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The privatization of transit, The Raker Act's power to depose PG&E, a housing "shortage"—and other stories we reported on last year on which it just might be time to reflect.
Six big stories you might not have seen in local news media in 2025 - 48 hills
Everyone's talking about the biggest stories of 2025. Here are some that the local media ignored
48hills.org
January 5, 2026 at 2:25 PM
The privatization of transit, The Raker Act's power to depose PG&E, a housing "shortage"—and other stories we reported on last year on which it just might be time to reflect.
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“The [Democratic] party is continuing to offer milquetoast opposition to Trump’s increasingly authoritarian presidency.”
@premthakker.bsky.social and @minnahfarshad.bsky.social examine how Democrats could help Trump increase ICE funding.
Read:
zeteo.com/p/will-democ...
@premthakker.bsky.social and @minnahfarshad.bsky.social examine how Democrats could help Trump increase ICE funding.
Read:
zeteo.com/p/will-democ...
January 14, 2026 at 7:43 PM
“The [Democratic] party is continuing to offer milquetoast opposition to Trump’s increasingly authoritarian presidency.”
@premthakker.bsky.social and @minnahfarshad.bsky.social examine how Democrats could help Trump increase ICE funding.
Read:
zeteo.com/p/will-democ...
@premthakker.bsky.social and @minnahfarshad.bsky.social examine how Democrats could help Trump increase ICE funding.
Read:
zeteo.com/p/will-democ...
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Craig: "In my district, 2 days ago a special ed teacher pulled into her school parking lot, her windows were smashed, she was taken & detained for 12 hours. I've never seen such an out of control agency. That's why as soon as I leave, I'm joining a group to file articles of impeachment against Noem"
January 14, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Craig: "In my district, 2 days ago a special ed teacher pulled into her school parking lot, her windows were smashed, she was taken & detained for 12 hours. I've never seen such an out of control agency. That's why as soon as I leave, I'm joining a group to file articles of impeachment against Noem"
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If the right wants to talk about public subsidies fraud, how about all these private schools in red states with overinflated tuitions STEALING hundreds of millions of dollars in tax dollars without any real oversight? Why are we defunding public schools to subsidize the private school market?
January 14, 2026 at 7:26 PM
If the right wants to talk about public subsidies fraud, how about all these private schools in red states with overinflated tuitions STEALING hundreds of millions of dollars in tax dollars without any real oversight? Why are we defunding public schools to subsidize the private school market?
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Outside the Whipple building in Minneapolis—
Feds just emerged and unleashed pepper spray on demonstrators for approaching the driveway, sprayed one man directly in the face repeatedly. Pepper balls.
Air is toxic, there were children out here in strollers. Reporters caught unprepared.
Feds just emerged and unleashed pepper spray on demonstrators for approaching the driveway, sprayed one man directly in the face repeatedly. Pepper balls.
Air is toxic, there were children out here in strollers. Reporters caught unprepared.
January 11, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Outside the Whipple building in Minneapolis—
Feds just emerged and unleashed pepper spray on demonstrators for approaching the driveway, sprayed one man directly in the face repeatedly. Pepper balls.
Air is toxic, there were children out here in strollers. Reporters caught unprepared.
Feds just emerged and unleashed pepper spray on demonstrators for approaching the driveway, sprayed one man directly in the face repeatedly. Pepper balls.
Air is toxic, there were children out here in strollers. Reporters caught unprepared.
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Conservative Chronicle editors strike again, burying the lede. In 2018, we taxed rich corporations to fund homeless services. SF voters approved that by over 60%. That's what the Chron and billionaires want to end. Corporations tied it up in court but lost, so money is now being spent.
S.F. has doubled spending on nonprofits since 2019. Is City Hall getting its money’s worth?
San Francisco now spends $1.6 billion on nonprofits annually — 10.2% of the total city budget. That’s compared with $809 million in 2019, or 6.6% of the budget at the time.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Conservative Chronicle editors strike again, burying the lede. In 2018, we taxed rich corporations to fund homeless services. SF voters approved that by over 60%. That's what the Chron and billionaires want to end. Corporations tied it up in court but lost, so money is now being spent.
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At the #muniForever rally @jackiefielder.bsky.social calls on Mayor Lurie to raise the parcel tax cap for skyscrapers from $400k to 800k and eliminate tenant passthroughs. “As Muni goes, so goes the city.” Says if we don’t see movement in negotiations, we’ll be back with more to announce.
December 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
At the #muniForever rally @jackiefielder.bsky.social calls on Mayor Lurie to raise the parcel tax cap for skyscrapers from $400k to 800k and eliminate tenant passthroughs. “As Muni goes, so goes the city.” Says if we don’t see movement in negotiations, we’ll be back with more to announce.
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Why have we handed our economy & technological future over to this blinking, sheltered man-child who can't imagine life before doordash?
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Why have we handed our economy & technological future over to this blinking, sheltered man-child who can't imagine life before doordash?
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This isn’t a gift it’s Bloomberg buying control of the Mayor’s office much as Larson has effectively purchased SFPD.
We should tax these billionaires instead of letting them use their wealth to buy our city government.
We need government by/for the people to replace government by/for billionaires.
We should tax these billionaires instead of letting them use their wealth to buy our city government.
We need government by/for the people to replace government by/for billionaires.
Bloomberg Philanthropies gives SF $7 million
Three-year gift doubles size of previous contribution, will fund nine full-time job
www.sfexaminer.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
This isn’t a gift it’s Bloomberg buying control of the Mayor’s office much as Larson has effectively purchased SFPD.
We should tax these billionaires instead of letting them use their wealth to buy our city government.
We need government by/for the people to replace government by/for billionaires.
We should tax these billionaires instead of letting them use their wealth to buy our city government.
We need government by/for the people to replace government by/for billionaires.
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Rich Whipple is a model public servant. Smart, hardworking, innovative, respected, and effective. Abruptly firing Whipple is idiotic and will harm the communities he serves.
SF fires immigrant advocate—and activists are confused and angry - 48 hills
'It's just weird.' Why was Richard Whipple fired from the Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs?
48hills.org
December 9, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Rich Whipple is a model public servant. Smart, hardworking, innovative, respected, and effective. Abruptly firing Whipple is idiotic and will harm the communities he serves.
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NEW EPISODE: D and I go over the stories from last week, including the debate over Oakland’s homeless encampment policy and San Francisco’s family zoning plan and teacher strikes. @dscotmiller.bsky.social #politics #housing
youtu.be/7ZCBnzqqpxo?...
youtu.be/7ZCBnzqqpxo?...
Failed encampment policies and the right pushing back
YouTube video by Doomloop Dispatch
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December 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
NEW EPISODE: D and I go over the stories from last week, including the debate over Oakland’s homeless encampment policy and San Francisco’s family zoning plan and teacher strikes. @dscotmiller.bsky.social #politics #housing
youtu.be/7ZCBnzqqpxo?...
youtu.be/7ZCBnzqqpxo?...
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"So the women fighting for tenants are 'emotional' and not 'serious'?
"Talk to women at City Hall and you will hear a lot of concerns about the way the conservative men are treating the progressive women."
"Talk to women at City Hall and you will hear a lot of concerns about the way the conservative men are treating the progressive women."
Chan stands up to her male colleagues—and suddenly they are acting all offended - 48 hills
Plus: An attack on formula retail bans, and a way to save Muni—with fair and progressive taxes. That's The Agenda for Dec. 7-14
48hills.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"So the women fighting for tenants are 'emotional' and not 'serious'?
"Talk to women at City Hall and you will hear a lot of concerns about the way the conservative men are treating the progressive women."
"Talk to women at City Hall and you will hear a lot of concerns about the way the conservative men are treating the progressive women."
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"If you believe a 19-year-old Jewish college student chanting “Free Palestine” is more dangerous than the vice president of the US implying that Germans should embrace the far-right party Alternative for Germany then you’re drawing the wrong lessons from history." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
Opinion | This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
"If you believe a 19-year-old Jewish college student chanting “Free Palestine” is more dangerous than the vice president of the US implying that Germans should embrace the far-right party Alternative for Germany then you’re drawing the wrong lessons from history." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
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“The magical power of this broken, ferocious person who is president, is that he…[can] get tens of millions of people to believe what is not true.”
Former ABC News journalist @terrymoranabc.bsky.social joined @johnjharwood.bsky.social to talk about his famous interview with Trump.
Former ABC News journalist @terrymoranabc.bsky.social joined @johnjharwood.bsky.social to talk about his famous interview with Trump.
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“The magical power of this broken, ferocious person who is president, is that he…[can] get tens of millions of people to believe what is not true.”
Former ABC News journalist @terrymoranabc.bsky.social joined @johnjharwood.bsky.social to talk about his famous interview with Trump.
Former ABC News journalist @terrymoranabc.bsky.social joined @johnjharwood.bsky.social to talk about his famous interview with Trump.
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SF supes are calling for action after Mission Local reported that women held in a San Francisco jail were allegedly mass strip searched.
“These women are gonna sue,” said D7’s Myrna Melgar. “They’re going to win. We’re going to end up paying for it.”
missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-s...
“These women are gonna sue,” said D7’s Myrna Melgar. “They’re going to win. We’re going to end up paying for it.”
missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-s...
‘Nauseated’: Supervisors call for oversight after alleged mass strip search in S.F. women’s jail
Supervisors are calling for action after Mission Local reported that women held in a San Francisco jail were allegedly mass strip searched.
missionlocal.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
SF supes are calling for action after Mission Local reported that women held in a San Francisco jail were allegedly mass strip searched.
“These women are gonna sue,” said D7’s Myrna Melgar. “They’re going to win. We’re going to end up paying for it.”
missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-s...
“These women are gonna sue,” said D7’s Myrna Melgar. “They’re going to win. We’re going to end up paying for it.”
missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-s...
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In the richest city on Earth, 40% of NYC families can’t afford weekly food costs, and food prices are up 33% over the past decade.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In the richest city on Earth, 40% of NYC families can’t afford weekly food costs, and food prices are up 33% over the past decade.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
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"Let’s celebrate her career as the first woman speaker, a very effective legislator—and look forward to an election next year where economic inequality might be a serious issue," writes Tim Redmond.
"But let’s not forget Pelosi's real record."
"But let’s not forget Pelosi's real record."
Rep. Nancy Pelosi's real legacy - 48 hills
She was always a neoliberal Democrat who dismissed the left and put the party and its power ahead of her constituents at home
48hills.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"Let’s celebrate her career as the first woman speaker, a very effective legislator—and look forward to an election next year where economic inequality might be a serious issue," writes Tim Redmond.
"But let’s not forget Pelosi's real record."
"But let’s not forget Pelosi's real record."
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The members of @refusefascism.bsky.social know protests alone can’t put an end to Trump's regime. But they believe sustained, ongoing resistance activities in the nation’s capital—beyond a single day of rallies and marches—can lay the foundation for actions that can.
Refuse Fascism launches sustained peaceful resistance movement in DC - 48 hills
Catching up with the young activists as they press for the removal of the Trump regime through multiple protest actions.
48hills.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The members of @refusefascism.bsky.social know protests alone can’t put an end to Trump's regime. But they believe sustained, ongoing resistance activities in the nation’s capital—beyond a single day of rallies and marches—can lay the foundation for actions that can.
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The harm caused by the shutdown was real, affecting millions, and no one should downplay that. But America is not in a situation of harm or no harm. Rapidly backsliding into authoritarianism, America is in a terrible situation where appeasement trades short-term relief for more long-term harm.
Democrats Have to Get Out of a Normal Democracy Mindset
By folding in the government shutdown in exchange for virtually nothing, eight Democratic senators aid Trump's authoritarian takeover rather than oppose it
www.arcdigital.media
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The harm caused by the shutdown was real, affecting millions, and no one should downplay that. But America is not in a situation of harm or no harm. Rapidly backsliding into authoritarianism, America is in a terrible situation where appeasement trades short-term relief for more long-term harm.
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If you work in healthcare and aren’t constantly appalled by the suffering people endure over something as stupid and unnecessary as people going without food or proper nutrition (or housing or medicine etc) in the wealthiest country in the history of the world then why are you working in healthcare?
The nurse who made fun of new parents who can’t feed their babies without SNAP was fired.
Shame on her.
Poverty is not a moral failing.
Those in healthcare roles are supposed to help, not hurt.
Don’t forget to donate diapers, formula & feminine care products to food banks!
Shame on her.
Poverty is not a moral failing.
Those in healthcare roles are supposed to help, not hurt.
Don’t forget to donate diapers, formula & feminine care products to food banks!
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If you work in healthcare and aren’t constantly appalled by the suffering people endure over something as stupid and unnecessary as people going without food or proper nutrition (or housing or medicine etc) in the wealthiest country in the history of the world then why are you working in healthcare?
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Zohran has now gotten more votes, in New York City alone, than 49 members of the U.S. Senate did when they get elected; It's likely that, when the final tally is complete, he'll have gotten more votes than half of all Senators currently in office. *This* is what power and purpose looks like.
Ten things I took away from one remarkable, history-making moment. Turn the volume up. www.anildash.com/2025/11/05/t...
Turn the volume up. - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Zohran has now gotten more votes, in New York City alone, than 49 members of the U.S. Senate did when they get elected; It's likely that, when the final tally is complete, he'll have gotten more votes than half of all Senators currently in office. *This* is what power and purpose looks like.
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On a related tangent, I think many people mistakenly think, “If COVID were still truly dangerous, then the government (meaning either party) and media would warn us.” What happened instead was they normalized repeated infections as the trade-off for going about your life as you did in 2019.
They also believed he was innocent of crimes because the DOJ never prosecuted him in a meaningful way, including for sedition. In early 2021, most Americans DID think he was guilty. That changed over three years thanks to DOJ inaction. They thought "If he were really a threat, they would stop him."
November 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
On a related tangent, I think many people mistakenly think, “If COVID were still truly dangerous, then the government (meaning either party) and media would warn us.” What happened instead was they normalized repeated infections as the trade-off for going about your life as you did in 2019.
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The results decisively refute need for false choice between "anti-Trump" and affordability. In exit polls, Spanberger and Sherrill both got 50% of noncollege voters, and both got *huge* majorities of nonwhite noncollege voters. That reverses Trump gains bigly:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
November 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The results decisively refute need for false choice between "anti-Trump" and affordability. In exit polls, Spanberger and Sherrill both got 50% of noncollege voters, and both got *huge* majorities of nonwhite noncollege voters. That reverses Trump gains bigly:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
