Jonah Owen Lamb
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âHe canât stand trial, and you canât lock him up forever for a crime he has not been convicted of.â
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An alleged killer is living near Golden Gate Park in a facility where patients go missing
Michael Jacobsâ story illustrates how even a âhomicidalâ defendant can end up living right next door.
https://sfstandard.com/2025/08/12/alleged-killer-living-golden-gate-park-facility-patients-go-missing/
5 months ago
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Mother Jones
3 days ago
How the once-richest nation in South America suffered the biggest non-war economic collapse in modern history. From 2024:
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Trump may demonize migration from Venezuela, but he helped fuel it
How the once-richest nation in South America suffered the biggest non-war economic collapse in modern history
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/venezula-what-happened-maduro-trump-migration-border/
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NPR
3 days ago
Economists may have a pretty dismal record with predictions. But we're still interested in what they see in their non-existent crystal balls.
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Attempting to predict the economy in 2026
Economists may have a pretty dismal record with predictions. But we're still interested in what they see in their non-existent crystal balls.
https://n.pr/4b5g6np
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Brendan Nyhan
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Undermining the Constitution itself by withholding government funds from states that oppose the regime in power. (Also, there are around 15M Republicans in those states.)
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Debt Collective đ„
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Starting tomorrow, the Trump administration is set to send notices to 1,000 student loan borrowers (first round) noticing them of an intent to garnish their wages for student loan debt. This is cruel and unnecessary. If you receive a notice, send it to us and we'll try to help.
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Votes to Shut Down
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/business/media/corporation-for-public-broadcasting.html
4 days ago
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Politico
5 days ago
Trump on return trip to Washington predicts demise of Cuba, warns Colombia, threatens Greenland
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Trump on return trip to Washington predicts demise of Cuba, warns Colombia, threatens Greenland
The comments came less than 48 hours after the American military conducted a brazen raid inside Caracas to arrest Venezuelan leader NicolĂĄs Maduro.
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W.E.D.em Boyz
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âHours after the U.S. invaded Venezuela to seize President NicolĂĄs Maduro, President Trump sent a warning to the governments of Mexico, Cuba and Colombia that their countries could be next.â
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Trump signals more Latin American invasions could be next after capturing Maduro
"Something's going to have to be done with Mexico," Trump told Fox and Friends.
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/03/trump-maduro-venezuela-mexico-sheinbaum
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Eric Lipton NYT
6 days ago
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Venezuelaâs interim president, Delcy RodrĂguez, in an address to the nation, âthe masks had fallen off, revealing only one objective: regime change in Venezuela. This regime change would also allow for the seizure of our energy, mineral, and natural resources."
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Update from Jack Nicas
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/03/world/trump-united-states-strikes-venezuela/9cb18fca-bac9-5933-b0bb-9a94fec35fce
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The Atlantic
6 days ago
Danteâs âParadisoâ is usually the part of the âDivine Comedyâ that most people skip, Eric Bulson writes. A new colloquial translation is trying to change that.
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What Dante Is Trying to Tell Us
A colloquial translation of Paradiso might make people actually read it.
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Worth checking out some Venezuelan newspapers if you can read Spanish or use Google translate.
www.elnacional.com/2026/01/quie...
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¿Quién gobierna ahora Venezuela tras la detención de Nicolås Maduro?
QuĂ© puede deparar a Venezuela, hay tres nombres del chavismo que, tras la detenciĂłn de NicolĂĄs Maduro, pueden quedar al frente del paĂs.
https://www.elnacional.com/2026/01/quien-gobierna-ahora-venezuela-tras-la-detencion-de-nicolas-maduro/
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NPR
9 days ago
Courts blocked troops from deploying in Chicago and Portland, Ore., and the Los Angeles deployment effectively ended after a judge blocked it earlier this month.
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Trump will drop push for National Guard deployments in Chicago, LA and Portland, Ore.
Courts blocked troops from deploying in Chicago and Portland, Ore., and the Los Angeles deployment effectively ended after a judge blocked it earlier this month.
https://n.pr/49fi9CC
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Julianne McShane
9 days ago
The VA has officially published its final rule on the abortion ban in the Federal Register as of today. It says the rule is effective Jan. 30, but the dept has actually implemented it since Dec. 18, as I scooped for
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George Kelly
11 days ago
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Retired teacher fights SFPDâs âOrwellianâ camera surveillance
The police department is being sued over its use of Flock cameras that record license plates.
https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/29/san-francisco-police-flock-license-plate-cameras-lawsuit/
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Decker Eveleth
13 days ago
We have identified what is likely the first technical support area in Belarus for the Oreshnik missile.
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Exclusive: Russia likely placing new hypersonic missiles at former airbase in Belarus, researchers find
Moscow is likely stationing new nuclear-capable hypersonic ballistic missiles at a former airbase in eastern Belarus, a development that could bolster Russiaâs ability to deliver missiles across Europ...
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-researchers-identify-likely-belarus-site-new-russian-nuclear-capable-missile-2025-12-26/
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Politico
13 days ago
âDeadâ to City Hall, but funded by the state: The high-stakes fight over a Los Angeles affordable housing project
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âDeadâ to City Hall, but funded by the state: The high-stakes fight over a Los Angeles affordable housing project
State housing officials could limit Los Angeles' access to funds and strip it of some zoning authority over its efforts to block low-income housing in Venice.
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ProPublica
13 days ago
A third of the women in the maternity ward have life-threatening complications that could be treated simply with food. They suffer from anemia and high blood pressure. Their babies are born early, weighing too little and with underdeveloped lungs.
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The Summer of Starvation: Amid Trumpâs Foreign Aid Cuts, a Mother Struggles to Keep Her Sons Alive
After the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world, thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usaid-kenya-humanitarian-aid-starvation-families-children?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1766854821&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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âThe task of selecting and ordering⊠news is one of the truly sacred and priestly offices in a democracy. For the newspaper is in all literalness the bible of democracy, the book out of which a people determines its conduct.â Walter Lippmann
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Andrew OâHagan · Fatal Realism: Walter Lippmannâs Warning
Lippmann was called the greatest journalist of his age, but his claims as an original thinker rest on his book Public...
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n23/andrew-o-hagan/fatal-realism?utm_campaign=4041273_20251227ICYMI&utm_medium=email&utm_source=LRB%20email&dm_i=7NIQ,2EM9L,2NF2JI,4TPU9,1
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Anthea Butler
16 days ago
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Radley Balko
24 days ago
This is a harrowing account of city under siege
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I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
âItâs about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/memphis-safe-task-force-trump-ice-crime-immigration-mass-deportations-287g/
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KQED News
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After Vision Zero, San Francisco âOverhaulsâ Approach to Tackling Traffic Violence
Mayor Daniel Lurieâs street safety announcement followed news of the death of a 1-year-old child in the cityâs Hayes Valley neighborhood in a car crash Sunday.
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Derrick Lew was the least favored of the three candidates sent to the mayor by the San Francisco Police Commission, according to sources.
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Lurieâs choice for SFPD chief nearly didnât make it to his desk
Derrick Lew was the least favored of the three candidates sent to the mayor by the San Francisco Police Commission, according to sources.
https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/16/lurie-s-choice-sfpd-chief-nearly-didn-t-make-desk/
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More S.F. sheriff security lapses, but this time in court
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After brutal S.F. courtroom assault, interpreters urge sheriffâs office to tighten safety measures
A San Francisco courtroom interpreter was beaten by an in-custody defendant last month, raising concerns about safety measures in another public space monitored by the Sheriffâs Office.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/court-interpreter-attack-sheriff-security-21239155.php
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Rebranded plantationsâ: how empire shaped luxury Caribbean tourism
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âRebranded plantationsâ: how empire shaped luxury Caribbean tourism
Research shows that the British colonial wealth extraction system still influences the regionâs tourist industry
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/12/rebranded-plantations-how-empire-shaped-luxury-caribbean-tourism
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Ari Berman
29 days ago
âI fear for this institution,â Republican state Sen. Greg Walker, chair of the Senate Committee on Elections, said during an emotional speech this week. âI fear for the state of Indiana and I fear for all states if we allow intimidation and threats to become the norm.â
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Internal reports show that the sheriffâs department has had problems properly staffing SFGH, which is where the alleged killer of a social worker remains
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SF General stabbing suspect is being held at the hospital where attack occurred
Wilfredo Tortolero-Arriechi remains in a jail ward at SFGH. Internal reports show that the sheriffâs department has had problems properly staffing the hospital.
https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/09/sf-general-stabbing-suspect-held-hospital-attack-occurred/
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The New Republic
about 1 month ago
President Trump threw a temper tantrum Monday, demanding an apology from Paramount after recent MAGA defector Marjorie Taylor Greene bashed him on their networkâand itâll probably work.
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Kashmir Hill
about 1 month ago
In which my colleague Aaron Krolik finds out just how easy it would be to money launder with stablecoins, which gets an immediate reaction from the company that made it possible:
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How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/technology/how-a-cryptocurrency-helps-criminals-launder-money-and-evade-sanctions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7E8.GKoE.Fx7MFXdDcj3i&smid=url-share
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Brilliant Maps
about 1 month ago
Length of Africa vs Russia 6 more maps:
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Phil Lewis
about 1 month ago
WASHINGTON (AP) â Supreme Court seems likely to expand president's power and back Trump's firing of independent-agency board members.
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Maddy Beatrice Hare
about 1 month ago
one of the funniest pieces The Onion has done all year, and it's been a GOOD YEAR.
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Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLEâWith a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
https://theonion.com/oprah-pursues-dr-phil-on-ship-through-arctic/
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The Daily Beast
about 1 month ago
Nuzzi was accused last month of having an affair with a second politician twice her age she was reporting on.
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RFK Jr.âs âDigital Loverâ Out of Another Job Amid Fresh Allegations
Her only published work in the magazine has been an excerpt of her memoir.
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whet moser
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Halligan Continues as U.S. Attorney, Prompting Criticism From Judges
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/politics/halligan-us-attorney-judiciary.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6U8.4x_E.b6BSGU_nzcj5&smid=url-share
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the garbage store boy
about 1 month ago
is the world really getting worse or is getting older just growing to hate everything?
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CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app companyâs two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
https://truthout.org/articles/cnn-partners-with-a-gambling-app-that-lets-you-wager-on-starvation-in-gaza/
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The New Republic
about 1 month ago
Indianaâs House of Representatives passed a new legislative map that will make it harder for the stateâs only two Democrats to be reelected. But the map now faces hurdles in the state's GOP-controlled Senate, as Republican senators have warned there isnât enough support.
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The attack of a social worker at SF General highlights security concerns at the hospital in the wake of a security plan that nearly halved the number of Sheriffâs Department officers.
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SF General social worker stabbed in clinic without weapons screening
The attack highlights security concerns at the hospital in the wake of a security plan that nearly halved the number of Sheriffâs Department officers.
https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/05/sf-general-stabbing-security-concerns/
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
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This SF employee, who created a fake company to bilk the city of hundred of thousands of dollars, pleaded guilty yesterday.
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Why did San Francisco allegedly pay a fake company more than half a million dollars?
Stanley Ellicott, a city employee, allegedly used the ghost company to funnel secret payments into his pockets, the DA says.
https://sfstandard.com/2024/03/21/a-san-francisco-worker-made-a-fake-company-in-case-he-got-caught-stealing-then-he-did/
about 1 month ago
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Per my reporting on the âShrimp Boyâ case: The department opened its investigation after filings from the federal âShrimp Boyâ case alleged that Kim had formerly been in a gang with ties to Chow and still spent time with defendants in the case.
www.sfexaminer.com/news/sheriff...
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SF deputy faces state removal hearing for lying in 'Shrimp Boy' corruption case
The state Commission on Peace Officers and Training voted unanimously Wednesday to authorize a full decertification hearing â a major step towards possible removal â for a San Francisco sheriffâs depu...
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/sf-deputy-removal-shrimp-boy-case/3991013/
about 1 month ago
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SFPDâs new chief Derrick Lew vowed at a press conference with Mayor Daniel Lurie to make S.F. the safest big city in America.
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Michael Hobbes
about 1 month ago
At least 40% of the book is just tortured descriptions of her surroundings.
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Emissary Of Night | ÙÙÙÙ
about 1 month ago
Israel's chief collaborator in occupied Gaza, the former ISIS member Yasser Abu Shabab, is reported to have been killed.
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Yasser Abu Shabab, Militant Leader Backed by Israel, Killed in Gaza, Official Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/world/middleeast/yasser-abu-shabab-killed-gaza.html
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Maggie Harrison Dupré
about 1 month ago
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans. Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens â alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
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Nicholas Grossman
about 1 month ago
Wow, Adm. Holsey didn't leave of his own accord, Hegseth pushed him out. What looked like the SOCOM head resigning rather than do war crimes now looks like SecDef canning him to facilitate war crimes. Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.
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Exclusive | Hegseth Asked Top Admiral to Resign After Months of Discord
The relationship between the Pentagon chief and Adm. Alvin Holsey had been rocky since Trumpâs inauguration.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/hegseth-asked-top-admiral-to-resign-after-months-of-discord-9e7b357f
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Derrick Lew named San Franciscoâs police chief
Lew, 52, received a medal of honor after nearly being shot in 2006 and led the cityâs effort to crack down on drug dealing.
https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/03/derrick-lew-sfpd-police-chief/
about 1 month ago
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If he can do it, canât the next president?
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about 1 month ago
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Josh Gerstein
about 2 months ago
BREAKINGđšđšđš: Judge rules Trump pick Lindsey Halligan illegally appointed to US Attorney post, dismisses Comey & James cases. But "without prejudice," so they could be refiled although Comey's attorneys say statute of limitations has run. w/
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Comey, James cases dismissed as judge disqualifies interim US attorney Lindsey Halligan
A judge concluded Halliganâs appointment violated laws that limit the ability of DOJ to install top prosecutors without Senate confirmation.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/24/james-comey-letitia-james-cases-lindsey-halligan-00666896
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San Francisco police ramp up late-night drug raids to appease Trump and feds
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San Francisco police step up late-night drug raids to appease Trump
Officials say the crackdown is linked to the presidentâs threats to deploy the National Guard and ICE.
https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/24/sfpd-police-trump-drug-crackdown-tenderloin/
about 2 months ago
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