The justice also discussed long-term consequences of the court’s abortion ruling. Even as Justice Elena Kagan leaned into her call for an enforcement mechanism, she retreated from a suggestion she made last year that Congress’ power to dictate ethics rules for the court was well established. | Rich Pedroncelli/AP By JOSH… Continue reading
(info@sfpublicpress.org) A 2019 sample ballot with ranked-choice columns This Democracy Day, get ready to make your voice heard by brushing up on how ranked-choice voting works. Check out this 10-minute video on how to fill out a ranked-choice ballot. Or, if you prefer to listen, here’s an archive episode of “Civic” with Jason McDaniel, associate professor… Continue reading
FRI, 9/13/2024 – BY CARL GIBSON (Occupy.com) Former President Donald Trump is growing increasingly deranged, yet the media is asleep at the wheel. In just the span of just two weeks, Trump called for the jailing of political opponents, blamed Vice President Kamala Harris for the security lapse that led to his would-be assassin getting… Continue reading
Rent control, affordable housing, vicious attacks on the unhoused set clear distinctions in the mayoral race. By TIM REDMOND SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 (48hills.org) Mayor London Breed didn’t show up for the live, televised KPIX/SF Examiner debate Wednesday, but she played a large role in the discussion. All the challengers said… Continue reading
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump talks to journalists after a debate on September 10, 2024. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) “With 102 deniers on election boards in the swing states, the potential for creating chaos is enormous.” EDWARD CARVER Sep 13, 2024 (CommonDreams.org) More than 100 election officials across eight swing… Continue reading
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks at the opening of the 55th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland on February 26, 2024. (Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images) However, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres added, “I know the American political life sufficiently to know that it will… Continue reading
Are we headed back to the bad old days of redevelopment? Or just some tall stuff? by H.R. SMITH SEPTEMBER 12, 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 Leer en español Mission Local is publishing campaign dispatches for… Continue reading
(newenglandhistoricalsociety.com) The novelist stuck with the reviled ex-president to the end In 1852, Nathaniel Hawthorne did the unthinkable: He wrote a campaign biography for presidential candidate Franklin Pierce. Critics thought such hackwork beneath Nathaniel Hawthorne. He was, after all, the acclaimed author of The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables. Nathaniel Hawthorne didn’t… Continue reading
Martin O’Malley, commissioner of the Social Security Administration, talks with Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on September 11, 2024. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images) “The ultra-wealthy are avoiding nearly $2 trillion in taxes every 10 years,” said Sen. Ron Wyden. “That’s where we ought… Continue reading
