X Suspends Journalist Ken Klippenstein Over Publication of JD Vance Dossier

Screenshot of a tweet shared by journalist Ken Klippenstein prior to his account being suspended by X on Thursday, September 26, 2024.  (Image: Screengrab) “The ‘free speech absolutist’ has once again silenced a journalist he didn’t like,” said one observer. BRETT WILKINS Sep 26, 2024 (CommonDreams.org) X—the social media platform… Continue reading

Giuliani Permanently Disbarred in DC Over Effort to Overturn 2020 Election

Giuliani Permanently Disbarred in DC Over Effort to Overturn 2020 Election

Former New York City Mayor and former personal lawyer for former President Donald Trump Rudy Giuliani talks to members of the press on May 19, 2023 in Washington, D.C.  (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) “Imagine once being dubbed ‘America’s Mayor’ and having an illustrious legal and political career, and throwing it… Continue reading

25 Arrested Blocking Netanyahu’s Motorcade to UN General Assembly

Activists protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to New York City to address the United Nations General Assembly, marching in Manhattan on September 26, 2024.  (Photo: Jewish Voice for Peace) “Our world leaders have done nothing to stop Netanyahu and his genocidal administration,” said one organizer. “We must be… Continue reading

Exclusive: Khanna Proposes End to ‘Unconscionable’ Taxpayer Subsidies for Big Oil

Congressman Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) speaks at an “End Fossil Fuel” rally near the U.S. Capitol on June 29, 2021 in Washington, D.C.  (Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) “The fossil fuel industry receives over $20.5 billion in taxpayer dollars every year while fleecing American consumers and driving a global climate crisis,” said… Continue reading

Breed Proposes Yet Another Incentive to Convert Offices to Housing, as No One’s Been Jumping on Previous Incentives

Breed Proposes Yet Another Incentive to Convert Offices to Housing, as No One’s Been Jumping on Previous Incentives

26 SEPTEMBER 2024/SF NEWS/JOE KUKURA (SFist.com) Mayor Breed is pushing a new proposal to eliminate an estimated $70,000 and $90,000 per unit in costs to convert downtown office space to housing, as developers aren’t really biting on previous conversion incentives. With the simultaneous San Francisco problems of way too much vacant… Continue reading

Republicans’ Electoral College Edge, Once Seen as Ironclad, Looks to Be Fading

Republicans’ Electoral College Edge, Once Seen as Ironclad, Looks to Be Fading

SKIP ADVERTISEMENT A review of the evidence that Donald Trump’s advantage relative to the national popular vote has declined significantly. By Nate Cohn Sept. 25, 2024 (NYTimes.com) Leer en español Ever since Donald J. Trump’s stunning victory in 2016 — when he lost the popular vote by almost three million votes but still… Continue reading

Meet the 7 Corporations Doing the Most to Undermine Democracy Worldwide

An Amazon robotics innovation hub in shown in Westborough, Massachusetts on November 10, 2022.  (Photo: Joseph Prezios/AFP via Getty Images) “Unless we’re organized and demanding responsive governments that actually meet the needs of people, it’s corporate power that’s going to set the agenda,” one organizer said. OLIVIA ROSANE Sep 23,… Continue reading

KAMALA HARRIS REFUSED TO MEET WITH UNCOMMITTED ABOUT GAZA — AND UNCOMMITTED REFUSED TO ENDORSE HER

The movement counts among its ranks many disillusioned Arab and Muslim voters in the key swing state of Michigan. Akela Lacy September 19 2024, 9:00 a.m. (TheIntercept.com) Kamala Harris speaks at a rally in Milwaukee, Wis., on Aug. 20, 2024, during the week of the Democratic National Convention. Photo: Mahka Eslami/Middle… Continue reading