HONG KONG CROWD BOOING CHINA’S ANTHEM SPARKS POLICE PROBE

張家朗奪金 頒獎禮過百人嗌「WE ARE HONG KONG」冚國歌 July 30, 2021 (bbc.com) Hong Kong police are investigating an incident where a crowd watching the Olympics booed China’s anthem. Hundreds gathered at a shopping mall on Monday to watch a broadcast and cheer on Hong Kong fencer Edgar Cheung, who won gold in the… Continue reading

S.F. DA Boudin recall: As a key deadline approaches, here’s how much money both sides have raised

Megan Cassidy, Susie Neilson July 28, 2021 (SFChronicle.com) One of the two recall efforts seeking to oust San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin reported nearly $650,000 in donations in recent months, thanks largely to a single, deep-pocketed political action committee, according to recent campaign finance filings. The money likely will provide a boost… Continue reading

DANIEL HALE SENTENCED TO 45 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR DRONE LEAK

DONATE30Film still of Daniel Hale from the feature documentary “National Bird.” Still: Torsten Lapp/Ten Forward Films “I am here because I stole something that was never mine to take — precious human life,” Hale said at his sentencing. Ryan Devereaux, Murtaza HussainJuly 27 2021, 1:43 p.m. (theintercept.com) DANIEL HALE, a former U.S. Air Force… Continue reading

IN THE RACE AGAINST NINA TURNER, GOP DONORS FUND SHONTEL BROWN

Shontel Brown, candidate for Ohio’s 11th Congressional District in Akron, Ohio, on July 14, 2021. Photo: Mike Cardew via Image With one week left in the Ohio primary, Republican donors have picked their Democrat — and the pro-Israel PAC supporting her. Matthew Cunningham-CookJuly 27 2021, 2:03 p.m. (theintercept.com) AS THE DEMOCRATIC primary for… Continue reading

The New Yorker Makes the Case That Chesa Boudin Needs Savvy, Not Stats, to Win Over Critics

29 JULY 2021/SF POLITICS/JAY BARMANN (SFist.com) San Francisco’s progressive prosecutor Chesa Boudin is again garnering a national spotlight in a piece in The New Yorker that tries to parse our current moment with criminal justice reform, and the polarizing position he has landed in. The general gist of the piece by Benjamin… Continue reading

BOOK: “NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, AN AMERICAN SLAVE”

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (The Autobiographies #1) by Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison  Born a slave in 1818 on a plantation in Maryland, Douglass taught himself to read and write. In 1845, seven years after escaping to the North, he published Narrative, the first of three… Continue reading

Why Toxic “Forever Chemicals” are in the Blood of Most Americans

NOVA PBS Official What makes PFAS chemicals extremely useful—and extremely hard to get rid of—are the bonds between carbon and fluorine atoms that are almost impossible to break. Read more about “forever chemicals” and their presence in our water and food on NOVA Next: https://to.pbs.org/36uBIXl PRODUCTION CREDITS: Produced by: Emily… Continue reading

Hillary Clinton-endorsed Candidate Shontel Brown Faces Potential Ethics Probe

BY WALKER BRAGMAN AND ANDREW PEREZ, DAILY POSTER  ON 7/27/21 AT 8:45 AM ED (newsweek.com) With a week to go before the special primary election for Ohio’s 11th Congressional District, Democratic candidate Shontel Brown may be in hot water. In April, The Intercept reported that Brown, a Cuyahoga County Councilmember, had… Continue reading