Republican Steve Hilton is currently at the California CIF track championships, protesting trans participation in sports. www.sfchronicle.com/sports/high-...

For military members in far-flung deployments or at sea, the Department of Defense’s free email-to-fax service was a lifeline to democracy for the last 36 years.

If you're into Portland, or architecture, or good writing, my brother's book is gonna be a banger! bsky.app/profile/osup...

BREAKING: Nancy Pelosi is endorsing Connie Chan in the race to replace her in Congress. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe...

🚨BREAKING: After three decades behind bars and 9 execution dates, Richard Glossip has been granted bond by an Oklahoma County judge, setting him up for release in the days to come. Bond set at $500k. Story with @jordansmith.bsky.social to come @theintercept.com

BURGUM: When the sun goes down, solar produces zero electricity HUFFMAN: I want to enter into the record this amazing new technology that apparently the secretary is unaware of -- it's a battery

This would constitute one of the most brazen, most appalling acts of corruption in U.S. history. I know we’re numb to all of this but this is a seven-alarm fire. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/b...

NEW: In this majority-Latino city in California, the GOP had long maintained an iron grip on local government. But that all changed this spring: Anger toward ICE raids, immigrant organizing, and surging turnout for local elections, it all made for a Dem sweep—& flip. Check out the story:

Don't think I've ever seen @rickhasen.bsky.social this angry. "The Supreme Court itself has shown itself to be the enemy of democracy. [Democrats] have to consider reform of the Supreme Court itself, a conclusion I had been resisting until the court made this unavoidable." slate.com/news-and-pol...

“We've not had a real explanation in Congress or (to) the American people why more people are dying,” said Ill. Congresswoman Lauren Underwood, who is also a registered nurse. “The San Francisco Chronicle really recently worked with medical experts to review the deaths.”

Reunited with the restored Thompson Elk! A wonderful moment visiting the fountain/statue this morning. I thought I'd be alone, but a constant stream of people were alongside me doing the same. One guy just looked at me and said, "It's back!"

EXCLUSIVE: A former staffer for Rep. Eric Swalwell says he sexually assaulted her when she was too intoxicated to consent. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Important investigation into failures with ICE medial care that have likely caused multiple deaths. I'll note that these failures are common in the criminal justice system, and are just as deadly there, which is one reason why a solution is to heavily restrict the use of immigration detention.

As the wife of an Army officer, I can't imagine how bad things would have to be for soldiers to speak out like this. Incredibly brave thing to do. bsky.app/profile/kyle...

BREAKING: Two big rulings on Republican Sheriff Chad Bianco's ballot seizures -- California Supreme Court ordered him to halt the investigation. Superior Court ordered warrants unsealed after intervention from @sfchronicle.com & other media orgs. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Republican California gubernatorial candidate Chad Bianco received maximum donations from two closely linked Corona companies, which could violate California campaign finance law.

"Who will help at the airport? How about the people whose only experience with planes is putting people on them against their will" www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

NEW: The judge who signed the warrants allowing GOP Sheriff Chad Bianco to seize 650K ballots endorsed Bianco, received Bianco's endorsement and spoke glowingly about him on a far-right podcast. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

“A California sheriff seized 650,000 ballots. Election experts say it’s a big deal” electionlawblog.org?p=154988

BREAKING: Federal judge tosses out provisions in Pentagon’s new press policy — which most longtime reporters refuse to sign on to — as violations of the First and Fifth Amendments. Background: www.lawdork.com/p/doj-is-bar... Opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Oh my God. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...

Two-thirds of the billionaires who've contributed to the California governor's race have rallied behind one candidates. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

They were inspired by Cesar Chavez. Now California’s Latino leaders are condemning him www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

A UC professor has won criminology's top international honor. The U.S. is more hostile than ever to her research. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

The House’s only openly nonbelieving member says President Donald Trump is trying to reconfigure the country as a Christian state.

A war of words on the 9th Circuit after one judge slammed his colleagues for losing "their collective minds" in a case about "swinging dicks," @saralibby.bsky.social reports: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

I'm halfway through Project Hail Mary and look, I'm ready to call it: It's Colleen Hoover for men. (This is mostly about the horrific writing, but cmon, the main characters are named Ryle and Ryland, easy call.)

NEW: TransUnion and Experian, two of the three major credit bureaus, have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help since the Trump administration began dismantling the CFPB.

NEW: ICE tackled + arrested Juanita Avila, an Oregon shop owner who is a legal permanent resident and had her green card in her pocket. When she asked through sobs why they didn't believe her, one masked agent replied: “Because they lie all the time.” Video + interview with her and her daughter:

DOD appears to be using AI slop to discuss the death of troops in Iran. "DOW Identifies An Army Believed to Be Casualty" www.war.gov/News/Release...

Immigration attorneys were scrambling Thursday to find a Bay Area mother and her two young children, one of whom has severe disabilities, after she were arrested by federal immigration officers in San Francisco this week. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Gov. Gavin Newsom named San Francisco County’s CARE Court program as one of the lowest-performing in California on Monday, as part of a new effort to bolster his signature mental health care program www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Seems pretty clear from this that the very famous writer commissioned to do this book review let AI write it for her. You expect corporations to be looking for this sort of shortcut; it’s sad to see actual writers so contemptuous of their own craft. Or maybe I should say former writers.

Since Trump keeps touting the price of eggs supposedly plummeting, remember the DOJ is currently suing California for supposedly making eggs unaffordable. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe...

Incredible reporting here laying out the extent to which the case attempting to overturn California's abortion shield law relies on a serial abuser of women. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

Via: @sfchronicle.com: Customs and Border Protection wants ownership details and other information on every parcel in San Diego County, according to an official who handles county property data.

Congrats to 2026 Shadid Award finalists Joaquin Palomino and Cynthia Dizikes for their @sfchronicle.com investigation of for-profit mental health hospitals in California: www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime

I'd say Varsity Blues was a movie, not a show, but that's not quite right either. It was *cinema* bsky.app/profile/wash...

Tom Steyer is trying to convince California voters he's the ultimate unicorn: a billionaire populist. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe...

Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie complained Monday that many of the files they looked at were still redacted.

A sad story from @sophiabollag.bsky.social about one mother who received a cruel lesson in the limitations of CARE Court and began to wonder who the program could possibly help: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

what a shot

BREAKING: SCOTUS leaves California's Prop 50 in place for 2026, rejecting Republican efforts to block new redistricting maps. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

A truly great read in which Newsom's spox tells @sophiabollag.bsky.social that the gov's ongoing kneepads bit is "not about a blowjob" www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Tommy Tuberville says he placed his assets in a blind trust. There’s no record that he did www.al.com/politics/202...

BREAKING: The California Supreme Court has struck down Huntington Beach's voter ID law, leaving in place an appellate court ruling against the measure. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

NEW: Teamsters California becomes the largest union to endorse the proposed billionaires tax. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe...

@adamserwer.bsky.social has a unique ability to drill down into the heart of a political dispute, and this is it:

BREAKING: San Francisco Giants star Jung Hoo Lee has been detained by CBP at LAX. Pelosi's office says she is working to secure his release. www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant...