Recall of S.F. D.A. Chesa Boudin likely to head to voters, with many more signatures submitted than needed

Trisha Thadani Oct. 22, 2021 Updated: Oct. 24, 2021 2:11 p.m. (SFChronicle.com) A recall effort against San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin very likely will reach voters as early as June, after campaign organizers submitted approximately 83,000 signatures Friday to qualify for the ballot — roughly 32,000 more than required. Campaign… Continue reading →

Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, Know What Happened to Pols Who Did What They’re Doing

BY ANDREW PEREZ AND WALKER BRAGMAN, DAILY POSTER ON 11/5/21 AT 5:00 AM EDT (Newsweek.com) It’s a core principle of economics that people do what they are incentivized to do. That may be why Senators Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., haven’t hesitated to oppose popular progressive policies in their own party’s spending… Continue reading →

Articles ~ Petitions ~ Events for Friday, Nov. 5 – Tuesday, Nov. 9 (from Adrienne Fong)

November 5, 2021 ARTICLES: A. Mass Media Hasten To Help Pentagon Exonerate Itself In Afghan Airstrike – November 4, 2021 Mass Media Hasten To Help Pentagon Exonerate Itself In Afghan Airstrike – Caitlin Johnstone B. They grew up in Oakland. They owned homes. How they lost everything explains the city’s… Continue reading →

WHAT DRIVES SF’S GENTRIFICATION? IT’S NOT WHAT MANY THINK

by Randy Shaw on November 2, 2021 (beyondchron.org) 204 rooms permanent supportive housing, 6th and Stevenson Don’t Blame New Market Rate Housing San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors rejected a 495-unit, 24% affordable project last week. The Board did so over fears it would promote Sixth Street “gentrification.” Gentrification is not a ground for… Continue reading →

The dangerous joke of the Chesa Boudin recall

The attempt to recall San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin exemplifies how loud, angry political minorities are deepening divisions and obstructing elected officials. (Kevin N. Hume/The Examiner) Liberal wishy-washiness is how the rest of the country will see San Francisco LINCOLN MITCHELL Nov. 3, 2021 8:30 a.m. (SFExaminer.com) NEWS NEWSLETTER… Continue reading →

Biden Social Spending Bill Whittled Down To $10 Billion Check To Joe Manchin

Biden Social Spending Bill Whittled Down To $10 Billion Check To Joe Manchin

Wednesday 12:00PM (theonion.com) WASHINGTON—At last striking a compromise that unites all 50 Democrats in the Senate, the White House announced Wednesday that it had enough votes to pass a streamlined version of President Joe Biden’s social spending bill that had been stripped of every provision except for a $10 billion… Continue reading →

The Fifth of November (Guy Fawkes Night Poem)

The Fifth of November (Guy Fawkes Night Poem)

Remember, remember!The fifth of November,The Gunpowder treason and plot;I know of no reasonWhy the Gunpowder treasonShould ever be forgot!Guy Fawkes and his companionsDid the scheme contrive,To blow the King and ParliamentAll up alive.Threescore barrels, laid below,To prove old England’s overthrow.But, by God’s providence, him they catch,With a dark lantern, lighting… Continue reading →