102 House Democrats, Including Jeffries, Help GOP Send Crypto Bill to Trump’s Desk

U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) talks to Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on the first day of the 119th Congress at the Capitol on January 3, 2025 in Washington, D.C.  (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) “Congress surrendered to the onslaught of crypto political spending and legitimized the world’s biggest Ponzi scheme,” said… Continue reading

Sanders Proposes ‘Pensions for All’ as Trump Aims to Open 401(k)s to Private Equity Vultures

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks at a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on May 2, 2025.  (Photo: Nathan Morris/NurPhoto via Getty Images) “We can no longer tolerate a rigged retirement system that allows the CEOs of large corporations to receive massive golden parachutes for themselves, while denying workers a pension after… Continue reading

Appeals Board Rejects Attempt to Boot Prison Operator From Historic Compton’s Cafeteria Site; Activists Vow to Fight On

Appeals Board Rejects Attempt to Boot Prison Operator From Historic Compton’s Cafeteria Site; Activists Vow to Fight On

17 JULY 2025/SF NEWS/JAY BARMANN (SFist.com) The SF Board of Appeals heard an appeal Wednesday from a coalition of trans activists, historians, and others hoping to preserve the former Compton’s Cafeteria site in the Tenderloin as a landmark of trans and queer activism. As we reported in May, advocates have been… Continue reading

Q&A: Meet the attorney at the center of S.F.’s response to ICE

Milli Atkinson is the go-to lawyer for those wondering how Trump’s crackdown is hitting San Francisco by MARGARET KADIFA and FRANKIE SOLINSKY DURYEA July 17, 2025 (MissionLocal.org) Since early June, more than two dozen people have been arrested by federal immigration agents in San Francisco. Often, these arrests take place at the San Francisco immigration… Continue reading

THE PALMER RAIDS

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Palmer Raids were a series of raids conducted in November 1919 and January 1920 by the United States Department of Justice under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson to capture and arrest suspected socialists, especially anarchists and communists, and deport them from the United States. The raids particularly targeted Italian immigrants and Eastern European Jewish immigrants with alleged leftist ties, with particular focus… Continue reading

Trump Admits He’s Trying to Rig the Midterm Elections

Donald Trump is eying major reform in multiple states that could hand him an even bigger House majority. CELAL GUNES/ANADOLU/GETTY IMAGES Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling/ July 16, 2025 (newrepublic.com) The president is gung-ho about gerrymandering ahead of next year’s midterm elections. Speaking with reporters on the tarmac of Joint Base Andrews… Continue reading

Texas Redistricting Maneuver May Harm Republicans More Than It Helps

The map may produce a ‘dummymander’ that threatens more GOP incumbents than Democratic ones. BY DAVID DAYEN  JULY 16, 2025 (Prospect.org) STEPHANIE TACY/SIPA USA VIA AP IMAGES State officials in Texas have readied a special legislative session that starts next week, which will include redistricting. Republicans in Texas are apparently going… Continue reading