The city has the cash to buy buildings that are at risk for speculation and evictions, which could have a huge impact on displacement. By TIM REDMOND NOVEMBER 16, 2021 (48hills.org) The Board of Supes Budget and Finance Committee will consider a plan by Sup. Dean Preston to immediately allocate… Continue reading
A demonstrator holds a sign during a California Poor People’s Campaign protest outside the office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on July 26, 2021 in Los Angeles. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images) “If you can’t or won’t,” nearly 70 groups wrote to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, “please step aside so that someone… Continue reading
First Class: The U.S. Postal Service, Democracy, and the Corporate Threat by Christopher W. Shaw Investigating the essential role that the postal system plays in American democracy and how the corporate sector has attempted to destroy it. “With First Class: The U.S. Postal Service, Democracy, and the Corporate Threat, Christopher Shaw… Continue reading
Starbucks launches aggressive anti-union effort as upstate New York stores organize November 23, 2021 (theguardian.com) Richard Bensinger, left, and baristas discuss their efforts to unionize three Buffalo-area stores at the movement’s headquarters in New York. Photograph: Carolyn Thompson/AP Starbucks has launched an aggressive anti-union campaign as six stores in the… Continue reading
Thom Hartmann Program President John F. Kennedy ‘s assassination has captured the imaginations of people around the world for the last fifty years. But the real story goes places most Americans never imagined. Lamar Waldron joins Thom Hartmann to expose the conspiracy to kill Kennedy in a story 20 years… Continue reading
San Francisco Police Department Virtual Town Hall Meeting Wednesday, November 24 3:00pm-5:00pm Officer – Involved Shooting Fatality of ♥ Ajmal Amani ♥ 41 y/o Info: https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/news/virtual-town-hall-meeting-scheduled-wednesday-028-21 or Virtual Town Hall Meeting | Facebook Live stream info: This virtual town hall will be streamed live on SFGovTV’s YouTube page (http://youtube.com/sfgtv). It will also be streamed on… Continue reading
The new Pete Buttigieg documentary reveals more about the failures of the Democratic Party than it does about the one-time presidential candidate. November 22, 2021 (dailyposter.com) Pete Buttigieg is sitting in an auditorium of South Bend residents who are furious about the recent police killing of a black man named… Continue reading
Why don’t the local media, so happy to attack the DA, fact-check an ad that is blatantly false and kind of ridiculous? By TIM REDMOND NOVEMBER 19, 2021 (48hills.org) There’s a new ad going on the airwaves this week pushing to recall Chesa Boudin—and it features two paid staffers and… Continue reading
(Democracynow.org) The parents of Anthony Huber, one of two men killed by Kyle Rittenhouse, say they are heartbroken and angry over the jury’s Friday verdict, and argue it failed to deliver justice for any of Rittenhouse’s victims. In a statement Friday, they said: “Make no mistake: our fight to hold… Continue reading
John Doerr and Ryan Panchadsaram| Ted.com October 2021 “How much more damage do we have to endure before we realize that it’s cheaper to save this planet than to ruin it?” asks engineer and investor John Doerr. In conversation with Countdown cofounder Lindsay Levin, Doerr and systems innovator Ryan Panchadsaram… Continue reading
