The open letter, co-signed by Oakland’s Lakeshore and San Francisco’s Castro LGBTQ+ cultural districts, calls on the coffee chain to reverse its controversial move. by Roselyn Romero April 9, 2026 (Oaklandside.org) A day after the CEO of Oakland-headquartered Philz Coffee demanded that Pride flags be removed from all of the chain’s… Continue reading
by Marina Newman April 9, 2026 (MissionLocal.org) Three candidates are facing off for one seat on the San Francisco School Board: Incumbent school board president Phil Kim, and two candidates who are attempting to unseat him. Kim came under fire this year after SFUSD teachers went on strike for the first… Continue reading
The law itself is surprisingly uncontested that nobody gains total and complete immunity as a matter of their employment, job title, or appointment. Christopher Armitage Apr 10, 2026 Image from Dave Sanders at the NYT Legally and factually speaking, being the sitting president doesn’t make you above the law. Not… Continue reading
on Apr 08, 2026 02:35 am Ashleigh Fields, Staff Writer – The Hill Stephan: Nancy Pelosi, as experienced and knowledgeable a Congress member as anyone alive, is now openly calling for the removal of psychopath Trump from office under the 25th Amendment, and she is far from alone. Many advocating this… Continue reading
US Politics The US Treasury at night. Photo credit: Illustration by WhoWhatWhy from APK / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), IRS (PD), and Constitutional Convention / Wikimedia (PD). Jonathan D. Simon 04/08/26 (whowhatwhy.org) What if millions just said No and opened escrow accounts? I’ve been wending my way toward the exit of the TurboTax fun… Continue reading
W. A. Lawrence Apr 8, 2026 The oath binds action. A constitutional breach triggers duty. Silence enters the record as complicity. Photo credit: Jacques-Louis David, The Oath of the Horatii, 1784, oil on canvas, Musée du Louvre, Paris Two of my children wore that uniform. I know the wait for… Continue reading
By Tara Duggan, Staff Writer Updated April 9, 2026 (SFChronicle.com) Gift Article Philz Coffee on Castro Street in San Francisco. The company is drawing criticism for deciding to remove Pride flags from all of its locations.Lea Suzuki/S.F. Chronicle Philz Coffee, a San Francisco-born coffee chain, will remove Pride flags from all of its… Continue reading
Sole endorsement now goes to Connie Chan by Io Yeh Gilman April 8, 2026 (MissionLocal.org) SEIU California, one of the state’s most influential and wealthy unions, has un-endorsed state Sen. Scott Wiener in his bid to succeed Nancy Pelosi in Congress. Supervisor Connie Chan is now SEIU California’s sole endorsee. SEIU attributed the… Continue reading
by Randy Shaw on April 6, 2026 (BeyondChron.org) Attacks from Trump’s FBI help Eric Swalwell Can Democrats Make It Into Top-Two? Two months before the primary election, millions of California Democrats remain disconnected from the state’s governor race. The combination of the March 28 No Kings marches and Donald Trump’s war on Iran… Continue reading
Trump, the Pirate of Hormuz by Greg Palast April 7, 2026 It was a mere 500 years ago that Europeans realized that the Strait of Hormuz was a trade choke point, when Portuguese Admiral Afonso de Albuquerque seized the Island of Hormuz to control trade in and out of the Persian… Continue reading
