Chronicle Editorial Board May 27, 2021 Comments (SFChronicle.com) Democrats control the White House and Capitol Hill, the National Rifle Association is broke and discredited, and the grim rhythm of American mass shootings has resumed after an all too brief pandemic lull. Congress’ inaction on the violence, however, springs eternal. A shooting at… Continue reading
AB 1177, the California Public Banking Option Act, received an AYE vote from every Democrat in the Assembly Appropriations Committee last Thursday and now heads to the Assembly floor for a vote in a few days! Big banks that made billions from overdraft fees during the pandemic are doing everything… Continue reading
UPDATE – May 27th, 3:45pm From AROC on FB: AROC: Arab Resource & Organizing Center | Facebook For TEXT updates call: 181-BLOCKZIM #BlocktheBoat(1.812.562.5946) We’ve delayed ZIM – Our readiness to mobilize to the Port of Oakland is working! The Israeli ZIM-operated “Volans” ship was scheduled to dock this morning, but hasn’t done so… Continue reading
5/26/21 #BlockTheBoat UPDATE: The Volans ship, operated by the Israeli and apartheid profiteering ZIM shipping company, is getting closer to the Bay by the minute. Be ready to mobilize any day now to block it! We will be sending a text alert and posting here once we confirm the exact day, time,… Continue reading
Pierce Smith, left, and Ed Taylor have enjoyed living together in the Sunset as a result of a program called Home Match. (Courtesy photo) Home Match links seniors with people who need an affordable place to live JOEL P. ENGARDIO May. 24, 2021 5:00 p.m. (SFExaminer.com) NEWS COLUMNISTS NEWSLETTER Is… Continue reading
Coalition on Homelessness identifies money to move 3,800 people off the streets — now — if the mayor would go along. By TIM REDMOND MAY 24, 2021 (48hills.org) San Francisco could bring nearly half of all of the unhoused people in the city into safe affordable housing in a very short… Continue reading
Yesterday 7:00AM (theonion.com) WASHINGTON—Faced with obstacles to his policy proposals that threatened to derail their passage, President Joe Biden on Tuesday reportedly expressed his concern that his ambitious agenda could be stalled by him not really caring if it happens or not. “I came into office with a mandate to… Continue reading
Friday 2:35PM (theonion.com) MINNETONKA, MN—Calling the armed forces of today a “far cry” from the honorable soldiers he recalled from his upbringing, local conservative resident Phil Hayes told reporters Friday he longed for a bygone era when the U.S. Army was 2 inches tall, green, and plastic. “When I was young,… Continue reading
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