Fire scene: SF mayoral candidates bring heat at firefighters’ debate

Mayor Breed pledges ‘very aggressive’ tent clearing in contest of who can crack down harder on encampments by JOE ESKENAZI JULY 18, 2024, (MissionLocal.org) Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of news you won’t find elsewhere.Sign up Just as a presidential election hinges on several swing… Continue reading →

District 11 candidates discuss trade-offs between community outreach and efficiency

by XUEER LUJULY 18, 2024 (MissionLocal.org) Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of news you won’t find elsewhere.Sign up Welcome back to the “Meet the Candidates” series for District 11, where we ask each candidate to answer one question every week leading up to the election…. Continue reading →

ICJ Says Israel’s Occupation of Palestinian Territory Is Illegal and Must End

Israeli soldiers and armored vehicles are pictured in the West Bank town of Beita on July 12, 2024.  (Photo: Wahaj Bano Moufleh/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images) The United Nations’ highest court issued an advisory opinion arguing that Israel’s large-scale expansion of settlements amounts to annexation, a crime under international… Continue reading →

Dark Money Just Got Darker: Wall Street Helped Fund Project 2025

Dark Money Just Got Darker: Wall Street Helped Fund Project 2025

By Katya Schwenk, Helen Santoro, Freddy Brewster at The Lever July 18, 2024 (editor@levernews.com) A significant portion of the money bankrolling the Heritage Foundation — the conservative think tank behind the sweeping “Project 2025” initiative to reshape the federal government if former President Donald Trump is reelected — comes from… Continue reading →

CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS ARE QUIETLY SCURRYING AWAY FROM PROJECT 2025 

SUPPORT US Illustration: Fei Liu / Photo: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images Joining the exodus from Project 2025 is Americans United for Life, a national anti-abortion group. Shawn Musgrave July 17 2024, 3:14 p.m. (TheIntercept.com) THE MORE PEOPLE learn about it, the more unpopular and politically toxic Project 2025 has proven… Continue reading →