By Adrienne Fong Please share… SF Netanyahu Protest on Monday Netanyahu Is Coming to the Bay Area Monday, September 18 12 Noon Union SquareCorner of Stockton & GearySan Francisco There is No Democracy in Israeli Apartheid Calling all Jews who understand that our future lies in solidarity with Palestinians who… Continue reading
Obama’s former acting Solicitor General and a senator-turned-lobbyist are helping a dark money group pressure the high court. JULIA ROCK President Obama’s former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal speaking outside the U.S. Supreme Court (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)SHARE The former Supreme Court lawyer for the Obama administration and a Democratic senator-turned-lobbyist… Continue reading
Narrated by Eunice Wong Test Originally Published Sept. 10, 2023 (chrishedges@substack.com) Upgrade to paid The Enlightenment – by Mr. Fish I am standing in a classroom in a maximum security prison. It is the first class of the semester. I am facing 20 students. They have spent years, sometimes decades,… Continue reading
BECOMEA MEMBER The message is clear: Try to spread opinions cops don’t like through the media, and you might be charged next. Seth Stern September 11 2023, 2:15 p.m. (TheIntercept.com) Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr speaks during a news conference to discuss the recent indictment of 61 defendants in Fulton… Continue reading
BECOMEA MEMBER Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., looks on during a news conference with Senate Republicans at the U.S. Capitol on July 26, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images Sens. Mitch McConnell and Dianne Feinstein, who have access to top-secret information, recently had public health episodes. Ken Klippenstein… Continue reading
J.K. Dineen Sep. 14, 2023 (SFChronicle.com) Even as shoppers flock to the new IKEA on the 900 block of Market Street, the most prominent building on the block is headed for foreclosure, a cautionary tale of San Francisco’s famously topsy-turvy rush-in and rush-out economy. Having bought the building for $62 million at… Continue reading
Please call NBC to tell them this is wrong! DEAN OBEIDALLAH SEP 14, 2023 (deanobeidallah.substack.com) NBC’s “Meet the Press” could’ve booked any political person for the debut this Sunday of the show’s new moderator, Kristen Welker. There’s U.S. Senator Mitt Romney who just announced his retirement, Senate majority leader Chuck… Continue reading
by JUNYAO YANG SEPTEMBER 14, 2023 (MissionLocal.org) Two restaurants, a chic clothing store, and an “ephemeral” tattoo studio are closing up shop in the Mission, the latest in comings and goings in the neighborhood. Dumpling Club Dumpling Club, the local food retail and community space that makes small-batch dumplings with local… Continue reading
by ANNIKA HOM SEPTEMBER 14, 2023 The project proposed at 2588 Mission St., the site of a 108-year-old building destroyed by fire in 2015, will come before the Planning Commission by the end of the year as a 10-story market-rate project, according to Planning Department Chief of Staff Dan Sider. “The short… Continue reading
Climate campaigners block an entrance to Citibank’s headquarters in New York City on September 14, 2023. (Photo: Collin Rees/X) “Citi is the world’s second-largest financier of fossil fuels,” noted one group taking part in the protest. “How do these people sleep at night? How?” BRETT WILKINS Sep 14, 2023 (CommonDreams.org)… Continue reading
