Advocates have gained momentum to beef up the state’s primary antitrust law, but the largest companies in the nation are trying to stop it. by David Dayen June 29, 2026 (Prospect.org) A bill to update the antitrust laws in the nation’s most populous state faces a critical legislative hearing this week…. Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Movements: US No mention of pro-Israel and corporate funding, no mention of capitalist ideology—just ‘good-faith’ worry over what will play in Purple America. by Adam Johnson June 26, 2026 (therealnews.com) Rahm Emanuel, U.S. ambassador to Japan, attends a photo op with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and congressional… Continue reading
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends a state banquet hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People on May 14, 2026 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) “Come with me on a reporting trip,” said New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof. “You’ll see the… Continue reading
Absentee ballots are prepared to be mailed at the Wake County Board of Elections on September 17, 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) “At a time when the Roberts Court has too often made it harder for Americans to exercise their rights, today’s decision is an… Continue reading
DAYEN ON TAP June 29, 2026 (Prospect.org) If you believe that presidents get to fire executive branch appointees, there is no logical way for that to only be inapplicable for the Federal Reserve.Much of what you need to know about who rules America can be found in two Supreme Court… Continue reading
Seven activists, all with Berkeley ties, blocked the span in 2024, protesting genocide in Gaza. Jurors resume deliberations Monday in the nationally watched felony trial. by Esther Kaplan June 29, 2026 (Berkeleyside.org) No one really disputes what happened on April 15, 2024, on the Golden Gate Bridge. A small group of… Continue reading
The Times called out our editor-in-chief for supposedly “misstating the facts” on its softball coverage of the GOP, versus its nonstop criticisms of progressives. But Mehdi came back with receipts. Team Zeteo Jun 30, 2026 Left: The New York Times building in New York City, United States on July 13, 2024. Photo… Continue reading
Paul McAllister and Johnny Desert Jun 28, 2026 San Francisco’s Barbary Coast ran for nearly seventy years on a three-block stretch of Pacific Street — longer than any red-light district in American history. It began in the chaos of the 1849 Gold Rush, when the city’s population exploded from under… Continue reading
(Image from Google.com) The witness of Otto and Elise Hampel, and what it means for the rest of us Scot Nakagawa Jun 29, 2026 They weren’t famous. They were not obviously brave. Otto Hampel was a factory worker who had fought in the First World War. Elise Hampel was a… Continue reading
