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Jonah Owen Lamb

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Jonah Owen Lamb @jonahowenlamb.bsky.social · Aug 12

“He can’t stand trial, and you can’t lock him up forever for a crime he has not been convicted of.” sfstandard.com/2025/08/12/a...

An alleged killer is living near Golden Gate Park in a facility where patients go missing

Michael Jacobs’ story illustrates how even a ‘homicidal’ defendant can end up living right next door.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 1d

Russia’s leader isn’t nearly as strong as he’s made out to be, Andrew Ryvkin writes. “A realistic view of his power would strip Putin of his biggest leverage: the perception of his invincibility”:

Putin Is Not Winning

Underestimating the Russian leader is dangerous, but ascribing dark powers to him plays right into his hands.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

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Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 1d

RIP to Drew Struzen, the greatest to ever do it. 🙌

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Jonah Owen Lamb @jonahowenlamb.bsky.social · 1d

San Mateo supervisors unanimously boot scandal-plagued Sheriff Christina Corpus sfstandard.com/2025/10/14/s...

Christina Corpus: San Mateo County sheriff booted by unanimous vote

The vote by the Board of Supervisors marks the first-ever removal of a sitting sheriff in the county’s history.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

Insane story out of India

Why is India prosecuting Muslims who said ‘I love Muhammad’?

More than 2,500 people have been charged as an initial crackdown on the expression has spawned broader protests.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2d

Big media outlets are rejecting the new Pentagon press restrictions imposed by TV entertainer and inexplicably Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.

So far: The Guardian, WaPo, CNN, The Atlantic and NYT.

Prominent news outlets reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline — The Washington Post

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new press policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

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Ali Winston @awinston.bsky.social · 2d

“W/in 24 hours of Kirk’s shooting, top Trump officials & administration lawyers had already put pen to pad, drafting legal memos, writing blueprints possible executive actions, & prioritizing which liberal organizations & strongholds of the left needed targeting” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

'They Need to Suffer': Inside Trump's War on Dissent

Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, and the rest of the administration are waging a furious crackdown on dissent following Charlie Kirk's assassination.

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 2d

welcome to the new era of CBS News, where brave truth-telling takes precedence over spelling Zohran Mamdani’s name correctly

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The San Francisco Standard @sfstandard.com · 2d

Once dubbed “San Francisco’s giant of generosity," Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff now principally lives, works, and votes elsewhere. But as he told The Standard, “nobody has given more than my family.”

Marc Benioff has already left San Francisco behind

The Salesforce CEO now principally lives, works, and votes elsewhere, but as he argued in an interview with The Standard, “nobody has given more than my family.”

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Jonah Owen Lamb @jonahowenlamb.bsky.social · 2d

First of its kind AI chatbot safeguard law signed by Gov. Newsom. sd18.senate.ca.gov/news/first-n...

First-in-the-Nation AI Chatbot Safeguards Signed into Law

Official website of Senator Steve Padilla , representing California Senate District 18.

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 2d

For those who don’t intimately understand how news works and why Bari Weiss’s unearned elevation to head of CBS News matters, I’d recommend watching this in entirety. Also, will forever point out irony of how an admitted DEI hire thinks her hire was meritorious while Black people’s aren’t.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2d

Holy shit go off John Oliver youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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George Kelly @allaboutgeorge.com · 5d

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Family of four in murder-suicide investigation faced mounting financial struggles

Public records and accounts from business associates have unveiled a string of failed businesses and a growing tally of unpaid debts.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 6d

Justice Department lawyers reposted President Trump’s statements and may have inadvertently endangered their prosecution of Luigi Mangione, violating the judge’s explicit orders that DOJ employees refrain from public comment about the case. trib.al/b9U7CY1

DOJ in Trouble After Lawyers Reposted Trump Rants on Luigi Mangione

The Justice Department’s case against Luigi Mangione just hit a major obstacle.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 8d

According the victim's attorney, body camera footage captured the officer saying, “Do something, bitch,” before leaping out of the car and shooting her multiple times. Another officer asked, “Hey, what happened?” The first pointed to his camera, “Hey, don’t speak. You’re good.”
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
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In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 7d

BREAKING: Hamas will release all 20 living hostages this weekend, AP sources say, as Israelis will withdraw from majority of Gaza.

Israel, Hamas agree to 'first phase' of plan to end fighting, release hostages, Trump says

President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first Phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners.

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KQED News @kqednews.kqed.org · 7d

Masking Bill Fuels California Legal Battle Over Federal Immigration Agents

California’s new law banning federal immigration agents from wearing masks heightens tensions with the Trump administration over ICE accountability, enforcement authority and public oversight.

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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 7d

Urgent new statement from the Pentagon Press Association, on Pete Hegseth’s new, forthcoming media restrictions:

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Politico @politico.com · 8d

EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration is considering selling federal student loan debt.

Talks have focused on selling high-performing portions of the government’s portfolio of student debt, which is owed by about 45 million Americans.

Trump administration considers sale of federal student loan debt

The discussions have taken place among senior Education Department and Treasury Department officials.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 9d

Terrified Curtis Yarvin—the “philosopher behind JD Vance”—plans to flee the USA.

The Dork Enlightenment guru says the Trump administration is failing to go full authoritarian.

“I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.”

From Yarvin's Substack: The second Trump revolution, like the first, is failing. It is failing because it deserves to fail. It is failing because it spends all its time patting itself on the back. It is failing because its true mission, which neither it nor (still less) its supporters understand, is still as far beyond its reach as algebra is beyond a cat. Because the vengeance meted out after its failure will dwarf the vengeance after 2020—because the successes of the second revolution are so much greater than the first—I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country. Everyone else in a similar position should have a 2029 plan as well. And it is not even clear that it will wait until 2029: losing the Congress will instantly put the administration on the defensive.

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Jonah Owen Lamb @jonahowenlamb.bsky.social · 8d

New story about the case and deputy: www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...

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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 8d

Some legal and military scholars say we are watching an unprecedented erosion of constitutional limits and checks designed to prevent the deployment of the US military against its own citizens.

‘Extremely dangerous’: Trump’s latest push to send troops to blue states is unprecedented in modern military history - The Boston Globe

Some legal and military scholars say we are watching an unprecedented erosion of constitutional limits and checks designed to prevent the deployment of the US military against its own citizens.

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Jonah Owen Lamb @jonahowenlamb.bsky.social · 8d

Nearly a decade ago, the SF sheriff fired a deputy caught up in the “Shrimp Boy” case. But the current SF sheriff had no qualms recommending his rehiring. www.sfexaminer.com/news/sheriff...

Sheriff’s deputy caught up in ‘Shrimp Boy’ case no longer with department

A San Francisco Sheriff’s deputy investigated for his connections to a defendant in the Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow trial is…

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Darwin BondGraham @darwinbondgraham.bsky.social · 8d

Contest!

How many inaccuracies can you spot in the AI-generated image of Oakland City Hall that was sent to media in a press release from the mayor's office today?

Send us your list and you could win some Oaklandside merch.

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An AI image of Oakland City Hall is missing some stuff…can you spot it?

A press release announcing Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee’s State of the City speech included a curious picture of a civic landmark.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11d

The Education Department this week informed borrowers who’ve been repaying their loans for 25 years that they are eligible for loan forgiveness.

The long-standing repayment plan had been suspended since July.

Trump administration resumes student loan forgiveness

The Education Department this week informed borrowers who’ve been repaying their loans for 25 years that they are eligible for loan forgiveness

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