Palestinians in the West Bank live amid garbage following Israeli restrictions. Two Palestinian entrepreneurs are trying to make a change. n.pr/4fQzzdw

The U.S. will need years to replenish stockpiles of key weapons used in the Iran war, potentially limiting firepower in any other conflict, a new analysis says.

The latest weekly @economist.com / @today.yougov.com Poll just dropped, and we're into new territory. Only 34% of Americans approve of how Donald Trump is having his job as president. That's lower than Trump has ever received, in either term — and lower than Biden ever got. Read more:

Suicide deaths by Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees have hit a record pace, exposing failures in treatment and oversight across ICE's network of detention centers. An AP investigation examines who’s dying and what’s behind the increase.

“The notion that everyone deserves equal access to the ballot, that everyone deserves equal access to elections...and that there ought to be some measure of political equality has never really sat well with the political right in this country.” The latest from our friends at @revealnews.org:

Hamza Doost was a key member of the crew that stole $246 million, which federal prosecutors called the largest single crypto theft in American history. sfstandard.com/2026/05/27/e...

SF men face murder over fireworks deaths. The state Supreme Court may have killed the case sfstandard.com/2026/05/15/y...

Now, the Department of Health and Human Services will notify the State Department of all past-due child support payments over $2,500, and anyone in that group will have their passports revoked. Meanwhile, Republicans are pushing for strict laws where a passport would be necessary. trib.al/0RLA3MX

An SF firefighter walked into a bar a hit sheriff deputy. He got a slap on the wrist cms.sfstandard.com/posts/32b964...

Why has SFPD sent a former chief to the FBI Academy, which is meant to educate the next generation of police leaders? sfstandard.com/2026/04/29/d...

The U.S. Has Killed Almost 190 People in Boat Strikes. Five more people have been murdered since Friday. We’re tracking them all, @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...

"The structure whose supports our elites are steadily kicking down is also the one that props up their own personal safety from disaster and political invulnerability to accountability. And all of this can go away." me in @bostonreview.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-y...

BREAKING: A federal appeals court blocks a California law requiring federal agents to wear identification.

‘It was a wild, dangerous place’: Inside San Francisco’s troubled mental health ward sfstandard.com/2026/04/21/c...

Two Americans killed in Mexico, previously identified only as “staff from the United States Embassy,” participated in a raid on a drug lab.

‘It was a wild, dangerous place’: Inside San Francisco’s troubled mental health ward sfstandard.com/2026/04/21/c...

The president raged at news organizations that have reported facts about his unpopular war on Iran, labeling CNN and other networks “LOSERS.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/frantic-trump-79-rages-at-losers-in-late-night-meltdown/ 

This strategy—using fake AI profiles to boost political causes—was tested during the 2022 recalls in San Francisco. We called them the "Wencils" and they disappeared after being mapped and exposed. And now: Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/b...

"America at the end of the Biden years was still a hugely unequal society, but less so than it had been for a generation." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-vindic...

In a world in which workers are inculcated with the idea that hyper-responsiveness is a moral virtue, what happens when the inbox stops pinging? Read the story in #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/DWVeqqU Then take today's #FTEdit poll 🗳️ ft.trib.al/RUJwFcM

everyone with real American manliness and a basic knowledge of military history knows that serious war efforts have never been derailed by such trifling matters as "communicable diseases"

‘It was a wild, dangerous place’: Inside San Francisco’s troubled mental health ward sfstandard.com/2026/04/21/c...

NEW: Flight data reveals that the LAPD's "Drone as First Responder" program—sold to the public as a public safety measure—is in fact being used to spy on anti-ICE/anti-Trump protests in Los Angeles. theintercept.com/2026/04/20/l...

FBI’s Kash Patel denies excess drinking amid officials’ US security concerns

Update: sfstandard.com/2026/04/16/d...

Duo accused of shooting at Sam Altman’s house are freed; no charges filed sfstandard.com/2026/04/16/d...

The suspect in Sam Altman’s home attack was in SF for days before the attack sfstandard.com/2026/04/13/s...

Exclusive: Sam Altman’s home targeted in second attack sfstandard.com/2026/04/12/s...

Newly unsealed search warrants in the California ballot seizure case paint a chilling picture of how the types of anti-voting conspiracy theories weaponized by the White House to investigate the 2020 presidential election can be used to target elections on a state and local level.

💢 Israeli strike kills Lebanese radio journalist in her home, Committee to Protect Journalists reports Ghada Dayekh, a presenter w/ privately owned Sawt Al-Farah radio, was killed when an Israeli airstrike hit her apartment building in the southern coastal city of Tyre, destroying it, according...

NEW: Trump accepted $37m worth of donated steel for his WH ballroom project from the Luxembourg-based company ArcelorMittal. Days later, the WH made adjustments to Trump's tariffs that could benefit ArcelorMittal.

Misleading normalization.

I understand the impulse not to let this guy's statements dictate the news cycle but the fact that he can say shit like this and it barely causes a ripple in the media is a key to his ability to maintain power. Constantly pushing the bar of normality downwards, no pressure to take responsibility.

For those who don’t know the history, read the captions.

Trump and McMahon are on track to create what could be the largest administrative disaster in the history of the existence of student loans. apnews.com/article/save...

‘Visibly upset and struggling’: Acting ICE head hospitalized twice over stress, officials say

Journalism as widget factory:

If you wanna hear about crime and policing in SF, check out The Standard’s latest podcast episode. sfstandard.com/pacific-stan...

Wow. Just announced-- Bari Weiss and co. are shutting down CBS News Radio. deadline.com/2026/03/cbs-...

BREAKING: Judge voids Pentagon's new press policy that led most outlets to surrender their credentials. In suit brought by NYT, Judge Paul Friedman (Clinton/DC) says policy violates 1st Amendment because it's designed to "weed out disfavored journalists." ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

Video: Watch the drag show at the center of a police watchdog agency scandal sfstandard.com/2026/03/20/v...

“I don’t think that’s leadership. I think that’s performative.“ - Lawyer for man who was arrested after fight with Daniel Lurie’s security detail. www.sfchronicle.com/crime/articl...

Ahem: www.senate.gov/about/powers...

“Congratulations are in order for Donald Trump: His attack on Iran is the most unpopular American war in modern history.” — @gregsargent.bsky.social in @newrepublic.com Greg is essential reading for understanding MAGA’s ongoing reception in society.

Scoop: The Pentagon barred press photographers from briefings on the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military conflict with Iran after they published photos of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that his staff deemed "unflattering."