omid Khazani, an Iranian political analyst based in Tehran, argued that the US and Israel did not achieve their goals in Iran and thus are left with the only option of militarily continuing to “commit war crimes”.
F. U.S.-Born Children Are Sent to Haiti Aboard Second Deportation Flight in a Week – August 28, 2026
Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir recently said that Israeli forces should “kill 30 – 40” Palestinians in Gaza every day. In reference to Palestinians, he said, “They are not people.”1
2. Stop Trump and Stephen Miller’s NSPM-7 attacks on free speech and protest!
An International Webinar Getting to the truth about China’s new Ethnic Unity Law, and answering Western media and politicians’ hysterical anti-China reactions. Learn how all China’s people get free education, health care, housing and equal rights!
Chen Weihua, former China Daily EU bureau chief
· Jason Smith, American radio host living in China
· Jacqueline Luqman, Black Alliance for Peace · Carlos Martinez, Friends of Socialist China
· Arnold August, Xizang/Tibet expert
· Sara Flounders, United National Antiwar Coalition
Host: Workers World
4. Sunday, 12Noon – 2:00pm, U.S. Imperialism Threatens Cuba’s Survival
New Valencia Hall 747 Polk St (nr. Ellis) San Francisco
U.S. sanctions and embargoes have created a humanitarian crisis in Cuba, impacting the daily lives of working-class Cubans. With Trump’s desire for an imperialist takeover of the island, international solidarity is needed. Unfortunately, the Cuban government is enacting measures that further open up a “free market” economy and place it more firmly on the path of capitalist restoration. Learn about the current situation in Cuba and how to defend the country’s sovereignty, fight the embargo and provide support.
Speaker: Bob Price Committee for Revolutionary International Regroupment leader and author of Cuba: A Socialist Dream Deferred
Let’s welcome the SF supervisors back from their recess with a strong message that they must ensure public safety by reigning in the AI companies from developing harmful technology that could end up killing us all.
Rally at noon and learn the process for public comment, get our talking points, and then join us in solidarity and community to go up to their first meeting of the fall session.
6. Thursday, 6:30pm – 8:00pm, Solidarity Presence in the West Bank: Report back
Private home:
1925 Hudson St. El Cerrito, CA
Come with an open mind & heart as you listen to the first-hand accounts from two US volunteers with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). We’ll discuss the importance of the ISM’s Palestinian-led activism, where we stay with families most at-risk of expulsion and state-backed settler violence. Solidarity presence means to bear witness and document such atrocities while hoping to deter violence and keep Palestinians on their land.
Amidst the escalation of ethnic cleansing, there are many ways to support the movement, both on the ground in the West Bank, and especially at home. We will give a presentation and allow plenty of time for discussion.
I’m not sure how much it helps the campaign of Manny Yekutiel for supervisor to get the endorsement of the local Democratic Party with these sorts of headlines:
Mission Local: “S.F. Dems endorse Manny Yekutiel in tense meeting despite sexual assault allegation, plea from accuser”
SF Standard: “Manny Yekutiel was accused of sexual assault. The SF Democratic Party just endorsed him”
Manny Yekutiel got the DCCC nod. The majority cared nothing about assault allegations. Campaign photo.
The billionaires clearly think that Yekutiel is the best candidate in District 8. So the DCCC members they funded bowed to their will, and voted for a guy who was credibly accused of sexual assault.
None of the allegations were going to matter. The mayor and his pals want Manny; the DCCC caved. Even Sup. Matt Dorsey, who supported Gary McCoy and who said that McCoy’s role in the recovery community was critical, bowed at the last minute and went with Yekutiel.
Here’s the list of people who think sexual assault allegations don’t matter when the billionaire candidate is up for endorsement:
Cedric Akbar
Michaela Alioto-Pier
Joshua Arce
Patrick Boileau
Trevor Chandler
Lanier Coles
Lily Ho
Marjan Philhour
Joe Sangirardi
Matt Dorsey
Fiona Ma
Nancy Tung
Then the local party went on to do something that hardly ever happens: It broke with the state party to oppose Prop. 40, the billionaire tax on the November ballot. Again, this is no surprise at all: The rich tech bros now completely control San Francisco’s Democratic Party. They paid for it, and they got it.
So let’s not pretend that any “investigation” or party protocol on sexual assault made any difference at all here. I’ve been watching Democratic Party politics in SF for 40 years, and I don’t think I’ve even seen a DCCC majority this bad.
An earlier version of this article mistakingly said Eric Kingsbury voted for Manny. He supported McCoy.
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Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. He spent much of that time as executive editor of the Bay Guardian. He is the founder of 48hills.
We can expect the courts to foil Trump’s scheme to have the Postal Service block mail ballots—but it will be a close call.
In the latest twist in the saga of President Trump’s efforts to get the U.S. Postal Service to restrict or condition mail-in voting, a federal judge once again has enjoined the Postal Service from moving ahead with its plan. District Court Judge Indira Talwani’s order yesterday came after the Supreme Court had admonished her on Monday, overturning her earlier injunction on the grounds that the Postal Service had not finalized any changes; thus the suit and injunction were supposedly premature. But as Judge Talwani wrote in her latest order, the Postal Service had actually gone ahead and issued a final rule providing that unless a state provides voter information to the USPS and meets other arbitrary conditions, the Postal Service will not deliver mail-in ballots. She wrote that the states which had sued “face irreparable harm where they are required to comply with a likely unconstitutional regulation for which compliance is practically impossible as to the 2026 midterm elections, now little more than two months away … Most Plaintiff States have already ordered their mail ballots, and some are required by state law to send them to eligible voters as early as next week.” In fact, the Supreme Court overruled her previous order late last week just as the USPS was preparing to issue its final order. In a remarkable rebuke to the high court, Judge Talwani added, “The Supreme Court gave no indication that it was aware of the Final Rule when the [Court’s] Order was issued.” What now? Judge Talwani’s order blocked the rule from taking effect for 14 days. A previously scheduled hearing on the legality of the rule is set for September 3. As this cat-and-mouse game continues and the clock runs, it becomes increasingly unlikely that the administration will be able to execute its plan to block or condition mail-in voting in time for the November election. The courts have already held that Trump’s earlier effort in March by executive order to take direct control over voter lists was unconstitutional. Trump also instructed the USPS to refuse to deliver ballots in states that were not following rules issued by the federal government or the Postal Service.
How does Trump get to dictate Postal Service meddling in partisan politics? As our colleague David Dayen has been writing for more than a decade, one reason is that the last two Democratic presidents, Biden and Obama, have been asleep at the switch. Obama did not fill a single vacancy on the Postal Service Board of Governors during his entire eight-year term of office. As Dayen pointed out in a piece for The New Republic in 2014 (long before he joined the Prospect), the inspector general of the Postal Service proposed that the USPS provide basic postal banking, but it never happened—because the Postal Service’s board was still dominated by George W. Bush appointees. And Biden left in place Trump appointee Louis DeJoy as postmaster general because he never bothered to appoint enough board members to fire him. Trump has recently appointed four new members of the Postal Service board to fill vacancies. They face Senate confirmation in September. Three of them are explicit election deniers. The Constitution explicitly says: “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof,” subject only to congressional conditions, as in the case of the Voting Rights Act. It makes no provision for presidential executive orders. Now, ironically, it will fall to the Supreme Court (with a 6-3 majority of Republican appointees) to prevent the Postal Service from helping Trump steal the election. The high court has been playing games with this, but the scheme is so flagrantly unconstitutional that in the end the Court will probably do the right thing, but barely.
The Real News Network Aug 28, 2026 SÃO BERNARDO DO CAMPO President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva launched his campaign for a fourth and final term before thousands of supporters in São Bernardo do Campo, promising to keep fighting poverty and investing in Brazil’s future. His challenger: Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, running in place of his father, former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who is under house arrest after being convicted of attempting a coup. US President Donald Trump has backed the Bolsonaros with tariffs, visa revocations, and open pressure — what experts call a new era of US dominance over Latin America. Michael Fox reports from São Paulo, with voices from Lula’s campaign launch, evangelical Bolsonaro supporters on the streets of São Paulo, and foreign relations professor Igor Fuser.
Robert Reich and Inequality Media Premiered Aug 25, 2026 Private utility companies like PG&E, Duke, and Exelon control electricity for nearly 70% of Americans — and they’re using that monopoly power to drive up your bills while pocketing record profits. It doesn’t have to be this way. Watch. Find an active Public Power campaign near you: https://ilsr.org/energy/public-power-…
Tomorrow is the day. Whether you are joining us in Washington, D.C., or watching from home, you are part of this moment.
CAN’T MAKE IT TO D.C.? JOIN US VIRTUALLY!
The March on Washington 2026: Defend the Vote Livestream will be available through People Power United on Friday, August 28, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM Eastern.
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Join us from wherever you are. Together, we can show up for voting rights, civil rights, liberty, justice, and power to the people in Washington and across the country.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2026
Lincoln Memorial | Washington, D.C.
8:00 AM — Arrive 9:00 AM — Program begins
The dream is unfinished. We rise to carry it forward.
As America marks 250 years, people from across the country are gathering to defend voting rights, civil rights, liberty, justice, economic dignity, and power to the people.
Come prepared for a long and powerful day outside:
Water
Sunscreen
Hat
Comfortable walking shoes
Refillable water bottle
Check the weather before you leave and plan accordingly.
GETTING TO THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL
Metro is strongly encouraged.
Foggy Bottom–GWU, on the Blue, Orange, and Silver lines, is the closest Metro station to the Lincoln Memorial.
Smithsonian, also on the Blue, Orange, and Silver lines, is another option, but allow additional walking time and expect heavier crowds.
Driving?
There is no dedicated March participant parking at the Lincoln Memorial.
Limited metered street parking and commercial garages are available in Foggy Bottom and downtown Washington, but availability is not guaranteed.
Traffic, street closures, and event-day restrictions may affect access, so leave plenty of extra time.
IMPORTANT BUS UPDATE
People Power United shared our bus interest form with the main March organizers so they could help connect people with available transportation.
Organizers contacted people when they identified buses with available spaces near them.
If you have not heard from a bus organizer by now, we recommend making alternative transportation arrangements rather than waiting for a bus connection.
If getting to Washington is not possible, please join us virtually instead.
Flower Piano returns September 10 to September 20 in the SF Botanical Garden, and as always, it is free to attend for all SF residents. (Tickets for non-residents can be purchased at the gate, or purchased ahead here.) The event runs all 11 days, with scheduled performers concentrated more heavily on the weekends.
A voter places their ballot in a mailbox in Everett, Washington on July 30, 2020.
(Photo by Cindy Shebley/flickr/cc)
“These mail-in ballot restrictions threaten to disenfranchise millions of eligible voters who rely on mail voting to participate in our democracy,” said one advocate.
A day after a federal judge lifted her injunction on President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting mail-in ballots, a quartet of civil rights groups on Thursday filed fresh claims in their lawsuit challenging the administration’s weaponization of the US Postal Service to attack the right to vote under the pretense of fighting nearly nonexistent fraud.
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, NAACP, Common Cause, and Black Voters Matter Fund argued in the US District Court for the District of Columbia that Trump’s March 31 executive order unlawfully attempts to federalize important parts of election administration—especially voter eligibility verification and mail-ballot delivery—by presidential fiat, without authorization from Congress, while creating serious risks of disenfranchisement and misuse of personal data.
The plaintiffs—and many legal experts—argue that the US Constitution gives the states and Congress the authority to regulate federal elections, not the president.
“Our democracy is under attack,” NAACP president and CEO Derrick Johnson said Thursday in a statement. “No federal entity should be allowed to implement last-minute rules that disenfranchise voters and override state election laws.”
“This new USPS rule is a direct assault on the fundamental freedoms of millions of Americans—particularly Black voters, communities of color, seniors, military members, and rural residents—just weeks before a critical election,” Johnson added, referring to November’s pmidterms. “We will not stand idly by while the voices of the people are silenced. We must protect every eligible citizen’s right to cast their ballot.”
Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, warned that “these mail-in ballot restrictions threaten to disenfranchise millions of eligible voters who rely on mail voting to participate in our democracy while balancing work, caregiving responsibilities, disabilities, and other realities of daily life.”
“The Trump administration is trying to limit access to the ballot, sow confusion at the polls, and to use the ensuing chaos as an excuse to exert power over agencies and processes in a politicized way,” Hewitt added. “We will not let this or any administration further undermine our democratic process. We will fight to ensure our elections are free and fair, and that eligible voters are not shut out—especially Black voters and other voters of color, who are frequently targeted by voter suppression schemes.”
Several courts had ruled against Trump’s order. But this week, the US Supreme Courtcleared the way for the administration to proceed with its plans, and on Wednesday US District Judge Indira Talwani, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, was compelled to lift her injunction on the executive order as a result of the high court’s decision.
Also on Wednesday, the groups behind the case before Talwani moved to block the Postal Service rule, as did a coalition of two dozen Democratic state attorneys general, whose initial challenge had resulted in the ruling from the Supreme Court—which found that the AGs filed their first suit prematurely.
Republicans including Trump—who has repeatedly voted by mail—have used fearmongering and disinformation to push the nearly nonexistent “threat” of voter fraud, especially in regard to mailed ballots, and noncitizens voting in US elections.
“Mail-in voting is so safe that even the president has used it twice this year,” Common Cause president and CEO Virginia Kase Solomón said on Thursday. “The Postal Service exists to deliver our mail, not to be weaponized by this administration to silence voters. Common Cause will keep fighting to protect a democracy where people choose their leaders—not the other way around.”
Trump’s March order is part of a broader attack on voting rights that includes pushing an updated version of Republicans’ so-called SAVE America Act, which would mandate proof of citizenship and strict photo ID requirements to register to vote in federal elections. The legislation, which was passed by the House of Representatives in February, is stalled in the narrowly split Senate, where it lacks the support of 60 lawmakers needed to avoid a Democrat filibuster.
“Mail-in voting gives people the freedom and flexibility to participate in our democracy, and we should be honest about what these efforts to restrict it are really doing: creating barriers to the ballot under the guise of election security,” Black Voters Matter Fund co-founders Cliff Albright and LaTosha Brown said in a joint statement Thursday. “We are not fooled. This is the same old playbook—manufacture confusion, create unnecessary hurdles, and chip away at voting access.”
“When the same politicians who defend their own access to mail-in voting move to restrict that access for others, the hypocrisy is hard to ignore,” Albright and Brown continued. “We cannot allow voter suppression to be repackaged as voter protection or allow political interference to determine who gets to participate and whose voice counts.”
“This is not about making democracy more secure; it is about reshaping who can fully participate in it,” they added. “We will continue to call these efforts what they are and fight for every eligible voter’s freedom to make their voice heard.”
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This Sunday’s Town Hall: Announcing This Week’s Progressive Town Hall: Every Sunday at 4pm ET/1pm PT RSVP HERE Join PDA activists online from across the country to discuss the importance of progressives reclaiming the American story from the MAGA right, an issue of heightened importance as we’re now within one... Continue reading →
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One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism Virtual Event · Hosted by No Kings Time Wednesdays 8 – 9:30pm EDT Location Virtual event Join from anywhere About this event Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations,... Continue reading →
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The San Francisco Democratic Party presents The San Francisco Democratic Party 2026 Gala Thursday, September 10th 6:00 – 10:00 PM Bimbo’s 365 Club 1025 Columbus Ave San Francisco, CA 94133 TICKETS https://www.sfdems.org/gala2026
Robert Kuttner
