Why SF is suing Trump over birthright citizenship

Why SF is suing Trump over birthright citizenship

San Francisco joined a coalition of states Tuesday in one of two lawsuits that aims to block President Donald Trump’s attempts to revoke birthright citizenship in the United States. Immediately upon taking office Monday, Trump signed an executive order that would upend the 14th Amendment and the historical precedent that, with few exceptions, a… Continue reading

Will the Courts Enforce the Constitution Against President Trump?

(Illustrations by Mike Haddad) If they don’t, the checks and balances that have defined our government since its inception will give way to one-man authoritarian rule. BY ERWIN CHEMERINSKY  JANUARY 22, 2025 (prospect.org) This article appears in the February 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. As a first-term president and more recently as… Continue reading

Inauguration protests beyond the big cities: A small community in West Marin fights back

Coast Miwok Tribal Council, Main Street Moms, Legal Aid of Marin, the Dance Palace, and others rally against deportations and the Trump Agenda in Pt. Reyes Station By CHRISTOPHER D. COOK JANUARY 21, 2025 (48hills.org)          The winter sky above Point Reyes Station on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day—and inauguration… Continue reading

Supes committee assignments: Chan runs budget (and Mandelman will be swing vote)

Fielder to chair Audit and Oversight, Melgar Land Use; Public Safety is all pro-cop supes By TIM REDMOND JANUARY 21, 2025 (48hills.org) The new Board of Supes committee assignments are out, and are fairly predictable based on the unanimous board vote naming Sup. Rafael Mandelman as president. The Budget and… Continue reading

Stanford Drops Disciplinary Case Against Student Journalist Covering Gaza Protest

Stanford Drops Disciplinary Case Against Student Journalist Covering Gaza Protest

22 JANUARY 2025/SF NEWS/JAY BARMANN (SFist.com) A Stanford student who was covering the occupation of the university president’s office by pro-Palestinian protesters last year for the campus newspaper when he was arrested alongside those protesters has been cleared of wrongdoing, at least by the school. Student journalist Dilan Gohill, a… Continue reading

Sanders Blasts Trump for Ignoring ‘Virtually Every Important Issue Facing Working Families’

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is pictured at President Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C.  Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images “In the coming months and years, our job is not just to respond to every absurd statement that Donald Trump makes. Our job is to stay focused… Continue reading

Bloomberg to fund UN climate agency after US exit from Paris accord

AMERICAS Billionaire former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Thursday that his foundation would fund the UN climate change agency after President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Paris Agreement. Bloomberg’s pledge will cover the 22 percent of its $96.5 million budget previously provided by the US for… Continue reading

S.F. Republicans gather to celebrate Trump’s ‘energizing’ return to office

S.F. Republicans gather to celebrate Trump’s ‘energizing’ return to office

By Molly Burke Jan 20, 2025 (SFChronicle.com) Lina Pritchard, center, claps after the national anthem at a GOP inauguration watch party at Harry’s Bar in San Francisco on Monday. Benjamin Fanjoy/Special to the Chronicle San Francisco Republicans spent Monday morning whooping and applauding in Harry’s Bar on Fillmore Street, celebrating the… Continue reading